many people move here to start families

[cross_and_bow]

Bella is hanging out in a Jarvis - the familiar one - handwriting a nonaggression proposal-slash-bribe. Has to be handwritten. Damn fussy demons. At least it's okay for her to conjure rather than personally harvesting the weird ink she's supposed to use.

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[cross_and_bow]

Bella stiffens. She turns invisible, and she teleports to Bath Lady.

[pythbox]

Bath Lady is just in the process of releasing the human, who staggers back looking even more confused than he was a minute ago.

"Clean that up," she commands, waving her hand dismissively at him. The minions rush to obey, taking the man's arms and steering him out of the room while he wobbles and moans. She sits down on her couch with a pleased little sigh and goes back to her fashion magazines.

[cross_and_bow]

[What happened to him?] Bella asks Bath Lady casually, not letting on that she's in the room.

[pythbox]

"...Minion!" she yells, scowling and throwing down her magazine.

A minion scurries into the room, cringing preemptively. "Yes, mightyful Glorificus?"

"Did I schedule confusing telepathic questions?" she demands of him. "Because I don't remember doing that!"

"Um... no, your worshippableness?"

[cross_and_bow]

[The guy whose head you just put your hands through. What happened to him?] Bella clarifies.

[pythbox]

"I don't like telepathic questions," says the mightyful Glorificus. "Do you know what I think, minion?"

"I - I could never hope to understand the workings of your powerful mind, your awesomeness!"

"I think someone is spying on me," says Glorificus.

[eversomuchfun]

[Would you like to explain where you went?] says Sherlock to Bella.

[cross_and_bow]

[Bath Lady is up to something I don't like. Trying to figure out what it is.]

[eversomuchfun]

[And what are your observations so far?]

[cross_and_bow]

[She isn't very chatty. Not sure where to take it from here; I don't know what all she can do.]

Usually this would be the part where she invited him to help, but he's probably comforting Soph or something.

[eversomuchfun]

[I'll have a look, then.]

[cross_and_bow]

[I'll spy on the present, I guess.]

[eversomuchfun]

[A convenient allocation of tasks.]

[pythbox]

Meanwhile, Glorificus is grumpy and her minion is terrified.

[cross_and_bow]

[How would you rather I talk to you? Should I make an appointment?] Bella inquires of Glorificus.

[pythbox]

"Miniooooon," Glory complains, "the spying person is still telepathing at me."

[cross_and_bow]

[You can telepath right back, you know.]

[pythbox]

"I don't want to," she declares poutily.

"Er... Mistress?"

"Not you," she huffs, pushing the minion's head gently away. He scurries back a few steps.

[cross_and_bow]

[Well, that doesn't matter, I can hear you either way. So what are you?]

[pythbox]

"You first," says Glorificus, crossing her arms.

"Your beauteousness...?"

"Not you, minion! Shoo," she says. She flaps her hand at him. He shoos.

[cross_and_bow]

[I'm a telepath, obviously.]

[pythbox]

"And what are you bothering me for?"

[cross_and_bow]

[I want to know what you did to that man.]

[pythbox]

"Well, I'm not going to tell you," says Glorificus, sitting back down and picking up her magazine.

[cross_and_bow]

[Why not?]