Dick Grayson 002 Ⓡ video

[usedacrobatics]

[The Pokegear snaps on, and Dick, in a nice waiter's shirt, slumps down against a wall and sighs.]

So this is, uh, ridiculously embarrassing.

[His hair's slicked back, too, and he's loosening a little bow tie with his other hand. Tugging at it with a little more force than strictly necessary.]

Exactly, um. Does anyone have any tips for how to... like, not go broke? How do people keep track of money? How do you not run out?

I plead lack of maturity, lack of understanding of the value of a... whatever the unit of currency is here, I don't even know.

And yeah, okay, if you all want a good laugh at my expense, my foster father is a billionaire, both through inheritance and being the CEO of a worldwide corporation. Go ahead, I've heard all the rich kid jokes and I don't really care, I'd just be grateful, in return, for a little--

[There's a voice yelling in the distance, something about not being paid to take breaks; Dick jumps up and shuts off the feed immediately. He does have a work ethic, okay, he was a circus performer until he was nine, but that money was all put in the bank.]

Comments

[unended]

If you're not used to budgeting just write it all down, everything you earn and everything you spend. Keep a certain amount separate as an emergency, for food or shelter. Most of the inns are 500P or less make sure you have enough set aside to at least cover a few days since every job only pays on Fridays.

When I just got here I stayed in towns for a few weeks at a time to earn money, and since you can heal your pokemon at the Pokecenter you don't need to spend as much on medicine.

[usedacrobatics]

Yeah, it's the budgeting that never occurred to me. Writing it all down is a good idea. I can start that pretty soon.

And I'm definitely grounded. What jobs did you find most useful? I basically took the first thing that would take me.

[unended]

It takes some getting used to, so don't feel bad about it. I never had to travel like this where I came from so I had to be more careful at first too. You get used to it though.

I've just been working at Pokemon Centers mainly, they're in pretty much every town and they're all really similar so you don't really have to spend time learning how to do the work each time you're in a new city. The pay is better than Pokemon Mart as well.

[usedacrobatics]

[Good pay and efficient, standardized training. That's another item on his nascent strategy for staying afloat...]

I really wonder at how kids are shoved out on their own in this place... but what can ya do? At least everyone who's answered so far is friendly.

[unended]

I guess since they grow up expecting it they probably know how to handle it. It does seem really strange compared to how things were back home for me.

[ he smiles a bit, nodding. ]

Mostly people are really helpful here. Everyone can kind of understand how hard it is to start out, I guess.

[usedacrobatics]

The sad thing is, I've never thought of myself as overly dependent. Shows me.

I can imagine. I'll be keeping everything in mind in case someone else has to ask.

[unended]

There are a lot of different ways to be independent, I don't think you should take it too hard.

That's really thoughtful and kind of you.

[usedacrobatics]

Yeah, but this is, arguably, one of the most crucial. It's certainly the only one hurting me.

It's good karma, if nothing else... pretty much we all have to help each other here, right?

[unended]

Considering the situation, if you're handling everything else well I think that's already pretty good. And now you're learning how to manage this as well.

Yeah, I'm sure it'll be helpful to other people who arrive here as well. [ and there never seem to be a shortage of people arriving. ] If there's anything else I might be able to help with, let me know.

[usedacrobatics]

I'll keep that mind. The compliment and the offer, although I'm afraid I'll use the compliment first.