The Hunter's Shop

Not So Humble Beginnings

Thomas's POV:

As I got up from the grass I took a look at my surroundings. At first, I thought it was a dream, a dream that I would soon wake up from and find myself back in the Hunter's Dream, but I could feel it, the sun beaming down on me, the wind blowing, and the grass touching my very being. It was beautiful to say the least but I knew something like this wasn't real, and so I waited, and waited, and waited, but nothing changed. I truly had awaken from that nightmare and now I'm free.

That's when I felt the presence of a creature floating behind me, when I turned around, I saw that it was a small squid. At first, I thought it was apart of the local wildlife, until it spoke.

Small Squid: "So, how do you like this world, Good Hunter?"

Thomas: "It's beautiful, and I'm going to guess you are the Moon Presence?"

Moon Presence: "Correct, though unfortunately I cannot be in my true form in this world."

Thomas: "Why is that?"

Moon Presence: "The Moon, it has been severely damaged and the gods of this world would have noticed."

Thomas: "I thought you said there were no gods in this world..."

Moon Presence: "That is impossible, I'm afraid. A godless world is no world at all, and any sort of life there would be either non existent or dead."

Thomas: "Hmmm... Alright, I guess it's fine. Anyways where am I?"

Moon Presence: "You are currently outside of the city of Mistral and by quite a bit."

Thomas: "Alright, is there anything that may pose a problem?"

Moon Presence: "Not much, compared to you, it should be nothing but a minor annoyance. There is the tribe of bandits however. What I've been able to observe is that they rob and kill those that they deem weak. Their motto or pledge is very simple to understand but cruel none the less, 'The strong thrive while the weak die."

Thomas: "Hmm... Well, I was going to avoid them at first, but, I think they are in need of some... rehabilitation."

Moon Presence: "Well, it seems to be your lucky day, one of their scouts has spotted us. He's near the tree line west of here."

Bandit Scout's POV

Bandit Scout: "(Into walkie talkie) Hey Boss, I found a new target."

Woman's Voice: "Oh, what's he got?"

Bandit Scout: "I see a giant sword on his back and a shiny pistol on his side."

Woman's Voice: "Alright, it's not much but it may be worth it. I'm sending a squad your wa-.

Bandit Scout: "What the?"

Woman's Voice: "What's wrong?"

Bandit Scout: "I think... he sees me."

W/V: "What do you mean he sees you, I thought you said he was far away from you..."

Bandit Scout: "I don't know what to say, he just looked up and is looking towards my position."

W/V: "Hmmm... Retreat for now, it may be a false alarm but..."

Bandit Scout: "Uh, he's running towards me!"

W/V: "What! Start running back, you should be able to meet up with the squad I sen-!"

Bandit Scout: "H-H-Hey! Let Me G-AAAAAAAAAHHHH- bzzzzzzt..."

Woman's POV

Woman: "J-Johnny, you there! Shit!"

Woman: (into the walkie-talkie) "Squad A, hurry up. Johnny's gone MIA and isn't picking up his walkie-talkie."