NationStates Jolt Archive

Yesterday at 12:49 pm, Lady Andromeda gave birth to Siamese twins. The twin girls are joined at the hip. Seperation is not recommended by the doctors and political figures. Both wouldn't be able to walk without a cane or a wheelchair. Earnest Equanant, the children's great-grandfather, also objected to seperating them, saying that if they can't get along throughout their lives, neither could rule. But if they could live their lives up to the point in which their father stepped aside or became desceased without driving each otehr too insane, they woul be fit to rule, as Earnest put it. The grandparents, Ishmael Equanant-Kort and Natasha Equanant-Kort, disagree. The father, Emperor Jordan Equanant, agrees with his grandfather.
"I was given many of my oppertunities. My parents and my grandfather have had many obstacles that have shaped them to rule. The challenges my daughters will have to face with each other and against each otehr will strengthen them to rule."

Many foreign rulers who were invited to the Jordan-Andromeda wedding that may be confused or upset at the fact that they wed in a small town bordering Green Sun and Risban with only their immediate families attending, Jordan apologizes, and says that his wife did not wish to wait such a long time and was overexcited to wed.

Meanwhile, Duchess Heidi Equanant has decided that this is a good time to introduce her new boyfriend, Emperor James Theao, to her family. The entire Theao and Risbanian royal families are welcome to visit the Green Palace.

Bump

Bump!

James had received the invitation to come visit Heidi with a smile. Reading the invitation for the rest of the close family, he went over to the study.
"Hi Sara,"
"What's up James?"
"Heidi invited us, mom, dad, grandma and granddad. I'm sure she wouldn'd mind us bringing great grandma as well."
""She'd like that."
"Can you get packed?"
"Will do."

James then got onto the phone to his parents, grandparents and great-grandmother. Some hours later, the family was assembled onboard the plane where they began catching up, while travelling to Green Sun.

ooc: Sorry about that

The Green Sun Navy detected an unidentified aircraft headed to the Green Sun Coast, dangerously close to a No-Fly zone. The sent a warning to the pilot:
"Unidentified vessel, you are nearing a No-Fly Zone over Green Sun Island. Please divert to the closest airfield."

The plane diverts, while sending a message to the control tower, "This is Theao One, requesting permission to land. Also, please inform the royal family that we are here."

"Welcome to Green Sun. I believe Heidi is with you?" a new voice asked. Heidi came up to the front and replied into the radio,
"General Homer? Is that you?"
"Indeed. I'll have an escort ready to take you to the Mainland, the military is a bit ancy right now. Black Sun hasn't done anything in a while, so it has people worried."
"Well, tell my family that we're here."
The plan landed on an airstrip where they were met by two limos, three HumVees, and a Neutron Tank. General Homer was standing in front of them, his blue hair blowing around in the sea breeze. He wore a Green Sun formal uniform: Dark green with brighter stars on the sides of his sleeves, several medals, and a General's symbol. General Homer was about 5'10" and he always carreid a pistol on his belt.
"Greeting, I'm President Homer Strauss."
He spotted Sara Senoir amongst the Theao family and he smiled.
"The same Homer Strauss that chased you, Earnest, Shaku, and the Count across the United States, Sara."
Another man came to Homer's side. He was in his late thirties and he wore the same uniform as Homer, but with fewer medals.
"I'm General Yillik Kort, Secretary of Defense. I'm also Heidi's uncle."

"Well hello there." James said

"So what are you doing now adays Strauss? Still chasing people across the country side?" Sara(s) asked with a grin.

"Are you going to introduce us son?" Sean asked
"Alright dad." James replied, "President, General, this is my dad, Sean, my mother, Veronica, my sister, Sara, my grandparents, Harold and Margret, and you already know my great grandmother Sara."

Homer laughed.
"Actually, I'm still tracking down Black Sun, so you could say that. Come, the boat is waiting," General Hoemr said motioning to the the limos. He opened teh door and stepped inside.

James aided his grandparents/great grandparents into the limo, while Sara(s) chuckled at Strauss's comment.

"Green Sun takes pride in its manufactured products. Mainly military, information, and vehicles, but we also have a lot of oil and a bit of Uranium. We have a lot of forests in teh less densely populated areas we use for our lumber needs. We depend a lot on the International community, however, to enlarge our economy. That's where UziCorp comes in," General Homer said.

"Remember when I said that there were a number of UziCorp shops in the Theao mall? I spotted six. None were very big, but they seemed to be doing well," Heidi said to James.

"Ah," James replied, "It's always good when buisness do well."

The ride was short and pleasant. They could see the beautiful beaches of the coast. They passed by the long-range cannons that protected the Green Sun coast, saw a few of the sights popular in Green Sun and, when they passd through a military base, they spotted a Goliath tank, a huge tank with twin cannons and a Rocket Launcher nest on its back. Not many people, even tankers, see them.
"We don't build many, of course," General Homer said, "They're pretty expensive. But they can move very fast for their size and their turret does move pretty fast. It's one our joys in the Military."

They arrived on the ferry about an hour later. General Homer got out of the limo and showed them around the boat. It wasn't much, just a civilian ferry, but it had a large cafeteria and other pleasantries many otehr ferries lack.

Harold let out a whistled at the sight of the tank, "Now that is an impressive peice of hardware." He commented

Once on the ferry, the family spread out, Harold and Margret heading to the prow to gaze accross the water.

The two Saras began talking to each other.

Sean and Veronica headed to the cafeteria.

"So Heidi, how are you?" James asked

((Heidi's been living in Theao since she went back there))

ooc: I know, he's asking how she is now that she'd back in GS.

"A bit nervous. I have this feeling that something incredibly stupid is going to happen because of my father or my Grandfather. But that's to be expected when you live with them."

"I'm sure nothing will happen, at least nothing big that is." James replied, "But who knows."

"Yeah, the Neutron Tank is basicly an Abrams tank, but with a few Green Sun touches. Most of its parts can be swapped around with other parts from other vehicles. For example, you could take the Diesel engine taht the Neutron tank usually uses and swap it for a Humvee Electrical Engine, provided you have it set to use enough power to run teh tank. Thee Green Sun engines are also twice as effecient and twice as powerful, so you can run this baby faster, harder, and longer," General Yillik said, "I commissioned the Neutron series into the Military myself. This is the latest model, actually. We've had so many breakthroughs since the last Goliath model. I love tanks."

The boat ble wits horn; Land was visible. Homer instructed them all to get back into the limosuines and prepare for a three-hour trip.
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"You're right, James, They do stupid things, but they're old men, both of them political figures, sop you can expect them to do things like that, right?"

Harold commented, "It's an impressive peice of machinery General Yillik. So you're a tanker then?"

"I'm sure they'll behave, and I'm sure that Grandma Sara will take Earnest to task if he starts misbehaving." James replied as they got in the limo.

"Actually, I had no formal Military training. My older brother taught me everything i know. I just love the diversity of tanks and their invincibilty to moral crush. Just seeing an allied tank roll across the battlefield, according to many our soldiers, just boosts their moral sky-high," Yillik replied. sitting down in the limo.
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"Grandfather told me the story of how he knocked over Fort Knox and his adventures in Area Fifty-One, but he never told me his friends' names. Was your great-grandmotehr one of them?" Heidi asked, sitting down ext to him.

"Then, if you don't mind me asking, how did you get to the rank you're at?" Harold asked

"Yes she was." James replied as he put an arm around her shoulder.

"Earnest was friends with my father, who trained Ishmael. Ishmael was the leader of the FOrge Force, our first military group. After my father passed away Ishmael taught me and he became a General, second only to Homer. I led the Forge Force. Then I climbed the ranks as Green Sun grew and Ishmael taught me how be a General and then I was appointed as one shortly after the Second Civil War.
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Heidi fidgeted into a more comfortable position with James' arm around her.
"I wonder why he never told me who they were. Did you great-grandmotehr tell you who the other man was?"

"Ah, you learned througth mentorship then?" Harold commented

"He was, if I can remember the story correctly, a man from the The Transylvania. Someone who is suppose to be older than Earnest." James replied as he enjoyed Heidi's presence at his side.

"Prety much. Now, you seem to be a military m,an. Tell me about yourself," Yillik said.

"Interesting. I think I'll have someon look hi, up for us..." Heidi said, thinking to herself.

The boat gave a bump and the Limos started. There was a few bumps as they went from the boat to teh docks to the road. The Green Sun port was very busy, people were running around everywhere. Security was very tight, there were many men with guns, even a few tanks. Teh people around them didn't seem to care. It was evident that Green Sun was protective of its goods and it people.

"Beside the fact that the Emperor, King, or Prince, depending, is the supreme military commander, I happen to have spend a good deal of time in the military." Harold replied

"We could always ask grandma." James commented as he noted the security.

"That's kind of a reason Natasha is my sister-in-law, actually. It was a good move to have a former General as the Emperor to advise the Empress in teh time of need."

"Nah, I'd rather find out on my own, actually," Heidi replied.

"Ah." Harold replied

"So, you'll be doing some investigative work on Earnest's history?" James asked

"No, I'll arrange for some reporters to bug the hell out of him to have an interviewwith the whole truth," Heidi replied, laughing. They were now cruising through a grassy plain. Rhinos were grazing about, just doing what Rhinos do. Two bull rhinos began to fight one another.

"How subtle." James said with a grin, "I wonder how he'll take it?"

"Knowing his history with reporters, I'll need to pay them several million dollars plus pay for his life insurance for a month should anything happen to him. If he's a good reporter, we'll be able to squeeze a good story out of him, possible a good book."

James chuckled, "I wish the reporter the best, as it doesn't sound like he's much for interviews."

"No, not at all. Last one to even go near him had his camera man get landed in the hospital. He had a bad experience with a reporter during his travels. A few sessions with a psychiatrist would help if he didn't like them, either..."

"Figure something like that, one of my cousins is sort of like that, lawyers, psychiatrists, and telemarketers drive him into a frenzy." James commented

"Well, he was attacked by a reporter and he was forced to eventually kill him. Then he went to see a psychiatrist and he attacked Earnest, too. He has bad luck when it comes to things like that."

"Why would they attack him?" James asked

Heidi mumbled something about terrorists and the United States, and then fell asleep on his shoulder.

James left his arm around her as she fell asleep, enjoying the presence of her at his side.

About three hours into the ride, the Beatles began to play loudly on the stereo as the limosuines began to ride off-course. Yillik could tell something was wrong. He demanded to know what was going on; He got no response. He flipped open his cell phone and tried to call the Military; The limo was built of somthing that blocked his transmission. He turned to Harold and mouthed,
"Get ready."

Harold, nodded, gestured to Sean, who informed Veronica, Sara and James by hand signal.

Heidi, knowing that Black Sun often used the Beatles to make signals to one another, woke up and looke dout teh window. This was definitely not the way to Green Sun city. She looked out the rear window and saw their armor escorts were following them. Knowing the windows were tinted and they couldn't see her, none of them could signal to the escorts. General Homer looked out teh side and spotted a roadside bomb. This was going to be a day.

As Heidi woke up, James tapped her on the shoulder and mouthed, 'Something is wrong, Yillik is worried'.

"Black Sun, a terrorist group. I believe I told your sister about them, they must have seen this as an oppertunity to get on both Theao and Green Sun's nerves. We're in no real danger, Black Sun somewhat idolizes my Grandfather, but I'm more concerned about Homer, he's ruthless against Black SUn, he might get himself killed."
There was a loud explosion as the roadside bomb blew up. There was a large fireball and a bunch of smoke. The Neutron Tank crawled by, half of it armor blown off. The Humvees continued pursuit.

"Ah, he has a vendetta against them and may act reckless you mean?" James asked, "Why do they idolize Earnest, and where did they get thier name?"

"They're the remnants of an alternate Green Sun. They were the most powerful and influential nation in their dimension. They also oppressed a lot of people. They idolize Earnest because he was their leader for several thousand years. My other Grandfather, Yolan, was actually captured and convinced to join them as a General. Earnest had to kill him."

"Alright." James replied, "So how often do they attack?"

"Every three days. Not many casualties, just a conventional bombing to remind us that they're there. The last major attack was a year ago, where over a dozen Green Sun soldiers died and there was over fifty civilian casualties. Most of the major battles with them, however, we start with them, trying to erradicate."

"So they attack on schedual?" James asked, "Also, what motivates them?"

"Nobody really knows anymore, but their original motivation was to take over Green Sun and restart their nation and their empire. They attack on schedule to makeus think they're just a bunch of bored teenagers. But we know they're a fully-functioning goverment-like organization and we're hunting them down to prevent them from growing into an even bigger threat."
The limosuines stopped. They were cornered by two packs of Humvees and Neutron tanks. They could hear the Green Sun soldiers shout over the loudspeakers,
"Black Sun Terrorists: You are cornered and outgunned. Don't bother risking the lives of any of the leaders, they can handle themselves. Come out with your hands on your heads and you won't be executed."
The terrorists did no such thing; Instead, a jet roared above and fired missiles at the tanks and Humvees. General Homer was amazed.
"Where did they get that ordanance?"
"We stole it from a Risbanian airfield. They didn't suspect a thing," the driver said, driving full speed ahead through the freshly made gap. There was a loud thunk as a piece of metal landed on the roof.

"Since you appear to be a member of the Black Sun organisation, mind telling us what you want?" James asked the driver.

"Land," the driver replied.

"For, from and where?" James asked as Harold sneezed.

The driver didn't reply. They came up to a small farmhouse with a large barn and they pulled in. They were still pursued by Humvees. Several men with RPGs came out of the house and pointed them at the Humvees, which stopped dead in their tracks.

"So what's your plan for us?" James asked the driver.

Meanwhile Sara leaned over to Heidi, "Is this normal behavior for them, and how many people do you think they have?" She asked in a low voice.

"Capturing national leaders is pretty normal," General Homer said, "And we estimate they have around three thousand members, give or take."

"So what do they do with the leaders when they capture them?" James asked, "And Sara meant here."

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ooc: Please don't hijack this thread.

((Theao, that's perfectly fine, this thread ahs two purposes, he's not hijacking, he's just making a suggestion.))
From: Emperor Jordan Equanant
To: TCS Military Apothecaries

Sorry, but we're going to have to refuse your offer. As I have said before, their joining will only stengen them for the future.

Jordan finished the message and turned to his wife.
"Now I wonder where Heidi and the Theao family are?" he asked.
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Homer didn't have time to answer. Several armed Black Sun gaurds came over and opened the doors and waited for them to come out.

James exited the limo, followed by the rest of the family.

ooc: Alright, The Machinists, sorry for jumping on you.

OOC: No problem, I didnt mean to use this profile either. >.<

The Prime Minister of Palixia grants his best wishes towards the Green Sun royal family.

They were led to a small room within the basement of the farm house, which was as large as a military base. The door was locked and they were forced to wait for several hours.

The royals just relaxed as they waited.

General Homer was restless. He did not want to be stuck here in a Black Sun base with other world leaders.

Not when he had so many secrets to hide.

He went up to the door and studied it. There was no doornod. He tapped on the glass; Unbreakable. He looked out the window into the hall; The gaurds were carrying the second-latest Green Sun rifle model. It would be near impossible to get past that kind of weaponry. He began to pace.

Yillik, however, was quite cool-headed. He simply sat and twiddled his thumbs.

"General, why pace?" James asked Homer.

"I'm claustraphobic," Homer lied. As soon as he replied, the door opened and several armed gaurds came in. A man wearing a robe breathing through what sounded like a respirator walked in.

"So, General Homer, General Yillik...Duchess Heidi. And, of course, the Theao Royal Family. I remember conquering Theao in my dimension. Not much of a fight, no. But yes, still, one of my first," the man wheezed.

"And you are?" James asked the man.

The man shot James a nasty look, but James could only see a silvery bang and his red eyes.
"I? I am the man who crushed every nation. I am the man who transended the ordinary human being. I am Emperor Darth Banan. But you would know me as," Emperor Banan smiled, "Earnest Equanant."

"Good for you." James said, "Do you think name dropping is impressive?" He asked with a chuckle.

"I should think you have met this dimension's Earnest?"

"For a few minutes, not overly impressed." James replied

"Then you ought to know the answer to that question. Now, sit."
James felt himself being pushed down onto teh chair by an invisible force. Homer was breathing heavily and staring angrily at the Emperor.

"Your a 'path, not that impressive." James replied, "What do you want?"

"Land. Not in the Consortium, not in the Dominion of Lords. Green Sun and Theao will give us land."

"And if we refuse?" Yillik asked.

"Then I assure you, fire is very hard to put out in large urban areas."

"What-" Homer gasped, looking shocked. Banan laughed.

"Yes, Homer. Fire is VERY hard to put out in urban areas."

Banan left the room. The gaurds motioned to them to get up and follow.

"Loon." James commented, "Couldn't do it even if I wanted to."

Even Yillik looked glum. Heidi turned to James and said,
"If we don't deal with Banan, he'll fire napalm-filled missiles at every densely-populated capital in the world, James."

"Like I said, I don't have the authority to do so, the absolute soonest I could have the ability to do so would be in around ten months." James replied

"You mean you would have to wait to invade someone overseas for ten months?" Yillik asked. Homer spat.
"They were stupid to lead us here like they did. I'm going to launch an all-out assault on this base!"
"That's true...Why would they want us to know where this is?" Yillik asked, sitting down in the limosuine. The limo, which had a new driver, passed by several packs of Green Sun tanks and Humvees, which were about to attack the base. They all debated on why they would lead them here and what Banan told them on the ride back.

Sean spoke here, "Not at all, the powers of war lie within the rank of prince, the obligations that would be required for what the 'loon' as my son has chosen to name him, lies with the rank of Emperor."

"Doesn't matter," Homer said, laughing, "We're going to catch Banan and we're going to kill him and wipe out a major terrorist base!"
There were several explosions from behind them. Homer laughed again.

"Homer, what is the reason for your personal vendetta against the Black Sun organisation?" James asked

"First of all, they turn Yolan against us. One of my lieutanants during my power struggle was a member and he was the one who gave the order to execute the presidents against my orders to him, and I've been hunting them my entire military career and now they're basicly pointing a gun at my head."

"It is dangerous to hold a grudge when you need a clear head." James said, "Not just for you but for all those who you lead or call you friend."

Homer relaxed a bit and looked back at the farmhouse. He could only see trails of smoke.
"We've just hit Black sun hard, but we haven't delivered the finishing blow. Until next time," Homer said. Heidi shook her head.
"You're a dumbass. Let's just go home."

ooc: Who's a dumbass?

OOC: Homer

"So what would have been on the agenda, had we not been waylaid by the Black Sun organisation?" James asked

ooc: Alright

"Dinner, a tour of the palace, and then a documentary on Green Sun. We wouldn't have had much time but at this point, I don't think we could fit a tour and a movie in, so I believe it will be simply a small dinner and then strait to bed, since we'll be there by about two am," Yillik replied.

"Ah, it still sounds nice." Veronica commented(Jame's mother)

They watched the sun set in Green Sun. It didn't turn green, to their misfortune, but it still was very magnificient.

When they arrived in Green Palace, they couldn't see most of it. It wasn't illumionated. If they looked closely at the yards of it, though, they could see sleeping Rhinos. From what they could see, they could see a large palace with a glass dome, several SAM missile batteries, a number of Fire Bases, and a moat. With crocodiles and sharks.
"Occasionally my grandfather puts pirranas in the moat. Nobody's fallen in, but we have enjoyed a brutal, barbaric show of Black Sun terrorists being thrown in and eaten. It was quite fun."

"Ah, it seems quite a bit like a military base." James commented about the decore.

"Technically it is. Green Sun Palace Missile and Infantry Complex. We have the largest concentration of missiles in the region right here near the Palace. It's also the most well-protected. We have had fourteen thousand six hundred twenty-five failed attempts to break into the complex and only one successful one, which turned out to be Earnest trying to sneak in," Homer informed him.

"Ah." Sara(s) replied, "He never changes does he."

"It was during my eight birthday party and he was on a meeting overseas and I had hoped he would be there, so he surprised me when he found out," Heidi told her.

"That was sweet of him." Sara(s) replied

"We all thought we were going to be attacked by terrorists," a familiar voice said. Jordan was standing outside the limosuine, which was now parked.
"I heard of what happened. And their demands were e-mailed to me. I told them to fuck off, literally. You all need some rest, we'll have the tour and you can meet the twins tomorrow."

"Alright, it'll do well to get some rest." James replied, "And nice to see you again Jordan."

"It's good to see you, too, James," he replied, showing them the way to the Palace. When they got closer several snipers became visible. They could also see more of the house. It was painted a pretty dark green with many plants on teh side of the palace. They crossed the gate that goes over the moat and entered through a small archway that led into a magnificent room, filled with paintings, art, plants, and fine furniture. They could also spot several cars that Earnest had stolen over the years, even parts from an exploded jeep. They spotted Earnest and Ishmael walking around drinking warm chocolate milk.

"Hello Earnest." Sara(s) call out.

Earnest looks around and spots the large group and stares. Earnest had obviously aged, but no so much as Sara had. He looked as if he were still in hsi mid thirties.
"That voice sounds familiar. Do I know you?"

"Think back you addle brained-nutter." Sara commented, "Does Fort Knox and Area 51 jog your memory?"

"Well, you're certainly not the Count or Shaku. Wait...Sara?"

"Ding Ding Ding." Sara replied with a chuckle, "Yep."

Before Earnest could open his mouth to speak, Ishmael passed out on teh floor as Earnest caught him.
"Seems that Ishamel has to go to bed now, as the rest of us should. Royal Guest Rooms are up one floor, third hall."

"Alright." James said as the Theao family headed toward the guest chambers.

As james tried to head to teh Guest chambers, Heidi pulled him away and whispered,
"I still have my room here, James."

As Heidi pulled James away, Sara(J) smirked at her brother.

"Alright," He replied in the same low tone as he let himself be pulled away from the others.

Jordan was awoken early with an odd message; a man claiming to be the rightful ruler of Green Sun had come up to the Palace and began to meet with Jordan and Earnest. This was very embarrasing to Jordan, since they had guests. He walked out of the palace and looked in front of the Palace and saw a tall, silvery-haired man with several scars on his face waiting impatiently. His grandfather came up, yawning, next to Jordan.
"Whas goin's on?"
"Someone is claiming to be the rightful ruler of Green Sun or something like that. He's over there..."
Earnest studied the man and he went pale. He turned to Jordan and said,
"Don't know him, have him thrown off the grounds."
"No, Grandfather, I want to hear what he says," Heidi said from behind. They turned and saw her standing, still in her pajamas, hands on her hips.
"I want to know how you screwed up this time, Grandfather."

James had been awoken, when Heidi got up, and asked her what was up.

"I heard shouting," she told him, putting on her jacket and headed downstairs.

James got dressed and followed after.

James arrived shortly after Heidi showed up. All three of them were arguing loudly.

James listened to the conversation.

ooc: Sorry about missing this earlier.

"I don't know if my brother had any kids, I lost contact with him when he was executed by teh French in 1810!"
"What about your father?"
"My dad died when I was fifty three! He never had any other kids!"
"You sure?"
"No!"
"Well then-"
The scarred man had approached them and stared at them. Heidi noticed that he was there and said,
"Hello, can we help you?"
"Yes. I'd like to speak with my father."
"Well, I can arrange that for you, we can track him down," Jordann told him.
"Oh, I've already found him. Dad," the man said, staring at Earnest. Heidi and jordan looked at him and Earnest gave them an innocent look.
"What? I was single until I met Miranda!"

James blinked, "This is interesting." He thought

"Dad? I've only had three kids."
"Four. You dated a woman before you met Miranda, remember?"
"Oh, yeah! Susie! How is she?"
"Died at childbirth."
"Oh...That's depressing."
"At MY birth."
"That's even more depressing. How does this involve me?"
"While you two were dating you two got very drunk and got a room nine months before my birth. The rest is self-explainatory."
"Excuse me," a deep, commanding voice said from behind the man. They turned to see Shaku Sha'amamee, the alien leader of Green Sun.
"But Earnest does not get intoxicated. He never has and his metabolism doesn't let him, so he never will."

"Heidi, is he claiming to be your uncle?" James asked in a low voice.

"I do believe so," she replied.

The man stared at Earnest with hatred in his eyes.
"Then that means Earnest rap-"
"Don't even say that I raped her, man. I would rather find the way to die than rape anyone. Let's go inside and calmly talk about this. What's your name, sonny?"
"Sunny."
"That's...Convenient. Look, yes I did date your mother and yes, she did get drunk and offer herself to me, but I told her no. She passed out and I brought her home to her sister's, where she was staying."
"The bartender said-"
"That bartender is so old he can't remember his name."
"There were fifteen other people who backed his claim."
Jordan, at this time, was fed up.
"Alright, alright, let's settle this. We can have a blood test and see if you really are my uncle, Sunny. If you are, then the Supremem Court, Parliment, and the Council of Theocrats will all vote and try Earnest to see if you really are the rightful blood Emperor, alright?"
Sunny looked at him and said,
"That sounds fair. More than-"
Heidi punched Sunny out cold.

"Nice arm dear, remind me not to piss you off." James commented as Sunny collapsed.

"I didn't even get to mention the fact I'm a semen donor. To an old clinic, I thought it was for scientific study but some whacko was cheating people and I guess I was a victim."

"So how would seccession be dealt with in that situation?" James asked

"He'd be granted accidental royalty, get a small house, and be able to live his life. Or he can live here in the palace if he'd like, which I doubt. Because I never actually, ahem, *did* that to her, and it wasn't my own fault, true royalty doesn't apply, but since he's so close to teh family, he'd have Palace priveleges. If he pursued trying to claim the throne further, that would actually be up to me to announce my true heir, which would stay as Natasha, who would step aside and announce Jordan as Emperor. I just love legal loopholes."

"Ah, so what's going to happen when he wakes up?" James asked as he yawned, covering his mouth thought.

"He's going to press charges, but we can get him back for conspiracy," Heidi replied. Two Forge Force sodliers appeared out of nowhere and dragged Sunny's body away.

"And since conspiracy is worse than assualt, he'll drop the charges?" James asked

"Probably not," Heid told him, "If he really is a member of our family."
"She'll be charged with Assault, but he'll be in prison for conspiracy. Both consequences will be greatly reduced, though," Jordan told him.

"Anyway to get Heidi out of it?" James asked Jordon

"Send her back to Theao. He can't touch her there," Jordan replied.

"True enought." James replied, "Especially because we don't have an extradtion treaty."

"So let's not make one then," Heidi replied, laughing. Jordan led them back inside.

"Alright." He said with a grin as they went back inside.

The rest of teh family was up. People were running around, dragging papers around and arguing. Jordan started to shout at them and tehy all seemed to disappear.
"Secretaries and political advisers, we have too many of them," Jordan explained. Ishmael and a silvery-haired woman in a wheelchair went by. Earnest seemed to disappear. A womanpushing a unique carriage approached them.
"What's going on, Jordan?" she asked.
"Just riffraff, don't worry about it. James, this is my wife, Andromeda, and my daughters, Lucy and Belle. Lucy's the one on the left, of course."
Lucy made a toothless grin and Belle bonked her sister on the head. They started slapping and hitting each other. Andromeda stopped them.
"Cute, aren't they?"

"They are cute." James replied, a smile on his face as Belle got bonked by Lucy and starting a little fight. "It's a pleasure to meet you
Andromeda.
ooc: Heidi hadn't meet Andromeda?

((She hasn't met the babies))
"It's good to meet you, too, Jordan. Heid's told me good things about and and Theao."

"What has she been telling you?" He asked casting a sidelong, but smiling glance at Heidi.

ooc: Ah.

"Nothing a boy would be interested in," she replied, smiling. There was a series of crashes. Jordan cussed, asked to be excused and went to go fix a mess his advisers made.
"Come on, Andromeda, let's show the twins to the other Theaos."
"Alright! Is Sara(j) still in bed, James? Is she a late sleeper?"

He grinned. "Sara tends to get up 'on-time'." He checked his watch, "She should be up."

"Well, let's go find her and bug her about teh children," Heidi told James, tugging him towards Sara's room. They passed by Shaku Sha'amamee, who was a bit startled to see a new face.
"Shaku, I thought you finsihed your buisness here?" Heidi asked. Shaku looked at James an dthen back at Heidi.
"I smelled something. Something...Familiar."

"I'm sure she'll love the children." James commented
"Were you at Knox?" James asked eyeing Shaku.

Shaku stared at James for a few seconds and said,
"Yes, yes I helped Earnest take over Fort Knox."

"Then you know Sara, didn't you?" James asked

"Sara...Yes, I knew a Sara."

"She's both my great grandmother, and here." James replied

"I must be smelling her then. Shall I fetch her and bring her to meet the children?"

"She'll most likely meet us soon, women in my family tend to be early risers." James commented, "Men, it veries."

Shaku didn't seem to hear, or seem to care. HE sniffed teh air and followed Sara's scent.

Sara(s) was in bed reading a novel.

The Prime Minister of Palixia wishes his best luck (again) to the Green Sun Royal family, and says tell Duchess Heidi he is still availiable in case the whole Theao thing doesn't work out.

Sara(s) was in bed reading a novel.
Shaku traces teh scent to Sara's bedroom and knocks on the door.

Sara(s) bookmarked the book, got up and answered the door.

Shaku gave the equivelent of a smile when Sara opened the door.
"Boo," he emitted as soon as he could see her face.

Sara reached over and smacked Shaku, "Don't do that to an old lady." She said with a smile.

"It's beena while. Over sixty years, in fact," Shaku replied, still smiling, "Earnest hardly remembers you."

"He always did have a short memory." Sara replied

"Only when he didn't need it. Andromeda and Heidi are showing off the twins. I've already memorized their smell and I'm pretty busy, so I'll see you around, okay, Sara? It's been nice seeing you again."
He gave a Green Sun salute and turned to leave.

"See you later then." Sara said

Shaku turned and left for whatever buisness he was up to.

Sara(s) decided to go see the babies.

The babies are still cute and are now sitting down attempting to play with toys in a playpen in the sittig room, which is ajacent to the Dining room.

Sara(s) showed up to see the babies.

The babies were tuging in opposite directions, trying to get different toys. They finally worked together and got one toy at a time.

"How sweet." Sara(s) commented about the twins working together.

Suddenly, Belle looked at Lucy and wanted that toy and reached for it. Lucy didn't want to give it up and they started to beat on each together again, and then was stopped by their mother.

Sara(s) chuckled at the babies antics.

"They are cute, aren't they?" Andromeda asked. She walked over and offered her hand.
"I'm Empress Andromeda, their mother. You must be Sara Elder."

"Yes I'm Sara, no elder in my name." She commented as she faced Andromeda.

"Well, you are the elder of the two Saras," she replied.
((Isn't Sara(j) with them?))

"Yes she's the older of us." Sara(J) replied

"So Sara Elder would be a fitting nickname for her in this case," Andromeda replied. The twins were now discovering how to throw things at a wall to hit the other.

"I guess, but it makes me sound so old." Sara(s) replied

"You're nowhere as near as old as Earnest, Sara," Andromeda reminded her.

"But he's just odd." Sara(s) replied

The babies started screaming as they turned and saw that Heidi had just caught them in the nick of time.
"I just looked up and they were suddenly falling. I don't know what happened."

"I wonder why?" James commented

"Well, members of my family do have odd powers. I can't die, Natasha can clear minds, Jordan is unnaturally fast and has an unnaturally pretty smile and HEidi's an enchantress of some kind. My brother ad the unfortune of having everyone that died around him died very slowly and painfully, and he saw a lot of death," Earnbest said, walking into to the room.

Bump

"Alright." James replied, "Did you cast a spell on me Heidi?" He asked with a grin.

ooc: Sorry for missing your last post

"More like you cast one on me," she replied, giggling. Andromeda gave a fake cough.
"Heiudi, James, not in front of the children! Chong, come here."
A small, seven-year-old-boy came out, his eyes on the floor.
"This is Heidi's Second Cousin once removed, I believe, her cousin's son, Chong, Ali's son. Chong, say hello to Lucy and Belle!" Andromeda said. He smiled and walked curiosly at the babies. They smiled and threw stuffed toys at him.

Both Saras grinned, as well as the newly arrived Victoria. Sean chuckled as well.

James smiled as the babies pelted Chong with toys.

Chong, who played Little League and was used to getting hit by flying objects, was tossing the toys back. The twins only threw harder.

"Do they pelt people often?" James asked Andromeda.

Andromeda nodded furiously. The door opened and Jordan walked in.
"Dammit. Things are just going to hell here. Animarnia's been attacked and Black Sun's involved and the secrataries are all screwing up today. Oh, look, the twins are playing with Chong, that's so cute..."

Harold and Margret woke up and arrived, them being the last set of sleeping Theao royalty.

The twins decided Chong was being too submissive and decided their father was a better and bigger target, but their long-range aim wasn't that great, so now everyone except Jordan was getting pelted by stuffed toys.

James smile indulgently as he was bonked by a stuffed animal, as he interposed himself between the deluge of stuffed animals and Heidi, while his other relatives moved out of reach of the twins.

The twins soon ran out of stuffed animals and then =began to beat on each other again, which was stopped by Andromeda once more. Belle started to cry and a stench filled the room.
"The thing about babies," Andromeda and Jordan said at the same time. They left to change the twins.

Harold/Margret and Victoria/Sean began talking among themselves about thier children as babies.

James watched the children leave, before returning his attention to Heidi.

"They're simply adorable, aren't they?" she asked James.

"That they are." James replied

I heard that the delivery was downright painful for poor Andromeda, but they all seem to have made it out okay. There's a lot in store for those two. Probably more than we can imagine."

"I'd imagine it was painful." James commented, "And I'm sure they'll have a great future instore."

"They're going to have an adventureous one, that's for sure. Hey, is that uncle Alan?" she asked. She walked out into the hall and shouted for her uncle. He turned and smiled.
"Hello, Heidi! I've been looking for your mother. Where is she?"
"I think she's with my father. Come on, I want you to meet the Theaos!"
"Oh, no, I'm a bit busy-"
"COme on, uncle Alan!"
"Oh, all right, I'll come and say hello to the Theaos..."

James looked over Heidi's uncle, as he and his family introduced themselves.

"Yeah, not many people hold me as high as my brotehr, who was in the Forge Force and got himself killed. I build tanks. Big ones. Like the Goliath, Homer told me you saw one on your way here. I was test-driving that one, I saw a bunch of limos and armed vehicles pass by, I wondered if there was someone coming to Green Sun or coming back, I just like living my life and doing my job, I don't really care about my Royal status."
"Well, you should, kiddo," Earnest's voice said. He turned and saw the man walking in.
"I heard my long-lost son had come to the palace. Both of them."
"Quite a place you've built, dad. I remember the house we grew up in."
"Large, next to a bunch of woods, had it's own haunted pond? Where do you think I got the lake and all the wood for the palace?"
"Are you serious? You destroyed all that beautiful landscape to build a military base and a palace?"
"What can I say? I hate nature in its every form."

"How come?" Sara(J) asked

"When you've seen as much of the world as I have, Sara, you learn to hate nature."

"If you say so." Sara(J) commented

"So where is this so called 'brother' of mine?" Alan asks.
"In the Infirmary."
"Oh my..."
"It was only a suckerpunch," Heidi said defensively.

"She has a mean right hook." James said with an feigned cringe, which was horribly marred by the massive grin on his face.

((I don't know my punches. ;) ))
"Still knocked him out," she said defiantly.

"That it did." James said with a smile and a quick kiss on the cheek.

ooc: That's alright, neither do I, at least not really.

Heidi laughed and kissed him back away. The door opened from behind Earnest as Yassir, Muhammad, and Dimitri popped in.
"Surprise!" they all shouted. Heidi's face went into her hands and she said to James quietly,
"If you thought your little brother was annoying when he played his guitar, my cousins here are a singing trio. Let's hope they don't sing 'When the Saints come marching in'."

"I like his music, it's Sara who doesn't." James commented, "Why shouldn't they sing Saints?"

"For three hours."

"I can see how that might get annoying." James commented

"We're not going to sing," Muhammad assured her
"We're not going to dance," Yassir consoled
"But we will make sure everyone is cheery!" Dimitri finished.
"And your way of doing so is singing and dancing," Heidi replied. They smiled at their father, Alan.
"Should we ask him, Dim?" Muhammad asked.
"I say we tell him, shouldn't we Sir?" Dimitri asked.
"Let's ask him and then tell him!" Yassir suggested.
"What is it, boys?" Alan asked, slightly annoyed.
"We know how you don't like us using our political power," Yassir reminded him, holding his hat.
"And we know how you want us to pursue our dreams at the same time," Muhammad added, now holding his.
"So we want to ask you a very important question."
"WHAT IS IT BOYS?"
"We want to leave the country and expand Green Sun's royal family elsewhere," Dimitri said
"We want to help relations with Green Sun and the International Community get better," Muhammad told him.
"We want to get married," Yassir spurt out. The other two ghlared at him angrily. Alan scowled.
"I thought your dream was to sing as a trio."
"We do!"
"We are!"
"We shall!"
"But we feel like we can do more for Green Sun."
"We're willing to live away from each other and our family."
"We've got tickets to the Superbowl!" Yassir shouted. They all stared at him with a confused look.
"Um...They're twenty years old, I just needed something to say." His brotehrs understood.
"In short, father, we want to bet married overseas. Ali's the only one who's gotten married and he doesn't sing..."
"Pretty please?"
"With a bannana peel on top?"
Another awkward silence.
Alan scowled again.
"Absolutely not. I came here to see your aunt, not to send three of my sons to their certain doom."
"If-"
"And-"
"But-"
They all stared at Yassir again, who had said "And". He wasn't smiling.
"And to assure his place as an average person. You hate your power because you feel you didn't earn it. That's the thing about royalty. You have to show that you're worthy of it. Otherwise you're worse than a dictator who forcefully took his office. You're an incompetant leader. And that's not what an Equanant is. What did you do when Uncle Taylor was killed? I heard that you were running for your life. A true Equanant would have-"
Alan hit Yassir in the face.
"NEVER talk about my brother! He was a-"
"Taylor was a hero who went beyond what was asked of him and gave up his dream to serve his nation," Natasha said, rolling in her electric wheelchair.
"I offered you the spot of Secretary of State, but you turned it down. I offered you an ambassedor position. You turned it down. I offered you an office job. You turned it down. Now you build tanks now. You still serve your nation's military, but you could have done so much more. Why is that?"
Alan stared at her with an angry but shameful look. Earnest was helping Yassir back up.
"He doesn't have any powers, that's why," Earnest said. The room went silent again.
"I can't die. Natasha can clear minds. Taylor could see in the dark. Ali can read minds to an extent. Chong is pyrokenetic, he helped me design my latest flamethrower. These three are telepathicly connect, as was Vlad. Jordan's unnaturally agile and Heidi can coax people into doing things her way. Alan not only feels insecure because he is an Equanant with no powers and the fact he was born with all this power and no obligation to use it and nor did he earn it. He turned down your offers, Tasha, because he felt that he didn't earn it. He's a proud man who wants to do something before he earns it. So earn it, Alan. Let your sons marry overseas."
Alan stared at the floor for a while, and looked at his father. He spat at Earnest's feet.
"I denounce myself as an Equanant and these three as my sons."
"Then you are intruding."
Earnest grabbed Alan by the hair and dragged him out of the palace, his son screaming with pain. Natasha turned to the Theaos.
"I'm...I'm sorry you had to see that. Alan never liked the fact he was a royal for some reason, I just never thought he would do something like this."
Yassir' nose was bleeding profusely. It was evident his nose was broken.
"Let's get you to the Infirmary," Natasha said, leading Yassir out of the room. Andromeda and Jordan returned as soon as she left with teh abbies.
"What happened?" Jordan asked.
"We heard screaming..."

"A family problem," James said tactfully, "It'd probably be better if Heidi explained."

"Alan showed up to speak with Natasha. I don't know what for. Then the three showed up and asked if they could find wives overseas."
Jordan sighed and shook his head.
"I knew this would happen someday. As if Sunny weren't a problem. Did you know he's awake again? He's demanding that the blood test be taken now. It's already been performed. He's our uncle. Now we just need a bunch of interviews."

"So what's going to be happening with him?" James asked

"Sunny? He's just blbbering on and on about he's the rightful ruler and crap. I did a check on him. He's one of Alan's co-workers and is just as qualified to rule, which means not at all. I figure they've got some sort of paln going on. This means a serious conspiracy charge for both of them."

"So he's going to be charged with conspiracy, even thought he doesn't have a leg to stand on?" Sean asked

"A leg to stand on? What do you mean?" Heidi asked.

"Dad meant his claims, of being the rightful ruler." James replied

Jordan shook his head.
"The only reason I'm Emperor in name AND power is because I have a degree in politics. I'm experienced enough to rule. Sunny is an engineer. He has no degree in politics. That's why Natasha and Taylor were able to run before the Trinary system was established. They both had degrees in politics, even though neitehr of them had been in Congress or been appointed before. If all of teh Royals were killed except for Heidi, let's say, she would have to get a degree in politics in order to rule. It's handy that Earnest is invincible because he would rule in power but not in name and Heidi would rule in name but no in power until she got her degree. It's used to prevent bad or inexperienced rulers."

"Ah, we have a number of tests designed to make sure there is always a good ruler. Sara and I passed, but Raphael failed." James commented, "I'm almost positive he tanked the tests on purpose thought.

"That and the fact that the ruler from the generation before him or her chooses their descendant that will rule, so even if Sunny was qualified, Earnest would still have to choose between him and Natasha, and we know who she would pick, and then she would pick Jordan," Heidi added.

"Wouldn't he realize that he had no real chance?" James commented

"That's what worries me," Jordan replied, "He could have found a loophole or he's palnning something bigger."

"What if he was working for the BS or with them?" Harold commented

Dimitri shook his head.
"Our father would never join Black Sun. That's how we lost Vladmir."

"Not Alan, Sunny, and if Sunny managed to convince Alan that he had decided to press his claim and had some backers, without being overly clear on who the backers were, could he convince Alan to help?" Harold asked, in his element, as he was the one most use to intrigue.

"If Alan didn't know who Sunny was working for," Dimitri replied. Then it hit Jordan like a golden brick with lemon slices.
"Oh shit! I just realized! The reason Sunny would have been able to convince Alan is because he IS Alan!"
"What?"
"You mean Alan can copy himself?" Heidi asked.
"No, Emperor Banaan. He's Earnest from another dimension, remember?"
"So you mean-"
"He brought his family along when his empire collapsed."

"Does that mean what I think it does." James said

The twins began to cry very loudly and began to squirm away from their mother.
"Indeed," Sunny's voice said from behind. Jordan and Andromeda turned to face him. He was holding up a gun.
"It was going so well. I told Alan of my claim and he bought it. We drew up a plan. I would make my claim, Alan would go and see his sister to find a loophole. But then Heidi knocked me out and then she urged her power to convince him to see the children and then his sons came in unexpectedly. So, to prevent her from screwing up my new plan..."
Sunny fired and Heidi doubled over. He turned to Jordan.
"As for you, nephew, you will step down as the Emperor and name me as emperor-in-name."
"No, I won't let Banaan take the throne!"
"You don't have a choice," he replied. He pointed the gun at the twins. They screamed louder.
"You wouldn't..." Jordan said, shocked.
"I've done it before. Only Belle is alive from my dimension."
The twins screamed louder. There was a loud bang and Andromeda dropped the twins. There was another series of bangs and flashes. When they could see again, Sunny was unconsious on the floor, smoldering and the twins were floating in the air.

James was at Heidi's side in an instant, Victoria a few seconds later.. Sara(j/s) and Margret hurried over to Andromeda's side.

Harold and Sean moved on Sunny.

Heidi was bleeding badly, but it wasn't a gut shot. She had been shot on the left side right unbder the breat, so it was unlikely the shot was fatal unless they got her to a hospital soon.
Sunny was eitehr dead or unconsious, probably the latter. Death was ruled out when they saw him breathe. Jordan kicked him hard in the side. Andromeda grabbed her children from midair.
"I guess we know the twins' powers now," Andromeda said.
"Let's get these two to the hospital," Jordan said, kicking Sunny again.

"We have to get her to the hospital now." James snapped, an iron, but brittle undertone to his voice.

As soon as he said that, three Forge Force members came in with a stretcher and placed her on it and took off, followed by another three that carried Sunny away.

James remained at her side as the stretcher team took her.

There was an awkward silence, which was broken by Natasha, who said,
"Shall I make us all a cup of tea? Or coffee? Hell, I need a cup after this..."

"That'd be good," Sean replied

Natasha rolled away to the kitchens to fetch some cups of coffee for them. Andromeda and Jordan sat down on a couch, holding the twins, who were now fast asleep. Chong was cowering in a corner.

Sara(s) walked over to Chong, "Are you alright?" She asked

Chong sniffed and nodded slightly.

"Are you sure?" She asked

He nodded weakly again and stood up and sat on a large, fluffy reading chair, still silent and staring away.

Sara walked over to Jordan, "I'd suggest you get Chong some counciling." She said in a low voice.

"That'll be up to his father, which he'll probably do."

"Alright." Sara(s) replied
"I take it Sunny's bound for the block?" Harold asked

"He's going to be interrogated and then we're going to extradite him to a nation that allows execution by torture is what we're going to do," Jordan replied, "He's going to be put in a highly secured military prison, a solitary one that way prisoners won't hurt him, he won't hurt prisoners, and there will be a minimal chance of escape."

"I happen to know a nation that would fit those requirement quite well." Harold commented, "And they have jails that no one has ever broken out of."

((OOC: I'll give ya three guesses on who is back in the game. w00t.))


Insula Umbra, Off the Coast of Risban
Lord Richard Gaius Zorag sat in his office, hands folded in front of him as he looked at the large screen in front of his polished black desk. It was showing a report about the resent events in Green Sun. Zorag allowed himself a slight grin as he read.
Upon finishing, the recently-appointed Chancellor of the Risban Imperial Parliament stood and walked from his office. It was time to shake things up in Risban and the Consortium of Shadows.



--LATE-- Telegram from the Office of the Emperor
Emperor Scorpius wishes his cousin, Lady Andromeda, and the Prince luck with their new child. Unfortunately, he was unable to send a response himself due to several problems that need to be dealt with.

Sincerely,
Sargas Caecus Lesath
-Counsel to the Emperor-

Dear Scorpius,

I'm sorry you never got to attend the wedding, Andromeda got a bit ancy and she didn't want to wait anymore. She also changed her mind of having a large wedding. She wanted a small wedding with few people, so her parents snuck out of Risban and the wedding happened in a small town called Green Hills with just our parents, my best man (Shaku, the alien), and two of Andromeda's bridesmaids.

The twins are very energetic and they're very smart, they've already figured out how to pelt people with toys and how to work together to reach for toys to pelt people with. It's very cute. The twins are siamese, attatched at the hip, so that is bound to help them develop into strong leaders later in life. They've also unvield their powers, they can levitate and create fireowrks of some sorts, it's very odd, but the most unique of us all.

My sister, Heidi, has found love in the Theao prince, James. He's an entertaining fellow who seems to be quite smitten with her, I can tell it's going to be a good match.

Andromeda says hello and is faring well from teh complicated birth, she had to have a cesarean to get the twins out. She's fully recovered now and is doing her job very well as a mother.

Anyway, I hope your experiences as being a parent and as a national leader are going as well as ours!

Sincerely,



Jordan N. Equanant
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"I happen to know a nation that would fit those requirement quite well." Harold commented, "And they have jails that no one has ever broken out of."
Jordan finished his letter and put it in an envelope, put in the adresses, stamped it and signaled to a servant to ahve it sent off.
"None of our military prisons have even been broken out of, either. He won't be tortured, just kept in prison for the rest of his life or used as a bargaining chip for important people," Jordan told him.

((In Soviet Russia, thread bumps you!))

((In Soviet Russia, thread bumps you!))
"Alright." Harold replied

ooc: Not my fault, you went and edited.

((It's okay.))
"I still say we shoot him for shooting Heidi," Dimitri said.

"Why not do both, shoot him and lock him up." Harold replied

"Because he's in a coma," Earnest saidm entering.
"The flashes and bangs were too much for him. Alan is elliptic, therefore Sunny is, too. Alan also has had a power all along. And Taylor isn't dead. Alan told me everything."
Alan came in and a face that was thought to be dead walked in. TK Termite, the former vice president who was thought to have been executed by Homer's men during the Second Civil War.
"Alan has been disguising Taylor as TK Termite for years. He is a very powerful illusionist, we found Taylor trying to find dumpster scraps in Hamanistan, still under Alan's disguise. Release the illusion, Alan."
Alan concentrated hard and TK Termite turned into another Alan, only more dirty-looking and more tired.
"Black Sun kidnapped Taylor at the Second Elections, they didn't kill him. I saw him surrender and I didn't want him getting in trouble for it. I faked his death and I negotiated his release. I made a deal with Banaan. I would help Sunny get into the palace and Taylor would be disguised for the rest of his life. When he wanted to run, we used the TK Termite alibi to help him run. He nearly blew his cover when he got drunk at the party in Roach-Busters. When he was 'killed' by Homer's men, taht was just a secretary. Taylor escaped out the back door."

"So what's going to be happening with the members of this 'conspiracy'?" Harold asked