un: rugman | Voting results!

[gimmesometassel]

[Carpet and Merlan have been present every day this week to collect and tally people's ballots--if you'd like an action thread with either of them involving that, feel free to post it here! Now that the polls have closed, Carpet is excited to announce the winner, even if he's still a little shaky on the concept of democracy.]

Voting is over now, thank you to everyone who contributed! It was a very close race between Hot Dog and Teddy. Every vote really counted right until the very end!

Let's all congratulate and welcome our new Mayor Hot Dog together!

[For a brief time, before someone corrects him, that last line will read Sultan Hot Dog, rather than Mayor. If you respond to that, please note that it's pre-editing!]

Comments

[gimmesometassel]

I'm sure you will!

[Carpet isn't entirely convinced, honestly. After all, the Sultan of France--or is it the Sultan of Europe?--is probably dead, just like a good part of the rest of the world. The natives had said there were hardly any people left--none of them had even met anyone outside of their community, aside from those that came from the reset room. So did it really matter what higher rulers there might have once been, when that larger political structure had broken down? For all intents and purposes, isn't Reims essentially alone?

There's no real point in pursuing it farther; talking about it or not won't change the facts. He's more interested in this bizarre concept of democracy, to be honest.]

Why would they let everyone have a say when only a few people can rule? What if people make a bad choice for their kingdom?

[beguiledcard]

Well, I can't say something like that has never happened. Sometimes people do make a bad choice, but in cases like this, it's not permanent.

People can focus on picking someone better next time. Part of life is learning from mistakes. And some people are willing to fight to make things better, no matter what.

[gimmesometassel]

Like you and your friends!

[beguiledcard]

[ That gets a small smile, too...

Thank you, Fuwa. ]