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The Adventuring Life, Friday Period 3
"On your travels," Yennefer said to their students, "you are going to need money. There's no getting around it. There's also no getting around the fact that various realms don't have the decency to use the same currency." So annoying.
"At least here there's no worry on needing a new one." He was gonna be so annoyed on the Fall trip.
Should she tell him? She wasn't going to tell him. Instead she would tell the class, "You may be pleased to hear that the 'dollar' is 'up' against the 'euro.'" She didn't fully understand what that meant, but she understood the class might be pleased to hear it. "And really, who names these things? And why do they have to change? It used to be that four crowns were one bizant, and three ducats were one crown. Simple."
"Regime change?" Jaskier ventured. Because that'll do it if you asked him.
"That's bad enough," she agreed, "with all the new coins and whatnot, but apparently here the value of your money fluctuates day to day." Absolutely absurd.
"So, let's come up with a plan for such an event that causes you to need alternative currency!" Jaskier said, clapping his hands together.
"If your currency is in good hard coin, of course, you can simply trade on the value of the metal," Yennefer told the students. "If you use those slips of paper..." No, she had no idea how you did it. "Perhaps the credit cards do it automatically?"
"I'd assume as such?" Look, they had smartphones, but no grasp on modern banking.
"If you figure it out," Yennefer said, "do let us know." Ideally before they went to France.
"At least here there's no worry on needing a new one." He was gonna be so annoyed on the Fall trip.
Should she tell him? She wasn't going to tell him. Instead she would tell the class, "You may be pleased to hear that the 'dollar' is 'up' against the 'euro.'" She didn't fully understand what that meant, but she understood the class might be pleased to hear it. "And really, who names these things? And why do they have to change? It used to be that four crowns were one bizant, and three ducats were one crown. Simple."
"Regime change?" Jaskier ventured. Because that'll do it if you asked him.
"That's bad enough," she agreed, "with all the new coins and whatnot, but apparently here the value of your money fluctuates day to day." Absolutely absurd.
"So, let's come up with a plan for such an event that causes you to need alternative currency!" Jaskier said, clapping his hands together.
"If your currency is in good hard coin, of course, you can simply trade on the value of the metal," Yennefer told the students. "If you use those slips of paper..." No, she had no idea how you did it. "Perhaps the credit cards do it automatically?"
"I'd assume as such?" Look, they had smartphones, but no grasp on modern banking.
"If you figure it out," Yennefer said, "do let us know." Ideally before they went to France.
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