“There Were Coded Messages”
learning that the hard way- like an army of idiosyncratic ninjas
- enjoy international fame
- strange suction-cup-shaped marks
- amidst the gratified shouts
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“There were coded messages amidst the gratified shouts from the hot tub,” Titania whispered. That wasn’t the confusing part. The confusing part was what she said next. “We all emerged with strange suction-cup-shaped marks covering our bodies, and yet there were no squids at this particular party.”
The first confusing thing was the idea of a clown hot tub party with no squids. Clowns enjoy international fame (or perhaps infamy) for their cephalopod predilections for a reason! The second source of confusion was trying to imagine the source of the suction-cup marks, if not a betentacled sea creature.
And then it came to me. I finally understood why Titania was whispering all this lore to her steed. It was indeed intended for my ears, not those of the Dennis brothers. She was telling me that there existed in the world something like an army of idiosyncratic ninjas crossbred with clowns, and armed with suction cups, just as I had always feared and suspected. By telling me she spared me the danger of learning that the hard way.
Now I merely faced the danger of passing along that intel to someone who could do something about it. And the danger of the clown-ninjas themselves.
Which was scarier — clown-ninjas, or ninja-clowns? I shuddered in my horse costume.
bonus points for using them in reverse order