{"id":2965,"date":"2015-06-10T08:59:49","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T12:59:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.skelleyverse.com\/?p=2965"},"modified":"2015-06-09T09:00:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-09T13:00:08","slug":"it-was-the-kind-of-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/it-was-the-kind-of-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"It Was The Kind of Memory"},"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\" \/>madly dig at your ears with a Q-Tip<\/li>\n<li>endless chain of consequences<\/li>\n<li>the submersible&#8217;s robotic arm<\/li>\n<li>aka the Maine lobster<\/li>\n<li>a solitary llama was squeezed in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was the kind of memory that makes you want to <em>madly dig at your ears with a Q-Tip<\/em>, or with a fork, some implement that can eradicate it from your head. One little lapse that led to an <em>endless chain of consequences<\/em> and ever deepening despair, depths both figurative and literal. Allowing the code book to be thrown overboard, which meant the message from HQ couldn&#8217;t be deciphered and the ambassador&#8217;s questions couldn&#8217;t be answered. Now, a mile below the stormy surface, using <em>the submersible&#8217;s robotic arm<\/em> to retrieve the errant codex from the muck. Hoping to complete the task quickly and avoid a run-in with the armored patrol sub of Jack Rabies, <em>aka the Maine Lobster<\/em>. The ambassador knows more than he&#8217;s telling you, has some disturbing personal stake in the outcome. At his insistence, <em>a solitary llama was squeezed in<\/em> with you on the tiny sub. Fortunately, it knows how to operate the sonar array.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>bonus points for using them in 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>madly dig at your ears with a Q-Tip endless chain of consequences the submersible&#8217;s robotic arm aka the Maine lobster a solitary llama was squeezed in It was the kind of memory that makes you want to madly dig at your ears with a Q-Tip, or with a fork, some implement that can eradicate it [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[319,4],"tags":[335,91,172,387],"class_list":["post-2965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stichomancy-prompts","category-writing-prompts","tag-animal","tag-bonus-points","tag-spy","tag-submarine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965","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=2965"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2967,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2965\/revisions\/2967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}