Serialization of "Quedly Dake and His Quest to Conquer the Globe" — Chapter 9 of 25
From Book 3 of the Trilogy “Taterskin & The Eco Defenders”
“OmniMagister, what did Dake do after becoming U.S. President?” Alexis asked.
He pretended to do things for the people, by simply stating that he had done so, and then having articles written by “Puff” Paindexter and others describing these supposed good deeds, but they were always mere fiction, or extreme exaggerations at best“OmniMagister, if Dake wasn’t really accomplishing anything of value, what was he doing with his time?”
Dake was busier than ever promoting himself. He had “Puff” Paindexter choke the news waves with articles about how great his presidency was going (“by far the best President of all time!” and so forth) and paving the way for everything he wanted to accomplish. Just as he wasn’t content living in an egalitarian society, he wasn’t satisfied “just” being President of the United States, either.“What else did he want?” Rovette asked. “What further pinnacles did he want to climb?”
“This guy is obviously a megalomaniac, quite possibly even a psychopath,” Ooga added. “I think we should put him out of business at this point.”
“Wait a minute now, people ... and animal people ... or, uh, well, people,” Albert interjected, not sure if Taterskin & his furry and scaly friends should be included in the word ‘People’ or refer to them separately as ‘Animals’ or what. “I say we find out first what his ultimate aim is. He sounds terrible, I freely admit, but I still want to know what his game is.”
“Isn’t it obvious by now he’s a low-down scalawag and a slack-jawed miscreant?” Rory said, a deep rumble in his throat. “I say we take a vote on it.”
“Vote? This isn’t a democracy, Rory,” Albert replied. “But what is it that you intend to do, exactly, anyway?”
Chumbawumba now piped up: “Let’s take the Androcles back to 2029 and arrest him.”
“For what, Chum?” Albert countered. “Lying? If we arrested everyone who lied, just about everybody would be arrested.”
“I don’t lie,” Rovette said.
“Oh?” Albert said, turning to her. “How about the time you complimented Terri on her makeup when we all knew you didn’t think it was in any way appealing?”
Rovette blushed, but nobody could tell, unless they looked intently at the tip of her nose and the inside of her ears.
“And besides,” Albert continued, not feeling the need to provide other examples of people lying, such as when they praise a meal they didn’t like, or a person or animal’s new hairstyle, “I don’t want to be a spoilsport, but the Androcles is mine, and I am not going to let you use it—yet, anyway. I’m not yet convinced that Dake is the ‘low-down scalawag and a slack-jawed miscreant’ some of you claim he is.”
Albert pointedly looked at Rory after saying this. The lion just stared at him, apparently unshaken in his starkly negative opinion of Dake.
“Okay, then,” said Alexis after a rather long pause. “OmniMagister, what were Dake’s ambitions, after becoming President?”
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Book 1 of Taterskin & The Eco Defenders, “Wonders Never Cease,” can be found here.
Book 2 of Taterskin & The Eco Defenders, “Tell It To Future Generations,” can be found here.
Book 3 of Taterskin & The Eco Defenders, “Quedly Dake and His Quest to Conquer the Globe,” can be found here.
