Date: Tue, 28 Jul 1998 14:33:42 -0400
From: AJ Paquette <qotaku@istar.ca>  
Subject: [FRPG]  Money makes the world go 'round...

        Iya felt somewhat uncomfortable leading Finn around by the hand.
She was so unused to being around anyone that she couldn't help but keep
glancing at him from the corner of her eye.  Making sure that he was for 
real.
        They had had an exchange of words earlier during their trip, but now 
Iya had gone silent again, and Finn couldn't seem to find anything else
to 
talk with her about.
        Iya bit down on the bottom of her lip with her tiny fangs.  Then 
something hit her.  It had troubled her in the past, but she had only
now
thought to bring it up.
        "Excuse me Finn?" she spoke softly and stopped walking.
        "Hmm?" Finn was forced to also stop walking.  Iya let go of his hand 
and began to rummage through the folds of her cloak.
        "In my time alone, I have come across some strange items.  But none are
as
strange and as frequent as these." she smiled as she found what it was
she
was looking for and pulled out the pouch of coins.
        Iya reached into the bag and pulled out one of the coins, "These 
strange little discs." she held it up to the sunlight, "I do not know
their
purpose.  You cannot eat them, they are too hard to bite and they taste
awful."
        'What's she talking about?' Finn wondered, "Give them to me." he asked,
holding out his hand.  Iya dropped the coin back into the pouch and 
handed it to Finn.
        While Finn fumbled to get his hand in, Iya spoke again, "Are they 
weapons?  Magical Runes perhaps?"
        Finn smiled as he felt the small amount of money in the bag, "No, no,
they're coins."
        Iya frowned, "Coins?"
        "Yeah money.  You buy stuff, like food and items with them." Finn 
extended his hand and waited for Iya to take the bag back.
        "Money?"  Iya took the bag and stared at the coins, "What is 'buy'?"
        "Well when you want something, you use those coins to 'buy' that 
something from a person who has it." Finn smiled, but Iya still frowned
and
looked confused.
        "Do people not just give you what you need?"
        Finn smiled again,  "It doesn't work that way.  No profit then."
        Iya had no idea what a 'profit' was, but let it slide, "Strange 
society.  I am confused."
She reached into the bag again and played with coins with her fingers.
"So you take these discs to wizards and they change them into things you
need?"
        Finn sighed.  "Well... I suppose that's ONE thing you could do with 
them... depending on the wizard..."
        "Strange." she said and tucked the pouch back into her cloak.  Feeling
satisfied that the mystery of the discs was solved she took hold of 
Finn's hand and began to walk again.


Amanda
(The Queen Otaku)

qotaku@istar.ca
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