After a slight hangover, which doesn't usually happen following the morning wine, Tyrion takes his place at the head of the table and waits for the rest of the council to enter. A small storage of wildfire exposed from the siege but not ignited caused quite a scene in the ruins of the city late last night, citizens clamored for as much of it as they could get in the hopes they could sell it for gold or trade it for food. Short of having a dragon or an entire army, the wildfire was just about the most dangerous thing a single person could utilize in warfare. A good amount of it was recovered by soldiers who confiscated it, while others turned it in in the hopes they could gain good favor and some sort of reward (which they were with extra bread). No one knows about how much was found in the first place, so no one could know for sure if all of it had been recovered, or only a majority of it.

As Tyrion tries to ignore the possible disaster scenarios this could trigger, the rest of the council comes in and noisily take their seats. Tyrion eases his hangover with another glass of wine, as per tradition in the Lannister house.

Tyrion: "Any news anyone would like to bring to our attention before we get things started?"
Bronn: "The Iron Bank has responded to our offer of 8000 gold for their troubles. They expressed their disappointment that the crown could only offer such a small amount of money, and also bemoaned that they would have to manage for its transport"
Davos: "Did they decline our offer?"
Bronn: "Of course they fuckin didn't... Like I said, no bank ever says no to free money"
Tyrion: "Frankly I don't think any person or organization in the world would say no to free money"
Bronn: (Nods)
Tyrion: "Very well... Our biggest issue of the day, besides the continued effort of rebuilding Kings Landing, is the issue presented by the coronation of our new king"
Brienne: "Was the election of Bran by the most powerful lords of the land not the coronation? What else is needed to make it official?"

Tyrion: "Its not the issue of making his crowning official or not, the issue is how to handle the opportunity now presented to us... Historically, when a new king is named, a coronation is held to celebrate him, to appease the lower population with festivities, and also to raise money from lower lords hoping to buy good favor with the new king... Quite literally... With our new king being elected by vote from a number of powerful lords already, with there being a need for gold more than any time before, the issue of whether or not to use the coronation for raising funds from wealthy lords or to appease the masses of people whose lives we have made substantially worse in the past few months needs to be settled"

Davos: "What are our options?"
Tyrion: "One, we can say fuck the lords and have the coronation be a giant soup and bread line. Everyone in the city would be invited for free food, be able to see and meet the king who will be stationed at the end of the line, and then have a nice and quiet place to have a good meal"
Brienne: "I already like that option quite a lot"
Samwell: (nods)
Tyrion: "Two, we spend what money we have left on a legitimate ceremony to try to curry favor with the lesser yet still wealthy lords of the realm who were not present at the ceremony who elected Bran as the new king..."
Bronn: "I imagine thats the option that brings us the most coin?"
Tyrion: "As far as I know"
Samwell: "Has Bran said anything about what he wants? If it's his coronation then his opinion on the matter should be the final say on the matter should it not?"
Brienne: (Nods and looks at Tyrion)

Tyrion: "King Bran has said that I am to decide how to handle the affair, I assume this is because he doesn't care either way or because giving me this migraine is part of my sentence as his hand"
Samwell: "I see... Well... That... That's quite unfortunate for you I'm afraid"
Tyrion: "Truth be told I couldn't give less of a shit about it. I've been through enough coronations to be done with them for a lifetime... But at the same time, I don't think a coronation ceremony has ever had the potential to have such a big impact on the well being of an entire city as much as this one could."
Davos: "One option to pease the very poor, one option to pease the very rich... Is there some sort of third option that could meet some sort of happy medium between the two?"
Tyrion: (Shakes head) "For as much thought as I've put into this, the only possibilities I could come up with that are feasible lead to neither side being happy. Not unless anyone in here has any suggestions based on our limited budget?"
Bronn: "What if we put him on tour?"

Before anyone can pitch their own ideas or think of one in the first place, all eyes shift to Bronn, everyone wearing an expression of confusion and disbelief.

Bronn: "Long time ago, before I met any of you, this fat fuck named Maddong of the Stormlands contacted me to kill a guy who had fucked his wife. Fuckers name was, something or other, but he was one of those traveling performers who went from town to town doing tricks. The guy was quite good, he did a lot of tricks and stuff to please kids, but he also did three or four really neat things for the adults, and he made a killing. Lords would pay him to come to their town because they could get him for a good price and help calm down the people when things in that kingdom weren't going too well... By sheer luck I found out the guy they trusted to handle their gold was an idiot, so I followed the lot of them around the country taking gold from them every time they performed in a new place. Never took too much for them to notice, but it was just enough to make it worth not killing the guy first chance I got..."

Samwell: "Did you ever... Did you kill the man?"

Bronn: (Nods) "Eventually a few of them started recognizing me since I was always showing up in towns they performed in... Slit the guy's throat when he was taking a piss, went back to the Stormlands to collect payment, walked in on the guy fucking one of his own nieces... So I killed him, took some shit worth stealing... Was a pretty good 3 months for me in terms of finance..."

Tyrion: "So, forgive me, how exactly does this help us?"

Bronn: "We can have King Bran go on tour. Lords pay to have the king visit their towns and castles, host a coronation ceremony or whatever in the town square, make the people happy, and the lord pays us a small fortune to make it all happen... If we're lucky, the lord will have some sort of pressing issue they hope the King can settle by taking their side on it... The more pressing the issue, the more they will be willing to pay to have the king visit their land first"

Silence falls in the room as everyone considers the pros and cons of Bronn's option. A few are open to the idea, some are still unsure and undecided.

Davos: "The logistics of having the King cross around the country could be a challenge but, it could work"
Brienne: "I don't think we should be using the King as a tool to raise money"
Bronn: "We're not using him as a tool, we're introducing him to the poor people and lesser lords in the realm that would normally be overlooked... And making a lot of coin off of it in the process."
Brienne: "And what about safety? How many lesser lords can we trust with the life of our new king?"
Tyrion: "There are a good amount of lords who aren't entirely thrilled that a Targaryen nor a Lannister nor even a Baratheon sits on the Iron-... I mean, reigns as their new king... Factor in anyone with a grudge against the Starks, and it does become a risk"
Bronn: "Well of course there's risk to it, but there is also risk in running out of coin and not convincing people to support our new king. We cant have him be the Darling of King's landing if we want to keep peace in the seven kingdoms, we need others to-"
Davos: "Six kingdoms"
Bronn: (Rolls his eyes) If we want to keep peace in the SIX kingdoms of the realm, then we need the people in all SIX kingdoms to support the king, not just the people of King's Landing... We need support of the people, and we need coin, this option gives us the both of them"

Samwell: "Now that I think about it, with the North being independent and some lords of the more far off kingdoms not wanting to host a coronation ceremony... I don't think the Iron Islands would be very interested... The overall length of the trip may not actually be very long, especially if we plan things carefully and don't revisit the same area twice"

Bronn: "We could have it that whichever lord pays the most gets first dibs on the King as well"
Brienne: "Okay NOW you're using the king as just some tool to raise money"
Bronn: "He's not a tool, he's just a person that we happen to be using to carry out a particular function"
Davos: "I think thats the definition of what a tool is"
Bronn: (annoyed) "I thought we were on the same side, me and you"
Davos: "You and I"
Bronn: "I'll punch you in the eye if you keep doing that"

Tyrion: "Gentlemen please, let's keep our heads. Does anyone else have any suggestions or other options?"

Silence engulfs the room as everyone tries to invent a new option in place of the three that already exist. After a few moments thought, everyone in the room gravitated to one of the ideas already mentioned instead of sink thought into a different way.

Samwell: "What do you think?"
Tyrion: "I couldn't care less to be frank"
Samwell: "But if you HAD to choose...?"

Tyrion: If I had to choose... (sigh and a pause)... I'll admit that I do like the idea of having Bran travel the country to curry good favor with the people and lords of the realm to unite them... It definitely would earn us some gold, but it is an option I think we should preserve for now... (another pause)... There are a number of other holidays and other events we could use to have the King travel 'on tour' for, to do so right now following all that has happened is too soon in my opinion... I wonder how the people would react when their king leaves the ruined city to try to suck up to wealthy lords of other realms. 'Not well' would be my guess... For the sake of simplicity I lean more towards keeping the King here to curry good favor with the people still in the city, lord knows they deserve to be first in line for all they've suffered."

Brienne: (nods) "I agree... Its safer here, we're needed here, and the people have suffered the most here... I vote we stay and help the poor"
Tyrion: "Samwell?"
Samwell: "I, uh... Well... Again, I'm not sure if I should have a say on the matter... But I do think we should remain here for the ceremony... After all, there could be other issues presented to us that we have to handle, it would be more difficult to do so if we are on the other side of the country traveling with the King"
Davos: "While I am open to the idea of having the king travel around the kingdom, perhaps now is indeed not the best time for it"
Bronn: (annoyed) "Well I guess its unanimous then. Have the king stay and help out the poor. Might as well vote yes at this point"
Tyrion: "Then its settled... Bronn will move around what finance we have left to organize the celebration, Brienne you decide where would be the best and safest place for such a celebration to be hosted"
Bronn: "Is there to be financing set aside for the use of prostitutes to attend the celebration?"
Brienne: "Prostit-? This is for the poor"
Bronn: "And?... I was poor once in my life, never made me not feel like fuckin every now and then"
Tyrion: "Lets avoid having prostitutes at this celebration"
Bronn: "Pfft... Those are words I never fuckin thought I would hear come out of your mouth Lannister..."