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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Preludes and Distractions'' (short story)}} | {{DISPLAYTITLE:''Preludes and Distractions'' (short story)}} | ||
'''''Preludes and Distractions''''' was a Jenny Everywhere story written by [[Jeanne|Creepingmonsterism]]. | {{Short Story | ||
== Contents == | |||
=== Plot === | | title1=''Preludes and Distractions'' | ||
| image1=Preludesanddistractions.png | |||
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| hero(es)=[[Jenny Everywhere]] | |||
| featuring=[[Amos]]<br>[[Porthos]]<br>[[Aramos]]<br>[[D'Artagnan]]<br>[[Cardinal Dracula]]<br>[[Jenny's teacher (Preludes and Distractions)|Jenny's teacher]] | |||
| setting=[[Exam Universe]]<br>[[Cardinal Dracula's Universe]] | |||
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| length=1057 words | |||
| writer(s)=[[Jeanne]] | |||
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| dates=August 13, 2013 | |||
| original_link=[https://thejennyeverywhereproject.tumblr.com/post/58190151247/preludes-and-distractions] | |||
}}'''''Preludes and Distractions''''' was a Jenny Everywhere story written by [[Jeanne|Creepingmonsterism]]. | |||
==Contents== | |||
=== 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 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 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 can communicate with other versions of herself through universes. | * Jenny can communicate with other versions of herself through universes. | ||
====Universes==== | |||
* In [[ | *In [[Literature Exam Universe|one universe]], in which ''The Three Musketeers'' existed as a book, Jenny took a class on French literature, and believed that she would be able to have great adventures there if she could manage to finish her exams. | ||
*In [[Cardinal Dracula let's universe|another universe]], in which the events of the ''Three Musketeers'' occured as written, Jenny, upon arriving in [[France]], disguised herself as a man and became the "fifth musketeer". This universe was not devoid of the supernatural; it was the home of a [[Mind Flayer]] called [[Cardinal Dracula]] whom the Musketeers fought. | |||
*In [[Omega Sphinx Universe|one universe]], into which Jenny peered but did not shift, Jenny had just solved the Riddle of the [[Omega Sphinx]]. | |||
*In a universe referred to by Jenny as [[Earth-44]], [[Alexandre Dumas]] wrote a version of ''The Three Musketeers'' in which [[Cardinal Dracula]] appeared. | |||
* In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], Jenny was traveling from [[China]] on a ship when it was wrecked by a tornado, leaving her the only survivor. She washed up in [[France]] and disguised herself as a male, joining the Three Musketeers. | ====Other==== | ||
* In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], [[Jenny's father]] was a merchant who gifted her a wooden bokkeh. | |||
* In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], [[Aramis]], before learning that Jenny was actually female, found her "strangely attractive". | *In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], Jenny was traveling from [[China]] on a ship when it was wrecked by a tornado, leaving her the only survivor. She washed up in [[France]] and disguised herself as a male, joining the Three Musketeers. | ||
* In one universe, [[Cardinal Dracula]] had corrupted the state and the church. He resided in the aptly-named [[Cathedral of Cardinal Dracula]]. | *In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|one universe]], [[Jenny's father]] was a merchant who gifted her a wooden bokkeh. | ||
* 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]], [[Aramis]], before learning that Jenny was actually female, found her "strangely attractive". | ||
* 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 one universe, [[Cardinal Dracula]] had corrupted the state and the church. He resided in the aptly-named [[Cathedral of Cardinal Dracula]]. | ||
=== Continuity === | *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". | ||
* The Jenny from the universe in which she took an exam later appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Last Voyage (prose story)|The Last Voyage]]'' | *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=== | |||
*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 == | |||
=== Read online === | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
===Read online=== | |||
''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]. | ''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]. | ||
