Quaternion snapping back to original rotation?

Okay, so basically, if the player enters a trigger object, it is meant to smoothly look at the object the noise came from. Problem is, after it has done this, the rotation goes back to its original rotation before the Quaternion was activated. I want it to carry on from the rotation that the Quaternion left off at.

This is the rotation I have...

Code (CSharp):

1. player.transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(player.transform.rotation, Quaternion.LookRotation(objectToRotateTowards.transform.position -  player.transform.position), Time.deltaTime * 10f);

And this might help as well..

This is the function that is called...

Code (CSharp):

1.     IEnumerator PlayerReaction()
2.     {
3.         Debug.Log("Player reaction called");
4.  
5.         player.GetComponent<CharacterController>().enabled = false;
6.  
7.         firstPersonController.enabled = false;
8.  
9.         reactionPlayerActive = true;
10.  
11.         yield return new WaitForSeconds(2.0f);
12.  
13.         Debug.Log("Seconds are over!!!!!!");
14.  
15.         reactionPlayerActive = false;
16.  
17.         player.GetComponent<CharacterController>().enabled = true;
18.  
19.         firstPersonController.enabled = true;
20.  
21.         firstPersonController.transform.rotation = player.transform.rotation;
22.  
23.         Destroy(this.gameObject);
24.     }

 

You could store the rotation in a Vector3.

 

why convert it? just store the original quaternion before you do the update to look at the object.