with the same results. So I picked up a traffic cone and
started to beat them with it. They responded with phrases like, " Oh yes!
Great Pavel. Any attention from you is welcome." and so forth.
This
went on all the way from the camp to the kids play area. It had gotten so
bad that strangers were doing big reverent bows. I stopped to yell and throw
rocks at them, (did I mention that Valens was king at the time and was in
his regalia?) with the same results. So I picked up a traffic cone and
started to beat them with it. They responded with phrases like, " Oh yes!
Great Pavel. Any attention from you is welcome." and so forth.
About this
time a Duke, several knights and their ladies approached. The Duke got my
attention (the whole time we talked I was quietly beating the guys with the
cone.) and asked me. "Are you beating a king with a traffic cone?" I looked
to check not wanting to give the wrong answer and told him "yes". "Is that
your king?" I looked again to make sure they had not swapped one on me
while I was looking away. "yes". "Calontir?" I stood tall and proudly said
"Yes". (all the while swatting Valens and Malchi with the cone.) The Duke
looked and his followers and said "thought so" and walked off...