Heavily Invested in Pun Futures
A thin, bespectacled Sea Monkee with a green eyeshade is here, walking around and poking the fish with a stick (the fish here are all far too out of it to care or even to take much notice). Occasionally a scale falls off of a fish, and the Sea Monkee picks it up, studies it carefully, and makes a note on a clipboard.
"Excuse me," you ask. "Who are you?"
"I, (sir|madam), am an Economist." He makes it sound very important, the way he pronounces the capital letter and all.
"I see. And what is it you're doing?"
"I am studying the economy of scales."
"The economy of scales?"
"Indeed! The initial investment of capital is diffused over an increasing number of units of output, you see, and therefore the marginal cost of producing a good or service is less than the average total cost per unit."
"I'm not sure what you just said, but it didn't sound particularly relevant to this situation. In fact it seemed rather out of context."
The Economist sighs. "Look, do you want to trade your fish scales for better ones, or not?"
| Talk to the economist |
You check your sack, and work yourself into a trading kind of mood.
| The Economist of Scales | |
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| Leave |
You politely decline the economist's offer.
Occurs at Madness Reef once you've asked Grandpa about the right topic.
Notes
- This does not cost an adventure, whether you trade scales or not.
References
- Economies of scale are advantages in price gained by making items in greater quantities.
