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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Grand Multiverse Hotel'' (short story)}}{{Short Story
{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Grand Multiverse Hotel'' (short story)}}{{Short Story
| title1=''The Grand Multiverse Hotel''
| title1=''The Grand Multiverse Hotel''
| image1= The Grand Multiverse Hotel.png
| image1= The Grand Multiverse Hotel - Cover.jpg
| caption1=
| caption1=
| other_titles=
| other_titles=
| hero(es)= [[Wendy VII|Wendy Severn]]
| hero(es)= [[Wendy VII|Wendy Severn]]
| villain(s)= [[Forga sog-Forgos]]
| villain(s)= [[Forga sog-Forgos]]
| featuring= [[Ticket-Seller (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|The Ticket-Seller]]<br>[[Mandragora-257]]<br>[[Sylvester Shoebill]]<br>The [[Secret League of the Orange-Bearded Gnomes]]<br>[[Jark Haine]]<br>[[Receptionist (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|The Receptionist]]<br>[[Queen of the Black Market|The Queen of the Black Market]]<br>[[Door Demon]]<br>[[Wallace (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|Wallace]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Will Severn]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Squire Psykha]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Thymon]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lady Spatium]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Temp (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|The Temp]]<br>[[Waiter (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|The Waiter]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Pythagoras-858]]<br>[[The Doctor]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Fyargathaaark865blububurgh$1gkzo]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Supreme Quaestor|The Supreme Quaestor]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Doctor Sigma]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cupida Hartnell|The Creator]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Juliet-178|Juliet]]<br>[[Snow White]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Radluhac ag-Wampyr]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
| featuring= [[Ticket-Seller (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|The Ticket-Seller]]<br>[[Mandragora-257]]<br>[[Sylvester Shoebill]]<br>The [[Secret League of the Orange-Bearded Gnomes]]<br>[[Jark Haine]]<br>[[Receptionist (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|The Receptionist]]<br>[[Queen of the Black Market|The Queen of the Black Market]]<br>[[Door Demon]]<br>[[Wallace (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|Wallace]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Will Severn]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Squire Psykha]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Thymon]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lady Spatium]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Temp (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|The Temp]]<br>[[Waiter (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|The Waiter]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]]<br>[[Pythagoras-858]]<br>[[The Doctor]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Fyargathaaark865blububurgh$1gkzo]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Supreme Quaestor|The Supreme Quaestor]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Doctor Sigma]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cupida Hartnell|The Creator]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Juliet-178|Juliet]]<br>[[Snow White]] <small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Radluhac ag-Wampyr]] <small>(mentioned)</small>
| setting= [[Universe (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|Unnamed universe]]<br>[[Hilbert's]], [[the Void]]
| setting= [[Universe (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|Unnamed universe]]<br>[[Hilbert's]], [[the Void]]
| length= 27,215 words
| length= 27,215 words
| writer(s)= [[Aristide Twain]]
| writer(s)= [[Aristide Twain]]
| artist(s)=
| artist(s)= [[Aristide Twain]]
| dates= November 9th, 2020
| dates= November 9th, 2020
| original_link=[https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/the-grand-multiverse-hotel/]
| original_link=[https://thecrewofthecoppercoloredcupids.wordpress.com/2020/11/09/the-grand-multiverse-hotel/]
}}'''''The Grand Multiverse Hotel''''' was a novella-length short story in the ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' series, written by [[Aristide Twain]].  
}}'''''The Grand Multiverse Hotel''''' was a novella-length short story in the ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'' series, written by [[Aristide Twain]].  


Although [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]] and [[Pythagoras-858]] were not the main characters (with the narrative instead focusing on a newly-introduced human protagonist, [[Wendy VII|Wendy]]), their part in the plot resolved the cliffhanger at the end of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]''.
Although [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] and [[Pythagoras-858]] were not the main characters (with the narrative instead focusing on a newly-introduced human protagonist, [[Wendy VII|Wendy]]), their part in the plot resolved the cliffhanger at the end of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]''.
==Contents==
==Contents==
=== Plot ===
=== Plot ===
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After a tense encounter with [[Jark Haine]], a telepathic [[Propugnator]], Wendy decides to try and rent a room. While waiting in line, she meets the [[Queen of the Black Market|Queen]] of the [[Interdimensional Black Market]]. Taking a liking to Wendy, the Queen takes her under her wing, paying for her room and inviting her to dinner. As it turns out, this does not conflict with her earlier appointment, as the Queen is also here to meet Sylvester Shoebill, who is apparently in her debt.
After a tense encounter with [[Jark Haine]], a telepathic [[Propugnator]], Wendy decides to try and rent a room. While waiting in line, she meets the [[Queen of the Black Market|Queen]] of the [[Interdimensional Black Market]]. Taking a liking to Wendy, the Queen takes her under her wing, paying for her room and inviting her to dinner. As it turns out, this does not conflict with her earlier appointment, as the Queen is also here to meet Sylvester Shoebill, who is apparently in her debt.


Wendy attempts to text her [[Will Severn|brother]], but only succeeds in getting through to a [[Temp (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|minor interdimensional entity]], who the Queen enslaves to her phone for her. They go down to have dinner as planned, with Sylv soon offering the Queen the [[Crystal of Thrash]] as payment for his debt. As they begin to eat the main courses, however, the Queen collapses, seemingly poisoned to death. While Sylv is coerced into bringing her body back to her room, Wendy looks for a hotel detective, and bumps into [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]], who happens to be dining with a ''private'' detective: the [[Clockwork Cherub]] [[Pythagoras-858]].
Wendy attempts to text her [[Will Severn|brother]], but only succeeds in getting through to a [[Temp (The Grand Multiverse Hotel)|minor interdimensional entity]], who the Queen enslaves to her phone for her. They go down to have dinner as planned, with Sylv soon offering the Queen the [[Crystal of Thrash]] as payment for his debt. As they begin to eat the main courses, however, the Queen collapses, seemingly poisoned to death. While Sylv is coerced into bringing her body back to her room, Wendy looks for a hotel detective, and bumps into [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]], who happens to be dining with a ''private'' detective: the [[Clockwork Cherub]] [[Pythagoras-858]].


Brought to the Queen's room, where Jenny and Sylv recognise each other from a previous encounter and end up [[shift]]ing away in the middle of a scuffle, Pythe realises that the Queen's soul has not left her body; all they need is a magical ritual to purge her body of the poison and restore her to life. They land on the idea of using a classic “Kiss of True Love”, although Wendy's “mild infatuation” is only strong enough to ''half''-bring her back. However, they are forced to vacate the room in a hurry when the conditions start to shift, ready to accommodate the next, non-human guest. To get the Queen back on her feet in time, Wendy lets Pythe use Cupid [[Love Potion]] on her, making her artificially love the Queen as deeply as she can, such that the Kiss now functions perfectly.  
Brought to the Queen's room, where Jenny and Sylv recognise each other from a previous encounter and end up [[shift]]ing away in the middle of a scuffle, Pythe realises that the Queen's soul has not left her body; all they need is a magical ritual to purge her body of the poison and restore her to life. They land on the idea of using a classic “Kiss of True Love”, although Wendy's “mild infatuation” is only strong enough to ''half''-bring her back. However, they are forced to vacate the room in a hurry when the conditions start to shift, ready to accommodate the next, non-human guest. To get the Queen back on her feet in time, Wendy lets Pythe use Cupid [[Love Potion]] on her, making her artificially love the Queen as deeply as she can, such that the Kiss now functions perfectly.  
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===Worldbuilding ===
===Worldbuilding ===
====Jenny====
====Jenny====
*This story features the [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|version of Jenny]] who has been travelling with [[Pythagoras-858]].  
*This story features the [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|version of Jenny]] who has been travelling with [[Pythagoras-858]].  
*She mentions a “[[Jenny Everywhere#Giant Robot Jenny|Giant Robot Jenny]]” as one of her incarnations.
*She mentions a “[[Jenny Everywhere#Giant Robot Jenny|Giant Robot Jenny]]” as one of her incarnations.
*She remembers having encountered [[Sylvester Shoebill]] before in [[Jenny Everywhere#Tricked by Shoebill|a red-haired incarnation]] with “[[Jenny Everywhere's goggles|big high-tech goggles]]” and “more legs than sense”, who wore [[Jenny Everywhere's scarf|a scarf]] with polka dots.
*She remembers having encountered [[Sylvester Shoebill]] before in [[Jenny Everywhere#Tricked by Shoebill|a red-haired incarnation]] with “[[Jenny Everywhere's goggles|big high-tech goggles]]” and “more legs than sense”, who wore [[Jenny Everywhere's scarf|a scarf]] with polka dots.
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*The Queen of the Black Market gives Wendy her [[Void Limousine]], “especially created for [the Queen] by the finest engineer of the [[Order of the Automata]]”.
*The Queen of the Black Market gives Wendy her [[Void Limousine]], “especially created for [the Queen] by the finest engineer of the [[Order of the Automata]]”.
*Locations saved in the [[MPS]] of the Void Limousine include the [[Lost Moon of Salzafraz]] as well as [[Paradigm City]], Capital of the [[New Cyblonian Republic]].
*Locations saved in the [[MPS]] of the Void Limousine include the [[Lost Moon of Salzafraz]] as well as [[Paradigm City]], Capital of the [[New Cyblonian Republic]].
===Continuity===
===Continuity===
* Jenny's role in the story follows on from the ending of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]''.
* [[Jenny Everywhere (38167th Universe)|Jenny Everywhere]] and [[Pythagoras-858]]'s role in the story follows on from the ending of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]''.
* The [[Wellsian]]s explain that they visited the [[Interdimensional Black Market]], paying off a cameo by a Wellsian in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market (short story)|Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market]]''. The Queen also uses the word “glozzort” again, as she did there.
* The events of [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Resurrection of the Wellsians (short story)|The Resurrection of the Wellsians]]'' are discussed at some length.
* [[Squire Psykha]] later appeared in person in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'', where they were characterised much more spikily than their description in this story would imply. To smooth over the discrepancy, Thymon briefly remarked that “back in the day, before the Cupids, people thought ''Psykha'' was the nice one” out of the three [[Embodiment]]s, accounting for Jenny describing Psykha as “a sweetheart” in this story.
* [[PROSE]]: ''[[A World of Pure Unimagination (short story)|A World of Pure Unimagination]]'' later alluded to the [[Doomsday Book]].
 
==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
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===Read online===
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Latest revision as of 16:49, 8 June 2024

The Grand Multiverse Hotel was a novella-length short story in the The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids series, written by Aristide Twain.

Although Jenny Everywhere and Pythagoras-858 were not the main characters (with the narrative instead focusing on a newly-introduced human protagonist, Wendy), their part in the plot resolved the cliffhanger at the end of COMIC: Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids.

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Plot

Wendy, a young thief, accidentally boards a shuttle to Hilbert's, an infinite interdimensional hotel in the middle of the Void, instead of the bus she was hoping to catch. Aboard, posing as a seasoned dimensional traveller, she meets and befriends Sylvester Shoebill, an anthropomorphic bird and confidence artist; the two agree to have dinner at the hotel once they get there, so as to talk their future partnership over. However, after the shuttle reaches its destination, she loses sight of Shoebill in the crowd of the infinitely-large lobby.

After a tense encounter with Jark Haine, a telepathic Propugnator, Wendy decides to try and rent a room. While waiting in line, she meets the Queen of the Interdimensional Black Market. Taking a liking to Wendy, the Queen takes her under her wing, paying for her room and inviting her to dinner. As it turns out, this does not conflict with her earlier appointment, as the Queen is also here to meet Sylvester Shoebill, who is apparently in her debt.

Wendy attempts to text her brother, but only succeeds in getting through to a minor interdimensional entity, who the Queen enslaves to her phone for her. They go down to have dinner as planned, with Sylv soon offering the Queen the Crystal of Thrash as payment for his debt. As they begin to eat the main courses, however, the Queen collapses, seemingly poisoned to death. While Sylv is coerced into bringing her body back to her room, Wendy looks for a hotel detective, and bumps into Jenny Everywhere, who happens to be dining with a private detective: the Clockwork Cherub Pythagoras-858.

Brought to the Queen's room, where Jenny and Sylv recognise each other from a previous encounter and end up shifting away in the middle of a scuffle, Pythe realises that the Queen's soul has not left her body; all they need is a magical ritual to purge her body of the poison and restore her to life. They land on the idea of using a classic “Kiss of True Love”, although Wendy's “mild infatuation” is only strong enough to half-bring her back. However, they are forced to vacate the room in a hurry when the conditions start to shift, ready to accommodate the next, non-human guest. To get the Queen back on her feet in time, Wendy lets Pythe use Cupid Love Potion on her, making her artificially love the Queen as deeply as she can, such that the Kiss now functions perfectly.

In the corridor, the fleeing three are confronted by a Wellsian, Forga sog-Forgos, who, in disguise as a waiter, poisoned the Queen's food. He is also the official new occupant of the room — where, in the commotion, Wendy has left the Crystal of Thrash, which was what the Wellsian had been counting on.

Forced to admit defeat on this issue, the three head to the Hotel's underground parking lot for Void Ships, where Pythe finds his Fog Ship and the Queen her Void Limousine. They agree that the Queen and Wendy should spend some time apart from each other, despite Wendy's newfound feelings for the Queen; the Queen decides to return to the Interdimensional Black Market using her emergency teleport, leaving her Void Limousine (and all the money it contains) to Wendy so that she can begin a life of adventures in the Multiverse on her own terms.

Worldbuilding

Jenny

Universes

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Continuity

Behind the scenes

Read online

This story is available online on the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids website.