I just wanted to mention that I approve of what you did with the apology words. I hope you enjoyed writing them as much as I enjoyed coming up with the word list.
天火狐 On 16 June 2017 at 02:37, Owen Jacobson <o...@grimoire.ca> wrote: > SCENE: Outside a pagoda. An old man, shaken with palsy and spotted with > age, sits on the steps feeding the pigeons. A stall is set up next to the > steps, selling petunias. > > MAN: How come you here? > > MERCHANT, sullen: I fled. > > MAN: You fled? Fled from what? > > MERCHANT: Ask me not. > > MAN: Oh, come now, don't be so piquant. > > MERCHANT: ...I suppose. I've nothing better to do, anyways. I fled > from a land where all the money came to a stop. How's a flowerseller > supposed to sell flowers if nobody can pay? How's a flowerseller supposed > to buy stock if he can't pay either? > > MAN: Seems fairly fundamental to the praxsis of commerce. How did such > parsimony come to pass? How does money ... come to a stop? > > MERCHANT: Simple. Where I came from, all money is kept in a single > giant ledger. A scribe is charged with keeping this ledger correct, > recording each exchange of good for value and value for good. That scribe, > however, fell ill - some primeval affliction of the spirit, as I heard it. > With nobody to keep the ledger, no money could change hands. All trade > stopped. Oh, it was awful. > > MAN: Seems quite the picaresque tale. > > MERCHANT: No need to be rude. As I said, I fled. It's behind me and > I'd prefer not to think of it any longer. Are you going to buy anything, or > are you content to throw perfectly good bread to the birds? > > MAN: I paid good coin for this bread and I'll do with it as I like. > These birds, too, must be fed. But enough - do you smell that petrichor? > Best to get your flowers inside before it rains. Good day. > > EXEUNT OMNES. > > This is, of course, something of an exaggeration. Not all trade stopped in > my absence. However, the Shiny economy needs vigilant recordkeeping to > remain functional for any length of time, and I have been derelict. > Thankfully, we have no exiled merchants wandering in strange lands, but we > very well could have. I apologize for my laxity. > > -o > >
