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

[exactlyright]

"Do you want to hold Mossy?"

[pythbox]

"Ah," says Sherial. "And now it makes sense."

[keyed_up]

"So there are going to be ugly-cute wrinkly babies soon!"

[most_capable]

"I think I would like that very much."

[pythbox]

Sherial snorts.

"I've never even seen a baby," says Tianthonet. "Of any species."

[exactlyright]

Carinna hands over Mossy. "The glowing and the whmmming are happy," she says, sounding like she fancies herself a multiverse-class expert on poofs.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Weren't you and the other conjured dragons babies at the same time? Do you just not remember it?"

[jellyinthemix]

"Good to meet you," he says, not without irony.

[pythbox]

Tianthonet shakes her head. It's an odd gesture on a dragon, but recognizable.

[keyed_up]

"There are some little kids here but not baby little."

[she_sells_seashells]

"I think Hyacinthe is the youngest. Peninnah's next and she's like eight."

[bellfounding]

"Yeah, we've been at the same parties before but never really talked," she snorts.

[pythbox]

"...Are human children a lot smaller than humans?" says Tianthonet, looking down at her feet as though she is afraid a small child could have snuck under one without her noticing, although she stops short of actually picking them up to check.

[jellyinthemix]

"I'm sure I've made a wonderful first impression."

[keyed_up]

"They start yea big," says Soph, gesturing. "They're about full size by the time they're in their mid-teens."

[most_capable]

Pepper accepts the poof.

It whmmmmmmms.

"What a little darling," she says, petting it tentatively.

[bellfounding]

"The tea dropping? Nah. I am accustomed to occasional tea-dropping." She elbows Ripper, a little.

[exactlyright]

"They're so nice! You don't have to be careful, either, it just looks like it - you can't hurt them, when they glow it makes an anti-injury field and it works for people near them too."

[tearingup]

Ripper giggles and gives her a little one-armed hugsquish.

[jellyinthemix]

Giles observes this interaction.

[bellfounding]

Pattern flops her head onto Ripper's convenient shoulder.

[most_capable]

"That's convenient," says Pepper, petting Mossy's fluff. "Do they, um... make more poofs somehow or other?"

[exactlyright]

"I guess they must. I've never seen them doing it. There's always plenty in the cave."

[tearingup]

Ripper beams.

[jellyinthemix]

Some combination of the tea and the adorable definitely seems to be calming Giles down.