A bit of synchronicity - Bob posted a Song of the Day that ties into BSBW, and I've just written the scene where Doug finds out that it's the right song. I'm only posting half of the scene, starting with a paragraph that Bob will recognize...
"I suppose the lions in that circus you worked for got big bowls of oatmeal every morning, then?" I put the sketchbook down and looked her straight in the eye. "There's deceit, self-deceit, and pig-headed stupidity, girl, and you look like you're well past the first two and more than hip-deep into the third."
She squealed in rage, then ran into the jungle.
Well, we'd have to go after her later. Again. For now, though, I thought it better to let her think about what I'd just said.
I switched on my helmet and started my real project for the morning: looking for a song to open a portal to my next destination. I called up my list of possible portal songs, picked a song from it at random, and read its lyrics. Then I thought about what I had read. It might work, but I'd never do that to Maggie. Ever. I love my wife, and can't even imagine cheating on her. But that's just proof that I have a burning love for her, as the song says ... On the other hand, with the local mana level so low, I could only try to open a portal once or twice a week. Maybe I could give my power a little push and get it to accept the song.
I looked out to the bay, saw that Marie was waving to me, and waved back. If anything was to go wrong, at least she'd know about it. I keyed the song's code into my helmet computer's keypad, sat down, focused my willpower, and hit the "go" button. It wasn't pleasant; forcing my talent to do what I want with a song is never pleasant. But it worked; a gateway opened on the beach, just out of my reach. I cancelled the song, the gateway disappeared, and I collapsed.
If I put my mind to it, and stopped GMing the MiB / Sailor Moon game I'm running, I might actually get Chapter 1 done sometime soon. As it is, I hope to have it finished before the end of the year... (I really should make more time to write.)
Oh, yes... chapter titles. I have two, and would appreciate ideas for the other two...
Chapter One: Life's A Beach
(The Lincoln Island arc)
Chapter Two: Once More Onto The Beach
(The Red Noah arc)
Chapter Three: ???
(The Africa arc, which won't go anything like canon by the end... "Just before the battlewagon exploded, I saw a small flyer launch from near its bow. The pilot was good; he rode the shockwave of the blast like a pro from back home.")
Chapter Four: ???
(The big fight)
-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
"I suppose the lions in that circus you worked for got big bowls of oatmeal every morning, then?" I put the sketchbook down and looked her straight in the eye. "There's deceit, self-deceit, and pig-headed stupidity, girl, and you look like you're well past the first two and more than hip-deep into the third."
She squealed in rage, then ran into the jungle.
Well, we'd have to go after her later. Again. For now, though, I thought it better to let her think about what I'd just said.
I switched on my helmet and started my real project for the morning: looking for a song to open a portal to my next destination. I called up my list of possible portal songs, picked a song from it at random, and read its lyrics. Then I thought about what I had read. It might work, but I'd never do that to Maggie. Ever. I love my wife, and can't even imagine cheating on her. But that's just proof that I have a burning love for her, as the song says ... On the other hand, with the local mana level so low, I could only try to open a portal once or twice a week. Maybe I could give my power a little push and get it to accept the song.
I looked out to the bay, saw that Marie was waving to me, and waved back. If anything was to go wrong, at least she'd know about it. I keyed the song's code into my helmet computer's keypad, sat down, focused my willpower, and hit the "go" button. It wasn't pleasant; forcing my talent to do what I want with a song is never pleasant. But it worked; a gateway opened on the beach, just out of my reach. I cancelled the song, the gateway disappeared, and I collapsed.
If I put my mind to it, and stopped GMing the MiB / Sailor Moon game I'm running, I might actually get Chapter 1 done sometime soon. As it is, I hope to have it finished before the end of the year... (I really should make more time to write.)
Oh, yes... chapter titles. I have two, and would appreciate ideas for the other two...
Chapter One: Life's A Beach
(The Lincoln Island arc)
Chapter Two: Once More Onto The Beach
(The Red Noah arc)
Chapter Three: ???
(The Africa arc, which won't go anything like canon by the end... "Just before the battlewagon exploded, I saw a small flyer launch from near its bow. The pilot was good; he rode the shockwave of the blast like a pro from back home.")
Chapter Four: ???
(The big fight)
-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