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It was Lydia's twentieth birthday in a few days, which she very much doubted anyone remembered. She was trying very hard not to make a fuss about that, though it was very difficult. Look at her, maturing or something. Still, as the birthday girl she felt she was allowed a few liberties, such as moving Supper Club to the afternoon so they could have afternoon tea, a lovely English tradition she thoroughly predated but had been introduced to on the school trip to Canada. She did so hope everyone would enjoy it.

She had included in the message letting their usual suspects know about the time change and location a note that it might be fun to dress up a bit (she herself was wearing her newest dress, but that wasn't mandatory. Probably. Look, you had all met Lydia, right?

Welcome to Supper--er, Afternoon Tea Club, everyone!

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From:

thatwaslucky

"Good evening," Rey greeted him. "Have you done this before?"

She could make a guess.

From:

chef_chocobro

"Oh," Ignis said, with an almost casual consideration, and a wave of his hand, "here and there. I've found that each place seems to approach their formal tea slightly differently, and it's those differences that keep it an endlessly fascinating experience, in those subtle changes and adjustments. What about yourself, Rey?"

He could make a guess.

From:

thatwaslucky

"I really haven't." Shocking! "This club is very good at getting me to try new things."

From:

chef_chocobro

"Which is the whole crux of the idea, isn't it?" Ignis noted, looking pleased to see that the conceit was working quite as planned, even if he had hardly any stake in its creation. "I think you'll rather enjoy it. It's rather simple, light fare that's not too distracting or fussy. And, I daresay, perhaps a good pre-game, as they say, as this sort of thing is precisely what Liliana and I have planned for our little reception tomorrow."

From:

thatwaslucky

"I like that," she said. "I also feel like I should ask if you need help with anything."

She guessed they had it covered, but still.

From:

chef_chocobro

"Now why, praytell," asked Ignis, with the faintest, almost (almost) confused tilt of his head, "would you feel like you should ask that, as one of our guests?"

Ignis had excellent hearing, Rey, and tended to pay far more attention to certain conversations happening around him than one might suspect, and had naturally noticed certain....trends with some of the ones she had with Liliana about work in particular...

From:

thatwaslucky

"Because we're friends?"

Unless she had misjudged, in which case none of this ever happened.

From:

chef_chocobro

"We are," Ignis said, with assurance for that subtle question at the end of Rey's answer, "but, for this, you are also our guest, and what poor hosts would we be if we were to ask anything more of you than to simply enjoy yourself?"

From:

thatwaslucky

"All right," she allowed. "But know that I would have."

From:

chef_chocobro

Ignis' soft smile twitched just that slightest bit more.

"Duly noted," he said. "But know that that's also what we have Gladio and Prompto and a steward for."