The Computer Whisperer

The Duchy becomes increasing chaotic. The villages are promised Central Cataloging but Central Cataloging is but a myth from long ago. The villagers are promised Huge Savings with Central Ordering while the White Queen assures Dotland that Central Ordering is truly dead and will come no more. The villagers are also promised Huge Savings from tracking down students with overdue books. The Committee whose existence and makeup is secret seems to have misinterpreted some of the Destiny sales brochures. They believe that Destiny comes with bloodhounds. Actually Destiny can produce food for bloodhounds, if the Duchy happened to have any. However, breeding bloodhounds would be a job for the Mojave Guild, a small, select Guild that doesn't accept quests or requests, even from secret committees. So no bloodhounds, no tracking, no Huge Savings? Silver is promised new robes but still trails desolately around in rags. The White Tornado is promised rest and Gardening but is still whirling frantically around the Duchy looking for the way out. Looking on the bright side, if Dotland is sent to the Compost Heap, perhaps WT can use it for her garden. Although Sage warned that composting catalogers could result in toxic byproducts making it unsuitable for home use. The Village of Cajero can no longer talk to the GUCCI (Grand Union etc. etc.) . The Village of the Green Tree lost a hub today and took 20 other villages with it. This all sounds like a job for The Computer Whisperer.

Discord in the Duchy?

Everybody was talking about yesterday's amazing revelations. Duke Phfffr said that the "turmoil" in the Duchy wouldn't have any impact on the students. Oh, really? If the actions of the Castle denizens have no impact on the students, then what's the excuse for the existence of the Castle? What is the sound of one administrator falling?
One of the Dots said, "Here we are going to work every day, quietly going about our Dotly duties and our administrators are acting like this?!"
And why is the acquisition of a new version of Follay such a BIG SECRET? Let's see, the Laird of TiTS was accused of shady dealings involving procurement. Now the Lime Green Knight and the Black Queen are involved in a purchase that MUST be kept secret. Who exactly are they trying to keep it secret from? Could it possibly be the STATE and FEDERAL investigators they are hoping to keep the secret purchase from?
So many questions and NO ANSWERS.
In other news, the Dots were ordered to rearrange some of their Wednesday afternoon soirees. The upper echelon of the Castle needs to learn about something new called NOVUS Agenda. Without the V, that would be NO US. As Purple said "They are the NO US in ...." Very succinct statement of the Castle philosophy!
And the Dots were told that they MIGHT be moved down the street to the Carpenter's Guild Hall. The Diva wanted the Guild Hall for her troupe but the Castle said that it would be entirely unsuitable for the Diva or anyone else and was going to be sold immediately. (The Diva is now miffed.) Now Her Blackness says the Dots should move there, even though (or maybe because) it has no place for sending and receiving pigeons and no contact with the rest of the Duchy. Even more than pigeon space, the Dots should make sure that there are door handles on the insides of the doors. Remember, private prisons are now legal. Her Blackness also requested new job descriptions from the Dots today, all of the Dots except Silver, that is. White Tornado considers the request a bad omen. Silver considers it harrassment. (Silver is just jealous because the Queen doesn't want her job description.) Last time she asked for job descriptions the Dots provided their normal 4 volume abridged set, with accompanying charts and graphs. This time, the Black Queen was careful to specify that she wanted bullet points only with no long words. Silver was heard to mutter "I'll give her bullet points, all right!"