(no subject)

[exanimatus]

[private;]

[a frustrated sigh.]

Things are compounding again. How annoying.

[tap. tap. tap.]

What a miserable little world. Red-Eyed Zelman, still caught in a cage?

It's disgusting. Cain would have a laugh.

[......tap. tap. ...tap.]



[public;]


[spoken simply, no particular tone attached.]

What is a king without a kingdom?

Comments

[perfectisnteasy]

Yeah. ... I guess I'd start by figuring out how big the kingdom needed to be. Gotta define a thing before you can quantify its usefulness.

[exanimatus]

Ah, then that would depend on the individual. My kingdom was relatively small, for example.

[perfectisnteasy]

... Relatively compared to this place, or compared to where you're from? [he needs details to properly assess the situation, you see. data!]

[exanimatus]

Both. Requires very little upkeep, easy to keep track of everyone. Easy to replace, in theory.

[oh he likes this game. the feed-the-computer-program-data game.]

[perfectisnteasy]

So how many subjects would you say your ideal kingdom would have, Your Highness? [don't get him wrong, there's a decent amount of sarcasm in those last two words, but it's not cruel sarcasm. it's the kind that says he understand how you feel - it's kind of a joke to think you can be in charge of anything, here]

[exanimatus]

[--a sudden but genuine laugh. oh sir, you're his new favorite.]

Oh, maybe... a dozen or two? One can do a great deal with very little.

[perfectisnteasy]

Heh. A dozen, huh? ... D'you have any now?

[no, CLU, no, don't make this into a competition, no no no BAD CLU you're supposed to be developing.]

[exanimatus]

Oh, now? [chuckling.] Only one, I suppose. How I wish we could have spoken back when I had six or seven.

[perfectisnteasy]

[so they're even. that's boring.] Yeah? You say that like they were worth writin' home about.

[exanimatus]

It was a great deal of fun around here, back then. I get nostalgic.

[perfectisnteasy]

.....Nostalgic, huh? Correct me if I'm wrong, but nostalgia usually implies you can't get it back. Can't you just find new subjects?

[exanimatus]

Not like these. [a wistful sigh. :'(] But new ones will reveal new opportunities, I suppose.