homodemens (homodemens) wrote in spinningcompass, @ 2020-08-23 09:42:00 |
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Entry tags: | !closed, !plot, dan torrance, ~higgs |
Let it Shine
Who: Dan Torrance, Higgs
Where: Higgs' Mind
What: Dan uses the Shine to investigate Higgs
When: Current time
Rating: TBD
Open: No
Status: Finished
As Dan's Shine reached out to Higgs' mind, he found the man pacing in a small room of the station in a tight little circle, with his hands clasped behind his back. Surface thoughts radiated from the man, few of them useful.
Should have kept myself quiet until I got that pizza. Man I am hungry. There's not a lot of famous Neils when you think about it. Niel Young. Niel Diamond. Heart of the Station. I wish I had two dicks. Not a lot of people like pineapple on pizza. You think that would be a more common thing. Tartar Sauce. Capers on a pizza now there's the devil. Fish. Beached things. Angels. Anchovies I can deal-
With care, consideration that he should run at any moment, his Shine scanned for something deeper, something more profound. A break, a chink, a path.
There.
Like pulling a thread on a jumper he found it, a way in. Past the blur of surface information, something deeper and more powerful.
Plan. Plan. Plan. Stick to the plan. You just need to wait and they'll see.
The thread had a pull of it's own, drawing Dan closer like the ebb and flow of the tide, the clawing pull and tug of tar that you sink deeper into.
He felt wetness around his ankles, he felt stone gravel on his shins, he felt rocks under his hands.
As Dan opened his eyes, he found himself alone on a stony beach, lying prone just at the edge of the water;