He he, I noticed friday(but didn’t have the time for an extra comment) that the guard say ‘highness’, not ‘majesty’. You’re not majesty yet, little Maldik.

The Old Hack - He survives. For awhile. He’s going to have some help.

zangoules - This scene wasn’t even in the original script. Actually, it was one of those times when the character wrote it himself, and he cracked ME up.

Lebbrin - You’re very welcome. Keep watching.

SaumraiDemonPuppy - He’s one of the elite royal guards - the ones in black and blue. Like the guards at Buckingham Palace, he’s got iron discipline, especially for this kind of thing.

Gemma - Well, keep watching. Tula and Maldik do meet - far down the line, but it is an interesting scene.

AdamZero - Wow. That does sound kind of bad. Yeah, once Ipola gets the full story, there would be a world of hurt coming his way, you’d think.

Jean - Just stay tuned. New page Friday night. And I’m not sure what you mean by put them into the narrative? If you mean the “morning after” pages, then yes, when I publish that part of the story, I certainly will.

LorannaPyrel - Change of scene, change of mood, indeed. And on Friday you shall certainly see what is behind that door he’s standing in front of.

Moox - That was my intent.

The MacNut - He’s not an idiot king, yet. He’s an idiot prince regent. Get it right.

NahktiChaos - What follows will certainly be … interesting, we hopes. Suffice to say that this is *not* a functional family relationship.

Gremalkin - “Always like to keep my audience rivetted.” - Sherrif Bart <]:)

Karyl - Okay, I wasn’t going for that, but I suppose he does have a kind of Jerry Mahoney vibe going for him.

InCestusWeTrust - Yes, he lives for now. And he doesn’t so much trust Gorshash as underestimate him and think that he will be the one to double-cross Gorshash. At least that’s how I see it. My characters have begun to surprise me. Perhaps he will surprise you, too.

meltman - It’s something like that, but also not. hehehehehe …

warnie - Oh, he has Oedipal problems beyond the dreams of psychoanalysis. Just watch.

Someguy - I have no name for him, yet. Funny how one line can make a character.

cose66 - Oh, it is, it is. But also, it isn’t. But it doesn’t come for some time, yet.

Fatuncle - We go back to business as usual, I guess.

ICEKAT - Thanks! And, as I said, he deals with this guy’s particular crazy all the time.

Elfguy - Yes. That’s another one that just wrote itself.

Aust - He’s not really suited for this game, I’m afraid.

Inquisitive Raven - It was completely subconscious. Not saying it isn’t there, just saying it wasn’t planned.

Lora - That was what made it so funny to me.

Black Ethel - He has characteristics that I have taken from real people I have been. I mean, known.

Good job!!!

Lora, I’m a writer. I talk to myself/my characters ALL the time. (Good thing I do live alone now, lol; I used to unsettle my family, discussing/arguing with my creations, muahahah.)

And yes, of course we do it. Speaking to myself is one of my passtimes as I live alone, though I don’t always speak out loud.

Maldik’s brother is named “Gudik.” Think about it for a minute.