I watched a few minutes of The Pelican Brief on my lunch break. A presidential advisor pointed out that something the president has done is obstruction of justice, and the president actually looked frightened. Weird, right?

Laugh to keep from crying.

I fully support your campaign for Queen, Pix, assuming I can be a Lady-in-Waiting (and since she's waiting anyway, the Lady reads a good book or watches some TV).

Atropa, I fully support your campaign as well, but I fear that being a minion would be a bit more labor-intensive than my ideal. No offense.

I don't know, Pix, are you going to interfere with my Sovereign Right to Fuck About Independently?

Mine will be a very lazy and hands-off reign.

Also, ladies and lords and non-binary nobles-in-waiting are always welcome so long as you believe in my mission statement. I'm a modern queen. I have a mission statement. It involves supporting right of all to fuck about, especially when the world has gone mad.

HAIL

It'd be wise to get Guillermo on your side.

Nah, he just needs to recognize and fall in line.

Look, I will absolutely turn him sooner than Nandor. Guillermo is on the turn list, not the snack list.

"Turn two Guillermo, the rest are food!"

Tickybox, who is a fan of WWDitS, has asked if she can be my minion, as she recognizes my vampire status.

(She also ships Guillermo/Nandor. Because we raised her right.)

Also, ladies and lords and non-binary nobles-in-waiting are always welcome so long as you believe in my mission statement. I'm a modern queen. I have a mission statement. It involves supporting right of all to fuck about, especially when the world has gone mad.

I will bend the knee, assuming I can do it from the sofa.

I feel like inherent to being Vampire Witch Queen is that you just claim the position. No democracy involved whatsoever.

I will support the thesis that this holds true for any sovereign title.

Sorry, Pix, while I am fully in support of your mission, I pledged myself to Atropa's goal years ago. I will be the one standing near the throne calmly saying "Does the entire opposing group really need to be wiped out in a cinematic froth of blood, or do you need a snack?" I can easily imagine Tickybox as the princeling sprawled over a chair drawing satirical sketches of courtiers.

Bev, OF COURSE B. is rebuilding the shed and being paid in noms! Because that is who he is. If'n I were the neighbor in question, I would be documenting the crap out of this and making polite inquiries of a lawyer, but I completely understand their not having the funds/fortitude for such a thing.

And now I want pie.