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

[lookingforwardtoit]

"That's a kind of suspicion!" says Anna.

[lexicality]

"Cam is also one of the ones who sleeps around. It's him and Amariah."

[snowandsparks]

"Yeah, it'd be messy if there were a lot of disagreement about it. She's made some unpopular choices but Bethel's been doing really well with her leading the Eyrie host, so people are optimistic."

[temporal_affairs]

"Sort of, yeah."

[lookingforwardtoit]

"He's seemed like a total sweetheart the times I've met him," says Anna.

"People are complicated," says Eights.

[temporal_affairs]

"Jokers more than some. Now new Jokers are minted as a matter of course, but I'm not actually sure how much of that is because the Bells couldn't stop the minted Jokers from doing it if they wanted to."

[wildlymagical]

"I didn't know that either!" says Lycaelon.

[newtimov]

"Unpopular choices?"

[lexicality]

Lexi laughs. "Now you do!"

[snowandsparks]

"Well, after people realized she didn't make the marriage amendment because the Jansai were paying her, there was some opposition to that."

[lookingforwardtoit]

Anna snorts. Eights pats her on the shoulder.

"So," says Anna, stopping midway between the enormous archway and the edge of the enormous platform. "How do we tell which one's an us?"

[temporal_affairs]

"I don't know. Do you think she does?" He scans the visible dragons. "Have you guys got a template color scheme?"

[wildlymagical]

"Yes," he says. "I feel so informed."

[lexicality]

"I bet Sarion would've told you if she knew you'd be so interested."

[newtimov]

"Oh," says Ike, unhappily.

[wildlymagical]

"I don't think I knew I'd be so interested!"

[snowandsparks]

"Yeah. And I'm not very good about following the details of economics, but I don't think all of that was popular either, and she's married to an Edori so people who don't like Edori aren't thrilled with her."

[lexicality]

Lexi giggles. "Why do so many people want to sleep with alts of my sister, it's kind of weird!"

[lookingforwardtoit]

Eights produces a square: white, with liquidy red streaks like smears of stylized blood.

"So, red and white," says Anna.

[newtimov]

"What's an Edori?"

[temporal_affairs]

"Then - maybe that's her?" he says, pointing.

[wildlymagical]

"Would it be any less weird if I answered?"

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Ooh," says Anna.

Eights waves.

[pythbox]

The indicated dragon circles closer.

[snowandsparks]

"They're this - culture. Most of them live on Ysral, the smaller continent, now, but there are still some on Samaria. They wander around, even more than Jansai do. They pronounce Jovah 'Yovah', I think they have their own language, they don't believe in marriage except apparently the angelico-to-be was fine with it."