Granted, I'm by no means fluent, but I have family who are. I asked around, and I think a fairly close translation would be 만드는 사람, which roughly translates to 'person who makes' or 'maker.' It's probably not definitive or anything, but I hope this helps?

"물건 만들기," or, romanized, "Mulgeon Mandeulgi." Not sure how accurate that is, but it's not that much for Google to mistranslate. And according to the Wikipedia pronunciation guide, my best English approximation is "mool-guhn muhn-dool-gi".

Make of that what you will.

"Did you hear that?" he asked.

Hear what? the Sunflower Mathematician replied.

"There was a thud," O'Ryan continued. "And... hey, where did all the cashews go?"

The Sunflower Mathematician "looked" down at his desk. Not certain. There is no leftover logic coding from them. I suspect... He "glanced" over at another wall. Ah. A breach in the Fourth Wall. I will fix that.

A pause. Nothing seemed to happen physically, but, downstairs, a certain colorful vampire shivered and cursed.

There. It is fixed, the Flower said finally. No more issue.

---

BREAKING NEWS! A breach in the Fourth Wall?

Written by Dr. Val Burner, Head of Division of Logic Coding, human.

Edited by Sunflower Mathematician, Head of CPP in general, Flower.

The Sunflower Mathematician has just reported a small breach in the Fourth Wall, which apparently stole a bunch of cashews, leaving no "leftover code" behind. We will keep you updated.

The editor has removed an entire section about speculation on the PPC because it involved the "tinfoil theory," a theory firmly debunked and is not allowed in the newspaper. The writer has paid the appropriate fines for trying to spread the theory again (78th time this has happened. After the 50th, fines began.) in the news.

We no longer have cashew problems, but please don't send us cashews again.

"You're making a dreadful mistake," Wojtek said evenly, watching as Sarkan hefted a sledgehammer.

"The readers want to know, and I need to tell them. Plus it'll be-"

"I can't tell you what will happen when you do that, but I can tell you it will be ugly," Wojtek said.

"Why can't you-"

"Because it won't be funny," Epsilion cut in, "I've sent a wire to FicPsych and Finance already. Whiskey? We're getting out of here."

Wojtek sighed, following Epsilion as the two strode out of Sarkan's office, cashews crunching under their boots as they did so.

Sarkan eyed his target, which seemed awfully thin. The Fourth Wall. He slowly rocked back with his hammer, before striking it firmly.

---

"Well, I told him," Epsilion deadpanned, prodding Sarkan's unconscious form with his boot.

"What do you think he asked?" Wojtek wondered.

"Don't ask. He probably asked about the cashews."

"What does any of this have to do with that parallel PPC?"

"Cashews. Scrap of their paper said they were having cashew problems."

"Do you reckon the Department of Finance will-"

"Absolutely."

"Should we send an op-ed to these individuals on the nature of Sues?"

"What do you mean, Whiskey? I've seen enough "logic" in the PPC to know it won't work. Logic doesn't make sense here, so any logical argument we construct will be logical to us and ergo illogical to them. If we're convinced by it, it won't convince them, and if we're not convinced by it, it probably won't convince them either. Better to observe, not waste our breath. I remember ways back someone said math actually hurt Sues. It's why-"

"How do you remember this with your-" Wojtek started.

"Look, I forgot how I remembered."

"That's not how it-"

"Yes. Shut up. It works like that. I scribbled it down in my notes. Memories come in and out of my head. Sometimes I remember, sometimes I forget."

"I'd rather forget we had this conversation."

"Agreed."

---

The Gossip Monitor

The finest in yellow page journalism

Note from the editor: refrain from breaking the Fourth Wall, Sarkan cannot feel his teeth and has been buried under a pile of cashews. Also the Finance department is suing us to pay for the repairs.

We will pay them in cashews. Because they're cash-ews.

Please send us stories to publish you can publish anything

Have you seen Agent Joan?

I am saying attempt to reform them, preferably by fixing their logic code and fixing those internal errors. It is odd that you cannot directly mess with the logic code of species and recruit former Sues. A lot of what you seem to imply is... peculiar to us.

We are currently working towards the goal of reworking "the logic code of every glittery being in the multiverse," as you put it, as well as working towards fixing the bad segments of canons to better match the canon itself, even if there are no Sues, Stus, or Ooos within the bad segment.

I am curious on what you mean by "sparklepires," so if you could reply to this message as soon as you are able to, I would be delighted.

-Sunflower Mathematician

((I'm making up some things about the Sunflower on the fly. I had a lot of HQ and backstory for CPP planned out (or in my head, at least) but not a ton about the Sunflower himself. Huh. -kA))

Then you are seriously mistaken. Honestly, luvvie, we’ve tried. Some are worth saving, like my partner but some like to catch agents and torture them for no logical reason. We can’t rework the logic code, as ya put it, of every glittery being in the multiverse, especially the ones who don’t want to be saved or changed. That being said, and I feel like I’ve been way too serious, we do have some sparklepires! Like my partner!

Honestly, I'm not surprised it didn't fly. It's fine. {= )

~Neshomeh

Written by Mr. G, Head of Division of Eager Logic Testing, Human.

Edited By Sunflower Mathematician, Head of CPP, Flower

It appears that the PPC has discovered The Mathematical Monitor just as we have discovered Multiverse Monitor (or Gossip Monitor, as it has apparently rebranded), seen through another copy of the paper.

"I hope the PPC is not entirely freaked out by our existence," the Sunflower Mathematician is quoted saying. "We are more disgusted by their intentional killing of Sues, Stus, and Ooos than panicked by their existence. It is much more humane to change their logic code and keep them alive."

When asked about if the PPC's sole purpose is to kill Sues, Stus, and Ooos, the Sunflower Mathematician notes that he "isn't entirely sure" but the "previous paper tend to lean in that direction." Also, when asked about what DMS, DES, or DIA could possible mean, the Sunflower Mathematician says, "They are probably names of departments, like how CDL stands for Complete Department of Logic, although what they stand for is a mystery. The PPC, likewise, is the short way of saying their organization, like how CPP is short for Continuum of Plot Protectors."

The editor has no other comments at this time, aside from a rant about how stupid the CPP's name is (from an interview with Dr. Val Burner) being removed for being off-topic.

---

In need of hypercubes? This very newspaper has too many! Accepting offers BELOW market value! We just really want to get rid of these things.

Also, whoever is sending us cashews please stop. The Sunflower Mathematician doesn't eat. Thank you.

I was trying to be sensitive to Lily by not making both my argument replies to her, but I'm afraid I was insensitive to you instead. I meant to reply to "this and everything above it on this subject," but I neglected to actually say so. If it felt like I was haranguing you personally, I didn't mean to and I'm sorry.

Since the whole point of this would be to keep everyone in the loop, I'd be happy to relay information to you one on one.

~Neshomeh

It's a minion that looks like a sword and is very useful for getting rid of enemies. Especially hordes of enemies that are getting bothersome.

• Bw

"I think you need to see this," Epsilion said, turning over the paper in his hand, "another one. These papers are getting common. Doesn't seem Suvian, though. Looks almost like one of ours, but different."

"A new AU?" Wojtek asked, sipping his tea.

"There's been a spike lately. I wonder if an incursion is imminent."

"You're always afraid of some form of invasion. Why you weren't assigned to the DES, I haven't the foggiest," Wojtek grunted.

"Because the Sod sucks at his job."

"I... do not object to that statement."

"Let's spread the word of this and-"

"You hold your tongue, there's no reason to stoke unnecessary fear."

"I merely said spread the word of this particular object. As it is, I will not hold my tongue, it is in my mouth right now."

"I see the phrase is lost."

Epsilion looked at his notes, flicking through them. "Ah. Here. 'To hold the tongue: to shut your stupid mouth.'"

"Your memory problems are-"

"Perfectly normal. Let's go talk to that guy who made that new paper. The other new paper. The one with the cashews."

---

The Gossip Monitor

The Finest In Yellow Journalism Today's topic: Alternate PPCs?

Officer Epsilion (DIA) and Agent Wojtek Bearington III (DMS) have approached our office with an interesting paper, from a "CPP", presumed to be an alternate PPC. Here's their interview.

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Sarkan: So, an alternate PPC?

Epsilion: Seems it. There's a "Sunflower Mathematician" instead of "Official" mentioned. Paper is marked the "Mathematical Monitor." It's like an alternate copy of the Monitor. Seems to track. I don't think anyone here seems familiar with any of this. Either we're getting punked, or there's something fishy going on.

Bearington: We know of other alternate PPCs. It is not an implausibility that this is merely another.

Epsilion: There are, or at least were also some others. Non-PPC organizations that did similar things to us. I think they're all gone now. I guess the Sues got 'em.

Bearington: Now is not time for fearmongering and conspiracy.

Epsilion: It is always important to be afraid.

Bearington: That is why you look so old.

Epsilion: I don't say you look fat, Whiskey, but I certainly could.

Sarkan: Let's stop with that, uh... I wonder why we haven't had two different Agencies end up in the same fic?

Bearington: We are presumably still outnumbered. Consider our turnover rate, consider the workload and how many we need to go through. Assuming an independent probability of assailing any particular target, we still end up with astronomical odds that two Agencies would end up in the same place at the same time. Travel between Agencies is also substantially harder, for reasons I've yet to discover.

Epsilion: I've heard Winfrey was trying to puzzle that out. She's a questioner. Those go either well or poorly. DOSAT's exploded enough times for us to know-

Sarkan: Let's not get off track. What do you think we should be doing about this?

Epsilion: We should-

Bearington: Remain calm. I don't believe they pose much of a threat.

Sarkan: Well, thank you for your time, gentlemen.

---

Have you seen Agent Joan? He owes us money.

The Gossip Monitor reprints rumors and stories from within the PPC. We make no claims as to the factual nature of our statements, and do not claim responsibility if any stories you submit engender libel suits or flamethrower attack. Contact Archivist Sarkan, Department of Personnel, if you wish to submit YOUR story here!

Urple is purple but worse, right? Well, my grad. outfit is already purple (school's main color). So now, I technically have a grad. cap that is worse than my original cap based on color alone!

...okay, I'll see myself out lol.

-kA

Have a bleen rubber duck!

-kA

I generally like to keep it lighthearted, and don't want to have super horrible things happen to my agents (even as I subject them to laws of comedy). About 'guya… he's actually the hardest character to write, since it's a challenge to keep his admirable traits from going into Stu territory and keeping his goofish traits fresh and funny, especially after the big character growth mission.

I'm talking about the Tinker-talent translation. Makes sense, since rendering certain stuff in hiragana is sometimes used to encompass two words (i.e. 書く and 描く).

So after a bit of searching I've found the author's profile on Fanfic.net and it looks like they've taken the story down to rewrite it. So here's the problem I have, because the author has taken the 'fic down to rewrite it because of the negative reviews it received (and hopefully to improve it) it is, at the very least, poor form to write a mission on it regardless, given that they've taken it down for the rewrite before you've been able to start the mission on it officially, I would say that it's not missionable at this time. Now if it gets reposted and it's just as bad as before then at that time you could mission it. However at this point in time I do not believe it is appropriate for the 'fic to be missioned, especially as we don't have access to the 'fic in it's original form.

That being said this will then be the second time you've had to re-pick a 'fic to go with this Permission Request, which I can understand is frustrating. If you've got a another badfic to spork for a first mission then let me know and when you update the permission request include the link in the document and I'll have a little look again.

Nova

Thinking about it, with the current Permission set up I can definitely see the good points to having one. I guess another point for it is if one PG sees a Permission Request but doesn't have the time/ability to deal with it at that point in time they can always drop a message in the chat to see if there's another PG who can pick it up.

Nova

In Chinese he'd probably be 制造匠人 (Zhizhao Jiangren), with 制造 meaning making, creating, and 匠人 meaning artisan. He was named Makes-Things by the Flowers specifically because he built the tech for them to harness plotholes and create HQ, so building and creation gets more emphasis than tinkering and fixing.

Incidentally, is the kanji form for Monozukuri 物造り?

But he can plausibly be called "Monozukuri-san" in Japanese. Fun fact: "Monozukuri" is the official translation for Tinker-talent in the Tinker Bell movies.

From what I read down (or lurked while pondering my return), we don't have many PGs active, to the point the latest Permission Requests took a while to get answered. And a Request is a more direct propt to action for a PG rather that them realizing on their own "hey, this guy/gal should be given/should try for Permission".

Let's face it, PGs are usually our older members, and as a result tend to be busy with Real Life things like work and families (by no fault of their own, of course!). Aside from the fact this system woudl likely entail the PGs to confront with each other about the prospective candidates, the sheer fact peopel have to stand out to be noticed doesn't really sit well with me.

There's really active people who whould have no issue, f course, but the more quiet ones would risk waiting several months if not years with the new systems. We encourage activity, of course, because we're a community first. But that the same time we shouldn't encourage always-in-your-face activity because otherwise you can't get the Shiny Thing.