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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures_with_the_Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]] | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures_with_the_Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[Secret League of the Orange-Bearded Gnomes|The Secret League of the Orange-Bearded Gnomes]]<br>[[King Roquat]] | | villain(s)= [[Secret League of the Orange-Bearded Gnomes|The Secret League of the Orange-Bearded Gnomes]]<br>[[King Roquat]] | ||
| featuring= [[Boy (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|Unnamed boy]]<br>[[The Lurigadawne of Tipperary]]<br>[[Jenny Nowhere#In the 38167th Universe|Jenny Nowhere]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Brownie (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|Unnamed Brownie]]<br>[[Genie (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|Unnamed Genie]]<br>[[Pythagoras-858]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Mad Marquess]]<br>[[Taliesin]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[King Arthur]]<br>[[The Boss|“Connecticut Yankee”]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Gwenhwyfar]]<br>[[Merlin]]<br>[[Morgan le Fey]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | | featuring= [[Boy (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|Unnamed boy]]<br>[[The Lurigadawne of Tipperary]]<br>[[Jenny Nowhere#In the 38167th Universe|Jenny Nowhere]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Brownie (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|Unnamed Brownie]]<br>[[Genie (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|Unnamed Genie]]<br>[[Pythagoras-858]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Mad Marquess]]<br>[[The Tin Woodsman]]<br><small>(indirectly mentioned)</small><br>[[The Scarecrow]]<br><small>(indirectly mentioned)</small><br>[[Billina]]<br><small>(indirectly mentioned)</small><br>[[Taliesin]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[King Arthur]]<br>[[The Boss|“Connecticut Yankee”]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Gwenhwyfar]]<br>[[Merlin]]<br>[[Morgan le Fey]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= A meadow in [[Ireland]] of [[Dimension 77]]<br>[[The Home City]], [[Prime Universe]]<br>[[Gnome Place]]<br>[[Caerlon]]/[[Camelot]], [[Universe (Close Encounter of the Bird Kind)|unnamed universe]] | | setting= A meadow in [[Ireland]] of [[Dimension 77]]<br>[[The Home City]], [[Prime Universe]]<br>[[Gnome Place]]<br>[[Caerlon]]/[[Camelot]], [[Universe (Close Encounter of the Bird Kind)|unnamed universe]] | ||
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====Chapter Two: The Mad Marquess==== | ====Chapter Two: The Mad Marquess==== | ||
Jenny makes her way to the [[Home City | Jenny makes her way to what the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]] called [[the Home City]] — not their current home base, but the city where [[Cupida Hartnell|the Creator]] built the first [[Clockwork Cherub|Clockwork Cherubs]], which happens to resemble Jenny's own [[New Flaversham]]. She intends to hire the services of the [[Company of Free Genies]], a group of free genies who professionally grant wishes for a fee, being only one of many strange elements barely under the surface of the deceptively normal city. | ||
When she enters the Genies' shop, she finds a rather rude [[ghost]] known as [[the Mad Marquess]] already there, but as he is not engaging their professional services just yet, Jenny introduces herself, offering payment in the form of a [[magic wand]] drawn from the large collection of odd items accessible via her coat pockets. The [[Genie (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|Genie]] at the front desk finds this satisfactory (eating the artefact like a candy cane before her and a stunned Marquess's eyes), and wishes to know where [[the Lurigadawne]] has gone and to join him there. | |||
The | The Genie grants this wish, opening a portal to [[Gnome Place|a conference room]] full of what she soon recognises as [[Secret League of the Orange-Bearded Gnomes|Orange-Bearded Gnomes]], comprising not just [[gnome]]s but other oranged-bearded members of the [[Little People]], such as and other small magical creatures; they are not pleased to see a “giantess” intruding on their gathering, but she finds herself unable to close the portal before it deposits her right in the middle of their meeting. | ||
Distressed by her sudden appearance, the | Distressed by her sudden appearance, the [[Gnome]]s petrify her clothing to hold her in place. The meeting disintegrates into Gnomes screaming at Jenny and Gnomes screaming at other Gnomes. Jenny recognizes one as [[King Roquat]] of the [[Nome]]s of [[Land of Oz|Oz]], which completely fails to calm him down. Roquat loudly predicts that she will call in allies from other worlds, monsters such as “[[The Tin Woodsman|metal men]], and [[The Scarecrow|scarecrows]], and [[Billina|chickens]]”. Jenny protests that she is not going to call in allies from other worlds. Just then, due his unwise wording when talking to a genie, a portal from another world appears and ejects a screaming Mad Marquess into the middle of the meeting hall. | ||
Roquat loudly predicts that she will call in allies from other worlds, monsters such as metal men, and scarecrows, and chickens. Jenny protests that she is not going to call in allies from other worlds. Just then, due | |||
====Chapter Three: The Mage and the Monarch==== | ====Chapter Three: The Mage and the Monarch==== | ||
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* The story opens in [[Dimension 77]]. It is outwardly a norma, realistic modern-day [[Earth]], but [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]] describes it as a place where the “old tales” are true, as evidenced by the existence of [[Leprechaun]]s and [[Brownie]]s. | * The story opens in [[Dimension 77]]. It is outwardly a norma, realistic modern-day [[Earth]], but [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]] describes it as a place where the “old tales” are true, as evidenced by the existence of [[Leprechaun]]s and [[Brownie]]s. | ||
* Jenny passes through [[the Infinite]] several times. | * Jenny passes through [[the Infinite]] several times. | ||
* Jenny thinks about the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. | |||
* Chapter Two sees Jenny travelling to “[[the Home City]]” in the [[Prime Universe]]. | |||
====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
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* [[Leprechaun]]s are considered Fae, as are [[Brownie]]s — specifically, members of the [[Little People]]. Leprechauns are famous for disappearing if a human takes their eyes off them. | * [[Leprechaun]]s are considered Fae, as are [[Brownie]]s — specifically, members of the [[Little People]]. Leprechauns are famous for disappearing if a human takes their eyes off them. | ||
* Jenny stole her gold coins from the [[Interdimensional Vault]]. | * Jenny stole her gold coins from the [[Interdimensional Vault]]. | ||
* The [[Company of Free Genies]] was formed in the 1960s by [[Genie]]s who escaped from the clutches of the [[First Horde]]. | |||
* [[Pythagoras-858]] describes himself as a “licensed [[Department of Problem-Solving|Problem-Solver]]”. | |||
* [[The Mad Marquess]] gives his full name as “Milord Marin Mausdorf”. According to the [[Genie (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|Desk Genie]], he's actually a Duke, not a Marquess, but prefers to claim to be a Marquess because of the alliteration. | |||
* Jenny's pockets' contents include “coins from a thousand worlds, multiple wallets and phones, trinkets from seashells to gemstones, and a frankly unreasonable number of keychains” as well as the [[magic wand]] she gives to the Genies. | |||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
* The story acts as a sequel to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'', following on from [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny]]'s decision at the end of the tale to track down “that wily old [[leprechaun]] [she] met in [[Dimension 77]]” to replace the pair of shoes she lost while swimming out to [[Nowhere Island]]. She recounts to the [[boy (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|boy]] how she lost her original shoes “in the sea. In my sister’s realm”. | * The story acts as a sequel to [[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'', following on from [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny]]'s decision at the end of the tale to track down “that wily old [[leprechaun]] [she] met in [[Dimension 77]]” to replace the pair of shoes she lost while swimming out to [[Nowhere Island]]. She recounts to the [[boy (The Interlude of Jenny Everywhere)|boy]] how she lost her original shoes “in the sea. In my sister’s realm”. | ||
* In Chapter Two, Jenny looks back on her travels with [[Pythagoras-858]], which began in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' and ended in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]''. | |||
* The overproduction of warehouses in the [[Cupid Homeworld]], a running gag introduced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'', is referenced. | |||
* In Chapter Three, the story is revealed as a prequel to the then merely-days-old [[PROSE]]: ''[[Close Encounter of the Bird Kind (short story)|Close Encounter of the Bird Kind]]'', one of [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]], which featured an ambiguous Jenny. It reveals why Jenny had to borrow a chicken from the older [[Merlin]]. Both stories also opened with Jenny materialising in front of a young boy in a meadow and being mistaken for a member of the [[Fae|Fair Folk]]. | * In Chapter Three, the story is revealed as a prequel to the then merely-days-old [[PROSE]]: ''[[Close Encounter of the Bird Kind (short story)|Close Encounter of the Bird Kind]]'', one of [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]], which featured an ambiguous Jenny. It reveals why Jenny had to borrow a chicken from the older [[Merlin]]. Both stories also opened with Jenny materialising in front of a young boy in a meadow and being mistaken for a member of the [[Fae|Fair Folk]]. | ||
* Among the strange sights casually accepted in [[the Home City]] are “mad scientists escorted to the patent office by their own robots”, “[[witch]]es haggling over groceries”, but also “furtive men in secret society garb bashfully asking for loose change”, the latter a reference to the [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society]] mythos as exposed in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]''. The [[First Horde]] is later referenced by name. | |||
* “[[World-Changer]]” is cited as one of Jenny's names, alongside “[[the Shifter]]”. The moniker originated in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Jenny Everywhere Chronicles (comic story)|The Jenny Everywhere Chronicles]]''. | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
