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// Rule 69 
// Story: Chronicles of an Evil Overlord 
// by Melancholy 
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Domination of Equestria - T+101 days.

“How many did you say?”
“Twenty four Ma'am, all told. Ten colts, fourteen fillies.”

“How are we supposed to support that many!? Where did they even come from?”
“The streets Ma'am. Some of them have been out there for years.”

“The streets? You expect this institution to take in street urchins?”
“It’s an Orphanage Ma'am. I think society at large expects you take them in.”

“Well I refuse. We have no room.”
“The whole reason they’ve been brought here is because your facility has over thirty places currently unfilled according to the census carried out last week.”

“O-of course they aren’t! We haven’t got the resources for them! Feeding and clothing them isn’t cheap you know!”
“I do Ma'am. That is why each and every child comes with a government stipend. Your funding increases per child. In fact, according to the figures here, your establishment was one of the first to move to the per child subsidy, and as a result you now receive 34% more than you did under the old block grant. Care to explain where the extra funds have gone?”

“What!? What are you insinuating!? How dare you!”
“Ma'am, I am an inspector appointed by the government. I have the legal right, and indeed responsibility to check you are using your finances appropriately.”

“You can’t do that! You have to give a month’s notice!”
“Actually, under the new rules from the Overlord we can make unannounced visits as frequently as we like. On top of that, the directors of all publicly funded institutions are now personally liable for any failings of that institution. I trust you’re aware of what happens to those found abusing public funds under the new government?”

“Ah-ha…..ha...Twenty four more little souls you said? Why don’t we stop talking here at the door and bring them in, humm?”
“That sounds like an excellent idea. While they settle though, I will be wanting to see those accounts.”

“Errr…”

Overlord Rule No:69 All midwives will be banned from the realm. All babies will be delivered at state-approved hospitals. Orphans will be placed in foster-homes, not abandoned in the woods to be raised by creatures of the wild.