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Random Sample
a short novel of the UBEA Backstage
by F-Cup Fitzgerald and Dabbler,
with a contribution from Kestral
The main thread of this work was initiated and for some time primarily carried on by F-Cup Fitzgerald; the remainder was co-plotted by F-Cup Fitzgerald and Dabbler, with the bulk written by the latter. A contribution from Kestral was later integrated into the main thread.
The story consists of a main thread comprising 106 episodes, with two minor branch threads consisting of 11 episodes that have been integrated into the main one, for a total of 117 episodes. Of these 22 episodes were written by F-Cup Fitzgerald, 94 by Dabbler (one of them unsigned), and 1 by Kestral. Wordcounts from a chain view of the main thread and individual copies of the remaining episodes indicate a length of about 78,587 words, that of a short novel.
Chronologically "Random Sample" follows directly on events of the "Monster's Ball" thread. Internal references make it plain that "Marco Polo," the Forum meta-thread including episode 237329, and the MIG invasion thread are also parts of this thread's past. Previous threads in which FCF knew Patti Farinelli are recalled by him but not her, implying that they are parallel threads. Farinelli does later, as a chest-slave, recall the "Visions of Farinelli" thread, specifically cited to as a parallel thread she should ordinarily not retain memories of. MarkT's threats in other threads to ban FCF from the UBEA are also mentioned.
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