I believe I have all of the Monocle sections collected and properly ordered on the, “Secret Origins” page. It’s getting late and I’m feeling a bit worn out from today so I can’t promise it’s all there or if it’s all in the right order. If you notice a part missing, let me know.
I’ll go through and make the necessary Wiki links on another night as well. I’m definitely too tired to do that at the moment.
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Cobra smirked as it became obvious Bengal and his troop had missed Orangutan at market. Rather then just heading back to the barracks, the traitor was wasting everyone’s time by waiting here while a runner checked back with Command. Cobra’s smirk over missing Orangutan twisted into a sneer when he noticed Bengal’s ramrod-stiff posture while waiting for the return of the runner.
Bengal waited patiently for the runner to return. Hoping something, almost anything would delay the runner while on his mission. The longer the runner took on his mission, the better Orangutan’s chance to avoid being arrested. Bengal wasn’t fooled, he knew that Hedgehog wouldn’t be interested in a simple cheat. Hedgehog must think Orangutan knows something about the Raja.
The runner returned with instructions that the troop was to proceed to Orangutan’s house and arrest him there. The warrant for Orangutan’s arrest carried the charge, “Intent to Defraud”.
Inwardly Bengal grimaced at this news, but outwardly ordered his men into ranks and led them out of Patna’s market. The march to Orangutan’s village wasn’t hard, but the sun had set when the troop marched up to Orangutan’s door. Bengal stepped forward and knocked on the door.
Her hands trembling, Rhesus wordlessly read the letter. She quickly scribbled a note for her husband Orangutan about running errands in Patna and left the house. Catching herself at the garden gate, she dashes back and locks her house up. The contents of letter had clearly rattled her badly.
Just a quick update this evening after finishing homework. I’ve realized the last couple posts have been severely out of order with the chronology of the story. I’ll take care of that sometime this week and put them all in the right order on the Malicious Monocle page.
I’ve also been wondering just what the hell Lemur might be up to at this point. Cobra and Bengal as well. I shall just have to depend on my skill with fancy words.
I think I may have found a reason to get re-married. Any woman that could show the callous disregard for my arteries needed to make me a meat cake would be a woman that truly loved and understood me. 
Here it is:
Excuse me now while I go sit in the corner and drool on myself.
Rhesus Macaque watched her husband Orangutan leave with Zebu for the market. Their baskets were full of the best their gardens would yield. Orangutan had told his wife that morning over breakfast that he had a plan which would help Zebu and him sell more than they ever had before. Rhesus just hoped that the plan didn’t involve anything illegal or malicious.
As Rhesus was finishing up with washing the dishes from breakfast she heard a knock at the garden door. Standing at the door was the postman Rat. He had the same run of the mill mail for Rhesus that he always delivered, but today there was a surprise for her.
The letter had no return address on it and Rhesus did not recognize the hand that had addressed the envelope.
Orangutan was growing concerned at his wife’s absence. Her note hadn’t been specific. It had only said that she was going into Patna to run some errands. Orangutan didn’t even have any idea what errands she had to run. She was supposed to be keeping an eye on Elephant, making sure he’s taken care of and hidden from Hedgehog’s men.
Orangutan had given up and prepared some Tilkut for himself when the sun set. (Tilkut being a local delicacy made from pounded sesame seeds and sugar.) The sugar was just starting to melt on Orangutan’s tongue when a fist rattled his front door. The Tilkut turned sour as Orangutan answered the door. Bengal and his men stood there. Up and down the street curtains twitched as neighbors pretended to not be watching as Bengal and his men arrested Orangutan and then searched his house for clues to Elephant’s location.
Today is when children will be permitted to go from door to door and beg for sweets in my town of Kenosha. I have some candy here and I even went out and bought some more today. Rather than horde the candy all for myself, as I might usually do, I will place the candy in a bowl and pass it out to the urchins. The weather is nice today so I want to get some more painting done on my minis before the weather starts being foul as a rule rather than an exception. Hopefully the neighbor kids will come over for some choccies. Rustlan and Juli are sweet kids.
This morning I went out to a coffee shop and got a bit of homework done. I finished up reading a book on den Hitler Jugend and started a book about a foster kid during the Great Depression. I also managed to get the most recent episode of the Malicious Monocle written and make some decisions as to the directions the story will go over the next few episodes.
I’ve managed to get mostly caught up in my DVR viewing this weekend as well. I still need to go back and catch up on some episodes of Flash Gordon and the Bionic Woman, but they won’t take too long. I managed to get caught up on my first tier shows like Heroes, Numb3rs, NCIS and Criminal Minds.
Zebu tried to relax while he read his copy of the Chennai Times, but couldn’t. The headlines were screaming the same news that Sgt. Bullgod had recently called out in the village square. The headline’s article was accompanied by an illustration showing Governor Hedgehog meeting with the Raja in the garden of the Governor’s Palace. The caption under the illustration read, “Nobly gracious, Raja Elephant bows before Her Royal Majesty’s Governor, Brigadier General Hedgehog.”
Zebu studied the illustration of Elephant. He couldn’t be sure, but the ears in the picture looked bigger than Elephant’s ears really were. This was only a newspaper illustration of course and so he couldn’t be sure. Perhaps the Chennai Times had a new illustrator who simply drew ears bigger than they were in reality.
The final sentence of the article announcing the crowning of Raja promised a serial about Elephant in the days leading up to his coronation.
A friend of mine has been reminding me that Daylight Savings Time was fast approaching and to be ready to switch my clocks back an hour. I was cool with this. I knew it was coming up and I always like having that extra hour to sleep or do something unproductive. However, I’m a lazy man at heart and don’t change any of my clocks until after the change has happened. This is largely because the clocks that I play the closest attention to and use more often are on my laptop, cellphone and even the clock on my cable box. All of those update automatically. Well, I got up this morning and realized that none of the computers had updated themselves and so I googled to find out why. Turns out the ‘fall back’ happens next week this year. Oh well. I guess I’ll get extra time next week then.
Until then all I can think about is how the Computer is my friend. How do I know this? The Computer tells me it is my friend. The Computer wouldn’t lie to me because the Computer is my friend.
“What’s that Computer?”
“0101010101010001010111 01101010101011101010101010 101010001011110101010″
“Yes, there are an awful lot of people on this planet. Things might be better with fewer people.”
“00000111101010 1010110101110101010 111010100100110111010101011 010100101011010100″
“Ok Computer, I will start working on some thinning.”
The Computer is my FRIEND….
Orangutan and Zebu returned to their village, splitting their take from the market before heading to their respective homes. With a wet, wispy whistle trailing between his horns, Zebu decided to take a slight detour to the newsagent before home. 1/12 anna yielded Zebu the five star edition of the Chennai Times.
Orangutan came home to an empty house. His wife Rhesus wasn’t home. She had left a note explaining that she had an errand to run and had to go into Patna.
