"My name is"

I stared at the nearly blank page in my typewriter, trying to come up with the next word. A name. My main character needed a name. It should be short, but emphatic. A single syllable would be best. Something that sounded important, like a leader, but not too important. A commanding name, but not a pretentious one.

I was searching for the name of a character in my story, but at the same time, so much more. I knew what was coming. I felt the need to warn the people of earth about their future. Of course, it was against the rules of the game to warn them directly. I could only leave hints and clues.

But writing stories, and passing my work off as fiction, was well within the rules.

That is why I had taken a human form, and even a human name. Katherine. For years I have lived as a middle-aged human female, searching for inspiration. Inspiration to write what needed to be a fundamentally human story.

I drummed my human fingers against the keys of the typewriter, thinking of names. John? No, too common. Jeff? No, too 'adult.'

It seemed strange. I, the Ellimist, a being who knew how to alter time and manipulate space, was at a loss for ideas in a fictional universe.

But then again, writing was much like music. It required so much more than just knowledge or power. There was something else there, a certain beauty in the words written on the page. It was up to me to capture that beauty in words of my own.

A name suddenly came to me. Yes, it was perfect. I punched four keys on the typewriter, finishing the first sentence.

Chik chik chik chik.

"My name is Jake"

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Yeah, this was just a short little musing about my thoughts of the true identity of Katherine Applegate. Hope you liked it.

Katherine owns the Ellimist, Jake, and herself. Got it?