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|writer(s) = [[Xavier Llewellyn]] | |writer(s) = [[Xavier Llewellyn]] | ||
|dates = [[March | |dates = [[31 March (releases)|31 March]] [[2024 (releases)|2024]]<ref name="cheshire">{{cite web | ||
|url=https://twitter.com/Realms_of_Ink/status/1774472339897389193 | |url=https://twitter.com/Realms_of_Ink/status/1774472339897389193 | ||
|title=''It is with great pleasure I can announce the release of A World of Pure Unimagination, the first instalment of Everywhere's Extraordinary Escapes.'' | |title=''It is with great pleasure I can announce the release of A World of Pure Unimagination, the first instalment of Everywhere's Extraordinary Escapes.'' | ||
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Despite being apprehensive about travelling there, [[Jenny Everywhere A (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Jenny Everywhere]] has [[shift]]ed into [[Jenny Everywhere (Third Universe)|the Jenny]] native to the [[Third Universe]] following the catastrophic [[the Unravel|Unravel]]. On [[snowy planet (A World of Pure Unimagination)|a snowy planet]], Jenny rescues two stranded [[Pinguis]], [[Bibendum]] and [[Puff Tremayne]]; in doing so, seeing their [[marshmallow]]-like appearance, Jenny develops a craving for [[chocolate]]. | Despite being apprehensive about travelling there, [[Jenny Everywhere A (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Jenny Everywhere]] has [[shift]]ed into [[Jenny Everywhere (Third Universe)|the Jenny]] native to the [[Third Universe]] following the catastrophic [[the Unravel|Unravel]]. On [[snowy planet (A World of Pure Unimagination)|a snowy planet]], Jenny rescues two stranded [[Pinguis]], [[Bibendum]] and [[Puff Tremayne]]; in doing so, seeing their [[marshmallow]]-like appearance, Jenny develops a craving for [[chocolate]]. | ||
Deciding to "indulge after a job well done", she [[shift]]s to [[Universe C (A World of Pure Unimagination)|a universe]], with merely a "vague idea" resembling [[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory|a film she watched as a child]] | Deciding to "indulge after a job well done", she [[shift]]s to [[Universe C (A World of Pure Unimagination)|a universe]], with merely a "vague idea" of its appearance — hopefully resembling [[Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory|a film she watched as a child]]. She reminisces about [[Jenny Everywhere's granny (A World of Pure Unimagination)|her granny]] criticising the film's lack of diversity and her crush on [[Charlie Bucket|the young protagonist]] that lasted up until [[Jenny Everywhere's high school|high school]]. She enters this universe by possessing [[Jenny Everywhere C (A World of Pure Unimagination)|another Jenny's stylish body]]. | ||
However, the universe is not quite as she | However, the universe is not quite as she wished for: she is in [[Glasgow]], on [[24 February]] [[2024]], according to a local newspaper she read in [[Newsagent's (A World of Pure Unimagination)|a newsagent's]] she had taken refuge inside during a downpour. Said newspaper also informs her of the opening of a "[[Willy McDuff's chocolate factory|chocolate factory]]" belonging to one [[Willy McDuff]] — but suspiciously, no photograph of the factory is attached. Wanting fresh chocolate, Jenny leaves the shop after the rain dies down and walks to the factory, being merely streets away. | ||
''more to | To her surprise, the factory appears to be merely a werehouse instead of a magical manufacturing plant. Hoping the inside would be more spectacular than the outside, she finds that, for once, appearances ''aren't'' deceiving; the pitiful attempts at decoration do little to mask the industrial space. She buys a ticket from [[Simon (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Simon]] — a diminutive and fairly rude [[Wonkidoodle]] — and sits next the other waiting families. Soon, the gates open and what Jenny assumes is another Wonkidoodle, wearing a Ringmaster outfit, approaches them: she chokes back a laugh when he introduces himself as [[Willy McDuff]], averting eye contact as he looks at her. | ||
McDuff begins explaining how the [[Garden of Enchantment]] is alive. Jenny, having keen observation skills, quickly notices that it is not infact alive and just decorated with some old [[Christmas]] decorations, as well as none of the environment or McDuff's explanation thereof having anything to do with chocolate or even sweets. McDuff continues talking as the group enters the Garden, now accompanied by [[Wonkidoodle (A World of Pure Unimagination)|a Wonkidoodle]]. The so-called chocolatier continues exaggerating the wonder of the setting around them and Jenny is surprised that he is actually good with children. The Wonkidoodle feigns tripping over a patch of flowers, sending marbles flying, which McDuff pretends were the flowers tripping his companion up to steal his sweets. McDuff then tells the children to compliment the tulips, and the Wonkidoodle thanks them in a high pitched voice out of the corner of his mouth, a puppeteer to his ventriloquist dummy. | |||
As the tour progresses, Jenny remains an onlooker, silently questioning if McDuff is a "paid actor acting out some kind of unauthorised tie-in" or if she had stumbled into a world that genuinely matched such fictions. She also wonders if McDuff actually knew anything about chocolate. After a while of more of the same shoddy set pieces, the novelty begins to wear off and she considers leaving. Yet, something interesting — finally — happens. | |||
=== Worldbuilding === | === Worldbuilding === | ||
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==== Locations ==== | ==== Locations ==== | ||
* [[Glasgow (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Glasgow]] has [[High Street, Glasgow|a high street]]. One end is near the [[River Clyde]], and [[South Street]] runs parallel to it. | |||
** South Street primarily is home to lots of warehouses. | |||
* There is [[Charles III|a King]] of [[England]] in Jenny’s native universe and the one with Willy McDuff's chocolate factory. In the latter, his face is printed on plastic banknotes. | * There is [[Charles III|a King]] of [[England]] in Jenny’s native universe and the one with Willy McDuff's chocolate factory. In the latter, his face is printed on plastic banknotes. | ||
===== Willy McDuff's "chocolate factory" ===== | |||
* The factory houses a "less than enchanting" area separated from the rest by plastic gates with bold letters above desperately stating "factory". This area is filled with rows of wooden benches, which families sit on, waiting. | |||
* Simon sits behind a plastic folding table, where Jenny buys her £35 ticket of admission from. She has to cough to get his attention, as he is engrossed in his smartphone. | |||
* McDuff asks the children, whom he calls "adventurers", if they've prepared by bringing a spare pair of socks in case if their current ones are blown off. | |||
==== Individuals ==== | ==== Individuals ==== | ||
* [[Simon (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Simon]] is short, has green hair and ruddy skin (instead of thr expected orange). | |||
* Jenny thinks "for [[God (individual)|God]]'s sake" when remembering the [[Hyperspace Tyrant (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Hyperspace Tyrant]] she previously met. | * Jenny thinks "for [[God (individual)|God]]'s sake" when remembering the [[Hyperspace Tyrant (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Hyperspace Tyrant]] she previously met. | ||
* [[Walter White|Walter]] and [[Jesse Pinkman|Jesse]] are partners in crime who run a crystal meth lab. Jenny is reminded of them upon seeing the duo of Wonkidoodles, [[Janine (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Janine]] and [[Courtesy (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Courtesy]], working at their table with laboratory equipment. | * [[Walter White|Walter]] and [[Jesse Pinkman|Jesse]] are partners in crime who run a crystal meth lab. Jenny is reminded of them upon seeing the duo of Wonkidoodles, [[Janine (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Janine]] and [[Courtesy (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Courtesy]], working at their table with laboratory equipment. | ||
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* The Jenny she shifted into is slightly paler than herself. She's happy she isn't in a white version of herself, as she finds the experience to be "off". | * The Jenny she shifted into is slightly paler than herself. She's happy she isn't in a white version of herself, as she finds the experience to be "off". | ||
* When Jenny sets off to find shelter, she decides the ego of the Jenny she is inside could take a hit, running like a child. | * When Jenny sets off to find shelter, she decides the ego of the Jenny she is inside could take a hit, running like a child. | ||
* As Jenny prefers to mentally shift, she doesn't have to worry about appearing in a dangerous environment. For example, if she shifted deep into an ocean, she'd shift into the body of a [[mermaid]] or a squid. | |||
* Jenny once had an adventure with deceitful plastic signs. She was also familiar with [[Time Lord|magic men]] whose residences were [[TARDIS|more impressive on the inside]]. | |||
==== Fiction ==== | ==== Fiction ==== | ||
