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| hero(es)=[[Jenny Everywhere]] | | hero(es)=[[Jenny Everywhere A (Preludes and Distractions)|Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
| featuring=[[Athos]]<br>[[Porthos]]<br>[[Aramis]]<br>[[D'Artagnan]]<br>[[Cardinal Dracula]]<br>[[Jenny's teacher (Preludes and Distractions)|Jenny's teacher]] | | featuring=[[Athos]]<br>[[Porthos]]<br>[[Aramis]]<br>[[D'Artagnan]]<br>[[Cardinal Dracula]]<br>[[Jenny's teacher (Preludes and Distractions)|Jenny's teacher]] | ||
| setting=[[ | | setting=[[Universe A (Preludes and Distractions)|Unnamed universe]]<br>[[Cardinal Dracula's Universe]] | ||
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| length=1057 words | | length=1057 words | ||
| writer(s)=[[Jeanne]] | | writer(s)=[[Jeanne Morningstar]] | ||
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| dates= | | dates=December the 17th, 2011 | ||
| original_link=[https://thejennyeverywhereproject.tumblr.com/post/58190151247/preludes-and-distractions] | | original_link=[https://lists.eyrie.org/pipermail/racc/2011-December/008685.html]<br>[https://thejennyeverywhereproject.tumblr.com/post/58190151247/preludes-and-distractions]<br>[https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.comics.creative/c/Gu2sllHDtMQ/m/Pa5JPGIeBgAJ] | ||
}}'''''Preludes and Distractions''''' was a Jenny Everywhere story written by [[Jeanne|Creepingmonsterism]]. | }}'''''Preludes and Distractions''''', sometimes titled '''''Journey into Procrastination''''', was a Jenny Everywhere story written by [[Jeanne Morningstar|Creepingmonsterism]]. | ||
Originally published under a Creative Commons attribution license, this story was dedicated to the public domain in 2022 to avoid the potential for [https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211210/12134948095/beware-copyleft-trolls.shtml copyleft trolling]. | |||
==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 | [[Jenny Everywhere A (Preludes and Distractions)|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 occurred and a new "fifth musketeer" is actually [[Jenny Everywhere#The fifth musketeer|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. | ||
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* Jenny can communicate with other versions of herself through universes. | * Jenny can communicate with other versions of herself through universes. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
*In [[ | *In [[Universe A (Preludes and Distractions)|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 | *In [[Cardinal Dracula's Universe|another universe]], in which the events of the ''Three Musketeers'' actually occurred, 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 [[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 a universe referred to by Jenny as [[Earth-44]], [[Alexandre Dumas]] wrote a version of ''The Three Musketeers'' in which [[Cardinal Dracula]] appeared. | ||
====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
*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 [[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 [[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]], [[Jenny Everywhere'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]], [[Aramis]], before learning that Jenny was actually female, found her "strangely attractive". | ||
*In one universe, [[Cardinal Dracula]] had corrupted the state and the church. He resided in the aptly-named [[Cathedral of Cardinal Dracula]]. | *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]], 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 First Voyage ( | *[[Jenny Everywhere A (Preludes and Distractions)|The Jenny from the universe in which she took an exam]] later appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The First Voyage (short story)|The First 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]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]].'' | ||
*Jenny's adventures as a musketeer fighting Cardinal Dracula were revisited, or echoed, in greater length as part of [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere (novel)|The Hermetic Garbage of Jenny Everywhere]]''. | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
===Read online=== | ===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]. | Two years after its [https://lists.eyrie.org/pipermail/racc/2011-December/008685.html'initial release], ''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]. | ||
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