{"id":7261,"date":"2020-06-01T08:34:24","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T12:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=7261"},"modified":"2020-05-30T17:26:17","modified_gmt":"2020-05-30T21:26:17","slug":"an-expensive-snakeskin-jacket-and-a-notoriously-bad-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/an-expensive-snakeskin-jacket-and-a-notoriously-bad-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"An Expensive Snakeskin Jacket and a Notoriously Bad Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13\" src=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/j-avatar-e1443983489508.png\" alt=\"by jen\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>on her face and neck<\/li>\n<li>\u201cLook at that thing, man.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>strange suction-cup-shaped marks<\/li>\n<li>sees my face<\/li>\n<li>nickname was Cookie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 497\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>An expensive snakeskin jacket and a notoriously bad memory? There was only one person John could think he was talking to, my brother Troy. Troy, whose <em>nickname was Cookie<\/em>, looked exactly like his twin Trent, but he didn&#8217;t look much like me. &#8220;As soon as John <em>sees my face<\/em> and its total lack of <em>strange suction-cup-shaped marks<\/em>, he&#8217;ll know I&#8217;m not Troy,&#8221; I thought. &#8220;Or Trent for that matter, but Trent is known for his exceptionally sharp memory and his ludicrously expensive but little-worn crocodile skin jacket. It&#8217;s easy to tell them apart.&#8221; Worse than John discovering that he was not talking to Troy would be having John discover he was not talking to Troy by discovering the real Troy. I needed a distraction so I could get away from John and observe from a distance.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Look at that thing, man.&#8221;<\/em> I pointed to a woman on the other side of the cavern with a large tattoo <em>on her face and neck<\/em>. When John turned away, I ducked under the buffet table. And none too soon. Almost immediately a pair of bare feet approached, sticking out of white yeti pants.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why are we bothering to bid on Jim?&#8221; Troy asked. He didn&#8217;t even try to do a yeti voice.<\/p>\n<p>John&#8217;s voice was exasperated. &#8220;We just talked about this! Your memory is a shambles!&#8221;<\/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>on her face and neck \u201cLook at that thing, man.\u201d strange suction-cup-shaped marks sees my face nickname was Cookie Tune in next time part 497\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments An expensive snakeskin jacket and a notoriously bad memory? There was only one person John could think he was talking to, my brother Troy. 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