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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Cornelius]] | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Cornelius]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[Lord Grallyx | | villain(s)= [[Lord Grallyx (Birds and Snakes)|Lord Grallyx]] | ||
| featuring= [[Crowley | | featuring= [[Crowley (Birds and Snakes)|Unnamed figure in black]]<br>[[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura Drake]]<br>[[Aziraphale (The Folly of Men)|"Mr Fell"]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Edward I]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Steam-powered mechanical giant]] <small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[London]] and [[Slough]], [[England]], [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|unnamed universe]] | | setting= [[London]] and [[Slough]], [[England]], [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|unnamed universe]] | ||
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== Contents == | == Contents == | ||
===Plot === | ===Plot === | ||
[[Jenny Cornelius]] is driving back home in the [[Mod Rod]] when she decides to make a stop by “[[ | [[Jenny Cornelius]] is driving back home in the [[Mod Rod]] when she decides to make a stop by “[[Mr Fell (The Folly of Men)|her favourite bookshop]]”. There, she is instead accosted by [[Crowley (Birds and Snakes)|a laid-back person dressed in all black]]. He tells Jenny that the bookseller's not in, but advises her to go look into the business in [[Slough]] with a “bunch of mystic gits” who are worshipping someone called "the [[Tenth Lord Grell]]”, whom they believe to be a [[demon]] even though the demon in black is certain that he's not one of “[his] lot”, and not an angel either. The demon in black explains that he'd come in the first place in order to ask the bookseller if he wanted to look into it, and is thus happy to have found someone else to put on the case. | ||
Agreeing to help, Jenny phones [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura]], who has in fact been asked by her [[Intelligence Taskforce|superiors]] to investigate the exact same affair. She tries in vain to discourage Jenny from meddling, but Jenny drives there the following evening anyway. After arriving in Slough, she uses a crystal bound with a few of Laura's hairs and an Ordnance Survey map to locate Laura herself. Guided to an unremarkable brick building, she knocks at the front door and is immediately assaulted by a leering guard who lets slip that Laura has already come here and is being held captive in a storeroom. With a brush of her hand over his arm, she [[shift]]s the hapless villain away to parts unknown and walks in. | Agreeing to help, Jenny phones [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura]], who has in fact been asked by her [[Intelligence Taskforce|superiors]] to investigate the exact same affair. She tries in vain to discourage Jenny from meddling, but Jenny drives there the following evening anyway. After arriving in Slough, she uses a crystal bound with a few of Laura's hairs and an Ordnance Survey map to locate Laura herself. Guided to an unremarkable brick building, she knocks at the front door and is immediately assaulted by a leering guard who lets slip that Laura has already come here and is being held captive in a storeroom. With a brush of her hand over his arm, she [[shift]]s the hapless villain away to parts unknown and walks in. | ||
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The door is locked, but does not remain so for long as she turns the doorknob over and over again, switching it every time for a version of it from a slightly different universe until she finds an unlocked version. Walking in, she overpowers another villain by replacing the lead pipe he's holding with a ceramic lamp, which he drops in surprise. Telling the baffled man “Tricks and illusions. Remember that for the rest of your life, if you get home after tonight. Go home and tell yourself that there are no demons, no magic, and too damn many people trying to sell you something”, she lets him run away and makes her way to the door to the hangar, which is locked too. “Past caring,” she simply shifts the door into nothingness. | The door is locked, but does not remain so for long as she turns the doorknob over and over again, switching it every time for a version of it from a slightly different universe until she finds an unlocked version. Walking in, she overpowers another villain by replacing the lead pipe he's holding with a ceramic lamp, which he drops in surprise. Telling the baffled man “Tricks and illusions. Remember that for the rest of your life, if you get home after tonight. Go home and tell yourself that there are no demons, no magic, and too damn many people trying to sell you something”, she lets him run away and makes her way to the door to the hangar, which is locked too. “Past caring,” she simply shifts the door into nothingness. | ||
In the great hangar, she finds the cultists dead around the circle of candles which still contains the great reptilian form of [[Lord Grallyx | In the great hangar, she finds the cultists dead around the circle of candles which still contains the great reptilian form of [[Lord Grallyx (Birds and Snakes)|Lord Grallyx]] (alias “Lord Grell X”, alias, “the Tenth Lord Grell”). Grallyx explains that he will be free as soon as the candles burn out completely, and intends to conquer the world as he was summoned to do, albeit for his own benefit rather than his unfortunate human summoners. However, he panics as soon as Jenny reveals herself as an incarnation of Jenny Everywhere. Using her powers to the full since she has no human witnesses, she manipulates the dimensions around Grallyx, distorting him like a funhouse mirror image until he flees back into whatever realm he was summoned from, though not before swearing that he'll have his revenge. | ||
However, Grallyx's futile efforts to breathe fire at Jenny set the building on fire. Rushing through the burning building, she finds the room where Laura was locked away, finding her in the process of getting out of the ropes with which she was tied down. Their escape route is cut off by some collapsing burning rubble. Jenny naturally thinks of shifting away, but doesn't want Laura's bosses to know about her powers, and doesn't want to burden Laura with the secret, and so pretends to hypnotise her before abruptly French-kissing her. When Laura opens her eyes again, they're back at her home, with Jenny claiming that the hypnotism is responsible for her not remembering how they escaped and the trip back. Laura is unconvinced but reluctantly agrees to repeat the story to her overseers. | However, Grallyx's futile efforts to breathe fire at Jenny set the building on fire. Rushing through the burning building, she finds the room where Laura was locked away, finding her in the process of getting out of the ropes with which she was tied down. Their escape route is cut off by some collapsing burning rubble. Jenny naturally thinks of shifting away, but doesn't want Laura's bosses to know about her powers, and doesn't want to burden Laura with the secret, and so pretends to hypnotise her before abruptly French-kissing her. When Laura opens her eyes again, they're back at her home, with Jenny claiming that the hypnotism is responsible for her not remembering how they escaped and the trip back. Laura is unconvinced but reluctantly agrees to repeat the story to her overseers. | ||
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====Lord Grallyx==== | ====Lord Grallyx==== | ||
* This story features a version of [[Lord Grallyx | * This story features a version of [[Lord Grallyx (Birds and Snakes)|Lord Grallyx]] distinct from any version seen previously, but who seems familiar with Jenny Everywhere at least in concept. He implies that he is not from this universe. He is described as “some kind of alligator thing with too many eyes and arms and such” as well as a “large tail”, a body which is suggested to have merely been a manifestation he chose for himself rather than his “true” form, if he has such a thing, with him finding “the three dimensions human use” to be a limiting framework. | ||
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====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
* [[London]] is home to “almost eight million people”. On the way back to her home in the [[Mod Rod]], she drops by “[[ | * [[London]] is home to “almost eight million people”. On the way back to her home in the [[Mod Rod]], she drops by “[[Mr Fell (The Folly of Men)|her favourite bookshop]]” via “a quick turn off of [[Shaftesbury Street]] and a circumnavigation of [[Soho Square Gardens]]”. | ||
* [[Edward I]] created the title of [[Baron Grelley]], which is now extinct. | * [[Edward I]] created the title of [[Baron Grelley]], which is now extinct. | ||
* On previous excursions together, Jenny and Laura faced [[poltergeist]]s in relation to the [[Poltergeist Society of Oxford|Poltergeist Society]] of [[Oxford]] and a “[[steam-powered mechanical giant]]” in [[Swindon]]. | * On previous excursions together, Jenny and Laura faced [[poltergeist]]s in relation to the [[Poltergeist Society of Oxford|Poltergeist Society]] of [[Oxford]] and a “[[steam-powered mechanical giant]]” in [[Swindon]]. | ||