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Elspeth gets a door.
It's been so long she reels for a moment, and then she throws herself forward and almost lands in a peal of Bells. Yes, there's Shell Bell, there's Juliet and Aurora, there's Glass, there's some Matilda she hasn't seen before.
"Elspeth!" exclaims Glass.
"How long has it been?" Aurora asks.
"Seventeen years. Shell Bell - I need you to help me find Harley," says Elspeth.
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Brilliance wraps his arms around Corona's waist and nuzzles his cheek, sparkling with his own aura's version of happiness.
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Carinna, who has been sitting on the floor at Glass's feet with Mossy in her lap, is fascinated.
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[Corona's all set with his aura, we're about ready to get out of here,] Juliet reports to Elspeth, conferencing in Harley as a courtesy.
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"Do you want me to ask if you can take one of these things home with you?" Elspeth asks Harley.
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Elspeth asks. "Glass says they are called poofs, and you can take one but they need the water that's found here, which can be replicated with coins to no ill effect."
Harley nods again, and hugs his poofpile.
After a moment, he sits up and scoops them all out of his lap and onto the floor as gently as possible. A big bluish-lavender poof immediately hops back into his lap; he hugs it and grins.
After a moment, he sits up and scoops them all out of his lap and onto the floor as gently as possible. A big bluish-lavender poof immediately hops back into his lap; he hugs it and grins.
Harley pets his nameless poof.
Corona says, "Sure! Hell if I'm going back where I came from, though." To Elspeth, he says, "You're not either, right? Can I come wherever you're going?"
Corona says, "Sure! Hell if I'm going back where I came from, though." To Elspeth, he says, "You're not either, right? Can I come wherever you're going?"
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Elspeth is deprogramming Corona again. "I'm going back to Aurum. I think my door-friendliness is back to normal, so even if Mama turns out not to want arbitrary numbers of Jokers in her world it should be relatively straightforward to send you to Origin instead."
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Elspeth opens the door once it has closed, and lo, it is Aurum.
Before she goes through, she looks over her shoulder at Glass.
"Is that attractor done with Harley yet?" she asks softly.
Before she goes through, she looks over her shoulder at Glass.
"Is that attractor done with Harley yet?" she asks softly.
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"...Yeah," says Glass, after a long stare. "He's not - safe exactly, but it's not pulling on him, any more."
"Bye, everybody!" says Corona. "Thanks for raising me from the dead!"
And the door closes behind them.
And the door closes behind them.