Waver was generally used to being studied and scrutinized between the nature of his position at the Clock Tower and the fact that he tended to attract people who found him to be a puzzle to solve or manipulate to get what they wanted. Many had tried, few succeeded beyond his sister, truth be told. That said, being studied by his blind-date, left him trying to figure out what the other thought.
It wasn’t that the whole thing was wrong; it was just outside Waver’s realm of experience. He wasn’t… a social person. More often focused on his work, the responsibilities he had accepted to make up for past messes made, and his students that were pure chaos on the best of days.
Once Terra got to know him a little better tonight, perhaps he might relax a bit as he had with a few people closest to him. Though a ‘loosened up’ Waver tended towards hot and cold moods. Calm and collected to easily riled up in about five seconds flat if you knew how, and he wasn’t doing his darndest to keep the ‘calm and collected’ lord of the clock tower persona in place like a set of armor.
The fact that he had… well, taken on the entire El-Melloi family debt on top of his own definitely meant he wasn’t as well off as someone in his position would be expected to be. But it would not reflect well for him to show that in most situations, and he was frugal out of habit even before that. So he had his own money that he could use on a night like this, which meant there might be a little fumble over who paid the bill.
“Great.” He offered back and let Terra get situated at the table. Mentally going over how dates were supposed to go, and this… seemed about right, yeah? Yeah…
Waver wasn’t the biggest drinker, so if he was going to drink, he tended to be particular about what. At home, he kept a fruit brandy from a specific place he visited during his travels, and generally drank that on special occasions. He also enjoyed certain red wines. But when he was in a bar in the company of someone, he permitted himself one drink. Two at most. “I’ll probably get a scotch, what would you like?” He asked, pushing to his feet to go over to the counter and retrieve said drinks.
Reines would admonish (tease) him if he failed to be a proper gentleman after setting all this up.
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It wasn’t that the whole thing was wrong; it was just outside Waver’s realm of experience. He wasn’t… a social person. More often focused on his work, the responsibilities he had accepted to make up for past messes made, and his students that were pure chaos on the best of days.
Once Terra got to know him a little better tonight, perhaps he might relax a bit as he had with a few people closest to him. Though a ‘loosened up’ Waver tended towards hot and cold moods. Calm and collected to easily riled up in about five seconds flat if you knew how, and he wasn’t doing his darndest to keep the ‘calm and collected’ lord of the clock tower persona in place like a set of armor.
The fact that he had… well, taken on the entire El-Melloi family debt on top of his own definitely meant he wasn’t as well off as someone in his position would be expected to be. But it would not reflect well for him to show that in most situations, and he was frugal out of habit even before that. So he had his own money that he could use on a night like this, which meant there might be a little fumble over who paid the bill.
“Great.” He offered back and let Terra get situated at the table. Mentally going over how dates were supposed to go, and this… seemed about right, yeah? Yeah…
Waver wasn’t the biggest drinker, so if he was going to drink, he tended to be particular about what. At home, he kept a fruit brandy from a specific place he visited during his travels, and generally drank that on special occasions. He also enjoyed certain red wines. But when he was in a bar in the company of someone, he permitted himself one drink. Two at most. “I’ll probably get a scotch, what would you like?” He asked, pushing to his feet to go over to the counter and retrieve said drinks.
Reines would admonish (tease) him if he failed to be a proper gentleman after setting all this up.