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]

"Do we trust the crystal ball? I am inclined to trust the crystal ball."

[cross_and_bow]

"In the absence of being able to ask Mary or Alice, or even consult Glass or Lazarus about how my opacity works, I think trusting the crystal ball is the best bet." She looks up at Mercury's sky; during the day it's a pleasant lilac but right now, where she is, it's nighttime. "It'd be a big change, though."

[eversomuchfun]

"Yes, I suppose it would."

[cross_and_bow]

"I should probably get to know Soph. As just-me. That'll help. Do you know how she's holding up, have you been talking to her?"

[eversomuchfun]

He shakes his head.

[cross_and_bow]

"...Has anybody been talking to her? She probably needs someone to talk to at least as badly as I did."

[eversomuchfun]

"She claimed to have collected an adequate supply of hugs, last I heard."

[cross_and_bow]

"Not so much a talking-through-her-feelings person? What's she like?"

[eversomuchfun]

"She is like herself. I'm not especially good at describing personalities," says Sherlock.

[cross_and_bow]

"I asked Tony and he told me she plays softball," sighs Bella.

[eversomuchfun]

"Decently well, too."

[cross_and_bow]

Bella snorts.

[eversomuchfun]

He laughs.

[cross_and_bow]

"D'you want to - introduce me to her?"

[eversomuchfun]

"I'm not sure what I could add to the situation," he says, "but if you want me to, yes."

[cross_and_bow]

"I don't know what you'd add to the situation either, but it's probably less awkward than me teleporting into her room and being like 'so... hi.'"

[eversomuchfun]

"Granted. All right."

[cross_and_bow]

But first, hugs.

[eversomuchfun]

Yes. Those.

[cross_and_bow]

Bella teleports the both of them to Soph.

[keyed_up]

Soph is indeed in the room with the bunkbeds, eating directly from a pint of ice cream. The ice cream appears to be helping.

[eversomuchfun]

"Hello," says Sherlock.

[keyed_up]

"Hi, guys," says Soph, when she has finished her spoonful. "Uh, how's tricks?"

[cross_and_bow]

Bella snorts. "Tricks are about as good as could be expected. Tony had an idea. But I'm not sure yet if I want to implement it. You know how Shell Bell forked and merged?"

[keyed_up]

"Yeah?"