Clarisse McClellan's Daughter

This fic is the first of what I suspect will become a gigantic series, all set in what ysabetwordsmith and I have termed the orange!verse, an alternate universe to the Schrodinger's Heroes series for which she gets a large amount of credit. She's not the only author responsible for that series, but I owe her for helping me turn my wish fulfillment daydreams into stories. This ficlet takes place in what we've termed the scarlet!verse, i.e. the core dimension. There is some spillover from the orange!verse, but that's a plot point, so I won't spoil it. For more info on the Schrodinger's Heroes project, see her journal. Upcoming fics will mainly be a) backdated a few years, and b) set in the orange!verse. This is meant as an establishing point.

( Adjacent Universe Splatter )

Footnotes get through like this:

* These are the bells that Pat hears. This is not the complete piece, but I couldn't find a recording of it in its entirety. I'll keep looking. I assure you, it starts as it goes on, emotional impact-wise.

*This fic's title comes from the phrase adjacent channel splatter, or interference from a nearby frequency on a radio dial.