Come At the King: Chapter 6

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## Summary

Grimothee, Butter, Torrin, Snake, Deli and The Beautiful Avoider travel by highway centipede to Larroquette, leaving the new emperor Smellulus to reign. Snake leads the group through the muggy and rustic southern country before entering the bayou and finding the Assembleaux factory. They are quickly captured by Fanboat, a well-dressed halfling, and his gang of assembled men. They identify themselves as the ones who slew the emperor of Cordelia, earning his trust to lead them inside.

Meanwhile, Smellulus accepts the complaints and disputes of his people. He fares well at first, dealing minor dispute and moral quandaries. A halfling from Little Guy Catering appears and quietly warns Smellulus that their minds were not wiped after this year's Power Ball. They threaten to reveal the truth of the ritual to the press unless given 30 million gold a year between them. Smellulus dismisses him and throws him into the dungeon.

The rest of the party enters the factory and meet with Amber Ale Assembleaux, a freakishly tall steampunk cyborg. He presents himself as the man who built most of the assembled men, to Grimothee's surprise. Butter asks about how he got his psychic powers, but Amber appears just as shocked to hear this. When they demand to get paid, Amber doesn't know what they're talking about. Snake makes a shocking revelation: he is not Snake Professional but Snake Casual, anarchist extraordinaire. He instructs the group to attack Amber to stop the man building the soldiers involved in the war to bring about peace and cripple the empires.

Smellulus is visited by The Unhittable Babylon Brown who requests to be made the royal assassin in return to capturing Torrin for him. Smellulus hesitates, but Brown replies that he was already promised this by Sundown Samara. People begin to question Smellulus' level of control, infuriating him. He attempts to show his power and shoot an advisor with a bow, but comically misses several times. Outraged, Smellulus locks down the chamber until Sundown arrives. She is quickly frustrated by his incompetence, dismissing the guests and advising him to just pay off Little Guy Catering. She tells him to take a step back and leave the ruling to her as she leaves him.

In the wake of the guests, Jean-Luc arrives covered in guard blood. He mocks Smellulus as a false emperor, but Smellulus asks him to make him new clothes to impress the kingdom again. Jean-Luc refuses so Smellulus orders him killed. The guards all hesitate, so Smellulus attempts to kill him personally. The drow opens his shirt, mocking him as he misses several times before finally stabbing him to death. The assembled guards and advisors are shocked that he killed such a famous tailor and all slowly leave his side.

The fight with Asssembleaux continues, but Deli finds herself paralyzed with shock to realize she won't be getting paid. She flies into a horrific frenzy at Snake for failing to pay her the second cuff link, smashing his face in and ripping out his tongue. More assembled men pile into the room as Amber Ale takes a moment to narrate the outro since Snake is missing his tongue.

## Link

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