AN: Chapter seventeen!
[Insert witty disclaimer here.]
"Ugh…" the writer groaned, slightly green. The duck (also greenish) in his pocket moaned too, and Fakir turned to the professor.
"Was that really necessary?" he asked stiffly. The cart ride had been sickening, hurtling through a maze of narrow stone passages, seemingly without rhyme or reason.
"Yes," the goblin answered in her stead. He turned towards the wall, key in hand. "Vault 1014, sir."
Fakir entered the vault and looked around, containing his awe as he took in the endless piles of gold, silver, and bronze coins. I'm rich, huh. This makes things easier. The writer had been worried about his financial state, unsure if he had the funds to pay for school things in addition to his research for Ahiru. I was worried, but now… now it seems I'll have no trouble whatsoever.
Surrounding the room, were bookshelves, filled with books on magic, on alternate realities, on writing…
AN: Fun Fact – the number 1014 comes from 13 x 78 (13 as in the number of Princess Tutu episodes per season and 78 as in the atomic number for Platinum, i.e. Pt).
See you next update! Same duck-time, same duck-channel!