{"id":1012,"date":"2013-04-24T08:14:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-24T12:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skelleyverse.com\/?p=1012"},"modified":"2013-12-31T23:23:17","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T04:23:17","slug":"harry-couldnt-go-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/harry-couldnt-go-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Couldn’t Go Out There"},"content":{"rendered":"
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  1. \"k-avatar\"Character \u2013 politician<\/li>\n
  2. Setting \u2013 Australian outback<\/li>\n
  3. Object \u2013 monocle<\/li>\n
  4. Situation \u2013 earthquake<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Harry couldn’t go out there. The crowd was rabid. He would call campaign headquarters, but some lunatic wallaby had his cellphone in her pouch.<\/p>\n

    “He’s almost ready. Where’s that monocle? Harry looks dignified with a monocle.”<\/p>\n

    That kangaroo is only making this worse,<\/em> thought Harry. The noise of the crowd was suddenly louder and a stray boomerang caromed off the wall near his head.<\/p>\n

    The kangaroo was shouting now. “No! Monocle, I said monocle, you egg-laying imbecile! I suppose it’ll have to do…”<\/p>\n

    Before he could react, Harry’s wrists were bound by cold iron manacles and he was shoved out onto the stage.<\/p>\n

    Suddenly, the building began to shake. The pandemonium of the crowd sputtered out.<\/p>\n

    Harry cleared his throat, lost his balance, and toppled to the floor. He couldn’t get up because of the restraints, and the shaking of the floor. Plaster dust sifted down onto his blue suit as he thought, I can see the headlines now — Harry won’t take a stand.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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    Character \u2013 politician Setting \u2013 Australian outback Object \u2013 monocle Situation \u2013 earthquake Harry couldn’t go out there. The crowd was rabid. He would call campaign headquarters, but some lunatic wallaby had his cellphone in her pouch. “He’s almost ready. Where’s that monocle? Harry looks dignified with a monocle.” That kangaroo is only making this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[318,4],"tags":[335,349,62,155],"class_list":["post-1012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-four-elements-prompts","category-writing-prompts","tag-animal","tag-gonzo","tag-kangaroo","tag-politician"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1012"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1014,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1012\/revisions\/1014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}