{"id":5976,"date":"2018-11-07T08:19:07","date_gmt":"2018-11-07T13:19:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=5976"},"modified":"2018-11-09T10:52:36","modified_gmt":"2018-11-09T15:52:36","slug":"i-loomed-over-the-panda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-loomed-over-the-panda\/","title":{"rendered":"I Loomed Over The Panda"},"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\" \/>the ferociousness of his kisses<\/li>\n<li>sexy brunette in tight jeans<\/li>\n<li>This is about your reputation?<\/li>\n<li>But my best friend tried to kill me<\/li>\n<li>a grimace and maybe some dried vomit<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 334 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I loomed over the panda, imagining the face behind that stubborn mask. A maniacal face, I was sure, a face wearing <em>a grimace and maybe some dried vomit<\/em>. On the other hand, maybe I had misread the situation. Maybe the panda and the armadillo hadn&#8217;t been in cahoots at all. Maybe the face would be familiar, even the face of my best friend.<\/p>\n<p><em>But my best friend tried to kill me<\/em>. He&#8217;d chained weights to my legs and trapped me in the tidal zone, and then he chased me with a harpoon. And it occurred to me that donning this ridiculous blue costume and attempting to kidnap an infant Contrarian royal was just the sort of thing he might do.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I bet it really is you,&#8221; I muttered, shaking my head. &#8220;That&#8217;s why you made sure the mask won&#8217;t come off, and why you won&#8217;t speak. But what&#8217;s your angle? You&#8217;re trying to impress some syndicate boss? Or the ninjas? <em>This is about your reputation?<\/em> I bet that&#8217;s it, and my daughter is just a pawn in your pathetic, petty, game.&#8221; I leaned down and poked the panda&#8217;s belly. &#8220;John!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The occupant of the mascot suit made a &#8220;hmph!&#8221; noise and sat up. The suit&#8217;s arms dangled limp, its wearer&#8217;s arms having been withdrawn into the bulbous torso. Soon there was a mechanical growling sound which it took me several seconds to identify as a heavy-duty zipper. The head tipped backwards and the neck seam finally opened up, unzipped from the inside. And I saw the face.<\/p>\n<p>It was not John.<\/p>\n<p>He stood up and stepped out of the costume, and I saw the effect he had on both Fleur and Isolde. Their eyes were glued to the <em>sexy brunette in tight jeans<\/em>, their mouths agape and eager to gauge <em>the ferociousness of his kisses<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>With hardly a glance at anyone else, he jutted his cleft chin at me.<\/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>the ferociousness of his kisses sexy brunette in tight jeans This is about your reputation? But my best friend tried to kill me a grimace and maybe some dried vomit Tune in next time part 334 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments I loomed over the panda, imagining the face behind that stubborn mask. 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