yes, there is beauty

[jovahs_heiress]

Angela stops at Milliways on her way home, Micaiah in tow. She cannot force the door to Beast's world, not with any coin she carries, but she leaves a note at Bar for him, asking that he go to the tower out back and identify himself to Jane. There's nothing else they can do for him. Belle, of course, will get a key if she goes to the bar.

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[pythbox]

It's a huge cube-shaped room with more cubes floating in the middle, and it opens up to welcome her.

[beheld_beauty]

Belle has been thinking about ways to heal Beast for hours now. She takes a moment to make sure of her design, and slams Heart power through the curiously-designed mindscape to restore Beast to his original state as best she can.

[pythbox]

The bright flowing colours shine out the gates of the battleroom.

Sue leans on Aegis and populates his coin-chain with hexagons.

[deslandes]

Beast's mindscape still looks pretty well blasted, but the structure is coming back; the castle is building itself up again.

He stops crying and cuddles into Belle's lap with a sigh.

[beheld_beauty]

"Mon cœur?" Belle asks softly, and she peers around his mindscape, watching it progress into a more intact state.

[deslandes]

"You fixed it," he murmurs, smiling.

She didn't. Not fully.

[beheld_beauty]

"Not all the way," she says. "There's still - here and there - I can see it. But it's better." She draws him into a tight hug.

[deslandes]

"I love you," he says, hugging back. "Ma belle."

[beheld_beauty]

"I love you, mon cœur." She swallows. "We have - visitors."

[deslandes]

"I know, my love," he says. "I brought one."

[pythbox]

Sue smiles and waves.

[beheld_beauty]

"...This is like that dream you had, years ago, except didn't you say the other me had wings?" Belle says.

[autokinetic]

"There's a bunch of us," Aegis says. "One of 'em does have wings."

[pythbox]

"She does! They're pretty," says Sue. "Do you know why your mind's so spiky?"

[beheld_beauty]

"Because it is covered in rosethorns," says Belle.

[pythbox]

"...Okay," says Sue. "Do you mind if I tap it again? That was kind of fun."

[beheld_beauty]

"I have no idea if it will harm you to do so. The only other person to run afoul of my dreamworld's temper did not survive long after making that mistake." She is holding onto her Beast rather protectively.

[pythbox]

"That sounds like a no," he observes.

[beheld_beauty]

"You've helped me help my husband. I don't wish you harm, and there might be harm in the thorns that I don't know about. It doesn't affect me otherwise, though, so far as I can tell."

[pythbox]

He shrugs, and tries again. It's a nice little jolt.

[beheld_beauty]

"Did you say," Belle says to Aegis, "that you have magic of your own? Different from mine, which may be able to help my husband?"

[autokinetic]

"Yeah. And it's probably safe if you've fixed most of it your own way - what way is that? You have a killer presence going on, it's awesome and I want one - to wish him fixed the rest of the way. If he doesn't object, or if he can't object right now and you don't."

[beheld_beauty]

"Enchantress's aura," Belle says. "It requires doing rather a lot of enchanting to acquire one this strong. Beast, love? Do you want her to try to repair you the rest of the way?"

[deslandes]

He nods, snuggling up.

[beheld_beauty]

Belle makes eye contact with Aegis, searching, and nods.