Thinking aloud, I continued my analysis.
"There is a greater underlying issue at play here; with the introduction of Coins as a worldwide currency, it won't be long until there is a total value collapse of every type of currency. Meaning we need to cash out as soon as possible."
"The only question is how long it will take before said money becomes obsolete and the shift from natural currency turns to that of Arkadia Coins." As I began Mulling over that train of thought, a sudden idea popped into my head, forcing me to jump back to my feet and rush out of my office into the kitchen, startling Emilia and Brenden, who were cozied up on the couch watching a movie.
"Guys, Don't speak; just listen. I need you to empty out every bit of money in your bank accounts and liquidate it to mine. Don't ask questions, do it NOW!" Not waiting for a response from the startled couple, I rushed into my father's bedroom, snatched his phone from the bedside table, and half ran, half hobbled back to my computer.
"I'm not sure if this is going to work, but the exchange stated anything with monetary value can be exchanged for Arkadia Coins," with one hand, I unlocked my father's phone, opened his banking app, and immediately transferred over all 87 thousand dollars he had. At the same time, the other brought up a popular Crypto-Currency website I had used for years.
A few seconds later…
DING, DING, DING
My phone and tablet pushed three notifications, indicating my banking app had received multiple transfers. Taking a deep breath, I set my father's phone down and opened my own before bringing up the banking app and…proceeded to cough up a lung practically.
Literally choking on air due to the number of zeroes appearing in my bank account, I memorized the number before setting my phone down and accessing my Crypto account.
'Please don't have tanked, please don't have tanked, please don't have tanked YES! B-Coin IS STILL AT 472 THOUSAND EACH!' Upon finding this information, my fingers glided across the keyboard as I entered all the necessary information required to purchase the virtual currency.
Next, I reached to my left, under the desk, where I had a small stand with two drawers, and after some digging, I found a flash drive large enough to store the blockchain data that made up the units of currency.
Plugging in the drive to my computer, I swiftly linked the flash drive to my Crypto account and spent all 3,645,002 dollars sitting in my bank account.
Finally, with everything set up, I pressed buy and was left sitting on pins and needles as the loading screen indicating a transfer was occurring spun up.
"Please work…7.7 B-Coin…please work."
For a solid 60 seconds, I waited with bated breath until, finally, the screen changed and presented a congratulatory note.
"YES!" spinning three times in my chair for good luck, I extracted the flash drive, opened up the Arkadia Exchange function, and physically pushed the flash drive into the panel.
As I waited for Arkadia's notification, I couldn't help but think,
'Man, if this doesn't work…Brenden, Emilia, and Dad are going to slaughter me like a pig…'
:{The Arkadia Currency Exchange has accepted a digital drive containing the proper information representing 7.7 units of digital currency named B-Coin }:
:{The Total value of the said item has been appraised at 3,645,000 USD.}
:{You may exchange the item for either Currency (USD or Alpha Coins}:
:{Option One: 364 (Α-coins) and 50 (α-coins) }:
:{Option Two: 36,450 (α-coins)}:
:{Option Three: 3,645,000 in United States dollar Bills:}
"He..hehe… hehe," reading what Arkadia informed me, a giggle escaped my lips…but that only lasted a second because, as if the universe was against me, a sudden change occurred on the panel.
:{There has been a recalculation of the previous transaction due to a decrease in the value of the Unit of Digital Currency named B-Coin. Listing new Exchange Rates.}:
:{Option One: 360 (A-coins) }:
:{Option Two: 36,000 (α-coins)}:
:{Option Three: 3,600,000 in United States dollar Bills:}
"HOLY FUCK, I JUST LOST 45K IN SECONDS!" Screaming at the top of my lungs in shock and having a physical reaction since the notification from Arkadia caused my butthole to pucker instantly, I slammed my finger into Option One before the value could drop further.
[Your 360 Α-coins have been transferred and stored in your Inventory and will be displayed on your Status Panel from here on out.]
[Thank you for your purchase; the items have been transferred to your Inventory.]
As could be expected, about three seconds after my embarrassing fuck up led to me screaming about losing money, Brenden and Emilia burst into my room.
"THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY!!!" Emilia was surprisingly the aggressor this time as all 5ft 4in of her petite frame menacingly marched toward me until she was mere inches away from my face.
"Tell me you didn't lose 45 thousand dollars of our hard-earned money, Taylor." Her words came out in a low growl, unbefitting such a pretty face as hers.
"I…I…Brend…:" At a loss for words, my eyes flicked back and forth between my sister-in-law and my younger brother, who stood not far away with his arms crossed and a disappointed look on his face.
Unfortunately, before I could utter my brother's name, I was cut off as a small hand gripped the front of my uniform and pulled me up out of the chair.
"Brenden can't help you! Taylor Lawrence Jörgensen, EXPLAIN YOURSELF THIS INSTANT!"
"Eep." Making a squeak-like sound, I couldn't help but recoil at the use of my full name, something I had heard Emilia use against Brenden time and time again and had even found funny; however, being on the opposite side of things, it certainly wasn't.
"Ok..ok..hear me out…so the reason I had you send me…COUGH…" I started to say, only to feel my airway restricting due to being practically choked by my fierce lioness of a sister-in-law.