The Prankster Prince
A Prince set to inherit the throne was socially awkward and did not show emotion very well. He wore a spotted suit, which was the norm for royalty in their futuristic period. The exception to his emotions was when he made pranks. Near his fathers 75th birthday he took him to the barnyard, as he had an appreciation for animals. The visit is actually a prank. A cybernetic cow at the barnyard helps him rig a giant vat of milk on a hoverpad to tip over on his father as he enters the doorway. The act of japery goes afoul and the entire hoverpad and all falls down, crushing his father. He is detained at the barn. The trial is held on the scene of the crime. Too embarrassed to admit his prank had failed, prince could not properly explain what he had been doing with the vat of milk. Half way through the trial he burst into tears. “You’ve been out pranked” his father bellowed, rising out a platform in the ground. The king had been arranging a prank back at his son the whole time. The cow was his accomplice helping to arrange it with a robot copy of himself switched in at the last minute. He finally got his son to display emotion in public.