Setting up for the big game.

For the next half hour, Jacob sets up for this evening's big game, refusing any help from Annika.

_It looks like he's got something really special planned for the game tonight, _She muses, "I'm going to run up to my room real quick and grab Tamarah," She says, referring to her level 19 multiclassed character, eight levels of rogue, eleven levels of witch.

Once up in her room, she pulls her small collection of books from her bookshelf, Core rulebook, Advanced Players Guide, Ultimate Magic, Bestiary. With those tucked under her arm, she quickly grabs the folder holding her character sheet and her notes, the purple felt bag holding her marbled pink dice, and the miniature of her character, then turns back toward her bedroom door.

Just about skipping down the stairs, she returns to the kitchen to find the table almost completely set up. Jacob is sitting a couple of books on a short stack of maps in the middle of the table, holding them flat until the game begins later.

"I am so excited about this game!" Annika blurts.

"Alas fair lady, the anticipation of this eve is thick for us all," Jacob says with a slight smile.

"Seriously though," Annika says around her smile, her tone more restrained, "Thank you for this, we don't get to game as often as I'd like, and it means the world to me that we were able to get everyone together for a game this weekend, and that you'd put so much effort into creating an adventure just for this occasion," She pauses, then continues, "Is there anything I can do to repay you? Another soda? Something?"

A mischievous smile finds its way onto his lips, "Mayhap I have an idea, . . . . "