"Okay, cool," was Michelle's answer, glancing up at the little figure.  "She was a bad guy in the last session; put up a real fight, too!"  She picked something up and leaned over the cardstock divider; what she laid out was a nice, durable vinyl mat that was overlaid with a grid.<br/><br/>"Okay," she said, sitting back down into her seat.  From across the table, it was like a tiny little fortress, the girl barely visible behind it.  "For now -- since we aren't going to start with a fight or anything like that, we'll do it like this: I'll describe the situation your character is in, and you'll tell me what she does.  That's the basic idea, anyway.  When everyone's here, everyone can play off each other, too.<br/><br/>"For now, though, you're all mine."  She grinned behind her cardstock wall.  "Are you ready?  Do you have...<em>dice</em>?"