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.

Comments

[eversomuchfun]

[I invite you to argue with your proposed fork about how realistic she is.]

[cross_and_bow]

[Do you not have fabricated memories of hearing me talk about - I mean, I would've compared and contrasted with Aurora, did I counterfactually say anything about that?]

[eversomuchfun]

[You did. Apparently your parents picked favourites and that was the key difference.]

[cross_and_bow]

[I guess that'd do it. I don't like it, but at least it's not what Aurora got.]

[eversomuchfun]

[cross_and_bow]

[Which parent now remembers liking me noticeably less than Soph, or didn't I say?]

[eversomuchfun]

[Your mother.]

[cross_and_bow]

[Okay then.] Bella sighs.

[eversomuchfun]

Sherlock appears.

[cross_and_bow]

"Hi."

[eversomuchfun]

"Do you want a hug?"

[cross_and_bow]

"Yes. Please."

[eversomuchfun]

Hug.

[cross_and_bow]

Snuggle.

"How're you feeling?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Suspending a lot of reactions until things have settled out a bit."

[cross_and_bow]

"...Why?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Because it's easier that way."

[cross_and_bow]

"Does that mean you don't have advice for me?"

[eversomuchfun]

"Advice about what, specifically?"

[cross_and_bow]

"How I should handle Soph. I haven't definitely decided to fork. It might not even work."

[eversomuchfun]

"If you can fork and then merge, I think that will probably end up being the best outcome."

[cross_and_bow]

"...I am not one hundred percent sure my fork would want to merge with me. It's not like Shell Bell where one of the forks was clearly not capable of managing alone."

[eversomuchfun]

"My best guess is that she would, but it's only a guess."

[cross_and_bow]

"Yeah, that's about where I'm at. There's also the possibility that I can make her exist but can't merge with her even if she's up for it. Shell Bell has no native opacity; I do."

[eversomuchfun]

"And of course, we can't consult any of the available fortune tellers."