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James of the iron hills wrote:

Eureka Enderborn wrote: Eureka opened a hatch in his mechanical arm. From it, he pulled a chord, which het attached to the golem's clockwork power source. The nuclear reactor within Eureka kicked into overdrive, returning the iron golem to full power within moments.

"Alright, friend." Eureka said. "I can take you to the End."

Eureka put his hands on the golem's chest and focused. The dimensional warp was complete, and Eureka and the golem were both in his personal chambers within the Imperial Palace.

"Alright golem, stay in my room, don't leave! I'll be back in a few hours." Eureka walked down the hall to the throne room. When he entered, Emperor Enderthorn stood up.

"Enderborn, my friend, you're back! How did things go?"

Eureka embraced the Emperor. "Fine, fine. The ceasefire has been established. How's your daughter?"

"As much of a nuisance as ever. If I don't have a son soon, there won't be an heir to the throne. Speaking of which... follow me."

The Emperor led Eureka to his private chambers, where the Emperor produced a slip of paper.

"What is... is that your will?" Eureka said.

"Yes. Read this part."

"You WHAT?"

"You have a duty to me and the Imperium both, Eureka. I love you like a brother, and putting this upon you pains me greatly. But it's a necessary task. And in all likelihood, you won't even have to do it."

"Why did you do this?"

"There are rumours... whispers of a plot to overthrow me. I know you have my back, but I'm not sure about everyone else here anymore."

"Of course I have your back! Enderthorn, I owe you my life! I will seek out these conspirators and--"

"NO. If Notch decides that I shall be dethroned, I will be dethroned. We may not be able to stop it."

"We can. The only fate that exists is the ones we make for ourselves!"

"Eureka, you and I both know that's not true. Or do I need to remind you what's buried beneath your statue? Now, if I am to be dethroned,  I want my daughter to remain safe. She is irritating, but she is precious to me. I hereby order you to find the best Enderman do  the job of protecting her, and focus on nothing else until that's done."

"Of course, Emperor. I'll head to her room right now to--"

"Again, no. I have officially decided that you are more of a threat to her right now than twenty assassins."

"I would never harm her!"

"I'm not worried that you'll harm her, I'm worried that her little crush on you might develop into something more."

"With all due respect, I think... Wait, what? Little crush?"

"Oh come now Eureka, are you so blind? I know you're a metal man, but the signs were pretty obvious. No, you hire the best bodyguard you can for the job."

"Of course, Emperor." Eureka returned to his chambers, to ponder what had just happened. Equis leaned against the door listening in to Eureka and the emperor's cobversation, frowning when he heard that Enderthorn knew something was up. "Well, maybe it's time I go into babysitting..." (There are Imperial guards outside his chambers. They wouldn't have let you do that.)