Subject: Yep. From the Hitchhiker's Guide continuum.
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Posted on: 2013-12-06 19:32:00 UTC

Frank, one of the FicPsych secretaries, is the only named one so far, but there could be more.

They're known as Hooloovoo, and, to put it in Star Trek terms, they're photonic lifeforms. They exist as hyperintelligent telepathic blue light. How Frank manages to get any paperwork done as a photonic entity, I don't know, but that's not really a question that's ever come up in-universe, so I'm assuming there's some method to it.

So, pertaining to your agent, you mean she's like a tulpa, shaped from all of the fanfiction on the site, or an aspect of such a being? Or was she formed based on the idea that if there are enough stories in one place, strange things happen, ala Unseen University's library? Or is her birth a side effect of something? Was she an actual entity prior to her discovery of OFUM and separation from her birth zone, or was she some sort of abstract digital force bonded to the site itself?
Will her partner be a similar entity, and if so, how do they view the Agents rescued from FF.net stories? What sort of physical form does she take, if any? And is that her natural form, or does she shift into it to interact with others? And what does she think of Quotev?

I ask because 1) it isn't really all that clear the way you said it and 2) these are important things to think about in case you'll need to deal with them when writing. Origins can affect disposition and worldview, which can drive character interactions. Except for the last question. That one was mostly just curiosity.

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