"Coming right up!" said the server, and she spun on an impractically-high boot-heel and sashayed back to the bar.<br/><br/>The other patrons minded their own business, though there were a few appraising looks directed at the party.  When a fresh group of business types came in, they expressed enough surprise to distract from the hooded figure who came through the door with them but edged over to the far corner of the bar, on the other side of the stage from where the three friends sat.<br/><br/>And then their ales were served, with a giggle and a wink, and then the band started up, some well-known bawdy drinking song, and one of the girls came out from the back with a small bucket for her tips and not very much else...