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There's fighting on Eros.
Aegis knows a little about Earthside politics, but not all that much: what matters is that several factions want to capture ("rescue") Aegis and Sue. (Or, as they are collectively being called on the nets with no consensus about which of them is which: "War and Peace".) The rest of the jeesh are in trouble too.
Aegis and Sue have been locked in their room for their own protection, and Sue has received conflicting orders about which contingent of soldiers he should be psychically helping.
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autokinetic
"...Way, way better idea," says Sue. "Wake her up!"
autokinetic
"Mrrh huh? Sue?" says Aegis, sitting up and blinking. She spots Shell Bell. "Whoa. Whoa. What happened?"
she_sells_seashells
"Hi, Aegis. I'm Shell Bell," says Shell Bell. "This is Milliways. I have no idea how you got here."
autokinetic
"That makes two of us."
Sue will notice that Aegis's mind is still declining to respond to him, even though she is clearly awake and doesn't look like she's mad at him.
Sue will notice that Aegis's mind is still declining to respond to him, even though she is clearly awake and doesn't look like she's mad at him.
"Jane did it," says Sue. Yeah, she's here! "But guys, we kind of have a whole building full of kidnapped Battle School kids to worry about."
she_sells_seashells
"Well," says Shell Bell, "I could just mint you and give you some starter coins. I don't walk around without plenty of coins on me since that unfortunate missed opportunity with Juliet. But I want to know how you got here, because coins don't cut it with getting into Milliways at will - Juliet can do it but she can't expect to reliably meet anybody no matter how many times she visits. It kills our ability to coordinate."
autokinetic
"Yes please to coins. Jane's a - a computer-person. Apparently she can also put me in Milliways? Sue-my-bird, can you catch me up real quick?"
"I can't even touch you," he says, "are you mad at me or something?"
He shrugs helplessly. "Well, I'm shoving on you and you're a great big wall."
autokinetic
"I can't even feel you knocking..."
She frowns and rolls up her sleeves. Sure enough, there's a puncture mark inside her left elbow.
"People keep fucking drugging me. They must've shot me full of C-12 or something so I couldn't link you. Coins please?"
She frowns and rolls up her sleeves. Sure enough, there's a puncture mark inside her left elbow.
"People keep fucking drugging me. They must've shot me full of C-12 or something so I couldn't link you. Coins please?"
autokinetic
Aegis takes it, counts its contents, and wishes.
The wall is gone. Not just back to normal, but gone. "There. How's that?"
The wall is gone. Not just back to normal, but gone. "There. How's that?"
Grinning hugely, he catches her up.
autokinetic
"Oh well done Jane," murmurs Aegis, aloud and through the link to Jane herself both.
she_sells_seashells
"This is amazing," murmurs Shell Bell. "If she can take you anywhere - look, Sue, can you get me into the link too, or is the star wish blocking you?"
He knocks.
she_sells_seashells
The star defense considers him, then lets him by, like a tempermental automatic sliding door.
Shell Bell contributes some serious brainpower to the link. She's not Jane or the hive queens, but she's boosted.
Shell Bell contributes some serious brainpower to the link. She's not Jane or the hive queens, but she's boosted.
she_sells_seashells
There ensues a back-and-forth of rapid-fire theorizing - interspersed with Aegis copying most of the Bell standard superpowers - that ends with one conclusion:
They should see if Sue can link between multiple worlds, and not just between a world and Milliways.
They should see if Sue can link between multiple worlds, and not just between a world and Milliways.