<div class="floatleft">(http://elliquiy.com/elluiki/images/7/74/Vincent_Price_man_of_class.jpg)</div><table class="bbc_table"><tbody><tr><td><strong>Character name:</strong></td><td>Allister Cooper</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Location:</strong> </td><td>Dining Room, 55 Beacon Street</td></tr><tr><td><strong>With:</strong> </td><td>His old friend Frank, his sister MaryAnne and a room full of strangers</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Doing:</strong> </td><td>On to Dessert</td></tr></tbody></table><br/><hr/><br/>Allister wiped along the corners of his mouth to make sure he was proper after such a delightful meal. It certainly had been better than the dry steaks that he had recieved last time he visited his old friend and with a much more delightful collection of people to observe. As Dominic catered the covered desserts he listened on in amusement at the exchange between Frank and Jonathan.<br/><br/>"<strong>I don't know about that, Frank. I have a whole bunch of colleagues who would be interested in a local speakeasy.</strong>" He gave the host and MaryAnne an amused smile, given that they both knew of his occupation. "<strong>It certainly would help us ease our minds after the rather dreadful work-burden we have had during the past year...</strong>"<br/><br/>It was an involuntary follow-up, an awful memory that got mixed into the pleasantries, but aside from a short sigh he showed nothing more of the matter. As they all removed the covers of their plates his smile returned again. "<strong>An old favorite, Frank. I remember when we gathered dropped pennies from around the paper-stands and went down to Charlie's to bargain for a varying amount of the stuff.</strong>" He set into the dessert with a vengeance while he listened to Frank's rather unusual display of enthusiasm. It certainly raised his interest and seeing something other than crime-scene photographs might help ease his troubled mind. "<strong>I would love to have a look Frank. And one doesn't have to be an absolutist to serve the law, so a glass would be nice.</strong>"