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The '''Clockwork [[Sphinx]]''' guarded the [[Cupid Archives]] in the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. | The '''Clockwork [[Sphinx]]''' guarded the [[Cupid Archives]] in the [[Cupid Homeworld]]. | ||
In [[2022]], the Clockwork Sphinx was awoken by [[Auteur]], who had hijacked the [[shadow]] of [[Herodotus-724]] and was attempting to escape the Archives as part of his effort to return to the [[Third Universe]]. The Sphinx leapt upon the shadow as it approached the exit, seeming to break its hold, although in reality Auteur was unfazed by the attack and simply transferred himself to the shadow of [[Cupid youth (Auteur and the Homeworld)|another Cupid]] who was passing outside the Archives. ([[POEM]]: {{ | In [[2022]], the Clockwork Sphinx was awoken by [[Auteur]], who had hijacked the [[shadow]] of [[Herodotus-724]] and was attempting to escape the Archives as part of his effort to return to the [[Third Universe]]. The Sphinx leapt upon the shadow as it approached the exit, seeming to break its hold, although in reality Auteur was unfazed by the attack and simply transferred himself to the shadow of [[Cupid youth (Auteur and the Homeworld)|another Cupid]] who was passing outside the Archives. | ||
Later, the Sphinx was one of those affected when Auteur brought [[life]] to all of the [[fiction]] contained within the Archives. Though it was still in the Archives, it now proudly protected the [[city]] of [[Thebes]] and was "so happy" to hide it from terrible [[Thief|thieves]] such as the wicked [[troll]] [[Larrikin-1029|Larrikin]]. Herodotus subsequently leveraged Auteur's spell to mark [[Auteur's Abecedarium|the Abecedarium]] which had summoned him to the Homeworld with his "''REJECTED from collection''" [[stamp]] which, in the present state of affairs where everything in the Archives became true, expelled Auteur from the Homeworld and returned everything to normal. ([[POEM]]: {{cs|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}}) | |||
== Behind the scenes == | == Behind the scenes == | ||
The Clockwork Sphinx, as it is | The Clockwork Sphinx, as it is called in the single mention of its full name in {{cite source|Auteur and the Homeworld (poem)}}, is a recurring presence in ''[[The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids (series)|The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids]]'', the series with which the poem was a [[crossover]]. The Sphinx is usually known as the Mechanical Sphinx in the rest of the series but was renamed on this occasion presumably to better fit the metre. | ||
[[Category:21st century individuals]] | [[Category:21st century individuals]] | ||
[[Category:Individual clockwork robots]] | [[Category:Individual clockwork robots]] | ||
