we are convenient to major metropolises

[cross_and_bow]

This vampire nest was supposed to have six vampires in it. This trip to L.A. was supposed to involve this nest as the first stop of several. This time Sherlock's information is imperfect.

[Fuck,] says Bella, after having burst through the door, masked and armed with her stake, [they're having all their friends over today - help -]

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[poeticterms]

[Not at all.]

[neverbeatme]

[I was joking,] says James. [Things might've changed, but not that much.]

[cross_and_bow]

[Then why are you named that?] Minnie asks.

[D'you want to see the interdimensional hub?] Bella asks. [Either of you, actually, I don't think Minnie's been.]

[I haven't!] agrees Minnie.

[Jarvis, which room should we appear in so as not to bother Sherlock and Tony while they catch up?] (She's not even sure if that's a euphemism or not.)

[poeticterms]

[The living room should be fine.]

[neverbeatme]

[I would love to see the interdimensional hub!]

[cross_and_bow]

[All right, I'll come pick you up. Giles, do you want to come too?]

[pythbox]

[No, thank you.]

[cross_and_bow]

[All right.]

Teleporting fails. [Let me know when you're ready,] Bella adds to James, silently thanking Shell Bell for that modification.

[neverbeatme]

[Just a sec.]

About fifteen seconds later:

[There!]

[cross_and_bow]

Port, port. "This is my boyfriend's house. It's the best place to get doors to Milliways. That's what the interdimensional hub is called," Bella explains. She opens the nearest door.

[poeticterms]

Milliways ensues.

[cross_and_bow]

"Here we are," says Bella. Minnie appears and drifts in first, waving enthusiastically at James. "Minnie, James, James, Minnie, both of you, the bar. My alts have a suite upstairs so it's easy for us to find each other when we're here at the same time, and leave each other notes when we're not."

[neverbeatme]

"Cool," says James.

[cross_and_bow]

"Quite!" Juliet scans the bar for familiar faces, finds none, and teleports the three of them all up to the Belltower. "Here it is and oh hello you must be Stella!"

[self_composed]

"You must be Juliet!" says Stella, who is holding the Bellbook. "I was just catching up on your misadventures, I'm glad you're okay - and oh my god is that a tiny Libby, you have a tiny Libby."

[neverbeatme]

"...Hi," says the tiny Libby.

[self_composed]

"You are a tiny Libby, right? I have a Libby at home, she's my personnel officer - nice find, Juliet, you didn't mention her in the book."

[cross_and_bow]

"Recent meeting," says Juliet. "She got called up to replace me as the Slayer when I died. I didn't know the template was a commonplace. This one didn't tell me to call her Libby and there's not a picture of yours in the book."

[self_composed]

"Am I allowed to guess what you did tell her to call you?" Stella asks James. "Or would that run some risk of revealing that which is personal? Oh, d'you have an aunt Chris, too?"

[neverbeatme]

"James," says James. "And yes I do."

[self_composed]

"I should go get my Libby. I don't think she's met an alt of herself before. Shell Bell met one one time, but she came from a world bereft of native Bells."

[neverbeatme]

"You do that."

[self_composed]

Stella goes to the door and sticks her head out. [There is a TINY LIBBY in Milliways! Juliet found her! She goes by James!] she informs Non-Tiny Libby.

[prima_sequentem]

[I should meet this tiny Libby!] says Non-Tiny Libby.

[self_composed]

[Yes! You should! She's not as tiny as the tiny Whistle I ran into that one time, but she's pretty tiny and you should come meet her.]