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==Description== | ==Description== | ||
Its members were Clockwork | Its members were [[Clockwork Cherub]]s — a race of sentient, clockwork androids resembling the classic figure of “Cupid,” hence the name of the organisation. They travelled through the [[Multiverse]] by means of [[Fog Ship]] and had a pocket dimension called the [[Cupid Homeworld]] as their home base. Members of the Crew were identified by a personalised name followed by a serial number, such as "[[Pythagoras-858]]". ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') The Crew's purpose was to spread love, by force if need be; they had access to a chemical [[Love Potion]] which they used to “romanticize” uncooperative targets. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') They were governed by the [[Cupid Parliament]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]'') | ||
The Crew included a number of Departments with specific purposes, each of which was led by a [[Prefect]]. These included the [[Department of Journalism]] | The Crew's [[Cupid Intelligence Institute]] included a number of Departments with specific purposes, each of which was led by a [[Prefect]]. These included: | ||
* the [[Department of Journalism]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Transportation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Technological Advancement]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Discipline]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Festivities]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Documentation]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Literature]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Zoology]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Wizardry]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'', ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Alchemy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Chemistry]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Theology]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | |||
* the [[Department of Philosophy]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | |||
There used to be a [[Department of Conspiracy Theories]] ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'') and a [[Department of Forestry]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') both of which were disbanded. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Case Against Conspiracy (short story)|The Case Against Conspiracy]]'', ''[[The Winter Quests (novel)|The Winter Quests]]'') | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
The Crew was created by an individual whom the Clockwork Cherubs reverentially called simply “[[Cupida Hartnell|the Creator]]” | The Crew was created by an individual whom the Clockwork Cherubs reverentially called simply “[[Cupida Hartnell|the Creator]]” ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'') in the early 1960s. They were originally based in her garage in her home city in the [[Prime Universe]], but after they grew too numerous, she created the [[Cupid Homeworld]], a pocket dimension to serve as their home base moving forward. Eventually, the Creator withdraw from public life in the Homeworld, moving to the [[Forbidden Manor]]. She left them schematics for [[dematerialisation circuit]]s and [[conceptual engine]]s, allowing them to develop the [[Fog Ship]]s, as well as the formula for the [[Love Potion]], which were soon lost by the [[Prefect]] of the [[Department of Chemistry]], ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') [[Mandragora-257]], who later became a criminal and went on the run in the Multiverse. He was pursued by the detective [[Pythagoras-858]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | ||
After the [[Rifts Crisis]] began spreading through the multiverse, one [[Rift]] prevented travel to and from the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. Pythe became stuck on the outside, and continued his chase of Mandragora before bumping into [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]] in the [[Void]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | After the [[Rifts Crisis]] began spreading through the multiverse, one [[Rift]] prevented travel to and from the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. Pythe became stuck on the outside, and continued his chase of Mandragora before bumping into [[Jenny Everywhere#Adventures with the Cupids|Jenny Everywhere]] in the [[Void]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | ||
