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[thaumobabble]

Jane alerts everyone to the existence of a new Bell, the nature of her wives and children, and the presence of her mother-in-law.

She stands ready to move in anyone who wishes to attend this new party.

Glass stands ready to receive them.

Comments

[thaumobabble]

[You two,] says Glass, pointing at the pair, [are weird. Kas and Petaal are two because that's a thing in the world, Sue and Ivy are two for regular-causality reasons, I think you're two because the template couldn't decide which species to land in!]

[endragoned]

Ansharil laughs. The ground shakes a little. Aianon giggles along.

[thaumobabble]

Glass peers at Kas next.

Then she calls Amariah over.

[dark_light]

[What's up?] Amariah asks, appearing beside her boyfriend.

[thaumobabble]

Glass absently explains the exercise underway while she peers at Amariah and Kas. And then she chews her lip a bit and says, [There's a weak attractor in Bells to find our - intended significant others - attached to useful resources; I think that's why Kas can read the alethiometer like it says in the Bellbook. It also plays to some template strengths - he didn't have to be as good at it as he is, but even if he weren't a true intuitive reader he'd still be good at it.]

[truthwright]

Kas grins.

[yovahs_kisses]

(Micaiah has slowly stopped crying and is now just snuggling his angel.)

[jovahs_heiress]

(Angela is snuggling right back.)

[thaumobabble]

[Do the rest of you with Bells want to get them so I can see more about how the grouping works?] Glass asks. [You guys are more popular among the Bell template than my wives are, and I'm not sure why... it might be because you're so portable, but it's not like the Sherlocks and Tonies are inflexible...]

[edgeofyourseat]

"Sure," says Alice, and he brainphones Stella. [Hey, Glass is finding out about template stuff, wanna come get stared at?]

[cardistry]

Brilliance likewise summons Aurora.

[endragoned]

Ansharil notifies Sarion.

[deslandes]

Beast contacts Rose.

[pythbox]

Sue pushes a summary to Aegis and Jellybean brainphones Cam.

[autokinetic]

Aegis is the first to appear; she lands in midair and floats down, opting to sit on Sue's shoulders.

[self_composed]

Stella teleports in, looking dubious.

[small_magics]

Sarion walks, elfy aura giving a peculiar quality to her gait.

[beheld_beauty]

Rose appears presently, carrying a napping Céleste using her shoulder as a pillow, and pecks her husband on the cheek.

[lifes_sake]

Cam teleports in, leans on Jellybean as casually as though Jellybean were a wall, and looks expectantly at Glass.

[incanted]

Aurora has to disentangle herself from Lexi, but eventually makes her way to the group, too.

[thaumobabble]

Glass stares at them all.

[The metacausality that keeps bringing Bells and Jokers together is strong but it's not much anchored in any single template,] she concludes. [If there were a template, I think it'd be Stella and Alice, but - it's not, really, there's just no pull to meet in that way or to have a similar sort of relationship.]

[pythbox]

[That makes sense,] says Jellybean, putting his arm around Cam's waist and kissing his cheek. [I mean, we're us.]

[thaumobabble]

[I don't know any of you very well, but you have extremely strong attractors, even if they can be bent into a variety of shapes; a specific way to meet Bells just doesn't happen to be one of those attractors,] says Glass.

[beheld_beauty]

[There are some regularities. They are all older than us corresponding Bells,] says Rose. [By a little or by a lot.]

[thaumobabble]

[I think that's mostly a minor default thing, plus a combination of Bells tending to be young when we get into a life stage where meeting intended-people is part of our attractor set, and some of the Joker attractors being compatible with being very old - especially if a lot of that time can be spent in unpleasant circumstances.]