A Slight Change In Leadership

"-and intermittent showers through Monday. Back to you, Soqen."

"We've just received notice that there's been a slight change in leadership following a coup de'tat in the capital. Our new lord and master, President Dratan of House Dratan, would like it known that she is not in fact our new lord and master, and will in fact be paving the way for democratic elections as soon as the country stabilizes."

"Democracy? In Naqil? It'll never work out."

"Well, Kolla, quite a few people seem to think so, but President Dratan has made quite a name for herself already by finding and eliminating no less than five would-be assassins. More than that, their bodies have been displayed in quite a traditional manner. It's been, what, decades since we've seen that style of dismemberment?"

"Nearly twenty years. His Most Glorious Dictator was much less careful with his displays. I find this refreshing, actually. I like knowing that our future is in the hands of someone who's in touch with her roots like that. Does our notice say what happened to His Most Glorious Dictator, by any chance?"

"Only that he's alive, in custody, that his execution date has not yet been set, and that her Presidency will not be so easy to depose. Preemptive crackdowns on the police have already begun, in fact."

"That'll teach them to get upset at having to stay public, eh?"

"Oh I'm sure they're getting plenty of teaching where they are now. And now, sports! Here's Otla with the latest scores..."