"Ah? Well if it's free I'll take it. Thanks.", he replied, grabbing the beer nonchalantly and drinking it in a single motion like it was the first drink he'd had in days. Putting the cup down on the counter for a breath and a sigh, he looked back at the bartender with more gratitude than before.
Tomoe's brow shifted slightly at the new tone the bartender was taking moments later however, and eyed him curiously as he looked back at the dwindling numbers within the hall.
"Uh? No offense buddy, but your hall's looking a little light on members nowadays. I'm here to bring some life into the place. A bit 'o fire, maybe?"
Seeming fairly unimpressed by the intimidation tactic, having dealt with those kinds of people in the past to a much more severe extent, it wasn't the first time somebody had gone to the place of changing their tone.
Upon receiving the rose and the wink, Tomoe rolled his eyes and chucked the flower behind him onto the ground with a flick of his wrist.
"Alright Romeo, you're really tough, I get it."
Shrugging his shoulders as a sign of uncertainty in part and to loosen his joints in another, it was his first response to the bartender's question as to his reasons for wanting to join. He positioned himself on his stool such as to sit up straight and look the bartender dead in the eyes seriously for the first time.
"To be honest? I've heard a lot about the great Fairy Tail, but coming here? You really don't have many people around to back up your reputation, do ya?"
In case the bartender took offense to this, knowing the guild's reputation for rowdy behavior, he backed his hands up in defense with a coy smile.
"Now don't take that statement personally. I'm not here for a fight - I'll need some more drinks in me before that happens."
Taking a break from his speech to let out a chuckle and wave for a second beer on the house before clearing his throat, he would proceed regardless of the result of that drink's deployment.
"I'm here to help you guys out. I can see it in the way society works around these parts. Guilds are falling out of style, Rune Knights and the Council's mutts are the popular thing nowadays. I get that, justice and all..."
Getting a gauge for anyone that might be listening in, Tomoe continued once he felt it was safe to do so.
"I'm here to help bring guilds back into favor in Fiore. More specifically, your guild. With the help of Tits McGee or whatever her name was, and you, and anyone else that wants to help in this glorified magical tavern. I can help turn your guild into a place for badasses and S-class wizards - the way it once was! And the way you know you want it to be. Because I mean, no offense but..."
Gesturing with his hand, he extended a thumb behind him after leaning in to the bartender for a whisper.
"That guy over there's a shining example of where your guild is on the totem pole of life right now, man."
The gesture, of course, was pointing to some random muscular man in the corner picking his nose while drinking beer.
"Classy sight, that one.", he finished his dialogue with a smile.