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

[toblameforit]

"It is!"

[cross_and_bow]

"What's Soph even like?" Bella asks, closing her eyes.

[toblameforit]

"Um... she plays softball," he offers.

[cross_and_bow]

That was not the kind of information Bella was looking for. "You and her don't really hang out, huh."

[toblameforit]

"We do some. But I don't know her that well. I mean, I like her! I just don't have, like, a list of her characteristics on file somewhere."

[cross_and_bow]

"I guess that's fair."

[toblameforit]

He shrugs.

[cross_and_bow]

"Do you remember me getting along with her okay, though?"

[toblameforit]

"Yeah. You guys were fine."

[cross_and_bow]

"Like - you've met Aurora and Lexi, right, can you compare?"

[toblameforit]

"I dunno," he says. "Maybe not as close?"

[cross_and_bow]

"Makes sense, I guess, they're twins."

[toblameforit]

"Yeah."

[cross_and_bow]

"I really appreciate you listening to me."

[toblameforit]

"Anytime."

[cross_and_bow]

"I think I'm out of things to say. I just need to think, I guess, and - meet Soph."

[toblameforit]

He nods.

[cross_and_bow]

Bella hugs him.

[toblameforit]

He hugs back.

[cross_and_bow]

That's good, it'd be pretty awkward otherwise.

Bella teleports to Mercury, for lack of any better ideas.

[Talked to Tony,] she reports to Sherlock.

[eversomuchfun]

[Any conclusions?]

[cross_and_bow]

[He had the idea of wishing up the Bella who you guys all remember, and pulling a Shell Bell therewith. I'm thinking about it.]

[eversomuchfun]

[I've already done something similar, although I didn't instantiate the extra self first.]

[cross_and_bow]

[I'd have to, I can't just edit my memories. How's the - pseudomerger - treating you?]

[eversomuchfun]

[Better than any of the altrnatives. A little strange. The two continuities correspond remarkably well.]