Van Horne Suite, Thursday Evening

[deathsmajesty]

With apologies to Lydia, but it is a truth universally acknowledged, that a luxury suite in possession of a good dining room, must be in want of a dinner party. And who were Liliana and Ignis to deny such an obvious and powerful truth? And so, determined to make use of the dining room for its intended purpose at least once this trip, Ignis set to work forcing the kitchenette to somehow be up to the task of preparing a several course meal (with much appreciation for the butler bringing in random appliances from for him to use), while Liliana handled sending out the handwavy invitations and then...well, lounging mostly.

An acceptable division of labor.

That evening, the assembled guests were invited in to enjoy a kind of 'inside out' dinner with nods to the Quebecois cuisine. For appetizers, they had maple-bacon carrots and garlic parmesan duchess potatoes, with a main of French onion soup, and lamb and goat cheese sliders for dipping. That's right, the sides were apps and the apps were mains and up was down and dessert was a berry creme brulee! Several bottles of Côtes du Rhône and a nice brandy were included for pairings, as well as a few bottles Bière de Garde and some nicely mulled cider for any guests who preferred those to wine.

(Okay, so in addition to the invitations, Liliana had also been in charge of picking out the wine and other beverage accompaniments. She'd clearly helped, you're all welcome, no need to applaud but you could if you wanted to.)

A true pity that for yet another day they'd been too busy to try to find new glasses for Ignis, but such was life! Surely their guests would appreciate his sacrifice.

[For thems what got the invitation, pls, and likely to be quite slow]