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[otc] 19.1 - cool hand luke quote
Oct. 1st, 2008 10:29 am"Let me know you're up there. Come on. Love me, hate me, kill me, anything. Just let me know it."
The one thing he hadn’t completely anticipated was the sensory deprivation of being submerged in the dark swinging in midair. In a way, holding his breath is a saving grace because the discomfort of being unable to breathe keeps him grounded.
It didn’t help that he had four false starts to this thing, three of them quite real. First the water was too cold, and it took him nearly twenty minutes to restore control of his muscles while they refilled the barrel with warm water. Then he was having problems getting the safety line into the barrel during a dry run on the ground.
That had been staged for dramatic effect…he’d been rehearsing all week, and he had plenty of room to maneuver.
( The last two false starts had scared the crap out of him... )
Muse: Tommy Karras
Fandom: Original Character
Words: 474
The one thing he hadn’t completely anticipated was the sensory deprivation of being submerged in the dark swinging in midair. In a way, holding his breath is a saving grace because the discomfort of being unable to breathe keeps him grounded.
It didn’t help that he had four false starts to this thing, three of them quite real. First the water was too cold, and it took him nearly twenty minutes to restore control of his muscles while they refilled the barrel with warm water. Then he was having problems getting the safety line into the barrel during a dry run on the ground.
That had been staged for dramatic effect…he’d been rehearsing all week, and he had plenty of room to maneuver.
( The last two false starts had scared the crap out of him... )
Muse: Tommy Karras
Fandom: Original Character
Words: 474
