{"id":2797,"date":"2015-03-11T09:16:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-11T13:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skelleyverse.com\/?p=2797"},"modified":"2015-03-01T15:16:44","modified_gmt":"2015-03-01T20:16:44","slug":"oh-god-do-you-think-this-town-has-a-taco-truck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/oh-god-do-you-think-this-town-has-a-taco-truck\/","title":{"rendered":"Oh God, Do You Think This Town Has a Taco Truck?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>I helped him to do it!<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\" \/><\/li>\n<li>for a grander fate!<\/li>\n<li>we knew we\u2019d have a reasonable turnout<\/li>\n<li>you suck!<\/li>\n<li>Oh god, do you think this town has a taco truck?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;<em>Oh god, do you think this town has a taco truck?<\/em>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I had to answer carefully, and so chose not to say anything at all. I had only just met Darlene so I didn&#8217;t know yet whether she was testing me. Was she relying on the secret meaning of &#8220;taco truck&#8221; or was she just hungry? I took the exit ramp, so our options would be open.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>You suck!<\/em>&#8221; Darlene spat. My knuckles turned white on the wheel, but then she laughed. Only then did I notice she was playing a game on her phone, and it was the game which had elicited her condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Maybe, if there is a taco truck,&#8221; I said cagily, &#8220;we should pick up a few extras to take along.&#8221; We were almost to the meeting site. <em>We knew we&#8217;d have a reasonable turnout<\/em> and the catering was bound to be inadequate.<\/p>\n<p>She shrugged. A clever counter-agent hoping I&#8217;d tip my hand? Or just the apathetic teenager she appeared to be? Maddening. When had my career degenerated into these pointless road trips? My training had certainly prepped me <em>for a grander fate!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Darlene put away her phone and sighed. &#8220;If there is a taco truck,&#8221; she said, &#8220;you keep the driver occupied so I can sneak up on him with the chloroform. Then we&#8217;ll have to ditch this car and roll up to the meeting in the truck.&#8221; She stared at the trees and utility poles along the highway for a silent moment. &#8220;And if there&#8217;s not, well, I guess we&#8217;ll find a drive-through and get some lunch. Play things by ear later on.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I looked at my smiling reflection in the rear-view mirror, watching all my worries recede with the\u00a0trees and poles. I never should have doubted Darlene&#8217;s integrity, should have known Edgar wouldn&#8217;t let me down. He set up\u00a0a perfect system for recruiting these operatives, which I knew only too well because <em>I helped him do it!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>bonus points for using them in reverse order!<\/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>I helped him to do it! for a grander fate! we knew we\u2019d have a reasonable turnout you suck! Oh god, do you think this town has a taco truck? &#8220;Oh god, do you think this town has a taco truck?&#8221; I had to answer carefully, and so chose not to say anything at all. 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