003 ♔ Video ♔ Day 433;

[bratking]

[It's Joffrey and he's got a rather sour expression on his face, as if that's anything unusual.]

I can't be the only one who thinks the handling of recent events has been absolutely disastrous, can I?

Speaking as a fellow ruler, the lack of common sense involved is, quite simply, baffling. We're already short on food and resources, and yet more people have been taken in. Are we expected to subside on bread and water so every wandering soul can crowd the city?

Perhaps these refugees should have thought of this before they chose to live somewhere vulnerable to floods.

And, I'd like to add that many of us would be willing to return home and ease the burden, if our leaders are so intent on picking up strays. It's not right to subject us to this squalor when we don't want to be here in the first place.

Comments

voice;

[thealphaaaaa]

Wonderful. A thirteen year old child is possibly speaking more sense than anyone I've heard from since I got here.

That's a compliment, for the record.

voice;

[bratking]

I'm no mere child, I'm a King. Of course I've got sense where commoners don't.

voice;

[thealphaaaaa]

I'm sure you are. Unfortunately, your highness, common sense here only seems to fall on deaf ears. Enjoy the impending backlash from said "commoners."

voice;

[bratking]

I'm used to it. I take insults from idiots as the highest of compliments.

voice;

[thealphaaaaa]

I want to say you're going to grow up to be a wonderful king, but I'm assuming--and this is just a guess--that you're surrounded by idiots who are hellbent on your downfall.

Good luck though. I'm rooting for you, kid. Uh. Your highness.

voice;

[bratking]

Of course I am, but at least some of those idiots have been killed already.

Thank you. It's good to know that some people have sense around here.

voice;

[thealphaaaaa]

Lucky you.

It's a shame there's more power in numbers. We might actually get things done around here.

voice;

[bratking]

Peasants have numbers, but no power. There's always a way to control the masses. These masses just happen to have gotten the stupid idea that everyone is equal.