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Some time later, however, Juliet tried to wriggle out of a day's work at the Department of Problem-Solving. Her convoluted scheme to get out from under her responsibilities ended up crating over 1500 [[Sisters of Juliet|duplicates of herself]], who then spread out across [[the Multiverse]] to collectively carry out the punitive assignment given to Juliet by the [[Department of Discipline]]. The duplicates all had the original Juliet's memories, and one of them, [[Juliet the 945th]], once told herself to “think like Pythe” while looking for a loophole to get out of a tight situation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Labors of Juliet (short story)|The Labors of Juliet]]'') | Some time later, however, Juliet tried to wriggle out of a day's work at the Department of Problem-Solving. Her convoluted scheme to get out from under her responsibilities ended up crating over 1500 [[Sisters of Juliet|duplicates of herself]], who then spread out across [[the Multiverse]] to collectively carry out the punitive assignment given to Juliet by the [[Department of Discipline]]. The duplicates all had the original Juliet's memories, and one of them, [[Juliet the 945th]], once told herself to “think like Pythe” while looking for a loophole to get out of a tight situation. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Labors of Juliet (short story)|The Labors of Juliet]]'') | ||
===Mandragora's Great Experiment=== | |||
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When a mysterious S.O.S. was picked up in the [[Cupid Homeworld]], seemingly coming from the [[Morningstar 1 Base]] in the [[97th Cosmos]], the [[Cupid Parliament]] decided to send in the Department, consisting in this instance of Pythagoras-858, [[Juliet-178]], [[Carter-1277]] and [[Edwin-750]]. The latter was drowsy through the whole endeavour, having recently created a psychic link between himself and a [[Sloth (The Resurrection of the Wellsians)|sloth]], and failed to properly lock the [[Department of Problem-Solving's Fog Ship]] when they parked some way outside the base. In Morningstar proper, they were greeted by Juliet's brother [[Dactylopius-177]] and gradually discovered that [[Governor-105]] harboured intentions of seceding from the Crew and launching an attempt to conquer [[the Multiverse]], using the power of the seven [[Wellsian]]s unearthed from beneath the base by [[Mandragora-257]] and [[Digger-291]], whom the former, a disgraced alchemist, had been working on reviving via “[[Mandragora's Great Experiment]]”. In their initial interview, Mandragora displayed a clear interest in Pythagoras, respecting him as a fellow occultist; Pythagoras humoured this interest to gain greater access to the digging site for his team, but clearly made his opposition to Mandragora's evil plans known. | |||
After failing to convince either Cupid that, regardless of ethical qualms, the Wellsians were too dangerous to bargain with, the Problem-Solvers attempted to get word to the Homeworld, but found that the Governor had emptied out the communications room. They were then confronted by Mandragora and the Governor, assisted by [[Mizrax ag-Ustis|a Wellsian]]. The situation turned into a three-way standoff when Dactylopius also arrived, flanked by Digger and [[Retsha sog-Wampyr|a second Wellsian]], as Digger explained that he'd been on the rebellion's side all along, smuggling out one Wellsian (and its [[Heat Ray]]) to match their enemies' new weapons. The Problem-Solvers were unable to stop the situation escalating until andragora double-crossed the Governor, ordering “his” Wellsian to kill him, but was in turn betrayed by the Wellsian as both aliens revealed that they had no true loyalty to any of the Cupids. They turned their weapons onto Mandragora, seemingly destroying him and causing an explosion which destroyed the two Wellsians as well as the base itself. | |||
In the aftermath, loyalists and rebels worked together to unlock the Governor's three Fog Ships to make their way back home. Pythe berated himself for not having worked out the truth sooner, and also expressed a belief that Mandragora had survived in some shape or form, even if his body had been destroyed. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Resurrection of the Wellsians (short story)|The Resurrection of the Wellsians]]'') When reports came in from “[[Venus#In the 97th Cosmos|Colony World #2]]” that the Wellsians had returned, the [[Cupid Parliament]] made an official statement to the Crew, claiming that it was “nothing to worry about”. However, certain other parties within the Crew disagreed, and arranged to republicise the old video Fact File about the Wellsians. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Wellsians (video story)|The Wellsians]]'') | |||
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