Moment to Moment

"Let's start with the idea of an infinite universe, or at least an infinite multiverse, okay?"

"Sure."

"That means that every moment, someone somewhere is finding a magic lamp. They wish for infinite wishes and become godlike rulers of the entire shebang."

"But we don't notice?"

"How long can you play a game with cheats active?"

"Well, it gets boring after... oh."

"Exactly. They always wish to go back to the way things were, and so we never notice these infinite trans-dimensional god-being invasions."

"Wow."

"Now we just find one of these assholes, beat him up, and we're all set."

Forget About Towel Service

They watched it on the viewscreen for a while.

"This doesn't mean anything," said Docker. "In a theoretically infinite universe, there's bound to be seeming patterns that crop up. A truly random sequence can manifest apparent runs or sequences as easily as random noise."

They watched the viewscreen a little longer. The object spun gently in space: a perfect replica of the Holiday Inn from downtown Boardman, Ohio, back on Earth. An escaped chocolate mint ricocheted off of the exterior camera.

"What I want to know is how they can justify those prices," said Waslo.

"Supply and demand?" Eretri suggested.