Emperor Jack #1: The Delegate from Brittania
By special order of His Imperial Majesty, Emperor Augustus, the following story has been permitted to be translated into historical Terran languages. This is not to be construed as implying any less than a total commitment to the universal adoption of Myrgan as the official language of Terra. Long live the Federation!
I strode into the grand hall of the palace, distracted by a thousand problems. I had enough bureaucrats to fill a city, yet it still seemed that all these stupid little things demanded MY attention. Oh well--I was the Emperor. I guess that's the price you pay for absolute power. Everyone's afraid to cross me, for fear that with a wave of my hand I could condemn anyone to live the rest of their lives in exile on a strange planet far away. Perhaps they have heard, as I have, that Terrans are popular commodities on the galactic black market for slaves. I'm afraid to find out if that's really true--and if so, why us?
The Esteemed Advisor was waiting for me--to me, just good ol' Chuck. That was his name, way back when, before Terra was contacted and eventually assimilated into the Myrg Galactic Federation. In those days I was just a drone civil servant named Jack, and Chuck was my best friend. Now he is my top advisor, as his title suggests. "There are delegates who wish to speak with you," he informed me with a glint in his eye.
"Delegates?" I asked hopefully.
"Delegates!" he confirmed. Oh yeah--this job was hell, but the perks were pretty awesome. Despite all the stress of trying to keep the people of the planet happy while also satisfying the Council of the MGF, I wouldn't change a thing, because now I had delegates! I should clarify; there are delegates, and there are
delegates
. To most of you, I suppose, the word conjures up images of boring civil servants, like things were before and like I once was. There were still thousands of those, of course, but I had layers and layers of bureaucracy spreading all across the Big Island actively keeping them away (the islands of Hawaii were now the exclusive home of the Terran central government). Then somewhere along the way, someone got smart; I may be Emperor, but I am most definitely also a man. Someone had the brilliant idea that if they sent a beautiful woman as a delegate, perhaps one that would be willing to make it worth my while if you know what I mean, I might be more inclined to listen. They were absolutely right, even though no one outside of Chuck knew that the Federation had expressly forbidden that I marry or have children (the MGF selects its regents on the basis of qualifications, not bloodlines). But no one said I couldn't fuck like a goddamn rabbit! The lack of an Empress only made it easier for me to fuck anything that struck my fancy. Over time a system evolved; special delegates were shown right to my palace, whose grounds occupied all of the island of Maui. These lovely delegates openly offered their charms to garner my attention; if they pleased me, I would give them five minutes to make their case. In a planet-wide bureaucracy, it was by far the most effective way to get heard. As word got out about this informal system, I now got delegates in bunches, requiring them to compete against each other just to get the CHANCE to try to satisfy me; that was becoming as fun as the games themselves. By the tone of Chuck's voice, I knew I was going to have some wonderful choices to make.
With renewed energy I moved to the throne. I glanced around; the usual cadre of servants were in their places.
Maybe I should adopt more standard uniforms... it always looks like a circus in here,
I thought. Maybe I should lose the Chinese robes that I and the government officials wore. I had adopted a Romanesque name, but I couldn't see myself wearing a toga. The Chinese robes, however, gave a nice Imperial air to the place; a lot of folks still had trouble coming around to the fact that the entire planet now answered to one Emperor. But since I could do whatever the hell I wanted, I borrowed from other chapters of Terran history for other uniforms, which worked well individually but when brought together tended to assault the senses of anyone familiar with history. Take the household staff, for instance. The girls that were charged with bringing me food were dressed like medieval serving wenches, in long dresses with laced-up bodices. There was one always stationed along the side wall in the Great Hall. Next to her, a tall blonde with her hair up dressed like a French maid; black heels and hose, tiny skirt, everything. She was there to run to the bar. And next to her, a short-ish but shapely young Hawaiian native girl, dressed in the flowered bikini top and angle-bottomed cover-up worn by staff whose duties regularly required them to go outside. Then if you consider the security staff, wearing 21st-century combat fatigues...you can see why it starts to resemble a circus.
"A delegate from the Asiatica," a voice announced, rousing me from my thoughts. Snapping back to the present, I nodded; a gorgeous young Asian woman with lustrous black hair was escorted to my throne. I couldn't tell if she was from what had formerly been Japan, China, the Phillipines, Korea, or whatever (all of them now combined as the Asiatica province, plus Australia). It didn't matter; she was lovely. She glided forward; I could tell she was walking on stilettos even though her Chinese robe obscured everything. She walked forward, then she and all her escorts bowed. I raised my finger indicating they could rise. She spoke. "My Lord, I am Asim, and I bring you greetings from Asiatica."
"What is your business?" I asked wearily.
"If it please my Lord, I would like to discuss with you a small matter affecting some of our larger cities." As she spoke, she untied the belt around her robe and whipped it open, revealing the... other part of the bargain. She wore a bikini, the kind that I liked with prominent ties for easy removal, in a bright teal that accented the smooth brown of her skin. I glanced at her left ear--she wore two earrings, each a small round hoop with a single bead-like bulb, one of which was white and the other blue. A code--the earrings indicated what services the delegates were willing to provide. White meant fellatio, blue meant intercourse. Ho-hum--without at least those two, they wouldn't have gotten an audience in the first place. I was hoping for something more...interesting. I nodded, and she stepped aside.
"A delegate from the Province of Arabica," was the next announcement. Arabica consisted of everything from Mongolia to the Arabian Peninsula. A fine exotic beauty moved toward me, dressed as a traditional belly dancer. She had an intriguing little tassel belly-button ring. We did the little introduction thing and she stepped aside. I checked her earrings... white, blue... red. Code for submission. Eh... not really in the mood for that today.
"A delegate from Province of Afrika." I raised my eyebrows as she approached; I wasn't expecting her to be white. They were catching on to what I liked down there; I guess she must have been from the south. She was also dressed in a white robe with her hair in two spirals beside her head--an obvious attempt to mimic a famous sci-fi character from days gone by. I checked hear ear--white, blue... brown. My favorite--unimaginatively enough, a brown earring meant she did anal. When she did her introduction, she opened her robe to reveal that underneath she wore a metal bikini reminiscent of a still-famous slave girl scene from that same sci-fi franchise. I nodded appreciatively as she turned... and then, ugh. She had some big, ugly tattoo on her hip. Personal preference, sure, but I hate to see the wonderful female body graffitti-ed over with stupid tattoos. A tiny thing in an inconspicuous place, even a tramp stamp I might look past--I could just keep her on her back. But anything that interfered with my enjoyment of unadulterated female flesh--well, let's just say I had plenty to choose from, so I didn't need to lower my standards. Princess or no, she was out.