Chapter 18: {(¥)} Money Trouble {(¥)}

(Just a little parody (rip-off) for fun. Also, ANOTHER fact of the Oozai Realm. When it's day on Earth, it's night there and vice versa.)

Now, just because Zacharie and Fen are the future Kings of the Oozai Realm, that doesn't that life will be easy. Zoozai wants his children to live a normal life, like to rest of the citizens. He does give them an allowance of 1,200 Yuld a week, but no more than that. And as we all know, if you don't live your life logically, you're gonna end up broke. This is a lesson Zach should've learned.

At Kiindah Staad Bank, Zacharie was horrified to see that there was only 275 Yuld left in his account.

(Zacharie)"Shit! I thought I had at least 500,000 in here! What happened to it?! ...Oh, right. I blew most of it on this, without looking at the price..."

He reached into his pocket to feel a little box, the ones you find at jewelry stores for rings.

(Zacharie)"I was gonna take Heka to that fancy Yahnoliik restaurant and drop the big question next week, but what I got's hardly enough for a coffee! I can't just return this, and I don't wanna call the date off! But...what am I supposed to do?! Maybe Pops will understand if I explain...?"

He noticed a sound coming from an ATM, wondering if there was a cockroach or something. But he was surprised by a little blue creature.

(Zacharie)"The...hell?"

It said to itself, "Hee hee, got another coin!", and Zach could now see a 5 Yuld coin in its body. Then it suddenly bounce out the door, enticing the Oozai to follow it. While giving chase to the slime down the street, he was then accompanied by Daniel (leaves covered in soda), who was following a little blob of his own with a 50 Yuld coin.

(Zacharie)"Danny?? You found one of those, too?!"

(Dan)"Huh? Oh yeah, I'm gonna squash it!"

(Zacharie)"Why? Did it attack you?"

(Dan)"No, I was getting a drink from some vending machine, and it popped out from under it! Made me spill it all over myself in fright!"

Out of drains, trash cans, and under a number of vending machines, a total of 800 little slimes joined the original two, all holding Yuld in their bodies.

(Zacharie)"Where'd these things come from?!"

(Dan)"They're all headed towards the park!"

Seeing the slimes gather towards a lone tree, they hid behind some bushes to see what they were gonna do. There was a purple uniform from the Kiindah Staad Highschool (just a regular Japanese school uniform) neatly folded under said tree, which the slimes immediately gathered into. In a few moments, a much larger slime was created with a pair of arms and legs, and...threw up the Yuld that the smaller ones brought.

(Zacharie)*Whispering* "Huh? It's some Slime kid. Never actually seen one in person, they're rare to find in civilization..."

(Dan)"You've never met a Slime before?"

(Zacharie)"Nah, hadn't been to every place around the Realm. Despite being 682 years old."

(Slime)"Hehe...this is my best idea yet! By splitting up my body, I can collect at least 5,000 Yuld! And since they're all dropped coins, it ain't stealing! Haha, I'll never run low on cash for the rest of my life!"

(Zacharie)"So that kid's just picking up dropped coins? Hm..."

(Dan)"Whatcha thinking about?"

(Zacharie)"I think I just got an idea..."

(Slime)"Hi."

The two fell back in surprise, as they forgot that he was only a few feet away from the boy, and they stopped whispering.

(Zacharie)"H-Hey! Uh, so...what's your name, buddy...?"

(Gooey)"Oh! My name's Gooey, I'mma Slime! I noticed that you followed my pieces here. Nobodies tried doing that before for some reason!"

(Zacharie)"Interesting. Well that's a pretty good thing you're doing!"

(Gooey)"How so?"

(Zacharie)"You see, even if it's a small amount, you're actually putting lost money back into circulation! It's kinda admirable!"

(Gooey)"R-Really?! I was just trying to get my own spending money! My family's not poor or anything, just really conservative."

(Zacharie)"That's fine, but I have a better idea of how you can make even more money!"

(Dan)"Whatcha talking about?"

(Zacharie)"Trust me, it's full proof! Now, Gooey my man, colleting coins is a decent way of getting Yuld, but there's an easier way to make even more."

He took a little red piece of paper with Renintah's face on it from his wallet.

(Zacharie)"Do you know what this is?"

(Gooey)"Uh...yeah! I've seen those before, the people at grocery stores give you them sometimes."

(Zacharie)"Yeah, with every 2,000 Yuld purchase at any Renintah Department Store, they give you one of these special tickets. Most people don't know, but you can get some Yuld back by trading them with the Bank!"

(Dan)"I get it now! You want him to find all the coupons that are thrown out!"

(Zacharie)"Hell yeah! And goo boy, since I thought of the idea, it'd be fair to give me and Danny half the profits, right?"

(Gooey)"Sure, got no issue with that."

(Zacharie)"Then it's settled! Operation: Get Rich Quick is a go!!!"

And so Gooey separated into hundreds of little blobs, scattering around the entire city. The trash cans, the benches, the discarded grocery bags, every nook and cranny was checked for even half a Renintah Voucher.

(Using the Harvest gif cause why not?)

(Dan)"I-It's only been ten minutes, and there's already a thou-no! A hundred thousand of these!"

(Zacharie)"With all these tickets, we should have at least a hundred thousand Yuld! Goo boy, you're the best!"

(Gooey)"Her hee, another complement...!"

Some time later, Gooey and Daniel waited for Zacharie to exit the bank, hoping and praying that nothing goes wrong.

(Gooey)"You think he'll be okay? A hundred thousand's a loooot of money!"

(Dan)"Don't worry, Zach knows what he's doing. I've collaborated with a bunch of his get rich quick plans before! Oh! Here he comes now!"

The pink Oozai walked out, calm, cool, and collected. His arms were behind his back, and his eyes were pitch black.

(Dan)"What's with that expression? Did something go wrong?!"

(Zacharie)"Well...there was a slight miscalculation on my part."

(Dan)"H-How slight...?"

(Zacharie)"To put it bluntly....... We got 170,000 Yuld instead! Much more than expected!"

He held out a large wad of purple bills, throwing the two boys in the wildest of excitement.

(Dan)"Oh my God! Th-There's so much, how's this even legal to give out!?"

(Gooey)"Haha, no joke, that's real money! Now, um...how do you split it up with three people? Sorry, but I'm no good with division!"

(Zacharie)"It's easy, you just take 85,000, then me and Danny get 42,500. Since you did most of the work, you can have the largest portion."

Zacharie may act like an average teen at moments, but he wasn't too greedy. He was more than willing to give people their fair share of the earnings. That's how Zoozai raised him! ¥42,000 was more than enough for Zach's fancy dinner anyway.

(Gooey)"R-Really?! But, it was your idea..."

(Zacharie)"Nah, nah. You did all the hard work, I just thought about it."

(Gooey)"O-Ok, thanks! Oh! That reminds me, I picked some of these up by mistake."

Just like with the coins, he threw up a large pile of lottery tickets.

(Gooey)"I was getting a little out of hand with all the vouchers, that I wasn't paying attention to what all I was grabbin'!"

(Dan)"Lottery tickets...with any one of these, we can earn some REAL big bucks! Quick, let's take 'em somewhere where their ain't no prying eyes."

(Returning to Kiindah Staad Park)

Zach was carefully examining each ticket with the year's list of winning numbers, while the two shorties were just watching him in a bench.

(Gooey)"Hey, if you and Zacharie is royalty, why are you struggling for money? Don't you have piles of Yuld and...whatever Deku use?"

(Dan)"Well first off, Zoozai only gives him a measly thousand Yuld a month, and Deku don't really have any form of currency, we just give and take."

(Zacharie)"Wait a sec, I just thought about something! Do you think they'll let me get any prize money if I'm the son of the King?"

(Dan)"I don't see why not, just tell them you bought it or something!"

(Zacharie)"Hm...20-22-33...*Checks book* Nah, it's just another dud! For second I thought...wait."

He double-checked the number his thumb was on, 20-23-33...then back at the lottery ticket which, just like the vouchers, had Renintah's face.

(Zacharie)"Hey, Danny? If I told you I found a winning ticket, would you believe me?"

(Dan)"I mean, yeah, but the lotto's a one in a million chance! Good luck, th-"

(Zacharie)"H-Holy fuck! Th-This is it! A winning lotoo ticket!"

(Gooey)"Wh-What?!"

He then moved his thumb from over the prize, and it was a whopping 6,000,000 Yuld. The Oozai fell over, perfectly replicating the :D face.

(Zacharie)"SIX MILLION!!! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, I WON!!!"

(Dan)"No way, is this thing real!?"

(???)"Oh... It's definitely real...!"

From out of nowhere, the living machine Renintah himself appeared in a burst of confetti.

Renintah's Theme:

(BTW, go read this webcomic called Cucumber Quest, it's one of the best things you'll ever see.)

(Dan)"R-Renintah, the King of Sound!? What're you doing here?"

(Renintah)"I always show up when someone wins the lottery, I can tell when people say it!"

(Zacharie)"Oh. That's, scary."

(Renintah)"Anyways, congratulations on winning! Oh! And I also heard your little brother finally found a match, good for him!"

(Zacharie)"What, he did? I didn't hear about it, how'd you-"

(Renintah)"Never mind the details, let's get a look at that ticket to make sure it's not some dollar store scam!"

He took the piece of paper and carefully examined it by touch, as many con artists in the Realm simply just print out a fake ticket on copy paper.

(Renintah)"...Yep, it's the real deal alright! Has my seal of approval and everything!"

(Dan)"Then, we get the money, rig-"

(Renintah)"Just have to make sure it's your name signed on the back, and we're good to go!"

They were all taken aback, Zacharie had completely forgotten that you need to write your name on the back when you purchase a lottery ticket.

(Renintah)"Just for the fun of it, I'll raise it to my eyes as slow as possible, for the dramatic effect!"

(Dan)"Oh shit, why didn't we think about this!?"

(Zacharie)"What are we gonna do?! We're so fucked!"

(Renintah)"Aaaaaaaaaand... There it is!"

(Dan/Zacharie)"Huh?!"

(Renintah)"See, it's right on the dotted line!"

The robot showed them the name, "Zacharie Zai", on the bottom. They weren't sure how, but they were definitely not gonna let this stroke of luck go to waste, that's for damn sure!

(Renintah)"So since your name's on it, Zachy boy, it'll go to your bank account. After that, do whatever you want with it! And with that, Renintah away!!!"

His arms and legs retracted into his body, and he flew off like a rocket.

(Everyone)"...Ok."

(Zacharie)"Man, weren't we lucky just now?"

(Gooey)"Well not exactly..."

(Dan)"What are you talking about?"

(Gooey)"You see, that didn't have your name on it, that was my doing. There was still some of my slime on the back, which I can still control. So I had it absorb the ink, and the original name to yours."

(Dan)"Whoa, for real!? We've said this the whole chapter, but you're a real genius!"

(Gooey)"Chapter?"

(Zacharie)"Don't worry, he says weird things sometimes. Anyway, I'll make sure you get half of this, you earned it man!"

(Gooey)"Hehe, thanks!/Wow, it's great to have friends...!"

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