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 === Working for the Intelligence Taskforce ===
-In the [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|home universe]] of [[Jenny Cornelius]], a particularly reckless version of [[Jenny Everywhere]] from 1960s [[London]], “Miss Laura Drake” worked in the P.R. office of the [[Intelligence Taskforce]]. Jenny often went through her when trying to get in touch with the Taskforce, nearly always causing Laura unlikely headaches such as how to hide a submarine in the [[West India Docks]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'')
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+In the 1960s [[London]] of [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|the universe]] of [[Jenny Cornelius]], “Miss Laura Drake” worked in the P.R. office of the [[Intelligence Taskforce]]. Jenny often went through her when trying to get in touch with the Taskforce, causing Laura unlikely headaches such as phoning ''ahead'' of time to warn her that [[Godzilla|something extremely outrageous]] was about to happen and the Taskforce had better stand ready to “deny any involvement”. Jenny managed to talk Laura into going on actual dates with her on multiple occasions, although, owing to the time period, they had to be discreet about it.  ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'')
-When asked how she and Cornelius had met, Laura 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 [[Mod Rod|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 insane speeds to [[Liverpool]] to see [[the Quarrymen]] play, the significance of which was lost on Laura until later. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How Jenny First Met… (short story)|How Jenny First Met…]]'')
+Jenny and Laura had another date in Soho on [[Epiphany]] which was interrupted by the appearance of [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|another Jenny]]. Despite Laura's confusion at the situation, and their vagueness about how they were related, her good manners got the better of her and she asked the other Jenny if she'd like to join their outing. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Watch the Skies (short story)|Watch the Skies]]'')
-Despite their tense working relationship, Jenny managed to talk Laura into going on actual dates with her on multiple occasions, although, owing to the time period, they had to be discreet about it. On one occasion, Jenny phoned Laura ''ahead'' of time to warn her that she was about to do [[Godzilla|something extremely outrageous]] and the Taskforce had better stand ready to “deny any involvement”. The two then agreed to meet up the next Friday at the [[Piccadilly Circus]] tube station and walk for a while until they found a restaurant that tickled their fancy. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'')
+Laura's superiors later sent her to [[Slough]] to investigate some cultists, on the patronising notion that a young woman would be “inconspicuous”. [[Jenny Cornelius]] was also nosing about, and Laura unsuccessfully tried to convince Jenny to stay out of Slough. After finding the right building in Slough, Laura was captured and tied up in a storeroom. Jenny showed up when Laura was halfway through getting out of her bindings by herself, as the building had caught fire. Despite apparently being trapped in a burning building, Jenny was able to extract them by means that she chose to keep implausibly deniable. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Birds and Snakes (short story)|Birds and Snakes]]'')
-Jenny and Laura had another date in Soho on [[Epiphany]]. It was interrupted by the appearance of [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|another version]] of Jenny, the first Laura Drake learned of Cornelius's multidimensional nature. Despite her confusion at the situation, her good manners got the better of her and she asked the other Jenny if she'd like to join their outing. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Watch the Skies (short story)|Watch the Skies]]'')
+One day at work she had a [[Sophie Everytime (38167th Universe)|mysterious visitor]] who dropped in on her unannounced and asked about Jenny Cornelius. When asked how she and Cornelius had met, Laura 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 [[Mod Rod|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 insane speeds to [[Liverpool]] to see “some silly teenage boys who had a band.” The significance of [[the Quarrymen]] was lost on Laura until later. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How Jenny First Met… (short story)|How Jenny First Met…]]'')
-Laura's superiors later sent her to [[Slough]] to investigate the cultists worshipping the [[Tenth Lord Grell]], based on a notion that a young woman would be “inconspicuous”, which Laura found rather patronising. The day before, she got a phone call from [[Jenny Cornelius]], who had received a tip-off from [[Crowley#In Jenny Cornelius's world|alternative means]], and 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 defeated 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]]'')
-One day at work she had a [[Sophie Everytime (38167th Universe)|mysterious visitor]], "a teenager who should probably still be in school, with dark skin and strikingly blue eyes, her hair hidden by an unconvincing wig." The girl dropped in on her unannounced and asked about Jenny Cornelius, so Laura told her a story about going on a road trip and seeing “[[The Quarrymen|some silly teenage boys who had a band]].” ([[PROSE]]: ''[[How Jenny First Met... (short story)|How Jenny First Met...]]'')
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