Estiatorio Plaka, Baltimore, Maryland, Thursday Evening

[mustbeawitch]

Lydia, remembering how much she had enjoyed Athens in Mr. Raiden's class last semester, had selected Estiatorio Plaka in Baltimore for the Supper Club's first venture off the island. She had sent messages to all of the usual members a few days in advance, and she hoped that if anyone new wished to join them they had somehow been made aware as well. The island did work in mysterious ways, after all.

Welcome to Supper Club's first off-island meeting. This week the cutlery will not be dancing for us, alas.

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Arrive and Mingle

[mustbeawitch]

Everyone made it across the causeway and into the city all right, yes?

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[thatwaslucky]

Rey didn't get to the mainland that much, and you know she loved you people because she dealt with the cold for longer to get here. There were so many layers happening here, you don't even know.

And she hadn't had time to figure out an after dinner activity but also.... cold.

She was really looking forward to the Greek food, though. Had she even had Greek food before?

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[mustbeawitch]

"Miss Skywalker!" Lydia exclaimed when she saw her. "I'm so glad you made it!" She had been rather afraid no one would be able to find the place or something.

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[thatwaslucky]

"Me, too!" Rey said with a smile. "Even if it's very cold. This place looks amazing."

So many olives, so much feta.

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[mustbeawitch]

"It smells very good as well," Lydia said, and then lowered her voice to confide, "Even if I am not sure of how to pronounce everything. I shall have to muddle through, I suppose." They were probably used to it.

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[thatwaslucky]

"I'm sure they e heard worse," Rey assured her. "You've never had this either?"

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[mustbeawitch]

"Only the once! I was in Mr. Raiden's class last semester, and one week we went to Athens. Apparently he's from Greece! I had no idea. He sounds so American." Greece had been a long, long time ago for Raiden. "I enjoyed the food very much. I do hope they will have baklava for dessert."

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[thatwaslucky]

"I don't even know what that is and I hope so too," Rey decided. "Are you doing any classes like that this semester?"

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[mustbeawitch]

"I am taking Miss Beniko's class, which is meant to go to various museums and such," Lydia told her, and did not mention she had only signed up because of that assurance that it would not be a tour of various points of interest involving the sea once again.

It was fine. Lydia was fine.

"This past week we went to the most..." Lydia searched for the right word and landed on, "interesting museum, right here in Baltimore!"

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[thatwaslucky]

"What kind of museum?" Rey asked curiously/cautiously.

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[mustbeawitch]

"It was an art museum, but nothing like the art I am accustomed to." Lydia sighed. "I suppose allowances must be made for the passage of time changing styles."

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[thatwaslucky]

"If it helps, the art you know still exists, it's just... being added to," Rey said diplomatically.

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[chef_chocobro]

A venture to the mainland meant slightly less familiar territory, so Ignis had brought along one of his canes to make navigation slightly easier. It would be well worth the additional effort, though, and he did enjoy Greek food immensely, especially when it came to seafood. Ans don't get him started on Greek wine.

Seriously. Please. For your own sake. Do not get him started on Greek wine.

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[mustbeawitch]

"Mr. Scientia," Lydia greeted him. "Good evening, sir. Did you have any trouble getting here?"

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[chef_chocobro]

"Miss Bennet," Ignis smiled as he greeted her back with a small nod. "Hello. And no trouble at all, thank you. And even if I had, I'd have persevered. I've been rather eager for this ever since receiving the correspondence that we'd be dining on Greek cuisine tonight. I am quite the fan of that style, I must admit."

As if he wasn't a fan of most styles of cuisine.

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[mustbeawitch]

"I'm quite glad to hear it," Lydia told him. "I enjoyed it myself, when one of my classes visited Athens last semester, and as we haven't such an establishment on the island I was pleased to find some options here in Baltimore. Of course by portal one can go anywhere, but I thought it would be prudent to explore environs closer to our island, as it were."

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[chef_chocobro]

"It does feel a bit of an unfortunate gap in what the island's many restaurants have to offer, doesn't it?" Ignis mused, with a slight rub of his chin. "And while you certainly can't beat authentic food directly from the place from whence it came, I agree wholeheartedly that this little hop over to Baltimore is much more in spirit with the founding principles of the general locality of the Supper Club. I'll withhold my full review of the experience for after we've dined, but I highly suspect it will only continue to enhance the rating."

He gave the sort of smile that came from being just slightly overly pleased with one's ability to construct a sentence as richly as linguistically possible.

"And how have you been, Miss Bennet? Have you settled into your new class schedule easily?"

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[mustbeawitch]

"Well, I suppose we can't have everything," Lydia mused. "It's quite a small island, after all, and we are fortunate to have the city nearby and the option of portals. At home we had no such variety, even in London!

"I am settling in well enough, I think," she said. "I still have one class left to begin tomorrow. And I have not managed to set anything aflame yet in your class, sir, so I think I am doing rather well!"

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[magnificent_bitch_face]

Percy was a bit distracted from the restaurant and the food. He was too busy looking at the people and the traffic of the city. The cars and trucks going by with such noise and speed, he had never seen the like.

His mind was already spinning with questions and potential ideas as he scribbled notes on everything into his journal.

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[mustbeawitch]

"L--Mr. de Rolo!" Lydia cried. "Welcome! Did you have any difficulties getting here, sir?"

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[magnificent_bitch_face]

"Hello, Miss Bennet! Thank you," Percy said with a polite smile, holding up his phone. "Securing transportation was quite the unique adventure, I must admit. I used a phone application that was oddly misspelled to arrange something called a 'ride share.' An interesting experience, though the driver was rather chatty and kept asking which part of England I was from."

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[mustbeawitch]

"Ah," Lydia said. "I am from England, as it happens. In the future, you have my permission to tell them you are from Hertfordshire. It is, I must admit, not a fashionable enough county to invite many further questions."

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[fears_no_one]

Flint had made it into the city but was seriously spooked by the noise. He all but dove into the restaurant.

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[mustbeawitch]

"Captain Flint! Are you all right, sir?" Lydia fancied herself quite accustomed to the cars now, after her field trips and such.

That would probably change if she ever saw a Cybertruck.

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[fears_no_one]

"Miss Bennet," Flint said, trying to pretend like he hadn't crashed into a trash can when a car honked near him. "It is not like the island here."

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[mustbeawitch]

"No," Lydia agreed, then realized, "Oh! Is this your first experience with the horseless carriages? They're called automobiles, and they can be quite alarming, can they not?"

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[fears_no_one]

"They're so loud," Flint said. "And fast!"

Supper Time!

[mustbeawitch]

The menu looks delicious, and there's a fine wine list of Greek wines.

OOC

[mustbeawitch]

No I didn't forget the threads at first and wander off to post Don's class, that totally didn't happen, shhhh.