<div align="center"><strong>Xias Donovan - Serving Selena, Mephiston, and Daniel</strong></div><div class="floatleft">(http://i388.photobucket.com/albums/oo321/xceilingcatx/SPAvatarMask-1.jpg)</div><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=89494.msg3936487#msg3936487">Quote from: minerva7790 on 25-11-2010, 13:20:40</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"I don't think we have a bank in the Dome, do we, Xias, Jenna? Or has dear Lee added that facility to the bar lately, Marie? I don't quite keep as up to date on the happenings in the Dome as I should..." she asked the other three near the bar, hoping they could provide a more satisfactory answer to her client.</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">A bank?  He didn't know.  Whenever he received his salary it was paid in cash; and he dared not open an account in his own name - even at the recluse Pleasure Dome.  To answer her, he simply looked at Jenna hoping that she would know.</span><br/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=89494.msg3937093#msg3937093">Quote from: Mercurial on 25-11-2010, 19:40:23</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">"Not that I am aware of Ma'am. If the gentleman would like however, I could dash out to one of the banks on Fleet Street and see to his needs before they close?"</blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: georgia;">As asked, Donovan went back to business and went to go fetch a bottle of aged cognac.  Of course, it wasn't in the bar, but in a cellar downstairs.  It wasn't long before he returned though - a slight smell of dryness and dust followed him from the cellar.  With his gloved hands he popped open the bottle and let it breathe before pouring it into the glasses he had polished earlier.  His leather gloves squeaked against the bottle as he poured its contents.  All three glasses were pretty equally filled with the cognac.  Before he served the drinks, he pulled out a wine glass from one of the shelves.  The bottle of cognac was not the only thing he brought up with him from the cellar.  He had also grabbed a bottle of one of his finest red wines that he brewed himself.  After filling the wine glass, he gently placed it in front of Selena in case she did not favor the taste of cognac.  The wine would be on him this time.</span><br/><br/>