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[[Universe (Parallax)|One world]]'s incarnation of Jenny lived in a relatively normal universe, although one which was home to some supervillains, [[vampire]]s and other such threats. | [[Universe (Parallax)|One world]]'s incarnation of Jenny lived in a relatively normal universe, although one which was home to some supervillains, [[vampire]]s and other such threats. | ||
She lived in an apartment where she collected [[toast]]ers. Its actual number was “8”, but the plaque was usually askew, reading “∞” instead — which suited Jenny. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'') This Jenny looked “maybe Chinese, maybe Native American, maybe not”; her hair was short and “need[ed] professional attention”. As well as the traditional goggles and scarf, she wore a long coat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'') She had a semi-regular job as a music critic, being, as she put it, “paid to tell bands that they suck[ed]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'') This Jenny was friends ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'') and roommates ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'') with the enigmatic [[Kim (Parallax)| | She lived in an apartment where she collected [[toast]]ers. Its actual number was “8”, but the plaque was usually askew, reading “∞” instead — which suited Jenny. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'') This Jenny looked “maybe Chinese, maybe Native American, maybe not”; her hair was short and “need[ed] professional attention”. As well as the traditional goggles and scarf, she wore a long coat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'') She was once told that she resembled [[Mikasa Ackerman]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Found Him On The Internet (short story)|I Found Him On The Internet]]'') | ||
She had a semi-regular job as a music critic, being, as she put it, “paid to tell bands that they suck[ed]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'') This Jenny was friends ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'') and roommates ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'') with the enigmatic [[Kim]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'') Her circle of acquaintances included several other odd characters including preteen mad scientist “[[Professor Awesome]]”, or Eric, and the also mysterious [[David Lowe]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Misunderstandings (short story)|Misunderstandings]]'', etc.) | |||
==== Undated adventures ==== | |||
Jenny and [[Kim]] defeated [[the Vampire King]] when he “came to town” one year, saving at least one captured bystander, [[Ulysses Dumas]], from his dungeon. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'') | |||
At some point, Jenny and Kim learned of the location of the “mystic” [[Spear of Longinus]], or possibly acquired it themselves. By the time of Jenny's involvement in the [[Jiujinshan anime con]], it was safely locked away somewhere other than Jenny and Kim's apartment. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Found Him On The Internet (short story)|I Found Him On The Internet]]'') | |||
====Meeting Jenny Nowhere==== | ====Meeting Jenny Nowhere==== | ||
Jenny, [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] and three male friends of theirs once partied a bar together. However, a version of [[Jenny Nowhere#Killed by a dinosaur|Jenny Nowhere]], whom this Jenny had never encountered in any form, slipped something in her beer which forced her and Kim to rush to the bathroom, where Nowhere confronted them. She revealed herself as originally a version of Jenny Everywhere who had become disconnected from the wider telepathic network. To Everywhere's horror, she viewed it as a liberation which she planned to “share” with her, willing or not. | Jenny, [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] and three male friends of theirs once partied a bar together. However, a version of [[Jenny Nowhere#Killed by a dinosaur|Jenny Nowhere]], whom this Jenny had never encountered in any form, slipped something in her beer which forced her and Kim to rush to the bathroom, where Nowhere confronted them. She revealed herself as originally a version of Jenny Everywhere who had become disconnected from the wider telepathic network. To Everywhere's horror, she viewed it as a liberation which she planned to “share” with her, willing or not. | ||
However, Nowhere had not counted with Kim's special abilities, which meant her tranquiliser drug had no effect on Jenny's friend. Forced to flee through [[shift]]ing, Nowhere was pursued by Everywhere through several landscapes. Realising sunlight was Kim's weakness and Kim was Jenny's, Nowhere shifted to the Giza desert at high noon, forcing Everywhere to shift Kim somewhere shady instead of continuing to try to capture Nowhere. However, Nowhere did not keep the upper hand for long; foolishly choosing to pursue Everywhere in turn to the cool jungle she had chosen as the place to take Kim, she realised too late that it was a ''prehistoric'' jungle and was mauled to death by a dinosaur. Kim later examined her body, finding the surgical scar above her left ear which revealed she was ''not'' the original Jenny Nowhere. Shaken by these revelations, Jenny Everywhere and Kim agreed to go back home for another drink — with no music. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'') | However, Nowhere had not counted with Kim's special abilities, which meant her tranquiliser drug had no effect on Jenny's friend. Forced to flee through [[shift]]ing, Nowhere was pursued by Everywhere through several landscapes. Realising sunlight was Kim's weakness and Kim was Jenny's, Nowhere shifted to the Giza desert at high noon, forcing Everywhere to shift Kim somewhere shady instead of continuing to try to capture Nowhere. However, Nowhere did not keep the upper hand for long; foolishly choosing to pursue Everywhere in turn to the cool jungle she had chosen as the place to take Kim, she realised too late that it was a ''prehistoric'' jungle and was mauled to death by a dinosaur. Kim later examined her body, finding the surgical scar above her left ear which revealed she was ''not'' the original Jenny Nowhere. Shaken by these revelations, Jenny Everywhere and Kim agreed to go back home for another drink — with no music. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'') | ||
====Ulysses Dumas and the Eye of Tripoli==== | ====Ulysses Dumas and the Eye of Tripoli==== | ||
The year after the defeat of [[the Vampire King]], Jenny had to “stay up until dawn” to save the Internet from the [[Eye of Tripoli]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'', ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'') The next morning, she was woken up by a phone callf rom [[Ulysses Dumas]], the musician she'd saved from the Vampire King, who said he had an “unusual” problem which he hoped she could help him deal with. She arranged to meet him the following night at the [[Faux Fur End]]. There, she learned from Dumas that he had been turned into a [[vampire]] himself; although he had mostly made his peace with it, he wondered how he could continue his musical career when cameras could often not detect him (due to vampires' invisibility in mirrors). Before she could think of a solution, she was called away on another adventurer: it was “raining frogs at the mosque again”. She arranged to meet Dumas again a few days later, and, this time, brought [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]], who was able to offer a solution to his problem. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'') | The year after the defeat of [[the Vampire King]], Jenny had to “stay up until dawn” to save the Internet from the [[Eye of Tripoli]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'', ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'') The next morning, she was woken up by a phone callf rom [[Ulysses Dumas]], the musician she'd saved from the Vampire King, who said he had an “unusual” problem which he hoped she could help him deal with. She arranged to meet him the following night at the [[Faux Fur End]]. There, she learned from Dumas that he had been turned into a [[vampire]] himself; although he had mostly made his peace with it, he wondered how he could continue his musical career when cameras could often not detect him (due to vampires' invisibility in mirrors). Before she could think of a solution, she was called away on another adventurer: it was “raining frogs at the mosque again”. She arranged to meet Dumas again a few days later, and, this time, brought [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]], who was able to offer a solution to his problem. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'') | ||
====Helping other Jennies==== | ====Helping other Jennies==== | ||
At some later point, Jenny foiled thirteen-year-old supervillain [[Professor Awesome]]. Shortly after this, she [[shift]]ed to [[Universe A (Paying It Forward)|the universe]] of [[Cha Ni]] and visited the [[Temple of the Oracle]]. She exchanged some words with the Oracle herself before collecting a list from her. It was a list of other Jennies leading more difficult lives whom this Jenny could go help. Her first destination was the Eurasian steppes of [[Universe B (Paying It Forward)|one universe]], where she found a [[#Stunt pilot|pilot Jenny]] who had downed her [[Everywhere Explorer|aeroplane]] and gave her the spare part she needed to get off the ground again. The pilot Jenny, in thanks, offered to fly her to her next destination. | At some later point, Jenny foiled thirteen-year-old supervillain [[Professor Awesome]]. Shortly after this, she [[shift]]ed to [[Universe A (Paying It Forward)|the universe]] of [[Cha Ni]] and visited the [[Temple of the Oracle]]. She exchanged some words with the Oracle herself before collecting a list from her. It was a list of other Jennies leading more difficult lives whom this Jenny could go help. Her first destination was the Eurasian steppes of [[Universe B (Paying It Forward)|one universe]], where she found a [[#Stunt pilot|pilot Jenny]] who had downed her [[Everywhere Explorer|aeroplane]] and gave her the spare part she needed to get off the ground again. The pilot Jenny, in thanks, offered to fly her to her next destination. | ||
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==== Dating woes ==== | ==== Dating woes ==== | ||
At some point in the winter, Jenny began dating someone who turned out to be the lost [[Prince of the Lizard Kingdoms]], for which reason the relationship did not work out. [[Mole Person|Mole People]] attacked the apartment building from the basement, looking for the Prince. Jenny was initially much aggrieved by this turn of events, but had gotten over it by the time [[Professor Awesome|Eric]] came to her and [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] one afternoon, feeling upset about a row he'd had at school with a [[Judy (Misunderstandings)|classmate]]. Like Kim, Jenny initially got the impression that Eric had had a crush on the girl and been disappointed, and tried to give her advice on the matter, although she couldn't help but bring up the rather improbable circumstances of her last break-up, derailing the conversation somewhat. Eventually, however, she realised the misapprehension. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Misunderstandings (short story)|Misunderstandings]]'') | At some point in the winter, Jenny began dating someone who turned out to be the lost [[Prince of the Lizard Kingdoms]], for which reason the relationship did not work out. [[Mole Person|Mole People]] attacked the apartment building from the basement, looking for the Prince. Jenny was initially much aggrieved by this turn of events, but had gotten over it by the time [[Professor Awesome|Eric]] came to her and [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] one afternoon, feeling upset about a row he'd had at school with a [[Judy (Misunderstandings)|classmate]]. Like Kim, Jenny initially got the impression that Eric had had a crush on the girl and been disappointed, and tried to give her advice on the matter, although she couldn't help but bring up the rather improbable circumstances of her last break-up, derailing the conversation somewhat. Eventually, however, she realised the misapprehension. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Misunderstandings (short story)|Misunderstandings]]'') | ||
=== The anime con misadventure === | |||
While trying to track down DVDs of Season 3 of an anime show about herself called ''[[Bugendai no Jenī no Itarutokoro]]'', Jenny [[shift]]ed to a [[Universe (I Found Him On The Internet)|nearby universe]] to attend the [[Jiujinshan anime con]]. However, she found that it was “being held up by some industry A.I.s on strike wanting better working condition”. Somewhere along the way, she picked up a new sidekick in the form of a [[Troll (I Found Him On The Internet)|literal Internet troll]]. Bringing him back with her, she hopped back to her home universe and apartment in order to pick up the [[Robot Toaster]], intending to bring him back to the anime con, to have him infiltrate the A.I.s' cybernetic fortress, and then, once they accepted him, to have him act as a “spokes-robot” to permit fair negotiations between the A.I.s and humans. Tapping into the computer skills of some of her close alternates, Jenny successfully tinkered with the Robot Toaster to bring it out of “pet” mode and into “cyber-intrusion” mode, before heading off with the Toaser and the Troll — though not before explaining all of this to a rather confused [[Kim]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[I Found Him On The Internet (short story)|I Found Him On The Internet]]'') | |||
=== The Staan worshippers affair === | === The Staan worshippers affair === |
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