Monsters and huntsmen (2)

The other man said with a haughty laugh as he opened his zippers freeing his third leg from its shackles.

"Cough!! Cough!!!" The other man coughed lightly as he mistakenly took a peek at his colleague's now freed mamba and couldn't help but unconsciously compare it to his own.

Seeing that the conversation had taken a weird turn due to the sudden awkward silence, he decided to change the conversation.

"So when is the party going to start?" He asked.

"I have no idea since we haven't even seen the host yet. But if the time on the invitation cards were to be trusted, then I would say in about 10 minutes" The other man replied.

"Okay. Let's just hope they keep up to the time because time is money after all".

"Of course, they will. Do you know how many respectable figures that are present here would be displeased if they were to commence late or suddenly decided to cancel the party" The other man said as he zipped back his beast back into its cage.