Editor's Note: Catch up on our TWBG series by checking out the first five episodes: Part I , Part II , Part III , Part IV , Part V . Part VI Part VII

The phone rings at Atlanta Game Factory in early September, 2005. It’s just days after the crowning success that was our appearance at Dragon Con.

DOLLAR BILL: “Hey, what’s up!’

ME: “Not much. Kind of slow here right now, none of the regulars have started showing up. Did you talk to The Barrister?”

DOLLAR BILL: “No, he’s not here yet. Why?”

ME: “He hasn’t told you about the Dragon Con money?”

DOLLAR BILL: “No, what about it?”

ME: “He lost it or something, I don’t know. He’s trying to figure out what happened to it.”

DOLLAR BILL (angry): “What do you mean? He hasn’t mentioned it all to me and I was just on the phone with him an hour ago. It’s something like ten grand, isn’t it? How does somebody lose that much money?”

ME: “I have no idea. Maybe he just screwed up the deposit or something.”