who will be coming?

[small_magics]

Aianon has made a plant in the open airless space above the surface of Thilanushinyel. It is a very, very large plant - some dragons will be attending the party, after all, even if Ansharil in particular is going to be assorted small things and stay on Sarion's person the bulk of the time.

The locals will be Sarion, her beloveds, their other beloved, the five conjured dragons (and their Bondmates, where applicable: Virgivere and Lissa), and Liselen - Magania has, as usual, declined, and so far no Bell party has featured Bell parents.

Amariah is bringing her boyfriend and spontaneous daughter and two of the spontaneous daughter's friends, as well as an Alethian instance of the Rupert template.

Shell Bell is bringing Pearl and Screwdriver.

Golden is bringing her usual large contingent, as usual not including her husband but including her daughter and daughter's grown fosterling (the other remaining at home) and his wolf, both mothers-in-law and one father-in-law, adopted siblings, staff members including the Joker and Nathan, and the children of the aforementioned.

Glass is bringing both wives, all three daughters, Kanim, and her cat. She invited Icarin and Valeria, but their parents are not willing to let them gallivant into other worlds unsupervised and had a scheduling conflict.

Stella's bringing a smattering of people including Alice, Anna, Sandy, Libby, Bridget, her college roommate Janine, and Lazarus.

Tab is bringing Aelise (but not Kers) and Luhan.

Etty is bringing only Nona.

Aether, likewise, brings no one but Celo.

Pattern comes with Ripper, Slipstick, Queenie, and Ghosty.

Aegis is accompanied by her four-bodied boyfriend, Merryweather, Whitlock, and Howlett.

Aurora comes with Brilliance, Lexi with her Device Persica, Agent Honey with her Device Adularia, and Beth.

Rose brings her husband and three children and her former apprentice, Luc.

Angela brings her husband, her four children, several of her friends, and some of those friends' children and grandchildren with and without wings. Keziah also brings a friend.

Juliet shows up with Soph, Minus, Red, Giles, James, Virginia, Minnie, Ike, and Val.

Cam brings Jellybean and Tilly and stops there.

And from unBelled worlds hail additional Sherlocks and Tonies, Darcy, Matilda, Pepper, and Eights.

Comments

[most_capable]

"Yes," says Pepper. "The dragon one is also bonded to one of my alts."

[exactlyright]

"Right, I remember hearing about that because the Thilanushinyel of Bella has a Thilanushinyel dragon. They're not that much like our dragons."

[jellyinthemix]

"Go on then," says

[tearingup]

every member of the template, simultaneously.

"...Huh," says Ripper.

[bellfounding]

Pattern laughs. "I'll send Merryweather up, too." She kisses her own Ripper and pops away to find him first.

"Hey," she informs him, "the other three of you are all in one place, I'm gonna get Glass to peer at you and make pronouncements, you may wish to join them."

[most_capable]

"My world doesn't have any dragons to compare them to."

[exactlyright]

"Your world sounds weird."

[jellyinthemix]

"Is that so," says Merryweather. He pauses in climbing the stairs.

[bellfounding]

"Yup. You're actually en route already, they're all over there, see, making each other drop beverages." She points.

[jellyinthemix]

He snorts.

[bellfounding]

"I'll be along in a moment with Glass."

Pop, pop, and she is along, in a moment, with Glass.

[most_capable]

"I like it just fine."

[exactlyright]

"Bella says our world is the nicest world. You can come to it some time and get a poof if you want one, people do that."

[jellyinthemix]

They arrive just in time to see Merryweather give Keth and Ripper a look remarkably similar to the one Giles was giving them some time ago!

[most_capable]

"I think I will definitely visit," says Pepper.

[thaumobabble]

"Oh, now this," says Glass, "is remarkably like the Joker phases, now I've gotten a look at those to compare."

[exactlyright]

Carinna smiles at her. "I would like Mossy back now," she says.

[tearingup]

"Jokers come in phases?" says Ripper.

[most_capable]

Pepper hands Carinna back her poof.

[thaumobabble]

"They come in phases and also in kinds, yes. This -" (she gestures at the Ruperts and then at the Rippers) "is more like the phases."

[tearingup]

"All right," says Keth, "and that means...?"

[exactlyright]

Carinna puts Mossy on her shoulder and wanders into the crowd, looking for the nearest mom (and checking name tags to be sure she gets the right one).

[thaumobabble]

"That you can grow from one into the other. I don't think it's obligatory and I'm not sure if you can go backwards."

[allthebrightest]

There's one!

[exactlyright]

"Tony, Tony, I talked to a stranger and she was nice and nothing bad happened and she wants a poof and she made me an interesting candle and she's sort of fire related!"