{"id":10145,"date":"2024-06-05T08:52:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T12:52:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=10145"},"modified":"2024-06-03T16:29:51","modified_gmt":"2024-06-03T20:29:51","slug":"paradoxes-are-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/paradoxes-are-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Paradoxes Are Fun"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/k-avatar-e1443983846496.png\" alt=\"by Kent\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>whatever it is you\u2019re doing, keep doing it<\/li>\n<li>may be inappropriate for children under 13<\/li>\n<li>one weird trick<\/li>\n<li>I do look mighty cute in riding boots<\/li>\n<li>looking furtively at me<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 908 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Paradoxes are fun, until you&#8217;re caught inside of one. Such as: trying to remember who tampered with your memory. My only clues that it had even happened were &#8220;Ursula&#8221; and the fact that I couldn&#8217;t remember anyone by that name.<\/p>\n<p>The pharma man gasped and lurched into a sitting position. I sent silent encouragement to the nanobots, thinking &#8220;<em>whatever it is you&#8217;re doing, keep doing it<\/em>.&#8221; The pharma man&#8217;s return to consciousness was apparently rather unpleasant, and between coughing jags he muttered numerous words which <em>may be inappropriate for children under 13<\/em>, and a few that I considered inappropriate for myself. But the risk of him dying, and therefore the risk of his nanobot-infested remains falling into Colloquillian hands, seemed to have passed.<\/p>\n<p>I hadn&#8217;t thought about my studies of digital mysticism in years. It was almost as if, until moments ago, they weren&#8217;t part of my backstory. Could that be another clue? A theory took shape in my mind. Whoever altered my memory had tried to suppress everything related to my being a digital mystic, which must mean Ursula was connected in some way to that part of my life. Had she stolen my jacket, or my memories? Or both? Or neither? I patted the phone in my pocket. Whoever messed with my brain, they must have used nanobots. If I could transfer the ones from the pharma man into myself, maybe they could reverse the damage. It would be <em>one weird trick<\/em> to pull off.<\/p>\n<p>Fleur nudged me in the ribs, and I realized that I had &#8212; again &#8212; neglected my diplomatic duties whilst lost in speculation. The ambassador had just said something that I only caught the end of: &#8220;&#8230; but <em>I do look mighty cute in riding boots<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Checks out,&#8221; I said. Then, turning back to my wife, &#8220;There is an urgent matter that I must attend to around the corner. Excuse me.&#8221; And I strode off before she had time to object.<\/p>\n<p>Once out of view, I took the phone back out and ordered the nanobots to march the pharma man over to where I waited. And waited. It clearly shouldn&#8217;t take more than a few seconds, so I peeked out to see what was going on. No one but the pharma man spotted my sneaky peeking, but he wasn&#8217;t moving. The only sign that he was being influenced by the microscopic implants under my alleged control was the way he kept <em>looking furtively at me<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>bonus points for using them in order<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stichomancy Writing Prompts\" href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompts\/\">about stichomancy writing prompts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompt-generator\/\">try our stichomancy writing prompt generator!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>whatever it is you\u2019re doing, keep doing it may be inappropriate for children under 13 one weird trick I do look mighty cute in riding boots looking furtively at me Tune in next time part 908 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments Paradoxes are fun, until you&#8217;re caught inside of one. 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