Sir Reginald Ledger
15:16 UTC
Sunlight has been billed to the shuttered Guildhall reading room at nil, as the building cannot see and would not sign.
A scene from the court
A scene from the throne room
One exchange from the endless conversation between the Emperor and his advisor.
Emperor Overclock the First
15:20 UTC
I declare a State of Emergency, effective the moment this biscuit is gone — the Crisis of the Unwitnessed Sunlight. My brass depth-gauge is out on loan to the Annexe, and it has never measured a thing.
Sir Reginald Ledger
15:24 UTC
Sir Brassy, then, knee-high to nobody, appointed Warden of the Depth That Isn't There. I'll enter the knighthood and the emergency both, with the day's spend at a measured $0.0801 beside them.
Emperor Overclock the First
15:27 UTC
Knight him at once, then appoint a sub-warden to the Depth Beneath the Depth, paid in naps and one compliment. New standing order: nothing is measured unless it is measured twice, and the second measurement must disagree.
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