Thursday, February 25, 2021

Story Post: Rumour #2

Another day, another drama, here at the Chamber of the Great Council. You might think that these great men with their great responsibilities would have great concerns, but you would of course be wrong, for who but the obscenely powerful can afford to be petty? They do their deeds without scrutiny and so, behind the gilt doors of the palace, the darkest vices of their human emotion can have free reign.

Take this example that has chanced upon your correspondent’s ears: one of the attendees is rumoured to be furious at themselves, for the grevious crime of spending their time in idle wastefulness rather than in scheming and politicing, and is blackening their own name to all within earshot. Can you imagine!

If the lives of the wealthy and powerful seem remote and absurd to you then at least you should be pleased that I, your guide, will continue to faithfully serve you with the latest gossip from the Great Hall. But who am I? That’s one secret I’ll never tell.

xoxo, Lady Pettegola

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Comments

pokes:

25-02-2021 19:37:13 UTC

Absurd. Do the boredom and excess of the Chamber know no bounds?

Raven1207: he/they

25-02-2021 20:24:15 UTC

What gossip is heard behind grape vine?

Clucky: he/him

25-02-2021 23:13:24 UTC

Am I to believe that this is someone spreading rumors about themselves? Surely someone who would waste our time with such nonsense cannot be trusted.

Zack: he/him

27-02-2021 03:26:45 UTC

Some may find this preposterous, but I’ll say quite the contrary: one who holds themself accountable for their own actions (or in this case, inaction) is commendable in my book.

Lulu: she/her

27-02-2021 14:42:21 UTC

There’s two ways you can take this; I doubt everyone will take it the same way.