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| villain(s)= [[Lord Grallyx#In Slough|Lord Grallyx]] | | villain(s)= [[Lord Grallyx#In Slough|Lord Grallyx]] | ||
| featuring= [[Crowley#In Jenny Cornelius's world|Unnamed demon]]<br>[[Laura Drake#Working for the Intelligence Taskforce|Laura Drake]]<br>[[Aziraphale#In Jenny Cornelius's world|Aziraphale]]<br>[[Edward I]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Steam-powered mechanical giant]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | | featuring= [[Crowley#In Jenny Cornelius's world|Unnamed demon]]<br>[[Laura Drake#Working for the Intelligence Taskforce|Laura Drake]]<br>[[Aziraphale#In Jenny Cornelius's world|Aziraphale]]<br>[[Edward I]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Steam-powered mechanical giant]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[Slough]], [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|unnamed universe]] | | setting= [[London]] and [[Slough]], [[England]], [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|unnamed universe]] | ||
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[[Jenny Cornelius]] is driving back home in the [[Mod Rod]] when she decides to make a stop by “[[Aziraphale#In Jenny Cornelius's world|her favourite bookshop]]”. There, she is instead accosted by [[Crowley#In Jenny Cornelius's world|a laid-back demon dressed in all black]]. The demon 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. | [[Jenny Cornelius]] is driving back home in the [[Mod Rod]] when she decides to make a stop by “[[Aziraphale#In Jenny Cornelius's world|her favourite bookshop]]”. There, she is instead accosted by [[Crowley#In Jenny Cornelius's world|a laid-back demon dressed in all black]]. The demon 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#Working for the Intelligence Taskforce|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 | Agreeing to help, Jenny phones [[Laura Drake#Working for the Intelligence Taskforce|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. | ||
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. | ||
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=== Continuity === | === Continuity === | ||
* This story picks up after [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Watch the Skies (short story)|Watch the Skies]]'' in depicting the continuing adventures of [[Jenny Cornelius]] and [[Laura Drake#Working for the Intelligence Taskforce|Laura Drake]]. As per ''The Folly of Men''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> reference to [[Aziraphale]], [[Crowley]] from ''[[Good Omens (series)|Good Omens]]'' makes a pivotal, if unnamed, cameo. | * This story picks up after [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Watch the Skies (short story)|Watch the Skies]]'' in depicting the continuing adventures of [[Jenny Cornelius]] and [[Laura Drake#Working for the Intelligence Taskforce|Laura Drake]]. As per ''The Folly of Men''<nowiki>'s</nowiki> reference to [[Aziraphale]], [[Crowley]] from ''[[Good Omens (series)|Good Omens]]'' makes a pivotal, if unnamed, cameo. | ||
* [[Lord | * [[Lord Grallyx]] debuted in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere and the Lord of Hell (short story)|Jenny Everywhere and the Lord of Hell]]''. | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
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[[Category:Surviving Stories]] | [[Category:Surviving Stories]] | ||
[[Category:Written by Scott Sanford]] | [[Category:Written by Scott Sanford]] | ||
[[Category:Released in | [[Category:Released in 2023]] | ||
[[Category:Featuring Jenny Everywhere]] | [[Category:Featuring Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
[[Category:Featuring Laura Drake]] | [[Category:Featuring Laura Drake]] | ||
[[Category:Featuring Lord Grallyx]] | [[Category:Featuring Lord Grallyx]] | ||
[[Category:Crossovers]] | [[Category:Crossovers]] | ||
