Krillin

After the dismal result for him of John Texas Goodlooking having obtained a majority in the House of Representatives of Gestonia, which he attributes to Nicolaus' influence over a significant portion of the Gestonia electorate, Christopher Clarence needs to act. To increase his chances of winning JTG by preventing Nicolaus from participating in the Gestonia campaign, he told Elizabeth Trussendart to settle with the young former monarch.

"Trussendart: He's an idiot, Clarence, once he realizes how stupid he is, he'll kneel for my forgiveness.
Clarence: I can't wait, you damn narcissist, the fate of Gestonia depends on it, so go talk to him!
Trussendart: Ugh...fine. But you're going to help me screw Wilhelmina von Vagsh and Maxim III.
Clarence: If it wins me the election, great!"

And then Trussendart, in disguise, goes to meet Nicolaus, also in disguise so as not to attract attention while Nicolaus is returning from London to Drussia at the airport in Tratkovisk, Drussia.

And after a situation in which Nicolaus tried to avoid Trussendart as much as he could, she ends up getting into the same taxi as him.

Trussendart: Thank you, driver, you know how my son is, a bit disconnected, you know?
Driver: I understand, ma'am, maybe he wants to be more independent.

Nicolaus: She's not my mo! *and Trussendart covers his mouth*
Trussendart: Ha ha ha, he's a peculiar boy, driver. You know, a kind of weird boy...*and she looks at him thinking she's telling the truth*
Driver: Yeah...I have a weird son like that too. Good luck.
Trussendart: Thank you...

And Nicolaus and Trussendart have a tense trip to Trussendart's residence in the city. And after this trip ends, Nicolaus and Trussendart end up entering the residence and he reacts:

Nicolaus, irritated: Let me guess, Clarence was scared by the House result and assigned you to talk to me and convince me not to campaign for His Excellency John Texas Goodlooking. Tell me he would do something smarter if he called Arden for that: I HATE YOU!
Trussendart: What’s your problem now, Nicolaus? You seem to always find something to complain about. You’ve always been a mess, and now you’re blaming everyone else for your mistakes. If you want my help, stop with the theatrics.
Nicolaus: Trussendart, don't act like you don't know...I was the emperor of a Christian absolutist country and I'M GAY!
Trussendart: Oh, Nicolaus, stop overthinking! Of course, they all have their own agendas, but you're the one who's letting yourself be manipulated! Goodlooking, Maxim III, your mother—they want to use you for their benefit. But you’re too caught up in your emotions to see it. Do you think Relena I care about you? You’re nothing but a pawn to them, just like you were to me. Everyone’s out for their own interest, including you. So stop crying about your situation and wake up to reality!
Nicolaus: Was it Clarence or ChatGPT who wrote this? If you really care about my feelings, leave me alone...I don’t owe you anything anymore. In fact, if you want to reveal your material against me...do reveal it...maybe that’s what I deserve...
Trussendart: Something happened...
Nicolaus: It’s none of your business. I’m leaving.
Trussendart: Okay, goodbye Nicolaus, keep beating yourself up like the weak, whiny child you are!
Nicolaus: Urgh, okay. James broke up with me! Apparently we live in worlds that are too different and he can't live something secret with me... or maybe he doesn't see what I feel for him as genuine... *teary eyes* maybe he's right, I didn't give up because of him, but because of Amalya's blackmail, because of my sister I went to study in London while he became a proletarian increasingly distant from me... I tried to show that I valued what he felt for me, but that was lost because I failed...urgh...even at being gay, I'm bad...
Trussendart: Come on, James was an idiot, find another guy, maybe that British friend of yours.
Nicolaus: That's not how it works, Trussendart, I have to live with the consequences of my actions...*chuckles* this even has a good side, I can try to do something to solve my problem...go back to Happy Life Conversion Therapy Center or try to find another fiancée... my mother suggested an Ejorikean noblewoman, I'm going to visit her next week to get to know her better. This time I won't do to her what I did to Eleonora, it will work out, she is two years older than me. Now, please let me go.
Trussendart: I will. I don't know what to do with you...you would rather serve someone who clearly hates you like JTG or Maxim III than someone who likes you a little bit. If Maxim III doesn't hate you, it's because he doesn't know what you are, if he does, he must hate you so much that he practices target shooting every day with a picture of you in a shooting gallery. Because besides being a sodomite...you are a monarch, which makes him even more furious with you, because you degenerate an institution sacred to him.
Nicolaus: Nice work defending his position, Trussendart. I also hate myself because I am an imbecile, thank you.
Trussendart: Nicolaus, you are one of the most intelligent people I have ever met, you managed to make a country improve economically in just two years. You managed to transform your country from a bankrupt monarchy falling apart into an influential monarchy and now you have a lot of influence in my country. You managed to leverage me and destroy me politically in the space of two years.
Nicolaus: The ones who destroyed you were JTG and Maxim III.
Trussendart: They are two extremely despicable people, everyone hates them. Do you think Goodlooking would have managed to get where he is without your help? He wouldn't have even tried, because he's a rat! He waited for the conservative primaries to end to turn against me. And he used Maxim III to turn you against me and steal my voters...thanks to you I am nothing... I fell off my high heels... I'm sorry Nicolaus, for everything I made you suffer.
Nicolaus: You won't get anywhere with this...if I allied with you again, it would only be a matter of time before you want to control me like a pet again. My sister would be a better shoulder to cry on than you...and I don't need that, I'm a man, I have to cry alone in a place where no one can hear me at most...I have to be resilient and swallow my frustrations...maybe Relena I really hates me...because I took my country's throne the same way she did at the same age she did and unlike her, I failed miserably...and being a man...it's like Mike Bloomblarg said on the regional forum that time, she must see me as a monkey wearing a crown on his head. God Bless Gestonia.
Trussendart: What...?

And then Nicole II, JTG and Wilhelmina von Vagsh show up at the residence with a bunch of guards.

Nicole II, Empress of Drussia: Elizabeth Trussendart, you are under arrest for a series of crimes against the Empire of Drussia between 2014 and 2024...among them are: conspiracy, treason, misappropriation of his majesty's sympathy, participation in an illegal rebel government between 2012 and 2022, attempted destabilization of the nation and attempted promotion of a color revolution in the Holy Empire of Drussia. And for a bonus reason, for harboring Amalya Lidoshka, a fugitive from the Drussian state, secretly in the basement of your mansion.
Nicolaus: What?!
Trussendart: "misappropriation of his majesty's sympathy"? What kind of crime is that?! I won't say anything without the presence of my lawyer!
Wilhelmina: You are suffering the consequences of your actions, my dear. Have a good time in prison.
Goodlooking: Go on Abigail, record it.
Abigail Goodlooking: Yes, Dad, this is going to rock the internet. Record it, Trevor!! Elizabeth Trussendart being arrested, live! *and she picks up the phone* Hi Yuziki, we caught the crook.
Sayori Yuziki, on the other end of the line: Great, the Conservative Party needs better leadership. Let's cancel her son's candidacy, now Key Ivay will have no opposition in Alabema.
Abigal: No, leave him there. It will be better to see him being humiliated.
Goodlooking: Indeed.
Trussendart: You will regret what you are doing, Nicole II!
Nicole: It wouldn't be the first time. How nice to never have to look at your face again.

As you can imagine, Trussendart's arrest caused a stir in the entire sub-region. Here are some reactions.

Key Ivay, COP candidate for Alabema Senate and opponent of Trussendart's son Elliot: It is a shame that something like this happened, it shows us, good citizens, that Elizabeth Trussendart is the worst person to be Prime Minister of Gestonia. Even the Bolivarian John Kentucky is better than this citizen. Don't be manipulated by this crook again, people of Alabema, elect me to the Senate, because unlike her and her baby, I have the political and administrative experience to hold the position of Senator. Elect me, and I will continue to help Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking and the National Christian Government to lead Gestonia on a better path for future generations.
Elliot: My mother is not a crook! These people will pay dearly for everything they did to our family, which before these people stabbed us in the back was a family with an excellent reputation and that everyone here in Gestonia loved. These people want you to see in my mother what THEY ARE: traitors, liars, opportunists, mafiosos...CROOKS. You will not silence us! Today I am going to the United States to talk to Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Will they continue to be occasional allies of the macabre Colonel Sanders John Texas Goodlooking and his gang of gunmen and the Vagsh mafia boss, Wilhelmina von Vagsh, or will they realize what these people really are and return to my mother's side? That is what we will see. This situation shows the world how the defenders of the conservative liberalism that won the 2024 US election are treated by John Texas Goodlooking and his gang...this is not a western movie, this is a democracy! The people of Gestonia will fire you on November 24, John Texas Goodlooking! And the House of Deputies will not become your private bunker, your majority in the chamber will not prevent the democratic alliance from saving Gestonia's democracy from you once and for all! In 2026 you will not run for PM, you will be ARRESTED like the BANDIT that you are!
Christopher Clarence: The people of Gestonia are watching this, John Texas Goodlooking. I won't say anything more than that.
Sayori Yuziki: Look, the person who arrested Trussendart was not Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking, it was Nicole II. Also, the people of Gestonia need to know if she was arrested for some more objective crime like corruption, money laundering or influence peddling (OOC: She is accused of two of these crimes and is in pre-trial detention for them). Nicole II does not have a history of arresting people for stupid reasons, and she said that Trussendart committed crimes from 2014 to 2024, and she only met Nicolaus in 2021, so what they are saying that her crime may have been manipulating Nicolaus may be a lie (OOC: as you can see in the dialogue, this part was not recorded)... Nicolaus X is young, but he is not a five-year-old child.

As interim president of the Conservative Party after the resignation of Trussendart's allied president due to the shame of this situation, I will not cancel Elliot's candidacy, but after the election he will be expelled from the party along with Elizabeth, even if he wins. We will not campaign for him and his party campaign funds have run out. Elliot, pay the rest out of your own pocket and pay us what you owe within three months, or we will sue you. From now on, we declare neutrality in the Alabema senatorial election; the rest of Trussendart's funds will be divided among our other candidates. Our Conservative Party is not a Tory Party, it is a true Conservative Party, but we assume that we support democracy, with a healthy attachment to tradition, family, work and spirituality. If John Texas Goodlooking wins an absolute majority, we will be a constructive opposition to his government, and if Clarence wins and is willing to meet part of our agenda, we can remain in coalition with him.

Reporter from The Tratkovisk Post covering the arrest at the Trussendart residence in the city: Look, we wanted to talk to His Majesty Nicolaus X, but he left here along with Her Imperial Majesty and the Empress Mother a few minutes ago. He sent us a note saying that Trussendart apparently wanted to make amends with him...it's kind of touching actually, maybe she was trying to make amends for the things she did before suffering the consequences...I'll read the note here *and at that moment, the reporter is interrupted by Abigail*

Abigail: He's saying this to act with civility worthy of a monarch. But a teenage country girl like me will tell the people the truth: Christopher Clarence sent this thug to talk to Nicolaus X to make Nicolaus forgive her and abandon Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking. But fortunately Nicolaus is now wise to these vipers and didn't fall for their small talk. You can despair all you want, but nothing will make you destroy John Texas Goodlooking! Not even death! Because you know that if you even throw a marble at John Texas Goodlooking, the people will retaliate, that's why you didn't even have the courage to try like your allies in the US tried with Donald Trump and your allies in Brazil tried with Jair Bolsonaro! In Gestonia the people are smarter, there's no easy way for crooks there.
Reporter, irritated: Okay, girl, can I read the note?
Abigail: He posted this crap on the internet.
Reporter: There's no internet here, girl (thinking: if the teenagers in Gestonia are like this girl, thank God the internet is banned here)
Abigail: ...there you got me...sorry...
Reporter: You're forgiven, young lady, thank you. *And she reads Nicolaus' note*

November 18, 2024

Trussendart has been in a women's prison in Drussia for two days now. Elliot was successful in his trip to the US and caused Elon Musk to drop his support for JTG, but Musk's annoyance with Nicole II at X did not pressure her to release Trussendart. JTG's people responded by smearing Musk, claiming he is an opportunistic viper who is cozying up to Donald Trump for personal gain.

"John Texas Goodlooking in an interview with a podcaster who supports him: I never trusted this guy, he's developing a chip to put in people's brains... that sounds a lot like the mark of the beast. Nicolaus X was right to suspect him, Elon Musk is an enemy of the natural order. If this thing is developed, I'm telling my voters and their loved ones: DON'T USE IT!
Abigail: Indeed, Dad, indeed. Trussendart is not in jail for political persecution, she's in jail because she's a crook and committed objective crimes like corruption, money laundering, and influence peddling. If Musk spent less time playing hero on Twitter and took the time to research this situation, he'd still be on our side. But that's good for us, because the truth always reveals itself to those who are with the Lord. And because we're truly with God and Jesus Christ, we believe that NOBODY, not even the richest man in the world, will be able to defeat John Texas Goodlooking.
Goodlooking: It's good that Trump is smarter and is still on our side. But I seriously recommend, beware of bad company...we pray to God that Musk does not cause the ruin of the future Trump government."

Elon Musk responded with the following tweet, (OOC: I used ChatGPT to create this).

"Mark of the beast? Absurd. Neuralink is about restoring abilities for the disabled, not indulging fearmongering. It’s ironic how 'natural order' champions push medieval thinking while excusing corruption. If JTG wants to talk ethics, start by not locking up opponents for 'convenience.' Focus on governance, not drama. Preaching about God and Christ while rejecting innovation that can save lives? Hypocrisy doesn’t age well. The future belongs to progress, not political theater.

Nicolaus X seems like a thoughtful figure, but the environment around him is fraught with bad actors. Leadership demands courage to stand for progress, not fearmongering. Neuralink isn’t 'mark of the beast'; it’s hope for people with disabilities. Let’s focus on what lifts humanity instead of indulging power struggles.

#ThinkForward #Progress #InnovationOverDrama #TruthPrevails"

While this social media drama unfolds in Gestonia, Elizabeth Trussendart receives an unexpected visitor.

Trussendart: James!
James: Myself. Good afternoon, Trussendart.
Trussendart: Why did you visit me?
James: Sigh...I need to vent to someone about why I broke up with...that person...that mutual friend of ours who has peculiar characteristics. (OOC: he won't say that he broke up with Nicolaus during a visit to a Drussian prison so as not to risk leaking the secret that Nicolaus is homosexual to the people of Drussia)
Trussendart: Nicole II is the one watching the footage of my visits, so don't worry. Hi Nicole.
James: Okay...anyway, I usually vent like this to my brother, but there's a week left until the Gestonia election and I don't want to mess up his college life, so it's going to be you. Okay, you're a bit of a narcissist and you're not going to give me any advice, but I need to get this off my chest.
Trussendart, sarcastically: Gee, James, thanks.
James: Sigh...well...it's a simple reason: I'm tired of all this drama. Okay, Nicolaus abdicated because of a compromising photo of him with me on a trip to Seoul in which he wanted to end his relationship with me forever to focus on his life as a monarch taken by Amalya Lidoshka to force him to abdicate, but I'm tired of this nonsense.

And the conversation moves to a flashback of a phone call between Nicolaus and James while the former is in London.

"James: Look Nicholas, I'm tired of this whole situation. With each passing day...I feel like...what we felt for each other is getting lost. You don't feel comfortable having sex with me anymore, I don't have that spark anymore, I'm tired and I have a guilty conscience.
Nicolaus, with tears in his eyes: James...it's not you in particular, it's just...the idea of ​​letting another man see my excretory organ and sticking his member in it has been making me uncomfortable lately...it's not you...I swear!! You said it yourself, it's what we do besides sex that makes our relationship special! What do you want, for our relationship to be open again?...for me to spend more time with you...okay, I accept. I'll spend the rest of my college in a distance system so I can be with you every day...so I can take care of your apartment while you work...I...I'll become your wife so I can be with you! I swear I don't want to suffocate or manipulate you, I value everything you've done for me since we met...I LOVE YOU JAMES!
James: Nicolaus, you and I both know that you only need to do one thing... that you not doing that one thing is the only thing between us and complete happiness, even with our challenges... from what I learned from my parents, when a person loves another, they are willing to do anything to be with the other person. Both make individual sacrifices for the good of each other... Sigh... Nicolaus, sometimes I feel like I'm the only one sacrificing myself for both of us... okay, I made mistakes... a lot... but I want to... *tsk*... look, Nicolaus, the current situation is bad for both of us and there is only one way to get out of it while maintaining our relationship: you come out publicly.
Nicolaus: James... you... okay, okay... you feel wronged, maybe you really are suffering an injustice... but I'm not an ordinary person James, I'm a former emperor of Drussia. If I come out publicly as gay, I will demoralize, maybe not only my country, but maybe Qassadia and Ejorike, maybe the monarchy as a political system. This isn't a Romeo and Juliet or Call Me by Your Name movie, this is real life, James. I can do anything but this... I'm thinking of another way out... maybe giving up all my individuality to be with you is the solution... we bought a secluded house in a faraway land and in it... I live for you... I cook for you... I clean for you... I do "manly activities" for you... if it proves to you that I really love you, I'll do it... I'll drop out of college now... I'll buy a one-way ticket to Gestonia and after that... we'll be together for the rest of our lives...
James: It's not that, Nicolaus... the point is that this relationship as it is now is not good for either of us. We are prisons for each other, this will be good for you too: goodbye Nicolaus. *and he ends the call*
Nicolaus, about to cry: James?...James?...*and he leaves to a place where no one will hear him to burst into tears*"

And then Trussendart slaps James in the face

Trussendart: Nicolaus is the one who should to break up with you, you selfish idiot! Do you know that Nicolaus is disturbed and then you break his heart like that? Wilhelmina is right about you, you are a spoiled brat who thinks he can have everything he wants...you should feel lucky to have ever breathed near Nicolaus in your life! You are nothing, the last thing Nicolaus deserves is to throw his life and honor away to be with a retard like you!
James: Grrr... if you were in my situation would you simply trap yourself and the other person in such a restrictive relationship just because of social pressures?
Trussendart: But of course... it is not pure love that moves relationships in real life, James! Every relationship involves exchanges of interests... this is not an equivalent exchange, you must sacrifice much more than him because he is far superior to you.
James: When did you start thinking like that? when Maxim III criticized you for "being infected with the virus of egalitarianism"?
Trussendart: That's not the same thing.
James: How is it not? In your mind, I am naturally inferior to him and therefore I must be submissive to him without question. If you believe that, then you should have applied that reasoning to yourself and been submissive to Nicolaus and Wilhelmina von Vagsh without question...if you had acted like that, today you would be Prime Minister of Gestonia and would probably have maintained your absolute majority on November 3rd. You would be loved by everyone and JTG would have to settle for being your political subordinate. Yeah...you and I are more alike than I imagined...maybe your destiny will be mine in the future...sigh...if I had accepted my place...we would all be happier...this conversation was enlightening. *and he gets up to leave*
Trussendart: James.
James: Yeah.
Trussendart: ...I guess I should say something, but I don't know what...tell me how things are out there. Are Elliot and Kimberly okay?
James: I don't think you'll be here much longer. Elliot convinced Elon Musk to dump JTG.
Trussendart: Really?
James: Yeah. JTG even accused Neuralink of being the mark of the beast.
Trussendart: *chuckles* idiot.
James: I hope he loses.
Trussendart: Me too. Thanks James, good luck in your new life...
James: Thanks.

That night, Nicolaus X gave an interview to the BBC.

Nicolaus: Well...I said to myself "I'll never do another interview with the BBC" after that one in 2021, but who would have thought...here I am...ha ha ha ha.
Interviewer: That interview had a bit of a tense ending, but this one will be more pleasant for your majesty. Remember that Nicole II, the current empress of Drussia, instituted that this is the pronoun of treatment for Nicolaus X, her own would be Your Imperial Majesty. Apparently no king of Krillin saw a problem with that.
Nicolaus: Yeah...so far no complaints. I wouldn't see a problem with "Your Highness", but oh well.
Interviewer: Nicolaus, are you following the discussion between JTG and Elon Musk?
Nicolaus: Look, this idea of ​​putting a chip in people's brains is kind of weird. In fact, I was thinking of banning this technology in Drussia when it was launched if I were on the throne at the time, it seems kind of dystopian, like Cyberpunk.
Interviewer: So you agree with JTG.
Nicolaus: Yes, look, John Texas Goodlooking is not like Donald Trump, Jair Bolsonaro, Javier Milei and other allies I have had and still have today with whom I have many differences of opinion and who I pragmatically ally myself against more...(thinking: "nefarious" would be a somewhat inelegant term)...not so good figures.
Interviewer: How is he different?
Nicolaus: First of all, he has my mother's support. She hates not only Western politics, but electoral politics in general... like, politicians will hold rallies, ask for votes from crowds, jump around and dance...she prefers something less theatrical. The fact that he has my mother's electoral support already shows that he is someone special in that sense.
Interviewer: Maybe it's because he's not a fan of democracy?
Nicolaus: He's not a fan of popular democracy. He thinks that people should have political maturity to have the right to vote, because in democracies, voting is a weapon.
Interviewer: It's kind of contradictory that a politician who clearly wants to restrict the scope of democracy wants to win an election.
Nicolaus: Look, democracy as it is today is full of problems and hinders society more than it helps. And you know which form of government I think is best for societies.
Interviewer: Absolute monarchy.
Nicolaus: Yes, as I was...
Interviewer: Are you going to tell me the reason for your abdication?
Nicolaus: I felt incapable of governing... I wish I had been a more resilient person, but unfortunately I am not. My sister, on the other hand, is doing excellently, she has exceeded everyone's expectations.
Interviewer: Okay, this must be a difficult subject for you. After the election of Gestonia, what is your next step in politics?
Nicolaus: In electoral politics? None, for me that's enough!
Interviewer: This is retirement.
Nicolaus: At least for now. The most I can do now is to support Nigel Farange again in the next election for Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.
Interviewer: Do you think it will be in 2029 or before? If before, what year would you say?
Nicolaus: Before, 2026. I don't think Keir Starmer can take any more than that, unless the tide against him changes radically. There is time for that to happen, he has only been in power for a very short time.
Interviewer: Maybe Labour will change the PM, the Conservative Party did it twice from 2019 to 2024. And they did it before the 2019 election with Theresa May... and before that with David Cameron. This is common in British politics actually.
Nicolaus: Okay, it could happen, but who does Labour have besides the current Prime Minister? Jeremy Corbyn has left as far as I know.
Interviewer: Yes, he has left. You would be surprised how parliamentary system works in a country that is not as crazy as Gestonia.
Nicolaus: Well, he managed to be more unpopular than Rishi Sunak, anything can happen.
Interviewer: Election in Germany in 2025.
Nicolaus: I don't care, I don't know much about it. I just know that the current government is bad and dysfunctional, the center-right, the left and the Woke left in the same coalition? It sounds like the Christopher Clarence government if he defeats the National Christian Government. Except that Clarence has an amazing ability to win the affinity of different groups of people, which Olaf Schoz doesn't have, the center-right allied with him so as not to leave Germany without a government. You Europeans have too many parliamentary elections, seriously, you could use some Gestonia rules to deal with impasses of lack of majority to form a government. If I'm not mistaken, Bulgaria had 6 elections in 3 years.
Interviewer, after being bugged for 5 seconds by the way Nicolaus described the German coalition: Do you think there is a cult of personality to JTG?
Nicolaus: I think people support his ideas, if he contradicts his ideas and people continue to support him, then there is a cult of personality. It's funny how you in the Western media accuse all the organic support that exists for right-wing leaders, even those who don't have much affinity with the ideas of the National Christian Government or my former government, of being a personality cult.
Interviewer: Richard Zed described the National Christian Government as a more radical version of your government, what do you say about that?
Nicolaus: Look, he described the NATO military intervention in Yugoslavia as a "triumph of democracy over Soviet backwardness", the American invasion of Iraq as "George W. Bush's incisive response to the Jihadist provocation of September 11" (although the two events are not directly related, if he had spoken of the invasion of Afghanistan he would have been right) and the US military intervention in Libya as "a demonstration that the Obama administration is committed to strengthening democracy in the Middle East, so that the Arab Spring does not become a beautiful midsummer night's dream" and more recently, the resistance of the Kiev regime to the special operation in Ukraine as "patriotic democratic resistance against a tyrant nostalgic for his KGB days"... if I formed my political opinions based on Richard Zed, I would be an idiot. Even at being a pro-NATO analyst he is bad, if he makes his analyses out of conviction, he should go to college again. And today he made a joke saying that JTG and the first lady of Brazil are allies because she insulted Elon Musk (https://www.business-standard.com/world-news/brazil-prez-lula-s-wife-rosangela-curses-out-elon-musk-ahead-of-g-20-summit-124111700723_1.html)... Pro-NATO analysts on YouTube are better than him.

Interviewer: I just saw the news, your former private butler James has come out in support of Christopher Clarence.
Nicolaus, extremely shocked: WHAT?!
Interviewer: You didn't see that coming.
Nicolaus: What did he do: a tweet or a press conference?
Interviewer: A tweet. He said:

"Subjects of Drussia in Gestonia, we think very much alike, we have extreme loyalty to Emperor Nicolaus X and Empress Nicole II. From the 12 years I worked with Nicolaus, I can say that he is a very good and very special person who gives a positive light to everyone he meets, bringing out the best in people.

The jokes about us having a romantic relationship are for me comical or embarrassing depending on my mood, and I think His Majesty has the same perception as I do. Our relationship was purely professional, although we both found each other attractive...he much more so than I, in fact.

The purpose of this message is one. To express my perception of the reality of Gestonia. Yes, Drussians in Gestonia, we know that being LGBT+ is not normal and I agree that we should not glorify this to our children. But it is one thing to be against LGBT+ political activism, another to be against the existence of LGBT+ people and I am not that...I may have been in the past, but in 2024 I am not. And that is why, because I don't find it normal the idea of ​​LGBT+ people being put in police vans as if they were animals. God gave us free will, LGBT+ people should respect the societies they are in and seek help to improve IF THEY WANT, they should not be forced to do so as if they were rabid dogs or summarily executed as if they were cockroaches.

This is not the only reason why I do not stand by His Majesty, my best boss by far, and support John Texas Goodlooking. That's right, my support in Gestonia goes to former Prime Minister Christopher Clarence. I will give more details about my support in an interview with Gestonia News Network on Wednesday."

And then the scene returns to Nicolaus, looking completely shocked, and the reporter starts talking again.

Reporter: So...
Nicolaus: Interviewer, I'm sorry, now I'm going to address James, may I?
Reporter: You can.
Nicolaus: Hello, James, my most loyal employee...to whom I owe absolute gratitude for everything he's done for me in my life...ARE YOU CRAZY?!

Do you really think this is how the National Christian Government treats deviant people?! Where are you getting your information from? MSNBC?! For the love of God...are you kidding me? I'm going to watch this interview...come on...
Reporter: Okay...about Trussendart's arrest, have you visited her?
Nicolaus: No, and I don't know if I will. My personal relationship with her is very sour...the last time I spoke to her in public I said I preferred a leftist to her...I think you can see that we don't get along. If she is feeling really bad or sad... maybe... but if she is fine, maybe not.
Reporter: Do you think Elon Musk's pressure will make your sister release her from prison?
Nicolaus: My sister is a tough woman and doesn't spend all day on Twitter, so no.
Interviewer: If JTG loses, what will be your reaction?
Nicolaus: I won't go into too much detail before the result, I just say good luck to the future prime minister, whoever it is. May the people of Gestonia make the smartest choice next Sunday... a choice that apparently my former private butler and I think is not the same.
Interviewer: Your Majesty, thank you for the interview, good night.
Nicolaus: Good night to you too.

November 19, 2024

Gestonian society is reacting to the former personal butler of Nicolaus X, James, declaring support for Christopher Clarence in the election for Prime Minister of Gestonia.

Magdalena Dżesika, anchor of the main news program of the Gestonia News Network, clearly irritated: Look, this situation is really unexpected... I'm not commenting on what I think here because of journalistic neutrality and because I'm going to interview him tomorrow. Data analyst, show how people are reacting to this situation, please.
Analyst: Look, this situation has already been reflected in the average of the electoral polls. Prime Minister Goodlooking was gaining momentum, reducing former Prime Minister Christopher Clarence's lead from 11.22 percentage points (50.42% to 39.20%) at the beginning of the second round to 4.2 points (52.1% to 47.9%).

Experts attribute this momentum to the victory of the COP in the House of Representatives and the fact that polling institutes interviewed more people from the countryside to avoid a discrepancy between the polls and the final result of the vote. Remembering that what will matter in the end is the number of senators in the COP, if it reaches 31, even with Goodlooking having fewer popular votes than Clarence's coalition (which brings together the Democrats, the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats), he wins the election. However, the pollsters predict that the COP will reach somewhere between 27 and 29 senators on November 24, not enough for an absolute majority.

Well, that momentum is over, now the pollsters indicate a 7 pp lead for Clarence, with Prime Minister Goodlooking having a 2 pp drop (52.1% to 45.9%). Clarence's stagnation indicates that the situation is the result of a drop in support for the PM. Well, let's see here in the interactive graph the PM's numbers by demographic group... wow!

Dżesika: What...?
Analyst: Hmm... according to the average of the polls, PM Goodlooking has seen a significant drop in support among young Drussian men aged 16-25. Goodlooking's support among this group has fallen from 77% to 55%. That's a drop of 22 pp. Well, there were also drops among young Drussian women aged 16-25, but this was smaller because their support for Goodlooking was in the 50% range before and now (it went from 56% to 54%). To compensate, support for the PM among older people in all demographic groups has increased, except for Gestonian women and blue collar workers, a group among whom the PM has a very high rejection rate due to the anti-strike law and because these people associate his policies with the Washington Consensus, which many believe has destroyed millions of jobs in the sector around the world. Although young blue collar workers, the vast majority of whom are Drussians, support the government. Dżesika: I think James' support for Clarence is not the only thing that explains this situation.
Analyst: Not at all, if we look at the interactive map for the reasons for JTG's drop in support among young Drussians, the top 5 are as follows:

1. The candidates' performance in the last debate (in which Clarence was clearly better);
2. Clarence is not Jaylynn Arden or Elizabeth Trussendart...he was PM before, has a respectable image and a good reputation;
3. James' support for Clarence and the climate of tension caused by JTG have made me lose the certainty that JTG is the best;
4. JTG's economic policy seems to me to be more harmful to me and my loved ones than Clarence's, although I am not sure what Clarence's economic policy is;
5. I am starting to think that JTG seems to have more intention to deceive and manipulate people than Clarence...although time may prove me wrong and Clarence is a traditional figure of a liberal democracy.

Look, for these reasons, we can see that these people did not automatically migrate to Clarence (at least the majority), but rather remained undecided. They are acting cautiously here... the reasons for caution according to the institutes are:

1. Nicolaus X enthusiastically supported Elizabeth Trussendart and she proved herself to be a false conservative, a liberal and an incompetent. However, JTG seems to be clearly conservative, with the support of Maxim III and Wilhelmina von Vagsh;
2. Left-wing governments that "removed" right-wing governments around the world and time has proven them to be worse;
3. Clarence is a traditional politician of a liberal democracy;
4. Clarence's support for Arden and Kamala Harris;
5. Fear that left-wing economic policies that could cause exponential increases in inflation, such as Bidenomics, Kamalanomics or the economic policy of the Brazilian government.

Dżesika: Apparently there is a fear of making a disastrous electoral mistake there like was made in other countries.
Analyst: Yes, either because of social pressure, or because they don't want to harm the lives of their loved ones, particularly their wives and children.

November 20, 2024

Today is James’ interview on the Gestonia News Network. As mentioned in the previous excerpt, Magdalena Dżesika, a right-wing conservative Drussian journalist who worked at the Drussian public broadcaster The Tratkovisk Post during the Nicolaus X government, is his interviewer.

Dżesika: Hello James, good morning.
James: Good morning Magdalena Dżesika, it is an honor for me to meet you in person.
Dżesika: Thank you, I also find it interesting that I met the former private butler of His Majesty Nicolaus X.
James, while looking at the unexpected audience behind the two: Hmmm... I see that today this program has become a talk show.
Dżesika: Indeed. I find it interesting that people influenced by your opinions can closely follow this interview.
James: So all in the audience are Drussians between 16 and 25 years old and their children?
Dżesika: Of course not James, as you can see there are Gestonians, blacks, Latinos, middle-aged adults and elderly people in the audience.
James: People in their 30s are not middle-aged people.
Dżesika: I did not say that. Can you stop making malicious insinuations and let me interview you?
James: Well, that was not my intention. Of course.
Dżesika: Well, I'll start this interview with a simple question. Do you have a tattoo?
James, confused: No.
Dżesika: Good to know. You said that you had other reasons besides mercy for deviant people for not supporting Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking. Can you tell me what those reasons are?
James: Look, are there any LGBT+ people in the audience? If so, what do you think of the interviewer referring to you as "deviant people"?
Gay man in the audience: I'm gay, I find that very offensive.
Drussian young man, reacting to the gay man: She called you a deviant person, not a f*ggot, a sodomite or a pederast, you don't have to be so offended.
Gay man: You don't understand how that sounds to me.

And the two of them start arguing until...

Dżesika: *clears throat*

And then they go silent.

Dżesika: James, stop trying to distract people and answer my question.
James: Look, of course that's not the only reason. Clarence showed in the last debate that he's much more prepared for the job, Clarence inspires more confidence in me, I'm afraid that JTG's victory will cause regional instability, the Goodlooking family behaves very arrogantly, Abigail and Elijah [JTG's children] seem to me to be two psychopaths, the disgusting way they humiliated Elizabeth Trussendart when she was arrested (filming the scene as if she were a circus freak), etc.

And the people in the audience are thoughtful and some murmur about what James just said...

Dżesika: And why did you put the government's supposed harsh treatment of deviant people instead of these reasons in your tweet? I think more people would share your opinion if these were the reasons listed.

James: Look, I'm not a politician and I don't want to become famous for slaying on the internet. For me, it would give people more credibility if I put my face out there and said these reasons in person.

And many in the audience agree with James' reasoning.

Drussian young men: I strongly disagree with your reasoning, but it's brave of you to speak about it in person.
James: Well, why do you disagree?
Young men: Clarence doesn't inspire confidence in me! What is his economic policy? He didn't form a coalition with John Kentucky in 2022 so as not to burn himself with the right-wing electorate and pose as a Democrat who cares more about respecting the will of the people than about benefiting himself electorally. He supported the woke populist Kamala Harris. His Majesty said it's stupid to keep changing political philosophy every four years. Here in Gestonia, we've had three prime ministers with three different philosophies in 2 years.
James: So, by your logic, if JTG is bad, he needs to stay in power longer for we to be absolutely sure that he's bad?
Young men: How are you going to know if he's bad if he took power three months ago and inherited a cursed inheritance?!
James: From whom? From McCarphy?
Young men: No...well, maybe...I personally think that McCarphy was sabotaged by Trussendart and had no real opportunity to show whether he was a good leader or not because he had to worry about his party's primaries and the sabotage of the opposition and the opposition media.
James: Gestonia had a national blackout of more than a week under McCarphy!
Young men: If we follow your reasoning, today our emperor would be the usurper Nicolaus XI!
Gestonian in the audience: Our emperor? We're in Gestonia! For God's sake, it's obvious that McCarphy was bad, boy.
Young men: You think that because you're an emotional person who thinks it's normal to change leaders all the time. Leaders should have the opportunity and time to prove their worth.
Gestonian: So I have to accept a mediocre leader because he needs time to "prove his worth"? Look, kid, I wouldn't accept that reasoning even if all the world leaders had assumed their positions at the age of 16 like your former monarch! We live in a democracy!
Dżesika: Calm down, audience, calm down. James, may I remind you that I am your interviewer.
James: Ok, go on.
Dżesika: I agree with this young man's reasoning. Particularly in relation to the United States. In the US, Trump was delivering a good economy at the end of his first term and everyone imagined that he would be reelected with one hand tied behind his back, with the possibility of an independent candidacy by Bernie Sanders hindering the Democrats. And then, out of nowhere, as if it were something planned, the Chinese virus appeared, which caused a global recession and the need for huge public spending, which generated inflation, mass unemployment and an economic depression similar to the 1929 crisis. This prevented Trump from being reelected, and the Democrats, unfair as they are, blame Trump for being the only president besides Herbert Hoover to deliver the US with fewer jobs than when he took office.
James: So by your logic, Trump should have been reelected and his failure is the fault of Covid-19.
Dżesika: Exactly. Do you agree with my reasoning?
James: Yes, so much so that Biden had a bad government and now Trump has been elected again. Maybe if he had been reelected the US would be in a better situation now. Or people would be sure that he is bad and the Democrats would have won by landslide.
Dżesika: But the reasoning here is the same as that young man's. Why don't you agree with him in the case of JTG? Do you then think that Clarence should have been reelected in 2022?
James: 2022 was a different context, I need to analyze. And for me it is obvious that JTG is bad, both for his stance as a leader and for his social and economic policies. There is no excuse for JTG, he is one of the worst leaders I have ever seen in my life, I think only the infamous Nicolaus XI was worse than him. If this damn guy is reelected, Gestonia will become like Somalia.
Dżesika: But his policies are the same as Nicolaus X, with whom you have a professional relationship that was so great that until recently you had a very friendly personal relationship.
James: Look, I know Nicolaus X. We've been together since we were 5 to 17 years old, we have a very friendly relationship (*thinking: much more than you imagine*) and I'll tell you something: This rascal has nothing to do with Nicolaus!!
Dżesika: What do you mean? How is he different?
James: Mrs. Dżesika, Nicknomics II is an economic policy with social responsibility. JTG is a damned neoliberal who claims to apply Nicknomics II, but he expects us to believe that he applies Nicknomics II without: progressive taxation, responsible environmental policy, public pension capitalization system and a clear industrial policy.

And then a young Drussian woman interrupts.

Young woman: Gestonia is a globalist liberal democracy. The economic elite of Gestonia is much more vassal of American imperialism and NATO than the economic elite of Drussia. If he applied Nicknomics II to the letter, the neoliberal globalist elite of Gestonia would be foaming at the mouth to overthrow him, maybe they are doing so now by supporting the infamous Christopher Clarence! They want to avoid regulating AI so they can put people out of work and not have to pay salaries! We won't let them! Let's reelect John Texas Goodlooking!!

And about half the audience applauds her and cheers.

James: Girl, JTG exalts Ronald Reagan. Reagan is the IDOL of these people!! It's thanks to Reagan that these people have so much influence in the world today!
Woman: Eh...he may be the idol of these people, but he wasn't a bad person. I think if he were alive today, he would be against what these people are doing to suffocate us...I don't know if he would be in favor of AI...he would be in favor of Donald Trump...
James: Apparently you understand his thinking better than his son does (And he shows this news story here: https://m.mynbc15.com/news/election/reagans-son-says-ronald-wouldnt-support-trump-nancy-would-vote-for-clinton)
Woman: That's old news, he changed his mind (And she shows this more recent news story: https://www.pressherald.com/2024/11/11/michael-reagan-trump-has-made-the-gop-great-again/).
James: I just know that I don't trust people who exalt a figure like Ronald Reagan.
Woman: His majesty does.
James: No, he doesn't. He has a pragmatic positive view of some of his policies.
Woman: Yeah...maybe you're right. But I don't trust Christopher Clarence.
James: That's your right.

And after a commercial break, the interview returns.

James: Look, during the break, some people complained about the issue of time for the leader to "prove his worth" and criticized us for applying this reasoning only to right-wing leaders. And they also said that if we use this logic, we can't blame Biden for the current inflation in the United States.
Leftist in the audience: Guys, Biden's inflation is low, for God's sake!

And most of the audience laughs.

Second young Drussian man in the audience to speak today: If you say that to an average person in the US, they'll think you're an idiot. Biden's inflation statistics are only lower because they ignore food prices.
Leftist: That's a lie from journalists like Magdalena Dżesika, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) takes food prices into account.
Young man: Is that value low or high now?
Leftist: It may be high, but JTG's policy is worse for the economy than Bidenomics.

And most of the audience laughs again.

Young man: Look, unlike you, I have a child to feed, and from what my parents tell me, high inflation is worse to deal with than a lack of social policies, so that's why I'm not going to vote for people who can provoke inflationary policies.
Leftists: Inflationary policies? The second round in Gestonia is between two neoliberals and you think Clarence's policies can be inflationary?! JTG's disinformation machine is doing a better job than I imagined.
Dżesika: Let's get back to here because we're almost at the end of the program. James, your stance on deviant people seems hard to swallow and I think many in the audience share my point of view.
James: I only defend people's free will, Mrs. Dżesika.
Dżesika: Should this free will be placed in Drussia? Should Nicole II legalize homosexuality? James: Eh...now you got me...hehe
Dżesika: So you think so.
James: That's not what I said.
Dżesika: Well, if in your tweet you defend that deviant people should have autonomy to seek to cure their deviations voluntarily, that's what you're defending. Maybe that's why His Majesty reacted so indignantly to your tweet on Monday.
James, nervous: Look, legalizing homosexuality would mean what exactly?
Dżesika: Letting homosexuals express their homosexuality freely on the streets in front of everyone, even small children.
James, nervous: Wow...that's legal in Gestonia...we're in Gestonia...that's already legal here... do you think that should be reversed?
Dżesika, incisive: I'm not the one being interviewed. Do you have different opinions based on the society you're talking about? is that it?

And the audience gets anxious and some start to murmur in doubt. With a small Drussian child starting to question the young Drussian father.

Child: Dad, why being gay is not normal?
Dad: Because the natural thing is man and woman, son.
Child: Are deviant people bad?
Dad: I don't know...I think most of them aren't. However, there is a movement to glorify these people who want to turn children into deviant people in Western societies like the one we live in now. And a good part of them are pedophiles.
Child, scared: Then we should have stayed in Drussia, right?...
Dad: Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking is against this movement, son, I moved here with your mother for other reasons. The one who has to protect you from this movement is me...if necessary, we can go back to Drussia.
Child: Okay, dad. Is Mr. James bad?
Dad, glaring at James: I don't know how to answer that question anymore, son...

James: I'll say what I said in the tweet, I'm not against the existence of LGBT+ people!
Dżesika: Now, James, you and I know that for about 40 years our policy (the Drussian policy) against deviant people has not been to summarily execute them on the streets, but to arrest them, in some cases provide them with medical care, let them leave Drussia and execute only pedophiles. And this policy was strictly applied under the government of Nicolaus X. Do not treat our country as the scarecrow that the Western superpowers invented to characterize it in its hybrid war strategy, please respect our motherland.
James: I respect our motherland.
Dżesika: So you are against legalization.
James, irritated: Maybe...I don't know!
Dżesika, equally irritated: What do you mean "I don't know"?!
James: If I have to be in favor of legalization in order not to be against existence, then I am!

And most of the audience makes noises of shock

James, getting sad: Drussians, don't get me wrong. This doesn't mean I think it's okay for gay men kiss in front of children, it doesn't mean I think it's okay for men to wear very short clothes in front of small children. LGBT+ people know how to be civilized and respect conservative people and family men and women! JTG and his gang want you to believe that his opponents are pedophiles! He's a cruel and sadistic person surrounded by people like that because he doesn't tolerate THE EXISTENCE of anyone who disagrees with him even 1%, that's not an Woke exaggeration, IT'S THE TRUTH! His reelection will be bad for ALL of us!
Dżesika: Look, James, I honestly wish I could clarify a few more things, but our time is up. I would really like you to clarify more for us in the future.
James: How is Nicolaus reacting to this interview?
Dżesika: He wrote a public note:

The master game will be played, the game is on. You and I are beginning our final resolution, everything is moving towards our definition. Our values ​​are in conflict...at least apparently. I want to understand the extent of this situation, to understand whether after this electoral neurosis passes, we will be able to continue to have a cordial relationship or whether we will have to have a public enmity. As your former boss and former monarch, I wish you well James, do not follow the path of darkness, do not see things on the surface, see them in all their depth, study things before forming opinions about them. Do not fall for straw men, see the deep truth of the iceberg. I want to resolve our professional future, I want to understand if we will still be cordial towards each other in a more professional way, or we will become public enemies. You are not my Judas...for I am far from being a Jesus Christ, comparing myself to him would be a disrespectful, arrogant and disgusting sacrilege." (OOC: These bold markings were only on the paper, in the note he published on the internet, the text does not have any bold.)

Okay, he put it on the Internet, but he INSISTS that I give you this paper on which he wrote the note AND DON'T SHOW IT TO ANYONE!...it doesn't make sense with a public note, but that's okay...he wants to meet you in person...and about the time he just said, "at the same time"...in relation to what? What a confusing message...I suggest you call His Majesty.

James: Okay. Have a nice day. (OOC: he won't, he gets it)

Reactions to the interview:

John Texas Goodlooking: I hope Nicolaus X fixes the possible psychological problem this individual is suffering from at the moment before November 24th. You will greatly regret the evil you are doing, James, Christopher Clarence is a figure of darkness who takes advantage of the good will of simple and humble people like you. He wants to win with fear and hatred, we will not let him, let's fill Gestonia with Christian love on November 24th.
Elijah Goodlooking: It seems that it has become fashionable to be against Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking. Don't worry, staunch supporters of the National Christian Government, it was also fashionable to talk "Latinx" and the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. It is at times like these that God tests his children, do not lose heart, let's destroy the degenerate Philistines on November 24th. November 24th is the date of our liberation as a Christian nation!
Abigail Goodlooking: This crook calls me and Elijah psychopaths. I wonder how someone who grew up with Nicolaus X has such wrong opinions and so much selfishness in his heart...maybe he is the one showing signs of psychopathy.
Elliot Trussendart: Interesting, so apparently the National Christian Government is not a MAGA movement, it is a MHIA movement, Make Homosexuality Illegal Again.
Patrick Rajaram: It is my obligation, not only as a left-wing politician but also as a human being, to show my outrage to the infamous Magdalena Dżesika for her reactionary, fascist and Gilead-like positions. Just because it is no longer cool to denounce this because it is apparently fascist political intolerance due to "cancel culture", does not mean I will stop doing it. The LGBTQIA+ population of this country will know who stood up to try to protect them and who cowered like a rat when this nightmare is over.
Jaylynn Arden: This government needs to end for the restoration of love and peace in Gestonia. This is not "woke leftist bullshit", it's true...please, people of Gestonia, remove this monster from the Prime Minister's chair! 😢
Dedrerick Ryan, reacting to Arden: It's not with talk of "love and peace" that we're going to remove this sh*tty government! It's with concrete measures to improve the lives of the working class! If we defeat these people and form a neoliberal government, these people will come back and never leave! JUST LIKE TRUMP IN US! 😡

November 22, 2024

James, Patrick Rajaram, Elliot Trussendart and Abigail Goodlooking are being interviewed on Pierce Morghan's Undiminished show. Controversial host Pierce Morghan wants to create a direct confrontation between the four dominant ideological views in the Gestonian political debate to make people understand for themselves which one is the best (and of course, get more viewers with the likely tense discussions).

Rajaram: I wanted to start by asking James, the only right-wing person who isn't a scoundrel here...
Elliot: Hey, what's up? We're on the same side!
Abigail: If you start making personal attacks, I'm leaving!!
Morgham, in an insincere way: Guys, tone it down, please.
Rajaram: Okay, okay, I'm sorry. What I would like James to clarify for me is why right-wing people hate Kamala Harris so much, they treat her like she's a lunatic from a mental institution just because she laughs a lot... people, we need joy in life... to be a leader do you have to be a grumpy person like certain people who are in positions of extreme power in Gestonia society today? Can't you be a happy and light-hearted person? Watch this video, maybe it will touch your heart... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=at2JX8WNyPw..."What can be, unburdened by what has been"
Abigail, irritated by the insinuation that her father is grumpy: Then you don't understand why right-wing people don't like you.

And then they stop to watch the video.

James: Look, the video does make Kamala Harris more likable, maybe she just lost because she's Biden's VP and average Americans are angry with the Biden administration.
Elliot: Do you think someone who is having trouble feeding their children because of the administration in which she is number 2 in the hierarchy (and practically number 1 because the de jure number 1 is an old man with Alzheimer's) will watch this video and say "Aww, Kamala Harris is so cute, I'm going to vote for her"? OH FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!!
James: It's kind of Elliot's logic, really. But most right-wingers think that situations like this show more unpreparedness than youthfulness. Maybe if she had run a more serious campaign and focused on addressing the concerns of ordinary Americans, she would have won. If Nicolaus behaved like that, the Drussian people would hate him and see him as a Drussian Boris Yeltsin. The last thing anyone from our generation would want in Drussia is someone our age in a position of power behaving childishly.
Rajaram: Do you find Kamala's behavior childish?
James: That's not what I meant.
Rajaram: But that's what you said!
Abigail: This is not childish behavior...this is the behavior of a psychopath. Imagine if I showed up here saying "the 2024 election is the election that will define what the rest of our lives will be like" *and she starts laughing like a maniac*. Everyone would think I'm crazy! Why don't they think the same about her? Because she's black? Are you afraid of being racist, is that it?
James: Guys, the debate is interesting, but I have to take a call.
Morgham: Okay James, you can go. We will continue without you for now.
Rajaram: Actually, Abigail, I think your father fits the typical psychopath behavior more than Kamala Harris. "lack of empathy and remorse, and a tendency to manipulate and exploit others", "immune to stress", "unremorseful, and non-empathetic".
Abigail: WHAT?!

[...]

James, blushing and talking on the phone: Hi.
Nicolaus, on the other end of the line (and also blushing): Hi.
James: What do I owe the honor, "your majesty"?
Nicolaus: I believe you received the paper from Dżesika and understood the message inside the message.
James: Perfectly...it will be nice to go back to that abandoned cabin in the woods after that day.

And the two begin to remember the first time they had "intimate activities"...which made them both blush and pant for about 1 minute.

Nicolaus: *Panting*...okay, focus. I called you to tell you that it can't be in that place anymore. *And then a very loud noise starts to interrupt the call*
James: What? Why not? What the hell is that noise?!
Nicolaus, shouting: The cabin is being used by a cooperative of lumberjacks who cut down trees from the forest!!
James, shouting: What?!

And then the conversation is interrupted by a young lumberjack.

Lumberjack: That's right, Your Majesty, Empress Nicole II wants the Drussian furniture industry to be strong again. So we thought it would be more interesting for us to spend daily shifts in the forest. We were going to build a cabin here, but we ended up finding this abandoned cabin, isn't that great?
Nicolaus: Yes, lumberjack, indeed, have a good day of work. It seems to be a bit difficult to spend days here alone.
Lumberjack: Actually, each of us spends a day, Your Highness, most of us are cutting wood in places closer to our headquarters now. Maybe it would be better if we expanded this cabin so more of us could stay here...that way the production rate would be faster.
Nicolaus: Just be careful not to destroy the forest in the process.
Lumberjack: If we destroy the forest, we destroy our source of income, Your Highness, but thank you for your concern. I appreciate the honor of meeting you in person, Your Highness, tell John Texas Goodlooking that our cooperative prays for him to win in Gestonia. Bye.
Nicolaus: Sure, I'll say that. Bye...where was I...oh yes, James. I believe you're on your lunch break from your new job as a supermarket cashier.
James: No...the supermarket boss didn't take it well when I told him at X that you're the best boss I've ever had. He felt offended.
Nicolaus: Oh...so now you're handing out resumes or relaxing with your feet up at home...*and he's having trouble hiding the physical need for James in his voice*...I bet you're now exercising your liberal behavior regarding your own body and that's why you're either barefoot, in a tank top and shorts or completely in the shape you came into the world...(blushing) ohhh Lord...ufff...
James, blushing: Actually I'm participating in Pierce Morghan's show.
Nicolaus: What?! How did I not know about this?
James: I asked him to announce me as a "surprise guest" so you wouldn't find out. By the way, I have to go back, see you later.
Nicolaus: See you later...I'll tell you where we're going to meet.
James: Okay.

And James returns to the show.

Morgham: Hi James, I'm glad you're back. We were discussing the Gestonia News Network's prediction for Sunday's race. Who do you think will win? Be honest.
James: Christopher Clarence, and it will be by a better margin than GNN's prediction.
Abigail, sarcastic: Ha ha ha... sure!
James: That's what the polls say.
Abigail: The same polls that predicted Kamala Harris would win in Iowa?
James: Here in Gestonia, they do everything they can to avoid this kind of absurd error. They even interview people with lie detectors or speech analysis to see if they are lying and saying who they don't support on purpose. Honestly, to me that's neurosis.
Abigail: Who won in the US, James?
James: It's not the same thing...
Abigail: Who won in the US?!
Elliot: If your damn father were the Republican candidate, the 2024 electoral map would have Kyle Kulinski's optimistic map! [which was basically Kamala Harris winning in the states she actually won, the Swing States, Florida and Iowa]
Abigail: You're going to regret underestimating the strength of the National Christian Government. Especially you, James, you're going to be marked in history as a damned Judas.
James: Your damn father won't even win an election for building manager. You thought you were going to win by landslide on 11/3 and you only elected one senator... and it wasn't even your father!
Abigail: Why did it take you so long to betray Nicolaus X? Was it fear? Or did you wait for the best opportunity?
James: I didn't betray Nicolaus at all, it's just that the only difference between your father and the other allies Nicolaus has had is that your father is a hateful person who will make everyone's lives hell if he is reelected, even of the leaders of Krillin. I won't stay silent watching my ex-boy...my ex-boss making the common people of this country elect a rascal like your father as Prime Minister of Gestonia!
Abigail: The rascal here is you who takes advantage of Nicolaus X to get fame and money!
Morgham: Guys, please, this is getting too much even for me and the audience. James, elaborate on your reasoning.
James: I think the coalition in the states where GNN thinks it will win, Elliot Trussendart wins in Alabema and I think we won in Arizon too.
Elliot: Thanks.
Abigail: It's easier for us to win in New Drussia and take out one or two opposition incumbents. That is, if we don't win by a Trump-style landslide.
Elliot: Trump compared your idiot father to Nicolás Maduro once! Stop using Trump opportunistically, before the first round you called him Conservative in Name Only!
Abigail: If you keep insulting my father like that I'm going to call him here, then I want to see if you're still macho and going to talk about him like that to his face, you miserable f*ggots!
James: I'm going to be a man, I've already told the truth to the face of people more important than your father!
Rajaram: We have to think of new forms of masculinity. Toxic masculinity will not defeat John Texas Goodlooking.
Elliot: Neither does that elegant princely demeanor of yours.

And then Abigail loses her temper and John Texas Goodlooking appears.

Goodlooking: *chuckles* My poor daughter, these men take advantage of her being a young woman to be macho. But I will do my duty as a father and teach you to respect a lady, good morning Morgham.
Morgham: Good morning, Prime Minister.
James: We will beat you, you bastard!
Goodlooking: "we"? Clarence doesn't care about you, young man, you're delusional. What's going on with you? Has Nicolaus spoken to you yet?
James: Don't give me that, I'm sure of my position on you. And if Nicolaus spoke to me, it's none of your business.
Goodlooking: Your caricature of me is funny. Where did you get it from, MSNBC?
James: From the things you say, it's obvious to everyone that you want to become the Maxim III of this subregion!
Goodlooking: So you hate Maxim III, is that it? What did he do to you, young man?
James: Nothing...I don't hate Maxim III, he doesn't even care about Gestonia, his concern is Ejoland! People like you made caricatures of Relena I and Maxim III for the public to force Nicolaus to be a ruler much more reactionary than his personal ideas.
Goodlooking: I don't get it...does this mean that Nicolaus X is progressive?
James: Of course not! Nicolaus is the most conservative ruler of Drussia since Valentina I!

And then he reminds everyone of something Nicolaus said in an interview:

"I do not defend that citizens should be supported by the State and that IT should offer EVERYONE education, health, housing, medicine, retirement, etc. But it is one thing to be against excessive dependence on the state, another is to think it is normal that, for example, a native community loses control of a river that is its only source of livelihood because Nestle or Coca Cola want to use the river to 'manufacture' and sell bottled mineral water. It is because of speeches like this that some people say that I'm progressive, I don't consider myself progressive, quite the opposite, I argue that people have to have traditional moral values ​​and the conditions to work to offer a minimally dignified life for themselves and their descendants, even if they go through material difficulties. A progressive argues that everyone has the freedom to live as they wish, without being accountable to family, society or a greater force that may have created our universe. I am against the legalization of gay 'marriage' (marriage is only between a man and a woman), I am against the secular state (I think a country can be Christian without persecuting other religions), I am against euthanasia (who decides our time is God), I am against abortion even in cases that raise a moral dilemma in most people. Anyway, you know me, because you've spent the last two years harassing me, so I'm sure I'm not progressive, I may be more progressive than some of my political allies, but I'm not progressive."

James: It's because of idiots like you that people can no longer tell the difference between a conservative leader and a complete idiot. Nicolaus is the only person I know who can make an exception to this rule, and it's only because in Drussia the internet is banned and Nicolaus has always been a traditionalist who values ​​elegance and good posture as characteristics for a head of state, especially a monarch. You are the opposite of Nicolaus in personality and the last straw is being an elitist neoliberal claiming to implement his economic policy.
Goodlooking: Either you're crazy or you're an imbecile. Just because I treat people who defend perverse ideas harshly doesn't mean I don't know how to behave with elegance and good posture! This is a consequence of today's left being harmful and having a low-level political attitude!
Rajaram: I don't think we behave like that...
Goodlooking: The important thing is that people are tired of this nonsense and want strong leaders who defend correct economic policies.
James: Is the Washington Consensus the right economic policy?
Goodlooking: You don't know what you're talking about, go study, brat. That's what most people of your generation lack: focus, respect for the wisdom of their elders and effort to be respected or achieve their goals. Go study or work instead of embarrassing yourself here, damn brat! I bet your parents are dying of embarrassment...
James: Don't talk about my family, you bastard!
Goodlooking: Morgham, get this kid off the show, he needs to learn how to behave.
Morgham: Prime Minister, I'm the one in control of my show.
Goodlooking: Then I'm leaving, good afternoon everyone. James, try to return to a religious life to reflect on your actions.
James: Grrr... (thinking: damn...he won this one...now I look like a crazy person in the eyes of the people)
Rajaram: James, maybe it's better if you leave.
James: I can still handle it, I'm not crazy or a child.
Elliot: I understand you, James, it's hard to have a decent conversation with the Goodlookings. But maybe you're going through a difficult time, better if you go.
James: But...okay...I almost needed to leave anyway...I'm sorry Morghan...
Morgham: There have been worse exits, you did well. I'll wait for the next opportunity James.
James: I don't know...after this neurosis passes I have to sort out my personal life...
Morgham: Okay. Elliot, Rajaram, you can continue the discussion.

And then Rajaram and Elliot continue to have a political discussion, thinking about what way the opposition coalition, in which both parties are, supporting Christopher Clarence, will take not only to defeat JTG now but to prevent him from returning to power in the future.

Elliot: I think we should do what works: free market, minimal government and encouraging the growth of the individual without dependence on the state.
Rajaram: That's what caused his rise and that's his policy now. What difference will it make between us and him if we implement his policy?
Elliot: His policy is a bloated state controlling people's lives with this damn Nicknomics II, which treats people like sheep, our policy is classical economic liberalism.
Rajaram: How are we going to do the same thing and expect a different result? We'll end up like Biden if we implement this stupid policy!
Elliot: Biden's policy is very far from liberalism, if he had implemented a serious austerity policy, he would have won.
Rajaram: ENOUGH AUSTERITY!
Elliot: Your party's candidate, Jaylynn Arden, advocated "social austerity", apparently this was just to trick people into supporting her.

And the two continue the discussion until the end of the program, without reaching a consensus.

Later that day, Nicolaus and James meet in person in Drussia, alone.

Nicolaus: Hi James.
James: Hi Nicolaus.
Nicolaus: You know?...these days that I've been without you have left me a little...agitated...
James: Agitated how?
Nicolaus: You know, in London I slept without socks...on a cold day.
James: Oh...I see...we're alone, why don't you just say you're horny?
Nicolaus: Because you broke up with me and that's not the reason for our conversation, if it was we'd be having sex right now.
James: We can, if you want.
Nicolaus: I'm not in the mood.
James: You're horny, but you're not in the mood to have sex? Seriously?
Nicolaus: James, I'm a confused gay...I admire your anatomy and all...but I don't know if I'm in the mood to have your penis inside me right now.
James: Do you want me to be barefoot and shirtless?
Nicolaus: James, the subject of this conversation is serious. Let's get back to it. Honestly, Christopher Clarence is not the worst possible figure to win against Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking, but your recent break with me is making you take bold and irresponsible decisions. His Excellency humiliated you at Pierce Morgan thanks to your erratic behavior. Maybe you have a serious absence of God in your heart right now. I would like to understand, honestly, why you hate Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking?
James: He is a despicable figure, Nicolaus, he is spreading hatred in Gestonian society and manipulating voters against their own interests. He is just like Trussendart, only he has even less shame and is more cunning.
Nicolaus: Well, speaking of that figure, it could be that she is manipulating you like she manipulated me for three years. I heard that you made your bold decision after talking to her.
James: Who told you? Nicole?
Nicolaus: Indeed. That's how Trussendart works, she makes you feel like you're the one who's wrong when you disagree with her opinions. She uses soft speech to seem like a nice and kind person, before you know it you're in her zone of influence, siding with her son in the Pierce Morgan debate.
James: I'm the last person who would fall for Trussendart's lies, I support Christopher Clarence.
Nicolaus: And the moment she becomes strong again and breaks up Clarence's coalition like her ally the FDP did in Germany, whose side will you side with?
James: The one who broke up the coalition was Scholz by firing the FDP head of the Finance Ministry. By the way, I doubt that will happen, her government was horrible.
Nicolaus: Many believe that she could have had a better government if she had not resigned after the PCI result. Perhaps she herself believes that she deserves a second chance because she was the first female Prime Minister of Gestonia and because she believes that everyone who broke with her stabbed her in the back, when in fact the situation is precisely the opposite: people broke with her because she was treating everyone as servants to further her own interests. She threw inconvenient allies into the abyss, such as Prime Minister Kevin McCarphy, because she feels that she suffered an injustice by being forced to resign. Make no mistake, all the social tension happening now is her fault.
James: I think she learned from her mistakes.
Nicolaus: Hmmm... I don't know. Of course I believe that the first female Prime Minister of Gestonia should be treated with more dignity, but she had everything she needed: an absolute majority in both houses of Congress and control of the Supreme Court. If she were an honest and serious person, and not an opportunistic viper, she would have been the best Prime Minister Gestonia has ever had. Well, if she has become a better person, good for her. But I still believe that Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking is a more worthy person for this position.
James: What are you basing this on? Maybe he is manipulating everyone like Trussendart was before, only worse. While Trussendart still had an air of kindness and seemed to want to unite everyone around her, JTG manipulates those who are closest to him ideologically to be aggressive with his opponents. He is a damn hypocrite.
Nicolaus: I may have my personal differences with Prime Minister John Texas Goodlooking, but he is transforming Gestonia into a better place for future generations.
James: A Gilead without environmental responsibility?!
Nicolaus: You are exaggerating. The most he will do with us, deviant people, is to ban pornography and increase the power of conversion therapy centers. You can't reconcile a Christian state and tolerance for certain behaviors, James, I thought you understood that.
James: Won't his alliance with Maxim III make him much more rigid than you were?
Nicolaus: James, Maxim III doesn't care about the fate of Gestonia as long as it doesn't recognize Ejoland's communist regime as a legitimate government. Sure, in your view he rules Ejorike in a Gilead-like manner, but Ejorike is a good place to live.
James: If so, why haven't you ever let me go there?...
Nicolaus: Hmm...it's because you're a bit too liberal in your personal behavior, it could draw negative attention to yourself...it's not because I'm ashamed of you, if that's what you think. If you want proof, you can go there with me next week.
James: To see you courting the suitor your mother has arranged for you?!
Nicolaus: *Sigh*... I don't know how to behave from now on, James. Should I do something daring and juvenile like confessing everything and kissing you in front of everyone? Would I be braver and more masculine if I stopped submitting to my mother and Christianity and just did what I wanted without thinking about the consequences like you do?...Is that why I fell in love with you so long ago? ...I'm going to cancel the visit to the suitor...poor woman, she's 20 years old and still not married, I hope she finds a worthy man soon. *and he calls Wilhelmina* Hi mom, let's cancel the trip, tell the suitor that I'm not the kind of man she's looking for...I honestly don't know what to do about myself...maybe after talking to James I'll get back together with him or spend the rest of my days alone...
Wilhelmina: Don't do that, son. I imagined that would be your attitude after you met with that damned libertine, so I'm going to keep the trip.
Nicolaus: What do you want me to do? I'm tired of this! It's not your fault if I go to hell!
Wilhelmina: Son, you're not going to hell because you're deluding yourself, what you feel for that libertine is him messing with your head. You're not like that, son, you're a Christian man.
Nicolaus: I have tried in every possible way to conform to our moral standards...but I can't! What do you gain by pressuring me like this?
Wilhelmina: Nicolaus, I am your mother. Of course it would be easier for me to say "screw it" and let you be the object of this damned libertine's lust until he gets tired of you and finds another disposable object of lust. But I am your mother, and so I have to put YOUR spiritual well-being first.
Nicolaus: Mother, I cannot feel for a woman the way I feel for James.
Wilhelmina: Of course not, son, the feeling of love between a man and a woman is something natural, pure and genuine. The supposed feeling of love between two men is actually a sign of the sin of lust. Don't you yourself complain that your relationship with him has been basically pornographic since the two of you spent the night in that abandoned cabin?
Nicolaus: I don't know, Mom... sometimes I think it's not something purely pornographic...
Wilhelmina: Son, what I know objectively is that if you keep letting him get inside you, you'll end up with some infection and fecal incontinence. The definitive proof that you don't feel something genuine for this boy and are actually just being influenced by the sin of lust is the attraction you feel for the British Eric Talesworth.
Nicolaus: Huh? How did you know about Eric?
Wilhelmina: Mothers know, my son. The moment I saw him and you talking, I realized it right away. These sodomites want to put it in your head that I and Drussia oppress you, when in fact they oppress you with these horrible sinful lustful feelings. Feeding them so that you feel deprived of a male member inside you and forget the path of God and Jesus. They have already destroyed your worldly life by making you throw away the role for which you were destined since you came into the world: that of Emperor of Drussia. Don't let them destroy your spiritual life. I don't want to see you suffer, my son, stop this earthly illusion, come home... Happy Life was not a good place, I'm going to use a conversion method that my family has been using secretly for five centuries, this method will work.
Nicolaus, with teary eyes: Mom, I've tried everything!
Wilhelmina: This method is our last hope... please, son, don't let these damn people corrupt your heart once and for all.

And then Nicolaus bursts into tears.

James: Nicolaus... what did this damn woman say to you? *and he, furious, picks up the phone* WHAT DID YOU TELL HIM?!

Wilhelmina: How long are you going to play with my son's head? Clothide, get Nicolaus out of there and kill James.

Simone Clothide, mafia woman who works for Wilhelmina: Yes, Mrs. Vagsh. Guys, get the former monarch out and kill the libertine.
Henchman: Yes, Mrs. Clothide.

And the henchmen violently enter where Nicolaus and James are. With Nicolaus unable to stop crying.

Henchman 1: We got his majesty. Kill the other one!
Henchman 2: Of course! Die! You damn demon! *and he takes a Gatling gun and shoots at James, who had taken cover behind the walls*
James: Damn it! I thought that crazy woman would do that. I need to get out of here!

And then Aleksei Varfolomei, the communist spy from the People's Republic of Dmiscry appears to get James out of there through the back of the house.

Aleksei: James, come with me before Clothide's henchmen show up here!
James: Damn it, right now I have no other choice.

And then James runs away from there with Aleksei. A few hours later, Simone Clothide is in her limousine talking to Wilhelmina on the phone.

Clothide: We got Nicolaus, Mrs. Vagsh, but we didn't kill the perverted demon.
Wilhelmina: As long as he stays away from Nicolaus, it's fine. How is Nicolaus?
Clothide: He was crying like a maiden, so we put him to sleep with some medicine. I think he'll wake up calmer.
Wilhelmina: Alright, bring him to the Duchy of Vagsh. He'll be under my care now.
Clothide: Yes, Lady Vagsh.

Meanwhile, Eric Talesworth went to the Royal Palace of Tratkovisk to confront Nicole II.

Eric: I bet you're smart enough to know that this "conversion therapy" crap doesn't work! So stop playing dumb and get Nicolaus out of that damn Wilhelmina's clutches once and for all!
Nicole: Look here, boy, I have more important things to do than fix the toxic relationship between my half-brother and my foster mother. If you want to do it yourself, here's the address of the best gun shop in Tratkovisk, buy a pistol there and use it to kill Wilhelmina von Vagsh. Honestly, I hope you can do it, I've hated that woman ever since she married my father after my mother died. Not because she replaced my mother, but because she was a nasty woman who never treated me like a daughter... I was little, I needed a mother and what I got was a stepmother who makes Cinderella's look good, imagine what would have happened to me if my father hadn't stayed alive until I was 23, I would have become a maid or starved to death in a dungeon. The good side of this is that I became a strong woman. By the way, you can go with James and after you rescue Nicolaus, you can have a threesome.
Eric: For an empress of a sexist Christian theocracy, you are a pretty full of yourself woman.
Nicole: *Chuckles* Get out of my sight, Talesworth. Honestly, between James and you I'd rather Nicolaus stay with you. James is an idiot. Do what you want about it.
Eric: I'll see what I'm going to do. If I love Nicolaus enough to risk my life for him or if he's just another twink I want to f*ck.

Meanwhile, Nicolaus, already in Vagsh, is listening to a speech by Wilhelmina:

Wilhelmina: You know, Nicolaus. When Trussendart tells you that I'm using you for my own interests, she's right, but not in the way she thinks. After 19 years of me messing with your head, I've come to understand how you think. Judging by the look on your face now, you're angry with me for locking you in a room like you're incapable, but at the same time you're angry with yourself for not having enough "manhood" to take one of these two paths: give up your homosexuality once and for all or tell everyone that you're homosexual.

Know, son, this isn't a Netflix series. James isn't going to come here and save you from the oppressive tyrant who won't let you be your true progressive gay self. One of two things: either he'll try and die or he'll forget about you, thinking it's not worth taking you away from me. And it's not worth it. I'm your mother. He's probably f*cking Aleksei Varfolomei right now. We both know very well that this Woke ideology is the villain of the story and that we Christians are the good guys, even though you have doubts about our methods. This is a war, son. You can't win a war by being pure all the time. Sometimes we have to get our hands dirty. Not even God was pure. God may have been cruel in the Old Testament, I admit. But he had his reasons.

You know, Nicolaus, I could have resolved this situation much easier for myself using even more controversial methods. I could have put you in a conversion therapy center when you were a child, I could have raised you much more strictly than I did (forbidding you from using modern things like video games and the Internet), I could have ordered the Vagsh family guards to torture James to death in front of you to teach you a lesson five years ago, I could have pressured you into your contradictory attitudes as a monarch and forced you to be a ruler more in the style of Relena I and Maxim III, so that Gestonia and North Dmiscry could be under our direct control because you would have much more toughness than you have, it would be more in line with my ideal of masculinity. Do you know why I didn't do that, son? It wasn't because of your father (okay, the therapy may have been because of your father, not putting an effeminate boy in conversion therapy as a child is asking for him to become gay). But it was because I respect your individuality, your intelligence and, most importantly, I know that if I had acted like that you would probably hate me today, if you don't already. I know how draconian my behavior seems, son. Your father hated me (and only married me for political reasons). Nicole hates me, James hates me, Eric hates me...everyone hates me, I get it. Even your Western conservative allies hate me. Melania Trump wouldn't even look me in the face the times we visited the White House. The only one I want any affection from in this social context I'm in now is you.
Nicolaus, confused: Why are you telling me these things?
Wilhelmina: Because...I think you'll only REALLY understand my point of view if I'm honest with you. I'm not manipulating you or anything like that, I truly believe that you can be fixed. We just have to try hard. I'm your mother and your spiritual well-being is my duty...maybe I should have done this before, so I wouldn't have let Amalya Lidoshka destroy your life with that blackmail. *Giggles*, now she's going to rot in this dungeon! *And she screams* Isn't that right, Amalya?
Amalya: F*ck you, Wilhelmina!
Wilhelmina: You wouldn't be here if you hadn't made my son abdicate, my dear, you're suffering the consequences of your own actions.
Amalya: That's what you're going to suffer after my son Hans gets me out of here, you psychopath!!
Wilhelmina: You should be happy that I was in a good mood and didn't order you to be tortured in an Iron maiden. Okay, this instrument isn't really medieval, but it's effective. Okay, son, good night. This time we're watching you 24 hours a day, there's no way James or anyone else can rescue you, unless your damn stepsister or someone else decides to send an army against me. And even if that's the case, I don't think they'll have enough strength to defeat us.
Nicolaus, still confused: Good night, mom.

And Wilhelmina, in a room with a fireplace in Vagsh Castle, receives a phone call.

Goodlooking: Mrs. Vagsh, my God, do you know where Nicolaus X is?
Wilhelmina: Oh, John Texas Goodlooking, he's in my care now.
Goodlooking: Your care? Did something happen?
Wilhelmina: Nothing major, I'm just leaving him under my care to cure his homosexuality.
Goodlooking: What the hell? *thinking: this damn woman can't be serious! I need this boy to win the election!*
Wilhelmina: He's a complex boy, JTG, he'd better stay with me now. Get by, idiot! *and she hangs up*
Goodlooking: What the...grr...if I lose, this idiot feudal lady will pay me!