{"id":2887,"date":"2015-05-06T08:56:54","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T12:56:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skelleyverse.com\/?p=2887"},"modified":"2015-05-03T16:58:15","modified_gmt":"2015-05-03T20:58:15","slug":"frank-asked-for-a-moment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/frank-asked-for-a-moment\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Asked For a Moment"},"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\" \/>straddled the embalmed cadaver<\/li>\n<li>borne upon the arms of demons<\/li>\n<li>gymnastics for the monkeys<\/li>\n<li>he buckled, confessing all<\/li>\n<li>turned toward the Plexiglas window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Frank asked for a moment to collect his thoughts. Then he drew a deep breath and began speaking as he picked up his sword belt, which <em>he buckled, confessing all<\/em> that we had heard was true. He explained why he&#8217;d <em>straddled the embalmed cadaver<\/em>, that such contact with the remains was his only means of learning the killer&#8217;s identity. How his consciousness was <em>borne upon the arms of demons<\/em> to the nether realm to converse with the deceased&#8217;s spirit. That, knowing we wouldn&#8217;t understand his methods, he first arranged for us to attend an exposition of <em>gymnastics for the monkeys<\/em> that roamed the parking lots at night, hoping it would distract us long enough for him to complete the mission and return. But the monkeys hadn&#8217;t held our interest, and we returned too early, which is how\u00a0we came to watch nonplussed as Frank <em>turned toward the Plexiglas window<\/em> and said, &#8220;I can explain.&#8221;<\/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>straddled the embalmed cadaver borne upon the arms of demons gymnastics for the monkeys he buckled, confessing all turned toward the Plexiglas window Frank asked for a moment to collect his thoughts. Then he drew a deep breath and began speaking as he picked up his sword belt, which he buckled, confessing all that we [&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":[370,122],"class_list":["post-2887","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stichomancy-prompts","tag-demon","tag-monkey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887","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=2887"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2891,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2887\/revisions\/2891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}