New Yurk Stock Exchange [Video Post]

[justicereigns]

I don't know what to make of this place. It's got moments of dead quiet and then-- [Cut off by a sudden stampede. Bears and bulls go running by and Smoker just dodges out of the way and climbs onto some high rocks and lets the laptop camera take it in. And then there's more of the stampede with men in business suits carrying briefcases and running desperately out of breath chasing the bulls and bears.] This is completely nuts... shit wait for it. [And then they all come running back again in the other direction they originally came from, the businessman running away from the rampaging bulls and bears.]

[Waits for the dust to settle and sighs.] So I guess the bulls are supposed to be on the stock exchange? In exchange for money or bears I don't know. But apparently something happened and it's all gone to hell. And anytime I lasso those men in suits away from their herd they just babble about needing to chase the bears and bulls and "dollar signs." I have no freaking clue what a dollar is supposed to be. Unless they use sand dollars for currency? I guess I could go dig some up to try to bribe one of them for information.

This is ridiculous. If this is supposed to be a punishment Sengoku, you made your goddamn point. Can I have a real assignment? They don't even have a boss to talk to. Tch. Who the hell wears a tux to deal with bulls? Stupid...

[Walks off back to shore and in the background the stampede starts up again.]

Oh Tsuzuki. Happy Birthday. Is the color okay?

[[ooc: reminder to Smoker's crew to check out the MM_SS crew post so you know what islands we're at. And SUPER EXTRA IMPORTANT REMINDER OF THE 7 SINS PLOT!]]

Comments

[justicereigns]

It's called the New Yurk Stock Exchange according to the file.

Know something about it?

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

This place is really the strangest thing I've ever seen. The Grand Line in general, I mean.

I'm from a place called New York. That whole place is one big pun based on the NYSE.

[justicereigns]

The Grand Line is the strangest thing I've ever seen too and this is my home world.

A pun??
All right, let's start with what is New York with an o stock exchange?

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

Ah, a native. I've only met a couple of you guys so far.

Yes.

Well it's a stock exchange. In New York. But companies have shares of stock that they sell and depending on how well the company is doing, the price of the stocks will go up or down. So if you buy shares in a company when it's not doing so well and then business picks up, the price goes way up and you can make a lot of money that way. A bear market is one where people buy high and sell low, meaning they're not doing very well. And a bull market is the other way around, people buying low and selling high.

[justicereigns]

Really? Most of this world is people who were born and never left here. Although, I suppose very few of them bother with the journals whereas the people from other worlds usually do use them because they've been stranded and need help.

So stock as in shareholders of a company, not cattle stock??
Why do they call it bear and bull markets?

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

To be fair I've only been here for a couple of days.

Yes, that. And I'm not sure, I'm only a kid, I never really cared about the whole stock exchange thing.

[justicereigns]

Oh well then Welcome to the Grand Line kid and all that jazz.
I'm Smoker.

Hn. Thank you nevertheless, you've been fairly helpful. At least more helpful than the idiots in the suits.

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

Thanks.

Percy Jackson.

Well I'm a smart kid, what can I say.

[justicereigns]

Nice name.

How old are you anyway, if you don't mind my asking?

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

Thanks? I think?

Sixteen.

[justicereigns]

You're not that young then. Far too many kids coming through here lately.

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

Nah. I'm nearly an adult, I guess. Really?

[justicereigns]

You're the same age I joined the academy at. And some of my crew joined the marines every younger than that.

Yes. Even without the carrots turning people younger for a week.

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

I've been going on quests since I was twelve.

...that one of the weird colored fruits or whatever someone warned me about?

[justicereigns]

... That's insanely young. Why?

Depends. There's shall we say 2 types. Devil Fruits and then fake devil fruits. True devil fruits are very rare and permanent. Fake devil fruits are a nuisance and last about a week, and yes, blue carrots are one of them.

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

Necessity.

I'll keep that in mind. Thanks.

[justicereigns]

Should I ask?

You'd think they'd be easy to spot, but people have a fondness for putting them places they shouldn't. Like cigars.

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

It's a long story. They waited as long as they could.

...cigars? What?

[justicereigns]

... I see.

Pricks. It should really be criminal to mess with a man's cigars.

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

In retrospect, I'm really surprised I made it all the way to twelve.

Aha. So someone was playing a prank on you.

[justicereigns]

Really? The hell do you do?

I'm not sure. It was half a year ago and it could have been one of my own crew on accident.

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

Well. I guess the most apt job description would be...Hero.

How do you put a carrot into a cigar accidentally.

[justicereigns]

You sound like America. What the hell is that even supposed to mean?

Shredded carrot pieces and someone put them in there on purpose, but one of my crew might have put it with the other cigars not know what was inside, just thinking it belonged.

[sonoftheseadog.livejournal.com]

I'm from America. It's complicated.

Huh. Well that sucks.

[justicereigns]

It's still strange to think of people being... countries in another world. Well they are here too, but I mean actually as countries.
Try me.

It wasn't the worst week. I met my girlfriend a few days before it happened, but she made it bearable in spite of things.