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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[Baron (Paying It Forward)|The Baron]] | | villain(s)= [[Baron (Paying It Forward)|The Baron]] | ||
| featuring= [[Robot Toaster]]<br>[[Professor Awesome (Parallax Universe)|Professor Awesome]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cha Ni]]<br>[[ | | featuring= [[Robot Toaster]]<br>[[Professor Awesome (Parallax Universe)|Professor Awesome]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cha Ni]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere 1 (Paying It Forward)|“Stunt pilot” Jenny]]<br>[[Janni, She Who Walks In Every Place]]<br>[[Jamek Tagilono]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Genie Everywhere]]<br>[[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere]]<br>[[Jenny_Everywhere (Name's Not Down)|Jenny on the seaside pier]]<br>[[Clea|“Butch chick”]]<br>[[Lex|"Man with extinguisher"]]<br>[[Bradley|“Tall man”]]<br>[[Sandy-haired man (Paying It Forward)|“Sandy-haired man”]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere 3 (Second Date)|“Biker” Jenny]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Shih tzu Jenny|“Shih tzu” Jenny]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Confrontation at Elysium Park|“Elysium Park” Jenny]]<br>[[Jenny Cornelius]]<br>[[Jenny_Everywhere#Jeanne_Partout|Jeanne Partout]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Priest Jenny|“Priest” Jenny]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Silver jumpsuit Jenny|“Silver jumpsuit” Jenny]] <br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Jerry at the afterparty|Jerry Everywhere]] | ||
| setting= [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]]'s apartment, [[Parallax Universe|unnamed universe]]<br>[[Temple of the Oracle]], “[[Universe A (Paying It Forward)|Universe A]]”<br>Eurasian steppes, “[[Universe B (Paying It Forward)|Universe B]]”<br>African veldt, “[[Universe C (Paying It Forward)|Universe C]]”<br>Museum, “[[Universe D (Paying It Forward)|Universe D]]”<br>Medieval castle, “[[Universe E (Paying It Forward)|Universe E]]”<br>[[Right-On By The Sea|Seaside town]], [[Universe (Name's Not Down)|unnamed universe]],<br>Bohoken, [[New Guernsey]], “[[Universe F (Paying It Forward)|Universe F]]” | | setting= [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]]'s apartment, [[Parallax Universe|unnamed universe]]<br>[[Temple of the Oracle]], “[[Universe A (Paying It Forward)|Universe A]]”<br>Eurasian steppes, “[[Universe B (Paying It Forward)|Universe B]]”<br>African veldt, “[[Universe C (Paying It Forward)|Universe C]]”<br>Museum, “[[Universe D (Paying It Forward)|Universe D]]”<br>Medieval castle, “[[Universe E (Paying It Forward)|Universe E]]”<br>[[Right-On By The Sea|Seaside town]], [[Universe (Name's Not Down)|unnamed universe]],<br>Bohoken, [[New Guernsey]], “[[Universe F (Paying It Forward)|Universe F]]” | ||
| length= 7 chapters | | length= 7 chapters | ||
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Shortly after her defeat of [[Professor Awesome (Parallax Universe)|Professor Awesome]], [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] leaves her apartment to [[shift]] to the [[Temple of the Oracle|Temple]] of the Oracle [[Cha Ni]]. After exchanging a few wise words with the elderly visionary, Cha-Ni guesses that Jenny is here because she wants to help other versions of her whose lives are not as easy as hers. Cha-Ni agrees and gives her a list. | Shortly after her defeat of [[Professor Awesome (Parallax Universe)|Professor Awesome]], [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] leaves her apartment to [[shift]] to the [[Temple of the Oracle|Temple]] of the Oracle [[Cha Ni]]. After exchanging a few wise words with the elderly visionary, Cha-Ni guesses that Jenny is here because she wants to help other versions of her whose lives are not as easy as hers. Cha-Ni agrees and gives her a list. | ||
====Part 2==== | ====Part 2==== | ||
Arriving in [[Universe B (Paying It Forward)|another universe]], Jenny meets up with [[Jenny Everywhere | Arriving in [[Universe B (Paying It Forward)|another universe]], Jenny meets up with [[Jenny Everywhere 1 (Paying It Forward)|a Jenny]] who is a stunt aeroplane pilot flying an [[Everywhere Explorer]] biplane — or, rather, who had been flying it until a malfunction downed her in the middle of a deserted steppe. Thanks to Cha Ni's list, the second Jenny brought the pilot Jenny precisely the part she needed to repair her aeroplane. With it back in order, the pilot Jenny offers to fly her counterpart to her next destination. | ||
====Part 3 ==== | ====Part 3 ==== | ||
After the other Jenny drops her off in the ''Everywhere Explorer'', [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] finds herself looking over an African veldt. She is soon joined by [[ | After the other Jenny drops her off in the ''Everywhere Explorer'', [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] finds herself looking over an African veldt. She is soon joined by [[Janni, She Who Walks In Every Place]], her counterpart in [[Universe C (Paying It Forward)|this universe]] — an Amazon on a quest. She explains that she seeks “wisdom of the tiger, a wheel of numbers, and an owl made of lightning”. Jenny realises that the “wheel of numbers” must be an [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E6B E6B] flight computer, a pilot's tool that includes a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slide_rule circular slide rule] - a wheel of numbers that lets the user do math. | ||
As a gift freely given would not be a fitting prize for a quest, the two Jennies agree on a wager (with Janni offering her spear, the very weapon which slew “[[Jamek Tagilono]], the Nameless Lurker in Shadows”, as the counter-prize). They decide on am-wrestling as the nature of the challenge, with Janni easily beating the modern, city-dwelling Jenny. The latter then leaves, wishing Janni good luck on her two other challenges (with the two of them agreeing that it would not do for all three of Janni's adventures on this quest to involve the help of an echo of herself, though for a single one of the three it is a welcome addition to the story). | As a gift freely given would not be a fitting prize for a quest, the two Jennies agree on a wager (with Janni offering her spear, the very weapon which slew “[[Jamek Tagilono]], the Nameless Lurker in Shadows”, as the counter-prize). They decide on am-wrestling as the nature of the challenge, with Janni easily beating the modern, city-dwelling Jenny. The latter then leaves, wishing Janni good luck on her two other challenges (with the two of them agreeing that it would not do for all three of Janni's adventures on this quest to involve the help of an echo of herself, though for a single one of the three it is a welcome addition to the story). | ||
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====Part 7==== | ====Part 7==== | ||
[[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] indeed joins the afterparty. After listening to other Jennies' guesses as to what precisely the [[Sandy-haired man (Paying It Forward)|sandy-haired man]] had done, she tries to get close to [[#Jerry at the afterparty|Jerry]], but finds many other Jennies vying for his attention, with the [[Jenny Everywhere#Shih tzu Jenny|shih tzu]] eventually winning out (by virtue of being a cute dog). She has a quiet, ponderous moment wondering how other people would see this gathering of versions of herselves, before deciding that, actually, if they don't see this peaceful gathering of (outwardly) highly different people as a good thing, it's their loss. | [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] indeed joins the afterparty. After listening to other Jennies' guesses as to what precisely the [[Sandy-haired man (Paying It Forward)|sandy-haired man]] had done, she tries to get close to [[#Jerry at the afterparty|Jerry]], but finds many other Jennies vying for his attention, with the [[Jenny Everywhere#Shih tzu Jenny|shih tzu]] eventually winning out (by virtue of being a cute dog). She has a quiet, ponderous moment wondering how other people would see this gathering of versions of herselves, before deciding that, actually, if they don't see this peaceful gathering of (outwardly) highly different people as a good thing, it's their loss. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | ====Jenny Everywhere==== | ||
* The story's [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|main Jenny]] is the version previously seen in ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'' and ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]''. | * The story's [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|main Jenny]] is the version previously seen in ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'' and ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]''. | ||
* It is suggested that the oracle [[Cha Ni]] is also a version of the Shifter. She described as “about [Jenny's] height, with long silver hair”, wearing “a layered white robe and, of course, a long stole and a blindfold over her eyes”. | * It is suggested that the oracle [[Cha Ni]] is also a version of the Shifter. She described as “about [Jenny's] height, with long silver hair”, wearing “a layered white robe and, of course, a long stole and a blindfold over her eyes”. | ||
* One of the other Jennies she meets is a [[Jenny Everywhere | * One of the other Jennies she meets is a [[Jenny Everywhere 1 (Paying It Forward)|stunt pilot]] dressed in the classic 1920s aviatrix outfit, who flies an [[Everywhere Explorer]]. | ||
* [[Universe C (Paying It Forward)|One universe]]'s version of the Shifter is known as [[Janni, She Who Walks In Every Place]]. She is described as “a dark amazon”, taller and fitter than the story's main Jenny. She wears light clothing including “[[Jenny Everywhere's goggles|a headband with two round amulets]]”. Her [[shift]]ing powers are somewhat unique; she travels around huge distances along a beam of glowing, rainbow light which, once she has reached her destination, shrinks down, allowing her to drape it over her shoulders — thus making it her version of [[Jenny Everywhere's scarf|the scarf]]. | * [[Universe C (Paying It Forward)|One universe]]'s version of the Shifter is known as [[Janni, She Who Walks In Every Place]]. She is described as “a dark amazon”, taller and fitter than the story's main Jenny. She wears light clothing including “[[Jenny Everywhere's goggles|a headband with two round amulets]]”. Her [[shift]]ing powers are somewhat unique; she travels around huge distances along a beam of glowing, rainbow light which, once she has reached her destination, shrinks down, allowing her to drape it over her shoulders — thus making it her version of [[Jenny Everywhere's scarf|the scarf]]. | ||
* In [[Universe D (Paying It Forward)|another universe]], Jenny is [[Jenny Everywhere#Genie Everywhere|a genie]]. | * In [[Universe D (Paying It Forward)|another universe]], Jenny is [[Jenny Everywhere#Genie Everywhere|a genie]]. | ||