[...And there's that kilowatt smile. He hadn't been lying; she really does light up a room. In response he pulls out his phone, turns it on silent and holds it out to her.]
Wouldn't dream of it. Tonight's all about you. Let's make a date of it, yes?
[Things Tony Carter is really good at: being charming. Things Tony Carter is really bad at: thinking things through. But hey, it's just one night. How wrong could this possibly go?
When she's ready to go he talks to the mâitre d' and leads her outside. A limo is waiting for them of which he will gallantly open the door. For a guy who could use an education in the art of conversational manners he at least has the 1930s chivalry down. From there it's a drive over to the Stannish Concert Hall where an orchestra is currently playing a selection of classical pieces composed for royalty and nobles (or purportedly by said royalty and nobles; no one can escape Greensleeves). It's all very enriching and Tony is, perhaps surprisingly, fairly learned about classical compositions. Because, what else, he wrote a book on two composers in love during Maria Theresa's reign of Austria. Star crossed lovers, et cetera, the usual tripe and, of course, a lot of factual accuracy on the life of composers in the 1700s that won him an award. Great stuff not really, but it does provide him with knowledge for good conversation.
When the concert's done (or Rosalind is ready to leave, whichever comes first really) he will take her upstairs to the third level because Wait, There's More™. The third floor is seemingly a collection of administrative offices and equipment rooms, currently empty due to the late hour. Tony stops their little galavant outside of a door with a keypad next to it.]
I believe I said cheesey? In fact, cringingly so? This is the part where you close your eyes and roll them really hard. It'll be worth it. Promise.
((I will leave it to you to choose where you want to pick up in all this. Def don't feel you need to go right to the end of the timeline if you have things before that you want to play out/Rosalind wouldn't have gone along/etc etc stuff. Whatever you want to do is good with me!))
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Wouldn't dream of it. Tonight's all about you. Let's make a date of it, yes?
[Things Tony Carter is really good at: being charming. Things Tony Carter is really bad at: thinking things through. But hey, it's just one night. How wrong could this possibly go?
When she's ready to go he talks to the mâitre d' and leads her outside. A limo is waiting for them of which he will gallantly open the door. For a guy who could use an education in the art of conversational manners he at least has the 1930s chivalry down. From there it's a drive over to the Stannish Concert Hall where an orchestra is currently playing a selection of classical pieces composed for royalty and nobles (or purportedly by said royalty and nobles; no one can escape Greensleeves). It's all very enriching and Tony is, perhaps surprisingly, fairly learned about classical compositions. Because, what else, he wrote a book on two composers in love during Maria Theresa's reign of Austria. Star crossed lovers, et cetera, the usual tripe and, of course, a lot of factual accuracy on the life of composers in the 1700s that won him an award. Great stuff
not really, but it does provide him with knowledge for good conversation.When the concert's done (or Rosalind is ready to leave, whichever comes first really) he will take her upstairs to the third level because Wait, There's More™. The third floor is seemingly a collection of administrative offices and equipment rooms, currently empty due to the late hour. Tony stops their little galavant outside of a door with a keypad next to it.]
I believe I said cheesey? In fact, cringingly so? This is the part where you close your eyes and roll them really hard. It'll be worth it. Promise.
((I will leave it to you to choose where you want to pick up in all this. Def don't feel you need to go right to the end of the timeline if you have things before that you want to play out/Rosalind wouldn't have gone along/etc etc stuff. Whatever you want to do is good with me!))