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A Series of Queer Events (short story) (view source)
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===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
It's [[Pride Month]], and [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]], with his trademark thoughtless callousness, is attempting to coordinate the [[Multidimensional Finders Service]]'s pride campaign himself, rainbow-capitalism-style — including a special offer for callers to be able to find out, not only where items and people are located as usual, but also whether any people of their choice is a member of the queer community. | It's [[Pride Month]], and [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]], with his trademark thoughtless callousness, is attempting to coordinate the [[Multidimensional Finders Service (925th Universe)|Multidimensional Finders Service]]'s pride campaign himself, rainbow-capitalism-style — including a special offer for callers to be able to find out, not only where items and people are located as usual, but also whether any people of their choice is a member of the queer community. | ||
Work soon commences at the [[M.F.S. office]]; in addition to the usual calls for finding things, which come with their fair share of people asking fruitlessly about [[Jenny Everywhere]], [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] indeed starts getting calls from people asking about other people's sexualities, though she refuses to answer their questions. One of her calls, from a version of [[Captain Ahab]] who's managed to contact the M.F.S. to help him locate [[Moby Dick]], sees the conversation devolve when [[Ishmael]] asks Ahab, within earshot of the phone, if he can go to the [[Multi-Reality Pride Festival]] with [[Queequeg]]. | Work soon commences at the [[M.F.S. office]]; in addition to the usual calls for finding things, which come with their fair share of people asking fruitlessly about [[Jenny Everywhere]], [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] indeed starts getting calls from people asking about other people's sexualities, though she refuses to answer their questions. One of her calls, from a version of [[Captain Ahab]] who's managed to contact the M.F.S. to help him locate [[Moby Dick]], sees the conversation devolve when [[Ishmael]] asks Ahab, within earshot of the phone, if he can go to the [[Multi-Reality Pride Festival]] with [[Queequeg]]. | ||