Author: thaumobabble | Jane alerts everyone to the existence of a new Bell, the nature of her wives and children, and the presence of her mother-in-law.
She stands ready to move in anyone who wishes to attend this new party.
Glass stands ready to receive them. |
Author: incanted | Aurora's over here chatting with her sister! |
Author: calendarofcrime | So she is!
Steel listens to them. |
Author: incanted | Aurora stops in the middle of summarizing Glass's deviations from template to Lexi. "- and she's gay and - has two wives, hello, one of same." |
Author: lexicality | "Hi, Sherlock," says Lexi, who only uses the nicknames when there is more than one of somebody actually around. |
Author: calendarofcrime | "Hello, Aurora and Lexi." |
Author: lexicality | "What's up?" |
Author: incanted | "Also, my threat sensor thinks you could make my life really unpleasant if you wanted to, which you don't, why does it think that?" |
Author: calendarofcrime | "Because I am me, and we are here, and I probably could if for some reason I needed to." |
Author: incanted | "Well, you don't, Bells are friendly sorts." |
Author: calendarofcrime | "So I've heard. I am married to one," Steel reminds her dryly. |
Author: incanted | "So's Edward, he doesn't want to be anywhere near most of us," snorts Aurora. "How'd you meet your Bell, anyway?" |
Author: calendarofcrime | "Tony and I were sent out questing for a husband. We found her instead." |
Author: incanted | Aurora giggles. "You quest for husbands around here?" |
Author: lexicality | "Did you have to rescue her from a giant or anything, that sounds like the kind of thing that would happen on a quest for somebody to marry," giggles Lexi. |
Author: calendarofcrime | "I did rescue her from a river snake," she recalls. "But that was mainly incidental." |
Author: lexicality | Lexi laughs. "Practically everybody Bells wind up dating is bisexual," she observes. "I wonder why." |
Author: calendarofcrime | "I could not begin to tell you." |
Author: incanted | "Maybe Glass can," laughs Aurora. "But it's probably just baked into the most common templates we date, not us. Edward isn't bisexual." |
Author: calendarofcrime | "By all means, ask my wife." |
Author: incanted | [Hey Glass, over here!] |
Author: thaumobabble | Glass teleports over. She likes being able to do that. "What?" |
Author: incanted | "We obviously vary in sexuality, some," says Aurora, "but we keep dating consistently bisexual templates, except Edward, what's up with that?" |
Author: thaumobabble | "I'd have to look at Edward to tell you why he's not. The other popular templates just don't vary that way like we can," shrugs Glass. "That's not a thing about us - no attractor in Bells means we can't date people who are only attracted to whatever gender we are in the relevant instance." |
Author: calendarofcrime | "We are enlightened," says Steel, kissing Glass. |
Author: thaumobabble | Kisses! "My new party trick is so popular," she remarks. |
Author: calendarofcrime | "Of course it is." Kiss kiss snuggle. "I love you." |
Author: thaumobabble | "I love you." |
Author: incanted | "Married Bells," snorts Aurora, "too cute." |
Author: calendarofcrime | "I object. She is precisely cute enough." |
Author: incanted | Aurora giggles. "Aww." |
Author: thaumobabble | "I think I heard that Shell Bell and Pearl were reputed to be intensely cute and they aren't married," points out Glass. |
Author: incanted | "They're an exception. I think it has to do with the time Shell Bell spent Downside before we fixed it." |
Author: calendarofcrime | "An exception to the rule that only married Bells are adorable? Which Bells are married?" |
Author: incanted | "The rule that married Bells are the cutest. Other ones can be cute too," says Aurora. "Besides you, there's Golden - who is kind of left out of this rule because we barely get to see Edward; Stella and Cam have seen him but haven't weighed in on the cuteness comparison - and there's Rose and Angela." |
Author: calendarofcrime | "I see." |
Author: thaumobabble | "When I was reading metacausality for the Jokers, Aegis appeared in midair and sat on Sue's shoulders," says Glass. "I'm not sure it's as obviously tiered as you're suggesting." |
Author: incanted | "It's more of an in-joke than a rule," shrugs Aurora. |
Author: calendarofcrime | Steel laughs. |
Author: incanted | "I feel like past-watching your wedding," announces Aurora. |
Author: thaumobabble | "Go for it," laughs Glass. |
Author: calendarofcrime | "Certainly." |
Author: incanted | Aurora smiles and closes her eyes.
"Awww," she says. |
Author: calendarofcrime | Steel hugs her wife. |
Author: thaumobabble | Steel's wife hugs her back. "I still have that dress," she muses. |
Author: calendarofcrime | She laughs.
"It was a lovely dress." |
Author: thaumobabble | "Yes." |
Author: incanted | "It's really nice, the way it twinkles," agrees Aurora. |