{"id":8284,"date":"2021-12-29T08:41:21","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T13:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=8284"},"modified":"2021-12-28T14:25:26","modified_gmt":"2021-12-28T19:25:26","slug":"i-blinked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-blinked\/","title":{"rendered":"I Blinked"},"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\" \/>so very cute<\/li>\n<li>climbed into bed with her<\/li>\n<li>with the ashen pallor and anxious charisma of a new and fresh heartbreak<\/li>\n<li>a dying snake in a free road-side couch<\/li>\n<li>didn\u2019t need Arturo<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 656 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I blinked. My lashes brushed something in the dimness, and gradually I assembled meaning from the rough pressure on my nose and forehead. I was lying face-down on the carpet. I rolled onto my side and tried to remember how that had happened.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Aw, he&#8217;s awake,&#8221; cooed Dr Ferguson. &#8220;You look <em>so very cute<\/em> down there, but you&#8217;ll certainly be more comfortable up here.&#8221; She patted the mattress. I crawled the few feet across the floor and then <em>climbed into bed with her<\/em>. She wore only night-vision goggles, and her nude skin glowed <em>with the ashen pallor and anxious charisma of a new and fresh heartbreak<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>We seemed to be alone. &#8220;What happened to Arlo?&#8221; I asked in a somnambulist&#8217;s mumble.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You were, it seems, too much man for him. He will never return to me.&#8221; She laughed, but couldn&#8217;t hide her bitterness.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sorry,&#8221; I said. I meant it, for although getting any affection from the viscount would be like getting <em>a dying snake in a free road-side couch<\/em>, I didn&#8217;t like to be the cause of her current unhappiness. &#8220;You don&#8217;t need him. You never needed him.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve already shown me that,&#8221; she said. Her goggles glinted in the filtered moonlight. &#8220;Thank you, truly, for showing me that I <em>didn&#8217;t need Arturo<\/em>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Arlo,&#8221; I corrected.<\/p>\n<p>She cleared her throat. &#8220;Right, Arlo.&#8221; Rosy overtones flowed across the pallor of her lithe form.<\/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>so very cute climbed into bed with her with the ashen pallor and anxious charisma of a new and fresh heartbreak a dying snake in a free road-side couch didn\u2019t need Arturo Tune in next time part 656 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments I blinked. 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