Games of the Monarch's Eye

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"Games of the Monarch's Eye" iyinoveli yenganekwane "yosilika nobuthakathi" kaSaffron Kuo. Isekelwe emibhalweni ngokuphelele, [amagama wokubala] namakhulu ezinketho, ngaphandle kwemifanekiso noma imiphumela yomsindo, futhi igqugquzelwa amandla amakhulu, angenakuvinjwa womcabango wakho.

Ngemuva kweminyaka eyishumi ehlazweni, ubuyele edolobheni langakini i-Varze ukuyoqhudelana nesicoco se-Monarch's Eye. Kulo mqhudelwano omkhulu, ama-Varzians anesibindi aqhudelana ngemidlalo ye-Intellect, Heart, kanye namandla. Owinile uba unogada nomeluleki we-Monarch, ozuza ingcebo, udumo, nodumo—yonke into oyilahlekele. Okuwukuphela kwezinhlanzi? Iso lamanje-ngakho-ke umncintiswano wakho omkhulu-ngu-Casiola, owake waba umngane wakho wobuntwana futhi manje imbangi yakho ebuhlungu kakhulu.

Ngesikhathi ungasekho, idolobha seliguqukile. Amaqembu anamandla alwela ukubusa futhi ukwehluka kwezinhlangano manje sekudlulela emibangweni yezepolitiki. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kunama-Artisan ahlakaniphile, anamahemuhemu okwenza umlingo wasendulo owenqatshelwe emisebenzini yawo yezandla. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, Abathengisi abanesifiso sokuvelela kanye ne-pragmatic, bahlale bejaha udumo nenzuzo. Phakathi kwabo yiNgonyama, ilwela ukuvuselela uVarze ngokuthula—uma nje kungenzeka ngaphambi kokuba idolobha lizibhidlike ngokwalo ngoguquko olukhulu. Futhi Imidlalo ingase yenze ithuba elihle lokuthi amaqembu enze umnyakazo wawo wokuqala.

Njengoba ulungiselela Imidlalo, kufanele futhi uzulazule kulo mbango weqembu. Uzoyakha kanjani indlela yakho eya ekunqobeni? Ingabe uzocija izindwani zakho, uhehe umphakathi ngolimi lwakho olusiliva, uzame ukuya phambili kwabamelene nawe ngokubona kwakho ngokucophelela amandla nobuthakathaka babo, noma uvele ukhohlise indlela yakho yokuya phezulu? Ingabe uzocwila kwezombusazwe, uthandane neqembu elilodwa noma elinye; noma uzozama ukuntanta uqhele phezu kwabo? Ingabe uyalokotha ukufuna ukuhlakanipha ezinkanyezini, noma kusukela ukhohliwe tome zasendulo? Noma ngabe iyiphi indlela oyithathayo, imbangi yakho yakudala ilungile ezithendeni zakho—futhi uma unganakile, uzosalela emuva futhi ulahlekelwe udumo lwakho futhi.

• Dlala njengowesilisa, owesifazane, noma ongashadile; gay, straight, bi, pan, or aromatic.
• Phusha isiko likaVarze liye kwezohwebo noma ezobuciko, ukuthula noma impi, isiko noma isimanje.
• Qhudelana emiqhudelwaneni esezingeni eliphezulu ukuze uhlole ubuhlakani bakho, amandla, kanye nokukhuluma kahle!
• Thola futhi ukuhlonishwa kwakho okulahlekile ngokusebenza kobuqotho benkanyezi—noma ukukhohlisa, futhi ucekele phansi bonke abamelene nawe! Futhi uzokwenzenjani uma uzithola usulwa eringini uphikisana nothando lwakho lweqiniso?
• Thola ama-tomes alahlekile omlingo owake wanqatshelwa, futhi uveze izimfihlo zezinkanyezi!
• Thandanisa umngane wakho osemusha osephenduke imbangi, i-Artisan eshisekayo esebenza ngengilazi, umgcini wezincwadi onamahloni nonezimiso, uMhwebi obukekayo nobukisayo—noma i-Monarch esabekayo ngokwayo.
• Xoxisanani ngokuthula phakathi kwamaqembu alwayo futhi nibuyisele idolobha ekuzinzeni, noma niwabhubhise womabili—noma nishise amalangabi okuvukela umbuso futhi uvumele u-Varze ashise!

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