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When asked how she and Cornelius had met, [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura Drake]] couldn't exactly recall, explaining that they “must have run into each other at something, early on” and had subsequently “[seen] each other off and on for a while”. Eventually, around 1958, she suggested they go somewhere together out of the blue. After Laura declined “a marathon ride on the Tube”, driving through the countryside in Jenny's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini Mini], or travelling to “far-away, fantastical lands, wondrous imaginary places only found in the wildest fantasies? [[Neverland]]! [[Tir na Nog]]! [[Oz]]! [[France]]!”, Cornelius settled on an idea without telling her what it was, and drove her at to [[Liverpool]] to see [[the Quarrymen]] play, the significance of which was entirely lost on Laura at the time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How Jenny First Met… (short story)|How Jenny First Met…]]'') | When asked how she and Cornelius had met, [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura Drake]] couldn't exactly recall, explaining that they “must have run into each other at something, early on” and had subsequently “[seen] each other off and on for a while”. Eventually, around 1958, she suggested they go somewhere together out of the blue. After Laura declined “a marathon ride on the Tube”, driving through the countryside in Jenny's [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mini Mini], or travelling to “far-away, fantastical lands, wondrous imaginary places only found in the wildest fantasies? [[Neverland]]! [[Tir na Nog]]! [[Oz]]! [[France]]!”, Cornelius settled on an idea without telling her what it was, and drove her at to [[Liverpool]] to see [[the Quarrymen]] play, the significance of which was entirely lost on Laura at the time. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How Jenny First Met… (short story)|How Jenny First Met…]]'') | ||
After being one of the versions of Jenny summoned by [[Universe F (Paying It Forward)|one world]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere 6 (Paying It Forward)|Jenny]] to help spook a [[Sandy-haired man (Paying It Forward)|sandy-haired man]] who'd gotten on the bad side of the local Jenny and apparently did not believe her claims of being a multi-dimensional entity, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'') she later joined the afterparty with twenty or so other Jennies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'', ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'') She bickered at length with [[Jeanne Partout (Paying It Forward)|Jeanne Partout]], a version of Jenny who was as emphatically French as Jenny Cornelius was English, with [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|the “Kim's friend” Jenny]] doing what she could to keep the level of acrimony subdued. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'') | [[File:London mews Dog Days of Sumer.png|thumb|left|The “secluded mews” in Central [[London]] which housed Cornelius's home. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dog Days of Sumer (short story)|Dog Days of Sumer]]'')]]After being one of the versions of Jenny summoned by [[Universe F (Paying It Forward)|one world]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere 6 (Paying It Forward)|Jenny]] to help spook a [[Sandy-haired man (Paying It Forward)|sandy-haired man]] who'd gotten on the bad side of the local Jenny and apparently did not believe her claims of being a multi-dimensional entity, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'') she later joined the afterparty with twenty or so other Jennies. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'', ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'') She bickered at length with [[Jeanne Partout (Paying It Forward)|Jeanne Partout]], a version of Jenny who was as emphatically French as Jenny Cornelius was English, with [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|the “Kim's friend” Jenny]] doing what she could to keep the level of acrimony subdued. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'') By this time, Jenny Cornelius was living within a “secluded mews” in central London. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dog Days of Sumer (short story)|Dog Days of Sumer]]'') | ||
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=== A horror in Slough === | === A horror in Slough === | ||
At some later point, driving back to London after some excursion in the [[Mod Rod]], Jenny dropped by her | At some later point, driving back to London after some excursion in the [[Mod Rod]], Jenny dropped by her “[[Mr Fell (The Folly of Men)|favourite bookseller]]”. He was not in himself, but she stumbled upon his [[Crowley (Birds and Snakes)|Crowley]], who tipped her off about some cultists in [[Slough]] worshipping an entity calling itself the [[Tenth Lord Grell]]. Jenny phoned [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura]] and found that the [[Intelligence Taskforce]] were indeed aware of this cult: in fact, based on a notion that a young woman would be “inconspicuous”, which Laura found rather patronising, they had assigned Laura herself to go investigate. Laura unsuccessfully tried to convince Jenny to stay out of Slough. | ||
After finding the right building, Laura was, however, captured and tied up in a storeroom. Jenny arrived soon after, learning about Laura's general whereabouts using a pendulum inset with a lock of her hair, and about her ''exact'' whereabouts from the heavy guarding the door. After shifting one guard to parts unknown and spooking the other one by switching his weapon with a ceramic lamp, she easily banished Lord Grallyx, though not before he set the building on fire, and used her powers to unlock the door, finding Laura halfway through getting out of her bindings by herself. Because Jenny didn't want Laura's bosses to know about her [[shift]]ing abilities, she took care to make up a plausible cover story before she used them in Laura's vicinity, claiming to Laura that she was actually using hypnotism to make her forget the means by which they escaped their dire circumstances (rather than them having genuinely teleported to the safety of Laura's home in the blink of an eye). Laura was personally unconvinced but agreed to write as much in her report, which she headed off to type, though promising to spend the night with Jenny as soon as she was done. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birds and Snakes (short story)|Birds and Snakes]]'') | After finding the right building, Laura was, however, captured and tied up in a storeroom. Jenny arrived soon after, learning about Laura's general whereabouts using a pendulum inset with a lock of her hair, and about her ''exact'' whereabouts from the heavy guarding the door. After shifting one guard to parts unknown and spooking the other one by switching his weapon with a ceramic lamp, she easily banished Lord Grallyx, though not before he set the building on fire, and used her powers to unlock the door, finding Laura halfway through getting out of her bindings by herself. Because Jenny didn't want Laura's bosses to know about her [[shift]]ing abilities, she took care to make up a plausible cover story before she used them in Laura's vicinity, claiming to Laura that she was actually using hypnotism to make her forget the means by which they escaped their dire circumstances (rather than them having genuinely teleported to the safety of Laura's home in the blink of an eye). Laura was personally unconvinced but agreed to write as much in her report, which she headed off to type, though promising to spend the night with Jenny as soon as she was done. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birds and Snakes (short story)|Birds and Snakes]]'') | ||
=== Ancient hounds === | |||
On her way back home from shopping at [[Marks & Spencer]], Jenny stumbled into [[Mr Fell (The Folly of Men)|Mr Fell]], who explained to her that he was having trouble with a [[Hounds of Tindalos|surviving Hound of Tindalos]] who'd been let loose by a [[British Museum]] curator's careless with a certain [[Sumer]]ian artefact. After the creature attacked them, Fell mentioned to Jenny that in the old days, he'd fought the creatures using fire; with Fell no longer having access to a [[flawing sword]], Jenny handed him [[Jenny Cornelius's lightsaber|a replacement]] she'd picked up [[Star Wars Galaxy|very far away]] at some point. After the ravening creature was duly dispatched, Cornelius pocketed the weapon again and headed on home. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Dog Days of Sumer (short story)|Dog Days of Sumer]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||