Editing Mr Cups

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|caption1 = That which is empty.

|location = [[Fallen London]]

|alias = [[Mr Mirrors]]

|relationships = |allegiance=[[The Masters of the Bazaar]]<br>[[The Echo Bazaar]]}}

''"Work hard for the enrichment of the Bazaar, and us all. Shun seditionists. Practice courtesy & honesty."''<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Cups/status/6858682481</ref>

''"'Crockery, pottery, sculpture.'"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Mr_Cups|Mr Cups|Fallen London|}}</ref>

The distant and proper '''Mr Cups''' is in charge of trade in crockery, pottery, and sculpture. It is notorious for its formidable hoards of various odds-and-ends, such as [[The First City|First City Coins]]<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Master's_Voice|The Master's Voice|Fallen London|}}</ref> and other knick-knacks,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} "''Mr Cups collects wares from across the Neath, almost indiscriminately. Almost."''</ref> and indeed, its parlor is filled to the brim.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"The ceilings of Mr Cups' parlour soar high above you. The walls are lined with vast display cabinets, filled with crockery, pottery, and sculpture."''</ref> It employs a group of rag-and-bone men known as [[The Relickers|Relickers]], who pay Londoners for their junk and certifiable scraps.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_Shivering_Relicker_and_Pinnock_are_Trundling_By|The Shivering Relicker and Pinnock are Trundling By|Fallen London|}}</ref>

Mr Cups is also in charge of London's timekeeping systems, and is rather possessive over its monopoly.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/The_trade_in_clocks|The trade in clocks|Fallen London|}}</ref> This may be the reason why it and [[Mr Wines]] drove the [[Watchmaker's Daughter]], a talented craftswoman whose toys came alive, to suicide.<ref name="watchmakers">{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Go_back_to_the_Albino_Rat|Go back to the Albino Rat|Fallen London|}}</ref>

In the ''Sunless Skies'' timeline, Mr Cups is called the '''Saint of Chalices''' by the Cult of the Sanctified at [[Avid Horizon]].<ref name="crowning saints">{{Citation|https://sunlessskies.gamepedia.com/The_Jolly_Anchorite|The crowning of the saints|Sunless Skies|}}</ref>

Under the alias of '''Mr Mirrors''', Mr Cups is in charge of trade in "the frangible and the fine;"<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors</ref> this includes fine or quality secrets, unlike the more affordable variety proffered by Mr Pages.<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors/status/7413027673</ref> It also runs '''Mr Mirrors' Marquee of Mystification''', a collection of past electoral memorabilia - though this has been shuttered since mayoral elections have been ceased.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Visit_Mr_Mirrors%27_Marquee_of_Mystification_(free)|Visit Mr Mirrors' Marquee of Mystification (free)|Fallen London|}}</ref>  

Mr Mirrors sides with Mr Wines in its dispute over dreams with Mr Spices,<ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors/status/17503960300</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors/status/17505262391</ref><ref>https://twitter.com/Mr_Mirrors/status/17506280497</ref> and it sometimes acts as an arbiter for certain [[Parabola]]n matters.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Lost_in_Reflections|Lost in Reflections|Fallen London|}} ''"A word in the right ear will soon reach Mr Mirrors. [...] 'Dear Friend: [...] Anarchy is quelled. [...] – MIRRORS."''</ref> According to Mr Cups' noman at Sacksmas, who is in turn pretending to be Sacks-Mirrors, Mr Mirrors wishes to reflect dreams, not rule them.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Day_5%3A_Mr_Sacks%2C_purringly|Day 5: Mr Sacks, purringly|Fallen London|}}</ref>  

The walls of Mr Mirrors' parlor are covered with mirrors, each one with a single shard missing.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Incarnadine_Fur_Robe|Incarnadine Fur Robe|Fallen London|}} ''"The room is covered with a tessellation of mirrors. [...] all have one thing in common [...] a shard of glass has been removed."''</ref>

The original '''Mr Mirrors''' disappeared from the Neath sometime after the Fall of [[London]], and Mr Cups took over its identity in its absence.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Hand_over_a_multitude_of_scraps_for_a_Rumourmonger%27s_Network|Hand over a multitude of scraps for a Rumourmonger's Network|Fallen London|}}</ref>

==An Eye for an Eye==

''"The Bazaar's dream is a folly! Its message will be spurned, and when it is, its heart must not break, but ignite! For vengeance is hot as love! Let it suffer, and let the sun suffer – as I have suffered over the span of five cities!"''<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Demand_an_explanation_(from_Mr._Cups)|Demand an explanation (from Mr. Cups)|Fallen London|}}</ref>

[[File:Nemesis2.png|thumb|A blade forged in your heart.|link=https://thefifthcity.fandom.com/wiki/File:Nemesis2.png]]As part of a grand, mysterious scheme, Mr Cups hired an assassin named '''Scathewick''' to murder seven particular people on [[the Surface]] in a bid to lure their vengeful loved ones to the Neath. These Surface-dwellers would then either give up on their vengeance or die trying,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Demand_an_explanation_(from_Mr._Cups)|Demand an explanation (from Mr. Cups)|Fallen London|}} ''""You were one of seven. You were to take your vengeance on Scathewick and be satisfied. But you weren't! You didn't stop! You never stopped!""''</ref> and their tragic tales would be etched into the spire of the Bazaar alongside its other stories by [[the Lady in Lilac]], who was coerced into doing so by Mr Cups.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_Mr_Cups_about_Lilac|Ask Mr Cups about Lilac|Fallen London|}}''"I commissioned her to ink seven stories upon the Bazaar. Of love; of vengeance. She resisted at first. I was forced to be persuasive."''</ref>

Ironically, Cups' own motivation for this complicated scheme ''also'' happens to be revenge. It has grown tired of serving [[the Bazaar]] over the course of five [[The Fallen Cities|Fallen Cities]], and it now thinks that the Courier's mission of saving [[the Sun]] with its Message will fail. By tainting the Bazaar's collection of love stories with stories of vengeance, Mr Cups hopes that when the Bazaar's Message is inevitably spurned, its heart will "ignite" instead of break, causing both it and the Sun to suffer as Cups itself has suffered during its time in the Neath.<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Demand_an_explanation_(from_Mr._Cups)|Demand an explanation (from Mr. Cups)|Fallen London|}} ''"The Bazaar's dream is a folly! Its message will be spurned, and when it is, its heart must not break, but ignite! For vengeance is hot as love! Let it suffer, and let the sun suffer – as I have suffered over the span of five cities!"''</ref> Mr Cups does not feel remorse or regret for what it has done, and it will certainly not apologize,<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Does_it_feel_remorse%3F|Does it feel remorse?|Fallen London|}}</ref> but its seventh story of vengeance ''still remains unfinished''...<ref>{{Citation|https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/Ask_Mr_Cups_about_Lilac|Ask Mr Cups about Lilac|Fallen London|}}</ref>

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