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| hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] | | hero(es)= [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[Witch of the Blue Hills|The Witch of the Blue Hills]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Centaur of the Crossroads|The Centaur of the Crossroads]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | | villain(s)= [[Witch of the Blue Hills|The Witch of the Blue Hills]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Centaur of the Crossroads|The Centaur of the Crossroads]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| featuring= [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]]<br>[[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere]]<br>[[David Lowe]]<br>[[Willow (Pit Stop)|Willow]]<br>[[Wu (Pit Stop)|Wu]]<br>[[Professor Awesome]]<br>[[Prince Guy]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mordorak of the Nine Noses]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Morrie (Pit Stop)|Morrie]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Wizard (Pit Stop)|Unnamed wizard]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | | featuring= [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]]<br>[[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere]]<br>[[David Lowe]]<br>[[Willow (Pit Stop)|Willow]]<br>[[Wu (Pit Stop)|Wu]]<br>[[Professor Awesome]]<br>[[Prince Guy]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mordorak of the Nine Noses]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Morrie (Pit Stop)|Morrie]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Wizard (Pit Stop)|Unnamed wizard]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Mr Hernandez]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Eric's mother]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]]'s apartment, [[Universe (Parallax)|unnamed universe]] | | setting= [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny Everywhere]]'s apartment, [[Universe (Parallax)|unnamed universe]] | ||
| length= 3 chapters<br><small>(ongoing)</small> | | length= 3 chapters<br><small>(ongoing)</small> | ||
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[[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] and [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] head to the parking lot with [[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere|Genevieve]] and the raccoon, whom she soon introduces as her lady-in-waiting [[Willow (Pit Stop)|Willow]]. They find the [[dream spinner]] being tended to by Willow's brother [[Wu (Pit Stop)|Wu]], and blocking the drive-way just as another friend of Jenny's and resident of the apartment building, [[David Lowe]], is driving in. After managing to park, David gives Kim a package he collected on her behalf at the butcher's and they both head inside while Wu explains to the two Jennies that he cannot repair the dream spinner himself and would need the help of “an artificer”. Without missing a beat, the local Jenny goes knock at the door of yet another one of her neighbours — teenage genius Eric, alias [[Professor Awesome]]! | [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] and [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] head to the parking lot with [[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere|Genevieve]] and the raccoon, whom she soon introduces as her lady-in-waiting [[Willow (Pit Stop)|Willow]]. They find the [[dream spinner]] being tended to by Willow's brother [[Wu (Pit Stop)|Wu]], and blocking the drive-way just as another friend of Jenny's and resident of the apartment building, [[David Lowe]], is driving in. After managing to park, David gives Kim a package he collected on her behalf at the butcher's and they both head inside while Wu explains to the two Jennies that he cannot repair the dream spinner himself and would need the help of “an artificer”. Without missing a beat, the local Jenny goes knock at the door of yet another one of her neighbours — teenage genius Eric, alias [[Professor Awesome]]! | ||
====Part 3==== | ====Part 3==== | ||
''to | After selecting the right tools, [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] and [[Professor Awesome|Eric]]] head back to the parking lot to find [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] back. Kim is curious as to why Eric isn't at school, and he and Jenny explain that he was sent home early for bringing dozens of live [[trilobite]]s to school for science class (having collected them from [[Universe (Pit Stop)|a parallel world]] with Jenny's own help). Examining the [[dream spinner]], Eric readily identifies the issue, proving more familiar with how [[dimensional shift engine]]s than even Jenny thought he was; he promises that he can fix it in fifteen minutes with a Dremel tool. | ||
===Worldbuilding=== | ===Worldbuilding=== | ||
====Jenny Everywhere==== | ====Jenny Everywhere==== | ||
*The [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] with whom the story opens the version previously seen in ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'' and ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]''. | *The [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] with whom the story opens the version previously seen in ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'' and ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]''. | ||
*Also prominently featured is [[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere]], as previously seen in ''Paying It Forward''. She arrives on Jenny and Kim's doorstep “wearing an improbably pink and frilly dress” with a matching lace ruffle; she wears “a tiara set with crystals, glinting even in indoor light”, and has as a side-kick a raccoon wearing a doublet. She has a certain [[Prince Guy]] as a companion and as a love interest, although she is unsure whether he is “her true love” precisely. It is revealed that she travels through the realms using a device called [[dream spinner]], rather than [[shift]]ing her own powers. | *Also prominently featured is [[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere]], as previously seen in ''Paying It Forward''. She arrives on Jenny and Kim's doorstep “wearing an improbably pink and frilly dress” with a matching lace ruffle; she wears “a tiara set with crystals, glinting even in indoor light”, and has as a side-kick a raccoon wearing a doublet. She has a certain [[Prince Guy]] as a companion and as a love interest, although she is unsure whether he is “her true love” precisely. It is revealed that she travels through the realms using a device called [[dream spinner]], rather than [[shift]]ing through her own powers. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
*The story's [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|main Jenny]] lives in [[Universe (Parallax)|one universe]], and [[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere|Genevieve]] is native to [[Universe E (Paying It Forward)|another]]; although magic is more common-place in the latter, it is mentioned that there is [[Wizard (Pit Stop)|a wizard]] who lives in the same building that houses the modern-day Jenny's apartment. | *The story's [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|main Jenny]] lives in [[Universe (Parallax)|one universe]], and [[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere|Genevieve]] is native to [[Universe E (Paying It Forward)|another]]; although magic is more common-place in the latter, it is mentioned that there is [[Wizard (Pit Stop)|a wizard]] who lives in the same building that houses the modern-day Jenny's apartment. | ||
*Shortly before the events of the story, [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] took [[Professor Awesome|Eric]] to [[Universe (Pit Stop)|a universe]] where large populations of [[trilobite]]s, some of them terrestrial, survive into the modern day. | |||
====Other ==== | ====Other ==== | ||
* The [[Witch of the Blue Hills]] commands a “pack of flaming [[dog-monkey]]s” and the [[Centaur of the Crossroads]]. | * The [[Witch of the Blue Hills]] commands a “pack of flaming [[dog-monkey]]s” and the [[Centaur of the Crossroads]]. | ||
* The only [[Wizard (Pit Stop)|wizard]] in the acquaintance of [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] and [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] is on vacation in [[Orlando]]. | * The only [[Wizard (Pit Stop)|wizard]] in the acquaintance of [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] and [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]] is on vacation in [[Orlando]]. | ||
* [[Mordorak of the Nine Noses]] lives “upon a cloud in a dreamland, three leagues past [[Atlantis]]”. | * [[Mordorak of the Nine Noses]] lives “upon a cloud in a dreamland, three leagues past [[Atlantis]]”. | ||
* A month before the events of the story, [[Wu (Pit Stop)|Wu]] apparently had an unpleasant experience with a [[gnome]] mechanic during an adventure related to [[gnome wrestling]]. | |||
* [[Professor Awesome|Eric]] invented a [[robot cat]] when he was nine, and later built the [[Time Pestle]]. | |||
* [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] secretly keeps a [[dimensional shift engine]] in the basement of the apartment building. A shift engine carved out of walnuts is also one of the components of the [[dream spinner]], paired with “[[Moriarty guide]]s”. | |||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
*This story features the same [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|modern-day Jenny]] as [[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'' and ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]''. She is still roommates with [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]], as seen in ''Camera Shy''. | *This story features the same [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|modern-day Jenny]] as [[PROSE]]: ''[[Parallax (short story)|Parallax]]'', ''[[Camera Shy (short story)|Camera Shy]]'' and ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]''. She is still roommates with [[Kim (Parallax)|Kim]], as seen in ''Camera Shy''. | ||
*[[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere]] previously appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'', first as one of the Jennies in need of [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|the modern Jenny]]'s assistance, and later as one of the guests at the “afterparty”. | *[[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere]] previously appeared in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]'', first as one of the Jennies in need of [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|the modern Jenny]]'s assistance, and later as one of the guests at the “afterparty”. | ||
*This story features [[Professor Awesome]] (whose civilian name is revealed to be “Eric”), following his mention early on in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]''. | *This story features [[Professor Awesome]] (whose civilian name is revealed to be “Eric”), following his mention early on in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Paying It Forward (novel)|Paying It Forward]]''. The [[De-pants-icator]] is mentioned. | ||
* Talking about [[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere|Genevieve]]'s [[Void Ship]], [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] says that it's “not exactly the ''[[Lotus Prime]]''”. [[COMIC]]: ''[[Makeshift Multiverse (comic story)|Makeshift Multiverse]]'', one of the original [[Barbelith Stories]], featured several Jennies crewing the ''Lotus Prime'', which was stated to be “the most advanced ship in the Multiverse”. | * Talking about [[Genevieve, Princess of Everywhere|Genevieve]]'s [[Void Ship]], [[Jenny Everywhere#Kim's friend|Jenny]] says that it's “not exactly the ''[[Lotus Prime]]''”. [[COMIC]]: ''[[Makeshift Multiverse (comic story)|Makeshift Multiverse]]'', one of the original [[Barbelith Stories]], featured several Jennies crewing the ''Lotus Prime'', which was stated to be “the most advanced ship in the Multiverse”. | ||
==Behind the scenes == | ==Behind the scenes == | ||
===Background=== | |||
[[Professor Awesome]]'s schoolteacher is named [[Mr Hernandez]], in reference to [[Alex Hernandez]], a prolific writer of early [[Jenny Everywhere]] comic stories. | |||
===Read online=== | ===Read online=== | ||
The story is [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/43570.html available] on the author's website. | The story is [https://scott-sanford.dreamwidth.org/43570.html available] on the author's website. | ||
