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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[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.

[autokinetic]

"Why're the married ones so freaking cute?" mutters Aegis, mostly to Sue.

[pythbox]

"I don't know, but I kinda love it," he says cheerfully.

[autokinetic]

"I guess Shell Bell and Sherlock are also damn adorable," snorts Aegis. "So not just married ones. And we haven't met Edward so who knows about him 'n Golden."

[beheld_beauty]

"It will be fascinating to encounter all these - versions of myself. Of us," says Belle.

[autokinetic]

"Yeah - here, have the latest copy of the Bellbook," says Aegis, conjuring one and handing it over. "Let's go find a place to put Jane and then me and Sue can go back home and make that meeting we're theoretically on a shuttle to right now. We can carry on talking by brainphone, Jane can relay - to me or any of the others."

[beheld_beauty]

"If it can be so small and gemlike, perhaps we could put her in a chandelier," says Belle.

[mind_game]

[Chandelier works,] says Jane.

[deslandes]

"That would be sweet," declares the Beast.

[beheld_beauty]

Belle leads everyone down the stairs and to a back door into the garden, which she commands to move away from her, leaving ballroom in its wake, chandelier included. Her aura flickers with the order, but it's not a spell, just a manipulation of the living castle.

[autokinetic]

"I want one of those auras, you look like a walking special effects budget," admires Aegis. "I guess it'd be conspicuous though."

[beheld_beauty]

"I can suppress it, but if I don't, it lets everyone know that they're dealing with an enchantress," says Belle serenely. "Can you fly? To reach the chandelier?"

[autokinetic]

"'Course I can," says Aegis.

Aegis's flight power is not quite Bell standard. She, after all, already knew how to fly. She's got the power to course-correct in midair if she likes, but for the most part she operates in three dimensions by means of making gravity optional and doing what she's used to doing. She opts out of gravity now, and pushes off gently to catch the chandelier and replace a dangling crystal and twist and disappear the other half of the ansible.

[mind_game]

[Installed,] reports Jane.

[deslandes]

The Beast follows after Belle and snuggles her some more.