El Bruno

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today is one of dragons, but without dungeons. Here it goes:

Once upon a time, in a very very distant Kingdom, there was a Princess called Martina. As almost all princesses in tales, Princess Martina was very beautiful and she was expecting to meet a nice prince to get married, then have little princes and live happily ever after like the Easter bunnies. When was the Princess in age of marriage, her father, a very handsome and intelligent King, King Bruno; decided to test the suitors to see which was the very best.

The King knew that the princes in those time are kind of lazy, so he didn’t have high hopes and set the bar quite under:

The first who managed to hunt down Andres The Dragon in less than 30 days would marry Princess Martina.

Therefore ready, as of March 29 opened registration for 2 days to be able to marry the Princess. Dragon hunting was common at that time, and Andres the Dragon was only 100 miles from the castle of the King, and he was an old and tired dragon. King Bruno is set this limit of 30 days and obviously a fee of 500 crowns at home.

When completed the registration process, 3 Royal houses had been high for the hunting of the Dragon, each one with a different strategy:

• In the first place was Lannister House, with Prince Edu to the head. The Lannisters, as everyone knows, are famous for having lots of money. So they hired the best group of Knights called “Knights Incorporated SA” (KISA). KISA was claiming to be hunting the Dragon of the fastest known way and with the best available resources. When in the tavern, they said, their past experience, it turned out to be inside KISA lines there several Knights which had been educated at the Royal Academy for the hunting of the Dragon, with the best qualifications that existed.
• In second place was the Robles House, with Prince Joseph to the head. The Robles, which were great engineers, presented the prototype of a weapon of war unknown thus far: lance caza-dragones LCD4000. They commented on the street, this lance allowed kill a dragon 200 steps away, so the risk of dying in the attempt was almost non-existent. In addition, the drawings of the lance, were really spectacular (it was a golden Lance!).
• In third place was the home of Foster, with the Prince Dani to the head. The Foster House was famous for having connections throughout the Kingdom half and ensured in this particular case, having a military detachment in the village of Horseffer. And as everyone knows, this village is only 5 miles from the Dragon’s Cave Andrés. It was only necessary to release a Crow with the message within a few days the detachment would be the first reach the Dragon, and the Foster would be the first being those who had worked less.

So with entries closed on 31 March, King Bruno gave beginning to the House of the dragon on April 1st with a big party that invited all the houses. At the end of the party, nearly 3 days later, he returned to convene all the houses by May 1 to see the results and to see who had been hunting Andrés The Dragon in the first place.

So, on May 1, with everything prepared to meet the winner King Bruno met with a party without any guest, that none of the 3 houses had been submitted. As it was a little intrigued, he called for the spy in the Court and it told him what had happened to the houses. These are the words of the Spy:

-The Lannister pass way from the dragon junting, having paid in advance to “Knights Incorporated SA“, for them the issue was resolved. But it seems that “Knights Incorporated SA” with his Knights Golden head, had committed itself to the hunting of other dragons in parallel and some were already on vacation with the money earned. So they farmed “criminals and bandits” (CB) so that they beat the Dragon. These days, the leader of CB hay some pending paymentos and some debts with a ballroom. So he put some part of the money to pay the debt and with the rest he make up a very bug party with his teammates, the kind of party who make history. After this, CB group was reduced to very few people, but the leader of CB was a person of honor, so he pay 10 Crowns to the blacksmith of the village so he kill the Dragon.

The blacksmith of the village was famous for being a former knight, every night with his glass of beer told stories passed on hunting dragons and saving princesses in danger. But what the people did not know, is that all these stories were lies; and as he had already accepted the 10 Crowns, as the only solution that occurred to him was sent his apprentice to the Dragon hunt. And little more is known about this story, because some sources say that when the apprentice looked his head in the cave, Andres The Dargon eat him in one mouthful, and others say that he fled to the sea to become a sailor.

On the other hand the Oaks House to ensure victory, began to create lance caza-dragones LCD4000. But the Group of engineers who had designed the sketches of the Lance, only in that, in sketches. There were many technical problems that still had no solution. In example an artifact that came from a faraway land called gunpowder which was very good for burst walls and doors, but unreliable for sending a lancee in the right direction. After processing this information in detail, they came to the conclusion which could create an improved version of lance caza-dragones LCD4000, it was the lance caza-dragones LCD5800 Ultimate, but for the next year. Prince Joseph bought the idea (d) the lcd5800 ultimate (When something is called Ultimate it has to be the best of the best) and decided to wait until next year to get a partner.

Finally the Foster House, were a little closer but they have not killed the Dragon Andrés. The problem was something very simple. The Raven with the message to kill the Dragon correctly reached the village of Horseffer. The man who was in charge of the detachment has understood the message, but not imagined that it was Andres The Dragon who had to kill the Dragon. He thought that it had to be the best and went to the Dragon’s Cave Lucius, a dragon that is famous for its bad milk and more than one real House offered a reward. In this way, I’ll and add an extra few crowns to the villa.

So after 15 days, besieging the Dragon and their ranks dulled, charge requested a few crowns to the Foster home. When these crowns were and eventually a little tight, the man who was in charge hired with a gentleman who claimed to work in “Gentlemen Incorporated SA“, which had some amazing references (even had been trained at the Royal Academy for the hunting of the Dragon) This gentleman, had a moral dispute, which was also doing the same work (something like) to another House, which stayed with stayed with 80% of the money and sent his squire to kill the Dragon. There are also several theories found in this regard, some say that the Dragon also eat this one, others say that it also go to the sea as a sailor to distant lands.

This was what said the spy in the Court to King Bruno, he also ensuring that the 3 houses asking for forgiveness and remained in debt with King Bruno. But “this is not all, take seat my King;” “is something else you should know”, said the spy.

-It seems that in the last month Princess Martina had stole 1000 crowns gained by Dragon Hunt, fell in love with a sailor and ran away to distant lands. Some people say that the sailor was very similar of blacksmith apprentice or the Squire to the Knight, you will never know because the ship has already sailed and not be sabé his destiny.

King Bruno, who was King and was not foolish, after giving a thought to the matter said the Spy:

-This has not gone so badly. On the one hand I have 3 real families who owe me a favor and on the other hand, my little girl undertook an journey to get to know the world with expenses paid, without my money. Martina is clever, I’m sure that shel’’ be ok. And in addition I have 500 crowns for my self to spend with the Queen.

So, everyone was happy; some with a few more, other crowns with a few crowns less, the Princess with a trip paid by the free world, the King with more time to be with the Queen, and Andrew the Dragon, who thought that he will never eat a human again … eated something that seemed to be a Squire or a blacksmith apprentice.

The End.

If you have a bit of experience in the computer consulting business, you’ve probably captured the similarities:

• Large consulting firms dedicated to subcontract to other smaller companies, which in turn subcontract to others, etc.;and the final projects those ends by Paco, the fellow interns working free from Monday to Monday.
• Other consulting firms that possess the mega-ultra–frameworks to perform the work in half the time. For example: once I’ve found some excellent designs of some great products, resulting finally be pure interfaces of components, but that should then be implemented with an impossible effort.
• Consulting with “offices” in Narnia or unknown sites, of which nobody ever heard, and that are probably the best of the best, as the Dragon Lucius.

About ALM little and nothing, but in the little story they were all happy, in real life this is not as well and you must give some explanations if you make somehting worng. So you know, if these once in a project where you feel you’re part of one of the Royal houses of the little story … then for sure is a good time to propose and promote a change

Greetings @ Here

The Bruno