{"id":5677,"date":"2018-06-06T08:30:54","date_gmt":"2018-06-06T12:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=5677"},"modified":"2018-06-03T20:36:36","modified_gmt":"2018-06-04T00:36:36","slug":"if-you-really-are-married","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/if-you-really-are-married\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If You Really Are Married&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-24\" src=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/k-avatar-e1443983846496.png\" alt=\"by Kent\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>where is your finger?<\/li>\n<li>questioning under sodium amytal<\/li>\n<li>Now dance for me<\/li>\n<li>it was a satisfying moment<\/li>\n<li>flung themselves savagely upon it<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 290 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If you really are married,&#8221; the old woman asked, &#8220;then <em>where is your finger?<\/em> Show me the ring.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t wear a ring, but just when it looked like I&#8217;d have to endure <em>questioning under sodium amytal<\/em> to explain why not, Tessa spoke up.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The fertility rite has been completed satisfactorily.&#8221; She glanced at me. &#8220;Numerous times.&#8221; She rounded on Jason. &#8220;And we have more important matters to deal with, such as open war between the mimes and the fire eaters, right here on this island. So,&#8221; she concluded in a booming voice, turning back to the old woman, &#8220;show me <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">your<\/span> ring! Prove that you are the Mizzenpreistess.&#8221; The crone held forth her right hand for inspection, and Tessa nodded at the brass-and-torquoise scorpion clinging to her middle finger. &#8220;Very good. <em>Now dance for me<\/em>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It could just be that I so seldom get to see nude female clowns ordering anybody around, but <em>it was a satisfying moment<\/em> indeed when the Mizzenpreistess did the funky chicken at Tessa&#8217;s command.<\/p>\n<p>The sound of dozens of people crashing through the jungle set my heart racing, but neither Tessa nor Jason seemed alarmed by the onrushing fire eaters. She put a hand on my arm to steady me as they erupted into the village. They converged on the hammock where the old woman had been sitting, and <em>flung themselves savagely upon it<\/em>. The first few flipped it right over, but they soon got the hang of it.<\/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>where is your finger? questioning under sodium amytal Now dance for me it was a satisfying moment flung themselves savagely upon it Tune in next time part 290 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments &#8220;If you really are married,&#8221; the old woman asked, &#8220;then where is your finger? 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