{"id":9349,"date":"2023-05-29T08:40:11","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T12:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/?p=9349"},"modified":"2023-05-07T16:22:54","modified_gmt":"2023-05-07T20:22:54","slug":"choosing-a-code-name","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/choosing-a-code-name\/","title":{"rendered":"Choosing a Code Name"},"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\" \/>you rapacious bird of prey<\/li>\n<li>ever seen an old lady with a secret<\/li>\n<li>using a plain old corkscrew<\/li>\n<li>room-quaking vocal performances<\/li>\n<li>not even her children knew<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tune in next time part 803 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/tune-in-next-time\/\">Click Here for Earlier Installments<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Choosing a code name is something you shouldn&#8217;t overthink. Everyone wants something badass, something that will inspire one&#8217;s enemy to gasp, &#8220;Night Talon, <em>you rapacious bird of prey<\/em>! I surrender!&#8221; But it rarely works out that way. Mostly they laugh because you tried too hard. For that reason I was leaning more toward the seahorse or spaghetti end of the spectrum. I opted for Seahorse because it seemed the most innocuous. I mean, have you <em>ever seen an old lady with a secret<\/em> pasta recipe? They are vicious! My own grandmother once pinned my Aunt Z\u00fcg&#8217;s hand to the table <em>using a plain old corkscrew<\/em> when Z\u00fcg tried to guess the secret ingredient in her infamous buttered noodles. Z\u00fcg gave one of the most <em>room-quaking vocal performances<\/em> I&#8217;ve ever heard, screaming in pain and outrage. That was the thing about Granny. <em>Not even her children knew<\/em> what might set her off.<\/p>\n<p>So anyway, code names chosen, Enzo and the Seahorse were finally ready to make their next move.<\/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>you rapacious bird of prey ever seen an old lady with a secret using a plain old corkscrew room-quaking vocal performances not even her children knew Tune in next time part 803 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Click Here for Earlier Installments Choosing a code name is something you shouldn&#8217;t overthink. Everyone wants something badass, something that will [&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":[91,342,403,486],"class_list":["post-9349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stichomancy-prompts","category-writing-prompts","tag-bonus-points","tag-food","tag-tune-in-next-time","tag-zeppelin"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9349","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=9349"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9390,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9349\/revisions\/9390"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/runeskelley.com\/skelleyverse\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}