Duke of New Jork

Wednesday rises to greet ye, mortals! Tooting its herald-horn, to let ye know that Friday, we shall meet the DUKE OF NEW JORK! Verily, the one & only ELRIC OF MELNIBODAMS, former mayor of New Jork (played by LUX) shall grant us insights into city governance after the Shattering of the Empire. Be there, Friday at 8PT!

Now, Elric of Melnibodams has his detractors—some consider him controversial, or claim corruption—& ‘tis true, he was ousted by revolutionaries during the Shattering. Thus, in order to ensure a respectful & productive dialogue on the show, Mr. Melnibodams’ team sent along the following:

ELRIC OF MELNIBODAMS
DUKE OF NEW JORK, MAYOR OF THE DREAMING CITY
INTERVIEW PROCEDURE

For those about to interview Mayor Melnibodams, congratulations! You are about to speak with the most accomplished mayor in the whole Empire, who is also the most-unfairly-persecuted mayor in all of history. He is the most progressive, liberal, conservative, constructive, abundance-minded politician to ever exist. His opponents are liars, & thieves, & Mayor Melnibodams looks forward to using your platform to advance his agenda.

Please mind these rulequests:

• Firstly, please address him as “Mayor.” Though he may not currently hold office, due to a totally improper revolution of commune peasants, the title is eternal, as will be his wise rule once he is restored to his throne.

• Secondly, please be certain not to mention any of his false controversies & accusations, unless the mayor mentions them first.

• Mayor Melnibodams has never been convicted of bribery.

• Mayor Melnibodams has never been convicted of corruption of any kind.

• The Emperor himself removed all doubt, by suspending the various commune-backed witch hunts against the mayor, before the Emperor was removed from his own throne by commune-backed revolutionaries.

• Please be sure to bring up many of the mayor’s most grand & thoughtful plans for improving New Jork, like clockwork town guardsmen, & the invention of garbage cans, which are new & created by Mayor Melnibodams.

• Please be sure not to bring up any of his opponents’ petty & stupid plans for New Jork—like free civic wagons, or taking from the rich & giving to the poor. Those kinds of ideas could never work, & actually, people in New Jork like the city how it is, so anyone saying otherwise is a liar & probably also a thief.

• Please do not mention Mayor Melnibodams’ soul-drinking sword, which has taken all that is dear to him, & may one day, take the mayor’s own soul.

• Finally, the mayor requests a nice sandwich, of any meat except turkey.

So many rules! & so specific…thank ye for reading, mortals! & thank ye to the growing number of kind & generous mortals, who can & do support our works here with coin!

I hope ye shall join us Friday for the DUKE OF NEW JORK! Will we maintain our integrity in the face of political influence? Can we resist the cowardly pull of ACCESS JOURNALISM?! Find out with us, Friday at 8PT! ‘Til then—be safe, be well, & beware the wiles of the mayorly…

Cheers,
Amœnus Franco
Wizard, Writer, Once & Future Mayor