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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[Giant rat of Argon|Giant rats of Argon]]<br>[[Argon]]<br><small>(mentioned, depicted)</small><br>[[Shaman of Argon|Shamen of Argon]]<br>[[High Priest (Jenny Everywhere and the Eye of Argon)|Unnamed High Priest]]<br>[[Spawn of Fashan|The Spawn of Fashan]] | | villain(s)= [[Giant rat of Argon|Giant rats of Argon]]<br>[[Argon]]<br><small>(mentioned, depicted)</small><br>[[Shaman of Argon|Shamen of Argon]]<br>[[High Priest (Jenny Everywhere and the Eye of Argon)|Unnamed High Priest]]<br>[[Spawn of Fashan|The Spawn of Fashan]] | ||
| featuring= [[Kim | | featuring= [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]]<br>[[Tyse]]<br>[[Laura Drake#Lorad-rak|Lorad-rak]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Boris Vallejo]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Puritan Streaker]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[Universe | | setting= [[Parallax Universe|Unnamed universe]]<br>[[Ecord]] | ||
| length= 5 chapters | | length= 5 chapters | ||
| writer(s)= [[Scott Sanford]] | | writer(s)= [[Scott Sanford]] | ||
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===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
====Chapter 1: Earth: Out of Toast==== | ====Chapter 1: Earth: Out of Toast==== | ||
While trying to make bread, [[Jenny Everywhere | While trying to make bread, [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] notices that she and [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]] appear to have run out of sourdough. After Kim reminds her of the excellent bread she brought back from [[Mars]] in [[Universe A (Jenny Everywhere and the Eye of Argon)|another universe]], and she realises she still has some money from there, she decides to go back there. On the spot, she leaves Kim with a “Back in a few minutes!” and [[shift]]s away. | ||
====Chapter 2: Ecord: A New World==== | ====Chapter 2: Ecord: A New World==== | ||
[[Jenny Everywhere | [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] finds herself on a path bordered by “plush vegetation” and realises she is in an [[Ecord|entirely other world]] than she intended. As she voices this, she also realises that her words are being corrupted, and that this world is one of those which not only have their own laws of physics, but also exert a narrative influence on their inhabitants, drawing them to live out certain types of stories. This is visibly a somewhat clichéd sword-and-sorcery world, as evidenced by Jenny's outfit, which has transformed into a revealing leather bikini complete with a chainmail scarf and a sword. | ||
She is attacked by a [[Giant rat of Argon|giant, monstrous rat]] but easily dispatches it with her sword. She is confronted with a muscular barbarian on a horse, who introduces himself as the warrior [[Tyse]], who has been chasing the rat. He further explains that it is one of the “giant rats of [[Argon]]” which, as a “protector” of this world of [[Ecord]], he is sworn to hunt down and destroy. They are, he explains, ordinary rats which have been transformed into monsters by the malevolent [[Shaman of Argon|Shamen of Argon]], and they are infesting the land in “great numbers”. Introducing herself to Tyse, she agrees to help hunt them down, and they ride off, exchanging flirtatious | She is attacked by a [[Giant rat of Argon|giant, monstrous rat]] but easily dispatches it with her sword. She is confronted with a muscular barbarian on a horse, who introduces himself as the warrior [[Tyse]], who has been chasing the rat. He further explains that it is one of the “giant rats of [[Argon]]” which, as a “protector” of this world of [[Ecord]], he is sworn to hunt down and destroy. They are, he explains, ordinary rats which have been transformed into monsters by the malevolent [[Shaman of Argon|Shamen of Argon]], and they are infesting the land in “great numbers”. Introducing herself to Tyse, she agrees to help hunt them down, and they ride off, exchanging flirtatious | ||
==== Chapter 2 ½: Eccord: Dalliance ==== | ==== Chapter 2 ½: Eccord: Dalliance ==== | ||
[[Jenny Everywhere | [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] and [[Tyse]] continue discussing the world of [[Ecord]] and the malevolent magical threats they will face. Their discussion grows increasingly flirtatious and laden with double entendres, and they ultimately take a detour by a river-bank where they dismount for a brief “dalliance”. | ||
==== Chapter 3: Eckord: Temple Attack ==== | ==== Chapter 3: Eckord: Temple Attack ==== | ||
Having returned to the matter at hand, [[Jenny Everywhere | Having returned to the matter at hand, [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] and [[Tyse]] find themselves at the gates of the [[Temple of Argon]]. Ignoring a sign reading ‘DO NOT ENTER’, they enter, making their way up a long spiraling staircase to somehow exit in an “airy courtyard” before they briefly stop to consider a mural depicting the deity [[Argon]] himself. | ||
They soon reach a circular hall with a deep bit in the centre, filled with cages containing eldritch creatures — and occupied by “a handful of long-robed [[Shaman of Argon|Shamen]]” who instantly notice them. The [[High Priest (Jenny Everywhere and the Eye of Argon)|High Priest]], told apart from the lesser Shamen by his shaved head and the large jeweled necklace he wears, orders his minions to stop the intruders. The other Shamen free the [[Giant rat of Argon|giant rats]] from their cages; although it quickly becomes clear that Jenny and Tyse are easily fighting them off, the High Priest intends for them to merely act as distractions while he summons “an unstoppable creature from the stygian bowels of the lower [[Hell#In Ecord|Hells]]!”. | They soon reach a circular hall with a deep bit in the centre, filled with cages containing eldritch creatures — and occupied by “a handful of long-robed [[Shaman of Argon|Shamen]]” who instantly notice them. The [[High Priest (Jenny Everywhere and the Eye of Argon)|High Priest]], told apart from the lesser Shamen by his shaved head and the large jeweled necklace he wears, orders his minions to stop the intruders. The other Shamen free the [[Giant rat of Argon|giant rats]] from their cages; although it quickly becomes clear that Jenny and Tyse are easily fighting them off, the High Priest intends for them to merely act as distractions while he summons “an unstoppable creature from the stygian bowels of the lower [[Hell#In Ecord|Hells]]!”. | ||
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====Chapter 4: Earth: Home Again==== | ====Chapter 4: Earth: Home Again==== | ||
[[Jenny Everywhere | [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]] materialises back in her home universe in front of [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]], still dressed as a barbarian warrior and holding her sword. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | ====Jenny Everywhere==== | ||
* This story stars [[Jenny Everywhere | * This story stars [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|the “default” Jenny]] of [[Scott Sanford's Jenny Everywhere stories]]. | ||
* She finds herself changing outfits when she [[shift]]s to [[Ecord]], emerging dressed in a “leather bikini”, plus a chainmail scarf and high-laced sandals. She remains in this outfit after shifting home, suggesting this is, in this instance an effect of Ecord's peculiar nature, rather than an aspect of Jenny's shifting powers. | * She finds herself changing outfits when she [[shift]]s to [[Ecord]], emerging dressed in a “leather bikini”, plus a chainmail scarf and high-laced sandals. She remains in this outfit after shifting home, suggesting this is, in this instance an effect of Ecord's peculiar nature, rather than an aspect of Jenny's shifting powers. | ||
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====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
* The story opens and closes in this Jenny's [[Universe | * The story opens and closes in this Jenny's [[Parallax Universe|home universe]]. | ||
* The month before, Jenny visited [[Universe A (Jenny Everywhere and the Eye of Argon)|a universe]] where “genetically engineered hyper-something” (either the yeast or the grain) allowed the creation of a special [[Mars|Martian]] bread which [[Kim | * The month before, Jenny visited [[Universe A (Jenny Everywhere and the Eye of Argon)|a universe]] where “genetically engineered hyper-something” (either the yeast or the grain) allowed the creation of a special [[Mars|Martian]] bread which [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]] agrees “smelled amazing”. She also brought home some currency from that world, appearing as “a handful of bills in shocking pastel colors”. Its Mars had “crystal pillars by the edge of an empty sea”. | ||
* Jenny reflects on how some universe “could distort probability or logic, tilting the whole world toward or away from particular behaviours, even entire stories”, and recalls having “visited a few” before [[Ecord]], the story's main setting, a clichéd fantasy universe (whose name is intentionally misspelled in several ways including [[Eccord]] and [[Eckord]]). | * Jenny reflects on how some universe “could distort probability or logic, tilting the whole world toward or away from particular behaviours, even entire stories”, and recalls having “visited a few” before [[Ecord]], the story's main setting, a clichéd fantasy universe (whose name is intentionally misspelled in several ways including [[Eccord]] and [[Eckord]]). | ||
====Other ==== | ====Other ==== | ||
* [[Tyse]] is described as a [[Barbarian]]; he has red hair, and wears a loin-cloth and “iron spiraled helm”. | * [[Tyse]] is described as a [[Barbarian]]; he has red hair, and wears a loin-cloth and “iron spiraled helm”. | ||
* [[Kim | * [[Kim (Parallax Universe)|Kim]] describes Jenny's outfit as something out of “a [[Boris Vallejo]] painting”. For her part, Jenny remarks that she hasn't “worn this little in public since the last time [she] met [[the Puritan Streaker]]”. | ||
* Jenny daydreams about someday making her way to [[Barsoom]], musing on what the night life in [[Helium]] might be like. [[Thern]]s are mentioned. | * Jenny daydreams about someday making her way to [[Barsoom]], musing on what the night life in [[Helium]] might be like. [[Thern]]s are mentioned. | ||
