self_composed: (Default)
Author: self_composed
The guest list winds up being pretty huge.

To start with, there are now eight Bells. Pattern isn't bringing anyone besides herself, and Aegis no one besides herself and her Whistle, but everyone else -

Between Alice, the Joker, the rescued Queenie, Kas, Micaiah, and Sue, plus Ghosty who Amariah picked up on her way home, that's seven Whistles. (Stella thinks ahead: there is a soundproofed orgy chamber away from the main party awning. With a few nodes off of it in case more than one orgy forms; she can think of at least two other likely ones.)

There's an equally absurd number of Sherlocks and Tonies if you count them together. They have Juliet's matched set, Shell Bell's matched set, two other matched sets from Bell-less worlds (one with souled vampire, one both human), a stray Tony, and a stray Sherlock from Downside.

Amariah grabbed a random Libby on top of the random extra Whistle, but at least she's not incorporating anyone from home.

Golden's bringing much of her family and many of her friends - although Edward is staying home, that still leaves Elspeth and Jacob, Alice and Jasper with little Brandon, Rosalie and Emmett and little Henry, Nathan accompanying his mate and their child Kerron, Esme and Carlisle and their Lily, Addy, and Elena who'll get to see her brother. Golden claims that this is a conservative list and she could easily have produced another twenty enthusiastic guests. Stella doesn't doubt it. She puts up a few signs reading Please Conduct Adult Conversation Only Via Brainphone. Little Half-Vampires Have Good Ears And Perfect Memories. As a last-minute surprise, Golden has taken Elspeth's suggestion to bring Edward's deceased mother Elizabeth, too.

Juliet has, on top of her boyfriend and his - progenitor? - her tiny Libby, James, a tagalong thereto called Virginia, and a ghost called Minnie, plus Giles.

Angela's list is more modest: her, her husband, and their friends Alleluia and Caleb.

Shell Bell is responsible for half the Sherlocks-and-Tonies all by herself, a tagalong called Pepper, and also someone called Darcy and also Matilda. (Shell Bell is also the reason Angela is not inviting her brother-in-law.)

Stella herself is responsible for inviting Libby, Orfeo, Chris, Mary, Anna, Sandy, Eights, Chainsaw, Lazarus, Kolya (who is informed that it would be awfully inconvenient for a majority of Bells to all have to coordinate on pretending he doesn't exist when only one of them has even met him to be able to identify him in the first place, so he can simply stay home if he's planning to be hidey), and Bridget.

Stella sets up a name tag system. Everyone will have a tag stuck to them. Solo persons - a minority - will just have their names. People with template names and nicknames will have both stamped on automatically. ("Hi! I'm a Bell, and you can call me Stella!"; "Hi! I'm a Whistle, and you can call me Alice!" "Hi! I'm a Sherlock, and I don't have a distinguishing nickname yet but as soon as I pick one it will appear here!")

She conjures up a nice buffet of food and beverages which will stay its correct temperature until consumed, and assorted synthetics for the vampires (labeled not for human consumption), and dishes and flatware (all glass; even some of the food-eating guests might dissolve anything else) and fusses with the awning opacity until it lets in just the right amount of sun, and, what the hell, she throws in a stage in case Angela wants to sing or she decides to play the flute or someone decides to pentagon some other performative skill to entertain the crowd. She makes sure there are enough bathrooms for all the people who still need bathrooms.

She puts out a few tables here and there with little bowls of squares and triangles - a mix of her glowing red and Alice's shifty black - in them for everyone's convenience. She accumulates coins in those sizes faster than she generally uses them and has a great many, so there are plenty for anyone to dip and wish if something comes up. She double-checks to make sure the Martian ground rules prohibit any misuses available for those size coins.

Jane gets one of those high-tech holographic projectors, on wheels, which she promptly manifests in, drives around the floor, and makes faces through.
she_sells_seashells: maybe (Default)
Author: she_sells_seashells
[Attention Sherlocks and Tonies! There's a critical mass of you forming over by the dessert end of the buffet, and you should all gather and figure out a nickname system once and for all!]
eversomuchfun: Looking ceilingward. (<= hardly very sensitive of you)
Author: eversomuchfun
[I don't eat food and I have a distinguishing nickname already; can I sit this one out?]
dearsweetsoulful: Mocking affectionately. (<= going to kill you one day)
Author: dearsweetsoulful
[Not a chance,] says Plus, and he locates Minus and drags him to the buffet.
cross_and_bow: (smug)
Author: cross_and_bow
[Your nickname's out of date,] Juliet says. Just to her own. She wants to see if the others can figure it out. She drifts thataway to supervise.
eversomuchfun: Grinning or laughing. (!= all the way to the kettle)
Author: eversomuchfun
[But I'm so fond of it.]
cross_and_bow: (smirk)
Author: cross_and_bow
[Why?] laughs Juliet.
eversomuchfun: Side-on in the dark; expression not visible. (== a degree of humanity)
Author: eversomuchfun
[Because it is mine.]
cross_and_bow: (eyeroll)
Author: cross_and_bow
[It's cute, it just has the disadvantage of not making sense anymore. But you can help the others with theirs, maybe, and meet them all, even if you insist on keeping "Minus" for yourself. Look, Strat's converging, he's got a nickname already too.]
eversomuchfun: Smiling slightly. (!= merely an abomination of nature)
Author: eversomuchfun
[Ah, and there is—Iron Man, apparently.]
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
"Okay," says Iron Man, last to arrive. "So first order of business: is there anybody here who still trusts Obadiah Stane?"

There is a general shaking of heads.

"Good," he says. "That's good. I'm glad."
she_sells_seashells: bitey (bitey)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"Amariah killed one of those for me," volunteers Shell Bell. "He had a different name in my world, though."
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
"Good for Amariah," says Iron Man.
eversomuchfun: Mocking. (<= it must have burned)
Author: eversomuchfun
"I killed one too," volunteers Minus. "Do I get a prize?"
dearsweetsoulful: Double-take or mild amusement. (<= unnecessary but quite satisfying)
Author: dearsweetsoulful
"If we do, you can put me down for it as well."
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
"Yeah, I'm not handing out any prizes," Iron Man snorts.
finaldiscussion: Looking over his shoulder. (>> thusly announced)
Author: finaldiscussion
"Am I the only one here fortunate enough not to have met this individual?" wonders Strat.
cross_and_bow: (smirk)
Author: cross_and_bow
"We could conjure up little trophies? Or, I know, T-shirts, 'I killed a Stane and all I got was this lousy -' no, that's tacky."
she_sells_seashells: engaged (engaged)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"You don't seem to be very template-y, even though you're clearly an alt," says Shell Bell to Strat. "So it makes sense that you might not have one. Maybe they're attached to Tonies instead of to Sherlocks, and you don't have a Tony so that's why?"
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
"That would make sense," says Iron Man, "because I have one and he doesn't. Well, had. Except you guys took over the afterlife, so I guess he'll be popping up like a weed any day now."
she_sells_seashells: bitey (bitey)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"Oh, no," says Shell Bell. "We don't have to let him come back. That's only for people who aren't dangerous and haven't annoyed us. He can just stay Downside."
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
"Good plan!" says Iron Man.

Nodding all round.
cross_and_bow: (level)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Anybody else who belongs on the no-fly list?" inquires Juliet.
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
"Ivan Vanko," he says. "Not quite as big an asshole, but he did try to ruin my life recently and his preferred method involved killing a lot of people, so my feelings are not friendly."

The name doesn't seem to strike a bell with anyone else.
she_sells_seashells: maybe (Default)
Author: she_sells_seashells
Shell Bell taps her ring.
mind_game: (jewel)
Author: mind_game
[You got it,] Jane broadcasts to the convocation.
cross_and_bow: (eyeroll)
Author: cross_and_bow
"So," says Juliet. "Nicknames. Many of you are nigh-indistinguishable - at least to those of us who aren't Sherlocks - and not having different names doesn't help."
bitofafiction: Smiling: fond amusement. (!= that was Victorian)
Author: bitofafiction
"It's the Sherlocks who seem to vary," says one of same. "Vampire, different vampire, human, different human, and then..." he waves a hand vaguely at Strat, "you. The attached Tonies are not so easily distinguished."
she_sells_seashells: (skyward)
Author: she_sells_seashells
Shell Bell clearly has a favorite Sherlock. There may be some leaning and gazing going on between moments when she's not addressing the group.
cross_and_bow: (perhaps)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Whistles usually just get outright named by their attached Bells, but half of you don't have attached Bells," says Juliet. "Besides, I can't think of anything good."
sicaria: Reaching for something. (⑽ just a touch)
Author: sicaria
"Yes," says Sherlock, patting Bell fondly on the shoulder, "that is the trouble. No one can think of anything good."
dearsweetsoulful: Grinning affectionately. (!= the next best thing)
Author: dearsweetsoulful
"Oh, I don't know," says another Sherlock. "'Plus and Minus' wasn't bad. But the rest of you can't describe yourselves easily by your formative soul status."
she_sells_seashells: (chilly)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"And three of the sets come from eerily similar worlds, so there's no playing on that theme. And I don't think my Sherlock and Tony want to pick up on any of the titles the media invented for them."
cross_and_bow: (eyeroll)
Author: cross_and_bow
"I'm beginning to see why Jarvis was so tempted to just outright number the eerily similar worlds."
bitofafiction: Smiling: fond amusement. (!= that was Victorian)
Author: bitofafiction
"Let's all take a moment to be thankful that we don't have to assign distinguishing nicknames to the Jarvises."
cross_and_bow: (perhaps)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Unless at least two of them start being capable of showing up to parties and getting mixed up, yeah," says Juliet, "not a priority."
she_sells_seashells: (becalmed)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"How did you settle on 'Strat'?" Shell Bell asks Strat.
finaldiscussion: Smirking. (++ terribly amusing)
Author: finaldiscussion
"A friend gave it to me, after the guitar." He snorts. "Yes, there's a plan: let's all give ourselves Downsider nicknames."
she_sells_seashells: tricky (tricky)
Author: she_sells_seashells
Shell Bell shrugs minutely. "They do have a certain aesthetic to them. Although I think I would have kept Bell instead of Shell if it hadn't been for my special circumstances."
bitofafiction: Looking up. Considering or evasive. (<= I know it sounds absurd)
Author: bitofafiction
"...Those being...?"
she_sells_seashells: (irked)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"I knew - well, strongly suspected - that my Sherlock had resurrected me. So Shell decided that she was Shell and the live one was Bell. Now I'm both again, of course."
bitofafiction: Standing straight. Faint smile. (<= brilliant innocence)
Author: bitofafiction
"I see."
cross_and_bow: (meh)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Maybe insofar as you don't have your own characteristics you could come up with a shared short list of things that you'd be able to put up with as nicknames, then pick them out of a hat. Except my Sherlock, who doesn't seem to want a new one."
sicaria: Looking over shoulder. (⑹ look what the cat dragged in)
Author: sicaria
"Why are you singling him out? Plus and Strat also seem satisfied with theirs."
cross_and_bow: (okay)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Mine mentioned it specifically on the way over," Juliet says. "I guess 'insofar as you lack distinguishing characteristics' is mostly for the quartet of non-Iron-Man Tonies anyway, although yours doesn't seem to have yielded a nickname."
she_sells_seashells: engaged (engaged)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"We probably shouldn't just call you 'girl', should we," says Shell Bell to her Sherlock who is thusly distinguished. "I dunno. Victoria," she tosses out. "And our Tony could be Victor. Or is that as bad an idea as the Panem media's idea of cute things to call you would be?"
sicaria: Smiling slightly. (⑸ smiling as she falls)
Author: sicaria
"That is a terrible idea," she says fondly.
ferratus: Thoughtful or dubious. (⑽ it's never that simple)
Author: ferratus
"And don't call her 'girl', we have lots of distinguishing characteristics that aren't that one, we're the farthest pair from the middle here."
she_sells_seashells: (becalmed)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"Not very namey characteristics, though. Or ones with particularly nice associations."
cross_and_bow: (meh)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Does no one like my shortlist-and-a-hat idea?"
toblameforit: Skeptical or questioning. (-= poking your head out of Baker Street)
Author: toblameforit
The three least-distinguished Tonies exchange a glance.

"I honestly can't think of anything," says one.
cross_and_bow: (business)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Could play on the names themselves. Shell Bell's Sherlock can be, what's a variant there, Shirley? Or, doesn't it mean something - 'fair haired' - I'm just brainstorming at this point - and "Tony", what've we got to work with there, Jane, help me out."
mind_game: (jewel)
Author: mind_game
["Anthony", or in the Atlantis case "Antony", means priceless, flourishing, or praiseworthy. Variants include Antoine, Anton, Antonello, Antonio, and assorted spellings of same.]
cross_and_bow: (smirk)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Oh, so you're already an odd one out if you just go by full name," Juliet says to Tony-which-is-short-for-Antony. "So there's that. And have you got middle names, maybe? There's options."
she_sells_seashells: engaged (engaged)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"The rest of you are An-thon-y? With a th - huh, weird," says Shell Bell.
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
"No Antons," says Iron Man. "I put a veto on Antons."
toblameforit: Double-take or sarcasm. (-= seriously?)
Author: toblameforit
"Why...? Never mind, I don't care," says an Anthony. "Anyway, I hate it when people call me Anthony, who's with me on that?"

Everyone. Everyone is with him on that.
ferratus: Smirking. (⑵ well this should be fun)
Author: ferratus
"I'd hate it too, if anyone ever had," the Antony chips in.
sicaria: Dressed up. (⑺ primarily innocence)
Author: sicaria
"No one is permitted to call me Shirley," says Sherlock.
cross_and_bow: (eyeroll)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Sheesh, you guys are tricky. ...Do you all have the same favorite color? Bells don't seem to, I'm rocking an indigo theme and so on, no two of our Jane-gems match straight across, our coin colors are all different."
she_sells_seashells: tricky (tricky)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"None of the Tonies are mints," Shell Bell points out, "and only two Sherlocks are. Could we find out coin colors without actually just minting them all?"
cross_and_bow: (perhaps)
Author: cross_and_bow
"If this looks like a fruitful avenue we can find out," says Juliet.
toblameforit: Thoughtful, perhaps mischievous. (+= pretend we're twins)
Author: toblameforit
The Tony-wide favourite colour, after a short conference, is apparently 'red, I guess'. (Iron Man snickers behind his hand and won't tell anyone why.)

"Sure," a Tony says finally. "I'd go by a coin colour unless it was something ridiculous."

There is widespread nodding.
she_sells_seashells: (irked)
Author: she_sells_seashells
Shell Bell designs a power that will let her see hypothetical coin colors even on non-mints. It doesn't have to last long, so she only spends a pentagon on it, then peers around.
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
Iron Man's coins would be gold - not as in the colour, but as in the metal, polished and shining.

The two minted Sherlocks show up correctly: Shell Bell's as a pearly grey, Minus as a darker, smokily translucent shade.
bitofafiction: Mostly out of frame. Pensive. Hands. (== a tolerable activity)
Author: bitofafiction
The other human Sherlock is likewise grey, but his is bright and pale and flatly opaque, like an overcast sky at noon.
dearsweetsoulful: Lighting a cigarette. (== no reason not to indulge)
Author: dearsweetsoulful
Plus is another grey, not foggy-smoky like Minus's but almost transparent, with darker tendrils curling through it like the smoke from a snuffed candle.
finaldiscussion: Nose and mouth and neck. (>> a daring affectation)
Author: finaldiscussion
Strat is a much darker grey, soft around the edges, like deep fog.
she_sells_seashells: (skyward)
Author: she_sells_seashells
Shell Bell conjures up associated illusions of squares in front of each for everyone to look at as she looks at each one.
toblameforit: Tucking his shirt in. (-= the definition of reasonable)
Author: toblameforit
Among the Tonies, one is bright red, like a sports car or a fire truck; one is a brilliant blue-white that seems like it should be glowing, although it gives off no light; and one is a blue so dark it's almost black, with enough reflective gloss to obscure the underlying shade almost completely.
ferratus: Uncertain, wary. (⒀ keeping watch)
Author: ferratus
And Shell Bell's Tony has a faintly bluish brushed aluminum.
she_sells_seashells: maybe (Default)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"So, Pearl," Shell Bell says to her Sherlock. "And... Aluminum? Is that aluminum?"
bitofafiction: Angry or disappointed. Speaking. (>= never fails to astound me)
Author: bitofafiction
"Is that your fucking McLaren?" says the stray human Sherlock to his Tony.
toblameforit: Grinning. (*= cranking up the charm)
Author: toblameforit
He laughs. "It totally is."

"And this," says another Tony, gesturing to his illusory square, "is an arc reactor. Awesome."
sicaria: Smiling slightly. (⑸ smiling as she falls)
Author: sicaria
"I can accept Pearl."

Her nametag changes state accordingly.
cross_and_bow: (level)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Okay, so turning all this into names isn't perfectly straightforward, but 'Arc' is totally in keeping with how nicknaming has been going on, and 'McLaren' isn't far off, and I guess mine can just be Red unless this also represents some iconic object I don't recognize?" She peers at the undead Tony's square. "And Shell Bell's is Aluminum. And we should name some worlds while we're at it - there's kind of a sun theme for the ones that are oddly like Sunshine. Jarvis named the world he was copied in from Helios. Plus, did you ever decide between Apollo and Ra?"
dearsweetsoulful: Neutral. (== very nearly the same)
Author: dearsweetsoulful
"I don't remotely care."
toblameforit: Thoughtful, perhaps mischievous. (+= pretend we're twins)
Author: toblameforit
'Arc' and 'McLaren' exchange a look.

"Uh," says the one.

"But what if we kind of hate them," says the other.

"Well, I don't mind 'Red'," the third undistinguished Tony says with a shrug. His nametag updates.

"I mean," 'McLaren' continues, "not that I don't love the car, because I do love the car, but I don't want to be the car."

"And 'Arc' just sounds weird, I mean, it's an arc reactor, why not just call me 'Fusion', it's still dorky but it makes slightly more sense."
cross_and_bow: (smirk)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Picky, picky," snorts Juliet. "Fusion's fine. As for you," she says to the one with the car-colored coin, "I'm out of other ideas."
she_sells_seashells: (chilly)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"...I think it's your screwdriver, from your Games," Shell Bell realizes aloud to her Tony, frowning at his illusion square.
ferratus: Thoughtful or uncertain. (⑼ debatably)
Author: ferratus
"...You know what," he says, "Screwdriver's better than Aluminum. I'll take it."
toblameforit: Drinking orange juice from the carton. (+= endeavouring to make breakfast)
Author: toblameforit
The car-coloured Tony shrugs. "Let's put the pressure on somebody else for a minute," he suggests. "Like, say, my Sherry." He points at the one with the sky-grey square.
cross_and_bow: (meh)
Author: cross_and_bow
"...Looks like a cloud to me," says Juliet. "How's Cloud? I'm starting to find it kind of miraculous that I kept the nickname my Sherlock gave me considering that there's so little overlap in taste, though, so I won't be stunned if you reject it."
she_sells_seashells: (becalmed)
Author: she_sells_seashells
Shell Bell glances at Iron Man. "D'you want to name your world? Or should I talk to Darcy about that instead?"
pythbox: A book. (Default)
Author: pythbox
"Talk to Darcy," he says, "I have no idea."
bitofafiction: Looking straight ahead: calculated neutrality. (>= with his dignity on maximum)
Author: bitofafiction
"...So little overlap?" he asks. "How do you mean?"
she_sells_seashells: engaged (engaged)
Author: she_sells_seashells
[Darcy, wanna name your world?]
cross_and_bow: (eyeroll)
Author: cross_and_bow
"My ideas are not meeting with much approval here. Of course no one should start going by a nickname they hate just to soothe my ego, but meanwhile I am... hmm... yeah, the only Bell known who didn't pick her own nickname, except Golden who was named by other Bells, and I like being Juliet just fine. Asymmetrical." She shrugs. "Not a big deal. Cloud or not Cloud?"
bitofafiction: Outdoors at night, in the middle distance. (== should like to take a walk)
Author: bitofafiction
"It is the Tonies who have been rejecting your naming suggestions thus far."
sailorheavymetal: (9. rooftop r&r)
Author: sailorheavymetal
[...Nine Realms?] says Darcy. [It's what the Asgardians call it.]
cross_and_bow: (meh)
Author: cross_and_bow
"And Pearl over there," Juliet says. "It's not a big deal."
she_sells_seashells: engaged (engaged)
Author: she_sells_seashells
[Is there a less - plural - word for it? That's kind of a weird name for one of many worlds.]
bitofafiction: Smiling, eyes closed; affectionate or mischievous. (!= quite enough attention)
Author: bitofafiction
"Well, 'Cloud' makes me sound like a pony, but I don't have a better option, so Cloud it is."
sailorheavymetal: (d. get real)
Author: sailorheavymetal
[Not really. Asgard, Midgard - that's Earth - Jotunheim, Muspellheim, Vanaheim, Niflheim, Alfheim, Svartalfheim, and Hel. Nine realms, one universe.]
she_sells_seashells: tricky (tricky)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"The best Darcy can do for your world is 'Nine Realms'," Shell Bell tells Iron Man.
mind_game: (jewel)
Author: mind_game
[How about Yggdrasil?] suggests Jane, to Shell Bell, Iron Man, and Darcy.
cross_and_bow: (smug)
Author: cross_and_bow
"So, so tempted to call you Pony now," Juliet tells Cloud.
sailorheavymetal: (c. say it ain't so)
Author: sailorheavymetal
[...It would be kind of like calling the solar system 'Gravity',] says Darcy. [I mean, to an Asgardian. But I guess if there's no Yggdrasil in the rest of the worlds, it's actually pretty good.]
bitofafiction: Smiling: fond amusement. (!= that was Victorian)
Author: bitofafiction
"Bite your tongue," he snorts.
cross_and_bow: (smirk)
Author: cross_and_bow
She sticks out her tongue at him in the course of biting it. "Cloud it is," she says. "And now you're the last one," she adds to Car-Color Tony.
she_sells_seashells: (skyward)
Author: she_sells_seashells
[Let it be so,] giggles Shell Bell.
mind_game: (web)
Author: mind_game
[World number eighty is now marked down as Yggdrasil in my godly records of such things,] Jane intones.
toblameforit: Skeptical or questioning. (-= poking your head out of Baker Street)
Author: toblameforit
"...This actual paint colour is called 'Sapphire Black'," says Car-Color Tony. "I'm not sure I can deal with people calling me Sapphire, but it's marginally better than my other options."
cross_and_bow: (meh)
Author: cross_and_bow
"As you like," says Juliet.
she_sells_seashells: (skyward)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"I think it's cute," says Shell Bell.
toblameforit: Thoughtful, perhaps mischievous. (+= pretend we're twins)
Author: toblameforit
'Sapphire' snorts.
she_sells_seashells: (becalmed)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"You can always change it if you come up with a better idea," Shell Bell points out.
toblameforit: Drinking orange juice from the carton. (+= endeavouring to make breakfast)
Author: toblameforit
"Yeah," he sighs, "but I bet I won't."
cross_and_bow: (okay)
Author: cross_and_bow
"Now I'm trying to figure out what I would've gone with if I hadn't already been answering to Juliet by the time the need for a nickname manifested, and if I'd found Milliways before Minus here did," muses Juliet. "I'd have considered 'Slayer', I guess, but I dunno, too on the nose. Maybe 'Crucifix' or 'Arbalist'."
she_sells_seashells: engaged (engaged)
Author: she_sells_seashells
"I feel really lucky that I've had my nickname since I was eight," giggles Shell Bell.
eversomuchfun: Side-on in the dark; expression not visible. (== a degree of humanity)
Author: eversomuchfun
"I think Juliet suits you," says Minus to Juliet.
cross_and_bow: (pleased)
Author: cross_and_bow
"I like it. Thank you for it," she says, pecking him on the cheek.
eversomuchfun: Smiling slightly. (!= merely an abomination of nature)
Author: eversomuchfun
He grins and hugs her.