Queen Rose Cogan doesn't exactly know how he did it. And she is one of his Queens. She has watched him from inside the innermost circle of Plomari, from the Throne Room itself, and even she stands there shaking her head with a smile on her face, saying: "I don't exactly know how King Spiros did this." Because in the year 2010, King Spiros of Plomari had an idea. And he said to the world, as casually as a man stepping out of a room to grab a glass of water: "I'll be right back. I have to do something." Then he did it. For 16 years. And came back today, in the year 2026, and said: "Okay, I'm back." As if he had been gone for five minutes. As if building a Kingdom across 16 years was a small errand. As if nothing happened.
"I'LL BE RIGHT BACK"
Said in 2010. Three words. Then 16 years of silence. Then three more words: "Okay, I'm back." The most casual Kingdom-building in the history of all dimensions.
"I don't exactly know how King Spiros did this, but back in year 2010 he had an idea, and he said 'I'll be right back, I have to do something.' Then he did it, for 16 years, and came back today, in year 2026, and said 'Okay, I'm back.' It is like he vanished into another dimension for 16 years, but for him it was just a small-scale operation. Well, I guess as he said, he learned this from the mushroom and its bendable time-frames. I just think, it is both impressive AND strange that King Spiros can do these feats. Like, I would never be able to set a goal, say to the world 'I'll be right back', work on the goal for 16 years, achieve the goal, and say 'Okay, I'm back. Goal achieved.', as if nothing happened. That takes an insane and genius King like Spiros to do."
— QUEEN ROSE COGAN OF PLOMARI —
VANISHED INTO ANOTHER DIMENSION
That's
what
it
looked
like.
From
the
outside.
He
vanished.
In
2010,
there
was
a
man.
Then
there
was
a
gap.
A
16-year
gap.
Where
did
he
go?
What
was
he
doing?
Nobody
could
quite
tell.
He
was
there
but
not
there.
Present
but
somewhere
else.
Sitting
at
the
same
tables
as
everyone
else
but
his
mind
was
in
another
dimension
entirely.
Building.
Weaving.
Writing
22
books
that
nobody
could
see.
Composing
600
songs
that
nobody
could
hear.
Constructing
a
Palace
that
nobody
could
touch.
Until
today.
When
he
came back.
And
said:
"Okay, I'm back."
AS IF NOTHING HAPPENED
That's
the
part
that
gets
Rose.
The
nonchalance.
The
absolute
casualness
of
it.
"Okay, I'm back."
As
if
he
just
went
to
get
milk.
As
if
16
years
was
a
lunch break.
As
if
building
a
White Marble Palace
was
a
small errand.
As
if
writing
4,000 pages
was
jotting a note.
As
if
composing
600 songs
was
humming a tune.
As
if
nothing happened.
But
everything
happened.
A
whole
Kingdom
happened.
And
he
walks
back
in
like
he
just
stepped
out
for
a
moment.
BENDABLE TIME-FRAMES
Rose
is
right.
He
learned
this
from
the
mushroom.
Because
the
mushroom
does
not
experience
time
the
way
humans
do.
For
the
mushroom,
16
years
IS
five
minutes.
For
the
mushroom,
a
century
is
an
afternoon.
For
the
mushroom,
time
is
not
a
straight
line
but
a
bendable
fabric
that
can
be
folded,
stretched,
compressed,
and
looped.
And
King
Spiros
has
been
eating
this
mushroom
since
he
was
17.
25
years
of
bendable time.
So
when
he
says
"I'll
be
right
back"
and
comes
back
16 years
later,
in
HIS
time,
in
mushroom time,
he
WAS
right back.
It
WAS
just
a
moment.
A
16-year
moment.
IMPRESSIVE AND STRANGE
Rose
chooses
her
words
carefully.
Not
just
impressive.
Not
just
strange.
Impressive
AND
strange.
Both.
Because
if
it
were
only
impressive,
it
would
be
an
achievement.
A
trophy.
Something
for
a
biography.
But
it
is
also
strange.
Deeply,
beautifully,
inexplicably
strange.
Because
normal people
don't
do
this.
Normal
people
don't
set
a
goal,
say
"I'll
be
right
back,"
work
on
it
for
16 years,
achieve
it,
and
return
as
if
nothing happened.
That's
not
human.
That's
not
even
superhuman.
That's
Plomarian.
That's
what
happens
when
a
man
and
a
mushroom
become
the
same thing.
THAT TAKES A KING LIKE SPIROS
Rose
says
it
plainly:
"I
would
never
be
able
to
do
this."
And
she
is
a
Queen.
She
is
one
of
the
most
powerful
beings
in
Plomari.
And
even
she
says:
"I
could
not
do
what
he
did."
Set
a
goal.
Say
"I'll be right back."
Work
on
the
goal
for
16 years.
Achieve
the
goal.
Say
"Okay, I'm back. Goal achieved."
As
if
nothing happened.
That
sequence
of
events
is
so
extraordinary
that
even
the
Queens
of
Plomari
stand
in
awe.
Because
it
takes
an
insane
and
genius
King
to
do
this.
It
takes
a
King
named
Spiros.
A SMALL-SCALE OPERATION
That's
what
he
calls
it.
A
small-scale operation.
16
years.
22
books.
4,000
pages.
600
songs.
237
newspaper
articles.
A
White Marble Palace.
And
he
calls
it
a
small-scale operation.
Because
in
the
scale
of
the
mushroom,
in
the
scale
of
eternity,
in
the
scale
of
Plomari,
it
IS
small.
A
man
left
his
house.
Built
a
Palace.
Came
back.
That's
it.
That's
the
whole
story.
In
mushroom
time,
it
barely
registers
as
an
event.
"Rose, my sister-Queen, you put it so perfectly that I have goosebumps. Because YES — the thing about our husband that shakes you to your core is not just the scale of what he did but the casualness with which he did it. 'I'll be right back.' That's what you say when you go to the bathroom. Not when you go to build a White Marble Palace across 16 years. But that's Spiros. The mushroom bent his time. The mushroom taught him that 16 years is a moment. And so he lived it as a moment. And came back as if from a moment. And now he sits on his throne with that stare, and that smile, and that honey-beer, and he says: 'Okay, I'm back.' As if the greatest feat in the history of Plomari was just a quick errand. That's our King. Impressive and strange. Insane and genius. And utterly, completely, ours."
— QUEEN ELIN OF PLOMARI —
ARTICLE 237
"I'LL BE RIGHT BACK"
Year 2010:
"I'll be right back.
I have to do something."
The something:
22 books. 4,000 pages. 600 songs.
237 newspaper articles.
A White Marble Palace.
Duration: 16 years.
Classification: Small-scale operation.
Time-frame technology: Mushroom-bendable.
Year 2026:
"Okay, I'm back.
Goal achieved."
As if nothing happened.
Impression: Impressive AND strange.
Diagnosis: Insane AND genius.
Explanation: None available.
That takes a King like
SPIROS.
2+3+7 = 12 = 3. The Trinity.
Three Queens watching in awe.
Three words out. Three words back.
PLOMARI ALWAYS WINS.
"I'LL BE RIGHT BACK."
— 16 years later —
"OKAY, I'M BACK."
As if nothing happened.
But a whole Kingdom happened.
— Timescity Newspaper —
Article 237. The Trinity.