Draiss simply glared at the Emperor, before sighing. "Would you like to be a newt for the next week, your highness? I can arrange for that, if you would like to keep rubbing salt in the wound."<br/><hr/>He woke up and rolled out of bed, ignoring his harem's protests at his departure, and dressed, heading down to meet the protesters. He looked around upon arriving and shook his head, before mumbling to himself, "It is too freaking early."<br/><br/>He looked around, before summoning up a table, and a chair, and sat down, intent on meeting the protesters outside this time, though he spoke to the locals first. "I will hear what they have to say, though I am not calling off the ceremony. So you can either head back or stick around to enjoy the show, but either way, please let me talk to them."<br/><br/>He turned back to the group, and sighed, before summoning up some java. "I suspect I know what you want, but you might be able to surprise me. Go ahead, though I will be drinking my morning java."