Carl Hobnobs With Dignitaries

Respected dragon ally Kuunavang chats amiably with Tankarific Carl at a victory bash in Kaineng City.

SOCIETY NEWS — At a party in the capital city of Cantha, the Carls rubbed elbows with some of the area's highest level officials, including the emperor, following a successful liberation of the area from the forces of egomaniacal, megalomaniacal, and just plain maniacal former imperial bodyguard Shiro Taguchi. While the Carls were asked to keep their elbows to themselves by stunned royalty, feathers ruffled by their overly familiar behavior were quickly smoothed by the liberal application of vast quantities of rice wine.

The celebration in honor of the triumphant Carls included an epic feast including corn on the cob, cornbread, Cornish game hen, popcorn, grits, corn tortillas, corn soup, caramel corn, maize wine, candy corn, Kournan corn chowder, and pie. One Carl was heard to ecstatically remark, "these Canthans really know their corn for a rice-eating people!"

Shiny, pretty, fireworks set off in the Carls' honor.

In addition to vast quantities of food and drink, the party featured a lengthy display of fireworks around the imperial court. Bystanders cheered at the Carls and expressed their gratitude at having been "saved" by the easily confused, yet peculiarly effective, heroes.

A phoenix such as those commonly kept as pets in the Emperor's court. (file photo)

The revelers danced, imbibed, and gorged themselves until late into the evening when the party was called to an unceremonious halt after one of the more sanity-challenged Carls started chasing one of the many pet royal phoenixes around the court with the stated intention of barbecuing it.