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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Professor Awesome (Parallax Universe)|Professor Awesome]] | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Professor Awesome (Parallax Universe)|Professor Awesome]] | ||
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| featuring= [[Santa Claus (Parallax Universe)|Santa Claus]]<br><small>(mentioned, possibly present off-screen)</small><br>[[Steven Lucas|Steve]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Thoth (Morning After)|Thoth]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[David Lowe]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Jenny Cornelius]]<br>[[Laura Drake | | featuring= [[Santa Claus (Parallax Universe)|Santa Claus]]<br><small>(mentioned, possibly present off-screen)</small><br>[[Steven Lucas|Steve]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Thoth (Morning After)|Thoth]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[David Lowe]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Jenny Cornelius]]<br>[[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura Drake]]<br>[[God (individual)|God]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[Parallax Universe]]<br>[[London]], [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|Jenny Cornelius's universe]] | | setting= [[Parallax Universe]]<br>[[London]], [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|Jenny Cornelius's universe]] | ||
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At past one in the morning on the night between [[Christmas Eve]] and [[Christmas Day]], a sleeping [[Professor Awesome (Parallax Universe)|Professor Awesome]] is woken up by [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]], who talks him into joining her on the roof. After mulling it over for a moment, he agrees, and, quickly getting dressed in his day clothes — complete with labcoat and essential gadgetry — he follows her to the said roof, where she explains that she wants to watch “the flyover”. The Professor slowly realises that she means “[[Santa Claus (Parallax Universe)|the bringer of presents… the lurker at chimneys… the eater of a billion cookies]]”; Jenny, appearing to treat him as incontrovertibly real, advises him not to say the name out loud, though she tells him that she borrowed an “[[Amulet of Unheeding]]” from [[Steven Lucas|Steve]] and [[Thoth (Morning After)|Thoth]] just in case. Before they can see anything, however, Jenny is hit in the face by a large snowball coming from nowhere in particular, and they are then knocked down by a sudden gust of wind. When they get up again, there are contrails suddenly criss-crossing the sky, as though hundreds of aircrafts — ''or just one moving extremely fast'' — had passed over the city in the blink of an eye. Melodramatically angry, Jenny waves a fist in the air and shouts up at the sky: “You just wait! I know who’s driving the fat man this year!” — but she gets no reply, and Eric calms her down by calling her attention to the two scarlet presents with their name on them that are suddenly lying on a parapet. | At past one in the morning on the night between [[Christmas Eve]] and [[Christmas Day]], a sleeping [[Professor Awesome (Parallax Universe)|Professor Awesome]] is woken up by [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|Jenny]], who talks him into joining her on the roof. After mulling it over for a moment, he agrees, and, quickly getting dressed in his day clothes — complete with labcoat and essential gadgetry — he follows her to the said roof, where she explains that she wants to watch “the flyover”. The Professor slowly realises that she means “[[Santa Claus (Parallax Universe)|the bringer of presents… the lurker at chimneys… the eater of a billion cookies]]”; Jenny, appearing to treat him as incontrovertibly real, advises him not to say the name out loud, though she tells him that she borrowed an “[[Amulet of Unheeding]]” from [[Steven Lucas|Steve]] and [[Thoth (Morning After)|Thoth]] just in case. Before they can see anything, however, Jenny is hit in the face by a large snowball coming from nowhere in particular, and they are then knocked down by a sudden gust of wind. When they get up again, there are contrails suddenly criss-crossing the sky, as though hundreds of aircrafts — ''or just one moving extremely fast'' — had passed over the city in the blink of an eye. Melodramatically angry, Jenny waves a fist in the air and shouts up at the sky: “You just wait! I know who’s driving the fat man this year!” — but she gets no reply, and Eric calms her down by calling her attention to the two scarlet presents with their name on them that are suddenly lying on a parapet. | ||
In [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|another world]], it's [[Epiphany]] in the 1960s, and [[Jenny Cornelius]] has seized the chance to take out [[Laura Drake | In [[Universe (The Folly of Men)|another world]], it's [[Epiphany]] in the 1960s, and [[Jenny Cornelius]] has seized the chance to take out [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|Laura]]. Their date is interrupted by the appearance of [[Jenny Everywhere (Parallax Universe)|the “Kim's friend” Jenny]], who, without preamble, drops a handful of snow down her other self's back, giggling that “turnabout is fair play”. After a moment's confused flailing, Jenny Cornelius admits as much and pulls the other Jenny into a big hug. Laura is rather confused about all this, asking if the “other Jenny” is some kind of a relative, but her manners prevail upon her common sense and she asks the other Jenny if she wants to join their day out on the town. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
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====Laura Drake==== | ====Laura Drake==== | ||
* This story features [[Jenny Cornelius]]'s [[Laura Drake | * This story features [[Jenny Cornelius]]'s [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|corresponding Laura Drake]] as previously seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]''. She is shown not to have previously known about Cornelius's multidimensional nature. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
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=== Continuity === | === Continuity === | ||
* [[Jenny Cornelius]] was previously seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'' in minor roles, then at greater length in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'', which established her home time and place and introduced her [[Laura Drake | * [[Jenny Cornelius]] was previously seen in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'' and [[PROSE]]: ''[[Morning After (novel)|Morning After]]'' in minor roles, then at greater length in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Folly of Men (short story)|The Folly of Men]]'', which established her home time and place and introduced her [[Laura Drake (The Folly of Men)|corresponding Laura Drake]]. | ||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
