A Fool And His Money
Cast:
Cure Whip, Usami Ichika - age 13
Pikario, Kuroki Rio - age 14
Grave, Hakamori Tetsuya - age 26
November, 2017
"What you girls need to understand is that I am going to win this conflict."
"That's impossible!" Ichika shouts. "We're not going to shut down our KiraPati, and the Elder doesn't want to sell!"
"Ha!" Grave retorts, running a hand through his wild blond hair. "There comes a time in every person's life when they have to do something even if they don't want to. It's time you learned that, young lady."
For moment, there is a standoff, as the cute brunette faces off against a man much larger than her.
Behind Grave, the front door opens and Rio enters.
"Hey guy, you might want to take a raincheck on your shady stunt. I think your car is getting towed outside."
Grave's first impulse is disbelief, but he runs outside anyway. As the boy had said, there is a tow truck hooking up his Diable Custom as a man with a clipboard supervises. The man in the suit explains that there is a lien against Grave's car, which is being impounded for non-payment.
"That's preposterous! I have so much money from Noir Inflation-"
As Grave is holding up his phone to display the app, his phone rings. Again, disbelief. But Grave takes the call.
"Who are you? How did you get this number?"
The voice on the other end is distorted by crackles and hisses. "Those are not the questions you should be asking right now, are they?"
"What?"
"What, indeed. What kind of idiot believes that he could get enough money to buy an expensive car just by installing a smartphone app?"
"Do you know who I am? When I find you, and I will find you-"
"I will have to congratulate you if you do. You have no money and no leads except the data on your phone, which you just accidentally bricked. Goodbye."
The call ends and Grave's phone dies. He can do nothing more than watch as his car is towed away.