Monkey Talk
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The first time the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey opened her eyes it was to cries of distress.
But for a long moment, all she could do was lay there, dazed, as she tried to make sense of her new existence and the near perfect white void that she had awoken to.
A swirling energy ebbed and flowed all around her, entering and leaving this space through invisible means. She held up a hand and wondered at the appendage as she experimentally wiggled her fingers, looking at it from all angles, before paying attention to how the energy flowed around it.
Qì, her mind provided.
The story of the Red-Bottomed Horse Monkey.
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- Part 1 of Monkey Talk
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There was never any doubt which monkeys Wukong would have as his generals and marshals.
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- Part 2 of Monkey Talk
- Part 1 of Adventures of the Generals and Marshals
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Not one to waste time on things he didn't understand he turned back to the monkey still hanging limp in his arms and decided the best course of action was to take him with him to Flower Fruit Mountain. There was no better place for a monkey to be after all! He told his unknowing audience as much as he threw him over his shoulder.
Monkey King is excited to find another monkey like him. Macaque is decidedly less so.
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- Part 3 of Monkey Talk
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Peng however had decided, practically upon first sight, that Macaque was theirs to pursue.
If ever the two were in the same room, you could bet that Peng would be as close to Macaque as they could reasonably get away with - whether it be sat beside him at feasts or standing ever too close for comfort.
They sought him out - claiming that they simply must train together or that he must come and referee fights. Macaque was under no illusion that this wasn't just so Peng could show off.
Peng hadn't always spoken so lowly of the Six-Eared Macaque.
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- Part 4 of Monkey Talk
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Gōngzhǔ was not someone Macaque wanted to see on a good day but given she was consort to the Demon Bull King - one of the few allies Flower Fruit Mountain had left - he had little choice but to acquiesce to her request for a private meeting.
God knows what she wanted - she had been deliberately vague in her letter but had promised that her proposal was one she was sure that both their clans would find beneficial.
Flower Fruit Mountain used to have a staunch ally in the Demon Bull clan and this was in no short part due to their very skilled Regent.
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- Part 5 of Monkey Talk
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When Ma started to speak, he realised with a jolt that they had stopped talking for several minutes. She looked a little dizzy, "Mac... do you suddenly feel like we're underwater...?"
He didn't but he definitely didn't feel like reality was existing the way it was supposed to - everything felt so... unreal. He tried to piece together what was going on, but his thoughts were staggeringly slow. He and Ma stared at each other for far too long before as one they looked to the tea pot that was sitting between them on the opposite end of the table.
Eloquently, Ma muttered, "Shit."
Macaque and Ma are immortal and can't be killed by mere poison, this does not mean that it doesn't greatly affect them.
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- Part 6 of Monkey Talk
- Part 3 of Adventures of the Generals and Marshals
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"To be so consumed by emotion can be akin to being half blind. We cannot see the whole picture yet we act on what we can see regardless. This can lead us to great difficulties."
It's been along time since he'd last seen Macaque and, while something seems off, if it's a fight he wants, it's a fight he'll get.
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- Part 7 of Monkey Talk
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Wukong half jokingly added, "At this rate, I'll be the only one left!"
Where are Wukong's Marshals and Generals?
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- Part 8 of Monkey Talk
- Part 4 of Adventures of the Generals and Marshals
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It was of no surprise to Guānyīn that she felt deeply affected by Sun Wukong's distress over his missing friend. He had approached her sometime ago for her assistance in locating the Six-Eared Macaque and when it became clear that she could not hear him in the mortal realm, it had been with a heavy heart that he asked if she could check the Diyu for him.
It was the obvious conclusion to draw, if she could not locate him then there was little chance he was still alive.
If the Six-Eared Macaque was dead, the Ten Kings would know wouldn't they?
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- Part 9 of Monkey Talk
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He really could understand the appeal of the mirror - to see and hear people you loved and missed... He could think of many people he'd love to see again but to lock yourself away in a dark room for god knows how long and do nothing else? It spoke volumes of having either nothing else to do, grief or a terrible combination of both.
He stared at the mirror and tentatively raised a hand to take hold of it before aborting the attempt and putting his hand back down. There were lots of people he'd like to see again but he knew who he missed the most, knew he wouldn't be able to resist the temptation.
To see his face, to hear his voice, after so long... Ba could easily understand the trap that Wukong had fallen into but he couldn't let this continue. There was a bigger problem to tackle but in the meantime the mirror had to go.
Wukong would really like his generals and marshals to stop worrying about him, it would be easier if he'd stop giving them so many reasons to.
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- Part 9 of Adventures of the Generals and Marshals
- Part 10 of Monkey Talk
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It had been centuries ago that the Jade Emperor had entrusted Nǚwā with the stone egg of Sun Wukong and asked that she use it to create a new life and now finally, after so many trials and tribulations, she held the tiny embodiment of his hopes and dreams.
A child that would one day become the Champion of Heaven.
How did MK find his way to Pigsy's Noodles that fateful night?
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- Part 11 of Monkey Talk
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He pointed to himself in disbelief, "You think one of the Spirits blessed me? And one that's all about working hard? No way! I'm super lazy! You know what? I bet they blessed my dad and his blessing just rubbed off on me! Now that's a guy that knows how to work hard! He works harder than anyone else I know!"
They chuckled, "Well, you certainly worked hard to reach me. I think you need to give yourself a little credit at least. Not many people would be willing to climb a mountain just to deliver noodles."
He mumbled, "Yeah, well, not many people have a boss like mine."
MK has met the Spirits of Wǔxíng hundreds of times in his life, he just doesn't know it.
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- Part 12 of Monkey Talk
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He should have dedicated his second life to finding a way to destroy that retched key. He doesn't believe now that there was anywhere he could have hidden it that her thrall wouldn't have found it.
She smiled at him, "But I should not be surprised. You are after all incomplete. How could you understand the magnitude of your betrayal when your true nature has been hidden from you."
Why did the Lady Bone Demon choose Macaque as her Champion?
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- Part 13 of Monkey Talk
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The Six-Eared Macaque was free.
Gone were the chains of the Diyu that kept him prisoner. Gone was the icy debt deep in his bones slowly driving him mad. And gone was the all consuming desire for revenge.
He was free... but what now?
Macaque takes tentative steps towards the life he wants to live.
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- Part 14 of Monkey Talk
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In the light of the day, there was a part of him that felt embarrassed for running and crying to his dad just because he'd had a bad dream. He was an adult and he was a hero on top of that! He wasn't supposed to go crying to his dad, especially not over something as silly as a nightmare!
Still, he couldn't deny that he'd been thoroughly rattled by it and he found himself reluctant to be anywhere away from Pigsy.
As MK struggles with change, time spent with family might be just what he needs.
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- Part 9 of Dadsy
- Part 15 of Monkey Talk
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But perhaps out of spite, it had been Macaque that had finally come to his aid. Although, of course, in typical Macaque fashion, his help had to be unsolicited and needlessly frustrating.
MK is trying his best to power through the difficulties he's facing with his new monkey form but maybe there's a better way.
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- Part 16 of Monkey Talk
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Getting more annoyed at repeating the obvious, she responded, "The entire point of a fight is to win! And the more you fight, the better you get at winning!"
Her eye twitched again as he brought a hand up to pinch the bridge of his nose - as if she was the unreasonable one here!
He stood to leave and answered, "If your only goal for "training" with me is to "win", then we're done here."
Mei is determined to be ready for whatever comes next and the Macaque is going to help her whether he wants to or not!
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- Part 17 of Monkey Talk
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It had been centuries since he'd seen Macaque smile at him like that and it made emotion bubble up intensely at just the thought of it. He couldn't bring himself to believe it wasn't genuine.
But it conflicted with everything else he knew about Macaque, that one fleeting moment couldn't be enough for him just to ignore that.
Wukong actually tries to confront some of his feelings for once.
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- Part 18 of Monkey Talk
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Not happy with this use of his furnace however Laozi eventually managed to create a poison that could permanently injure and kill creatures that had feasted upon immortal peaches.
Some truths finally come to light. Macaque was right though - it doesn't bring MK any peace.
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- Part 19 of Monkey Talk
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Her eyes were only on Macaque, "I don't know what I'm angrier about. The fact that you trauma dumped on MK and then just left him alone to deal with it or that after that you just disappeared for a week ignoring us trying to check in on you.
Do you have any idea how much you upset MK? Or how worried we were about you?"
Taking another angry step forward she burst out, "I thought you were supposed to be better than Monkey King!"
The aftermath of MK learning about what happened between Monkey King and Macaque.
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- Part 20 of Monkey Talk