The game was going to start in a thirty minutes. Kelly had given me her cell phone number earlier and I gave her a call to touch base with her. She co...firmed everything was in order and she was already at the school hanging out by the fence on the sidelines. I was going to be roaming around shooting the breeze with everyone until the last minutes of the game. Then Kelly and I would get together underneath the bleachers and get ready to strike. I got to the field right at the starting whistle. People notice that."Snorting, the Gunny waved, and his assistant left the office. Frowning at the haphazard reports and tracking of the various initiatives and programs the corporate office was undertaking, the Gunny had over the course of the week worked through the many status reports, slowly becoming convinced the managers were playing a defensive game; while everything was late and over budget, there was little accountability to justify why the many reports seemed to concentrate on simple. Try it out.”“A cheerleader playing D&D?” she laughed.“It could just be you, me, and Dale. Nobody else would have to know. It could be your dirty little secret.”“Yeah, I don’t know about that,” she said as she continued to flip through the pages.She stopped and frowned when she reached an entry for dryads. “Why are dryads in the monster book?”He broke out into laughter, but then cleared his throat when he saw her scowling at him. “Sorry, but that’s exactly what Dale said the first time he saw. Obviously you have not taken it all in, I'm sick of you, we have offeredyou a worthwhile (to us) life, and still you don't accept it.Ok so hereis a 1 off offer, if you do not wish your new life I am prepared torelease you, I can do nothing about what has been done to you, all ispermanent.But the price is you will be left outside in public, but bythis time you will be permanently blinded, deaf, tongue removed, and youwill be a quadruple amputee. So either way whatever your decision youwill have.