I put the last of the paperwork in order. shaking my head with a short sigh; I was still coming to terms with no longer being human. It had been a month or so since my rebirth and the fact I don't remember when I changed frightened me more than I wanted to admit. but now wasn't the time to dwell on that.
The ship should be returning today, and if I didn't get moving all that paperwork would be a waste; and I would be punished again. I used [glamour] to hide my true form and left our new office building in the bay side city of Clement; expanding into foreign trade made it necessary to have a hub here. An imp casually walking down the street, in broad daylight, in one of the biggest cities in the kingdom was almost comical; and made me wonder how many others were hiding themselves among the crowd. I headed for the designated warehouse we bought and set aside for this event. It contained food, as well as construction tools, and materials for the first group of citizens that would begin to colonize the forsaken island. The help was already present and waiting for orders upon my arrival.
"Begin moving the materials to the docks in the harbor; be careful with the more volatile crates." I ordered. The ship should be here by noon which meant we had to work quickly. I continued to coordinate the work and document stock; the time passed and just as predicted the ship finally arrived. Jara hopped down and stood in front of me proudly.
"Oh my aren't you a diligent one?" Jara's mocking tone was enough to instantly fowl my mood. ever since the day we officially met she has had it out for me and it didn't help that she was stronger than me in just about every way.
"I like to think so." I responded eyeing her chest. she was indeed stronger than me in every way, except breast size that is. she noticed my gaze and with a visible change in mood said
"Really, if this is the best that you can do I fear my Love will be in need of a new secretary soon." She made it sound as if I was a hopeless servant and she was a concerned wife. Master had many suitors and none were more proactive than this skank; she hounded after him constantly, made it a point to stay at his side, and dared to touch him without reserve or even permission. I wasn't sure what she was to master; Admittedly I would have thought she was his wife if not for this entire scheme and that made me a bit jealous. that said it was because of the fact she was still alive after being this unrelenting; I treated her with as much patience as I did.
"Master would not waste his time on an incompetent individual." I said carefully. I knew she could flick me and send me skidding across the water's surface like a stone if I wasn't respectful. It is amazing how little being a monster changed the dynamics of our positions; She is still master's Favorite and I am still a slave.
She tsk'd and nodded her head in agreement; No one dared to question Master's habits. I gave a silent thank you for my small victory.
"Girl; your master says it's time for his people to arrive. have you prepared the other ships for board?" Jara was now all business; when she got like this it was hard to bicker with her anymore. Her eyes seemed to shine with age and experiences that gave her a hard edge that was hard to go against.
" I have prepared stock as well as arrangements for the ships. the people themselves have been notified, the first batch of settlers are ready to depart, and the ships are waiting in turn to be boarded." I said it as matter-of-fact and with a slight hint of pride.
"Good then there is little more for you to do other than help prep the ships for departure right?" The hint of amusement that hid behind that suggestive and sweet tone gave me a start of indignation; I was about to retort when a sly thought came to mind. I smiled kindly and said
"Yes. in fact you'll be joining too right. It's master's wish to get all this done after all; how could anyone sit and do nothing when there is loads of work to be done." The look she gave was pure annoyance. just as she was about to argue I said.
"I can't wait to report to master about all this." her eyes boggled and she immediately sprung into action. She may be master's favorite but she sure didn't know how to use his authority to get things done. I watched her as we worked to get the ships out of port; well with as much power as she had I suppose she didn't need his authority.
"You shouldn't be so surprised Gail; you can lift this many crates yourself if you'd just try." she sighed and gave me a look of pity and disdain. Why was she eyeing me like that? I looked back at the large crates of materials; and realized I was still depending on the help of other people to lift them. thinking about it now the crates weren't all that heavy; I suppose I didn't notice because I was so accustomed to a human body. Suddenly I felt really embarrassed and Jara's look of pity was fully justified.
"Do you have no pride as a monster?" she whispered. sounding annoyed Jara took the crate from me and the poor guy who dared to help me. the supposed heavy storage crate was grabbed and flung about like a pebble in the hands of a child.
"I know you're sad about becoming a monster but this is humiliating for all of us." she said looking around. If you didn't look closely you wouldn't realise but there were more people watching us at the docks than it appeared. they looked as if they were just doing everyday things but upon further examination though they hid it well; they definitely weren't human, and too no one's surprise many of them stood in line with the settlers
"You bear the mark of your master, my lover stronger than anyone else yet you drag his name through the mud with this spectacle. when will you stop acting like a human and act like a monster?" monster Ideology; It was something I never thought was possible as a human. If I was a monster... No I as a monster; how do I look, being helped by a human to lift and carry crates that were no heavier than a pebble to myself, how did it make my master look doing that? Suddenly I wanted to hide myself; this was like being caught with your pants down in the middle of town square. Master forgive me....