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

[pina_colada]

Kerron makes a noise too high for human ears to catch and scrunches his eyes shut. (Fortunately, his colorshapes don't actually rely on his eyes; he can still see the grain-shapes.) "That is way more than I prefer to see of people shaped like my mum!" he yelps.

[pythbox]

Celo looks at him.

"What—oh, fuck, you're the Joker's kid," he says. "I'm censored, aren't I?"

[pina_colada]

"Yeah, and you're still broadcasting the intention to go around stark naked for all eternity, and the censor bar covers up about forty percent of typically covered whatnot."

[pythbox]

Celo sighs. "It's a nymph thing, okay?"

[pina_colada]

"That does not make you less naked or less Mum-shaped."

[pythbox]

"Would you rather I was just invisible to you or something?"

[pina_colada]

"Possibly! At least your colorshapes don't look like his." (Kerron's eyes are still firmly closed.)

[pythbox]

"And those are...?"

[pina_colada]

"The little -" Kerron waves at them where they swirl. "It's my witch-ingot thing, I see intentions, goals, that sort of thing, signified by colorshapes, which are not literally colored or shaped or seen. Yours look like some kind of grain thing, assorted colors. Mum usually walks around in a cloud of knives or something like that. 'Possibly' means 'yes until we think of something better', by the by."

[pythbox]

Celo laughs. "Yeah, that sounds like him." He pulls a coin out of nowhere and wishes on it. "All right, you can open your eyes."

[pina_colada]

Kerron's eyes are already open when he sees the intention dissolve. "Thanks," he sighs in the direction of the swirling grain.

[pythbox]

"You're welcome," Celo says cheerfully. He produces his hot chocolate, which is not invisible to Kerron, and resumes drinking it.

[pina_colada]

"So. Which Mum are y- oh, I can still see your nametag. Thaaaat's interesting."

[pythbox]

He giggles. "You can call me Celo," he says. "Short for Celosia. Since some people find my name a little hard to pronounce."

[pina_colada]

"Yeah, I don't think I can say that. It's a cool name, though."

[pythbox]

"It is!" says Celo. "I'm the only Joker who likes the one I came with."

[pina_colada]

"I guess Harley doesn't count? I wouldn't expect him to remember the name he came with when the Princess took him home."

[pythbox]

"He knows what it was. He doesn't hate it the same way as the rest of them, but he's not fond either."

[pina_colada]

"Is it just objectively terrible, I don't actually know it."

[pythbox]

He laughs. "It's not great."

[pina_colada]

"I like my name, but Mum called me 'munchkin' till I got to be taller than him."

[pythbox]

"Of course he did," snorts Celo. "That's adorable."

[pina_colada]

"Yeah. Aedyt got 'pumpkin'. If they ever have another one I dunno what that one will get."

[pythbox]

"Kas's kid got 'button'," he says. "That one's pretty cute too."

[pina_colada]

"Aww. I haven't met her yet."