You saw the sign on the door and you just couldn't resist, could you? The door in a dark little corner of the bar, made of mahogany wood and labeled with a gold plaque The Clarendon: Formal attire only, pleaseWell, even if you weren't wearing anything nice, you went on in
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More distressed, rather.
So if he's asking you if you've seen Liz Lemon or the way back to 30 Rockefeller Plaza, he's just trying to do his job.
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"Good evening."
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"That's a mighty lovely dress you've got on," he continues, tone earnest if completely clueless, "Did you know it's moving on its own? I've seen a dress do that once but that was just a prop and it ended up catching on fire because Mr. Jordan forgot he'd stashed a bottle of alcohol in it."
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Which is why, upon entering, she barely does a double-take. Especially when her wardrobe doesn't really change all that much - except for her hair, let down in loose curls around her shoulders.
She finds a seat at one of the smaller tables and moves to light up a cigarette.
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"We'll do that, if you don't mind?"
And he holds out a lighter.
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She inhales, breathing out, and then, finally, looks up.
"Thank... you."
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"He thinks people can't be trusted with it. But then neither do I."
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He moves as though he were born to wear such a suit as he heads over to a seat not far from the stage.
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He also knows just how to fit into his surroundings - this might not quite be his usual sort of place, but by the same he's taken his seat, you'd never know it.
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After running a hand through--or rather, over his hair, he rolls his eyes, mutters under his breath, and makes a bee-line for the restroom. A few minutes later, he's back out, and his hair's been rinsed of at least some of the gel (if he couldn't get it all out), and rather rakishly, attractively tousled.
And he sits himself down in a corner, orders a scotch, tilts his chair back, and watches the proceedings with faint amusement glittering in his eyes--and a kind of thoughtfulness.
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