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+|first_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]''
 |also_seen_in= [[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[Multiversal Mischief (short story)|Multiversal Mischief]]''<br>[[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]''<br><small>>(mentioned)</small>
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 == History ==
-The Faction owas one of the many [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society|Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]] formed as a result of the [[First Horde]] laying off large numbers of its personnel and imperfectly wiping their minds of their time as Horde operatives, giving them a subconscious itch to form new, similar societies. Its founder was [[Archibald Fishflipper]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]'')
+=== Origins ===
+The Faction originated as one of the many [[Strangely-Colored Secret Society|Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]] formed in the [[Prime Universe]] as a result of the [[First Horde]] laying off large numbers of its personnel and imperfectly wiping their minds of their time as Horde operatives, giving them a subconscious itch to form new, similar societies. Its founder was [[Archibald Fishflipper]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies (short story)|The Strangely-Colored Secret Societies]]'') Archibald's fashion initially pursued the same goal as its originators, namely researching [[Atlantis#In the Prime Universe|Atlantean]] artefacts, hence picking a sea creature as their emblem. However, they quickly became bored with these pursuits, and pivoted to pranking, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'') delighting in old-fashioned pranks like pie-throwing, electrically-charged hand-buzzers or glueing googly eyes to things. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]'') Their home base in the Prime Universe was a warehouse filled with practical jokes. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'')
-Delighting in old-fashioned pranks like pie-throwing, electrically-charged hand-buzzers or glueing googly eyes to things, the Faction of the Fooling Fish were originally only active on Earth, although they made some incursions into the [[Cupid Homeworld]] thanks to freak dimensional [[Rifts]] connecting it to Earth. However, in the eleventh hour of the “[[Rifts Crisis]]”, the Fooling Fish somehow acquired a [[tachyonic sailing ship]] which they used to rescue [[Marksmanship-522]], [[Tracker-764]], [[Bibliophile-962]] and [[Pythagoras-858]] from the impending explosion of [[Mandragora's Machine]] and return them to the Cupid Homeworld.
+=== Contacts with the Cupids ===
+The Faction of the Fooling Fish were originally only active on Earth. However, in the early 21s century, they began to have contacts with the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]'') starting on April 29th, 2019. When a [[Rift]] appeared by chance in their headquarters, connecting to the [[Cupid Homeworld]], the Fish snuck into the Cupid Homeworld and made themselves known to the Cupids by stilling a pie left to cool on [[Colonel-028]]'s windowsill and replacing it with a paper fish. The [[Blue Feather]] followed the trail of crumbs back to the Fish headquarters, where they quickly met the Fooling Fish themselves. A minor scuffle broke out when the Cupids pointed out that it was not, in fact, [[April Fools' Day]], and the Cupids were forced to hightail it back through the Rift before getting the [[Department of Rifts]] to seal the Rift.
+A short time later, the Rift reopened, and the Fish entered the Cupid Homeworld again, armed with a brainwashing device they'd recently acquired. They snuck into the [[Department of Documentation]]'s offices and found [[Bibliophile-962]] working on a [[Cupid Fact File]] on the Fish themselves, numbered #444. They used the brainwashing device to make Bibliophile forget his responsibilities and wander out into the wider Homeworld playing prank, while making their own, self-aggrandising additions to the Fact File in indelible green ink. The vandals were caught in the act, however, and forced back through the Rift which was closed a second time. The Blue Feather were assigned the task of guarding the location of the Rift in case it opened yet again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'')
+=== Acquiring the ''Fish'n'Ship'' ===
+In the eleventh hour of the “[[Rifts Crisis]]”, the Fooling Fish somehow acquired a [[tachyonic sailing ship]] which they used to rescue [[Marksmanship-522]], [[Tracker-764]], [[Bibliophile-962]] and [[Pythagoras-858]] from the impending explosion of [[Mandragora's Machine]] and return them to the Cupid Homeworld.
 As recorded in [[the Cupid Courier|the ''Cupid Courier'']], the Fish then ran amok in the Homeworld for “about an hour” before climbing back into their newly-acquired Void Ship and setting sail to explore the [[Multiverse]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Rifts Crisis Officially Over! (short story)|Rifts Crisis Officially Over!]]'') They resolved to make a striking first impression on the upcoming [[April Fools' Day]], and hired [[Lainya Vantrik]] to guard their ship for them in [[the Void]] while they dropped off small parties in a variety of locations to complete a large number of elaborate practical jokes.
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 After Jenny called [[Pythagoras-858]], he made his way to the Fish's ship and made them promise to be safer and more considerate in their next bout of prank. Sheepish, the Fish agreed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Multiversal Mischief (short story)|Multiversal Mischief]]'')
-There existed a Fact File on the Faction among the archives maintained by the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids' [[Department of Documentation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'')
+=== Christmas 2021 ===
 In or slightly before December 2021, the Faction found a universe they couldn't enter, which they decided to name [[Dimension Zeta-32-Orangepeel-Grbbrzkwlkglb]]. It seemed to be surrounded by a shield which caused a permanent storm “around” it on the [[Chronon Sea]]. They headed to the [[Interdimensional Library]] for research, and discovered that this dimension was an artificial [[pocket universe]], used as a haven by the survivors of a [[pandimensional war (The Winter Quests)|pandimensional war]].