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Taskmaster-523 was the head of the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids' Department of Assignments, meaning he was tasked “with the job of deciding which Cupids would go on which assignments, who would be partnered with who, and which dimensions would be on the day's roster”. He undertook this work with a complete lack of care for which Cupids got along with which other Cupids, and preferred to spend his time reading comics in his office than to put much effort into thinking up missions.
On one occasion, Taskmaster off-handedly assigned Larrikin-1029 and Pessimist-242 on a mission together. When they got the news, the two, each indignant at the idea of having to share the other's company, stormed into the Department of Assignments' HQ and then into Taskmaster's office, where they found him busily reading a comic book about cartoon waterfowl, which he'd “picked up from one of the Prime-adjacent universes”. However, they were unable to intimidate or cajole the Prefect into changing their assignment, and ended up having to go on the mission. (PROSE: The Toymaker's Labyrinth)
- ↑ First appearance in directly Jenny-related media; actual debut was in 2019's The Cupid Suggestion Box.