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|hero(es)= [[Pythagoras-858]]<br>[[Juliet-178]]<br>[[Carter-1277]]<br>[[Edwin-750]] | |hero(es)= [[Pythagoras-858]]<br>[[Juliet-178]]<br>[[Carter-1277]]<br>[[Edwin-750]] | ||
|villain(s)= [[Governor-105]]<br>[[Mandragora-257]]<br>[[Karshassinwellshkhan III]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Radluhac ag-Wampyr]]<br>[[Forga sog-Forgos]]<br>[[Skollops ag-Warka]]<br>[[Sympus ag-Forgos]]<br>[[Sellane ag-Narra]]<br>[[Mizrax ag-Ustis]]<br>[[Retsha sog-Wampyr]]<br>[[Mark XI (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|Unnamed Mark XI Cupid]]<br>[[Goliath-329]] | |villain(s)= [[Governor-105]]<br>[[Mandragora-257]]<br>[[Karshassinwellshkhan III]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Radluhac ag-Wampyr]]<br>[[Forga sog-Forgos]]<br>[[Skollops ag-Warka]]<br>[[Sympus ag-Forgos]]<br>[[Sellane ag-Narra]]<br>[[Mizrax ag-Ustis]]<br>[[Retsha sog-Wampyr]]<br>[[Mark XI (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|Unnamed Mark XI Cupid]]<br>[[Goliath-329]] | ||
|featuring= [[Sloth (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|Unnamed sloth]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Aphrodite|The Great Goddess]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Hephaestus]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Dactylopius-177]]<br>[[Digger-291]]<br>[[Cupid Prime|The Cupid Prime]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Napoléon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alexander the Great]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cupida Hartnell|The Creator]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Nostradamus-066]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Paintbrush-122]]<br>[[Hermes]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | |featuring= [[Sloth (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|Unnamed sloth]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Aphrodite|The Great Goddess]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Hephaestus]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Dactylopius-177]]<br>[[Digger-291]]<br>[[Cupid Prime|The Cupid Prime]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Napoléon Bonaparte|Napoleon]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alexander the Great]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cupida Hartnell|The Creator]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Nostradamus-066]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Thymon]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Howard Carter]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[King Tutenkhamen]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Paintbrush-122]]<br>[[Hermes]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
|setting= [[Morningstar 1]], [[97th Cosmos]] | |setting= [[Morningstar 1]], [[97th Cosmos]] | ||
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In 2019, the base, [[Morningstar 1]], has become a cause for concern back in the [[Cupid Homeworld]]; reports from [[Governor-105]] have become more and more infrequent, with the last few indicating that he had sent unauthorised Cupid missions to the 97th Cosmos's Earth without checking with the appropriate authorities in the Homeworld first, and the last message anyone received from Morningstar 1 being a garbled S.O.S. received on the [[Psychic Receptor]]s instead of a proper report of any kind. After debating the matter in [[Cupid Parliament|Parliament]], the [[Cupid Council]] do what they usually do: they send the [[Department of Problem-Solving]]. | In 2019, the base, [[Morningstar 1]], has become a cause for concern back in the [[Cupid Homeworld]]; reports from [[Governor-105]] have become more and more infrequent, with the last few indicating that he had sent unauthorised Cupid missions to the 97th Cosmos's Earth without checking with the appropriate authorities in the Homeworld first, and the last message anyone received from Morningstar 1 being a garbled S.O.S. received on the [[Psychic Receptor]]s instead of a proper report of any kind. After debating the matter in [[Cupid Parliament|Parliament]], the [[Cupid Council]] do what they usually do: they send the [[Department of Problem-Solving]]. | ||
[[Pythagoras-858]], [[Juliet-178]], [[Carter-1277]] and [[Edwin-750]] thus fly there in [[Department of Problem-Solving's Fog Ship|the Department Fog Ship]], a journey lasting only two minutes, but during which [[Edwin-750]] still manages to fall asleep as a side-effect of his recent ill-fated decision to create a psychic link between himself and a [[Sloth (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|sloth]]. Walking to the base, they knock on the huge golden doors and, after going through an airlock (which prompts Pythe to briefly wonder why the Morningstar Cupids, who don't need to breathe, have bothered with an airlock-sealed inner atmosphere at all), are greeted in the main hall by the deputy governor. He turns out to be [[Juliet-178]]'s brother (that is, one of the two robots who were on either side of her on the production line): [[Dactylopius-177]]. Though he is tactful in his wordings, Dactylopius confirms that [[Governor-105]] has become increasingly erratic and tyrannical, and accidentally provides further evidence that the Morningstar Cupids have become extremely isolated from goings-on in the [[Cupid Homeworld]] when he displays a complete lack of awareness of the [[Sisters of Juliet]] [[Incident C179B|incident]]. He also tells them of certain recent digging operations, initially assuming that it's what they've come to inspect. | [[Pythagoras-858]], [[Juliet-178]], [[Carter-1277]] and [[Edwin-750]] thus fly there in [[Department of Problem-Solving's first Fog Ship|the Department Fog Ship]], a journey lasting only two minutes, but during which [[Edwin-750]] still manages to fall asleep as a side-effect of his recent ill-fated decision to create a psychic link between himself and a [[Sloth (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|sloth]]. Walking to the base, they knock on the huge golden doors and, after going through an airlock (which prompts Pythe to briefly wonder why the Morningstar Cupids, who don't need to breathe, have bothered with an airlock-sealed inner atmosphere at all), are greeted in the main hall by the deputy governor. He turns out to be [[Juliet-178]]'s brother (that is, one of the two robots who were on either side of her on the production line): [[Dactylopius-177]]. Though he is tactful in his wordings, Dactylopius confirms that [[Governor-105]] has become increasingly erratic and tyrannical, and accidentally provides further evidence that the Morningstar Cupids have become extremely isolated from goings-on in the [[Cupid Homeworld]] when he displays a complete lack of awareness of the [[Sisters of Juliet]] [[Incident C179B|incident]]. He also tells them of certain recent digging operations, initially assuming that it's what they've come to inspect. | ||
The digging in question is ongoing in the lower levels of the base. It was originally begun to dig a new personal swimming pool for the Governor, but the two [[Mark III]] Cupids handling the operation, [[Mandragora-257]] and [[Digger-291]], seem to be up to something sinister, and Digger runs to Mandragora to warn him about the visitors so that they can “hide all [their] stuff”. Mandragora, however, replies that he will do no such things, as the Homeworlders seeing the “stuff” is all part of the plan. He then tells Digger to leave him alone as he returns to “the work”. | The digging in question is ongoing in the lower levels of the base. It was originally begun to dig a new personal swimming pool for the Governor, but the two [[Mark III]] Cupids handling the operation, [[Mandragora-257]] and [[Digger-291]], seem to be up to something sinister, and Digger runs to Mandragora to warn him about the visitors so that they can “hide all [their] stuff”. Mandragora, however, replies that he will do no such things, as the Homeworlders seeing the “stuff” is all part of the plan. He then tells Digger to leave him alone as he returns to “the work”. | ||
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* Mandragora was once part of the [[Department of Alchemy]]. He was banished to Venus when one of his experiments caused a warehouse to explode, killing several Cupid workers placed under his responsibility. This event was documented in [[Incident Report B045D]]. | * Mandragora was once part of the [[Department of Alchemy]]. He was banished to Venus when one of his experiments caused a warehouse to explode, killing several Cupid workers placed under his responsibility. This event was documented in [[Incident Report B045D]]. | ||
* [[Carter-1277]] mentions “[his] [[Howard Carter|august namesake]]” who discovered the tomb of [[King Tutenkhamen]]. | * [[Carter-1277]] mentions “[his] [[Howard Carter|august namesake]]” who discovered the tomb of [[King Tutenkhamen]]. | ||
* The [[Department of Supplies]] and the [[Department of Artistry]] are mentioned. | * The [[Department of Transportation]], the [[Department of Supplies]] and the [[Department of Artistry]] are mentioned. | ||
* Guards loyal to Governor include “five [[Mark IV]]s” including “three non-shrunken ones” (one of whom is [[Goliath-329]]), as well as [[Mark XI (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|one Mark XI]]. | * Guards loyal to Governor include “five [[Mark IV]]s” including “three non-shrunken ones” (one of whom is [[Goliath-329]]), as well as [[Mark XI (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|one Mark XI]]. | ||
* Mandragora implores the Wellsians “for the love of [[Hermes]]”. | * Mandragora implores the Wellsians “for the love of [[Hermes]]”. | ||
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* The history of the gigantic [[Mark IV]]s first mentioned in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Scaled-Up Soldier (comic story)|Scaled-Up Soldier]]'' are mentioned, with it being clarified that some of them, though not all, were later shrunken down to a more normal Cupid size. | * The history of the gigantic [[Mark IV]]s first mentioned in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Scaled-Up Soldier (comic story)|Scaled-Up Soldier]]'' are mentioned, with it being clarified that some of them, though not all, were later shrunken down to a more normal Cupid size. | ||
* This story retroactively explains the presence of a [[Wellsian]] at the [[Interdimensional Black Market]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market (short story)|Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market]]'', with [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'' later making the link explicit and elaborating on the chronological discrepancy. | * This story retroactively explains the presence of a [[Wellsian]] at the [[Interdimensional Black Market]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market (short story)|Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market]]'', with [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]'' later making the link explicit and elaborating on the chronological discrepancy. | ||
* The idea that Cupids with consecutive serial numbers consider themselves siblings was referenced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Magic Trick (novel)|Magic Trick]]'', where [[Foreman-964]] is referred to as [[Amity-965]]'s brother. ''Magic Trick'' also showed that the Department of Problem-Solving were granted a [[Department of Problem-Solving's second Fog Ship|new Fog Ship]] after their first one was stolen. The idea that Fog Ships can be locked from the outside, introduced here, is also reused. | |||
* Edwn-750's bond with a sloth was nodded to in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghosts and the Machine (short story)|The Ghosts and the Machine]]'', where he yawned at one point without further explanation. | |||
* Among the few dead Cupids whose [[ghost]]s are glimpsed by [[Philatel-426]] in [[PROSE]]: ''[[A Copper-Colored Christmas Carol (short story)|A Copper-Colored Christmas Carol]]'' is “[[Governor-105]], the former head of the [[Morningstar 1]] base on [[Venus (97th Cosmos)|Venus]]”, who is “bound tightly in chains, his made up of medals and awards, and statues and paintings of himself” — the keepsakes of his dictatorial vanity in ''The Resurrection of the Wellsians''. He is seen “trying but failing to reach out to Pythagoras-858” for some purpose Philatel cannot guess at; with [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Dark Cabaret (short story)|The Dark Cabaret]]'' later confirming Pythe's hunch in ''The Resurrection of the Wellsians'' that [[Mandragora-257]] had not truly died in the destruction of Morningstar 1, the implication is that Governor is attempting to tell Pythe that Mandragora is indeed not among his fellow ghosts and warn him of the danger he represents. | |||
* [[Digger-291]] was mentioned, in relation to his newly-introduced brother [[Diggy-292]], in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Metafictional Meddler (short story)|The Metafictional Meddler]]''. | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
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[[Category:Featuring Cupida Hartnell]] | [[Category:Featuring Cupida Hartnell]] | ||
[[Category:Featuring Mandragora-257]] | [[Category:Featuring Mandragora-257]] | ||
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