{"id":9191,"date":"2023-02-20T08:40:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T13:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=9191"},"modified":"2023-02-19T16:10:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-19T21:10:29","slug":"i-edged-to-the-right","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/i-edged-to-the-right\/","title":{"rendered":"I Edged to the Right"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-13\" src=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/j-avatar-e1443983489508.png\" alt=\"by jen\" width=\"81\" height=\"81\" \/>that sister of yours<\/li>\n<li>a fleeting intensity in his look<\/li>\n<li>too much truth serum<\/li>\n<li>sent a handwritten note<\/li>\n<li>New York\u2019s elite muckety-mucks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 775 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I edged to the right, gripping Tessa by the elbow. We could sneak away while Zeus and Fleur had each other distracted. On a vessel as large as a Contrarian Royal Airship there had to be some private place where we could talk uninterrupted.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I should have listened to <em>that sister of yours<\/em>,&#8221; Fleur said, snagging me by the collar. &#8220;She warned me you&#8217;d try to slip away.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Which of my sisters had she been talking to?<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Which of his sisters have you been talking to?&#8221; Tessa asked. &#8220;Most of them are liars.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Go away, Pamplemousse,&#8221; Fleur said. &#8220;I have business with my husband.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>A fleeting intensity in his look<\/em> told me Zeus Pamplemousse was greatly vexed to be dismissed like this. &#8220;<em>Too much truth serum<\/em> is poison for a relationship, Fleur,&#8221; the giant man grumbled. &#8220;You really ought to spare my feelings.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I wanted to spare your feelings I would have <em>sent a handwritten note<\/em>, and being the daughter of the Contrarian Warlord, it would have been a thing of calligraphic wonder. Now go.&#8221; She flapped her hand at him.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This isn&#8217;t over!&#8221; he roared. &#8220;<em>New York&#8217;s elite muckety-mucks<\/em> will hear of this! You&#8217;ll never be invited to another polo match!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fleur tightened her grip on my collar. &#8220;Come with me. And bring your robotic Ultra-Druid.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>bonus points for using them in order<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Stichomancy Writing Prompts\" href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompts\/\">about stichomancy writing prompts<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/stichomancy-writing-prompt-generator\/\">try our stichomancy writing prompt generator!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>that sister of yours a fleeting intensity in his look too much truth serum sent a handwritten note New York\u2019s elite muckety-mucks Tune in next time part 775 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments I edged to the right, gripping Tessa by the elbow. We could sneak away while Zeus and Fleur had each [&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":[91,403,551,486],"class_list":["post-9191","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stichomancy-prompts","category-writing-prompts","tag-bonus-points","tag-tune-in-next-time","tag-wife","tag-zeppelin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9191","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=9191"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9191\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9202,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9191\/revisions\/9202"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9191"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9191"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9191"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}