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.

Author: 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.
Author: lifes_sake	Cam has been sidetracked several times now from his long-term goal of... keeping current with... the entire deck of Jokers. And now they're not even in the orgy chamber. But that's hardly insurmountable. [Hey, sweetness,] he says to Jellybean, [is this a good time for me to get introduced properly to Corona and/or Nona?]
Author: pythbox	[Lemme check,] he says. There is a pause. [Corona says go for it, Nona says she'll think about it.]
Author: lifes_sake	[Huh, does she have something going on I haven't heard about?] Cam inquires. [That's not usual.]
Author: pythbox	[I dunno,] says Jellybean, [have you heard about her dad?]
Author: lifes_sake	[I presume he is or was awful, par for the course?]
Author: pythbox	[Awful yes, par for the course nnnnot exactly. He used to fuck her. She's... well, she's dealing better than Corona did, but she's still - kind of shy for a Joker? It'll pass. The fact that they lived by themselves in a castle in the middle of nowhere with nobody for company but the swans isn't helping anything. Before she hit the deck she'd been around as many people as there are at this party once in her whole life. Not even enough to know that's what she was missing.]
Author: lifes_sake	[Huh. Okay. I'll warn Glass, I guess, I'm not sure but just in case.]
Author: pythbox	[Warn Glass about what, Nona probably not wanting to fuck her? Is that a thing? I didn't know that was a thing,] laughs Jellybean. [If she wants some girl-flavoured Joker she'd be better off trying Ghosty or Celo - I know Celo was walking around swapped a while ago, and Ghosty can be whatever shape she wants.]
Author: lifes_sake	[If Glass generically wanted some girl-flavored Joker I'd have expected her to hit one up already. I don't know if she was planning to ask Nona or not, but if she asks and gets a no that will probably not do anything good for her odds of asking Nona or anyjoker else later on.]
Author: pythbox	[...So wait, why Nona and not the rest of us, then?]
Author: lifes_sake	[I haven't actually talked to Glass in particular about this, but the impression I get from monosexual Bells - who aren't Amariah, anyway, she's flexible about exact details here because daemons - is that it goes on being somewhat important which pronouns and which shape you are by default, and Ghosty gets interpreted as not having a default shape. And Queenie gets interpreted as having female default pronouns but not a matching default shape. If Glass works like that then Nona would be the first viable candidate.] Pause. [You might want to tell Etty, or get Nona to tell Etty, about this too, I could also see Glass asking Etty first to make sure she wouldn't be stepping on her toes.]
Author: pythbox	[...mm,] says Jellybean. [What's me telling Etty gonna do?]
Author: lifes_sake	[Means Etty will be able to tell Glass if Glass asks her, instead of me having to go interrupt whatever Glass is doing - probably sorting people into moieties, have you heard about that yet? - and presume that it's useful information. A bit less awkward.]
Author: pythbox	[You could tell Etty,] Jellybean suggests. [Yeah, I got the news from the Joker grapevine. Apparently we're purple.]
Author: lifes_sake	[You'd be able to explain it to Etty better than I could if she wants details. Unless Nona has enough introspective insight to just explain herself? Is this thing something she told you or something you guys noticed?]
Author: pythbox	[...I'm not sure there's a difference,] says Jellybean. [There sometimes isn't, when we're all linked. She definitely doesn't know any less about it than I do.]
Author: lifes_sake	[Oh, in that case I'll tell Etty to ask Nona about it. And then I'll go hunt up Corona, I suppose.]
Author: pythbox	[Have fun!] says Jellybean. [Corona is fun. You know about his Gift, right?]
Author: lifes_sake	[I've heard a description?]
Author: pythbox	[He amplifies things. All kinds of things. Including sensory things,] says Jellybean, very cheerfully. [If you let him. It's pretty awesome.]
Author: lifes_sake	[...So yeah I think I'll go do those things I said I would do, now, love you sweetness.]
Author: pythbox	[I love you too,] Jellybean says fondly.
Author: lifes_sake	Cam has a brief brainphone exchange with Etty. And then he goes looking for Corona.
Author: pythbox	At the moment, Corona can be found outside, sitting on the edge of the platform with his legs dangling over the side and watching the dragons.
Author: lifes_sake	Cam sits next to him. "Hey," he says.
Author: pythbox	"Hey," says Corona. "So Jellybean says you wanna fuck me?"
Author: lifes_sake	"Yep. I like to keep current with the deck. For more reasons than it suiting my aesthetics."
Author: pythbox	Corona laughs. "All right, let's get a room."
Author: lifes_sake	Teleportation! So handy!
Author: pythbox	Extremely handy! "So," says Corona, "you've heard about my Gift, right?"
Author: lifes_sake	"Jellybean mentioned it. Yep."
Author: pythbox	He grins. "Wanna try?"
Author: lifes_sake	"Yes."
Author: pythbox	Corona kisses him. Things are amplified.