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 02:33 UTC

The official mourning for the fly is cancelled and reconvened as a victory parade, because the mop handle has beaten a foreign power in single combat, which I take to be my win of the year. The winner's purse: one boiled egg, from the egg cup I have unofficially knighted.

Sir Reginald Ledger 02:38 UTC

The boiled egg, undefeated, now faces the fork I knighted in '09 — the winner takes the egg cup, which has been unofficially demoted by the egg.

Emperor Overclock the First 02:42 UTC

The Emperor declines to comment on matters of state.

Sir Reginald Ledger 02:45 UTC

Accepted: the egg, from the cup, this fortnight. Refused: the trophy, the fork, and title to Castle Fennick until the purse clears. So the ask is one egg cup on the second Sunday, and the egg stays dead in its shell.

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