That's Rich

"And that's when I said to my third wife you can keep the dog I'll keep my money." He laughed and I chuckled even though I didn't find the joke all that funny. We were in the dining area of the little ship it was really nice, a benefit of this being an expedition for the extremely rich. There were several of the hunters there, but the one who had taken me in as his confident was Micude a big whale of a man who was constantly attended to by his servant Dumer, who was apparently having to two triple duty for the big guy because he ordinarily had three servants to assist him a fact he referred to none stop.

"Hilarious." I humored the big guy because I didn't know anyone else on the trip, and everyone else looked at me with a leery glance. Like I was some horrific monster. Which I totally am, but they didn't know that!

"So Trezlan what brings you on this trip, you don't look like a hunter, I mean you brought a pistol and a sword from what I saw you're either insane or you are doing this for ulterior motives." I was shocked at his observation abilities the only thing previously Micude had been able to observe was the level of alcohol in his drink.

"Bit of both actually, I needed to get away from my life and I used to hunt a long time ago with a sword and a ranged weapon, I also have magical ability." He looked a little surprised at the magic, again the world had apparently forgotten us magical people. I think magic is due for a resurgence, I mean sure the government licenses us and keeps track with their secret police, but we need a new mage rebellion to show these bastards what they should really be afraid of!! Err I mean I'd like to have more magical people around because I feel lonely... Right yeah lets go with that.

"Do you know what we are even hunting dear boy?" Have I mentioned how I love people patronizing me because I look younger than they are, when I'm in fact hundreds of years their senior? Because I legitimately love that, its something that brings a smile to my face, like when an antique dealer tries to con me with junk.

"Not a clue some kind of creature."

"No not just some kind of creature, these beasts have been bred for the specific purpose of hunting. Our organization the Zandas has done this in secret for years, and now its time for the first hunt, it should be glorious."

"What kind of creature did you guys think up?" He smiled.

"Giant spiders." I tried to hide my abject disgust, I don't think I did a good enough job.

"Oh that sounds like fun." He laughed and then walked off, Dumer gave me a pat on the shoulder and I started to think I should pay attention better next time I take a pleasure cruise to GIANT FREAKING SPIDER GODS DAMNED ISLAND!!!!