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

[pythbox]

"Well..." says Tianthonet.

"No," says Sherial, "but she is a semilegendary figure, so it's easier to pay attention to her."

[keyed_up]

Soph giggles. "Are all the Bells semilegendary figures like that or does only the local one count for you?"

[most_capable]

"It sounds very relaxing," says Pepper. "Do you think I could visit?"

[exactlyright]

"Yeah. It is and I bet you can. Jane can put you in Chronicle but you have to get to the cave some other way."

[pythbox]

"Only the local one," says Sherial.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Oh, well."

[most_capable]

"I happen to be able to teleport."

[keyed_up]

"My Bella's from a whole dynasty of semilegendary figures," snorts Soph.

[pythbox]

"Oh?" says Sherial. "How's that?"

[exactlyright]

"That's a way," laughs Carinna. "I can, too, but most people in most worlds can't."

[most_capable]

"True. It's very convenient, though, isn't it?"

[exactlyright]

"Yeah. Sometimes I can get the forest to cooperate with me too, but I'm not really good at it. Sherlock does it really well, and Grandma Marianne."

[most_capable]

"You live in a cooperative forest?"

[exactlyright]

"I'm one of the princesses," says Carinna. "The Enchanted Forest gives its royalty some special magic. Bella gets a little bit too - usually she would just get courtesy stuff like being able to pick up the sword, because she married in, but she married two princesses so she can get some of the other things to work, too."

[tearingup]

This... space plant... is very recognizably Aianon's work, and not just for the sheer fact of being a space plant. Ripper is amused.

He spends a while on the floor of the main room, then takes a glass of mystery fruit juice and explores the organic stairways lining the walls. Eventually he ends up at the highest available vantage - a round cozy little room lined with cozy padded benches and dotted with small convenient tables and cozy padded stools, with a wide-lipped railing of intertwined vines where guests can put down their food or drink and gaze down at the various minglers.

[bellfounding]

[Hey, where'd you wander off to?] Pattern asks after he has been wandered for a few minutes.

[tearingup]

[Up top,] he says, and he comes to the railing and looks for her. There she is, next to some other Bell - Juliet? Probably Juliet.

[most_capable]

"That sounds friendly!"

[bellfounding]

[Is the view nice?]

[tearingup]

[It's not bad.]

[exactlyright]

"It is! Oh, and our forest is where Bells go to get auras, it can just suck up the enchantment magic. It's getting bigger."

[keyed_up]

"Oh, she's the Slayer - well, was the Slayer, now James is the Slayer. It's this thing in our world where she's supposed to... slay... things. Demons and vampires."

[most_capable]

"Interesting," says Pepper. "If it keeps getting bigger is it going to run into something, or is there magic at work?"

[bellfounding]

[Incoming. Put down your tea.] And then she is beside him, peering over the railing with him.

[exactlyright]

"It's only got more room in it, it isn't any bigger around," explains Carinna.