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

[tearingup]

every member of the template, simultaneously.

"...Huh," says Ripper.

[bellfounding]

Pattern laughs. "I'll send Merryweather up, too." She kisses her own Ripper and pops away to find him first.

"Hey," she informs him, "the other three of you are all in one place, I'm gonna get Glass to peer at you and make pronouncements, you may wish to join them."

[jellyinthemix]

"Is that so," says Merryweather. He pauses in climbing the stairs.

[bellfounding]

"Yup. You're actually en route already, they're all over there, see, making each other drop beverages." She points.

[jellyinthemix]

He snorts.

[bellfounding]

"I'll be along in a moment with Glass."

Pop, pop, and she is along, in a moment, with Glass.

[jellyinthemix]

They arrive just in time to see Merryweather give Keth and Ripper a look remarkably similar to the one Giles was giving them some time ago!

[thaumobabble]

"Oh, now this," says Glass, "is remarkably like the Joker phases, now I've gotten a look at those to compare."

[tearingup]

"Jokers come in phases?" says Ripper.

[thaumobabble]

"They come in phases and also in kinds, yes. This -" (she gestures at the Ruperts and then at the Rippers) "is more like the phases."

[tearingup]

"All right," says Keth, "and that means...?"

[thaumobabble]

"That you can grow from one into the other. I don't think it's obligatory and I'm not sure if you can go backwards."

[tearingup]

The Rippers look consideringly at the Ruperts.

[jellyinthemix]

The Ruperts look back. Merryweather starts to say something, stops, and shakes his head; Giles pats him on the shoulder.

[bellfounding]

"You might also want a look at one of their Raynes. They seem to come with them - Merryweather, have you got one of those?"

[jellyinthemix]

"I haven't thought about him in years," says Merryweather. "They're attached?"

[thaumobabble]

"Well, they're four for four - which one should I go look at?"

[tearingup]

"Mine," says Keth, "definitely mine, I will introduce you."

[thaumobabble]

"Okay, now or later?"

[tearingup]

"Maybe he'll think of a name for the template," snorts Ripper.

Keth laughs. "All right, now, then."

[thaumobabble]

"Okay. Lemme just prevent incipient flying squirrel..." Glass wishes on a star, then taps her Janegem, and then they are in Amariah's house in Alethia. "Do you teleport, do you want to lead the way?"

[tearingup]

"Yeah, I teleport," says Keth.

He teleports them to his living room.

[pythbox]

"Another one?" says the local Rayne.

[thaumobabble]

"There's lots," says Glass. She peers at him. "Oh yeah, that's - about as attached as you get, these are not optional."

[pythbox]

"Tell me something I don't know," snorts Rayne.