While looking through some of the songs that are in Doug's Arsenal but aren't yet in the stickies (mea culpa), I realized that there's one scene that simply must be written in a "Doug visits Fenspace" stagger. So I wrote that scene first.
It's in Doug's POV:
The least I could do for my hosts in exchange for the songs they'd given me was to clear up one of their mysteries. I picked up a lump of gelled handwavium and concentrated on it. "System, load song 'Who Made Who'. Play song."
When I regained consciousness, I was flat on my back in what appeared to be a small infirmary. "Are you all right?" asked Yoriko.
"I think so..." I sat up, then layed down again. "Except for a horrid ringing sensation in my head when I move."
The door opened and closed again, and I heard Mr. Scott's voice. "How's our guest doing?"
"I'm awake, but my head hurts. What happened?"
"Damned if I know. I've never seen handwavium do that before. I hope I never see it happen again." He was shaking his head when he stepped into my field of view. "The goop... imploded, I think. At least, we can't find any of the lump you were holding when you collapsed. But I have to ask: what were you doing with it?"
"I thought I was doing you a favor. I have a song in my collection that tells me who or what created what I'm concentrating on."
"And you tried using it on the handwavium, didn't you?" He whistled. "That's the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question in this universe... What did you find out?"
I frowned. "Nothing."
Oh, yes - this is post-DW X, so Doug's learned about transfictionality. Hence Noah's casual mention of "this universe".
(And did folks spot the pop-culture reference? It isn't an easy one unless you're a particular sort of Canadian...)
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
It's in Doug's POV:
The least I could do for my hosts in exchange for the songs they'd given me was to clear up one of their mysteries. I picked up a lump of gelled handwavium and concentrated on it. "System, load song 'Who Made Who'. Play song."
When I regained consciousness, I was flat on my back in what appeared to be a small infirmary. "Are you all right?" asked Yoriko.
"I think so..." I sat up, then layed down again. "Except for a horrid ringing sensation in my head when I move."
The door opened and closed again, and I heard Mr. Scott's voice. "How's our guest doing?"
"I'm awake, but my head hurts. What happened?"
"Damned if I know. I've never seen handwavium do that before. I hope I never see it happen again." He was shaking his head when he stepped into my field of view. "The goop... imploded, I think. At least, we can't find any of the lump you were holding when you collapsed. But I have to ask: what were you doing with it?"
"I thought I was doing you a favor. I have a song in my collection that tells me who or what created what I'm concentrating on."
"And you tried using it on the handwavium, didn't you?" He whistled. "That's the sixty-four-thousand-dollar question in this universe... What did you find out?"
I frowned. "Nothing."
Oh, yes - this is post-DW X, so Doug's learned about transfictionality. Hence Noah's casual mention of "this universe".
(And did folks spot the pop-culture reference? It isn't an easy one unless you're a particular sort of Canadian...)
-Rob Kelk
--
Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012