The Dedes were very upset that I brushed them off on Friday night. Quicker than I had anticipated, they re-instated Devil as their spokesperson. It was a unanimous decision, mainly because nobody else wanted to do the job and Devil wasn’t really that serious about handing in his resignation. Secretly, he was chuffed everybody voted to have him back in the job.
Being earnest about his new, old, position he came straight to me and aired the concern that bothered everyone. “Have you fallen out of love with us?” he asked outright.
“Of course not!” I said. It must have sounded pretty lame, rather like I wanted to fob him off again.
“But why are you not writing about us then? There is still stuff happening in the Dede world. You simply don’t report about us anymore! When we look at the blog there are only photos of things we don’t even recognise. I don’t know how many times I have to remind you, it is our blog and it is your obligation to write about us. At least that is what our contract says, or am I wrong?”
“Devil, we never signed a contract!”
“Ah well, naming the blog dedepuppets.com is as good as a contract!”
“I agree, it is your blog and yes, it has your name.”
“So, do your job then. I’ll watch you!” he said and turned away ready to leave.
“Hang on, hang on…” I said. I wanted to ask him what they would do if I don’t comply. Are they going to find themselves a new artist? Tough luck. Let’s face it, the Dedes and I are linked, come hell or high water. I have to admit, at the moment I am sick of these demanding little critters who can see only their own perspective. Oh, I would so like to give them a piece of my mind for a change, but I bit my tongue.
“Look Devil,” I said instead, “I am a bit pre-occupied with building stuff at the moment. It won’t be forever. To be honest, I would rather write nothing about you than crap. If I write rubbish, that won’t help your cause either. You do understand, don’t you?”
He looked at me for a while. I could tell it made sense to him but he was in a bind. He needed to go back to the rest of the Dedes with a more positive answer.
“Okay” he said at last. “I have an idea. Let’s have a week of ‘tag-a-Dede'”
“What is that?” I asked.
“You ask a Dede of your choice 5 questions and the Dede has to answer it as honestly as possible! That would mean we are running the show and you don’t have anything to do with it. Mouse can help us putting the answers up on the blog. She is good at that.”
“That is such a brilliant idea!” I could have hugged Devil but he is not the huggy type. I was so relieved he came up with a solution that meant less work for me for a change.
‘I can make a start and tag Witch tomorrow. I always wanted to ask the old girl a few things.” Devil was really excited about his idea. “I have to come up with 5 really good questions. Maybe some of our readers want to help me! So if you have a question for Witch, our health freak, let me know.”
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