in between moments

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell has not found Milliways by herself since the occasion on which she first met Sherlock.

Today, after eight months, she does.

She makes sure that Sherlock and Tony are both awake, finds that they are but do not want to join her in the bar today unless she finds something interesting, checks her coin supply and finds it sufficient, and steps through.

Comments

[she_sells_seashells]

"Well, I'll fix the bridge if I can, although it's possible that it's not amenable to fixing with the coins I have. What would be complicated?"

[sailorheavymetal]

"I want to go back to Earth because it's, you know, my planet, but Sif's Asgardian and she's the one who's giving me the hero lessons, and if I did take her back to Earth we'd probably have to okay it with the nice people from the government," Darcy explains.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Oh, right," says Shell Bell. "Governments that aren't me! Annoying!"

[sailorheavymetal]

Darcy snorts.

"You better let me handle the diplomacy while we're in Asgard," she says. "They take their kings kinda seriously."

[she_sells_seashells]

"They won't be diplomatic with an offworld empress?" Shell Bell asks. "Even a slightly flippant one?"

[sailorheavymetal]

"Ye-es," says Darcy, "but their idea of diplomatic sometimes involves challenging people to single combat. I get to skip a lot of that because Mewtwo's on my side."

[she_sells_seashells]

"Is magic allowed in single combat?"

[sailorheavymetal]

"Good question," she says. "Please don't find out the hard way."

[she_sells_seashells]

"I'll let you do the talking," Shell Bell agrees.

[sailorheavymetal]

"Thank you."

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell sips her milkshake. "Is there a lot you'd want done as long as I'm there? Should I bring my girlfriend along? I can't make more significant magic without her, it's actually kind of a problem, the last time I met one of my alts I couldn't pass along the nifty magic because I was all out of coins from meeting the last one before that."

[sailorheavymetal]

"I think fixing the bridge is pretty much it," she says, shaking her head.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Okay." Sip sip. "I want to go check the Belltower in case there's anyone there, but then I'll be happy to go back to your world - unless you're waiting for something or someone here?"

[sailorheavymetal]

"Nope! Just hanging out with my best bud," she says, patting the hammer at her side.

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell finishes her shake, teleports up, finds the tower empty and nothing new in the book, and teleports back down. "Shall we?"

[sailorheavymetal]

Darcy likewise finishes her mead.

"Let's!" she says, and opens the door.

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell goes through, looking for someone to ask to hold it for them.

[sailorheavymetal]

How about the tall woman with the ponytail and the spear?

"Sif!" says Darcy, waving. "This is Shell Bell, I found her in Milliways, she says she can maybe fix the Bifrost, do you want to hold the door for us so we can go talk to Heimdall about it?"

"You have the most interesting friends," Sif says dryly, coming to take the door from them.

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell waves and smiles but doesn't talk, because she's not sure if this counts as one of the people Darcy is being diplomatic with for her or not.

(She has quite forgotten that she illusioned up a crown - she'll remember if reminded, of course, but it's slipped from her attention without the weight on her head to remind her.)

[sailorheavymetal]

"Thanks," says Darcy, and she turns to Bell. "Can you take us straight to the end of the bridge?"

[she_sells_seashells]

"Which end? I have to specify a unique location," says Shell Bell.

[sailorheavymetal]

"Sorry—there's only one end that's the end," she explains. "The other end is the beginning."

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell laughs and teleports them to the not-beginning end of the bridge.

[sailorheavymetal]

It looks extremely broken. The jagged end of a beautiful slab of crystal, stretching out toward the stars.

There is a man in elaborate golden armour standing on the very end, gazing out into eternity.

"Heimdall!" says Darcy. "This is Shell Bell."

"I heard," says Heimdall. "Can you repair the Bifrost, Shell Bell?"

"You can talk to Heimdall," says Darcy. "He's cool."

[she_sells_seashells]

"Okay. I can certainly try to repair the Bifrost! There's not, like, more than one way for it to be 'fixed', is there? If there is then I have to know what I'm aiming at or my wishes get confused."