Malini took David to "Date Night" at Red Stag Supperclub (not to be confused with a SuperClub). As they exited the car, Malini and David had their first argument. Malini accused David of bringing a peacock feather into her car, pointing to one that was on the floor of the passenger side. David vociferously denied that it was his, but Malini just as surely said that it was not there before his arrival. The argument was settled when David put the feather in his suit coat pocket and they went into the Supperclub.
The first oddity of the dinner was when Malini and David accidentally walked into the restaurant through the window, not the door. They then had to walk past a bunch of diners to get to the hostess. She was a little bit standoffish until we crushed her steely demeanor by questioning the utility of the "Red Stag wooden nickels." That's right, TRSSC discretely distributes wooden nickels to would-be patrons to increase their business. However, one of these lucky little tokens was sitting atop the hostess stand waiting for Malini to notice it and comment on it, thus paving the way to the duo's frienship with the steely hostess.
"Oh, those are for drink specials," the hostess replied.
"Well, what are those drink specials?" asked David."Come this way," she says, warming to the pair. She ushered them into the main dining area, where, behind the bar a chalk board listed the wooden nickel specials for the evening, "Dirty Prairie Vodka Martini" and a house wine. "You can use the nickel for a free drink," she explained.
"Well, can I have the nickel?" asked David, batting his eyelashes coyly. The hostess looks around to make sure no one is looking and then slips the nickel David's way saying, "You didn't get this from me," and then winking at David in hopes of something special happening later in the evening.
Was the mystery of the feather's origins ever solved?
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