The Continuing Adventures of Claude the Claustrophobic Summer Seal was cancelled six episodes in and a minor wave of protest rose up online and James tried to get his work involved but most of them were zombies and more interested in marketing plans for brand extension, segmentation, brains and what tweens thought was hot this quarter because the pre-tweens always trend up.
Elisa was on the web searching out not just data or datum but information itself. She tracked best boys and grips and first directors and makeup artists and pulled every thread she could until one of those threads led to Mark who was putting in the years as a near-nameless writer.
She met him on Saturday and we James Bonded it with the best of what we’d learned about surveillance from television. We had guys on roofs and cars rotating the lead and walkie talkies and even a complex code which didn’t turn out too well because everyone forgot what buffalo grass meant, especially when paired with a pink moon falling.
Andrew and Sarah were debating whether to hack into dedicated spy satellite and this debate went into high gear when Elisa grabbed Mark and zipped away from the cafe using William’s home-made zip-line gun. It was confusion multiplied then: fifty joggers in Sumo suits blocking the road, a bunch of hot air balloons shaped like dinosaurs floating up, a confetti and glitter tornado and a box of the most adorable kitties you did ever see.
We shut down the operation and went home only to find a shoe in the lounge and someone in the bathroom having a shower. A glance was batted around and James tried to do the one-eyebrow lift but those individual face muscles didn’t want to go it alone so both eyebrows went up. They were up and really had nowhere to go when Elisa walked Mark through the lounge, both wrapped in bathrobes, picked up the shoe and continued on to her bedroom as though no dairy based yellow solid would ever melt in her mouth.
James was all for teargas and kicking down the door and duct tape and shouting treason but Sarah calmed him down and pointed out how well the box of kitties had been planned.
They may have only filmed thirteen episodes of Claude’s adventures but with Elisa on the case, we’d get to see every single one and find out all the answers.
Who was Murmur the Not So Silent Mime working for?
What was Aromatherapist Horatio’s Secret Plan?
Why did Dr Moustache never enter Betty’s Garden?
Where was the Pie Baron hiding his recipes?
How would Claude uncover the truth and rescue Crystal Juliet?