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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] | ||
| featuring= [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|The Man in Grey]]<br>[[Dynamite Thor]]<br>[[Pixie Pristine]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Jenny Nowhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Repairer of Reputations]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | | featuring= [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|The Man in Grey]]<br>[[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]]<br>[[Pixie Pristine]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Jenny Nowhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Repairer of Reputations]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[M.F.S. office]], [[925th Universe]] | | setting= [[M.F.S. office]], [[925th Universe]] | ||
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[[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] rematerialises in the [[M.F.S. office]], back from her adventure on [[Nowhere Island]]. Checking the time, she is pleased to note that she appears to have returned twelve hours after she was kidnapped, meaning she at least dodged an afternoon of boring work. She also notices that she accidentally left the Island with [[Pixie Pristine]]'s [[Pixie Pristine's crystal ball|crystal ball]] still in hand, and guiltily sets it down on her desk. Just at that moment, [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]] enters the office, startling Over-There, who drops the ball. | [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] rematerialises in the [[M.F.S. office]], back from her adventure on [[Nowhere Island]]. Checking the time, she is pleased to note that she appears to have returned twelve hours after she was kidnapped, meaning she at least dodged an afternoon of boring work. She also notices that she accidentally left the Island with [[Pixie Pristine]]'s [[Pixie Pristine's crystal ball|crystal ball]] still in hand, and guiltily sets it down on her desk. Just at that moment, [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]] enters the office, startling Over-There, who drops the ball. | ||
Instead of shattering, however, it wakes up [[Dynamite Thor]], who it turns out sleeps on a mat on the floor of the office, which is more surprising to Jenny than the confirmation that the Man in Grey, too, actually lives in the building (which she'd always vaguely suspected). The Man in Grey begins to scold Jenny for her unexplained disappearance, prompting her to recount her bizarre kidnapping by [[Jenny Nowhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]], which Thor is sorry to have missed, as if there's one thing he loves, it's rescuing damsels in distress. The Man in Grey breaks off the conversation and agrees to let Jenny go home, provided she cleans up nicely in time for the next day, as they're expecting [[The Repairer of Reputations|a very important guest]]. | Instead of shattering, however, it wakes up [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]], who it turns out sleeps on a mat on the floor of the office, which is more surprising to Jenny than the confirmation that the Man in Grey, too, actually lives in the building (which she'd always vaguely suspected). The Man in Grey begins to scold Jenny for her unexplained disappearance, prompting her to recount her bizarre kidnapping by [[Jenny Nowhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]], which Thor is sorry to have missed, as if there's one thing he loves, it's rescuing damsels in distress. The Man in Grey breaks off the conversation and agrees to let Jenny go home, provided she cleans up nicely in time for the next day, as they're expecting [[The Repairer of Reputations|a very important guest]]. | ||
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* The [[M.F.S. office]] has motion-activated lights. | * The [[M.F.S. office]] has motion-activated lights. | ||
* [[Dynamite Thor]] created the “[[Thor Signaller]]s” by making grenades even louder. | * [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]] created the “[[Thor Signaller]]s” by making grenades even louder. | ||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
Revision as of 18:04, 27 January 2024
Workplace Reunion was a short story written by Callum Phillpott. The fourth in Phillpott's Jenny Over-There: The Nine-Two-Five Universe series, it also served as an epilogue to Family Business, a Jenny Everywhere Day The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids story by Aristide Twain which featured an endorsed guest appearance by Jenny Over-There herself.
Contents
Plot
Jenny Over-There rematerialises in the M.F.S. office, back from her adventure on Nowhere Island. Checking the time, she is pleased to note that she appears to have returned twelve hours after she was kidnapped, meaning she at least dodged an afternoon of boring work. She also notices that she accidentally left the Island with Pixie Pristine's crystal ball still in hand, and guiltily sets it down on her desk. Just at that moment, the Man in Grey enters the office, startling Over-There, who drops the ball.
Instead of shattering, however, it wakes up Dynamite Thor, who it turns out sleeps on a mat on the floor of the office, which is more surprising to Jenny than the confirmation that the Man in Grey, too, actually lives in the building (which she'd always vaguely suspected). The Man in Grey begins to scold Jenny for her unexplained disappearance, prompting her to recount her bizarre kidnapping by Jenny Nowhere, which Thor is sorry to have missed, as if there's one thing he loves, it's rescuing damsels in distress. The Man in Grey breaks off the conversation and agrees to let Jenny go home, provided she cleans up nicely in time for the next day, as they're expecting a very important guest.
Worldbuilding
Universes
- This story takes place in the home universe of Jenny Over-There.
Other
- The M.F.S. office has motion-activated lights.
- Dynamite Thor created the “Thor Signallers” by making grenades even louder.
Continuity
- This story acts as an epilogue to PROSE: Family Business. Jenny Over-There's cardigan is “still covered in the ashen remains of Castle Nowhere”, which actually constitutes a slight discrepancy with Family Business, where it was the mountain on which the Castle stood which was reduced to dust, and not the Castle itself.
- The upcoming visit of the Repairer of Reputations constitutes “the Great Higher-Ups hav[ing] finally responded to [the Man in Grey's] blunders during Pride Month”, referencing the events of PROSE: A Series of Queer Events.
Behind the scenes
Read online
Workplace Reunion was released on Archive Of Our Own, where it is still available.
