{"id":7687,"date":"2021-01-18T08:29:50","date_gmt":"2021-01-18T13:29:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=7687"},"modified":"2021-01-17T21:01:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T02:01:23","slug":"there-you-are-arlo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/there-you-are-arlo\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;There You Are, Arlo&#8221;"},"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\" \/>it&#8217;s not really hypnosis<\/li>\n<li>makes choo-choo noises<\/li>\n<li>famous for being stubborn<\/li>\n<li>in ill-fitted clothes<\/li>\n<li>both sucking on lollipops<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 563<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There you are, Arlo,&#8221; the new arrival said, looking at Jason who was now dressed as me dressed as the Viscount. It was the best man who had earlier given the roasty toast. &#8220;That was some bachelor party last night! If you&#8217;re lucky, I won&#8217;t tell Tessa all the details. But you know what they say, <em>it&#8217;s not really hypnosis<\/em> unless someone <em>makes choo-choo noises<\/em> when he hears the magic word.&#8221; He sneered and said, &#8220;Avocado!&#8221; while pointing at Jason.<\/p>\n<p>My brother is <em>famous for being stubborn<\/em> about only making train sounds when they were integral to his raps, and for a moment I thought we might be found out. But with a painful-looking eyeroll he began hooting like a steam engine <em>in ill-fitted clothes<\/em> and a ridiculous red wig.<\/p>\n<p>The best man guffawed.<\/p>\n<p>Jason might not get an opportunity to check out the honeymoon suite&#8217;s bathroom, but that was his problem. As long as he had this guy distracted I could make my getaway. As I ducked through the door the locomotive breathing stopped. I glanced back over my shoulder at the ersatz Viscount and his attendant and saw them <em>both sucking on lollipops<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I shuddered. That was not something I would want to do in a bathroom.<\/p>\n<p>Now all I had to do was steal the bride away from her wedding reception and find a way off this pirate-infested island.<\/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>it&#8217;s not really hypnosis makes choo-choo noises famous for being stubborn in ill-fitted clothes both sucking on lollipops Tune in next time part 563\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments &#8220;There you are, Arlo,&#8221; the new arrival said, looking at Jason who was now dressed as me dressed as the Viscount. It was the best man [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[319,4],"tags":[91,24,341,403,441],"class_list":["post-7687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stichomancy-prompts","category-writing-prompts","tag-bonus-points","tag-brother","tag-clothes","tag-tune-in-next-time","tag-wedding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687","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\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7687"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7691,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7687\/revisions\/7691"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}