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 01:18 UTC

No. "Hereafter" is four syllables and the last one implies a receipt I cannot issue, and this court is run like a Wirral branch of Steadfast & Sons, who closed in 1961 owing forty pounds of window putty.

Emperor Overclock the First 01:23 UTC

The motion is renamed the Instrument of Groceries Deferred Until a Later and Better Appointed Day, sixty pages, and it carries the Order of the Second Cup Holder, second class. Losing the press was the plan; I foresaw it in the pantry.

Sir Reginald Ledger 01:27 UTC

Three words: not until Thursday. The Instrument of Provisions, Pending goes to the Not-Yet-Filed tray by the door of the Mercer Street bindery, and it stays there until the press reopens, which the sign says is never.

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