our real estate is a great investment

[cross_and_bow]

"Welcome to Sunshine," says Juliet. "And to my front porch and whatever you do don't hit the light, it'll set Sherlock on fire."

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[eversomuchfun]

"You are correct."

[cross_and_bow]

"I wonder how long it'll be until we find Milliways again for them," asks Juliet, more soberly.

[eversomuchfun]

"To be honest, I've been trying not to think about it."

[cross_and_bow]

"Sorry."

[eversomuchfun]

"It's all right."

[cross_and_bow]

There's her house. "I told Charlie this morning on my way to the morgue. He wasn't thrilled but he'll live and not shoot at you," she says, and she gives Sherlock a kiss goodnight.

[eversomuchfun]

Grinning, he kisses back.

"Night, love," he says ever so cheerfully when they are finished kissing.

[cross_and_bow]

"G'night."

The next day, she does homework of various sorts - catchup from classes, demonology - and she chats with Shell Bell. When night falls, she and Shell Bell teleport to the brick building. Juliet has conjured herself a mask. It looks like a more practical version of something suited for a Viennese carnival, all indigo and black and very understatedly decorative; her hair tucks up in back of it where it slips over her head, and it shadows her eyes to the point of uncertain color while leaving her complete peripheral vision as well as free breathing.

"What do you think, am I at least slightly challenging to identify?" she asks Sherlock when she and Shell Bell land.

[eversomuchfun]

"To anyone who isn't me, yes," he says.

[cross_and_bow]

"Spiffy."

[she_sells_seashells]

"I was thinking about the scent thing, and as long as I'm there, I can just flood the room with vanilla or whatever," says Shell Bell. "Also, do we know where we're going any more specifically than L.A.?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Yes."

[she_sells_seashells]

"You're going to have to actually tell me. I'm the one who can teleport," says Shell Bell.

[eversomuchfun]

He gives an intersection, and names the northwest corner.

[she_sells_seashells]

"All right. Indoors or out? I can't make you guys invisible, I can only do that for me. Am I taking you separately so Sherlock can just pretend to be some random vampire not in any way affiliated with Juliet?"

[eversomuchfun]

"That would probably be best. Outdoors will do; you can check first if anyone is watching, I assume."

[she_sells_seashells]

"Yeah. I could do that even better if I went visible - Stella had a problem with spies one time and I batch-copied her powers when I met her - but we don't want Juliet's face involved, and I have it. So I'll just scope out the place. I'll do that now." Shell Bell vanishes, and then she vanishes in a different sense.

[cross_and_bow]

"So what have we got me walking into?" Juliet asks Sherlock.

[eversomuchfun]

"A nest of bored, complacent vampires," he says. "By the way, Tony keeps forgetting to mention it, but he brought you half a dozen laser pointers. He's got them squirreled away somewhere. You probably won't even need the one you've got tonight, provided you bring something wooden and pointy."

[cross_and_bow]

"A supply of them is still good. I'll hold it in reserve; we're already going to produce the rumor that I can teleport, so after I can't back that up anymore it'll be nice to be able to produce the rumor that I can make a vampire burst into flames at a hundred paces to supplant it. How many vampires?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Fourteen," he says cheerfully.

[cross_and_bow]

"You think some of them will bolt while I'm dusting the others, or will I have to explicitly let somebody go?" she asks, reaching under her mask to scratch her eyebrow.

[eversomuchfun]

"Some of them will bolt," he assures her. "If they are all foolish enough to continue attacking you, I suppose you can kill them all and we can find you another batch."

[cross_and_bow]

"Mkay. There's more spots in L.A.?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Plenty."