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'''''Preludes and Distractions''''' was a Jenny Everywhere story written by [[Creepingmonsterism]]. | '''''Preludes and Distractions''''' was a Jenny Everywhere story written by [[Jeanne|Creepingmonsterism]]. | ||
== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
=== Plot === | === Plot === | ||
[[Jenny Everywhere]] is trying to focus on an exam, but her wandering mind causes her to [[shift]] into [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|a universe]] in which the events of [[Alexandre Dumas]]' ''The Three Musketeers'' really occured and a new "fifth musketeer" is actually that universe's Jenny in disguise. Fighting alongside her friends [[Athos]], [[Porthos]], and [[Aramis]], she takes on the fearsome [[Cardinal Dracula]]- but will she ever remember to shift back into her literature class and finish the exam? | [[Jenny Everywhere]] is trying to focus on an exam, but her wandering mind causes her to [[shift]] into [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|a universe]] in which the events of [[Alexandre Dumas]]' ''The Three Musketeers'' really occured and a new "fifth musketeer" is actually that universe's Jenny in disguise. Fighting alongside her friends [[Athos]], [[Porthos]], and [[Aramis]], she takes on the fearsome [[Cardinal Dracula]]- but will she ever remember to shift back into her literature class and finish the exam? | ||
==== Worldbuilding ==== | ==== Worldbuilding ==== | ||
* Jenny can see what she is doing in other universes at any given time. Thinking too hard about one of those universes can cause her to involuntarily shift into it. | * Jenny can see what she is doing in other universes at any given time. Thinking too hard about one of those universes can cause her to involuntarily shift into it. | ||
* Jenny tried to remain in [[Literature Exam Universe|one universe]] for as long as possible because she wanted to get into physics and invent faster than light travel by studying the ordinary human way, and completing all of her exams. On one of these exams, on the topic of 19th-century French literature, she received a B. | * Jenny tried to remain in [[Literature Exam Universe|one universe]] for as long as possible because she wanted to get into physics and invent faster than light travel by studying the ordinary human way, and completing all of her exams. On one of these exams, on the topic of 19th-century French literature, she received a B. | ||
* Jenny can communicate with other versions of herself through universes. | * Jenny can communicate with other versions of herself through universes. | ||
==== Universes ==== | ==== Universes ==== | ||
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* In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], Cardinal Dracula, a [[Mind Flayer]] and an old foe of the Three Musketeers, had the ability to turn into mist, could only be harmed by a wooden stake through the heart, and could transform into a dragon using the [[Reliquary of Baphomet]], for which reason he was referred to as the "Son of the Dragon". | * In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], Cardinal Dracula, a [[Mind Flayer]] and an old foe of the Three Musketeers, had the ability to turn into mist, could only be harmed by a wooden stake through the heart, and could transform into a dragon using the [[Reliquary of Baphomet]], for which reason he was referred to as the "Son of the Dragon". | ||
* In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], Jenny's teacher did not know what a "Mind Flayer" was, but nonetheless informed her that there were none in The Three Musketeers. | * In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], Jenny's teacher did not know what a "Mind Flayer" was, but nonetheless informed her that there were none in The Three Musketeers. | ||
=== Continuity === | === Continuity === | ||
* The Jenny from the universe in which she took an exam later appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Voyage (prose story)|The Last Voyage]]'' | * The Jenny from the universe in which she took an exam later appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Voyage (prose story)|The Last Voyage]]'' | ||
*[[Cardinal Dracula]] would later reappear in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Black Void (gamebook)|The Black Void]].'' | *[[Cardinal Dracula]] would later reappear in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Black Void (gamebook)|The Black Void]].'' | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
=== Read online === | === Read online === | ||
''Preludes and Distractions'' | ''Preludes and Distractions'' was made available on the author's Tumblr blog, being available at [https://thejennyeverywhereproject.tumblr.com/post/58190151247/preludes-and-distractions this link]. | ||
