Lucid Waking

Archive for June 29th, 2010

Secrets of the Blue House

        “Excuse me,” Nicolas yelled out his car window to the man walking on the board sidewalks beside the street. “Can you tell me how to get to the Fontaine Mansion?”
        The man on the street paused and turned his head slowly. He was a bent and weathered old man whose stature seemed to suggest the later half of his life was spent in a rocking chair or bent over a bar counter.
        “You mean the Blue house?” he asked Nick. His jaw seemed to rotate as he drawled it, as if his mouth needed the circular motion to keep it moving.
        “Sure,” Nick said. He reached over and shut off the air-conditioning.
        “Well, you just have to keep going down this street and then turn left on Chestnut. Chestnut will take you to Prairie (you turn right) and then you want to take Prairie out of the city to Nottingham. I believe you turn right onto Nottingham and continue on down. You can’t miss it. It’s bright blue.”
        “Thanks,” Nick said, putting his hand up in a wave. He placed his hand down on the window button, which lifted the window with a soft whir. Then he turned the air conditioning on, again.

Author’s comments on 389: Ugh. I’ve been bit by the uninspired, unmotivated bug. I think I know where this is going, but I’m not positive. More of the story at a later date.