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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]]<br>[[Dynamite Thor]]<br>[[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|The Man in Grey]] | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]]<br>[[Dynamite Thor]]<br>[[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|The Man in Grey]] | ||
| featuring= [[ | | featuring= [[Glenda Sif]]<br>[[Professor Wogglebug]]<br>[[Grant Farrel (Foxverse)|Grant Farrel]]/[[Thor (Foxverse)|Thor]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Captain Tootsie]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lurline]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Bigfoot]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Jenny Everywhere (925th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Jenny Nowhere (925th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[925th Universe]] | | setting= [[925th Universe]] | ||
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==Contents== | ==Contents== | ||
===Plot=== | ===Plot=== | ||
It's [[Valentine's Day]], and the [[Multidimensional Finders Service]] is inundated with calls from people asking where to “find love”, a request with [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] flatly refuses to dignify with an answer, hanging up every time. When [[Dynamite Thor|Peter “Dynamite” Thor]] brings her her coffee, however, she is surprised to find that he's all dressed up; he explains that he's going on a date with his girlfriend [[Glenda]], but asks for advice on a touchy point: he has yet to tell her about his secret identity as Dynamite Thor — though Jenny is skeptical that Glenda hasn't figured it out herself (what with Thor's uncommonly incompetent approach to secrecy), she stays silent, not wanting to hurt her friend's feelings. Their conversation is interrupted by yet another caller asking for help finding love, causing Jenny to barge into [[the Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]]'s office, demanding that he ban such calls from coming through. | It's [[Valentine's Day]], and the [[Multidimensional Finders Service]] is inundated with calls from people asking where to “find love”, a request with [[Jenny Over-There (925th Universe)|Jenny Over-There]] flatly refuses to dignify with an answer, hanging up every time. When [[Dynamite Thor|Peter “Dynamite” Thor]] brings her her coffee, however, she is surprised to find that he's all dressed up; he explains that he's going on a date with his girlfriend [[Glenda Sif]], but asks for advice on a touchy point: he has yet to tell her about his secret identity as Dynamite Thor — though Jenny is skeptical that Glenda hasn't figured it out herself (what with Thor's uncommonly incompetent approach to secrecy), she stays silent, not wanting to hurt her friend's feelings. Their conversation is interrupted by yet another caller asking for help finding love, causing Jenny to barge into [[the Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]]'s office, demanding that he ban such calls from coming through. | ||
The Man, however, is uncharacteristically distracted, appearing to be lost in thought — and, after he refuses to explain why, Jenny leaves him to those thoughts, which turn out to concern [[Professor Wogglebug]] and the Man in Grey's improbable development of romantic feelings for the educated insect following their chance meeting at the [[Interdimensional Pride Parade]] fiasco. He makes his mind to phone the bug for the first time since Pride (though they've exchanged emails in the intervening time), and the two agree to meet up for a restaurant date, though mutually insisting that it's purely platonic. | The Man, however, is uncharacteristically distracted, appearing to be lost in thought — and, after he refuses to explain why, Jenny leaves him to those thoughts, which turn out to concern [[Professor Wogglebug]] and the Man in Grey's improbable development of romantic feelings for the educated insect following their chance meeting at the [[Interdimensional Pride Parade]] fiasco. He makes his mind to phone the bug for the first time since Pride (though they've exchanged emails in the intervening time), and the two agree to meet up for a restaurant date, though mutually insisting that it's purely platonic. | ||
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===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | ====Jenny Everywhere==== | ||
* [[ | * [[Glenda Sif]] is aware that [[Dynamite Thor]] is acquainted with both [[Jenny Everywhere (925th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] and [[Jenny Nowhere (925th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]]. | ||
====Jenny Nowhere==== | ====Jenny Nowhere==== | ||
* [[ | * [[Glenda Sif]] is aware that [[Dynamite Thor]] is acquainted with both [[Jenny Everywhere (925th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] and [[Jenny Nowhere (925th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]]. | ||
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* Describing the mating practices of ordinary, non-sapient, non-magnified [[wogglebug]]s, the Professor explains that they “tend to cuddle, maybe bite a bit, and then, when the time is right, the female of the species decapitates the male so that her young can feast on their remains”. | * Describing the mating practices of ordinary, non-sapient, non-magnified [[wogglebug]]s, the Professor explains that they “tend to cuddle, maybe bite a bit, and then, when the time is right, the female of the species decapitates the male so that her young can feast on their remains”. | ||
* The Professor also alludes to an incident where he briefly attempted to date a non-sentient shop-window dummy while on holiday. | * The Professor also alludes to an incident where he briefly attempted to date a non-sentient shop-window dummy while on holiday. | ||
* Jenny Over-There is described as walking with “a slight slouch similar to filmed footage of [[ | * Jenny Over-There is described as walking with “a slight slouch similar to filmed footage of [[Bigfoot]]”. | ||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
* [[Glenda]], whose full name is here given as | * [[Glenda]], whose full name is here given as [[Glenda Sif]], was previously referenced as [[Dynamite Thor]]'s girlfriend in [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas (short story)|A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas]]''; Thor explains that he helped her move in from the [[Foxverse]] “just before last [[Christmas]]”. | ||
* The events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'', including [[the Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]]'s banishment from [[Land of Oz|Oz]], are prominently referenced. | * The events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'', including [[the Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]]'s banishment from [[Land of Oz|Oz]], are prominently referenced. | ||
* The Man in Grey discusses [[necronomics]], presumably the topic of ''[[Necronomics for Dummies]]'', a book which was a plot point in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'' and ''[[Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division (short story)|Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division]]''. | * The Man in Grey discusses [[necronomics]], presumably the topic of ''[[Necronomics for Dummies]]'', a book which was a plot point in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'' and ''[[Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division (short story)|Good Crieff - The Tribulations of the Scottish Division]]''. | ||
