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tushanshu2015-08-07 10:14 pm
stainedglassreflections) wrote in tushanshu2015-08-07 10:14 pm
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Video | From the place where the god of death dwells
[ A cheerful young man watches the video today. It might be a little harder to tell, video instead of in-person, but his hair is shining silver and eyes a confident gold. ]
So.
Does anyone know how to catch jellyfish?
... Or perhaps what sort of things a giant turtle would like to eat? Just a thought.
[ Blame China. Only don't, he probably would have asked on his own eventually. ]
So.
Does anyone know how to catch jellyfish?
... Or perhaps what sort of things a giant turtle would like to eat? Just a thought.
[ Blame China. Only don't, he probably would have asked on his own eventually. ]
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[ Sion should learn not to speak his first thoughts out loud. That is, after all, why he's asking these questions in the first place. ]
... but fish come to the surface once in a while, too. Or is that just a river thing, eating bugs that rest too long on the surface?
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Otherwise, I assume some sea-faring life comes to the surface. Mammals, and whatnot. I'm not really an expert.
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[Dryly.]
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That's definitely true. Don't know why I thought turtles would be simpler. Probably a lack of having to deal with them?
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[Blandly. General comment? Veiled insult? Hard to tell.]
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[ He doesn't seem to care either way. ]
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Even if it is dreadfully boring?
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[People only said that when they were obfuscating. Granted, it was one of those lines where the obfuscation was simply in mental self-defence, but even so.]
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... He also is purposefully making it sound worse. ]
I guess they just don't like dealing with stacks of paperwork?
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[But Solomon doesn't say any of that. He just runs with the statistics and his best guess, and leaves it just a bit vague.]
Ruling a country is hardly something most people would call 'boring'.
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His surprise is a single blink. Okay then, he hadn't realized that large amounts of paperwork could pin him down as a king. Of course, it might have a little to do with how he's dressed too. He should hide the pin and cloak, maybe a layer or two? ]
It is when working five days straight doesn't clear the paperwork from your office. [ Lets avoid the topic of assassins and his terrible subordinates, and nobles who hate his guts. ]
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[It's no a denial. A king is seeming more likely. But working for five days straight? Magical, almost certainly.]
Paperwork isn't the sort of thing you can clear. Stop trying to do that, and you might find it a little easier to get help.
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[ He's cheerful about that, but it does ring in a way that says he's used that as an excuse before. There's an awful lot of paperwork that ends up in his office. Some days it is hard to tell there is an office. ]
Ahh, well, I'd like to be able to get out of the desk without tipping a stack over? So clearing works best for me.
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[So. Dry.]
If you have that much paperwork, you're not delegating properly and should probably see someone about your control issues.
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[ Delegation.. that was the thing Claugh did so he didn't have to do paperwork. While that could work...
Sion's smile is a bit... Well, there's problems with that idea. ]
See, that's where I also run into problems. I don't want someone doing the paperwork just to make me happy. I'd rather whoever takes it on would do so toward the goals I've made clear for the country? [ Is that even the way to say that? he stops and thinks about it for a moment. ] ... I want their morals to align with mine? But the ones I'm certain about being rather close, they're busy with other jobs? Or they do things when stressed I would rather not have to clean up after....
... or they'd see a problem and decide to take care of it by killing all involved? That's also a problem.... So I have to carefully pick people who wouldn't also delegate? Ah, that's control issues, isn't it...
[ His country is a terrible place, he's sorry. Then again, the world is terrible too... ]
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[Seriously. So many issues there Solomon isn't even going to touch. He's not a bloody psychologist. The fact that boy phrases everything as a question doesn't exactly help.]
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There's a quiet laugh. Oh, they're definitely doomed. ]
Oh, definitely. Even if I can manage to get things under control, stop the infighting and even delegate paperwork properly, there's not much we can do against the war that's coming. When a country so small that it wasn't even on our maps conquers the one the same size as five of the southern ones...
[ A bitter smile, or perhaps one that looks like he'd rather be crying. ]
Everyone's going to scramble to get stronger. Roland's going to be crushed.
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I'd like to say, the country was a mess when I got to it.
[ It's still a terrible mess, but that was, as he was learning, something to do more with the location and the world and... too many gears, turning and grinding what they don't need. ]
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[Was he about to cry? Please don't let him cry. Solomon wasn't terribly good with crying young monarchs who had apparently helped their nation on the road to destruction because they were terrible at the 'monarch' part. The man wasn't even objecting to Solomon's accusation of being a terrible ruler, for God's sake. No pride left in this one.]
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It's slow. Expanding medical knowledge takes time, as does expanding schools so that everyone can have a chance at it.
[ His chin is in his hands tho, and he does sound a little more confident this time. ]
It's safe to walk the streets at least. Well, about as safe as here - mugging and maybe some street harassment will still happen, but there's no worry that your wife or children won't come home because some noble took a liking to them. I've gotten them under that much control, at least.
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Improvements. I'm sure your citizens will feel terribly happy they had a bit of time with schools and safety from muggings after the invasion.
[To be fair, Solomon does realise the situation is certainly more complicated than that. But it doesn't sound like the young man has a very good grasp of his allies and confidants, let alone how to monopolise on the people he claims to educate. A nation doesn't thrive at the hands of one man alone.]
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