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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''The Winter Quests'' (novel)}}{{Short Story | |||
| title1=''The Winter Quests'' | | title1=''The Winter Quests'' | ||
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| hero(es)= [[CS-NA]]<br>[[Pythagoras-858]]<br>[[Juliet-178]]<br>[[Tero Trollgarsson|The Troll]] | | hero(es)= [[CS-NA]]<br>[[Pythagoras-858]]<br>[[Juliet-178]]<br>[[Tero Trollgarsson|The Troll]] | ||
| villain(s)= [[Sigyn#In the Prime Universe|Sigyn]]<br>[[Loki#In the Prime Universe|Loki]] | | villain(s)= [[Sigyn#In the Prime Universe|Sigyn]]<br>[[Loki#In the Prime Universe|Loki]] | ||
| featuring= [[Supreme Quaestor|The Supreme Quaestor]]<br>[[Aphrodite]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Valerius-1497]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Pestilence-301]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Freyja]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Richard Wagner]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Thymon]]<br><small>(mentoned)</small><br>[[Sneernobiel]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Hound]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Gorbazaglaz]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Doctor Sigma]]<br>[[Philatel-426]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Colonel-028]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Tracker-764]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Madame Tarsa]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Celebration-665]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Rosen-035]]<br>[[The Big Bad Wolf]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alistair Neezley]]<br>[[Tpxszum]]<br>[[SERIAL CODE 000000234]]<br>[[Frederick]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Drink-Mixer]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Volensholagoz]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Galanmahogan]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 999999345]]<br>[[Soda jerk (The Winter Quests)|Unnamed soda jerk]]<br>[[The Witch of Walpurgisnacht]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cheesecake fairy]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lobster Guardian|The Lobster Guardian]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Ghost of Christmas Past|The Ghost of Christmas Past]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Elf (The Winter Quests)|Unnamed Elf]]<br>[[Trollgar Trollgarsson]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Odin#In the Prime Universe|Odin]] | | featuring= [[Supreme Quaestor|The Supreme Quaestor]]<br>[[Aphrodite]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Valerius-1497]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Pestilence-301]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Freyja]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Richard Wagner]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lord Thymon]]<br><small>(mentoned)</small><br>[[Sneernobiel]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Hound]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Gorbazaglaz]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Doctor Sigma]]<br>[[Philatel-426]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Colonel-028]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Tracker-764]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Madame Tarsa]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Celebration-665]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Rosen-035]]<br>[[The Big Bad Wolf]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alistair Neezley]]<br>[[Tpxszum]]<br>[[SERIAL CODE 000000234]]<br>[[Frederick]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[The Drink-Mixer]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Volensholagoz]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Galanmahogan]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[IDENTIFICATION NUMBER 999999345]]<br>[[Soda jerk (The Winter Quests)|Unnamed soda jerk]]<br>[[The Witch of Walpurgisnacht]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Cheesecake fairy]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Lobster Guardian|The Lobster Guardian]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Ghost of Christmas Past|The Ghost of Christmas Past]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Elf (The Winter Quests)|Unnamed Elf]]<br>[[Trollgar Trollgarsson]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Odin#In the Prime Universe|Odin]]<br>[[Madame Tarsa]]<br>[[Joybuzzer]]<br>[[Fire-titan]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Plastic minotaur]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Sebastian Steer]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| setting= [[C.I.I. Headquarters]], [[Cupid Homeworld| | | setting= [[C.I.I. Headquarters]], [[Cupid Homeworld|the Cupid Homeworld]]<br>[[Finland|Finnish]] forest, [[Prime Universe]]<br>[[Celestial Foam Network]], [[Cupid Homeworld|the Cupid Homeworld]]<br>[[The Forest]], [[Prime Universe]]<br>[[Interdimensional Soda Jerkery|The Interdimensional Soda Jerkery]], [[The Void|Void between Worlds]]<br>[[Interdimensional Tavern|The Interdimensional Tavern]], [[The Void|Void Between Worlds]]<r>[[Workshop of Madame Tarsa|The Workshop of Madame Tarsa]] | ||
| length= 19 chapters | | length= 19 chapters | ||
| writer(s)= [[Aristide Twain]]<br>[[Lupan Evezan]] | | writer(s)= [[Aristide Twain]]<br>[[Lupan Evezan]] | ||
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====Chapter 7==== | ====Chapter 7==== | ||
After [[Pythagoras-858]] jumps after [[Juliet-178]] into the [[Troll]]'s cave, the three of them somehow end up teleporting to the [[Interdimensional Tavern]], where they are greeted by [[Tpxszum]], whom Juliet greets as an old friend. As introductions continue, the Troll gives his name as [[Tero Trollgarsson]], and Juliet explains how she transported him, Pythe and herself to the Tavern: using a flawed, experimental [[Dematerialisation Engine]] similar to the one [[Doctor Sigma]] gave [[CS-NA]], which she filched from Sigma's lab. When Tpxszum asks if they'd like to order anything, they find themselves invited to a table by a [[Odin|mysterious old man]]. | After [[Pythagoras-858]] jumps after [[Juliet-178]] into the [[Troll]]'s cave, the three of them somehow end up teleporting to the [[Interdimensional Tavern]], where they are greeted by [[Tpxszum]], whom Juliet greets as an old friend. As introductions continue, the Troll gives his name as [[Tero Trollgarsson]], and Juliet explains how she transported him, Pythe and herself to the Tavern: using a flawed, experimental [[Dematerialisation Engine]] similar to the one [[Doctor Sigma]] gave [[CS-NA]], which she filched from Sigma's lab. When Tpxszum asks if they'd like to order anything, they find themselves invited to a table by a [[Odin|mysterious old man]]. | ||
====Chapter 8==== | |||
[[CS-NA]] arrives in the outsized [[Workshop of Madame Tarsa]] and is immediately picked up and noticed by [[Madame Tarsa|the Toymaker]] herself, who examines him alongside her son, [[Joybuzzer]], trying to figure out what kind of toy he is and which of them made him. Realising he is in fact a visitor and alive, she shrinks herself and Joybuzzer down to a size in scale with Cesse's own, allowing Cesse to explain himself, conveying that he is a friend of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids|Copper-Colored Cupids]] and that he wants to learn more about holiday spirit. Tarsa agrees to let him hang around her and Joybuzzer. Cesse is initially unenthused as he watches the mother and son working on wrapping up presents, but things get more exciting when [[the Frost King]] magically enters the Workshop, having invited himself to the holiday celebrations, and (thinking CS-NA to be a pest or interloper) freezes him in a block of ice. Tarsa is less than pleased about this development, unlike Joybuzzer, who greets him enthusiastically as his “Uncle Frost”. | |||
After Tarsa gets him to unfreeze Cesse, the King further meddles by suggesting that they go out and look for a real Christmas tree, an idea with which Tarsa is not especially taken, but to which she acquiesces to please Joybuzzer. The King uses his powers to transport the four of them to [[Universe (The Winter Quests)|another universe]], to a small patch of evergreens on a mountaintop. While Tarsa, the Frost King and the Clown discuss their choice of tree, Cesse, who is not familiar with snow, tries to test out the terrain and ends up falling into the snow and snowballing down the slope until Joybuzzer catches him. They descend from the mountaintop and, reaching the snowy valley, the “family” of Tarsa, Joybuzzer and the King get into a playful magic-aided snowball fight. | |||
After the mother and son handily trounce the King, they all return to the Workshop to decorate their tree together. Cesse decides that all of this has taught him that “family” is an essential element of holiday spirit, leading him to the conclusion that the Crew ought to have one big party instead of a lot of lonelier small ones. Inputting random coordinates into his [[Dematerialisation Engine]] once again, he departs for another unknown location after thanking Tarsa's family and saying goodbye. | |||
=== Worldbuilding === | === Worldbuilding === | ||
====Jenny==== | ====Jenny==== | ||
* According to [[Tpxszum]], on one occasion (which did not involve any of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]), [[Jenny Everywhere]] saved [[Volensholagoz]]'s life as well as the [[Interdimensional Tavern]] itself. | * According to [[Tpxszum]], on one occasion (which did not involve any of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]), [[Jenny Everywhere]] saved [[Volensholagoz]]'s life as well as the [[Interdimensional Tavern]] itself. | ||
====Universes==== | ====Universes==== | ||
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* The [[Interdimensional Soda Jerkery]] and [[Interdimensional Tavern]], both existing in an aspect of [[the Void|the Void Between Worlds]], are seen. | * The [[Interdimensional Soda Jerkery]] and [[Interdimensional Tavern]], both existing in an aspect of [[the Void|the Void Between Worlds]], are seen. | ||
* Within his probably-spurious story, [[Alistair Neezley]] mentions the [[Witching Realm]]. | * Within his probably-spurious story, [[Alistair Neezley]] mentions the [[Witching Realm]]. | ||
* [[CS-NA]] ends up in the [[Workshop of Madame Tarsa]]. | |||
* He travels, alongside [[Madame Tarsa]] herself and family, to [[Universe (The Winter Quests)|another, seeming-mundane universe]]. | |||
* [[The Frost King]] mentions that it “gets lonely in the [[Spirit Realm]], especially of late”. | |||
====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
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* Neezley lives in a parking garage, despite his claims of owning “a twelve-story manorhouse with a dinosaur butler”. | * Neezley lives in a parking garage, despite his claims of owning “a twelve-story manorhouse with a dinosaur butler”. | ||
* One of Neelzey's most oft-retold stories involved him substituting for the [[Ghost of Christmas Past]] and saving “a sentient polar bear's immortal [[soul]]”. | * One of Neelzey's most oft-retold stories involved him substituting for the [[Ghost of Christmas Past]] and saving “a sentient polar bear's immortal [[soul]]”. | ||
* The [[Quasi-spiraled Moonduster]] is a drink served at the [[Interdimensional Tavern]]. | |||
* [[Madame Tarsa]] has created a [[Marvelous Make-Your-Own Holiday-At-Home Playset]] (“Patent Pending”), but has yet to “iron out” a “little glitch” that adds a human sacrifice into every celebration. | |||
* The [[Christmas Toyland]] is “busy with the annual Ribbon Harvest”. | |||
* Tarsa claims to have “[[giga-annum]]s” of experience wrapping up Christmas presents. | |||
* [[The Council]] once called [[Madame Tarsa]] in to solve a problem relating to the [[Miniature Mahogany|Miniature Mahoganies]] after [[the Frost King]] accidentally destroyed their village in a game of [[Cosmic Foosball]]. | |||
* Tarsa owns a “[[CROWBAR [for trees]™]]”. | |||
* The Frost King was once trapped by a [[wraith-wyvern]], and Tarsa had to come and save you. | |||
* The Frost King also once “sparred” with a [[fire-titan]] on who should pay the bill after the two had lunch, with the King maintaining the titan should because they had burned up the tablecloth. | |||
* The week before the story, [[Joybuzzer]] visited the [[Madame Tarsa's Toybox|Toymaker's Labyrinth]] to visit some of his “siblings” and ended up in a fight with a [[plastic minotaur]]. | |||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
