dramatispersonae | HELIODOR

HELIODOR

[You are standing in an amphitheatre constructed of off-white marble with several rows of seats surrounding you on all sides; in the performance space at the bottom is another banquet table, with fourteen different crowns placed upon it. They are, in no particular order:

A jeweled tiara lined with diamonds
A crown of wheat
A faded kokoshnik
A coronet with its jewels missing
A gold diadem
A civic crown made out of oak leaves
A mural crown
A naval crown missing a sail
A hoop crown missing the top insignia
A crown of thorns
A striped nemes
A crown of dandelions
A plain modius
A coronation crown with beading on the side falling off]

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[Marine stands very straight and tall (not that it's actually tall because she's a tiny)]

Hello, country of Heliodor! I'm Princess Marine, and I'll make this quick, since I'm pretty sure we've all got a lot of important things to do! We'll only have one rule, but I think it's pretty important to have.

If a Personae ever tries to make you write a speech about being a ruler, punch them if they don't let you do it in your own way, and try to make you do it in a different way! I hate it when we're not allowed to do things our way, and we should be allowed to since we're team sunshine and rainbows.

I'm pretty sure that this rule won't be hard for us to uphold, so let's do it!

Uh. My name is Caboose and I am a leader! Yes. I am a leader. That means I lead things and they are not made of lead, because that would be silly.

My orders are ... cupcakes! Cupcakes with things in them. And then everyone in this country will be as braindead as I am.

[god, making a face even at himself]

Oh and I looove Leonard because he is my best friend in the world even when I forget him and make him move in with dickasses with 50 gigs of porn in their harddrive.

[ ... clears her throat for attention

and then pauses for what might be an awkwardly long moment. ]

My, it seems I forgot my title.

[ touches her cheek in something like a thoughtful gesture ]

Well, I think you all know quite well who I am, so perhaps we could skip the introduction just the once.

[ I'm not twitching ]

The first order of business today... is that I believe one of us must learn to make good tea. We are rather lacking there, I find. Oh, and sweets as well- ah, but then, Apollo can make sweets, so that isn't quite so urgent, now is it? Well then, moving on...

[ trying very hard to keep voice kind of airy it's not working at all ]

My other decree is that we all must hug each other member of the team at least once a day. ... Really, I think we can manage ourselves fine without proper orders, don't... you all? Though I do like my suggestions.

... Thank you for... your attention.

[ am

am I allowed to bash my head against something now, or will that count as part of the speech ]