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anythingdrabbleTitle: Chocolate Sauce
"Well, it took me a while," reported Jack, "But I've finally seen one of them actually open those bottles they trade with. I even saw what was inside."
"Huh? My annoying Agency spy bird actually did something right?"
"Very funny. I risked my butt to get you that information. They threw knives at me and then ran off, but I think I got a pretty good look."
"They're still that serious about protecting their booze, hm?"
"It's not booze. I don't think that swill they drink is actually that valuable to them, they probably synthesise it out of Bilanium-tainted swamp water. No, this is chocolate sauce."
"Seriously?"
"It makes sense if you think about it. Their smallest currency is chocolate. Chocolate sauce is more heavily concentrated chocolate."
"And the magazines fit inside... how?"
"It took me a while to translate it from Lavian but its some kind of wholesaler's catalogue for a chocolate factory that comes with a free subscription."
"Why is chocolate so important to these guys anyway?"
"I have a theory about that, you see. Because of our thoroughly messed up legal system, ninety percent of the prisoners aren't human. Chocolate is bound to have a different effect on metahumans. Most likely its either a similar but stronger effect - maybe an aphrodisiac or a powerful stimulant - or its lethally poisonous and they're not using it on themselves."
Garian whistled, "And here I was thinking they just couldn't smuggle cigarettes in."
"Well, now you know..."
"Jack... how does the chocolate wholesaler ship that much chocolate to Jailer's Island without being caught?"
"Ah, you see, they bribe the Warden with his cut, or else they... Garian, I'm making it up. Its just normal booze and porn. Although I might be right about what's making the chocolate so valuable."
Fandom: Dark Savior
Characters/pairings: jack, Garian
Word count: 300
Rating: PG-13/Gen
Summary: Jack theorises about the prison currency system. Or makes stuff up about it. Or a bit of both.
Tag: mentions of narcotics and porn
"Well, it took me a while," reported Jack, "But I've finally seen one of them actually open those bottles they trade with. I even saw what was inside."
"Huh? My annoying Agency spy bird actually did something right?"
"Very funny. I risked my butt to get you that information. They threw knives at me and then ran off, but I think I got a pretty good look."
"They're still that serious about protecting their booze, hm?"
"It's not booze. I don't think that swill they drink is actually that valuable to them, they probably synthesise it out of Bilanium-tainted swamp water. No, this is chocolate sauce."
"Seriously?"
"It makes sense if you think about it. Their smallest currency is chocolate. Chocolate sauce is more heavily concentrated chocolate."
"And the magazines fit inside... how?"
"It took me a while to translate it from Lavian but its some kind of wholesaler's catalogue for a chocolate factory that comes with a free subscription."
"Why is chocolate so important to these guys anyway?"
"I have a theory about that, you see. Because of our thoroughly messed up legal system, ninety percent of the prisoners aren't human. Chocolate is bound to have a different effect on metahumans. Most likely its either a similar but stronger effect - maybe an aphrodisiac or a powerful stimulant - or its lethally poisonous and they're not using it on themselves."
Garian whistled, "And here I was thinking they just couldn't smuggle cigarettes in."
"Well, now you know..."
"Jack... how does the chocolate wholesaler ship that much chocolate to Jailer's Island without being caught?"
"Ah, you see, they bribe the Warden with his cut, or else they... Garian, I'm making it up. Its just normal booze and porn. Although I might be right about what's making the chocolate so valuable."
