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One day, Jenny reported to the [[M.F.S. office]] only to find the [[Red Interdimensional Telephone]] disconnected and her desk gone. [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|The Man in Grey]] explained that he wanted her help screening new applicants as the [[Great Higher-Up]]s wished for the [[Multidimensional Finders Service]] to hire more people than just her. After harrowingly narrowing down the list of 193 applicants to just four — [[Talbot Molossus]], [[the Hydrant]], [[0000-8888888]], and [[Doctor Know-It-All (925th Universe)|Doctor Know-It-All]] — Jenny was crushed to learn that they were to staff a new M.F.S. office in [[Scotland]], rather than join her in [[Wales]]. However, the Man in Grey then also asked her opinion on the possibility of hiring an intern to help run the Welsh office. She enthusiastically agreed and ended up recommending hapless failed superhero [[Dynamite Thor]] for the post, feeling sorry for him after he had made multiple bungled attempts to get hired for the new positions throughout the day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') | One day, Jenny reported to the [[M.F.S. office]] only to find the [[Red Interdimensional Telephone]] disconnected and her desk gone. [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|The Man in Grey]] explained that he wanted her help screening new applicants as the [[Great Higher-Up]]s wished for the [[Multidimensional Finders Service]] to hire more people than just her. After harrowingly narrowing down the list of 193 applicants to just four — [[Talbot Molossus]], [[the Hydrant]], [[0000-8888888]], and [[Doctor Know-It-All (925th Universe)|Doctor Know-It-All]] — Jenny was crushed to learn that they were to staff a new M.F.S. office in [[Scotland]], rather than join her in [[Wales]]. However, the Man in Grey then also asked her opinion on the possibility of hiring an intern to help run the Welsh office. She enthusiastically agreed and ended up recommending hapless failed superhero [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]] for the post, feeling sorry for him after he had made multiple bungled attempts to get hired for the new positions throughout the day. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Open Sourcing (short story)|Open Sourcing]]'') | ||
===Pride Month with Peter=== | ===Pride Month with Peter=== | ||
When [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]] set up a [[Pride Month]] campaign, Jenny was initially irritated by the Man's inane proposal that the M.F.S. would, for the duration of Pride, allow callers to ask to know arbitrary people's sexualities. When the Man in Grey tasked [[Dynamite Thor]] with decorating the M.F.S. office, she gladly took the opportunity to get out of the office to help him shop for decorations. The two discovered [[Professor Helvetius's Convenient Pride Decorations Shop]], where they found a great number of flags and other decorations. When they brought them back to the office, however, they found the Man in Grey waiting for them, put in a very bad mood by his dismissal from the [[Interdimensional Pride Council]] over having tried to sell out to a number of unethical sponsors. He forbade Thor and Jenny from decorating the office at all, greatly distressing Thor. | When [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]] set up a [[Pride Month]] campaign, Jenny was initially irritated by the Man's inane proposal that the M.F.S. would, for the duration of Pride, allow callers to ask to know arbitrary people's sexualities. When the Man in Grey tasked [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]] with decorating the M.F.S. office, she gladly took the opportunity to get out of the office to help him shop for decorations. The two discovered [[Professor Helvetius's Convenient Pride Decorations Shop]], where they found a great number of flags and other decorations. When they brought them back to the office, however, they found the Man in Grey waiting for them, put in a very bad mood by his dismissal from the [[Interdimensional Pride Council]] over having tried to sell out to a number of unethical sponsors. He forbade Thor and Jenny from decorating the office at all, greatly distressing Thor. | ||
Seeing how much his first official Pride Month meant to her new friend (who explained that he had only recently come out as asexual, even to himself), she clarified to him that she was herself aroace, and suggested that they use the stock of decorations to throw their own party, which they spent a week planning, using Helvetius's interdimensional, bigger-on-the-inside shop as a venue. The party lived up to Thor's hopes and he had a great time, as did Jenny Over-There, who spent most of it hanging around one of the multiple versions of [[Jenny Everywhere]] in attendance, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') the [[38167th Universe]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') | Seeing how much his first official Pride Month meant to her new friend (who explained that he had only recently come out as asexual, even to himself), she clarified to him that she was herself aroace, and suggested that they use the stock of decorations to throw their own party, which they spent a week planning, using Helvetius's interdimensional, bigger-on-the-inside shop as a venue. The party lived up to Thor's hopes and he had a great time, as did Jenny Over-There, who spent most of it hanging around one of the multiple versions of [[Jenny Everywhere]] in attendance, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[A Series of Queer Events (short story)|A Series of Queer Events]]'') the [[38167th Universe]]'s [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') | ||
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On or slightly before June 17th, 2022, Jenny received a phone call on the [[Red Interdimensional Telephone]] from a mysterious woman who was actually the [[38167th Universe]]'s [[Jenny Nowhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]], who asked her for the location of [[Pixie Pristine's crystal ball]] in order to steal it. After Jenny guilelessly gave it to her, Nowhere appeared in the M.F.S. office and kidnapped Over-There, taking her to [[Nowhere Island]] and dispassionately tying her to a tree for [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] and friends to find as, in turn, they made their way through the Island. After they untied her, Over-There was able to direct them to the [[Castle of Nowhere]] in the middle of the island, and to confirm [[Sophie Everytime (38167th Universe)|Sophie Everytime]]'s presence inside. After they made their way there and were captured by Nowhere, Over-There interrupted Nowhere's evil monologue, demanding explanations about the history she was alluding to, which Nowhere agreed to provide. After Nowhere was defeated, the heroes rowed out to sea from the Island to get out of the shift-cancelling era, and Jenny Everywhere then shifted everyone back home. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') | On or slightly before June 17th, 2022, Jenny received a phone call on the [[Red Interdimensional Telephone]] from a mysterious woman who was actually the [[38167th Universe]]'s [[Jenny Nowhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Nowhere]], who asked her for the location of [[Pixie Pristine's crystal ball]] in order to steal it. After Jenny guilelessly gave it to her, Nowhere appeared in the M.F.S. office and kidnapped Over-There, taking her to [[Nowhere Island]] and dispassionately tying her to a tree for [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] and friends to find as, in turn, they made their way through the Island. After they untied her, Over-There was able to direct them to the [[Castle of Nowhere]] in the middle of the island, and to confirm [[Sophie Everytime (38167th Universe)|Sophie Everytime]]'s presence inside. After they made their way there and were captured by Nowhere, Over-There interrupted Nowhere's evil monologue, demanding explanations about the history she was alluding to, which Nowhere agreed to provide. After Nowhere was defeated, the heroes rowed out to sea from the Island to get out of the shift-cancelling era, and Jenny Everywhere then shifted everyone back home. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') | ||
Reappearing in the darkened [[M.F.S. office]], Jenny was pleased to note that it was now 2 a.m. and she had missed an afternoon at work. After noticing absently that she had mistakenly brought Pixie Pristine's crystal ball with her, she almost literally tripped over [[Dynamite Thor]] and then was confronted with [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]], thus discovering in short succession that both of them had no other home than the M.F.S. office and stayed there at night. While Thor was distraught to have hissed his chance to rescue his friend as a damse-in-distress, and insisted on giving her one of his “[[Thor Signaller]]s” (modified grenades), the Man in Grey half-heartedly scolded her before sending her home, insisting that she needed to be on her best behaviour the next day as the M.F.S. would be getting a visit from [[the Repairer of Reputations]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Workplace Reunion (short story)|Workplace Reunion]]'') | Reappearing in the darkened [[M.F.S. office]], Jenny was pleased to note that it was now 2 a.m. and she had missed an afternoon at work. After noticing absently that she had mistakenly brought Pixie Pristine's crystal ball with her, she almost literally tripped over [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]] and then was confronted with [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]], thus discovering in short succession that both of them had no other home than the M.F.S. office and stayed there at night. While Thor was distraught to have hissed his chance to rescue his friend as a damse-in-distress, and insisted on giving her one of his “[[Thor Signaller]]s” (modified grenades), the Man in Grey half-heartedly scolded her before sending her home, insisting that she needed to be on her best behaviour the next day as the M.F.S. would be getting a visit from [[the Repairer of Reputations]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Workplace Reunion (short story)|Workplace Reunion]]'') | ||
===Christmas 2022=== | ===Christmas 2022=== | ||
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===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 [[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. | 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 (Fox universe)|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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On an ordinary, boring day, while scrolling through her smartphone looking for some games to while away her working hours, after getting a fairly ordinary call from [[Nyarlathotep (Who Laws the Lawyers?)|a version]] of [[Nyarlathotep]], Jenny got a call from a [[Bonham (Who Laws the Lawyers?)|gravelly-voiced villain]] asking for the location of [[Benito]], of ''[[Super Benito Siblings]]'' fame. She was baffled when she realised that her powers weren't working on either Benito or the caller, and went to [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]] for advice. He helped her to realise that the figure who'd called her seemed to be actor [[Dwight White]]'s version of the ''Super Benito Siblings'' villain [[Bonham]]; at his suggestion, she accepted another call, this one from Nyarlathotep's quarry [[Dwain Carter]], and indeed found that she was still able to inform ''him'' of the location of what he wanted (that “damn fourth [[Shining Trapezohedron]]”), meaning the problem was exclusive to “Bonham” and related figures, as confirmed upon getting a second, angrier call for Bonham, at whom she hangs up again. | On an ordinary, boring day, while scrolling through her smartphone looking for some games to while away her working hours, after getting a fairly ordinary call from [[Nyarlathotep (Who Laws the Lawyers?)|a version]] of [[Nyarlathotep]], Jenny got a call from a [[Bonham (Who Laws the Lawyers?)|gravelly-voiced villain]] asking for the location of [[Benito]], of ''[[Super Benito Siblings]]'' fame. She was baffled when she realised that her powers weren't working on either Benito or the caller, and went to [[The Man in Grey (925th Universe)|the Man in Grey]] for advice. He helped her to realise that the figure who'd called her seemed to be actor [[Dwight White]]'s version of the ''Super Benito Siblings'' villain [[Bonham]]; at his suggestion, she accepted another call, this one from Nyarlathotep's quarry [[Dwain Carter]], and indeed found that she was still able to inform ''him'' of the location of what he wanted (that “damn fourth [[Shining Trapezohedron]]”), meaning the problem was exclusive to “Bonham” and related figures, as confirmed upon getting a second, angrier call for Bonham, at whom she hangs up again. | ||
Next and most startling of all is a prank call from a squeaky-voiced individual asking for her own location right before jumping in through the window as soon as Jenny announces that this is where she is. The caller, who looked conspicuously like a cartoon-rabbit version of [[Jenny Everywhere (925th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]], promptly introduced herself as [[Bunny Everyhare (Who Laws the Lawyers?)|Bunny Everyhare]], a being from [[the Null]], and explained that the “Bonham” who proceeded to blow open the doors of the [[M.F.S. office]] was in fact a manifestation of her archnemesis and fellow [[Null-entity]], [[Bunny Nullhare]], though he was not fully aware of it. As a cartoonishly destructive battle began with Bonham on one side, and Bunny Everyhare and [[Dynamite Thor]] on the other, Jenny and the Man in Grey found themselves unwilling to gamble on which of “Bonham loses to a small bunny-girl with a big mallet” or “the alleged third-most-powerful-being-in-the-Multiverse loses to an unimpressive cartoon villain” would be considered funnier by Bunny's carton-physics-based powers. Brainstorming alternatives, they realised that as Bonham's canonical archnemesis Benito was a copyright lawyer, and Bonham-the-character was copyrighted fiction in this universe, it made narrative sense for them to call [[Kyujudo]]'s copyright lawyers on them for a metafictional, comedic anticlimax. Kyujudo summoned a phalanx of the interdimensional [[Legalmen Collective]], who managed to subdue Bonham, after which Bunny helped him fade back into nonexistence, returning to the Null herself in the process. | Next and most startling of all is a prank call from a squeaky-voiced individual asking for her own location right before jumping in through the window as soon as Jenny announces that this is where she is. The caller, who looked conspicuously like a cartoon-rabbit version of [[Jenny Everywhere (925th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]], promptly introduced herself as [[Bunny Everyhare (Who Laws the Lawyers?)|Bunny Everyhare]], a being from [[the Null]], and explained that the “Bonham” who proceeded to blow open the doors of the [[M.F.S. office]] was in fact a manifestation of her archnemesis and fellow [[Null-entity]], [[Bunny Nullhare]], though he was not fully aware of it. As a cartoonishly destructive battle began with Bonham on one side, and Bunny Everyhare and [[Dynamite Thor (Fox universe)|Dynamite Thor]] on the other, Jenny and the Man in Grey found themselves unwilling to gamble on which of “Bonham loses to a small bunny-girl with a big mallet” or “the alleged third-most-powerful-being-in-the-Multiverse loses to an unimpressive cartoon villain” would be considered funnier by Bunny's carton-physics-based powers. Brainstorming alternatives, they realised that as Bonham's canonical archnemesis Benito was a copyright lawyer, and Bonham-the-character was copyrighted fiction in this universe, it made narrative sense for them to call [[Kyujudo]]'s copyright lawyers on them for a metafictional, comedic anticlimax. Kyujudo summoned a phalanx of the interdimensional [[Legalmen Collective]], who managed to subdue Bonham, after which Bunny helped him fade back into nonexistence, returning to the Null herself in the process. | ||
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?]]'') | ||
