Hide's 100-word story for July 5, 2025

Hide wrote the following micro-story on Hectalex on July 5, 2025. Each story on Hectalex is inspired by a daily visual prompt and must be exactly 100 words.

The invitation to the luxury cruise promised the PERFECT instagram photo. Influencer-white deck, chef-prepared meals, private hot tubs, goat yoga- Kylie would kill for tickets. When you boarded, you realized the hot tubs were drained, the chef was Boyardee, and the deck was white from bird shit. There was goat yoga, if you counted doing downward dog next to the two fat goats that doubled as the petting zoo and garbage disposal. The reviews were astronomically high, and tickets were selling for tens of thousands. The rich were loving the “normal people experience”. And that’s how I became a billionaire.

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