Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26104528-20160216181001/@comment-26130256-20160216225730

(A pity, I was mentally placing the interview at a little bit later, probably closer to 5.  But it lets me throw in this scene.  Also, Copperfield is played by Reginald van Winslow.)

Location: Copperfield Residence, Vale

"Azulius, my dear boy, if you keep pacing like that, you'll wear a hole clean through my floor!" Copperfield chuckled. The young Cardamom was a student of his cousin Blackstone, so it was only natural that the elder and younger magician became a sort of friends.

"Sorry, Cop," Azzie apologized. "But  I need to be doing something, and you won't give me any scotch!"

"Because showing up for your date intoxicated will make whatever problems you think you have even worse.  I don't understand it.  Five months after you came to Vale, I press-ganged you to help me in a Scoundrel's Bridge tournament, on my cousin's recommendation."

"That was cards, this is romance.  Huge difference."

"The stakes of the final hand were over 250 thousand Lien.  And you weren't one-tenth as nervous as you are now.  Speaking of large sums of money, didn't you need to meet with someone else beforehand?" Confused, Azulius looked at his watch, and a look of pure horror crossed his face.

"DEAR GRIMM AND DUST ON A DOUGHNUT I'M LATE!"  He shouted, charging the door at full speed. Only a timely last-second opening by Copperfield avoided a large Huntsman-shaped hole in the wood paneling. Copperfield burst out laughing. The boy had been so stressed about this date, he hadn't even noticed Copperfield stealing his watch, adjusting the time, and putting it back.

"Blackstone?  It's Copperfield," he spoke into his scroll once Azzie was out of earshot. "It turns out our mutual student has a date tonight.  What do you say to a gentleman's wager?"