"We<em>should</em>have been heading off ten minutes ago, but<em>someone</em>..." the dwarf said, before smirking in the direction of Athena "...decided to be a stickler about things.  Am I to assume a drink on the way is out of the question?  We've got time you know..."<br/><br/>Still, it was out to the car the way they came, everyone on their best behavior, and into the SUV when they got there, Alice driving again, Ubon next to her in the passenger's seat (still trying not to snap and break his composure), and then Athena in back sitting next to Mr. Johnson, who was tapping the sides of the vehicles insides.  He stopped tapping when part of the wall snapped open, revealing a minibar, to his excitement, and pulled a can of beer out from it, opening it, and then drinking it after a sniff.  Half the can was gone in<em>no</em>time...<br/><br/>"Ah... might be that Japanese rice-beer, but at least it isn't sake!" he declared, letting out a laugh, crossing his stubby legs, and glancing up at Alice in the driver's seat "So... you two are new.  New hires of Miss Morris here?  She's a fine woman you know, deadly as she is smart, smarter than she is pretty, and she's<em>damn</em>pretty!  Had longer hair last time we met though, you look a bit like a UCAS Marine grunt now..."