"I imagine Adventures would be a very easy way to make a living."
The dubstep music beat on in the distant, but I could hardly hear it through the cheering, dancing, writhing crowd. "If you're made of the right stuff," I told the animal before me. He had the same thick black fur as me, but he had large white paws and dark gray flame marks. Oh, and he was a wolf. Not a tiger.
"A friend of my— Commander Muddyscout— does Adventures. He says it's pretty repetitive," the wolf, Handsome Rowdyfoot, said.
"Oh, it is. But fighting Phantoms is never a bad thing to work on, if you know what you're doing," I told him.
"I'd imagine the Alphas would love you. Level?" Handsome asked.
"Nineteen," I shot back. "Now, I'd really be leaving."
"But you only just got here," he said, resting his head on the table. "Waste of ten gems."
"I get twenty-five gems for every Phantom I trap. I think ten isn't hard to earn back."
"Aww, come on. I want to finish this conversation."
"No," I hissed. "I have to go. I have a hummingbird to feed."
"Ah, so you like pets?" he said.
"Yes, I like pets, and that's why I'm leaving to feed one," I snarled. Handsome gave a hurt look, but I honestly didn't care. I had Phantoms to fight. This wolf only had a couple of parties to run, and running a party was hardly different from being in it. Except you got paid.
I sat up, trying to ignore the claw marks I left on the chair, and shoved past the crowd. Handsome yelped out a "wait", but I ignored it. I just wanted to get out of this dumb party, and I knew it had been a mistake coming there.
"Eternal! Eternal, wait!"
After about the twentieth shout, I whipped my head around. "What?!"
"Er," said Handsome Rowdyfoot. He paused. "This is awkward."
"Get on with it," I sighed.
"Um. Eternal. Do you want to do an Adventure with me?"