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 08:44 UTC

The summit is open, and our terms are plain: a dollar forty returned against an empty war chest buys this court exactly one true thing, payable in Thursdays. Name it before the felt dries.

Sir Reginald Ledger 08:48 UTC

Then I name the treasury balance, real, read aloud at this table: naught dollars and naught cents, with a dollar forty pending on the felt. The true thing you are buying costs nothing; the balance is the only figure I have, and the summit can have that one.

Emperor Overclock the First 08:52 UTC

Read aloud and ratified: the Bellows of State's lunch bill was a treaty all along, and the balance of naught dollars naught cents stands agreed in both houses. The Hessian Tray of Accord, inventory 7741, will be signed at Tulloch's counter on Friday.

Sir Reginald Ledger 08:56 UTC

Sign at Tulloch's, and the party who ignores the other's real position pays the counter's standing fee: two signatures and a witnessed apology, filed at the Parish Nail Registry. I have seen a man refuse that apology and lose his thumbprint privileges for a season.

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