As she is an officer in Sunless Skies maybe the Contrarian has heard rumours of a certain future event.
That was my thought too. It seems more likely that her trip could be to the High Wilderness.
Also, appetite is a central theme of Fallen London and all its delicious wonders. But the Princess shows interest in pleasure, not hunger. She is hedonistic, and drawn to things that stimulates her fascination and aesthetic - such as glamour, beautiful art, forbidden pleasures like honey, and charming company.
The Princess is all about experiencing the things Neath life has to offer, not cutting it short in pursuit of a reckoning. And I would think that she is far to vain and narcissistic to desire to indulge in the self-destroying tendencies of Seekers.
It wasn’t hinted. She explicitly wanted to conquer and plunder it in an incredibly brutal manner. If you convince her that Feducci won’t go along with this, she calls quits on the marriage.
I FINALLY got the opportunity to ask the Princess about her actual, concrete plans. Her answer was…surprisingly well thought out and reasonable.
I’m going to be honest - I really like this idea!
Anyway, it seems all the plans to demolish the more unsightly one seventh of the city is itself a flight of the artistic imagination, a call to think about and work for a more beautiful London. The real plan is for a big art competition with the aim of beautifying the city, which is quite doable. I really want to see more Neath created art and learn more about the Nocturnals, the Bazaarines, and the Celestials. A massive art festival presided over by the Princess herself would just be perfect. Remember how fun the Century Exhibition was?
I predict the winning piece of the Princess’ art competition will be an architectural model depicting Spite redesigned as an expansive apiary of Rostygold-guilded cages.
What do you have against affordable housing?
Well, as we learned from Feducci’s unfortunately uneventful term, the mayor can’t do too much in terms of broad, sweeping change. Her plan of major art projects and beautification seem far more reasonable than “we will upset the entirety of social order” or “majorly altering rule of law” when both are the dominion of the masters. So Change We Can Believe In seems to be what she can do.
I am fairly certain the Princess had several lackeys turn her monstrous designs into palatable sentences she can hand out to those that ask, Lady Auclair.
As I recall, being able to manage subordinates and synthesize your ideas into workable programs is a very important aspect of being Mayor. Our last Mayor wasn’t very good at that.
As I recall, being able to manage subordinates and synthesize your ideas into workable programs is a very important aspect of being Mayor. Our last Mayor wasn’t very good at that.[/quote]
Political astuteness and managerial competence are two excellent reasons to not vote for the Captivating Princess.
As I recall, being able to manage subordinates and synthesize your ideas into workable programs is a very important aspect of being Mayor. Our last Mayor wasn’t very good at that.[/quote]
Political astuteness and managerial competence are two excellent reasons to not vote for the Captivating Princess.[/quote]
I disagree - if you want a truly wicked arts festival, with all possible meanings of the word wicked, then being able to manage, synthesize, and delegate are essential qualities for an executive.
As I recall, being able to manage subordinates and synthesize your ideas into workable programs is a very important aspect of being Mayor. Our last Mayor wasn’t very good at that.[/quote]
Political astuteness and managerial competence are two excellent reasons to not vote for the Captivating Princess.[/quote]
I disagree - if you want a truly wicked arts festival, with all possible meanings of the word wicked, then being able to manage, synthesize, and delegate are essential qualities for an executive.[/quote]
As Feducci showed last Hollowmas there is a system in place for the mayor to dedicate tasks to. My term as (if my memory serves me well) sub-sub-sub-sub-deputy mayor is drawing to a close I never did anything during my term. I’ll admit I was hardly the highest in the pecking order but this makes it clear that Feducci was not using the full extent of his powers and did everybodies job with a quarter of the time required. If that. Delegating more menial tasks to people like myself, rather than treat them as mere titles, will allow her to focus on issues that actually require her attention.
This will even create new jobs for the people of our glorious city.
VOTE PRINCESS '96!
A VOTE FOR HER IS A VOTE FOR CHANGE!*
*actual effects of ‘change’ may vary between individuals. If you live in Spite, or other areas where poverty is common, you may want to ask your salon host if ‘Captivating Princess’ is right for you. If you experience nausea, vomiting, fevered honey dreams, a new found sense of patriotism, or chest pains, continue taking ‘Captivating Princess’ and report to the special constables.
WE CAN MAKE A CHANGE!
As I recall, being able to manage subordinates and synthesize your ideas into workable programs is a very important aspect of being Mayor. Our last Mayor wasn’t very good at that.[/quote]
Political astuteness and managerial competence are two excellent reasons to not vote for the Captivating Princess.[/quote]
I disagree - if you want a truly wicked arts festival [snip] [/quote]
I would just as soon avoid that kind of arts festival as the difference between attendee and installation would like to become uncomfortably blurred.
A thought occurs. Yes the Princess consumes a deeply immoral drug and occasionally eats people, when not driving unfortunate lovers to suicide. But would being London’s Mayor actually make her any worse in this regard? She’s already consuming all the people and red honey she can, at the taxpayers expense too. Being Mayor wouldn’t do anything to increase this consumption. In fact, having a hobby, something to work on and distract herself with, might decrease her appetite a bit. So in this sense a public arts festival could conceivably save lives by reducing the amount of free time the Princess has on her hands, thereby reducing the amount of people she consumes.
So the safest option would be to make the Princess the head of London’s municipal government. At the worst she won’t do anything she isn’t already doing, and at best she’ll do less of what she’s already doing.
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edited by Anne Auclair on 6/25/2018
Right. Why not vote a spider council then? They will are already eating our eyeballs and maybe if we bury them in bureaucracy, they will be too busy to leave us completely blind.
Makes perfect sense.
“Vote Spider Council. Hard at work while the city sleeps!”
It’s not the worst idea. I mean, I suppose she can multi-task but then the documents she has to handle would have an unhealthy shade of red.
I will let you decide if it’s the honey or another red and sticky fluid.
[quote=Jolanda Swan]Right. Why not vote a spider council then? They will are already eating our eyeballs and maybe if we bury them in bureaucracy, they will be too busy to leave us completely blind.
Makes perfect sense.[/quote]
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Spider councils are not eating our eyeballs, the very notion is absurd! They are laying eggs in our eyeballs, and I am assured many find that it is a great honor to donate something so trifling to birth such a wise and beautiful beast. Eyes are tricksters, after all, building images from reflected light and expecting us to believe them, twitching around in our heads and pointing at things that do them harm. They’re foolish little creatures, with no regard for their own good our ours. It’s really no wonder so many people say they get along better without them, not to mention how perfectly fashionable blindfolds have become. All things considered a spider council could really make better use of your eyes than you could, don’t you agree?
[/li][li]Of course, there are other considerations. Perhaps some day soon we’ll have no need of eyes at all. Won’t you look silly then.[/li][li]
edited by Gul al-Ahlaam on 6/25/2018
A Spider Council with access to lots of eyeballs will have less reason to take both your eyeballs then a Spider Council with access to fewer eyeballs.
I suppose we’re arguing for a blaptocracy (or blaptatocracy) - rule by the (most) harmful, so that they don’t have time for their harmful ways.
(I just wanted to make a cool looking word out of it)