Page 1312 — Kirin's Empire, Part 4

Author: SanneNC

Guest Author's Note: "This was the page where I repeatedly kicked myself for making the emperor's design so complicated.

Also, storytime prompt: What's the most blatant disrespect you've ever seen a PC show to royalty?"

Twilight: Good of you to bring that up, Ibrahim. As soon as you finish introducing yourself, the emperor speaks.
Emperor: Now that the introductions are out of the way, allow me to tell you why I called you here.
Emperor: You’ve no doubt noticed that I’ve summoned you here to my winter palace, despite it being late summer.
Emperor: There is a good reason for that.
Emperor: Namely, my Summer Palace is currently the site of some very…
Emperor:…Strange occurrences.
Emperor: It started with strange noises at night — scratching in the walls, groaning beyond the doors, footsteps where there should have been none.
SFX: KSSSSSH
SFX: WOOOOOO
AJ: You sure it wasn’t just rats?
Spike: Or burglars?
Emperor: Then things began disappearing. First small things like coins and hairpins, then larger things like vases and statues…
Rarity: Still sounds more like burglars.
RD: Or very large rats.
Emperor: And then finally, other Kirin began disappearing.
Emperor: We found some of them again later, but the state they were in…
Emperor: Well, suffice to say there wasn’t much left of them.
PP: So in other words…
PP: You’re being menaced by some giant, killer rats that are also possibly burglars?
Twilight: …After a long pause, the emperor lets out a heavy sigh and mutters something under his breath.
Emperor: Mutters in Draconic
Twilight: Those of you who speak Draconic recognize that he said: “Adventurers…”
RD: HEY!