The Cupid Suggestion Box is a prose story, cowritten by Lupan Evezan and Aristide Twain. It features the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids, including the Copper-Colored Council of Elders, Foreman-964, Philatel-426, Juliet-178, Edwin-750, Pessimist-242, Companionship-790, Pessimist's Fog Ship, Acquaintanceship-982, Dandy-432, Conspiracy-1263, Magnification-236, Conquest-932, Larrikin-1029, Lord Thymon, Celebration-665 and Avarice-824. The Sisters of Juliet, the Pseudo-Pessimist, the Green Gorillas and CS-NA are mentioned.
Plot[]
The Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids' Council of Elders puts up a suggestion box for members of the Crew to submit suggestions and feedback to the Cupid Parliament. Unfortunately, between the conspiracy-theorising of Conspiracy-1263 and the endless requests from Foreman-964 of the Department of Construction to be allowed to tear down the post office to put up more warehouses, it doesn't prove very useful — though it does provide a very thorough picture of the kinds of individuals who make up the Crew!
References[]
- Edwin-750 is apparently a member of the Department of Zoology. They are sent to a research mission to the Euclidean Plane, to investigate rumours of a new species of Geometron, the crescent-shaped “Lunaeoid”.
- Mark 18 Clockwork Cherubs are “upcoming”.
- There were experiments with a mountain-sized Clockwork Cherub for the Mark 15s, but the project was scrapped.
Continuity[]
- In the aftermath of Misadventures in the Interdimensional Black Market (2019), Companionship-790, having learned of the Interdimensional Black Market, wants to investigate the possibility of Cupid missions there. It is also mentioned that CS-NA is now permanently residing in the Cupid Homeworld, having gotten a job at the Department of Transportation and Ship-Building.
- The gigantic size of Mark 4 Cupids, an idea raised in Scaled-Up Soldier (2019), is referenced by Magnification-236.
- The Sisters of Juliet's banishment from the Cupid Homeworld, mentioned in Incident Report C179B – “Of Romeos and Juliets” (2019), is referenced.
Behind the scenes[]
This short story was released in September of 2019 on the Crew of the Copper-Colored Cupids website.