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

[thaumobabble]

"I can't tell you how to feel about it. I've contagioused templatehood onto my cat and my best friend, it's kind of an occupational hazard of hanging out with Bells."

[telesonorous]

"Yeah," says Helen, "I mean I wonder if it is a coincidence or if it's a Thing of some kind."

[segreant]

"Dunno. Glass can tell about Things! We could ask her. Maybe we will."

[cheerfulish]

"Your cat?" the Jnis ask, in exact unison.

[thaumobabble]

"...Cats in my world are people," clarifies Glass. "We haven't found any more of him yet, but any other Bells in a position to have sapient pets will have alts of Cricket. You may see him around here. He will be able to understand you but not vice-versa, I'm the only person who can do that."

[telesonorous]

"Yeah, Glass does do that," says Helen. "She told me and my alts some Things about us already. Like that our daemons and coin colours are themed."

[cheerfulish]

The Jnis make very similar faces.

[newtimov]

Someone wanders by.

[segreant]

"My coin color is this complicated - thing," says Céleste. She makes a triangle; it's divided into three parts, one sky blue, one bright gold (albeit without metallic sheen), and one white with a scallopped almost furlike pattern in it. "I don't know about Keziah."

[thaumobabble]

"Hey - Ike? Ike. Hang on a second -" says Glass suddenly. "C'mere?"

[telesonorous]

"Mine are like so," says Helen, and she displays a square: it seems to be filled with sprays of pine needles that are always backlit by sunlight no matter how you turn the coin. "Damaris has feathers and Yseult has leaves, but they all do the sunlight thing."

[segreant]

"Pretty!"

[newtimov]

"Yeeeeeeeees?" says Ike, turning around slowly.

[telesonorous]

"I thought so too!" She disappears the square.

[thaumobabble]

"Hi - stand over there? There's something..."

[segreant]

"Mine look sort of like a coat of arms, but it's not any real coat of arms."

[newtimov]

Puzzled but cooperative, he stands over there.

[telesonorous]

"Maybe it's yours," suggests Helen.

[thaumobabble]

Glass stares at him, and at Jnis.

"This would be easier to see if Icarin were here too but I've looked at him before, so I can pretty much... your template and their template are closer together than most independent templates. You aren't the same thing, but like - if Jnis are metaphorical sisters, Ikes are metaphorical cousins to them."

[segreant]

"Well, obviously it's mine. But it's not the Cygne coat of arms, we don't have one - and it's not Papa's Marche's either - it's not any one that existed before I started printing it on coins."

[telesonorous]

"So your coins gave you a coat of arms. Neat."

[newtimov]

"I am not sure what to think of this!" says Ike.

[segreant]

"I guess. I'm not sure what I'm supposed to do with a coat of arms! I don't ride my griffin into battle."

[cheerfulish]

"You do seem to sort of talk like us," says Janine.

[thaumobabble]

"I'm just reporting what I see, I can't tell you what to do with the information."