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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]]<br>[[Mecharon|Mecharons]] | | villain(s)= [[Sigyn#In the Prime Universe|Sigyn]]<br>[[Loki#In the Prime Universe|Loki]]<br>[[Mecharon|Mecharons]] | ||
| 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>[[The Frost King#Member of the Council|The Frost King]]<br>[[Fire-titan]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Plastic minotaur]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Sebastian Steer]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Century Smith]]<br>[[Briar]]<br>[[Cybele#In the Prime Universe|Cybele]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Evaari]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Sleipnir#In the Prime Universe|Sleipnir]]<br>[[Frey#In the Prime Universe|Frey]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alexander the Great]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Logi#At the Interdimensional Tavern|Logi]] | | 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>[[The Frost King#Member of the Council|The Frost King]]<br>[[Fire-titan]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Plastic minotaur]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Sebastian Steer]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Century Smith]]<br>[[Briar]]<br>[[Cybele#In the Prime Universe|Cybele]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Evaari]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Sleipnir#In the Prime Universe|Sleipnir]]<br>[[Frey#In the Prime Universe|Frey]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Alexander the Great]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Logi#At the Interdimensional Tavern|Logi]]<br>[[Saint Nicholas]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small><br>[[Santa Claus|Father Christmas]]<br><small>(mentioned)</small> | ||
| 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]]<br>[[Workshop of Madame Tarsa|The Workshop of Madame Tarsa]]<br>Mountaintop and valley, [[Universe (The Winter Quests)|unnamed universe]]<br>[[The Frost King's Realm]] | | 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]]<br>[[Workshop of Madame Tarsa|The Workshop of Madame Tarsa]]<br>Mountaintop and valley, [[Universe (The Winter Quests)|unnamed universe]]<br>[[The Frost King's Realm]]<br>The ''[[Fish'n'Ship]]'', [[Chronon Sea]] | ||
| 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 11==== | ====Chapter 11==== | ||
[[Odin#In the Prime Universe|Odin]] leaves on [[Sleipnir|his eight-legged horse]] without letting the Cupids ask him any further questions, leaving [[Pythagoras-858]], [[Juliet-178]] and [[Tero Trollgarsson|the Troll]] to ponder the meaning of the prophecy. Pythe figures out that the first part they should interrogate is the verse about “the Enemy of Winter showing them the way”, since a direction is what they most urgently need, otherwise having no knowledge of where to go from the Tavern. They deduce that the “Enemy of Winter” is a warm hearth fire. [[Tpxszum|Roz]] reveals that the Tavern has a retractable hearth with a magic living fire-deity, [[Logi#At the Interdimensional Tavern|Logi]]. Although the Logi of a different universe's Norse pantheon, he overheard the Cupids' conversation with Odin and is happy to help them in exchange for some scented redwood. Opening his jaws wide, he creates a firey doorway into the [[World Below]]. | [[Odin#In the Prime Universe|Odin]] leaves on [[Sleipnir|his eight-legged horse]] without letting the Cupids ask him any further questions, leaving [[Pythagoras-858]], [[Juliet-178]] and [[Tero Trollgarsson|the Troll]] to ponder the meaning of the prophecy. Pythe figures out that the first part they should interrogate is the verse about “the Enemy of Winter showing them the way”, since a direction is what they most urgently need, otherwise having no knowledge of where to go from the Tavern. They deduce that the “Enemy of Winter” is a warm hearth fire. [[Tpxszum|Roz]] reveals that the Tavern has a retractable hearth with a magic living fire-deity, [[Logi#At the Interdimensional Tavern|Logi]]. Although the Logi of a different universe's Norse pantheon, he overheard the Cupids' conversation with Odin and is happy to help them in exchange for some scented redwood. Opening his jaws wide, he creates a firey doorway into the [[World Below]]. | ||
====Chapter 12==== | |||
[[CS-NA]] finds himself on a [[tachyonic sailing ship]] which he soon realises is the ''[[Fish'n'Ship]]'', the vessel of the [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]]. They explain to him that they have a lot of ideas for [[Christmas]] pranks, but have been unable to test any of them out because everyone keeps running away from them. Though hesitant, CS-NA is won over by the idea that those are uniquely ''Christmassy'' practical jokes, and agrees to act as their fully-consenting guinea pig. He spends a day in a town in either the [[Prime Universe]] or a [[Prime-adjacent]] one, engaging in various Christmas activities with the Fish, which, to his confusion, can't really be called pranks. As the evening draws nigh, the Fish reveal they were actually testing him to act as their “secret operative” on a mission. | |||
They want him, whom they understand to have greater experience and skill as a dimensional traveller than themselves, to help them enter [[Dimension Zeta-32-Orangepeel-Grbbrzkwlkglb]], a heavily-reinforced [[pocket universe]] that is the refuge of the survivors of a [[pandimensional war (The Winter Quests)|pandimensional war]]. To CS-NA's surprise, the Fish's motives are purely altruistic: reasoning that, most likely, no magical gift-givers like [[Santa Claus]] or [[the Toymaker]] have been able to get to these survivors, the Fish have gathered presents to bring to them, intending to reintroduce them to Christmas fun. Not without difficulties, CS-NA, from the crow's-nest of the ''Fish'n'Ship'', manages to get them to navigate past the barrier around the pocket dimension. They are welcomed in good cheer after the initial suspicion is gotten over, and CS-NA, having puzzled out that “Fun” is another one of the Fundmanetal Elements of Holiday Joy that he's been compiling, agrees to join the festivities before he helps the Fish back out through the barrier and continues his journeys. | |||
=== Worldbuilding === | === Worldbuilding === | ||
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* [[The Frost King#Member of the Council|The Frost King]] mentions that it “gets lonely in the [[Spirit Realm]], especially of late”. | * [[The Frost King#Member of the Council|The Frost King]] mentions that it “gets lonely in the [[Spirit Realm]], especially of late”. | ||
* CS-NA, [[Century Smith]] and [[Briar]] visit [[the Frost King's Realm]]. | * CS-NA, [[Century Smith]] and [[Briar]] visit [[the Frost King's Realm]]. | ||
* The [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]] visited the [[Interdimensional Library]] to find more information on [[Dimension Zeta-32-Orangepeel-Grbbrzkwlkglb]]. | |||
====Other==== | ====Other==== | ||
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* Norse deities include [[Vanir]] and [[Aesir]]. | * Norse deities include [[Vanir]] and [[Aesir]]. | ||
* [[Frey#In the Prime Universe|Frey]], the God of Summer, resides in [[Alfheim]], or “[[Elf]]-Land”. | * [[Frey#In the Prime Universe|Frey]], the God of Summer, resides in [[Alfheim]], or “[[Elf]]-Land”. | ||
* [[Tachyonic sailing ship]]s such as the ''[[Fish'n'Ship]]'' have [[Conceptual Anchor]]s. | |||
* The [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]] put on a slapstick-based stage rendition of ''[[A Christmas Carol]]''. | |||
* The faster-than-light [[tachyon]] particles are “created as a byproduct of the linear passage of time”. They allow tachyonic sailing ships to sail on a “layer” of time known as the [[Chronon Sea]], where they can be steered manually towards “an alternate timestream running alongside their own – and, once there, into the universe to which that stream belonged”. Due to time-travel entanglements, they ended up having always been obsolete, but found a “new” life as luxury ships appreciated for their swashbuckling aesthetics by eccentric piratical types, as well as by the Napoleonic [[Consistency Imperium]]. | |||
===Continuity=== | ===Continuity=== | ||
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* Reference is made to Neezley having painted a mural at the [[Interdimensional Tavern]], as shown in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]''. | * Reference is made to Neezley having painted a mural at the [[Interdimensional Tavern]], as shown in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Time of the Toymaker (novel)|The Time of the Toymaker]]''. | ||
* [[Tpxszum]] recognises [[Pythagoras-858]] as a former companion of [[Jenny Everywhere#In the Infinity Apartment|Jenny Everywhere]]. His meeting with Jenny was depicted in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'', and the two were seen travelling together in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]''. | * [[Tpxszum]] recognises [[Pythagoras-858]] as a former companion of [[Jenny Everywhere#In the Infinity Apartment|Jenny Everywhere]]. His meeting with Jenny was depicted in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids (comic story)|Jenny Everywhere Meets The Crew Of The Copper-Colored Cupids]]'', and the two were seen travelling together in [[PROSE]]: ''[[The Grand Multiverse Hotel (short story)|The Grand Multiverse Hotel]]''. | ||
* The [[Faction of the Fooling Fish]] mention having visited the [[Interdimensional Library]], introduced in [[PROSE]]: ''[[Century Smith and the Time Terror (short story)|Century Smith and the Time Terror]]''. | |||
==Behind the scenes== | ==Behind the scenes== | ||
