[23] Video/Action for Goldenrod - "ROCK, FLAG, and EAGLE."

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Listen up. It's time for a message from the President.

You could call it the look of the cat who ate the canary, or you could call it plain smug. That's what's on Blake's face as he reclines behind a big, fancy desk in his headquarters.

(If the big, fancy desk happened to be bought cheap because it has a short leg currently propped up by the local yellow pages, who's to know?)]

So maybe you all noticed that idiot in the welding mask got his ass kicked right out of his little island tax shelter. You know whose boot did the kicking?

That's right. Yours truly.

[He spreads his arms and leans his chair back with a creak.] I'd call that all the inauguration I need.

[There's a big old American flag hanging on the wall behind him. Anybody looking close might notice that it's handmade, with slightly uneven stripes and what may be a couple missing stars. When's the last time anybody gave a fuck about Nebraska, anyway?]

Now, it just so happens I'm in a real good mood. So, if you got grievances, ideas, petitions, or you just want to say thank you, now's the time to bring it up. You got a chance to fuckin' have a say in the government.

[The flag is slightly crooked. A little Snubbull climbs up on the desk to straighten it out.]

My door's open.

[Maybe that's how the ice cream monster thing got in.]

Comments

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[lieutenantantichrist]

[You are not the boss of him.]

Kid, if you'd seen the elections I have, you'd be glad we skipped it.

Besides, I can be whatever I say I am. Nobody's stopping me.

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[walkersystem]

_{[Hey, don't fault her for paying attention in school. She shrugs.]}

Okay, but it's not the right word.

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Because it's a little kid, he'll play a little. His lip quirks.]

I'll take King, if you like that better.

[video]

[walkersystem]

But kings are kings cause their parents are.

_{[She's encouraged by the hint of a smile though and tilts her head in thought.]}

Didn't Napoleon pick what he was?

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

You got a point there. But it had to start somewhere, right?

[Now there's a name even Blake knows.]

He can't've had that much say, or he would've picked not to be French.

[video]

[walkersystem]

<sub>[She looks up, questioning.]

Why?</sub>

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[Blake thinks hard, delving deep into the rationale of his nationalistic beliefs.]

Because the French are losers. They invented mimes.

[video]

[walkersystem]

_{[... you know, Blake, this only makes her further think you might be scared of clowns and/or people with painted faces.]}

I don't think mimes are that bad.

[video]

[lieutenantantichrist]

[It's not fear. Fear is irrational. It's reasonable caution.]

You see a guy in a beret pretend to pull out an invisible bicycle and ride it around, tell me you don't want to smack him one.

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[walkersystem]

Police aren't supposed to be violent. That's excessive force.

_{[She says, clearly quoting this from somewhere. Gosh Blake, control yourself.]}