Cupid Homeworld: Difference between revisions

Time within the Cupid Homeworld was fluid, with the [[Department of Chronology]] not bothering to keep in check. It had no day-night cycle, as the [[Department of Celestial Bodies]] was disbanded early on in its history, leaving it washed in perpetual daylight with no discernible source; only the [[Department of Sleep]] arbitrarily told Cupids when to rest and wake. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Magic Trick (novel)|Magic Trick]]'')

Originally the passage of time was going to be obvious; “it had been the plan, early on, [for the Cupid Homeworld to have a day-night cycle], but the instructions [[the Creator]] had left on how to operate the [[Clockwork Sun]] and the [[Clockwork Moon]] had been unclear at best, mistakes were made, and the Department of Celestial Bodies had been looking for the Moon for thirty-two years now”. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Family Business (short story)|Family Business]]'') Similarly but more effectively, the Homeworld occasionally enjoyed artificial weather whipped up by the [[Department of Meteorology]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[The Ghosts and the Machine (short story)|The Ghosts and the Machine]]'')