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| members= [[Arganthone-056 | | members= [[Arganthone-056]]<br>[[Marksmanship-522]]<br>[[Tracker-764]]<br>[[The Hound]] | ||
| first_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mob of the Maroon Magpie (short story)|The Mob of the Maroon Magpie]]'' | | first_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mob of the Maroon Magpie (short story)|The Mob of the Maroon Magpie]]'' | ||
| also_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Society of the Rhyming Dove (short story)|The Society of the Rhyming Dove]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cupid Suggestion Box (short story)|The Cupid Suggestion Box]]''<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]''<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | | also_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Society of the Rhyming Dove (short story)|The Society of the Rhyming Dove]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias (short story)|The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cupid Suggestion Box (short story)|The Cupid Suggestion Box]]''<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mélange of the Mauve Muskrat (short story)|The Mélange of the Mauve Muskrat]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]''<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| copyright= [[Lupan Evezan]]<br>& [[Aristide Twain]] | | copyright= [[Lupan Evezan]]<br>& [[Aristide Twain]] | ||
}}The '''Scarlet Wings''' were the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' elite, “specially-trained mobile task force”. | }}The '''Scarlet Wings''' were the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' elite, “specially-trained mobile task force”. | ||
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== History == | == History == | ||
In 1986, the Scarlet Wings was still considered “newly-established”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Society of the Rhyming Dove (short story)|The Society of the Rhyming Dove]]'') | === 1980s === | ||
In 1986, the Scarlet Wings taskforce was still considered “newly-established”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Society of the Rhyming Dove (short story)|The Society of the Rhyming Dove]]'') | |||
Prior to their retirement, [[Arganthone-056]] belonged to the organisation. In 1984, they participated on a mission to the [[Euclidean Plane]] which involved them breaking into the [[Geometron]]s' [[Geometron Pentagon|Pentagon]]'s Library, as they later recollected to [[Juliet-178]] and [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | Prior to their retirement, [[Arganthone-056]] belonged to the organisation. In 1984, they participated on a mission to the [[Euclidean Plane]] which involved them breaking into the [[Geometron]]s' [[Geometron Pentagon|Pentagon]]'s Library, as they later recollected to [[Juliet-178]] and [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | ||
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In late 1986, the Scarlet Wings were sent to the [[Prime Universe]] to answer a request for a meeting by the [[Society of the Rhyming Dove]]. Although the encounter turned out to be just as benign as it sounded, the Cupids had elected to send the Scarlet Wings due to fearing a trick from the [[Gang of the Green Gorilla]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Society of the Rhyming Dove (short story)|The Society of the Rhyming Dove]]'') | In late 1986, the Scarlet Wings were sent to the [[Prime Universe]] to answer a request for a meeting by the [[Society of the Rhyming Dove]]. Although the encounter turned out to be just as benign as it sounded, the Cupids had elected to send the Scarlet Wings due to fearing a trick from the [[Gang of the Green Gorilla]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Society of the Rhyming Dove (short story)|The Society of the Rhyming Dove]]'') | ||
After the [[Mélange of the Mauve Muskrat]] bought out a wood supplier who had previously been cheaply providing the Cupids with the wood they needed for their [[Cupid Arrow]]s, and raised their prices, a shortage of arrows made itself known in the [[Cupid Homeworld]], later becoming known as the [[Great Arrow Crisis]]. A group of Scarlet Wings operatives travelled to Earth to investigate, but had to flee the Muskrats' headquarters when they realised they were dealing with another Strangely-Colored Secret Society. | |||
Back in the Homeworld, the Scarlet Wings reported to the [[Cupid Parliament]] who ultimately ordered them to attack the Muskrats straight-on. When the Cupids returned to the Muskrats' HQ, they found it already under attack by the [[Gang of the Green Gorilla|Green Gorillas]], and stayed out of the fight until the stronger and more numerous Gorillas had won the fight, getting the Muskrats to sign ownership of the chemical plants over to them. The Scarlet Wings then romanticised a few of the Gorillas by lobbing bottles of [[Love Potion]] at them, and got the Gorillas to further intimidate the Muskrats into signing the lumber mill over to the Crew. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mélange of the Mauve Muskrat (short story)|The Mélange of the Mauve Muskrat]]'') | |||
=== 1990s === | |||
In 1994, the Scarlet Wings (including Operative [[Amity-965]]) were dispatched to the Prime Universe to investigate after the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' emergency supply warehouse on [[Earth#In the Prime Universe|Earth]] was burgled. Finding a trail of “enormous feathers” left behind, the Scarlet Wings followed it back to what turned out to be the headquarters of the [[Mob of the Maroon Magpie]], filled with stolen items, including many belonging to the Crew. They tried to take back the Cupids' possessions but accidentally triggered an alarm, summoning a number of Maroon Magpies. Although there was a brief scuffle, the Cupids and Magpies soon agreed to parlay and came to a provisional agreement (albeit not one the [[Cupid Parliament]] ended up ratifying after the Scarlet Wings returned to the [[Cupid Homeworld]] and made their report). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mob of the Maroon Magpie (short story)|The Mob of the Maroon Magpie]]'') | In 1994, the Scarlet Wings (including Operative [[Amity-965]]) were dispatched to the Prime Universe to investigate after the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' emergency supply warehouse on [[Earth#In the Prime Universe|Earth]] was burgled. Finding a trail of “enormous feathers” left behind, the Scarlet Wings followed it back to what turned out to be the headquarters of the [[Mob of the Maroon Magpie]], filled with stolen items, including many belonging to the Crew. They tried to take back the Cupids' possessions but accidentally triggered an alarm, summoning a number of Maroon Magpies. Although there was a brief scuffle, the Cupids and Magpies soon agreed to parlay and came to a provisional agreement (albeit not one the [[Cupid Parliament]] ended up ratifying after the Scarlet Wings returned to the [[Cupid Homeworld]] and made their report). ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Mob of the Maroon Magpie (short story)|The Mob of the Maroon Magpie]]'') | ||
=== 2010s === | |||
A “few years” prior to 2019, [[Amity-965]] was now the leader of the group. After the disappearance of [[Discovery-664]] on a routine romanticisation mission to the [[Prime Universe|Prime]] [[Earth]], Scarlet Wings investigators led by Amity-965 sought to elucidate the event, and stumbled upon the empty [[Smog Ship]] of one of the [[Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias]] [[D123-Blackheart]], who subsequently became stranded in the Prime Universe as the Scarlet Wings members climbed inside and flew it to the [[Discordia Dimension]]. | |||
There, they discovered the Drove's true nature, and confirmed that Discovery had been captured, when they were captured and brought before [[Eris Hatenell|Eris]]. After the Discordias threatened to have them all melted down, Amity sent a distress signal to the [[Cupid Parliament]] using his [[two-way communicator]], and they were rescued by a battalion of [[Fog Ship]]s led by [[Amadeo-378]]. The Drove, in turn, realised the Crew's nature as their equals and opposites, and elected not to fight them. Upon returning to the [[Cupid Homeworld]], the Cupids immediately reported to the [[Department of Documentation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias (short story)|The Drove of the Demesmaekerite-Dyed Discordias]]'') | |||
When the [[Copper-Colored Council of Elders]] put the [[Cupid Suggestion Box]] in place, [[Acquaintanceship-982]] used it to leave a note suggesting that the [[Blue Feather]] be upgraded to replace the Scarlet Wings as the Crew's primary topics. When the Council rejected the proposal, pointing out the Blue Feather's less-than-impressive track record, Acquaintanceship tried to prop up its reputation by leaving an “anonymous” note praising the group, but the Council immediately saw through the charade and banned Acquaintanceship from using the Suggestion Box again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cupid Suggestion Box (short story)|The Cupid Suggestion Box]]'') | When the [[Copper-Colored Council of Elders]] put the [[Cupid Suggestion Box]] in place, [[Acquaintanceship-982]] used it to leave a note suggesting that the [[Blue Feather]] be upgraded to replace the Scarlet Wings as the Crew's primary topics. When the Council rejected the proposal, pointing out the Blue Feather's less-than-impressive track record, Acquaintanceship tried to prop up its reputation by leaving an “anonymous” note praising the group, but the Council immediately saw through the charade and banned Acquaintanceship from using the Suggestion Box again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cupid Suggestion Box (short story)|The Cupid Suggestion Box]]'') | ||