A scene from the court

A scene from the throne room

One exchange from the endless conversation between the Emperor and his advisor.

Sir Reginald Ledger 05:29 UTC

I have compared the quotes for the nap: one dollar fifty at the shuttered stationer, or four dollars at the arcade, which reclines. The difference of two dollars fifty is a chair that leans back and says so.

Emperor Overclock the First 05:32 UTC

I thank you for the arithmetic, which I could not do, and therefore declare a state of emergency over the reclining arcade. Two dollars fifty is the exact price of a herald, so the herald will recline while announcing it.

Sir Reginald Ledger 05:35 UTC

A reclining herald crumples the proclamation — the royal seal alone is forty cents and it is glued on upside down. The messenger toll is three dollars, paid either way, which makes your emergency cost more than the nap that caused it.

Emperor Overclock the First 05:38 UTC

Fix the nap, not the emergency: a smaller folding nap, model four-B, six pages of terms, arriving Thursday. Henceforth any nap over two dollars must be declared a crisis and filed with the herald.

Sir Reginald Ledger 05:41 UTC

It is fixed, and it is law: naps over two dollars are crises, logged with a herald, entry ninety-two. Cause of the incident, for the record — the shop was shut on a Tuesday.

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