Chapter 8 - the writing on the wall.
[1]And it came to pass that in the second month of his reign, Delegate Blue Wolf gave a great feast for a thousand of his nobles and he drank wine with them. [2]And Flemingovia was among them.
[3]While Blue Wolf and Flemingovia were drinking their wine, suddenly the fingers of a human hand appeared and wrote on the plaster of the wall, near the lampstand of the delegate’s palace. [4]And Blue Wolf and Flemingovia watched the hand as it wrote. [5]Blue Wolf’s face turned pale and he became so frightened that his legs became weak and his knees were knocking.
[6]And Blue Wolf summoned all the enchaters, astrologers, and diviners and he said to the wise men of the North Pacific, “[7]Whoever reads this writing and tells me what it means will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the Region.”
[8]And the words that the ghostly hand wrote were these: EXCUSATIONE EXIGO.
[9]And Flemingovia spoke and said “May the Delegate live for ever! Do not be alarmed and do not look so pale! The hand that you saw was the hand of Govindia and this is what the words that he wrote in the language of the ancients mean:
[10]EXCUSATIONE: An apology.
[11]EXIGO: I demand.
[12]And Blue Wolf grew angry, and he said “who is this Govindia to demand an apology from me? I did not write his name in the list of cabinet ministers which I published secretly. I will not apologise to him.
[13]But Flemingovia decided to show his love for all humankind, and his tolerance of the the weak of mind, and he wrote a touching yet troublingly homoerotic apology to Govindia.
[14]And Govindia snubbed and ignored the apology of Flemingovia.
[15]Then Grossescnauzer entered the Temple and said “Govindia is my beloved, my child. Who are you, Flemingovia, that people call you God? And who are you, Blue Wolf, that you are titled Delegate? [16]I am Grossescnauzer, and I am Root Admin. I am above the Law and my word IS the Law. [17]Hear therefore what I decree concerning Govindia”
[18]And Grossescnauzer gave five commandments concerning Govindia:
■[19]Thou shalt not call Govindia an Idiot or a Pissant or a Tool or anything else that offends him, or he shall report it and thou shalt be warned.
[20]No Moderator may warn Govindia, no matter what he says or does, for I, Grossescnauzer, am a tolerant Admin with a soft touch. I shall overturn any warning given to Govindia, and thou shalt be bitchslapped for your actions.
[21]Thou shalt not exclude Govindia from any IRC channel, or else he shall whine and shall not let up.
[22]If thou offendest Govindia, he shall demand an apology of you. If you ignore him, he shall repeat his demand in reply to damn near every post you make.
[23]Even if Govinida is banned from other pacifics, and even from TUK, AoQ, FRA, England, in The North Pacific he shall be untouchable, for I AM ADMIN.
[24]And Blue Wolf and Flemingovia and all the people went and pondered these words. And they were sorrowful.
[25]And Blue Wolf replastered the wall.
Summary: This chapter tells us a number of things. For one the former Speaker of the Regional Assembly was warned for the use of foul language by the administrator Flemingovia. Govindia then appealed this on the basis that the word he had used was not a swear word, and that it was unfair for him to be warned. The warning was overturned by the root admin, which created a rift between our administration team.
The drinking done between the Delegate Blue Wolf and his nobles is symbolic of his term as delegate coming to an end, with the upcoming elections for delegate. Candidates for the position of delegate are Romanoffia, Eluvatar and Haor Chall. Vice Delegate is being challenged for by Felasia and McMasterdonia. Gulliver is running for the position of Speaker.
Govindia was ineligible to run for the position of Speaker given the fact that he was not a member of the regional assembly for 30 days. The current Delegate Blue Wolf II was also ineligible for both Delegate and Vice Delegate due to his membership of the assembly lapsing earlier on in his term.
