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

[lifes_sake]

Cam beams.

And says, "Pants?"

[newtimov]

Ike contemplates pants.

[lifes_sake]

Cam waits. And doesn't distract him again. (Unless ogling is distracting. It might be.)

[newtimov]

(It is a tiny bit distracting but not so much that Ike completely loses his train of thought, so that's okay.)

After a minute or so, he says, "I think we do not need to continue wearing pants!"

[lifes_sake]

"Ooh."

Well then, these pants Cam is wearing are just unnecessary, then. He will be rid of them forthwith.

[newtimov]

Ike giggles. And kisses him. This is apparently his reaction whenever Cam removes an article of clothing.

[lifes_sake]

Is it really? Cam could take his socks off, too. Test this hypothesis.

[newtimov]

That would be very logical!

Also Ike kisses him again.

[lifes_sake]

Excellent.

Ike is also wearing pants. He could stop.

Cam could help.

[newtimov]

Ike supports this course of action in all particulars.

[lifes_sake]

Cam is very helpful, then.

(He gets Ike's socks too, while he's at it. Socks are unnecessary.)

[newtimov]

(Ike's toenails are, like his fingernails, slightly opalescent. Not very many people have ever had cause to notice this.)

[lifes_sake]

Cam notes it, finds it unsurprising, and proceeds back up. For kisses.

[newtimov]

Kisses, yay!

[lifes_sake]

Pantsless kisses.

In case the revealing absence of denim yields anything Ike finds interesting. No rush, Cam isn't going out of his way to point it out, but it's there.

[newtimov]

Well. Yes. That does appear to be a thing.

Ike is not entirely sure what to do about this thing!

But they appear to have plenty of time, and there are always kisses. Lovely kisses.

[lifes_sake]

Kisses are quite lovely, yes.

[newtimov]

Lovely. Lovely and pantsless.



If Cam has any more suggestions to make in the nearish future, Ike may be feeling receptive.

[lifes_sake]

Well. Asking Ike questions (in small, bite-sized pieces; when Cam can restrain himself from distractions) has been going so well.