Subject: The Fisherman and Evie
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Posted on: 2013-06-02 18:27:00 UTC
The Fisherman
Bridge Keeper: What is your name?
Fish: That doesn't have as straight an answer for me as it would for most people. Regardless, I'm called the Fisherman.
Bridge Keeper: What is your quest?
Fish: Defending the multiverse. From... well just about everything it seems. Oh, and trying not to get killed along the way.
Bridge Keeper: If I wanted to fit three 64-dimensional entities inside a 4D Sienna-Volsky trap, how much energy would I require?
(The Fisherman's eyes go wide for a moment. He starts babbling, frantically trying to calculate in his head. He picks up a stick.)
Fish: Mind if I do some working out? Go on, ask her the questions, come back to me.
(The Keeper nods, and the Fisherman begins scratching formulae into the dirt.)
Evie
Bridge Keeper: What is your name?
Evie: As the person who rescued me had absolutely no imagination or sense of shame, it is Evie. Encapsulated Virtual Intelligence Entity.
Bridge Keeper: What is your quest?
Evie: What he said. With the added burden of stopping him from practicing his hobby of 'doing the most insane thing possible'. Which is harder than it looks, believe me!
Bridge Keeper: Twilight or Mortal Instruments?
Evie: Oh for the love of... fine. Mortal Instruments. Only because I've been to the Twilight continuum and seen how bad it is. Maybe MI isn't so bad.
(Evie is allowed to cross. The Fisherman suddenly stops his calculation and stands up.)
The Fisherman, cont.
Bridge Keeper: Do you have an answer?
Fish: Do you?
Bridge Keeper: I do not understand.
Fish: You said "If you wanted to fit three 64-dimensional entities...". Well? Do you?
Bridge Keeper: That is not the question.
Fish: Logically, there were two questions in your response. That is ambiguous without clarification. So, unless you feel like taking a swim, shall we just forget this whole thing?
(The Bridge Keeper looks at the chasm behind him, and then nods. The Fisherman smiles and runs to catch up with Evie.)
Evie: What's a Sienna-Volsky trap?
Fish: No idea. Don't even think it exists. Why are we here? What is here anyway?