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

[wildlymagical]

"You would know them as Aianon, Ansharil, and Sarion."

[lexicality]

"Oh, them. My sister's a Bell," she adds. "The only - or, no, not anymore. One of two with sisters, but the other sister isn't my alt, I'm my Bella's twin and she's a little sister."

[alicornucopia]

Jake puts in, "Is whatever you're avoiding saying something Elsie had better know to deal with Felicity?"

[snowandsparks]

"Have you been to a lot of them? Since you know - at least two - Bells personally?"

[wildlymagical]

"Aha," says Lycaelon. "I'm not related to any templates. My alts are from Peace and Gift respectively and they're a lot more like each other than I am like them."

[lexicality]

"It's really a pity I don't have any alts because my name turns into nicknames so easily!"

[pythbox]

Corona looks at Jake. "It's... part of it, the kind of big main crucial part, is something that I think it would be better for Felicity if he gets to tell her himself. And I don't know how much I can give you around the edges before you'll get the middle." Looking at Elsie again, "You know our best guess at what he'll be like; knowing our best guess at why is a lot less important."

[newtimov]

"This is actually my first one! I have heard about others, but I did not go. And I met Cam here," he adds.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Okay," says Elspeth. "I can wait."

[snowandsparks]

"Oh. And you have alts and everything."

[wildlymagical]

"Does it?" he asks, looking in puzzlement at her nametag.

[lexicality]

"Lexi is short for Alexandra," Lexi explains. "But I wouldn't mind going with a different shortening if I had an alt who liked 'Lexi' best too."

[pythbox]

"Yeah." He smiles slightly. "I figured."

[newtimov]

"I do! I have two alts. But I only really know things about one of them."

[wildlymagical]

"What else does it shorten to?" he wonders. "Lycaelon shortens to various things, but I don't like any of them."

[her_imperial_radiance]

"As long as we're on the subject, do you have a general idea of how long it's okay to leave him by himself on the island, given that loneliness is known to be a problem? By himself except for his poof, I mean, which he'll have unless he throws it into the sea."

[lexicality]

"Oh, Alex, Alli, Andi, Sandra, Sandy. And I have a middle name that I like okay, Phyllis."

[snowandsparks]

"Why's that?"

[wildlymagical]

"I think I've heard about a Sandy around here somewhere, but I don't think he's an alt of you."

[lexicality]

"Oh, no, yeah, that's a different person," says Lexi, waving a hand, "so that wouldn't be the best nickname in this case, but it's still a nickname."

[pythbox]

He is quiet for a moment, perhaps consulting other Jokers.

Then he says, "A general idea - a few days is fine; a week might hurt; a month is probably bad."

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Okay, then we shouldn't run into any problems there. I had been wondering if it would be a good idea to stop briefly at home mid-party."

[newtimov]

"The other one is not in contact with any Bells or anyone Bells know, so all we know about him is that he is in Gift and lives in Toronto and has a Val. And was dead. But then they brought all of Toronto back to life, which included him because that is where he is from."

[pythbox]

"It wouldn't hurt to. He'd probably like it. But it wouldn't hurt not to, either," says Corona.

[snowandsparks]

"...The fact that people can have been dead in the past tense, I'm still not used to."