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Bella goes to Mercury to do her forking.
She decides - since she can order up a custom fork at all - that her fork might as well have a copy of all her memories since she found Soph. To understand, to know what she's doing in the world, to not instantly want to punch Juliet in the nose for mishandling Soph in some way. To know what day it is, if nothing else.
Wish.
And then there are two.
And the new one cocks her head, and says, "Don't worry, we can merge - well, I will, anyway, who knows if the crystal ball was lying - but first why don't we surprise Sherlock?"
And the not-new one smiles, and says, "Why not?"
And at precisely the same time, they teleport, wearing matching smiles.
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"Okay, I've been putting off setting up a palace and grounds on Mercury, but I can do that later today after I take care of some other business, and you can... prune topiaries and water flowers and mow various kinds of grass and stuff. I want," she adds, "a list of your living requirements and any amenities that you'd like to have, so I can set up someplace to put you too. I'll be back in an hour to fetch you; pack any personal effects and tell the other fourteen or fifteen minions what the story is while I'm gone. Okay?"
"Okay!" says the minion on the left, clapping his hands together and beaming.
"We look forward to working for you, your menacingness!" the other one adds.
"We look forward to working for you, your menacingness!" the other one adds.
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"Bella is fine. If that would be uncomfortable you could get a jump on calling me 'Your Majesty', although a colonial population of sixteen or seventeen is pushing it on the accuracy thereof."
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"Okay. Cool. See you in an hour."
Bella pops into a Jarvis. "Hi, Jarvis, can I get a door?"
Bella pops into a Jarvis. "Hi, Jarvis, can I get a door?"
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"Thanks!"
Door in, door closed, fingers crossed, star gone -
Downside.
Bella sticks her head in. [Hey, I sent you a present, did that go okay? I tried really hard to kill her first but it wasn't happening.]
Door in, door closed, fingers crossed, star gone -
Downside.
Bella sticks her head in. [Hey, I sent you a present, did that go okay? I tried really hard to kill her first but it wasn't happening.]
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[Uh, there might be more of her in other Sunshine family worlds, and I don't immediately have any better ideas, but I'll try to think of alternatives or at least warn you?]
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[Thank you,] she says. [While you're here, are you aware of the interesting special case from your world?]
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A ghostly image of a curled-up sleeping genet appears in front of Juliet.
[She changed characteristics shortly before your present arrived. Dead people usually don't change characteristics while they are nonexistent. They also usually don't have intrinsic connections to people who are not dead.]
[She changed characteristics shortly before your present arrived. Dead people usually don't change characteristics while they are nonexistent. They also usually don't have intrinsic connections to people who are not dead.]
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[...That's Steph. She was my Sherlock's daemon but he torched without attaching her to it. And... then my present ripped out his soul, and she sort of is a representation of his soul.]
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[...Keep her sleeping for now. I'll ask Sherlock. Circumstances may have relevantly changed; we might be back to pick her up. I do need the guy my present killed, though. Are you still of the opinion that if Jane were dead, she'd turn up here in a way you'd notice?]
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[Yes. If Jane dies, she will become available to me. It might not be immediate, but it will happen.]
The image of Steph disappears.
[The man you speak of is in the catacombs. Should I deliver him to you?]
The image of Steph disappears.
[The man you speak of is in the catacombs. Should I deliver him to you?]
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[I wonder if it wouldn't keep Jane from glitching so dang much if she were, in fact, deceased... And yes please.]
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Ben appears in front of Juliet, floating upright and asleep the way people do in the catacombs.
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Bella decides to take him home so she can explain what's going on in familiar surroundings. [Thanks.] She tows Ben back through the door, and then back into Jarvis, and then checks his home, wherever that may be, for supervision.
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"It's okay, you're okay, Glory's gone," says Bella. "I'm really sorry about that, I tried to appear you out of the way but you were stuck on but good."