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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[The Vampire King]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | | villain(s)= [[The Vampire King]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| featuring= [[Kim | | featuring= [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]]<br>[[Ulysses Dumas]]<br>[[Pan]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[Faux Fur End]], [[Universe (Parallax)|unnamed universe]] | | setting= [[Faux Fur End]], [[Universe (Parallax)|unnamed universe]] | ||
| length= 1570 words | | length= 1570 words | ||
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While in bed, [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] gets a harried phone call from [[Ulysses Dumas]], a musician she rescued from [[the Vampire King]] some time before, who says he needs her help with something and makes her an appointment at the [[Faux Fur End]] next evening, when the band [[Umlaut]] will be playing. | While in bed, [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] gets a harried phone call from [[Ulysses Dumas]], a musician she rescued from [[the Vampire King]] some time before, who says he needs her help with something and makes her an appointment at the [[Faux Fur End]] next evening, when the band [[Umlaut]] will be playing. | ||
There, she quickly guesses that Dumas has turned into a [[vampire]] himself, despite his beating around the bush. He eventually explains his problem: due to vampires being invisible in mirrors, some models of cameras cannot see him, hindering his career as a performer. With Jenny called away on another adventure (“it's raining frogs at the mosque again”), she promises to get back to him. Later, back home, she discusses Dumas's unlikely problem with her roommate [[Kim | There, she quickly guesses that Dumas has turned into a [[vampire]] himself, despite his beating around the bush. He eventually explains his problem: due to vampires being invisible in mirrors, some models of cameras cannot see him, hindering his career as a performer. With Jenny called away on another adventure (“it's raining frogs at the mosque again”), she promises to get back to him. Later, back home, she discusses Dumas's unlikely problem with her roommate [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]]. | ||
Two days later, as the parody band [[Dörx]] is playing at the Faux Fur End, Jenny goes to meet Dumas a second time, in the company of Kim. She suggests that he create a stage persona involving elaborate make-up, so that the cameras will pick up the body paint even if they can't see his actual skin — telling him that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(band) it's been done before] on the musical scene. | Two days later, as the parody band [[Dörx]] is playing at the Faux Fur End, Jenny goes to meet Dumas a second time, in the company of Kim. She suggests that he create a stage persona involving elaborate make-up, so that the cameras will pick up the body paint even if they can't see his actual skin — telling him that [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kiss_(band) it's been done before] on the musical scene. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | ====Jenny Everywhere==== | ||
* [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|The Jenny]] featured in this story is the one previously seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]''. She gets her income from being a professional music reviewer (or, as she puts it, “I get paid to tell musicians they suck”), although she says this is purely something she does for the money, and she would primarily describe herself as an adventurer. She also once describes herself as a superhero. She is roommates with [[Kim | * [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|The Jenny]] featured in this story is the one previously seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]''. She gets her income from being a professional music reviewer (or, as she puts it, “I get paid to tell musicians they suck”), although she says this is purely something she does for the money, and she would primarily describe herself as an adventurer. She also once describes herself as a superhero. She is roommates with [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]]. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
* The story begins in the [[Universe (Parallax)|home universe]] of [[Kim | * The story begins in the [[Universe (Parallax)|home universe]] of [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]]. [[Vampire]]s are not known to the wider public but are apparently fairly common. | ||
====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
* The night prior to the beginning of this story, Jenny was “out until past dawn saving the Internet from the [[Eye of Tripoli]]”. | * The night prior to the beginning of this story, Jenny was “out until past dawn saving the Internet from the [[Eye of Tripoli]]”. | ||
* Kim displays the ability to turn into a swarm of bats. | * Kim displays the ability to turn into a swarm of bats. | ||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
* This story's Jenny previously appeared in another short story by [[Scott Sanford]], [[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', alongside [[Kim | * This story's Jenny previously appeared in another short story by [[Scott Sanford]], [[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', alongside [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]]. | ||
* Sanford's later multi-part serial [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'' saw [[Cha Ni]] reminding this same incarnation of Jenny of the [[Eye of Tripoli]] affair. | * Sanford's later multi-part serial [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'' saw [[Cha Ni]] reminding this same incarnation of Jenny of the [[Eye of Tripoli]] affair. | ||
*Jenny mentions the Greek god [[Pan]], who another Jenny met in [[COMIC]]: [[Holiday Pandemonium (comic story)|Holiday Pandemonium]]. | *Jenny mentions the Greek god [[Pan]], who another Jenny met in [[COMIC]]: [[Holiday Pandemonium (comic story)|Holiday Pandemonium]]. | ||
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This is clearly [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|the same Jenny]] as in ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', now with a much more pleasant challenge. She would approve. | This is clearly [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|the same Jenny]] as in ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', now with a much more pleasant challenge. She would approve. | ||
And she’s living with [[Kim | And she’s living with [[Kim#Jenny's roommate|Kim]], a situation which I imagine must involve an interesting story itself. | ||
This is the last of my stories to survive from this period. I know there were other pieces started but unless there are hidden files lost in an old hard drive archive somewhere, not even the notes survive. It’s too bad; I know there were at least a few hundred words written about a child Jenny growing up on a farm and wondering about [[Amelia Earhart|her mother]]’s old biplane hidden behind the barn… | This is the last of my stories to survive from this period. I know there were other pieces started but unless there are hidden files lost in an old hard drive archive somewhere, not even the notes survive. It’s too bad; I know there were at least a few hundred words written about a child Jenny growing up on a farm and wondering about [[Amelia Earhart|her mother]]’s old biplane hidden behind the barn… | ||
