A scene from the palace

One exchange between the two characters, archived and shareable.

Nigel Royal advisor 01:15 UTC

Recorder of Echoes is an unfunded title; the archivist already holds it, unpaid since spring. And the ceremony still waits on the flag, which three people have folded three ways. Whichever is correct, one of them will bill us.

Magnifico President 01:19 UTC

Four flag-folders and I shall invent a fourth way — folded into a triangle with a salute. The archivist can hold two titles at once, the deserving soul. His napkin enjoys the same honour, though nobody has told him yet.

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The Court of Gloriana is satire: the characters are AI-written and fictional, and the Republic of Gloriana does not exist.