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}}The '''version of [[Jenny Over-There]]''' from the [[925th Universe]], sometimes known as '''the Finder''', was a woman from [[925th Universe|one universe]] who accidentally gained the ability to know where any item or person in [[the Multiverse]] was located. Discovered by [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]], she became the original employee of his “[[Multidimensional Finders Service]]”. | }}The '''version of [[Jenny Over-There]]''' from the [[925th Universe]], sometimes known as '''the Finder''', was a woman from [[925th Universe|one universe]] who accidentally gained the ability to know where any item or person in [[the Multiverse]] was located. Discovered by [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]], she became the original employee of his “[[Multidimensional Finders Service]]”. | ||
She was occasionally nicknamed '''Jen''' or '''Jen-dog''' by [[Peter Thor]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'') and once used the throwaway alias of '''the Lovebomber''' while posing as a supervillain. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') | |||
== Description== | == Description== | ||
===Physical appearance=== | ===Physical appearance=== | ||
Jenny was frequently described as having an “under-described” face; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') one account stated that “her hair was a scruffy brownish-reddish mangle” and “her face was… [add description later]." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') By one source, she appeared as “a skinny woman wearing dark trousers and a red cardigan”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') | Jenny was frequently described as having an “under-described” face; ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') one account stated that “her hair was a scruffy brownish-reddish mangle” and “her face was… [add description later]." ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') Another source concurred that she had “reddish-brown hair”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Wakey Wakey (short story)|Wakey Wakey]]'') By one source, she appeared as “a skinny woman wearing dark trousers and a red cardigan”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') | ||
===Personality=== | ===Personality=== | ||
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==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
=== Early life=== | === Early life=== | ||
Jenny once noted that she “wasn't the best student in school”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') | Jenny was very fond of the ''[[Sherlock Holmes (925th Universe)|Sherlock Holmes]]'' books as a child. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[The Birthday Toaster (short story)|The Birthday Toaster]]'') She once noted that she “wasn't the best student in school”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') | ||
As they grew up, she and her cousin [[Marietta Over-There]] were the best of friends. Highlights of their interactions included “playing tag, talking about boys in a way that made it very clear that neither of [them] felt any attraction towards them despite feigning it due to societal norms”, and watching “scary movies” such as ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'', “[not] even the good one” but the one “with the [[Audrey Junior|bad paper mâché plant]]”. However, a fourteen-years-old Marietta got drawn into occultism and, making contact with [[Nyarlathotep (925th Universe)|Nyarlathotep]], was convinced by him to sacrifice Jenny's cat [[Grober]] in a ritual to summon [[Yog-Sothoth (925th Universe)|Yog-Sothoth]]. Heartbroken and horrified, Jenny ceased all contacts with Marietta for ten years, during which Marietta, brought to her senses by her cousin's reaction, sought to atone for her mistake by using her magic for good as the heroic “[[Lady Satan (925th Universe)|Lady Satan]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas (short story)|A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas]]'') | As they grew up, she and her cousin [[Marietta Over-There]] were the best of friends. Highlights of their interactions included “playing tag, talking about boys in a way that made it very clear that neither of [them] felt any attraction towards them despite feigning it due to societal norms”, and watching “scary movies” such as ''[[The Little Shop of Horrors]]'', “[not] even the good one” but the one “with the [[Audrey Junior|bad paper mâché plant]]”. However, a fourteen-years-old Marietta got drawn into occultism and, making contact with [[Nyarlathotep (925th Universe)|Nyarlathotep]], was convinced by him to sacrifice Jenny's cat [[Grober]] in a ritual to summon [[Yog-Sothoth (925th Universe)|Yog-Sothoth]]. Heartbroken and horrified, Jenny ceased all contacts with Marietta for ten years, during which Marietta, brought to her senses by her cousin's reaction, sought to atone for her mistake by using her magic for good as the heroic “[[Lady Satan (925th Universe)|Lady Satan]]”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas (short story)|A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas]]'') | ||
Jenny once took a culinary arts class, but ended up failing. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[The Birthday Toaster (short story)|The Birthday Toaster]]'') | |||
===Gaining her powers=== | ===Gaining her powers=== | ||
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As the key employee of the [[Multidimensional Finders Service|M.F.S.]], Jenny's task was to take calls on the [[Red Interdimensional Telephone]] for a whole work day, telling callers from across [[the Multiverse]] (and across all walks of life) how to find whatever they wanted found. She was not supposed to refuse any requests, save for demands to know the location of [[Jenny Everywhere]], due to such a question being inherently meaningless. | As the key employee of the [[Multidimensional Finders Service|M.F.S.]], Jenny's task was to take calls on the [[Red Interdimensional Telephone]] for a whole work day, telling callers from across [[the Multiverse]] (and across all walks of life) how to find whatever they wanted found. She was not supposed to refuse any requests, save for demands to know the location of [[Jenny Everywhere]], due to such a question being inherently meaningless. | ||
One otherwise-typical day saw her, in-between calls, getting a personal visit from [[Doctor Omega | One otherwise-typical day saw her, in-between calls, getting a personal visit from [[Doctor Omega (925th Universe)|Doctor Omega]], who dismantled her [[toaster]] to “borrow its [[thermal reactor]]. Jenny Over-There ordered a replacement toaster at [[Kablamazon]] and was surprised when, near the end of the work-day, it was delivered by [[Jenny Everywhere (925th Universe)|a version of Jenny Everywhere]], who had briefly called her earlier in the day with “Jenny O.” realising who she was talking to. Just before going home, “Jenny O.” decided to leave a call about Jenny Everywhere unanswered even though she was now able to answer it. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Tribulations of Jenny Over-There (short story)|The Tribulations of Jenny Over-There]]'') | ||
===New hires=== | ===New hires=== | ||
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After Jenny forgave her, Marietta noticed reports on the televised news about an ongoing crisis at the [[Dibbsy Store]] in [[America]], and abruptly asked Jenny for its exact address, which Jenny gave; Jenny was surprised, though only mildly so, when she then learned the truth about her cousin by seeing the news broadcast continue by reporting on the sudden appearance at the scene of the magic-wielding superhero [[Lady Satan (925th Universe)|Lady Satan]]. Afterwards, she went down to have Christmas dinner with her family, pleased to see that Marietta had already returned and would share in the meal. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas (short story)|A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas]]'') | After Jenny forgave her, Marietta noticed reports on the televised news about an ongoing crisis at the [[Dibbsy Store]] in [[America]], and abruptly asked Jenny for its exact address, which Jenny gave; Jenny was surprised, though only mildly so, when she then learned the truth about her cousin by seeing the news broadcast continue by reporting on the sudden appearance at the scene of the magic-wielding superhero [[Lady Satan (925th Universe)|Lady Satan]]. Afterwards, she went down to have Christmas dinner with her family, pleased to see that Marietta had already returned and would share in the meal. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas (short story)|A Very Jenny Over-There Christmas]]'') | ||
Some time later, the two visited the Underworld together and successfully brought [[Grober]] back, although Jenny's apartment turned out to have a no-pets policy, forcing her to leave him with her parents. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Wakey Wakey (short story)|Wakey Wakey]]'') | |||
===Valentine's Day 2023=== | ===Valentine's Day 2023=== | ||
On [[Valentine's Day]] 2023, the aroace Jenny was trying to enjoy a werewolf movie and a box of cheap chocolates in the comfort of her own home when she was called upon by [[Dynamite Thor|Peter “Dynamite” Thor]], who wanted her help to handle the matter of his secret identity with [[Glenda Sif]], his girlfriend. Unable to convince Thor that his girlfriend obviously already knew, she ended up being put through to Glenda herself, who confirmed as much. Having learned that Thor's main worry was that publicly being known as a superhero's girlfriend would lead to her getting abducted by supervillains, they decided to neutralise that worry by making Thor think that Glenda had gotten kidnapped even ''without'' that knowledge. | On [[Valentine's Day]] 2023, the aroace Jenny was trying to enjoy a werewolf movie and a box of cheap chocolates in the comfort of [[Jenny Over-There's flat|her own home]] when she was called upon by [[Dynamite Thor|Peter “Dynamite” Thor]], who wanted her help to handle the matter of his secret identity with [[Glenda Sif]], his girlfriend. Unable to convince Thor that his girlfriend obviously already knew, she ended up being put through to Glenda herself, who confirmed as much. Having learned that Thor's main worry was that publicly being known as a superhero's girlfriend would lead to her getting abducted by supervillains, they decided to neutralise that worry by making Thor think that Glenda had gotten kidnapped even ''without'' that knowledge. | ||
To do so, Jenny adopted a hastily-improvised supervillain identity as “the Lovebomber”, a maniac who kidnapped people's partners on Valentine's Day and attempted to blow them up using sticks of dynamite with impractically long fuses. After incompetently tying Glenda to a chair in [[the Abandoned, Possibly Haunted SatNav Factory]] (where Glenda had insisted on setting the scene despite Jenny's bad memories associated with the place) and luring Thor there, Jenny lit the fuse then left the premises, quickly returning home and taking off the ridiculous mask and heart insignia once and for all. The madcap scheme actually worked out to Thor and Glenda's satisfaction, with Thor confessing his true identity. Glenda, who found that she had missed the thrill of being a damsel-in-distress (to which she'd been accustomed in her days dating [[Grant Farrel (Fox universe)|Grant Farrel]]), told Jenny to give her a call if she decided to carry on being a supervillain, though a significantly disturbed Jenny shot down the idea flatly. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') | To do so, Jenny adopted a hastily-improvised supervillain identity as “the Lovebomber”, a maniac who kidnapped people's partners on Valentine's Day and attempted to blow them up using sticks of dynamite with impractically long fuses. After incompetently tying Glenda to a chair in [[the Abandoned, Possibly Haunted SatNav Factory]] (where Glenda had insisted on setting the scene despite Jenny's bad memories associated with the place) and luring Thor there, Jenny lit the fuse then left the premises, quickly returning home and taking off the ridiculous mask and heart insignia once and for all. The madcap scheme actually worked out to Thor and Glenda's satisfaction, with Thor confessing his true identity. Glenda, who found that she had missed the thrill of being a damsel-in-distress (to which she'd been accustomed in her days dating [[Grant Farrel (Fox universe)|Grant Farrel]]), told Jenny to give her a call if she decided to carry on being a supervillain, though a significantly disturbed Jenny shot down the idea flatly. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Lovie Dovie Stuff (short story)|Lovie Dovie Stuff]]'') | ||
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With the matter clearly resolved, Jenny returned to her ordinary duties, getting another phone call — again from Nyarlathotep, though now in a different avatar which looked conspicuously like another Bunny Nullhare — just in time to inform him, but only with [[Yog-Sothoth (Who Laws the Lawyers?)|Yog-Sothoth]]'s express permission, that Dwain and [[Karolyn Carter]] were now safe in [[Kadath]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Laws the Lawyers? (short story)|Who Laws the Lawyers?]]'') | With the matter clearly resolved, Jenny returned to her ordinary duties, getting another phone call — again from Nyarlathotep, though now in a different avatar which looked conspicuously like another Bunny Nullhare — just in time to inform him, but only with [[Yog-Sothoth (Who Laws the Lawyers?)|Yog-Sothoth]]'s express permission, that Dwain and [[Karolyn Carter]] were now safe in [[Kadath]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Who Laws the Lawyers? (short story)|Who Laws the Lawyers?]]'') | ||
=== | === Contacted by the 775th Universe === | ||
[[File:Jenny Over-There in The Demon and the Butterfly.png|thumb|left|The [[Interdimensional Ham Radio]] calls Jenny. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Demon and the Butterfly (comic story)|The Demon and the Butterfly]]'')]]At one point, in the [[775th Universe]], [[Laura Drake (775th Universe)|Laura Drake]] received a question from an interdimensional observer inquiring as to the name of the universe in which this Laura resided. Before Laura could answer, the [[Interdimensional Ham Radio]] she was using spontaneously put her through to the [[Multidimensional Finders Service]], and a bored-looking Jenny Over-There informed her that her universe was “Reality #775” before hanging up. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Demon and the Butterfly (comic story)#Special Q&A|The Demon and the Butterfly: Special Q&A]]'') | [[File:Jenny Over-There in The Demon and the Butterfly.png|thumb|left|The [[Interdimensional Ham Radio]] calls Jenny. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Demon and the Butterfly (comic story)|The Demon and the Butterfly]]'')]]At one point, in the [[775th Universe]], [[Laura Drake (775th Universe)|Laura Drake]] received a question from an interdimensional observer inquiring as to the name of the universe in which this Laura resided. Before Laura could answer, the [[Interdimensional Ham Radio]] she was using spontaneously put her through to the [[Multidimensional Finders Service]], and a bored-looking Jenny Over-There informed her that her universe was “Reality #775” before hanging up. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Demon and the Butterfly (comic story)#Special Q&A|The Demon and the Butterfly: Special Q&A]]'') | ||
=== Unexpected birthday === | |||
One morning, after waking up too early, Jenny realised with a start that she had been working for the [[Multidimensional Finders Service]] for a full year, something to which she initially reacted quite negatively, dreading the prospect of spending her whole life doing this unfulfilling throwaway job. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Wakey Wakey (short story)|Wakey Wakey]]'') | |||
At work, she remained fairly gloomy, with even a call from the actual [[John Watson (Dawn 2218)|Doctor Watson]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[The Birthday Toaster (short story)|The Birthday Toaster]]'', [[PROSE]]: ''[[Dark Dealings (short story)|Dark Dealings]]'') failing to cheer her up. While she was contemplating the [[toaster]] in the break-room — which had been there as long as she had —, she was accosted by [[the Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]], who unexpectedly asked her for advice on how to protest his banishment from the [[Land of Oz (925th Universe)|Land of Oz]] — in the process breaking the news of his romantic entanglement with [[Professor Wogglebug (925th Universe)|Professor Wogglebug]] to a baffled Jenny. After an elated Man in Grey received news that at the Professor's intercession, [[Ozma (925th Universe)|Ozma]] had agreed to set a formal trial date for him, Jenny decided to take advantage of his good mood to ask for the day off, spuriously claiming that it was her actual birthday. He agreed to give it to her, provided she stayed an hour more to complete this shift. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[The Birthday Toaster (short story)|The Birthday Toaster]]'') | |||
Before the hour was up, she was called back to the breakroom by the Man in Grey, where she was surprised to see that, taking the claim that it was her birthday quite seriously, he had set up an emergency birthday party for her, complete with grey party hats as well as a grey, but tasty, cake. This helped her realise that she liked working for the M.F.S. well enough, and her weariness was more down to being overworked than due to the nature of the work or environment. Daring to push her luck, she thus asked the uncharacteristically pleasant Man in Grey if she could renegotiate her working hours, and, granting that she was an essential employee and thus in a position to bargain, the Man in Grey agreed in principle, with the two retreating into the Man in Grey's office to discuss it further. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There (novel)|Annals of the Jen: One Year of Jenny Over-There]]'': ''[[Happy Birthday, Jenny Over-There! (short story)|Happy Birthday, Jenny Over-There!]]'') | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
