{"id":8061,"date":"2021-08-02T08:37:53","date_gmt":"2021-08-02T12:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=8061"},"modified":"2021-07-25T21:11:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T01:11:10","slug":"i-glanced-over-my-shoulder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-glanced-over-my-shoulder\/","title":{"rendered":"I Glanced Over My Shoulder"},"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\" \/>prizes to promote mingling<\/li>\n<li>licentious, creative French culture<\/li>\n<li>into a leather diaper<\/li>\n<li>she will marry a son of Zeus<\/li>\n<li>\u201cHello, Doctor.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 619 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I glanced over my shoulder, hoping to see someone else &#8212; anyone else &#8212; the old man could be talking about. I saw no one. And before I could make my escape, the two of them descended on me with so much back-slapping and hand-shaking it was as if they were attending a conference where the coordinator was awarding <em>prizes to promote mingling<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>I gathered from their excited exclamations that they had mistaken me for someone else, an expert in the <em>licentious, creative French culture<\/em> they loved so much. Something about my horny necromancer getup gave them that impression, although they kept trying to turn my cape <em>into a leather diaper<\/em>, despite my numerous protestations.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Pleasure to meet you, gentlemen,&#8221; I said, &#8220;But I need to return to my hotel.&#8221; The sooner I got away from these randy geezers, the sooner I could track down John.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hotel!&#8221; cried the marginally older of the two. &#8220;I won&#8217;t hear of it! Any son of Zeus Pamplemousse who dares to chance our fair Isles of Bumpengrynd will sleep under my roof!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The other one nudged me in the ribs and whispered loudly, &#8220;He wants you to meet his daughter. The prophecy says <em>she will marry a son of Zeus<\/em> Pamplemousse, and you&#8217;re the first to show up. As soon as you blow the lid off this whole thing, he&#8217;ll get the two of you in front of the shaman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I had, of course, heard of Zeus Pamplemousse. Who hadn&#8217;t? And given my current attire it was understandable that people would mistake me for one of his relatives. It was even sort of flattering. But what my life didn&#8217;t need was any more complications. I turned to dart away and ran right into a beautiful woman with a familiar face.<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;Hello, Doctor,&#8221;<\/em> she said. &#8220;Daddy told me you&#8217;d be arriving today.&#8221; She hooked one elbow with me and one with the oldest old guy. &#8220;Shall we head home and discuss the wedding?&#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>prizes to promote mingling licentious, creative French culture into a leather diaper she will marry a son of Zeus \u201cHello, Doctor.\u201d Tune in next time part 619 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments I glanced over my shoulder, hoping to see someone else &#8212; anyone else &#8212; the old man could be talking about. 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