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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[autokinetic]

"And make sure there are rooms for people to abscond to," says Aegis. "Certain templates are the absconding type." She elbows Sue.

[beheld_beauty]

"There is plenty of room. This is a castle," says Belle archly. "Even after I tell my student that he may come back there will be only three people living here."

[autokinetic]

"No kids, huh?"

[beheld_beauty]

"Not so far. I found a spell to postpone it, years ago - it may be time to reconsider - why, do many of us have children?"

[autokinetic]

"Golden has a daughter, Angela's pregnant, the rest of us are un-child-having," says Aegis. "But it does seem to correlate with being married, so."

[deslandes]

The Beast laughs, kisses Sue's forehead, and hugs his wife.

[beheld_beauty]

"I suppose I will get to meet all these people after we've made - party arrangements, and you've put a... a part of your friend somewhere in our castle."

[autokinetic]

"All the Bells and Jokers, anyway, will almost definitely show up to meet you guys. Other guests are a maybe, maybe not deal, since the last party ended, like, a day ago, and Jane seems to be syncing up time between worlds she's got bits in."

[deslandes]

"I want to meet them," the Beast repeats.

[beheld_beauty]

"We can put in a ballroom and warn the kitchen. We can probably be ready in about a day," says Belle, "but perhaps if there is reason not to have multiple parties in close succession it would be better to wait?"

[deslandes]

"We can wait if you want, my love."

He hugs her again.

[autokinetic]

"Jane," says Aegis, "you wanna check everybody's availability?"

[mind_game]

[Sure,] Jane says, including Belle - Rose - and the Beast in the reply. And every attendee of the last party gets a brainphone message saying:

[Got in touch with a new Bell, "Rose", and her husband, a Joker called "Beast". She's interested in hosting another party. When would be convenient for you?]

[pythbox]

The schedules of the Jokers are generally open. Some of the Sherlocks and Tonies have limited availability, but most of them are coming up on a weekend in a few days and will be free then. The Eos crowd has mixed responses, but Sandy, Anna, Lazarus, and Kolya are all available for most of the coming week.

[mind_game]

Meanwhile, the Bellas are busy with this and that but they're all prepared to put in at least a few hours' worth of appearance to meet a new Bell as long as they have warning.

[Have it in three days,] advises Jane. [If you want lots of people to come, anyway.]

[beheld_beauty]

"We can do that," says Belle.

[autokinetic]

"Cool," says Aegis. "Where d'you want me to put Jane?"

[beheld_beauty]

"Oh, how about I go make the ballroom, and we can put her in an alcove of some sort? How much space does she need?"

[autokinetic]

"Not much," says Aegis, tapping the gem in her ear. "Not even a whole alcove. If you don't have computers here there's no need for her to have a full-featured Janepoint, so you just want one of these gems to wear yourself - I can make it for you, what color do you want? - and a static point so that she can move people in and out of your world whenever she likes. What d'you want to call the world?"

[beheld_beauty]

"Rose-pink - does it need to be an earpiece? - and - how about Rêverie."

[deslandes]

The Beast grins and snuggles his Belle.

[autokinetic]

"Here," says Aegis, making and handing over a square in her glowy copper. "This is a wishcoin. If you wish on it you can conjure up a whatever piece of jewelry you like, and I can swap out a gem for a Jane-gem for you, and it's really a pity that Sue can't link you because it's so much more convenient to explain things that way but I guess before we came along everybody managed so it's doable..."

[beheld_beauty]

Belle goes with a handflower-bracelet, with gold disks and clear pink spinels, and looks at it in fascination while Aegis ansibles the largest jewel, twists off the part that needs to be taken away to make the connection, and has it vanish out of her hand.

[deslandes]

"Beautiful," declares the Beast.

[beheld_beauty]

Belle beams and kisses him on the cheek.