Outback Steakhouse, Thursday Evening

[mustbeawitch]

Lydia had quite lost track of her days this week and thoroughly forgotten to research and select a restaurant on the mainland for the Supper Club, so she had sent out a message for everyone to meet at the Outback Steakhouse and was hoping that no one noticed her error. It had been too long, after all, since they had sampled the cuisine of Australia!

...what?

Welcome to Supper Club, everyone! Outback is open!

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Arrive and Mingle

[mustbeawitch]

In this very authentic Australian setting!

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[thatwaslucky]

Rey had not noticed any errors. Or if she had, she assumed it had been decided before, and she'd just gotten back from her trip home not too long ago, so she was walking in a tiny bit late as it was.

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[fears_no_one]

"Rey," Flint said with a grin of 'look I'm using your first name.'

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[thatwaslucky]

"Hello," she greeted him, smiling, because she noticed it! "And how are you tonight?"

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[fears_no_one]

"Very well," Flint said. "And yourself?"

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[thatwaslucky]

"Good. I was almost fashionably late."

Rey had never done anything fashionable except by accident.

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[mustbeawitch]

They totally weren't supposed to be on the mainland this week, really, Lydia swore! "Miss Skywalker, good evening!" she said, not commenting on Rey's fashionable lateness.

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[thatwaslucky]

"Hello," Rey greeted her. "I was almost afraid I wouldn't make it."

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[mustbeawitch]

"Was something wrong?" Lydia asked. "Or were you merely concerned about showing up late? Because I assure you, the latter is considered quite fashionable in some circles."

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[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle had planned on coming tonight just a something else to do. She had not planned on being accompanied by a knight-turned-goose but he'd done such a fine job harassing gremlins earlier that she felt he deserved a reward.

Like a bloomin' onion maybe.

Also, putting someone who was played by an Australian into a fake Australian restaurant amused the narrative.

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[fears_no_one]

"Good evening," Flint said with a nod. "...and your goose."

That was odd.

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[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Good evening, Captain," Belle said. "I'm sure Graham would day his own hellos if he could."

Or maybe he'd just let out an excited HONK. That too.

"Have you met Sir Graham, sir? He's not usually a goose."

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[fears_no_one]

"He might have been at another dinner," Flint said, thinking back. "Not as a goose."

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[thatwaslucky]

No one tell the health department.

"Is this someone I should know?" Rey asked.

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[noonedecidesmyfate]

This was totally a Service Goose, Rey. Think of all the training he'd had!

"Do you know Graham?" Belle asked. "He does the radio on Fridays? Although likely not tomorrow."

The whole broadcast would be honking.

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[thatwaslucky]

"I've heard him," she said. "And yes, he should skip radio. Or at least we'll need a warning to turn our volumes down."

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[mustbeawitch]

"Miss Belle! And...your friend?" Familiar? Was Belle a witch and Lydia had just missed it until this point. Highly plausible, tbh.

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[noonedecidesmyfate]

"Hello Miss Bennett! It's Graham," Belle said. "He came to visit me in the library and turned into a goose right away. He was meant to be talking to the gremlins about their behavior but instead he honked and chased them."

It had been amazing, honestly.

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[mustbeawitch]

"Graham?" Lydia asked. "Do you mean Sir Graham?" Or was there some other Graham about the island, because when Lydia was from even Sir William Lucas's wife called him Sir William, so her Regency-to-modern etiquette filters were fritzing a bit here.

Also, this Graham was a goose.

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[fears_no_one]

With the onion thing and the shark drink he would be skipping this time!

"Evening, all," Flint said with a bow of his head as he entered the restaurant.

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[mustbeawitch]

"Good evening, sir," Lydia said with a little curtsey. "I trust all is well with you."

You should totally get the shark drink, Flint. For nostalgia.

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[fears_no_one]

"Is it," Flint said with a smile. "And yourself? And your family?"

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[mustbeawitch]

"I am quite well, thank you, though I'm afraid I've no fresh news of my family. And yourself?"

Did he have a family? Unknown. Probably better not to risk asking.

Supper Time!

[mustbeawitch]

Mmmm, fried onion.

OOC

[mustbeawitch]

Mmm, steak.