El Hazard Fan Fiction ❯ MrWhat's "El-Hazard" drabbles ❯ It Pays To Advertise ( Chapter 46 )

[ P - Pre-Teen ]
TITLE: It Pays To Advertise
BLURB: It's an unexploited commercial resource.
BASED ON: El-Hazard TV
TYPE: Humor; 200 words ("double drabble")
AUTHOR: Eric Adcock <adcockea@echoalpha.com>
DATE: February 2003
ARCHIVE: http://echoalpha.com/fanfic/

El-Hazard (c) AIC / Pioneer LDC / Geneon.

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TV-Rune Venus sat at a small table in the royal palace. Makoto stood at her side. Nanami stood at her other side, shuffling papers on the table, and arguing loudly with both of them.

"It's an unexploited commercial resource!" Nanami said.

"But-- this is simply unacceptable!" Rune Venus said.

"How could you even *think* of doing this?" Makoto said.

Nanami pointed out some numbers on one page. "I'm offering to pay well over the standard commercial royalties!"

"It's not a question of money!" Rune Venus said.

"It's not acceptable, no matter what!" Makoto said.

Nanami smiled slyly. "What if I throw in some 'Snow of Legend' bean jam rice cakes..."

"Where do I sign?" Rune Venus asked.

"I'll start building it right away," Makoto said.

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"AAUGH!!" said Jinnai.

TV-Ifurita came to his side. "Master? What's wrong!?"

Trembling with rage, Jinnai pointed through an open window. Ifurita turned to look through the window.

The Eye of God hung low in the sky. "Eat at Nanami's Shinonome Diner" was spelled out, on its near side, in huge neon letters.

Ifurita turned back, to see Jinnai beating his head against the wall.

She sighed. "Oh... Does that mean you don't want to go?"

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