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[color=5486ae]Time:[/color] Late Morning
[color=5486ae]Location:[/color] Sorian Beach
[color=5486ae]Interactions:[/color] Charlotte [@princess], Sjan-dehk [@Apex Sunburn], Roman [@ReusableSword] Layla/Olivia [@Potter] Farim [@Lava Alckon]
[color=5486ae]Mentions:[/color] Lorenzo [@FunnyGuy], Ruby [@SausagePat], Kazumin [@samreaper], Ariella [@Tpartywithzombi], Cassius [@PapaOso], and others[hr]
The friendly face was genuine as John was introduced to Charlotte's group after fetching the smoothies with the rest of the group, putting his hand on his chest as he gave a light bow. His gaze towards Olivia was a curious one, having not seen nor heard of the woman before. [color=5486ae]"Dr. John Harling Williamson of Varian Institute of Science. It's a pleasure to meet you both. Farim, it's great to finally see eye-to-eye with the man himself. Your company helps connect our cultures together. Always enjoyed a good book from Alidasht."[/color] John looked over to the Alidasht noble first, giving a brief and frankly a little bit corporate greeting, but soon his tone of voice suddenly grew more excited as the topic of science were on the table, even just for a little bit. [color=5486ae]"Oh, it's going on fantastic! I work for the royal-affiliated institute, so we get to play with cool things as it came out of the lab, things like seeing how your bones look like, without doing anything to you. Not my work of course, but we're already so excited to play around with that. I can always talk about it more later if you all want."[/color] He controlled the urge to digress on the thing that made him excited to turn to Olivia. [color=5486ae]"And Miss Olivia, I don't believe we have met."[/color] 

The foreign gentleman gave his introduction as well. Not a blacksmith, a company owner nor a doctor, but a warship captain from Jafi, or Viserjanta? It was a bit confusing with the wording, but John could always ask later. But being a pirate hunter is genuinely a pretty cool job. You get to sail the large intimidating warships while fighting for justice. It is dangerous, but that's what makes the job more noble. [color=5486ae]"I used to imagine sailing those cool warships with those cannons firing when I was a kid. It must be so nice doing that for real, huh?"[/color] He gave Sjan-dehk a smile. [color=5486ae]"Anyway, if you're here for diplomatic, trading or just here for a good time...well, hope you're enjoying yourself, Sjan-dehk. Caesonia always look great around these times."[/color] 

He'd say, this group seemed a lot more chilled out and friendly compared to the nobles of the first day. John was enjoying the company when alas, fun was cancelled. Layla, whom he left the first night after the dance having more positive impressions than what she gave off now, arrived to simply spit on everyone's mood. While it had that effect on everyone else, most specially poor Charlotte, it was...more humorous to John than anything. It was so over the top show-off, John questioned the actual motivation behind this whole thing. As she insulted his intelligence when it comes to an overly warm attire, John simply returned her gaze with a sneer colder than the northern tips. He was not taking up any of her taunts, not to him or his friends, but instead his raised eyebrow, crossed arm was firm and shrewd. 

Roman signalled to him not to fight, and that was the only time John peeled his gaze away from her. He was not going to intervene out of respect and understanding of the roles they play, but continued to watch the ordeal explode in front of him. Farim disabling the guards, Sjan-dehk getting his weapons ready. It was a mess, but it eventually resolved itself at least somewhat peacefully and Layla began to leave. The Varian doctor only responded to her once before she disappeared. 

[color=5486ae]"You can drop the arrogant act. It doesn't hide anything."[/color] 

With a roll of an eye, he turned back to Charlotte and the group. [color=5486ae]"Again, I'm sorry to see that."[/color] He offered her his smoothie to compensate for the one being dumped on her. He heard of Roman's invitation, but his mind blanked a bit at the clothing is optional part. What? [color=5486ae]"I'll try to be there, if nothing comes up."[/color] With clothes though. His classy style aside, he wasn't going to go naked anywhere.