High drama, treason, plots, and threats have overtaken The Palace today. Quite frankly, it is impossible to explain how owners could ruin a business so adept at being successful. Did I hear "drugs and drinking" from the Greek chorus?


There is nothing I can do but order the sacrifices of more boys in insure prosperity and good weather. Fortunately, the staff is more than tuned in to such things.

It's not as if I have to sound a gong or anything like that to force a boy to prostate himself for the good of all. That's a "good thing".

My main goal is to hide behind the cloak of mystery, the parisol of intrigue; always there, but seldom noticed. As Riley says, "Wielding power is a many-faceted tool, but you never want the public to see you holding it".

In the end, all I can do is maintain the least amount of decorum one indivual can, setting an example but never the rule.