Subject: Or the plothole could go straight to HQ.
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Posted on: 2008-07-15 11:40:00 UTC
That sort of thing seems to have happened a fair bit. Or L-space, perhaps? Or merely getting lost.
Things might fall between cracks between worlds, perhaps.
...and the ownership of Response Centre #1764, Department of Floaters.
A writing sample can be found here; it's a random and rather strange little Redwall-based oneshot from my Pit of Voles account (it was all I could think of at the moment; apologies in advance for weirdness and morbidity).
http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4183158/1/EaterOfThe_Dead
Brief descriptions of Agents are as follows:
Agent Teek: The definite extrovert. Hailing from the Real World, Teek is a cheerful, mildly psychotic, extremely klutzy sixteen-year-old, who finds everything from foxes to cuttlefish positively adorable. She has a fervent love for anything remotely pointy and sharp, and very loud punk, rock, and power-metal (much to her partner's displeasure). She refuses to wear skirts, dresses, or any clothing that isn't black; fortunately, this works out fine.
Obsessions include, but are not limited to: Harry Potter, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, Discworld, and a lot of Monty Python. Still retains a bit of the die-hard Redwall fanaticism of her middle-school years, as well, and positively adores Pirates Of The Caribbean.
She's a realist (though her definition of reality is to turn the music up louder and ignore it), as well as a cynic.
Agent Crebaina: The introvert. As her name infers, she's the Tolkien nut of the pair. Crebaina is seventeen, and also native to the Real World, although she doesn't seem to have acknowledged it too much during her stay. Despite the fact that she's calm, idealistic, and philosophical, she's a control freak and a ruthless Grammar and Canon Nazi. (This combination does not bode well.)
She has a very long temper (well, in comparison to the volatile Teek, at least), although the time before it finally snaps is time spent seething. Her loves, besides Tolkien, include His Dark Materials and anything by H.P. Lovecraft; her obsession with the latter borders on unsettling.
She shares her bit of the RC with her crow dæmon, Aeron, and her beloved iguana, François (he was a welcome gift).
*pantpant* Hope all this checks out. I am rather excited. :)
Crebaina hails from the Real World, but she has a daemon? How does that work?
Not being the resident Redwall expert, I'll trust Laburnum as far as the writing sample goes--though I will say cut back on the horizontal rules if you always use them that much. They're really distracting with such short sections.
~Neshomeh
Firstly, I don't use the horizontal lines that much- the piece was a weird little thing that kind of cut back and forth between thought and flashback; hence, the scene breaks. It's not exactly the best thing I've ever written.
Secondly... well, all right, that isn't going to work, as I can't readily find a plausible explanation. It was a sudden, spur-of-the-moment idea, really, and I'd totally forgotten that it doesn't easily compute. Although, it might not be too hard to re-write her as coming from Lyra's world... she'd just use different words for things, and have some slight cultural differences.
I was just unsure on how, exactly, random people from other universes would learn of Sues and the PPC, when both originated here. Is there an accepted answer?
(Because I've been working on the first mission a little, and the daemon seems to have stuck. It'd be interesting to write a character from Pullman's universe... that little question just bothers me.)
But thanks very much. :)
It could always be a Mini, that would be the first attempt.
Another likelyhood could be that, while she was born in Lyra's world, a badly-placed plothole put her into the Real World.
And lastly, maybe she was experimenting in her RC with bleeprin, alcohol, chocolate and cake to make an alcoholic Bleepolate cake when she was knocked out by the ensuing explosion. To this day, she believes she has a daemon that only she can see, while others simply wonder how much Bleepsinthe she's taken.
Personally I prefer number 2, but that's just me.
I like the plothole, though- she could easily have learned about the windows into other worlds, and mistaken a random plothole for one. Hoping, perhaps, to visit any number of interesting places... then, of course, ending up in HQ and learning about the menace that is Sue.
I have my explanation. You have inspired it. Everything now works out.
I love you. In a purely platonic fashion. Much, much thanks. *runs off to go re-write the longer bio on her Freewebs*
Number 2 is funny, though. xD I could see Teek becoming jealous about not being able to see her own dæmon, and since she's a devoted chocoholic...
That needs to be written in somewhere. You shall be credited. :P
April's a native of Lyra's world herself.
Whatever explanation you decide on, April and Fitch would be interested in talking with her.
Certainly, something could be worked out. I decided on a combination of ArcticBlade and wingnut's answers, and a full, re-written description can be found at the Agents' bios, here:
http://www.freewebs.com/teekandcrebaina/agentbios.htm
She seems to have handled the initial culture shock relatively well (as well as the stranger shock of finding out that your world is someone else's fantasy), and isn't too outgoing by nature, but I'm sure she'd love an understanding face. Aeron probably misses seeing other dæmons, too.
Something shall have to be arranged.
That sort of thing seems to have happened a fair bit. Or L-space, perhaps? Or merely getting lost.
Things might fall between cracks between worlds, perhaps.
I know you, and I've read your work and it looks cool.
So what say you, Other Permission Givers? She definitely has my vote.