旁敲側擊

旁 = 六 + 冖 + 方 : Mnemonic symbol: bourbon, 波旁.

The beast (六) just entered the anglepod (ang2) and got a quest from Pinocchio (p). Pinocchio asked the beast to fit a cooking top (冖) into a square (方). If he succeeds, he'll get a bottle of bourbon (旁), so the beast is jumping on the cooking top madly trying to push it through the square.

敲 = 攴 + 高 : Someone built a skyscraper (高) in front of the aorta (ao1) without the Queen of Hearts' (qi) consent. First the Queen angrily knocks at the door using the door knocker (攴), but as no one answers she hits (敲) the door with a battering ram.

侧 = 亻 + 则 : Wu Zetian (则) and the King of Chu (c) got married in the elevator's bathroom (e4) and after the ceremony they are so drunk that they have to lean against (侧) Rosa Luxemburg (亻) to not fall down.

击 = 凵 + 扌 : Joan of Arc (ji) locked herself out of the space station again. In front of the space station (Ø1) she tries to break (击) the door open using her electric mortar (击). The mortar has to be a few meters away from the door but the receptacle (凵) for its cord is right next to the door, so Joan of Arc plugs the mortar in using a toy claw (扌).