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

[sailorheavymetal]

"Well, that was... weird," says Darcy. "Weird is what that was."

[pina_colada]

"Yeah. I wonder if that'll turn out to be anything but a weird curiosity."

[sailorheavymetal]

"Who knows."

[pythbox]

Celo is back at the buffet table, trying one of every dessert. He's also still female, partly because he hasn't had any good reasons to change back and partly on the theory that maybe this way fewer people will question him about his lack of pants.

[snowandsparks]

There are some Samarians who aren't immediately related to the Archangel-elect at this party.

Some of them have wings and are therefore more conspicuous than others.

[keyed_up]

No such luck.

"You are wearing zero clothes, did you know that?"

[pythbox]

"Nooooo," says the nymph, rolling his eyes. "I had no idea."

[keyed_up]

"Hey, could've been someone pranked you, how would I know?"

[newtimov]

Wings are conspicuous! They draw attention. Ike's attention is drawn.

[snowandsparks]

The goldish-winged angel notices, and draws his wings in towards himself a little. (They're still huge, of course.) "Uh, hi."

The nametag on his angel-cut vest says that he is untemplated, named Lucas, and from Samaria.

[pythbox]

"Okay, yeah, sure," he says, "it's just you are not exactly the first person who's noticed and I get less happy about explaining every time."

[keyed_up]

"Put it on your nametag?" she suggests.

[newtimov]

"Hi!" says Ike. He is not really sure how to go on from there.

[snowandsparks]

Lucas reads his nametag. "Isaac. Now that's a name I know how to pronounce." (He pronounces it with an accent, but he pronounces it.) "Apparently not everybody picks their baby names out of the Librera, off Samaria, who knew?"

[pythbox]

"Technically if somebody could prank me they could prank my nametag too," he points out. "I mean, not easily, I enchanted it myself, but they could."

[newtimov]

He giggles. "Other worlds are like that! I have an alt named Icarin. But he is not here because his parents don't want him traveling to strange universes by himself."

[keyed_up]

"It could say to... check with... some third party? I don't know, that gets kind of involved."

[snowandsparks]

"This place definitely qualifies. I did not quite believe Grandma and Grandpa's stories about the Archangel-Elect and all her faraway friends till I actually got here."

[newtimov]

"I'm told they're not usually so, um..." He gestures helplessly at the living architecture. "...Giant plant floating in space... ish?"

[snowandsparks]

"Is that what - I was not even told that part," laughs Lucas. "In space? A plant in space."

[pythbox]

"Mm. Well, it still might cut down on it a little." He concentrates briefly; his illusory nametag extends itself to add the line Yes, I know I'm naked at the bottom.

[keyed_up]

"Would I also be the millionth person to ask why you're naked? Did you lose a bet?"

[newtimov]

"Yes! Have you been outside? It's very - space. Out there. Where I have been."

[snowandsparks]

"No, I've been staying indoors, someone told me there's big - scaly things, flying around in the airspace out there. I do not know what they are or how to politely find out."

[pythbox]

He snorts. "No. I am naked on purpose. Because I'm a nymph, and nymphs do that."