{"id":864,"date":"2025-09-24T14:02:31","date_gmt":"2025-09-24T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/?page_id=864"},"modified":"2025-09-24T15:31:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-24T13:31:41","slug":"99-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/99-2\/","title":{"rendered":"99"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Grim leads you over to a red pool table. After pressing a 50p piece into the slot, he explains the rules, introduces you to the cue, the balls and the chalk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201dIs that the same chalk you put on your face, mate?\u201d says Jinge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201dHe\u2019s just trying to break my focus,\u201d says Grim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>You take up the cue, chalk it as instructed by Grim, and line up your first shot. \u201cHave you got that stick the right way up?\u201d asks Jinge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201dDon\u2019t be a dick!\u201d suggest Karl.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>It\u2019s a better first shot than you expect. Slowly but steadily as you play, Grim wins this round, and then offers you his hand. \u201cYou played a good game. Very good for a beginner.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>\u201dLook, I\u2019ve got to\u2026\u201d you start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201c<\/strong>Get back to Bae?\u201d says Jinge. \u201cI\u2019d been meaning to ask, are you and her\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You make your excuses and leave! (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/79-2\/\">goto 79<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Grim leads you over to a red pool table. After pressing a 50p piece into the slot, he explains the rules, introduces you to the cue, the balls and the chalk. \u201dIs that the same chalk you put on your face, mate?\u201d says Jinge. \u201dHe\u2019s just trying to break my focus,\u201d says Grim. You take [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-864","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/864\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":967,"href":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/864\/revisions\/967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.iotacism.com\/2025\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}