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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[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?"

[cross_and_bow]

"I could - whip up a custom fork, sort of, one who has the memories the spell was supposed to put in me. And splice with her."

[keyed_up]

"...That'd be. Weird? But maybe not as weird as having you not remember me at all."

[eversomuchfun]

[cross_and_bow]

"Apparently Sherlock's memories match up pretty closely, but he would've only known you since March and only through me, so. I'm looking at a bigger shift. And..." She shrugs, shifting her weight. "I don't know who I'd be shifting for. I don't know you yet."

[keyed_up]

"I'm..." Soph shrugs. "I'm not nearly as interesting as you are? I play softball," she offers.

[cross_and_bow]

...Juliet sporfles.

[eversomuchfun]

Sherlock cracks up.

[keyed_up]

"What, what'd I say?"

[cross_and_bow]

"I asked Tony what you were like. He said you played softball."

[keyed_up]

"Pffff."

[cross_and_bow]

"Seriously though."

[keyed_up]

"I'm..." Soph shrugs. "I try to be nice, I try to be smart, I'm not as - as verbal as you are, I think I'm more social, I have a bunch of school friends who don't know about magic and stuff... um, you didn't have any trouble getting me to move here, when Mom got married... I don't call them by their first names when they're not listening except sometimes to you? And I sometimes greet people by saying 'how's tricks' and I can't remember where I picked it up."