18:39 * HM_The_King looks very old and pale behind the majestic regalia
18:40 < HM_The_King> Distinguished peers, gentlemen, townspeople,
18:41 < HM_The_King> The rumors of my disease are true, for a whole year it has sapped all my energy.
18:41 < HM_The_King> Last night I had a dream that my days are coming to an end.
18:42 < HM_The_King> Wanted to come to see the people perhaps for the last time, to hear and speak what is in their wish to discuss.
18:43 < HM_The_King> My wishes have been granted, and the remaining will not be, and this is according to Creator’s design.
18:44 < HM_The_King> moneromooo: Son, 266 years includes plenty of unfortunes as well as fortunes.
18:45 < HM_The_King> moneromooo: He will certainly finish it!
18:47 < HM_The_King> One could not live without the other
18:48 < HM_The_King> Is nobody else willing to say the last word?
18:50 < HM_The_King> I am outside, first time in a year, and last time in my life. I wished to die in battle, or otherwise suddenly.
18:51 < HM_The_King> This morning-to-evening pain, seldom abating, usually getting stronger, like a screw getting tighter…
18:51 < HM_The_King> ah sorry night also
18:51 < HM_The_King> the Most High needed to make people content to die, and the pain is a great tool towards that end
18:52 < HM_The_King> if no remedy is possible, and it grows worse and worse
18:52 < HM_The_King> (I prove I had no fear to die, but seem to get the same treatment still…)
18:54 < HM_The_King> Yet - many parts in the body are working as normal, wonder of wonders - when I was young, I thought the dying feel they are completely collapsing physically, and also “old” psychologically
18:54 < HM_The_King> neither is true
18:55 < HM_The_King> My feet are basically ok, eyesight is good also
18:55 < HM_The_King> getting more mature is quite gradual and happened mostly in <100 years of age
18:56 < HM_The_King> being older, it does not make you older in the sense of feeling older
19:00 < HM_The_King> it remains the smallest of all kingdoms…
19:00 < HM_The_King> at least I did not spare any energy, and being one of the first ancients to die, proves it!
19:01 < HM_The_King> the monologue has excited me a little, I will have one more morphococktail made, they taste good
19:06 < HM_The_King> Great things were accomplished almost alone. That will have to change. Zechariah is not that kind of guy.
19:11 < HM_The_King> All the people whom I know have died, they always died alone
19:11 < HM_The_King> regardless if there were other present (typically some, but not many)
19:12 < HM_The_King> there is little that can be exchanged
19:12 < HM_The_King> if anything is true and real, it has been said already
19:14 < HM_The_King> I was thinking about making monuments to immortalize the first king of CK
19:15 < HM_The_King> then understood that during my time as King, so many houses have been built that there is no need for pompous edifices just to “remember” me
19:17 < HM_The_King> but everyone must take that road..
19:17 < HM_The_King> without having so many misfortunes, I could have lived 10 more years
19:18 < HM_The_King> and then been anxious having to go just before the Quartermillennium
19:20 < HM_The_King> I know Zechariah leadership style, it is very commercial, not passionate like mine. He works less but probably gets the same done, if not more. He is more able to involve others.
19:21 < HM_The_King> In the past we have had disagreements, but now we need such a style. Streamlining is needed much more, to allow casual new entrants to the kingdom.
19:22 < HM_The_King> Good that the 1430 invention, M, is becoming appreciated in foreign places, and our treasuries are much higher valued than before!
19:26 < HM_The_King> Zech will probably be more shocked than empowered of my going..
19:29 < HM_The_King> Before he comes online, there might be a shorter or longer time
19:30 < HM_The_King> You all know that the Game finances are very modest (valuation : expenses ratio is world record)
19:31 < HM_The_King> still I would rather see many initiatives taking root, and admin stuff happening, during the mourning period,
19:32 < HM_The_King> if the alternative is to stop the Sun on his track and let the crops not grow, just to honor me.19:32 < HM_The_King> I am not worthy of such an honor.
19:52 < HM_The_King> Is there any way I have wronged anyone?
19:53 < HM_The_King> David is not here to say any more, he was my subject for 18 years more than any one of you.
19:55 < HM_The_King> In reigning, many considerations keep the thought on “what is expedient”. Has this coincided with “what is right” ?
20:00 < HM_The_King> About the vast wealth I have inherited, and how you should be doing with yours,
20:01 < HM_The_King> gimmicks have been tried
20:02 < HM_The_King> but success is not commendable
20:02 < HM_The_King> in this kind of game, giving money or wealth away does not generally achieve increase of play activity
20:04 < HM_The_King> the various institutions and foundations have been mediocre (at best) in furthering their stated aims
20:04 < HM_The_King> only Character is the key. Noble, virtuous character.
20:05 < HM_The_King> Ready to give when it is needed. Solid enough to not give when the giving would not accomplish anything.
20:07 < HM_The_King> Our game will anyway not live if this one is lost. (So we cannot lose it!) But if we have it, it makes so many of the institutions needless, except as management accounts!
20:07 < HM_The_King> No Memorial Fund after me, please..
20:07 < HM_The_King> rather, do what is right, always and every day of your life!
20:07 < HM_The_King> With some confidence, this is what I can say I have done.
20:30 < HM_The_King> I believe mine will. But please treasure the spirits of the others who pass, as well.
20:30 < HM_The_King> Crypto Kingdom is no ordinary thing.
20:31 < HM_The_King> The Chinese have been successful because they take good care of the ancestors
20:32 < HM_The_King> We somewhat lack enthusiasm in the Church side
20:34 < HM_The_King> Just some time ago a letter from David reached me
20:35 < HM_The_King> after the message of his death had already come
20:35 < HM_The_King> so in the midst of spookiness, I read his last words
20:36 < HM_The_King> “I am very pleased that crypto-kingdom and doing well and all the more saddened I could not have been a part of it. “
20:37 < HM_The_King> “I plan to not cash out anything from crypto-kingdom.”
20:37 < HM_The_King> with other parts being more confidential to the GM
20:55 * HM_The_King bursts in a heart-rending episode of cough, multiple different styles, however similar to the many already experienced during the “event”
21:05 < HM_The_King> Kings do not get an invitation to their successor’s coronation...
21:05 < HM_The_King> and the silver throne remains not ordered :/
21:06 < HM_The_King> Zechariah promised LAG for everyone
21:06 < HM_The_King> and that is a good product indeed
21:06 < HM_The_King> we have so many good ones
21:07 < HM_The_King> 32 years only consumed 1/3 of the CLXII
21:07 < HM_The_King> with me gone, who is going to enjoy it anymore?
21:09 < HM_The_King> Zenon has difficulty making the SW4
21:09 < HM_The_King> the prices of the previous iterations are trashed
21:09 < HM_The_King> but it’s a scientific project..
21:09 < HM_The_King> sort of funny to be able to say “not my problem”
21:09 < HM_The_King> my latest idea would be to have a K10 ART item with bonus silver paid separately
21:10 < HM_The_King> anyway sarcophagus is more needed for me..
21:10 < HM_The_King> do you know if bishop’s heart or anything will be sent to us?
21:11 < HM_The_King> or will I get the place below the apex of the dome in the San Pietro crypt?
21:35 < HM_The_King> I can only hope that I promoted the right people, the ones that will carry the Kingdom forward
21:36 < HM_The_King> The judgement will be known only after all of us are dead
21:39 < HM_The_King> May everyone live longer than me! Don’t forget SW4, it might be good.
21:42 < HM_The_King> Thanks saddam [ADDED: in reference to saddam consuming DOM]
21:48 < HM_The_King> At this moment, the doctor adviced to concentrate on morphine and skip DOM for “less optimal” effect together..
21:53 < HM_The_King> Yes I chose him in 1608 and that has not changed. [ADDED: in reference to Zechariah being the successor]
21:53 < HM_The_King> kronicblazer: Rumors of my death are too early
21:54 < HM_The_King> But this is likely the last public address, that much is correct.
21:54 < HM_The_King> I try to postpone until the next day to avoid dying the same day as our Lord and Savior.
22:06 < HM_The_King> where are you going to erect it? [ADDED: in reference to a statue for the King]
22:06 < HM_The_King> Not that it was my city anymore but it’s kind of funny to know..
22:23 < HM_The_King> It feels that I am already gone
Life goes on.
22:24 < HM_The_King> Is zephyrus available for the last rites?
22:51 < HM_The_King> Good greetings Joseph__ ArticMine binaryFate Crichton__ Cryptonic dnaleor kronicblazer Kushed Lloydimiller4- Lord_of_Kunda luigi1111w moneromooo saddam smooth rakshasa
22:51 < HM_The_King> I seem to be back here
22:51 < HM_The_King> But everything is already in order.
22:52 < HM_The_King> I saw wonderful things, and the pain is not in me any more
22:53 * HM_The_King dies
22:53 -!- HM_The_King is now known as Zechariah
has thus passed on from this realm of the living. Perhaps the honorable Prince-Bishop died just recently to pave a path for His Majesty in some other realm.
will be crowned to lead the Kingdom which His Majesty had led from its very foundation in 1400.
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