The Parade Protocols

PROTOCOLS FOR HER MOST RESPLENDENT MAJESTY’S WEEKLY BIRTHDAY PARADE

  • ALL subjects from the Kingdom of Hearts must attend. The royal courtiers will provide the starting letters for the parade message, using the Hallowed Alphabet of 1653 (plus any missing letters contained within these protocols).

  • Her Most Magnificent Majesty starts at the head of the parade (followed by her Averagely Magnificent Husband).

  • The subjects most in their prime come next, from smallest to largest.

  • Archibald the Amusing Acrobat comes next (and must be amusing on pain of death)

  • The remaining subjects must line up from smallest to largest, with Boris the Boisterous Bumpkin following them (Boris must also be amusing on pain of death).

At the bottom of the list, a new rule has been scratched in a nervous hand:

  • For the crime of irritating Her Majesty, three subjects are henceforth banished to the back of the parade, behind Boris, order of Janine.

Wait, who the hell is Janine and why is she giving orders?