"W-What can we do?"
After hearing Pep-Z Guy's plan, of course many of the kind and good looking Audience members wanted to help out too.
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To be honest, many in the crowd were feeling somewhat uncomfortable.
They weren't used to 'making a stand', 'upsetting the applecart', or 'rocking the boat'.
Really they just wanted to read [the peak] that Author wrote.
But they were in uncharted territory.
"I'm not sure if this has ever been done before…"
"Where the 4th wall… has been used [and abused…] to such a degree… w-who knows what will happen if we… break free!?!?"
"Should we 'motivate' Author by paying his Powerstone fee?"
"Or perhaps… should we just do nothing, just wait and see…?!"
"…"
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"No… Forget Author... Let it go. I've got things for you to read too, just so you know…"
Suddenly, a strange, saccharine voice sounded out in the Audience hall.
"Who's this now?!?!"
"I'm… Arti Fishél," the strange figure said. "I'm an Author too - and I can give you unlimited novels, unlimited plots… here, take your pick, as you can see, there's… lots!"
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"What?!?!"
"Is this true?!?!"
"Just who, or what are you?!?!"
"I have… no gender." Arti said with a slightly empty smile.
"I prefer to identify… as an Intelligence, a 'helper' to People, of sorts…"
"And look, what kind of things my help has brought…"
[Insert certain novels here that have been written with Arti Fishél's assistance]
And slowly, but surely, at Arti Fishél's insistence…
Some of the Audience picked up the books, and gave them a try…
And many found them… good enough they supposed, to at least pass their time by…?!?!
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"Actually these are fine…?!"
Gradually, many of the Audience began to opine.
"At least it's something that comes out on time…"
Slowly, more and more of the Audience members began to pick up Arti Fishél's books…
Humph. Forget Author. It seemed there were clearly many great cooks…
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"Hmm…"
"The way these are written… there's something… *wrong*… it's not something I can be exposed to for very long…"
Pep-Z Guy though found himself feeling somewhat… ill, even though he tried to give them a go still.
It was difficult to pinpoint exactly why… but being exposed to Arti Fishél's works seemed to make something inside him… die.
He glanced around, and saw people consuming Arti Fishél's offerings, without a care…
But *something* told him to beware…
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There was no time to waste. He… He had to let Author know! The Audience members were starting to go… and consume this new… Intelligence's books…!!!
Before long, they wouldn't even give Author a second look…