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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. | 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. | ||
A woman steps out from behind a mirror. She wears a dark, hooded robe, with a mess of brown hair visible from beneath her iron mask. McDuff does the honour of introducing her to the crowd: she is [[the Unknown]], and, as her name implies, McDuff knows nothing about her, except that she's an evil chocolate maker who lives in the walls. Jenny does a double take, entirely taken aback by the character, who certainly didn't exist in any version of the source material she recognised. The Unknown freezes McDuff in place with a gloved hand, before offering the children an opportunity to help her steal McDuff's recipes and run the company together. Of course, the children and Jenny shout "no". Despite her gut telling her that the Unknown was just some underpaid actor in a cheap [[Halloween]] mask, Jenny ran to tackle her to the ground, but the Unknown unfreezed McDuff and disappeared in a moment. | |||
=== Worldbuilding === | === Worldbuilding === | ||
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* [[Simon (A World of Pure Unimagination)|Simon]] is short, has green hair and ruddy skin (instead of thr expected orange). | * [[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. | ||
* [[The Unknown]] resembles the "antagonist of the next breakout [[Japan]]ese horror picture." | |||
* [[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. | ||
* Wonkidoodles resemble the "love-children" of [[Donald Trump]] and a [[Hobbit]]. | * Wonkidoodles resemble the "love-children" of [[Donald Trump]] and a [[Hobbit]]. | ||
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* The Pinguis resemble "sugar-bag-sized" [[marshmallow]]s, which reminds her of [[smore]]s. This sparks her craving for [[chocolate]]. | * The Pinguis resemble "sugar-bag-sized" [[marshmallow]]s, which reminds her of [[smore]]s. This sparks her craving for [[chocolate]]. | ||
* [[Newsagent's (A World of Pure Unimagination)|The newsagent's]] in Glasgow stocks wrapped chocolate. | * [[Newsagent's (A World of Pure Unimagination)|The newsagent's]] in Glasgow stocks wrapped chocolate. | ||
* Chocolate is made by grinding and roasting [[cocoa bean|beans]], then sweetening and moulding them into blocks. | |||
* The table Janine and Courtesy work at has a clutter of vials and flasks containing [[jelly bean]]s (also called [[sugar bean]]s), and polystyrene cups with just the smallest splash of [[Gevity]] in them, in a futule attempt to imply they were the concoctions of their "wacky chemistry". | * The table Janine and Courtesy work at has a clutter of vials and flasks containing [[jelly bean]]s (also called [[sugar bean]]s), and polystyrene cups with just the smallest splash of [[Gevity]] in them, in a futule attempt to imply they were the concoctions of their "wacky chemistry". | ||
** Courtesy had been instructed by McDuff to only give the children a ''single'' jelly bean, and not only did she consider this to be unfair, she also found it poor that she couldn't even give out chocolate. | ** Courtesy had been instructed by McDuff to only give the children a ''single'' jelly bean, and not only did she consider this to be unfair, she also found it poor that she couldn't even give out chocolate. | ||
