One reason to use less water could be if you have a septic tank . <| sep |> Well , sometimes there are Special Circumstances . <| sep |> They did get caught airing several hours of hardcore porn on November 8 th with an orange male brutally fucking an elderly woman all night long . <| sep |> There hadn ' t been an Emperor , or even an Empress , for 555 years . So long ago , that the once great prophecy detailing the return of the Empire , had been demoted to a bedtime story to tell the young children of the Palais . . The Palais , grand as it was , like all other buildings housing the Taretjgi , the Totem Children , was now seen as a faded relic of the times of the Monarchia the times before the Split of the Empire , when a couple hundred countries had cast off the loving hand of the Monarchias and became the Invari Democracias . . But despite the Fall , and Split , of the Empire , the Teretjgi still were born , and must be raised , as always , in the fashion of the Empire of Piegras , and so the Palais , and all others like it , still lived and breathed the ways of the forgotten Empire , to the best of their ability . . There was one main difference however . Where once the Taretjgi were seen as the cream of the crop , the Nobles , and most importantly , the Imperialoni , the most influential and powerful people in the land , living a life of fulfillment and luxury , now , now , they , and those who cared for them , rarely had any say in they ' re upbringing , let alone their childrens '. That was , if they were granted permission to have children . . There were those , after all , who wished to prevent the return of the Great Empire , the First Empire of Piagras , just as there were those wishing to bring it back . There were those who had grown too comfortable living in the much softer lines of the Invari Democracias , then the rigid lines of the Monarchias . They had decided they liked the Empire broken , with the people in power , with chaos everywhere and anywhere . And they would do anything to keep it like this . Koenna Annavora stretched out on her jadegreen , silk sheets , her hand falling lazily off the side of her bed . Yawning , she tightened her muscles and released . Good . That was better . . Sitting up , swinging her legs onto the Mahogany wooden floor , she sobered , remembering just what day it was . . The 555 th anniversary of the Fall of the Empire . She bared her teeth . Well , she would show them . She would show them all . For it just happened to be her birthday today as well . LeOng Korvis growled deep in his throat , then let out a monstrous roar so frightening he could hear a thump outside his door . Someone must have fallen to the floor in fright . No matter . He would be ready . He unleashed another series of kicks and punches on the state of the art punching bag before him . If something went wrong today , he would be ready indeed . Lora Seora bounced down the hall in front of her older sister , excitedly . It wasn ' t her first Shifting Day , no , she was still too young , at only 16 . But it was her sister ' s ! What joy ! What fun ! It didn ' t matter to the girl that they all had GhostShifted many times before . Actually Shifting for the first time , having your soontobe permanent Spirit Animal , or Soul Marker , as they were sometimes called , choose you , now , that was a big deal indeed . The Chamber was a Pentagon , the mahogany wall panels meeting the arched ceiling on all five sides . The windows were high up , letting in a dusting of sunlight upon the small crowd below . The room glowed gently with a golden phosphorescence , the raised wooden floor gleamed . The intertwining flower and animal designs ingrained long ago into the wood were free of dust and seemed to whirl around the child as they danced . At last they came to a stop , resplendent in the Ceremonial Dress , their spirit animal next to them , and yet a shadow around , behind them . There was a gasp from the crowd as it registered what animal stood before them . As one they dropped to the ground , postrating themselves in fear , awe , and newfound respect . For better or worse , the Great Empire of Piagras was back again I decided as I wrote this I want to make this into a book .