Oh, come on, Lady Marianna - They're still thieves! This "stealing from the rich and giving to the poor" business might sound good in a ballard or something, but -
[And then, Oktavia sat down again, and put a slab of meat in her mouth.]
...Look, just ask Miss Gretchen - Bandits are bad for business, really. The merchant caravans are already getting more expensive to run, because they need more bodyguards, and bodyguards cost money, just for one thing...
[Gretchen nodded at that.]
- Um, Lady Oktavia, you're quite right, of course, but on the other hand, um...the taxes...
[And Mariannna nodded, too.]
...The problem is the Royal Taxes, to be honest.
[The other girls blinked, then, and looked at each other worriedly, but Marianna waved her hand with a somewhat tired smile.]
...Oh, don't worry, everybody, I personally vetted the servants serving us now myself - And if we can't trust everybody else here, there's probably nobody we could trust at all, correct?
[And then, Marianna sighed again.]
They keep raising it and raising it with no end in sight, and for what? The Gold Kingdom's Army and Navy is still as ill-equiped as ever, while the Commonors just keep getting poorer and poorer!
[Oktavia sighed, then, and put her fork back on her plate.]
...It's all the new Queen's fault, or so they say, anyway. Usually, I wouldn't just believe all the stories saying it's this person's fault or that person's fault, but on the other hand, this is Princess Rillanne the self-centered we're talking about, so...
[Marianna looked at her, and ate a bit of the meat herself.]
- They're actually calling her the Princess of Evil nowadays, can you imagine? I mean, it's not like she could raise the Royal Taxes all by herself, but still. What I can't figure out is why the other Great Nobles are going along with something as insane as this, to be frank...
[Homura stared at Marianna, then, thinking furiously. Princess Rillanne? The Princess of Evil from those old folk ballads and plays actually was a real person, then? Homura bit her lip, wishing that she'd paid more attention to the history lessons in school.]
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Re: Homura's timeloop glitch plot!
Date: 2016-08-24 08:08 am (UTC)[And then, Oktavia sat down again, and put a slab of meat in her mouth.]
...Look, just ask Miss Gretchen - Bandits are bad for business, really. The merchant caravans are already getting more expensive to run, because they need more bodyguards, and bodyguards cost money, just for one thing...
[Gretchen nodded at that.]
- Um, Lady Oktavia, you're quite right, of course, but on the other hand, um...the taxes...
[And Mariannna nodded, too.]
...The problem is the Royal Taxes, to be honest.
[The other girls blinked, then, and looked at each other worriedly, but Marianna waved her hand with a somewhat tired smile.]
...Oh, don't worry, everybody, I personally vetted the servants serving us now myself - And if we can't trust everybody else here, there's probably nobody we could trust at all, correct?
[And then, Marianna sighed again.]
They keep raising it and raising it with no end in sight, and for what? The Gold Kingdom's Army and Navy is still as ill-equiped as ever, while the Commonors just keep getting poorer and poorer!
[Oktavia sighed, then, and put her fork back on her plate.]
...It's all the new Queen's fault, or so they say, anyway. Usually, I wouldn't just believe all the stories saying it's this person's fault or that person's fault, but on the other hand, this is Princess Rillanne the self-centered we're talking about, so...
[Marianna looked at her, and ate a bit of the meat herself.]
- They're actually calling her the Princess of Evil nowadays, can you imagine? I mean, it's not like she could raise the Royal Taxes all by herself, but still. What I can't figure out is why the other Great Nobles are going along with something as insane as this, to be frank...
[Homura stared at Marianna, then, thinking furiously. Princess Rillanne? The Princess of Evil from those old folk ballads and plays actually was a real person, then? Homura bit her lip, wishing that she'd paid more attention to the history lessons in school.]