beside herself

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell is currently explaining to her Director of Media that, yes, if she is gone, he is supposed to take orders from the duck, just like the Imperial Consort said. Neptune is nestling in Shell Bell's arms comfortably. The Director of Media is also now supposed to meet Jane and coordinate with his opposite numbers in Origin and Aurum about setting up an interworld generally-accessible internet with the use of ansibles.

Comments

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Hello again. You seem to have the hang of this."

[pythbox]

"Everybody keeps saying that," says Harley, with a wry smile. "I want a daemon."

[her_imperial_radiance]

"All right. That just involves going to Alethia; you can go yourself or Jane could take you. If you want me to come along I need to spend a star; do you?"

[pythbox]

"Shell Bell says when you separate it's good to have someone you love to snuggle your daemon. I think I'm gonna do it fast, like Sue. Don't know if I'll have to do it from there or not."

[her_imperial_radiance]

"I don't know either. I'll come along if you'd rather it be me than Zeus."

[pythbox]

"If he was going to do it he should be awake," says Harley. "But I don't want him awake until I've done it."

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth nods. She pulls out a star. "Right now?"

[pythbox]

Harley nods too.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Jane, please let Amariah know."

[mind_game]

[She says you can pop in if you want.]

[her_imperial_radiance]

"All right." Elspeth spends the star. She taps her Janegem.

[mind_game]

Here is Amariah's basement.

[pythbox]

Harley follows a moment later.

And beside him, there is a naked male half-vampire who looks almost exactly like him.

Harley grins and hugs his shiny new daemon. "Hi, Andrea."

[her_imperial_radiance]

Andrea. Heh. "Hi," says Elspeth.

[pythbox]

"Hi!" says Andrea, and hugs her.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Hugs. After a moment's pause in case there's a misjudgment and he needs to flinch away, but he doesn't. It's an interesting sort of feeling.

[pythbox]

"I love you," says Andrea, snuggling up.

"Gonna try now," says Harley. He gives them both a hug, and - flickers out.

Andrea clings to Elspeth for a moment, then relaxes with a shudder.

When Harley reappears, Andrea pounces on him with a bone-cracking hug.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth loves him. Them both. She sends so.

[pythbox]

"I love you too," says Harley, whose bones decline to stay cracked for long. Andrea shifts female-human.

Snugglepile!

[her_imperial_radiance]

The snugglepile engulfs Elspeth. She lets it. Her star will keep her free of sun conure infestation for days at least.

[pythbox]

"We should go back now," Andrea says at last, after considerable snuggling.

"Yeah. And wake up Zeus," says Harley.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"All right. Jane, if you wouldn't mind?" Since Elspeth cannot freecast.

Pop. Port.

[floofcoaster]

Here is Zeus, asleep in Harley's bed, strangle-hugging Harley's pillow.

[pythbox]

Harley snuggles up to him.

Andrea turns into a leopard and sits next to the bed, curling her tail around her feet.

[her_imperial_radiance]

"Ready?"