The fluffy white clouds rolled in as the cheddar sun dimmed a little in the skies above the empire of Cheese World in the dead center of Satiation Kingdom. The golden macaroni was raining, the denizens were frolicking to the various amusement parks. It was yet another gouda morning in the empire of brie. But, underneath all that happiness, one particular royal was not quite cheddar.

A tall female demon with dark skin and bright purple eyes let out a yawn as she could hear her roller coaster alarm screamed into her jackal ears. Lifting up from her bed, her blue bangs with bits of yellow and black bits of mold blew over her eyes. Waist length locks as messy as ever, her triangular shaped cheese tail was ready to melt through her nightgown with a picture of monterey jack on it.

Rolling over in her bed once more, she groaned, ah it was still early. Too early. Why did her alarm clock have to wake her now? This thing wasn't very grate. Hmph, whatever, she was her own boss, she didn't need to wake up now anyway. So long, gouda night! Wake her up in an hour. It's not like her team was awake right now, anyway, farewell. Catching a few more zes, she let out a snore.

Knock, knock, knock.

"My liege, are you still asleep?" a feminine voice asked on the other side of the door. "We have a meeting in two hours." The hand kept on knocking as such continued. "C'mon, like, you gotta wake up, fam. It won't look gouda if the Blue Cheese Empress is late to late to her own meeting!"

Raising up from the bed, the Blue Cheese Empress broke into swissed sweat. Oh, she had a meeting today? Who decided that again? She had been so busy catching up with the kingdom news in the past few days, she almost forgot everything else. Oh, goudaness, what kind of leader was she? Throwing the duvet over, she raced towards the door.

Opening the door, a short young demon woman with light yellow skin and blonde hair fading into gold by the bangs. Hair had been tied up into a small golden braid, she had razor sharp teeth. Flaming eyebrows the same hue, she had elf ears with a cheese earring on the right lobe. Eyes adorning the same shade as her as almost everything else, she had a cheesy dress full of holes, but such had been a fashion statement. Swiss cheese print at the bottom of the skirt, she too, had a tail made of cheese sticking out from behind her. Swiss Cheese Elf in tip top shape as usual, she could never understand how anyone could look so cheddar in the morning.

"Gouda morning, my liege," Swiss Cheese Elf greeted. She pointed at her liege's face as she said such. "You have a lot of stubble on your face."

Hearing such, the Blue Cheese Empress dropped to her knees. She had a lot of stubble on her face? No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no. This won't do. This wasn't gouda at all. There was no way she was going to a meeting with such a hideous thing. Call it off, call it off, please, call it off! When was her last jab of her lifeline again? Oh, no, forget this, cancel everything!

"Cancel the meeting!" Blue Cheese Empress cried. "I can't be seen like this!" But, such had been rejected immediately.

"My liege, we can't do that," Swiss Cheese Elf said. "Look, it's fine, no one will notice if you--." But such had been cut off immediately.

"You don't understand! I can't be seen like this!" Blue Cheese Empress shouted. "If the park leaders see me like this, I don't even know what to think!" She buried herself in her nightgown as she said such.

"Uh, I'll book you a laser this afternoon after the meeting, okay?" Swiss Cheese Elf said. "I know the doc said there's a shortage of your lifeline, and it might take a little while for you to get your refill, but we'll do everything we can to get it to you soon, okay? Nguri swore on his life." She let out a sigh. "For now, let's get you ready, okay?" She extended her hand as she said such.

Taking her attendant's hand, Blue Cheese Empress let out a groan. Surely, it would be fine to cancel this meeting, like come on now! There's no way she could go out to the meeting room looking like this. Stubby, rough, coarse like a block of cheddar cheese. It had been three weeks since her last dose of her lifeline. She thought it would be fine. Nothing would change. She can't brie-eve this. How awful.

Guided towards the mirror, she let out a screech at her reflection glaring back at her. A little stubble? That wasn't just a little, that was a lot. No, no, no, no, no. Call off the meeting! There was going to be other people there besides her team here today, without a fraction of a doubt. She can't do this. Can't a body double stand in her place? Ah, no, no one in this empire looked anything like her. She couldn't do monterey jack about this!

"Swiss Cheese Elf, you lied!" Blue Cheese Empress cried, covering her hands with her face. "This isn't a little stubble, it's a lot of stubble!" She almost wanted to howl at the mirror as she continued. "I almost have a, ah, no, I don't even want to say that word!" Tears strolled down her face as she continued. "This isn't gouda!"

"It'll be fine, my liege, we'll just, uh, we'll do a little waxing!" Swiss Cheese Elf cried. "Now could you please get dressed? I'll go get Nguri to bring it to you, okay? Be right back!" Zoom.

Fist on the mirror, Blue Cheese Empress unfolded her bright yellow cheese dress with blue cheese printed on the lower portion of the skirt. Jackal ears on each and every piece, she didn't even want to look in the mirror as she swapped her nightgown out with her day wear. Could this day end sooner? If she had a time cheesechine, she'd speed the day up to laser time right now. Dabbing on a little eyeliner, she put her crown on crooked. Cancel the meeting, cancel the meeting, cancel this dumb meeting. But, her thoughts had been cut off by approaching feet.

Standing at the bathroom door had been a tall bright yellow skinned panda man with short, spiky silver hair a small golden braid draping slightly over the shoulder. Adorning a golden suit with nguri cheese on it with panda ears, one eye had been silver and the other had been gold. Cheeky look on his face, she wished to wipe that look clean off. Was he enjoying himself?

"My liege, I brought the wax," a masculine voice said. "There isn't much, though, my apologies."

"Hurry up and bring it to me, Nguri Panda King!" Blue Cheese Empress cried.

"Goodness me, I will, don't worry," Nguri Panda King responded. "I'm working as hard as I can to get you your lifeline faster despite a medicine shortage going around." As he said such, he walked into the water closet. "By the way, that is one of the thing that will be discussed in today's meeting. Remember, we're talking about amusement park reconstruction and some other issues today."

Reminder coming her way, that didn't ring a bell. Ah, how could she forget something so important? She could hardly brie-eve it. Maybe she had been far too occupied by her own tsunami deep within to think about anything else. But, would she admit that she forgot? Of course not. What kind of leader would she be if she let something like that slip her mind? Not a very gouda one if she did say so herself.

"Yes, I recall," Blue Cheese Empress responded, nodding. But, she soon pivoted. "Is everyone else in the mess hall?"

"Hmm? Oh, my, Did you forget about the meeting today?" Nguri Panda King asked in an accusatory tone.

"No?! What makes you think I forgot?!" She dabbed on the wax as she cried such.

"You're changing the subject, my liege," Nguri Panda King responded. "I'm starting the timer, okay? We'll meet you in the mess hall."

Hot, burning wax ready to melt her face, Blue Cheese Empress let out a groan. Everything would be so much easier if they cancelled everything and let her get a laser now, but she knew that wouldn't be possible. Ah, this wasn't gouda, this wasn't gouda at all. Nguri should be the one dealing with medicine related stuff, not her. That was his department, not hers. Ah, whatever, she was the one in charge of this empire, so everyone looked to her for all sorts of things.

Timer beeping, she let out a screech as she ripped the wax off. Only a smidgeon of hair gone, she covered her face with her hands once more. Someone buy her a time cheesechine and speed up to the end of the meeting. Maybe she could ask Pecorino Romano Demon to build her one, he was an inventor, after all! Speeding off towards the mess hall, someone awaited her towards the entrance.

Standing by the mess hall door had been a short fox demon with dark yellow skin and strange turquoise eyes with square pupils. Blonde, cubical far away bangs with a loose teal hair nearly covering her eyes, she had low pigtails that matched such loose lock. Light yellow dress with a macaroni adorning a fox tail on it, her tails instead had been nine pieces of macaroni. Extra long noodle tail beneath her skirt, she had a spatula in her left hand. Cheesy Macaroni Fox sure lived up to her name, that's for sure. But, she swore the macaroni print on her skirt was about to get up and run. Ah, no, she was just super hungry, that was all.

"Good morning, my liege," Cheesy Macaroni Fox said, bowing her head. "Your morning brie wraps are ready."

"You don't need to bow your head to me, dear," Blue Cheese Empress responded. "Come in for brunch."

"Sorry, force of habit." She dashed into the mess hall as she said such.

Seating in her large, cheddar printed chair, a glowing brie warp had been seated on her plate. Whiffing up a scent of guacamole, she groaned. How could she forget she still had a currently ongoing partnership with the Palace of Pears? Avocadoes were so rancid. She should have never agreed to allow such foods into her empire. Too late now.

Turning towards the opposite end of the table, she gazed at the rest of her team. Seated on the chair furthest away from everyone had been a tall masculine cheese demon with golden skin. Short blond hair pulled into a small low ponytail over the shoulder, a portion of his hair had been bright orange and pulled into a loose braid. Bright dandelion shaded suit with pecorino cheese on it, he had a cheesy tail, behind him, and pecorino for feet. Cracking her paws, now was her chance. Pecorino Romano Demon's eyes were locked on her. Say it.

"You're looking at me," Pecorino Romano Demon said between bites. "What?"

"I want a time machine, that's what," Blue Cheese Empress replied. As she said such, she pushed away the guac sauce.

"Why?" He titled his head.

"To skip through today's meeting!" She held her hands on her head as she said such, but another person soon interrupted.

"What do you mean skip today's meeting?!" A high, tenor voice cried. "No! That's no gouda! Not happening, nope! Nuh uh!"

Defying her in the corner had been a tall cheese demon right ram horns on the top of his head. Light green skin that looked a little dirty, she tried to hold in an insult. Didn't she always tell him to wash his face in the morning? Bright, spiky yellow-green hair flowing towards his chin, a portion of his bangs had been split between shades of bright orange, but not by much. Yellow suit with gouda cheese printed on it, his tail had been a gouda wheel with wings on it. Folding her paw into a fist, she shook. How dare Gouda Ram Lord defy her like this.

"Who asked you, non-inventor?" Blue Cheese Empress cried. "I want a time cheesechine!"

"My liege, no way!" Gouda Ram Lord cried. "You know there's, like, an attack coming any day now, right?" He waved his hands in the air as he said such. "If we speed up time, the attacking kingdom will get here faster! Like, duh, use your brain!" But, a sigh had come Gouda's way.

"No time cheesechine," Pecorino Romano Demon said.

Rejection thrown her way like a block of feta, Blue Cheese Empress quickly nibbled away the rest of her brie wrap. Oh, come on now, no time cheesechine? It's not like it was that hard to make! Wasn't he supposed to be a high class inventor? Was there some sort of problem with her request or something? Come on, don't do this to her!

"Why not?" Blue Cheese Empress asked, voice cracking.

"Too much work," Pecorino Romano Demon responded. "Not doing it."

"See?! It's too much work!" Gouda Ram Lord cried. "Just like when I have to swap out the attractions on our war grounds! Which, I just did yesterday, by the way you're welcome!"

"That's different." Pecorino Romano Demon drummed his nails on the table.

"Well, excuse me, Mr. I'm Not Gouda With Words!" Gouda Ram Lord shouted. "Unlike you who only invents things when convenient, I work my butt off to keep our empire fresh!"

"I don't believe anyone asked you, Gouda," Cheesy Macaroni Fox groaned. But, such had been met with an obnoxious shout.

"Excuse me, is that a mouse talking, squeak squeak?!" Gouda kept his mockery going for everyone to listen as the beat marched on.

Arguments going for awhile, Blue Cheese Empress slipped off into her private room. Hooking up a virtual reality headset, she slipped off into another world, for a moment. Ah, sometimes she wondered why she hired Gouda Ram Lord in the first place. He was always ready to argue with anyone and everyone. Slipping into a perfect game world, she could feel herself slowly forget the meeting coming in about an hour and a half from now.