Apparently military wear isn't appropriate for a festival. It's not an occasion for fancy dress however.

[She settles back into her seat now, arms crossed even as one hand drifts to her chin. It looks like she's really, honestly contemplating this.]

My sisters insisted a military uniform has no place at any sort of party. I could understand field uniforms but formal military dress --

[This is where the returning waitress cuts her off to deliver food. It's for the best honestly and it seems to remind Alice what she's here for in the first place as she has to pick up her notebooks to make room for her own plate.]