Monday, August 4, 2008

Seek the end and you'll find the means

So does anonymous writer need a name besides "she"? I'm not entirely sure. Let's ask her.

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Narrator: anonymous writer character, if you had a name what would it be?

Anonymous Writer Character: That's not possible, I'm anonymous.

Narrator: No you're not. You're somebody, aren't you? Everybody's somebody.

Anonymous Writer Character: Not really. I used to be imaginary. I'm just retired now.

Narrator: Imaginary friends can't retire

Anonymous Writer Character: Heck yes they can. I decided to become real.

Narrator: What's the difference, then.

Anonymous Writer Character: The difference is obviously that I'm real now.

Narrator: Well what's so great about being real? Oh, and can I call you AWC?

Anonymous Writer Character: AWC is fine.

Narrator: Ok, AWC. Why would you want to be real?

AWC: So that I could mean something to people for an extended period of time, and not be forgotten.

Narrator: But AWC, you're a fictional character that the real writer who's typing this right now created about a month ago. You're not real, you're never going to be real.

AWC: At least I'm more than just a voice.

Narrator: (sighs) True. True. So, got any friends?

AWC: My reporter friend who's so much cooler than me.

Narrator: Others?

AWC: Many. I have my fellow Order members, that's shadow and Jack. There's also Raven and all your mom's children, Paolo, Loretta, and Mary-Anne. There's Narcissa and Forget-me-not. Forget-me-not is a cat, Narcissa is just a Narcissist, but she will definitely discover what's up before we all do. Paolo is a foreigner, Loretta is a dragon lady, Mary-Anne is a maneater, Raven is probably sane, Jack is searching for his true self, and shadow is shadow. I think shadow might be an owl but I'm not positive, he seems more like a wolf to me.

Narrator: fewer things are worse than wolves disguised as owls.

AWC: I agree with you one hundred percent.

Narrator: got any more... um... characters?

AWC: Hmmm. Sensei and Chameleon. Then there's a suzumibachi. And a margarine-substitute. Then a hedgehog midget mastermind and a great mooselover. The list goes on.

Narrator: are any of these people real?

AWC: they aren't all people

Narrator: Which ones are people then?

AWC: your guess is as good as mine.

Narrator: So your name's going to stay AWC forever?

AWC: my name actually changes alot. And I have many of them. Many changing names.

Narrator: Oh great. You know what? AWC is good enough for me. Let's stick with that. Yeah. That works.

AWC: I have a question now.

Narrator: Ok, shoot.

AWC: Are you and me the same being?

Narrator: Are you and me the same being?

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