[And did you have fun?]

[Bit nerve-wracking here and there, but the admin was surprisingly reasonable for the literal inventor of Hell, we worked out a deal, us and Jane are the new management pretty much,] says Juliet, [and we're all going to have a big party to celebrate, on Mars in Eos, in a bit after some of us have completed some errands.]

[Brilliant. I do like parties. Am I invited?]

[Of course! You and Tony and I'll see about James and maybe Virginia and Giles and Minnie too.]

[Quite the crowd.]

[It's gonna be huge. Golden's bringing more people than I am, Stella's hosting so I dunno if her people count but there's more of those too.]

[Sounds exciting.]

[I would love to!]

[Cool. You want to come wait in Sherlock's house? My new friend Jane who is a transdimensional computer entity is our ride there, and that's her access point. She could probably also grab you from New York if you have internet and a webcam, though.]

[Somehow that is not the most comforting thing I've ever heard,] James says dryly. [Sure, will you grab Virginia too?]

[She wants to come, then? And Jane wouldn't yoink without you wanting to be yoinked. And she is not judgmental about what goes on in the Internets she eats.]

[You realize that people do things on the internet that they don't want anybody but the intended recipient seeing, judgmental or not, right?]

[She pays negligible attention to everyday stuff.]

[I am the Internets I eat,] Jane puts in. [The individual exchanges of data don't matter, just the network. I pay about as much attention to random people looking for porn as you do to random cells in your little toe dividing.]

[Okay,] says James. [Were you always a part of this conversation...?]

[No, just now. But if that concerns you, I have a node in Juliet's new necklace and unless she turns it off I can see and hear wherever she's at.]

[I like to know who can hear me,] James says mildly.

[Now you do! I'm very handy. I do interdimensional travel and I have replaced the management of Hell.]

[That does sound handy!]

[So I'm picking up you and Virginia?] Bella asks again.

[Yep!]

Port-port-port and they are all in Jarvis's living room.

[Sorry,] he says. [Yes, I will attend your party on Mars.]

"Voila," murmurs Virginia. James pats her on the shoulder.

[...Your ride being...?]

"I'm not very interesting," she demurs. James snorts.

"I'm not sure if I should believe you."

"Why not?" says Virginia.

"Because James thinks I should hire you."

"Does that necessarily make me interesting?" inquires Virginia. "Useful and interesting aren't perfectly correlated."

"They are," says Juliet, "hardly uncorrelated. But you could describe your usefulness instead of your interestingness if you rather."

"Is there a reason I need to be describing one or the other?" she inquires. James laughs.

"Because I haven't decided to hire you yet and Jane hasn't informed us that the party's underway yet either."

"All right, James, tell me about Virginia," laughs Juliet.

[Party time!] announces Jane.

"Ooh." [Hey, Giles, the party's started. Just come in and go to the server room in the basement - Jarvis can direct you if you need him to - and tell Jane you're ready to go.] "Shall we?"

"Let's!" says James.

They do!