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+|villain(s)= [[Armagedda]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Insecto]]<br>[[Insect Person|Insect People]]<br>
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+|featuring= [[Professor Madison]]<br>[[Rodney Rabbit]]<br>[[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]]<br>[[Armstrong Fatbuckle]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|“Jenny Everywhere”]]<br>[[Merv the Griffin]]<br>[[Centennia]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Glow Girl]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Queen Elizabeth II]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Chief Inspector Dennis]]<br>[[Sir Charles Litton]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Gordon Hawthorne]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small>
-|setting= [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]
+|setting= [[England]], [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]
 |length= 12 pages
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 ==Contents==
 ===Plot===
+Returning from a “conference for scientific geniuses”, [[Professor Madison]] and [[Rodney Rabbit]] find the [[Fortress of Evening]] empty. A phone call from [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Captain Evening]] soon explains that he and the rest of [[the Odds]] are on their way to [[England]], having been tasked with dealing with an “odd” situation (a city being menaced by [[Insect Person|Insect People]]. He asks her and Rodney to house-sit for them in the meantime.
+The Odds arrive at their destination to find a huge anthill overlooking the city, and [[Chief Inspector Dennis]] of [[Scotland Yard]] waiting for them. She explains that the Insect People are not barbarous or uncivilised, but have been joining human society and being purposefully as rude and irritating as possible, down to [[Insecto|their leader]] refusing to answer phone calls or emails. The Odd climb and enter the giant hill, only to find a large airport-style waiting room with a cordoned maze. When they grow frustrated with the labyrinthine waiting line and try to move straight past, the Odds are attacked by the insect guards. During the scuffle, the Captain gets a phone call from Madison, asking for his and the Odds' help at the [[Nexus of Realities]]; he tells her to instead activate a program on his computer to summon some of his non-Odd allies, before carrying on with the fight.
+Smashing into the office marked “management”, the Odds confront of the leader of the insect people, [[Insecto]], who confesses that his plan is to annoy humanity in non-illegal ways until they abandon the city to the Insects out of sheer aggravation. Playing on his ego, Jenny convinces Insecto to instead try the democratic method and put himself forward as mayor. He is promptly defeated in a landslide election by a human candidate, in a large part because he had failed to take into account the fact that his Insect People are not legal citizens of the city and do not in fact have the right to vote.
+Despite Chief Inspector Dennis hurrying them home, the Odds decide to extend their vacation in the U.K. a little longer with [[Merv the Griffin]] feeling that something isn't right.
 ===Worldbuilding===
 ====Universes====
 * This story takes place entirely in [[Reality Z-25 31-H]].
+====Other====
+* [[Captain Evening#In Reality Z-25 31-H|The Captain]] bemoans that he wasn't allowed to take his [[Skycycle]] with him on the plane to [[England]].
 ===Continuity===
+* The opening caption box explains [[Professor Madison]] and [[Rodney Rabbit]]'s absence from “the [[Armagedda]] incident”, referencing the events of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Redistribution (comic story)|Redistribution]]''.
+* [[Jenny Nowhere#In Reality Z-25 31-H|Jenny]] restates that her powers are “totally drained” following the same, something she first claimed in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Shower Intermission (comic story)|Shower Intermission]]''.
+* Jenny also recalls how [[Glow Girl]] turned down an offer to join [[the Odds]], as occurred in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Glow Girl (comic story)|Glow Girl]]''.
+* It is revealed that this story takes place concurrently with [[COMIC]]: ''[[Singularity War (comic story)|Singularity War]]'', showing the other end of the phone call from that story where Madison tried to get the Odds' help at the [[Nexus of Realities]].
+* [[COMIC]]: ''[[Encore (comic story)|Encore]]'' follows directly from the events of this story.
 == Behind the scenes ==
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 [[Category:Released in 2013]]
 [[Category:Installments of The Cosmic Beholder]]
+[[Category:Featuring Professor Madison]]
+[[Category:Featuring Rodney Rabbit]]
 [[Category:Featuring Captain Evening]]
+[[Category:Featuring Jenny Nowhere]]
+[[Category:Featuring Armstrong Fatbuckle]]
+[[Category:Featuring Merv the Griffin]]
+[[Category:Featuring Centennia]]