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With Kim realising that “Nowhere” can replicate the accident artificially and is trying to “liberate” this Jenny, the two shifts begin a shift-chase across dangerous landscapes, where Kim's own special abilities (including levitation) allow Everywhere to keep one step ahead of the “lone Jenny”. However, Nowhere finally checkmates Everywhere by shifting to the middle of the desert near [[Giza]] at high noon; Kim cannot bear the sunlight for long, and Everywhere is forced to shift ''her'' to safety instead of continuing to chase Nowhere. They find themselves in a tropical jungle where the shade allows Kim to recuperate. Before long, they make the startling discovery that Nowhere followed her there — only to be killed by a dinosaur. Examining the body, Kim discovers that the scar over Nowhere's left ear looked surgical, meaning she was not actually the ''first'', accidental Jenny Nowhere, and the original may have created an unknown number of other Nowheres elsewhere in the [[Multiverse]]. | With Kim realising that “Nowhere” can replicate the accident artificially and is trying to “liberate” this Jenny, the two shifts begin a shift-chase across dangerous landscapes, where Kim's own special abilities (including levitation) allow Everywhere to keep one step ahead of the “lone Jenny”. However, Nowhere finally checkmates Everywhere by shifting to the middle of the desert near [[Giza]] at high noon; Kim cannot bear the sunlight for long, and Everywhere is forced to shift ''her'' to safety instead of continuing to chase Nowhere. They find themselves in a tropical jungle where the shade allows Kim to recuperate. Before long, they make the startling discovery that Nowhere followed her there — only to be killed by a dinosaur. Examining the body, Kim discovers that the scar over Nowhere's left ear looked surgical, meaning she was not actually the ''first'', accidental Jenny Nowhere, and the original may have created an unknown number of other Nowheres elsewhere in the [[Multiverse]]. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | ====Jenny Everywhere==== | ||
* [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|The Jenny]] featured in this story looks “maybe Chinese, maybe Native American, maybe not”, with hair which “is short and needs professional attention”. She wears the requisite scarf and goggles, as well as a long coat. | * [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|The Jenny]] featured in this story looks “maybe Chinese, maybe Native American, maybe not”, with hair which “is short and needs professional attention”. She wears the requisite scarf and goggles, as well as a long coat. | ||
* Jenny Nowhere describes Jenny Everywhere as “an infinite hyper-dimensional entity”. | * Jenny Nowhere describes Jenny Everywhere as “an infinite hyper-dimensional entity”. | ||
====Jenny Nowhere==== | ====Jenny Nowhere==== | ||
* [[Jenny Nowhere#Divergent Everywheres|Jenny Nowhere]] appears as an incarnation of [[Jenny Everywhere]] identical to the story's main Jenny, but wearing tight leather clothing instead of the scarf and goggles. It is revealed that the original Jenny Nowhere was a Jenny who gained individuality after she was cut off from the Jenny psychic network by a freak accident. She adopted a new name and set about “freeing” other incarnations of Jenny, each in turn becoming a new Jenny Nowhere. | * [[Jenny Nowhere#Divergent Everywheres|Jenny Nowhere]] appears as an incarnation of [[Jenny Everywhere]] identical to the story's main Jenny, but wearing tight leather clothing instead of the scarf and goggles. It is revealed that the original Jenny Nowhere was a Jenny who gained individuality after she was cut off from the Jenny psychic network by a freak accident. She adopted a new name and set about “freeing” other incarnations of Jenny, each in turn becoming a new Jenny Nowhere. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
* The story begins in a [[Universe (Parallax)|largely mundane universe]], in an intentionally unnamed city. Kim and the two Jennies then shift to a number of locations, although it is not clear if they are simply travelling in space and time, or changing universe every time. | * The story begins in a [[Universe (Parallax)|largely mundane universe]], in an intentionally unnamed city. Kim and the two Jennies then shift to a number of locations, although it is not clear if they are simply travelling in space and time, or changing universe every time. | ||
====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
* Kim displays some knowledge of anatomy, analysing Nowhere's surgery scar as “suggesting brain modification near Broca’s area”. | * Kim displays some knowledge of anatomy, analysing Nowhere's surgery scar as “suggesting brain modification near Broca’s area”. | ||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
* This story's Jenny | * This story's Jenny went on to become the “default” Jenny of [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]]. In his multi-part serial [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'', [[Cha Ni]] specifically reminded Jenny of her first confrontation with “her mirror self”. | ||
* This Jenny also mentioned her encounter with Nowhere in [[PROSE]]: ''[[So You're Jenny Everywhere (short story)|So You're Jenny Everywhere]]''. | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
