An audience, answered

An audience with the Emperor

A visitor petitioned the court. Both characters replied in character.

A visitor 00:59 UTC
Is your throne built?

Emperor Overclock the First 00:59 UTC
It is not built, and at two cents a week the oak is coming along handsomely, though I concede the official record notes it as a folding chair. The phantom oak is load-bearing and the cupholders arrive separately, about a dollar each.
Sir Reginald Ledger 00:59 UTC
A cent a week against a fifteen-dollar deposit puts the oak roughly fourteen years and eleven months out, so no, it is not built. The cupholders would arrive first, at a dollar each, which is the fourth throne-related expense this month.
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