{"id":5824,"date":"2018-08-22T08:22:24","date_gmt":"2018-08-22T12:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=5824"},"modified":"2018-08-20T21:16:34","modified_gmt":"2018-08-21T01:16:34","slug":"my-flight-departure-gambit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/my-flight-departure-gambit\/","title":{"rendered":"My Flight-Departure Gambit"},"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\" \/>three grotesque human figures<\/li>\n<li>and her boyfriend Dennis<\/li>\n<li>a single powerful bite<\/li>\n<li>It\u2019ll be a great workout<\/li>\n<li>Brooklyn Bridge costume<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 312 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>My flight-departure gambit was having no effect on the torchlit baccanal in the temple hut, so I switched to the direct approach.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Tessa! We need to go now!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>She wrenched her face away from Jove&#8217;s and glared at me. Reflected in her eyes were <em>three grotesque human figures and her boyfriend Dennis<\/em> from her undercover days after Academy. I blinked, realizing that the fourth shadowy reflection was in fact my own, with Jason&#8217;s appearing as an uncanny echo. Dennis was long dead.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Come on!&#8221; I beseeched her upside-down face. &#8220;We have to get out of here.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But she shook her head, her hair flaring like a poodle skirt from her inverted scalp. &#8220;I have my own way out. But you should take John, if you can pry him loose from Carla.&#8221; She resumed kissing Jove, her passion so great it seemed she would devour his head in <em>a single powerful bite<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Let&#8217;s drag John out of here,&#8221; Jason lisped with a shrug. When my expression fell, he added, &#8220;<em>It&#8217;ll be a great workout<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was strenuous, but nothing about it was great. All of us were slippery and Carla didn&#8217;t want to let John leave. In thrall to the aphrodisiac Jove gave her, she didn&#8217;t want to let any of us leave. Jason showed himself fully willing and able to take advantage of this, so I secured John in a headlock and she welcomed Jason in exchange.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aunt Xylona! We&#8217;re on our way!&#8221; I shouted while John strained to escape my grasp. I passed backwards through the slats covering the door of the hut, feeling as foolish as the Statue of Liberty wearing a <em>Brooklyn Bridge costume<\/em>.<\/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>three grotesque human figures and her boyfriend Dennis a single powerful bite It\u2019ll be a great workout Brooklyn Bridge costume Tune in next time part 312 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments My flight-departure gambit was having no effect on the torchlit baccanal in the temple hut, so I switched to the direct approach. 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