Title: Liquidity
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #35, Liquidity
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks. Game-verse

Warnings: AU, Het

 

            “No one’s posted an offer for my auction yet.” Red sighed.

            Lance shrugged. “Well, you are doing it anonymously. If, say, you were going to sell that Chimecho as previously owned by the League Champion, you would get quite a few more takers. Why are you selling Pokémon, anyway?”

            “It’s a secret!”

            “There must be better ways to make money. Is your salary as Champion not enough?” She asked, curiously.

 

            “I’m saving for college.” Red told the Dragon Master, who chuckled.

            “Ah, well then you’ll need quite a bit…”

            “I know. I don’t want to have to pay off lots of government loans later.”

            “Makes sense to me,” Lance agreed. “But staring at the website and refreshing every five minutes is not going to change anything. It’ll just stress you out more. Come on, I’ll take you out.”         

            “Can we get ice cream?” He asked hopefully.

            “Sure.” A few minutes later, they were sitting on the beach near Cerulean Cape, eating ice cream. Red took another bite of Rocky Road with a smile.

            “Thanks, Lance. You’re right – I shouldn’t worry so much.”

            “The right buyer will come along eventually.” She said philosophically. Red grinned as he leaned over and kissed her, keeping a firm grip on his confection. Lance tasted of chocolate.

            “I believe you.”

 

End Fic

Completed 1/16/07

Edited 6/1/09

Liquidity is the ease with which an asset can be converted into the economy’s medium of exchange. Money is the most liquid asset available. (Brief Principles of Macroeconomics, 4th Edition by N. Gregory Mankiw)

Pokemon are obviously not a very liquid asset, as you have to sell them to get money and that might be a long process. In the real world equivalent, diamonds and real estate aren’t very liquid either.