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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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Glory makes a disbelieving face!
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"No, seriously, indulge me, if I fixed that and you weren't going to starve without brainsucking people and I extracted you from your human host and brought you home. Would you hurt anybody?"
"Um... do you know who I am?" Glory wonders.
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"You're a hellgod named Glory who's been fucking around in ways of which I do not approve. I would like that to stop. I am investigating ways to stop it. If I can do it by giving you nice presents instead of killing you, that's grand, isn't it?" Her aura ripples a little at "killing you", then subsides. Her aura is more interested in advertising that she can kill people than that she can give them nice presents.
Glory pouts.
"I really don't like you," she says.
"I really don't like you," she says.
Glory scowls.
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"Are you going to answer my question about what you'd do if I sent you home and you didn't have to brainsuck people?"
"No," sniffs Glory.
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"Then I guess I can't send you home," sighs Bella. "I guess I'll have to set something up to box you in here, or maybe someplace else."
Glory seems annoyed, but not overly worried.
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"At least Ben'll be happy when I've got you out of him," mutters Bella, thinking of wish designs.
Glory snorts and shakes her head.
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Bella runs her confine-Glory-to-this-area-of-Mercury wish by Sherlock for double checking, by brainphone. [Look good?]
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[Alrighty.]
She implements that; it goes. She tries to wish Ben directly to where his car's parked on Earth - but apparently he's not budging that far to start with. She can send him away if she can just extract him -
Wish goes -
She implements that; it goes. She tries to wish Ben directly to where his car's parked on Earth - but apparently he's not budging that far to start with. She can send him away if she can just extract him -
Wish goes -
Ben and Glory appear next to one another.
At the exact same instant, Glory giggles and Ben screams.
And then Glory reaches for Sherlock.
At the exact same instant, Glory giggles and Ben screams.
And then Glory reaches for Sherlock.
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He has just about had time to observe that Ben is dead when Glory's hand darts into his chest and rips something out of it.
Whatever she's doing, it hurts. It hurts an evil's worth, in fact. He just barely has enough attention left over to make the coin. His body is outwardly unmarked, but it feels like whatever she just tore loose was something he should dearly miss.
Whatever she's doing, it hurts. It hurts an evil's worth, in fact. He just barely has enough attention left over to make the coin. His body is outwardly unmarked, but it feels like whatever she just tore loose was something he should dearly miss.
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Bella's at max brain clockspeed and kicking Glory in the sternum, away from Sherlock, before anything else happens. [Sherlock what happened -]
Glory stumbles back a few steps and then punches Bella in the throat.
It's like being hit by a small train.
It's like being hit by a small train.
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Bella can handle being hit by a small train; she's invulnerable and the planet arrests her motion quick enough to let her kip up and return blows while she starts trying wishes.
They're not going, not yet, but she can keep Glory's attention while she works on designs. [Sherlock. Sherlock.]
They're not going, not yet, but she can keep Glory's attention while she works on designs. [Sherlock. Sherlock.]
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[Oh,] he says distantly. [She appears to have torn out my soul. How magnificently ironic.]
Before he can really think about it, he uses the evil she so handily gave him to pin the change to his torching.
And with the aftershocks still worth a star every time he moves, he joins in the fight against Glory.
Before he can really think about it, he uses the evil she so handily gave him to pin the change to his torching.
And with the aftershocks still worth a star every time he moves, he joins in the fight against Glory.
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Okay then, Bella can worry about that later. She sends Sherlock a list of what she's tried wishing so far. Glory is apparently a bearer of some serious godhood; she might not be able to dent Bella's invincibility, at least not via punching, but she can sure resist some extremely concerted attempts to end her.
Okay then, Bella can worry about that later. She sends Sherlock a list of what she's tried wishing so far. Glory is apparently a bearer of some serious godhood; she might not be able to dent Bella's invincibility, at least not via punching, but she can sure resist some extremely concerted attempts to end her.
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[The long way round, then?]
With two against one, the fight is starting to turn in their favour.
With two against one, the fight is starting to turn in their favour.