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.

Comments

[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.

[autokinetic]

Aegis wishes.

[deslandes]

"Oh," murmurs Beast, blinking rapidly.

It doesn't hurt to think anymore.

He de-snuggles from his wife and stands up to hug Aegis instead.

[autokinetic]

Aegis permits a brief hug, but not prolonged snuggling. "Better?"

[deslandes]

"Much," he asserts, and scoops up Sue next.

[pythbox]

Sue permits prolonged snuggling!

[beheld_beauty]

Belle will be quietly weeping with relief over here.

[autokinetic]

Aegis goes and sits next to her. "There's a bunch of us," she says. "You're ninth!"

[pythbox]

Mmmcuddlycuddlycuddly.

[beheld_beauty]

"Ninth. And you're from a world where magic runs on - wishing?"

[autokinetic]

"Oh, no, that's from Stella's world," says Aegis. "She can share. My world doesn't technically have magic, although some of what we've got skirts pretty close."

[pythbox]

"The mind-touching thing I do is from our world," Sue offers. "It's handy for talking to people, but there's some Bells it doesn't work on."

[beheld_beauty]

"Bells," says Belle.

[autokinetic]

"All of us have the sound 'Bell' in our names. I go by Aegis instead, but my real name's Isabella," says Aegis. "Same with most of the other, but there's one who's just named Bell."

[beheld_beauty]

"Well, I am named Belle," Belle says.

[autokinetic]

"You're going to need to pick a nickname," Aegis says. "What with there being so many of us, you see."

[deslandes]

"Madame l'enchanteresse," suggests Beast, still cuddling Sue.

[beheld_beauty]

"Too long," says Belle with a weak laugh. "No, perhaps something like - Rose."

[deslandes]

"Whatever you like, my love."