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The deck of Jokers keeps on enchanting. It takes a few days. The ones with various sweethearts get various visits.
Slowly, everybody's aura builds up.
They're not just less powerful than the Bells'; they're different. Joker auras don't tell you they're attached to magic and power; it's not 'look at me, I'm important' or 'look at me, I'm magical' but 'look at me', the end.
Except that that is not the end at all.
Their auras track emotions, like the Bells', but far more responsively. They can be whimsical one second and terrifying the next; they can laugh while their auras cry and cry while their auras laugh. It's all in how you play it.
The initial differences are subtle. Beast's aura can make him seem more human, or more beastly, whichever form he's in. The others of variable species don't seem to do anything similar, at least not to nearly the same degree. Ghosty's is the most interesting, because she can show her aura without manifesting physically; suddenly she has a presence even when she technically doesn't.
Micaiah's aura is the first one to manifest an obviously unique feature, although 'unique' isn't quite accurate, because after a few more hours of spellcasting they all have one:
A soundtrack.
Pretty soon, they're all cuddled up in one of the guest rooms and the music is going strong. With the whole pile of them together, somebody's aura will start playing a song and the rest will either pick it up or add embellishments. It's tremendous fun.
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manofmyword
truthwright
"Hiii," says Kas.
"Hi!" says an angel-shaped Petaal, wearing clothes for the sake of not banning Bellifluous visitors.
Petaal's aura screams pet me!!! - Kas's is similar, but much more toned down.
"Hi!" says an angel-shaped Petaal, wearing clothes for the sake of not banning Bellifluous visitors.
Petaal's aura screams pet me!!! - Kas's is similar, but much more toned down.
dark_light
"Somebody wants attention," laughs Amariah, and she flops down to obey the auras. "I hope it doesn't look the same to everyone, you'd be in trouble then."
truthwright
"It shows people how much we want them to touch us," says Petaal.
"Which in your case is lots," says Kas, cuddling up. "We love you."
"Which in your case is lots," says Kas, cuddling up. "We love you."
mind_game
[Hey everybody!] says Jane. [There's a new Bell! This one is a boy who goes by Cam. He has a Joker and a Matilda.]
"Which one of us are you talking to there?" laughs Jellybean.
bellfounding
Meanwhile, assorted Bells appear to have a look at their counterpart, and the party invitation goes out to the usual suspects.
gunpowdergelatine
Queenie climbs out from under the remaining pile of her alts and scoops Cam up into the snuggliest hug of his life. Jellybean can have some too.
dark_light
Amariah, from her spot in the heap, says, "I gotta say I did not expect a boy Bell. Path doesn't count and he's the closest we've historically come."
lifes_sake
"Yeah, well, if you told me about alts without describing mine, I would not have expected to be girls," Cam snorts. "I have been told that I should 'try' you."
dark_light
Amariah looks him up and down. "Sure, sometime," she says. "Not sure when will be good. Everyone's gonna want you meet you today."
gunpowdergelatine
"I have an aura of cuddly," Queenie says gleefully. "Sometimes it's also an aura of fuckable, but not when there's Bells all over the place, pretty sure they wouldn't approve."
"I approve!" says Jellybean. "I approve so much!"
And he kisses the Joker.
And he kisses the Joker.
lifes_sake
"Yeah, he does that, he's a Jellybean," says Cam affectionately.