Chapter 69

Harve called the next day when I was in class, so I called him back during my next break. He thanked me for letting him know, and told me not to worry about the fuel. He was aware of the issue, and the fuel truck was expected to be fixed by the next time it was needed. But he also told me he had a charter that weekend I was welcome to join him on.

This time it was to Seattle, a simple flight up on Saturday, then an overnight and returning on Sunday. I told him I would be there, and smiled as I realized this would put me over the time to be certified in the Commander by the time we returned. And Keith called me that night, reminding me of the game on Friday night.

He told me it would be at the studio, and I said I would be there. And I was glad by the end of that first week I had no night classes on Friday, and after nuking a couple of burritos headed over to the studio. The gal at the reception desk asked if she could help me when I came in, and I gave her my name and said I was there for the game. A few minutes later Sherry came in and gave me a hug, then took me to the back. And I was a bit surprised when as we passed a set that looked like a classroom, I saw Dani bent over the teacher’s desk as a white guy that barely looked sixteen was fucking her doggie style.

We got upstairs, and I saw the main room had been set up for the game. Keith was already there drinking a soda, with an old cardboard DM shield in front of him. And sitting next to him was Linda. They both came over and hugged me, and I asked Linda who all was going to be there.

“Well, the three of us, Sally, a guy named Chuck that is going to play Ron, and Harry and Jan, who are playing Chris and Chris. Oh, and Sherry as she said she needs to at least understand how the game works if she’s going to be reviewing scripts.

Sherry smiled and nodded, then turned to Linda and giggled. “Oh, and I think we shocked George just a bit on the way here. Dani was still busy with Alex when we passed by the set.”

All three of them laughed, and I asked why she was not part of the team, or Mary. “Oh, they’re not going to be gamers in the show, so no reason for them to learn. But I did warn each of them that might change in the future.”

About twenty minutes later everybody had arrived, and Keith passed out character sheets and started to go over what they all meant. He gave me a first level magic user, and I saw Linda had a cleric. The others were all playing thieves or warriors of some sort.

And they did resemble the character outlines we had done that first night. Chuck was about six feet tall, thin, and really dark skinned. Jan was just a bit chunky, but had some impressive boobs as well as blue hair. And Harry looked like a football player. After about twenty minutes Keith started the game, and everybody seemed to be getting into it. And he seamlessly had us return to town, where as we were recovering word came in that a band of orcs was approaching. So we headed back out, and along with four guardsmen that accompanied us managed to take out the dozen orcs. We were badly mauled, but still alive and got some good loot.

And at the end Keith gave out our experience points and loot shares. And even I smiled when I saw that my magic user was now level three. Gina (I mean Sally) had also advanced to level three and was close to level four. I helped her roll for her new hit points, then showed how the increase affected her stats. At the same time Linda and Keith were helping the others do the same thing.

I then showed her that I had gained more spells, and asked Keith how he was handing spell books and acquisition. “Oh, don’t worry about that. This is entirely beginner, if you want a spell you got it.”

I decided to add burning sphere as my new second level spell, and soon everybody seemed to have an idea how it would work and said they would be there for the next game. I stood in the parking lot having a smoke with Keith and Linda when Gina came up and hugged me, saying that had been a blast. And when she asked if I could come over, I shook my head and explained I was flying the next day.

She smiled and nodded, and headed off to her car. Keith smiled through all that, and asked if it was anything serious. Linda giggled, and shook her head. “Naw, I don’t think so. I’ve talked with her a few times. She really likes George but isn’t looking for a boyfriend. Or a girlfriend, for that matter. We’re already trying to figure out how to handle that in the story.”