Legal Loopholes ~ by SaralynArati

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10 years ago

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"A divorce is so sordid," King Galad complains. "And what will happen in the three days that we aren't married to anyone? Can we be replaced just as if we were dead?" "That's a good point," Shooting Star praises him. "What you need is some force behind you to back up your position." "What do you mean?" asks Galad. "If you can't count on either your army or navy to support you, then you need a third source. It's likely that official troops won't engage until they see an advantage in it."

10 years ago

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When Queen Rian is queried, she looks thoughtful for a long time. King Galad starts to bluster about tradition, but she tells him to shut up, and amazingly, he does. "You're right," she says slowly. "It is everywhere implied that the bicameral body, the king and queen, shall be married to each other, but it is no where put into exactly those words." Rian beams at Silver Fox. "Galad and I could enter into a binding contract to rule jointly, so long as we were both married to... someone."

10 years ago

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"That's a question for Rian; she'd know," says Shooting Star. "Is there a procedure for divorce in the archipelago?" Silver Fox asks very tentatively. "Yes, replies Shooting Star. "In the event that your spouse proves in all ways unsatisfactory, you can throw his or her belongings into the ocean and lock him or her out of the house. After three days of this, you are considered legally divorced." "What if the disharmony is mutual?" Silver Fox is curious. "Then neither can use the house."

10 years ago

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"What if they only had to agree enough to rule together? What if they didn't have to be married to each other?" he asks the native islander. "I don't know. That hatred is pretty ingrained. But not having to live together and pretend to be a couple would remove a lot of stress..." Shooting Star looks at Silver Fox in inquiry. "What are you thinking?" "Well, the law says that they have to be married, right? But does it actually specify that they must be married to each other to reign?"

10 years ago

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Silver Fox very much wants to speak to her alone, to see what her opinion is. But, maybe because he is an outsider and not from the archipelago, he thinks he may see a solution. That evening, while King Galad tries to use a fishing pole, and his wife attempts to cast a net successfully, he and Shooting Star go a little way down the shore, out of earshot but not out of sight. "It's hopeless," she says. "They'll never work together. They hate each other too much." "Maybe not," he temporizes.

10 years ago