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

[jellyinthemix]

"Yes, all right," sighs Giles. "Let us by all means ask a Bell."

[inherpiety]

"But which one?"

[segreant]

"I'll call mine," shrugs Céleste.

[beheld_beauty]

Presently Rose teleports in. "What is going on?"

[jellyinthemix]

"I'm not quite sure," says Giles. "According to these girls, I have... 'gook'... on me."

[beheld_beauty]

"...Are they correct?"

[jellyinthemix]

...He sighs. "Almost certainly."

[beheld_beauty]

"Well, then, perhaps Lazarus could look at the three of you and tell us more."

[jellyinthemix]

"Ah, yes. And where is Lazarus?"

[beheld_beauty]

"I'll find him." She ruffles Céleste's hair and teleports Lazarusward.

[nonbird]

"Hello!" says Lazarus.

[beheld_beauty]

"Hello. Céleste and Keziah appear to have materialized ingot powers telling them there is unspecified 'gook' on Giles. Before doing anything about any of this I thought it would be wise to consult you; will you come look at them?"

[nonbird]

"Oh, of course," says Lazarus.

[beheld_beauty]

"Thank you." Teleportation.

[nonbird]

These stairs are getting a little crowded.

Lazarus peers at Giles.

"...You have a... something," he says. "It's definitely a something. A very subtle something."

He turns to look at the Griffins.

"And you have ingot powers!"

[inherpiety]

"That's what we thought! We can fix him, right? We think we can fix him."

[nonbird]

"It... seems that you can fix him," he says. "At least, you can definitely do something, and you're definitely calibrated to expect that it's a positive something, and ingot powers don't really lie... actually," he says, "in a very distant sort of way, you remind me of a unicorn I met recently. You especially," he indicates Keziah, "but it's not much of a difference. You're both... purifiers, I could say. You clean things up."

[inherpiety]

"I'm like a unicorn?"

[segreant]

"But we're the Griffins."

[nonbird]

"I don't think your ingot powers know that," says Lazarus. "It's just a comparison, anyway. But yes... let me look at you again." He turns back to Giles.

[jellyinthemix]

"If you must."

[inherpiety]

"Gooky," mutters Keziah.

[jellyinthemix]

"Yes, thank you, I'd noticed," says Giles, somewhat irritably.

[nonbird]

"You have a... connection to... something," says Lazarus. "I might be able to get more details if we were in your world. But it's definitely hostile, although very dormant, and it's definitely the kind of thing that the girls' ingotry can get rid of for you. There shouldn't be any unforeseen side effects, unless you were depending on your connection to a malevolent force or entity for something."

[jellyinthemix]

"Not especially," says Giles. He sighs. He looks around for somewhere to put his tea, discovers a lack of any such place, and sets it down on the stairs in front of him very close to the wall. "All right, you may... de-gook me."