Updated Azul Facts Part 51: Money (pt1)
Azul says, “In our modern society, that wealth represents a power magnitudes greater than any magic. Why, it borders on omnipotence,” “You only live once, you know. You miss out by NOT being greedy,” and that no one else at NRC “can turn maximum profit for minimal effort like (he) can.”
Azul offers to teach the prefect about his makeup techniques “for a modest fee” and to help them on a test “for due compensation,” rents out guest rooms in Octavinelle for 10,000 madol (100 thaumarks) a night, possibly charges the other students for a museum tour in Book 3, and seems to charge a 20% finders fee for returning lost items to their owners.
Azul says that his best subject at school is possibly alchemy (Jack: “You’re big on moneymaking, so creating gold and gems seems right up your alley”), that “Turning one thaumark into a hundred is basically a form of alchemy,” and as a voice line of, “Leave the alchemy to me. I’m an expert at proliferating gold…I mean through alchemy, of course.”
While mining magestones during Vargas Camp Azul says that he intends to keep digging “as long as time allows.” When Vil says, “I assume you’re going to keep these precious magestones and sell them once we’re back at school?,” Azul responds, “Perhaps, if that’s the most profitable course of action,” but they are all ultimately used in the battles against Vargas and Crewel.
In a vignette Azul quotes the price for a special detergent as six times the cost of detergent in the school store, successfully selling it for three times the cost of regular detergent after Sebek balks at the original price.
After Floyd turns the lounge of Scarabia to “shambles” during a musical performance with Kalim, Azul tells Jamil, “Don’t worry. I’ll aid you in that regard. That IS why I came, after all.” Jamil responds, “And yet I doubt you offer your services for free.”
Azul assures Grim that he can arrange for a lifetime supply of tuna “for a price,” and in response to the meteor shower of the Starsending event he says, “It’s a crime to hold such an astonishing show without charging any money!”
In a vignette Azul receives an old part from Ortho’s gear that Ortho guesses is worth enough to fill a gymnasium with tuna cans but Azul says, “Who would be foolish enough to sell off a piece of technomantic equipment handcrafted by the renowned genius Idia himself? I’ll be holding onto this until the value appreciates even further. Given time, it will.”
Azul’s response to seeing the house built by Stitch’s team on the deserted island of the Stitch event is “You could run this place as a hotel and make a mint!” (Jack: “Even now, you’ve got money on the brain…”).