{"id":7858,"date":"2021-04-12T15:54:57","date_gmt":"2021-04-12T19:54:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=7858"},"modified":"2021-04-12T15:54:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-12T19:54:57","slug":"i-watched-the-boat-sail-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-watched-the-boat-sail-away\/","title":{"rendered":"I Watched the Boat Sail Away"},"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\" \/>a journalist will leap from a bush<\/li>\n<li>poured out of her mouth like bees<\/li>\n<li>teeth are pointy<\/li>\n<li>I know I got high<\/li>\n<li>just inside the tree line<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 587\u00a0<\/strong><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I watched the boat sail away into the setting sun. When I could no longer see it, I turned to study our new surroundings. I am always wary in a new location. My family is notorious, and I am married to the Contrarian Warlord&#8217;s daughter. I never know when <em>a journalist will leap from a bush<\/em> and wave a camera or a microphone in my face. It happens all the time, as I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ve noticed in this tale of mine.<\/p>\n<p>The beach was pebbly. Beyond the high-tide line, snow blanketed everything, obscuring the terrain, the greenery, and any lurking journalists. I led Tessa along the shore, searching for any signs of habitation. The first thing we found was a fountain with a statue of a nude woman in the center. Icicles <em>poured out of her mouth like bees<\/em> from a bursting balloon, and the carved balloon she held above her head was full of stinging insects.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Wow,&#8221; said Tessa. &#8220;Her <em>teeth are pointy<\/em>!&#8221; She seemed to miss the significance.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<em>I know I got high<\/em>er scores than you on the SAT,&#8221; I said, &#8220;but surely you recognize Buzzlyncia, the Contrarian goddess of Tabloid Journalism.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Are we in Contraria then?&#8221; she asked.<\/p>\n<p>Before I could answer I caught sight of movement<em> just inside the tree line<\/em>, and then the unmistakable whir and click of a high-speed camera shutter. &#8220;Cover your face!&#8221; I cried. &#8220;They&#8217;ve found us!&#8221;<\/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>a journalist will leap from a bush poured out of her mouth like bees teeth are pointy I know I got high just inside the tree line Tune in next time part 587\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments I watched the boat sail away into the setting sun. When I could no longer see it, [&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":[91,208,403],"class_list":["post-7858","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stichomancy-prompts","category-writing-prompts","tag-bonus-points","tag-island","tag-tune-in-next-time"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858","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=7858"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7861,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7858\/revisions\/7861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7858"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7858"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7858"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}