[Cashing in on Raikou's quick-cash scheme? Never.]

[betterthanawiki]

Well, this is certainly a mess

Comments

[miss_dreavus]

I can't imagine you having any use for money either.

[betterthanawiki]

Sour candies aren't cheap, Blacky.

[miss_dreavus]

They're five cents each. That isn't very expensive.

[betterthanawiki]

You seem to underestimate my appetite.

[Private is as Private does]

[stay_classy_cat]

Oh now why didn't I think of that~?

[Life is like a box of Privates]

[betterthanawiki]

Dear friend, surely you aren't suggesting I had anything but the purest of intentions in offering up those TMs?

[stay_classy_cat]

Only the purest, of course. Now I must ask to satiate my own curiosity... just how did you procure these TMs?

[betterthanawiki]

It was shockingly serendipitous, really. It seems that a trucker making a TM shipment completely forgot about one of his boxes. I'd return it, but, silly me... I had my eyes closed and didn't manage to see his license plate.

Telepathy

[ihaswillpower]

[Azelf is still with Waddle Dee and Raiden, so he replies to Uxie in telepathy instead]

~ Brother, we don't need Protect. We need WILLPOWER! ~

Telepathy

[betterthanawiki]

I'm afraid there isn't a TM for willpower, Azelf.

It seems the best way to avoid being turned to stone is to avoid contact with these creatures entirely. I would advise you to consider fleeing instead of trying to fight them off, should it come to that.

Telepathy

[ihaswillpower]

~ But Brotheeeerrr! I don't wanna leave Waddle Dee behind! And running away makes you a Nobody for not having the willpower to fight back! ~

Telepathy

[betterthanawiki]

Ah, I'm not suggesting you abandon your friends. Nor am I suggesting that running is for the weak. Think, dear brother: sometimes, doesn't it take more strength to retreat than to foolishly let your pride lead you into a fight you can't win?

[rockinthrutime]

Do you need an allowance? I could give you one instead...

[betterthanawiki]

You don't suppose I'm too old for an allowance?

[rockinthrutime]

Nonsense! Family is family. You'll always be my children no matter how old you are. And so an allowance.

[betterthanawiki]

Ah, you're too kind, Original One.

[aestheticemblem]

. . . . .

[Uh... Uxie...]

Forgive me for saying this, but is it not a little ill-spirited to charge people for something in an emergency?

[Not saying Uxie won't be successful. People in emergencies tend to panic and can get desperate. Marth is simply appalled.]

[betterthanawiki]

A starving peasant may offer his last crust of bread to a knight on his way to battle, but what is the peasant to eat after that knight departs? If I had the sort of luxuries royalty had to offer, I would gladly make my contributions in the name of charity, but alas, I am only a single creature of modest means.

[aestheticemblem]

[While there is some logic in Uxie's words, Marth is unsure of how he feels about them. It's hard to be a ruler, or someone with that kind of power.]

Even limited, altruism could not hurt.

[But agree to disagree, it'd seem.]

[betterthanawiki]

That's why the price I must ask is the lowest I dare ask. To squander every resource I have at the first sign of crisis... I'm afraid such a panicked decision would bring shame to my position.