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}}'''Acquaintanceship-982''' was a [[Clockwork_Cherub#Mark X|Mark X]] [[Clockwork Cherub]] of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]. | }}'''Acquaintanceship-982''', often simply '''Acquaintanceship''', and referred to as '''Mr Acquaintanceship''' in [[Land of Oz|Oz]], was a [[Clockwork_Cherub#Mark X|Mark X]] [[Clockwork Cherub]] of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]. | ||
== Description == | == Description == | ||
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== Biography == | == Biography == | ||
=== Early work in the Blue Feather === | |||
The Blue Feather were originally housed in a derelict warehouse located on the opposite side of the [[Mainland Cloud]], where Acquaintanceship had to use an upside-down crate as a desk. They weren't given missions of any importance, and indeed, it could be months in-between the missions they did get, disappointing as they were. For example, they once went months without any assignments at all after “the Great Grape Jelly Stain Catastrophe”, their grandiloquent name for the occasion upon which [[Marmalade-624]] spilled grape jelly on his tablecloth and hired the Blue Feather to wash it off. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'') | The Blue Feather were originally housed in a derelict warehouse located on the opposite side of the [[Mainland Cloud]], where Acquaintanceship had to use an upside-down crate as a desk. They weren't given missions of any importance, and indeed, it could be months in-between the missions they did get, disappointing as they were. For example, they once went months without any assignments at all after “the Great Grape Jelly Stain Catastrophe”, their grandiloquent name for the occasion upon which [[Marmalade-624]] spilled grape jelly on his tablecloth and hired the Blue Feather to wash it off. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'') | ||
=== New headquarters === | |||
[[File:Acquaintanceship-982 in Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery.png|thumb|left|Acquaintanceship at his desk in the old Blue Feather HQ. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'')]]On April 29th, 2019, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'') they were hired by [[Philatel-426]] for an unusually significant operation: locating a bag of mail that had gone missing from the [[Cupid Post Office]]. They unsuccessfully interviewed a number of “suspects” — otherwise known as people who happened to be glimpsed at some level of proximity to the Post Office on the day of the crime — but at the last minute, Acquaintanceship realised the truth and actually solved the mystery: Philatel had himself stolen the mailbag, which contained blueprints meant to be transmitted from the [[Department of Architecture]] to the [[Department of Construction]] so that the latter could begin work on a new giant warehouse. The construction would have involved the destruction of the Post Office's west wing, which was officially vacant, but which Philatel secretly used to store his stamp collection. Rather than turn him in to the [[Department of Discipline]], the Blue Feather blackmailed him into letting them use the selfsame west wing as a new HQ, while convincing the Department of Construction to build their new warehouse on their old site instead. | [[File:Acquaintanceship-982 in Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery.png|thumb|left|Acquaintanceship at his desk in the old Blue Feather HQ. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'')]]On April 29th, 2019, ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'') they were hired by [[Philatel-426]] for an unusually significant operation: locating a bag of mail that had gone missing from the [[Cupid Post Office]]. They unsuccessfully interviewed a number of “suspects” — otherwise known as people who happened to be glimpsed at some level of proximity to the Post Office on the day of the crime — but at the last minute, Acquaintanceship realised the truth and actually solved the mystery: Philatel had himself stolen the mailbag, which contained blueprints meant to be transmitted from the [[Department of Architecture]] to the [[Department of Construction]] so that the latter could begin work on a new giant warehouse. The construction would have involved the destruction of the Post Office's west wing, which was officially vacant, but which Philatel secretly used to store his stamp collection. Rather than turn him in to the [[Department of Discipline]], the Blue Feather blackmailed him into letting them use the selfsame west wing as a new HQ, while convincing the Department of Construction to build their new warehouse on their old site instead. | ||
Just as they were getting settled in, [[Colonel-028]] rushed into their new office with a new mystery to investigate: the theft of a pie from his windowsill. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'') Having badgered badgered the [[Cupid Parliament]] into authorising an official investigation, he set the Blue Feather on the task. Following a trail of pie-crumbs, the Blue Feather found a [[Rift]] leading to the [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'s headquarters in the [[Prime Universe]], where they briefly confronted the Faction for the first time. After fleeing back through the Rift, they got the [[Department of Rifts]] to close it. After the Rifts reopened and had to be closed a second time after a second Fooling Fish incursion, the Blue Feather were assigned to guarding the location of the Rift, in case it opened again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'') | Just as they were getting settled in, [[Colonel-028]] rushed into their new office with a new mystery to investigate: the theft of a pie from his windowsill. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery (short story)|Acquaintanceship-982 and the Missing Mail Mystery]]'') Having badgered badgered the [[Cupid Parliament]] into authorising an official investigation, he set the Blue Feather on the task. Following a trail of pie-crumbs, the Blue Feather found a [[Rift]] leading to the [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'s headquarters in the [[Prime Universe]], where they briefly confronted the Faction for the first time. After fleeing back through the Rift, they got the [[Department of Rifts]] to close it. After the Rifts reopened and had to be closed a second time after a second Fooling Fish incursion, the Blue Feather were assigned to guarding the location of the Rift, in case it opened again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Faction of the Fooling Fish (short story)|The Faction of the Fooling Fish]]'') | ||
=== Continued efforts in the Blue Feather === | |||
Some time later, Acquaintanceship excitedly gathered the Blue Feather to tell them about their new mission (locating [[Investigation-464]]'s misplaced coat). When [[Pseudo-Pessimist|the Cupid]] claiming to be Pessimist expressed enthusiasm at the prospect, Acquaintanceship finally realised that it was not [[Pessimist-242]] but a cheap duplicate, and that the real article had gone missing. With the help of [[Pessimist's Fog Ship]], they realised that he had been taken prisoner by the [[Drove of the Database-Compiling Dromedaries]] on the [[Prime Universe|Prime]] [[Earth]]. Although the Ship briefly disappeared and stranded them in the Prime Universe, having been commandeered by Dromedary [[Head Assistant Researcher]] [[Darius]], it returned almost immediately, having taken care of Darius with the help of [[Lord Thymon]]. The Blue Feather returned to the Homeworld and set forth in search of the missing coat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | Some time later, Acquaintanceship excitedly gathered the Blue Feather to tell them about their new mission (locating [[Investigation-464]]'s misplaced coat). When [[Pseudo-Pessimist|the Cupid]] claiming to be Pessimist expressed enthusiasm at the prospect, Acquaintanceship finally realised that it was not [[Pessimist-242]] but a cheap duplicate, and that the real article had gone missing. With the help of [[Pessimist's Fog Ship]], they realised that he had been taken prisoner by the [[Drove of the Database-Compiling Dromedaries]] on the [[Prime Universe|Prime]] [[Earth]]. Although the Ship briefly disappeared and stranded them in the Prime Universe, having been commandeered by Dromedary [[Head Assistant Researcher]] [[Darius]], it returned almost immediately, having taken care of Darius with the help of [[Lord Thymon]]. The Blue Feather returned to the Homeworld and set forth in search of the missing coat. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Pessimist and the Dromedaries (short story)|Pessimist and the Dromedaries]]'') | ||
When the [[Copper-Colored Council of Elders]] put the [[Cupid Suggestion Box]] in place, Acquaintanceship used it to leave a note suggesting that the Blue Feather be upgraded to replace the [[Scarlet Wings]] as the Crew's primary topics. When the Council rejected the proposal, pointing out the Blue Feather's less-than-impressive track record, Acquaintanceship tried to prop up its reputation by leaving an “anonymous” note praising the group, but the Council immediately saw through the charade and banned Acquaintanceship from using the Suggestion Box again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cupid Suggestion Box (short story)|The Cupid Suggestion Box]]'') | When the [[Copper-Colored Council of Elders]] put the [[Cupid Suggestion Box]] in place, Acquaintanceship used it to leave a note suggesting that the Blue Feather be upgraded to replace the [[Scarlet Wings]] as the Crew's primary topics. When the Council rejected the proposal, pointing out the Blue Feather's less-than-impressive track record, Acquaintanceship tried to prop up its reputation by leaving an “anonymous” note praising the group, but the Council immediately saw through the charade and banned Acquaintanceship from using the Suggestion Box again. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Cupid Suggestion Box (short story)|The Cupid Suggestion Box]]'') | ||
=== Mission to Oz === | |||
Acquaintanceship-982 was later assigned a solo romanticising mission to the [[Emerald City]] of [[Land of Oz|Oz]] in [[Universe (The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids in Oz)|one universe]], where he was meant to romanticise at least one hundred people. Arriving in [[Acquaintanceship-982's Fog Ship|his Fog Ship]], he made his way to the City, meeting the [[Guardian of the Gates]], but was quickly whisked off to the [[Emerald Palace|Royal Palace]] by [[Omby Amby]], who had mistaken him for [[Tik-Tok]]. There, he was led to a huge meetings of Ozites convened by [[Ozma]] to investigate the mysterious theft of the [[Magic Belt]], [[Magic Picture]] and [[Great Book of Records]], three of the most powerful artefacts in the land. Learning that romanticising the Ozites would be pointless anyway because they were all already under the effects of the [[Love Magnet]] which hung over the City's threshold, Acquaintanceship agreed to help them track down the thieves instead in the hope of romanticising ''them'', and offered to fly them around the Land in his Fog Ship after it turned out the thieves had also dismantled Ozma's [[Red Wagon|royal carriage]]. | |||
First stopping in [[Munchkin Country]], the possé met [[the Phonograph]] of Oz, who had spotted the thieves: a trio of [[imp]]s who had been turned into buttons by [[the Wizard of Oz]] many years ago, long enough ago that the spell had faded on its own. Thanks to the Phonograph's directions, Acquaintanceship knew to fly towards [[Winkie Country]], but on the way through the forest which separated the two Countries, they were attacked by three [[kalidah]]s. After evading them, they reached the mountains of [[Jinxland]] in Winkie Country, where they found not only the imps, but also their master: ex-[[Wicked Witch of the South]] [[Blinkie]], now once again in possession of magical powers thanks to the Belt. Gloating, Blinkie unveiled a field full of hundreds of imp statues, which she intended to bring to life as an unstoppable army using the [[Powder of Life]]. Acquaintanceship attempted to romanticise Blinkie right there and then, but his shot missed and instead knocked the bottle Powder out of her hands. Taking his chance, Acquaintanceship grabbed the bottle and ran off with it into his Fog Ship, but Blinkie (who had yet to realise he had the Powder and thought he was just escaping) used the Belt to cause him to crash into the forest. | |||
Acquaintanceship was unharmed, but the Ship was down. Out of other options, he used some of the Powder of Life to attempt to repair his Ship, with the effect of bringing it to life as a sentient entity. Startled, he dropped the rest of the Powder onto his [[Acquaintanceship-982's Bow|bow]] and [[Acquaintanceship-982's Arrows|arrows]], which similarly came to life. Together, they returned to Jinxland and managed to romanticise Blinkie and the Imps, who subsequently apologised to everyone and returned the magical items. However, the Ship's inexperience with flying itself caused it to crash again with Acquaintanceship itself, injuring him this time. With the Bow and Arrows finding them, however, the Imps worked with Tik-Tok to repair both of them. Healed, Acquaintanceship was offered the chance to stay in the Emerald Palace as a permanent resident but turned it down, unlike the Ship, Bow and Arrows. With the Ship staying behind, [[Dorothy Gale|Dorothy]] thus used the power of the Magic Belt to send Acquaintanceship back to the [[Cupid Homeworld]] instead. | |||
There, having elected not to elaborate on his adventures and the fact that the Ship, Bow and Arrow had turned sentient and “rebelled” of their own accord, Acquaintanceship was castigated by [[Penalty-534]] for his unimpressive romanticisation record and for losing his equipment. To punish him, Penalty immediately assigned him another mission, to a magical land considered even more of a hassle to deal with than Oz: [[Wonderland]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (short story)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'') | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
