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For two years now, [[Auteur's Abecedarium]] has lain in the [[Cupid Archives]] unopened. Eventually, the dark whispers emanating from it attract the attention of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' head archivist, [[Herodotus-724]], who was never told about the book by [[Bibliophile-962]] and thus guilelessly opens it. As soon as he opens it and reads it aloud, [[Auteur]] himself is summoned to the Homeworld from the [[Sanctum of the Heretic|"crumbling little oxbow"]] in which he'd been imprisoned. | For two years now, [[Auteur's Abecedarium]] has lain in the [[Cupid Archives]] unopened. Eventually, the dark whispers emanating from it attract the attention of the [[Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]' head archivist, [[Herodotus-724]], who was never told about the book by [[Bibliophile-962]] and thus guilelessly opens it. As soon as he opens it and reads it aloud, [[Auteur]] himself is summoned to the Homeworld from the [[Sanctum of the Heretic|"crumbling little oxbow"]] in which he'd been imprisoned. | ||
After monologuing awhile about his circumstances, during which he is amused to note that he appears to be in a rhyming story for once, Auteur declares his intention to steal one of the Crew's [[Void Ship]]s to return to his home universe. He snaps his fingers and seems to have disappeared until Herodotus realises that the stranger has transferred himself into Herodotus's own [[shadow]]. Attacked by the [[Clockwork Sphinx]], he jumps into ''its'' shadow, and then, making his way out of of the archive building, into that of another, passing Cupid. | After monologuing awhile about his circumstances, during which he is amused to note that he appears to be in a rhyming story for once, Auteur declares his intention to steal one of the Crew's [[Void Ship]]s to return to his home universe. He snaps his fingers and seems to have disappeared until Herodotus realises that the stranger has transferred himself into Herodotus's own [[shadow]]. Attacked by the [[Clockwork Sphinx]], he jumps into ''its'' shadow, and then, making his way out of of the archive building, into that of another, passing Cupid. | ||
Hopping from shadow to shadow, he makes his way unseen; the only Cupid to notice their shadow having temporarily sprouted a [[skull]] is [[Larrikin-1029]], who is predictably enthused instead of alarmed. However, when Auteur drops by the post office in [[Philatel-426]]'s shadow, he is noticed by [[Lord]] [[Thymon]], who reaches out and grabs him out from the shadow-space. Thymon recognises him as one of the "[[Sun Builder|parasites]] who hail from [[Third Universe|Third]]" and claims to be something much greater than them, being an actual [[Embodiment]] of [[Time]], but Auteur dismisses Thymon as having lost his metaphysical power when he became a part of the Cupids' story, and now being nothing more than "[[comic relief]]". He knocks Thymon's hat off his head and takes advantage of the distraction to run out of the post office, headed for the hangar where the [[Fog Ship]]s are kept. | Hopping from shadow to shadow, he makes his way unseen; the only Cupid to notice their shadow having temporarily sprouted a [[skull]] is [[Larrikin-1029]], who is predictably enthused instead of alarmed. However, when Auteur drops by the post office in [[Philatel-426]]'s shadow, he is noticed by [[Lord]] [[Thymon]], who reaches out and grabs him out from the shadow-space. Thymon recognises him as one of the "[[Sun Builder|parasites]] who hail from [[Third Universe|Third]]" and claims to be something much greater than them, being an actual [[Embodiment]] of [[Time]], but Auteur dismisses Thymon as having lost his metaphysical power when he became a part of the Cupids' story, and now being nothing more than "[[comic relief]]". He knocks Thymon's hat off his head and takes advantage of the distraction to run out of the post office, headed for the hangar where the [[Fog Ship]]s are kept. | ||
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Thymon sounds the alarm, but the Cupids' [[arrow]]s are useless against Auteur in his shadow-form, and [[Sigma-063]]'s efforts to lock the Fog Ship hangar from the inside are useless when Auteur jumps into Sigma's own shadow and unlocks one of the doors. Thinking quickly, Sigma runs to the building's maintenance rooms and switches on all the lights, making shadows vanish and forcing Auteur to adopt his normal three-dimensional shape again. He briefly tries summoning all the shadows from the Homeworld to overwhelm the lights, but is unsuccessful. | Thymon sounds the alarm, but the Cupids' [[arrow]]s are useless against Auteur in his shadow-form, and [[Sigma-063]]'s efforts to lock the Fog Ship hangar from the inside are useless when Auteur jumps into Sigma's own shadow and unlocks one of the doors. Thinking quickly, Sigma runs to the building's maintenance rooms and switches on all the lights, making shadows vanish and forcing Auteur to adopt his normal three-dimensional shape again. He briefly tries summoning all the shadows from the Homeworld to overwhelm the lights, but is unsuccessful. | ||
Instead, as his final throw of the dice, he writes a set of glyphs and interlocking circles which cause all the [[fiction]] contained in the Cupid Archives to come to life, inspired by Herodotus's earlier mistaken assumption that Auteur was a fictional character come to life from within the Abecedarium. As all the stories' essences are released from the book, pandemonium ensues, with the Cupids merging with an endless carnival of fictional characters. However, before Auteur can leave aboard the last unaltered Fog Ship, Herodotus realises that he can use Auteur's spell for his own ends by stamping the Abecedarium with his official "''REJECTED from collection''" stamp. As this, too, is realised in three dimensions, Auteur himself is expelled from the Cupid Homeworld to match, sent back to his oxbow. | Instead, as his final throw of the dice, he writes a set of glyphs and interlocking circles which cause all the [[fiction]] contained in the Cupid Archives to come to life, inspired by Herodotus's earlier mistaken assumption that Auteur was a fictional character come to life from within the Abecedarium. As all the stories' essences are released from the book, pandemonium ensues, with the Cupids merging with an endless carnival of fictional characters. However, before Auteur can leave aboard the last unaltered Fog Ship, Herodotus realises that he can use Auteur's spell for his own ends by stamping the Abecedarium with his official "''REJECTED from collection''" stamp. As this, too, is realised in three dimensions, Auteur himself is expelled from the Cupid Homeworld to match, sent back to his oxbow. | ||
As the Homeworld is restored to its normal self, Herodotus chains up the Abecedarium and locks it in a drawer, hopefully for good. [[Celebration-665]] invites everyone for cake. | As the Homeworld is restored to its normal self, Herodotus chains up the Abecedarium and locks it in a drawer, hopefully for good. [[Celebration-665]] invites everyone for cake. | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The artificial [[sphinx]] guarding the [[Cupid Homeworld]] is usually referred to as the [http://jennyeverywhere.fandom.com/wiki/Mechanical_Sphinx Mechanical Sphinx] in [[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|the series itself]], but is named here as "the Clockwork Sphinx" on the one occasion it is referenced, presumably to better fit the metre. | * The artificial [[sphinx]] guarding the [[Cupid Homeworld]] is usually referred to as the [http://jennyeverywhere.fandom.com/wiki/Mechanical_Sphinx Mechanical Sphinx] in [[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|the series itself]], but is named here as "the Clockwork Sphinx" on the one occasion it is referenced, presumably to better fit the metre. | ||
== Continuity == | == Continuity == | ||
