{"id":2353,"date":"2014-08-13T08:15:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-13T12:15:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skelleyverse.com\/?p=2353"},"modified":"2014-07-17T11:56:45","modified_gmt":"2014-07-17T15:56:45","slug":"helen-had-almost-finished","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/helen-had-almost-finished\/","title":{"rendered":"Helen Had Almost Finished"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/k-avatar.png\" alt=\"k-avatar\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>&#8212; and to a lesser extent the cat and the horse<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Exactly!&#8221; whispered the doctor<\/li>\n<li>finished powdering her nose<\/li>\n<li>a killer whale&#8217;s muzzle<\/li>\n<li>felt a strange quiver<\/li>\n<li>dark brown man<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Helen had almost <em>finished powdering her nose<\/em>, which was a noteworthy accomplishment. It looked like nothing so much as <em>a killer whale&#8217;s muzzle<\/em>, broad yet graceful, and packed with needle-sharp teeth.<\/p>\n<p>Lurking in the closet, and watching Helen&#8217;s reflection through a gap in the door, the <em>dark brown man<\/em> <em>felt a strange quiver<\/em>. He drew a deep breath.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Be still!&#8221; hissed a nearly inaudible voice behind him. Hunkered below the hanging skirts and gowns were two more people, and it was the gawky northerner who&#8217;d shushed him. The other, \u00a0a savage beauty almost as dark as the dark brown man, rolled her exquisite eyes in a meaningful manner. <em>&#8220;Exactly!&#8221; whispered the doctor<\/em>, &#8220;<em>&#8212; and to a lesser extent the cat and the horse<\/em>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stichomancy Writing Prompts\" href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompts\/\">about stichomancy writing prompts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompt-generator\/\">try our stichomancy writing prompt generator!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; and to a lesser extent the cat and the horse &#8220;Exactly!&#8221; whispered the doctor finished powdering her nose a killer whale&#8217;s muzzle felt a strange quiver dark brown man Helen had almost finished powdering her nose, which was a noteworthy accomplishment. It looked like nothing so much as a killer whale&#8217;s muzzle, broad yet [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[319],"tags":[339,187,349],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stichomancy-prompts","tag-creature","tag-doctor","tag-gonzo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","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=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2354,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions\/2354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}