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]

"Uh, I think Dad bit Aianon once, full vampires can't stand wolf blood but it's just sort of weird-tasting to half-vampires - I haven't bit a wolf, Lily did, she's interested in culinary applications of sanguinary flavor-space or something - animal blood works fine and tastes lousy to vampires but okay to us, I'm not aware of any other experiments."

[pythbox]

"Huh," says Celo. "Maybe some adventurous nibbler should give me a try. Not you," he adds with a hint of a giggle.

[pina_colada]

"Yeah, I'm not your guy," snorts Kerron. "Dad or Lily. Or both for that matter."

[pythbox]

"I'll keep 'em in mind," he laughs.

[pina_colada]

"Lily's yea high, blue eyes, hair somewhere between blonde and chestnut depending on the lighting, she'll let it get to her knees before she hacks it off but today it's about two feet long," says Kerron. "If you don't want to go around reading large numbers of nametags to locate her. She was wearing pink last time I saw her but that might change."

[pythbox]

"I don't really go by the visuals most of the time, but I guess they're better than nothing," he says. "Thanks."

[pina_colada]

"Why, how else would I describe her? I could tell you how she smells but English is kind of crap at that."

[pythbox]

Celo giggles. "I'm a nymph," he says. "I have senses you don't. Makes it harder to work from descriptions of people unless the person doing the describing is another nymph, but what can you do."

[pina_colada]

"Huh. What kinda senses?" Kerron's squinting at the grain now, but nothing comes clear.

[pythbox]

"If you must know," he says, laughing, "I see sexuality."

[pina_colada]

"...And you're at a Bellparty which has Bells at it. That sounds, eh, what's the word I'm looking for..."

[pythbox]

"Yeah, I've been through that with Aether," he snorts. "Took me a while, but I figured out how to stop interpreting."

[pina_colada]

"So now you see, what, the Monet equivalent of - er - Monet painted blurry things," clarifies Kerron.

[pythbox]

"Not really? Like, you get all hung up on the information aspect because that's the only part you know about, but that's not the important part," he says. "I get the same amount of detail, I just don't go the extra step of thinking about what it means in practice."

[pina_colada]

"Yeah, I don't get it."

[pythbox]

"Yeah, I know," snorts Celo. "Most people don't."

[pina_colada]

"Well, anyway, if it helps, Lily's straight but in that way where she's weirdly affectionate with her female friends even though they don't actually have anything going on."

[pythbox]

Celo giggles. "Thanks! Of course, I'd have to go around interpreting to use it, and then Aether would give me that look."

[pina_colada]

"I guess you'll just have to read a lot of nametags, then."

[pythbox]

"Yep," says Celo. "Oh well."

[pina_colada]

"Oh, there's Lily," says Kerron, pointing. "Still wearing pink, didn't change her sweater."

[pythbox]

Celo looks. "Yeah, I see her," he says. "Might as well go say hi. See ya!"

[pina_colada]

"Bye!"

[alicornucopia]

Lily is apparently lost in thought, leaning on a wall with her ankles crossed, looking at the ceiling.

[pythbox]

Celo makes his way over, still drinking his hot chocolate.