Do You Love Cocktails?

The Rani hoped to introduce

A form of scrumping to the game,

Allowing those who'd won much fruit

To purloin even more. For shame!

She posted a new picture of

Her growing robot family.

Roddy confused a gameshow host

With someone who wrote poetry.

Deced Proposed to reduce the

Influence held by Influence,

Which should make the Game end sooner,

Rather than several months hence.

Elden seemed to think that the Sec

Should never be allowed to win.

As ever, much debate ensued.

It put deced's head in a spin.

They switched to the issue of how

To ensure that the Sec did not

Have to run consecutive terms

As Sec does have to do a lot.

The simplest way to do it would

Advance the timer on the bomb.

When Elden was informed of this

It caused him to lose his aplomb.

Other things discussed included

How 'average' should be defined,

Could Game One be ruled illegal

If a Player was so inclined

As to challenge how things had been

When no Rule said they should be so?

"Not saying isn't saying 'not',"

Replied deced, "So I'd say 'no'."

Elden then got confused about

Which Proposal he should make first:

One was more urgent - however,

If things took a turn for the worst

The other would be of more use.

He made his choice, but stayed unsure.

The Rani hinted there'd be bribes

For Players who chose to vote 'for'.

Roddy made mention of the need

To make the Rule on Answers less

Exacting, so no-one would have

To be so precise in a Guess.

Deced raised a few objections,

The Pilot kept on saying 'fab',

So Elden said it even more

As a desparate Lemon-grab.

Deced had another idea:

To make love an integral part

Of Player interaction and

Scoring. (That'll break someone's heart.)

It started as a daft idea,

But soon became a Proposal

(NB: though it is about love

That's not the same as betrothal.)

Roddy said to establish a

Distinction between love and Sec's

Obligations to Junior

(Confusion could have bad effects).

Deced argued with Junior.

The Rani thought of a new theme

For all Proposal names in March.

Elden went to bed. Did he dream

About PTomic? Only he knows.

"Vote for, or else you'll pay the cost!"

The Rani warned, to no avail.

The votes were tied, and so she lost.