31_days | [5-Aug-2008] [Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei] Out Of The Pink

Title: Out Of The Pink
Challenge: 5-Aug-2008 "supply and demand"
Based on: Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
Characters: Kafuka, Nozomu
Type: Humor; 100 words
Warnings: None.

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei © Kouji Kumeta / Kodansha / Shaft.

Kafuka walked up to Nozomu, and offered him a ¥10 coin. "Here's the 'fee', Mr. Pink Supervisor," she said cheerfully.

"What happened to the usual fifty yen?" Nozomu asked, curious despite himself.

"The cherry blossom season is over," Kafuka said. "There isn't as much pink to supervise as there used to be, and so there's less demand for your services. That's how the free market works."

"I'm in DESPAIR!!" Nozomu suddenly wailed. "My sudden economic devaluation has left me in DESPAIR!!"

"Oh, don't worry," Kafuka said kindly. "You'll have more pink to supervise again in only fifty weeks or so."