we are invariably pleased to welcome tourism

[cross_and_bow]

Sherlock is usually very puncutal. He's only one minute late, but that's still not quite as punctual as usual. Bella peers out the window, not yet allowing herself outright concern.

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[luminous_regnant]

"Thanks."

[cross_and_bow]

"I've skimmed this thing now," says Juliet, closing the Bell guestbook, "any other reason to delay? Although I will want to sleep soon, I can do that when I won't be keeping so many people waiting."

[toblameforit]

"Nah, let's go," says Tony. "Who's coming to my place?"

[cross_and_bow]

All three Bells raise their hands.

[toblameforit]

"Okay," he says, and takes Sherlock's hand, and leads them all downstairs.

When they pile through the door, what's on the other side is a spacious, tastefully decorated living room with plenty of comfortable couches.

"Hi Jarvis!" says Tony. "This is Juliet, Shell Bell, and Golden. And a vampire Sherry but I promise he's nice. We're both dead in his world and I kind of want to hug him forever."

[poeticterms]

"Pleased to meet you all," says Jarvis.

[eversomuchfun]

Sherlock hugs Tony silently.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Is the local Sherlock around?" asks Shell Bell.

[cross_and_bow]

"And the question we came here to ask," says Juliet, "namely, for mine, who lost his version of you, any chance of taking a copy home with us? Pardon me if that's rude, I've never met an AI before."

[poeticterms]

"The local Sherlock is not at home," says Jarvis. "And... I'm not sure."

[toblameforit]

"They live in Sunnydale," Tony adds, indicating Sherlock and Juliet, "I think they're an item, they're gonna try to buy an abandoned house or something to install you in."

[cross_and_bow]

"I'm the Slayer," volunteers Juliet, in case that wasn't clear. "Do you have those here? You knew Sherlock was a vampire, so..."

[toblameforit]

"...Yeah, we have those here," he says. "Whoa, seriously? So wait, how'd you guys...?"

[cross_and_bow]

"I haven't been the Slayer very long. Also, thanks to the Bell mental opacity thing, no supernatural senses. At all. Found out I was the Slayer when a Power That Is showed up, in my bedroom, uninvited, grumbling about how I didn't get some dreams I was supposed to get. Sherlock figured out I was the Slayer from the way I walked, I started shooting at him -" She pats her messenger bag. "I missed. A lot. He, obviously, didn't kill me. I called Charlie, Charlie drove me out of there, I kept seeing him around and he kept not being sociopathically hedonistic as expected, he offered to be my bodyguard, I put him on a one-week trial period where I didn't let him within ten feet, and I determined that if he was up to something it wasn't gonna be something I could figure out. There was sparring. Later, there was kissing."

[toblameforit]

"That's cute," Tony declares.

[cross_and_bow]

"Apparently, Bells and Sherlocks being cute is a thing?" shrugs Juliet, smiling.

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell nods.

[toblameforit]

"It totally is," says Tony, and he hugs Sherlock again.

[cross_and_bow]

"So. Jarvis?"

[poeticterms]

"...Would it be feasible to show me the abandoned building in question?"

[cross_and_bow]

"We don't have one picked out yet, so that'd wait for another trip to Milliways, and if we didn't have Shell Bell along anymore by then, we'd have to hope we guessed right about the number of squares needed to fix it up and install your copy," muses Juliet. "I mean, my first choice would be the old brick thing about halfway between school and Charlie's house - do you know the place, Sherlock? - but I don't know if we can get it."

[eversomuchfun]

"I know the one," says Sherlock. "It's not bad. Easily fortified."

[poeticterms]

Jarvis hesitates. But not for very long.

"All right," he says. "I trust Tony with the final say about location. I'll start running the backup."

[eversomuchfun]

"Thank you," Sherlock murmurs.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Do you need something to put it on conjured or do you have it?" Shell Bell asks.