festive rainbow mirror summoning!

[incanted]

There are now one dozen Bells.

They and most of their friends are all here on Planet Rainbowsand II, to celebrate the addition of Sarion, the elf one, and Aurora, the one with a sister.

Comments

[small_magics]

Sarion considers for a long moment, then says, "I do not think I am irreparable."

[toblameforit]

"The music I listen to is pretty much a subset of the music my mom listened to."

[lexicality]

"Me too! Except Renée listens to everything!"

[gunpowdergelatine]

Queenie snuggles her. "That's good."

[small_magics]

"It is. Someday I will be able to think, by myself."

There is a double meaning to by myself.

[toblameforit]

"Mom was into rock and, like, melancholy folk music. I picked up on the rock."

[lexicality]

"Don't like the second thing because of the melancholy or because of the folk music?"

[gunpowdergelatine]

"Aww, sweetheart," says Queenie, snuggling her some more.

[small_magics]

It is a good snuggle. Sarion is glad to be in it.

"I do not know how much my beloved has said about how I came to be broken."

[toblameforit]

"I don't really know if it was the melancholy part or the folk part or if she just had bad taste in melancholy folk bands, I just know it never got me going the way AC/DC did."

[lexicality]

"It's not supposed to get you going like rock music, it's supposed to be all, like, soulful and wistful and stuff. If you got amped listening to somebody singing Danny Boy there would be something the matter with you."

[gunpowdergelatine]

"I was there when they fixed you; I caught a bunch."

[small_magics]

Sarion nods.

She glances around the room.

"It seems that each Bell who found herself in company with a Joker is romantically involved with him. Except for me."

She doesn't know what she thinks of this - well, she doesn't think anything of it, yet, thinking is still hard - but it is on her mind.

[toblameforit]

He snorts. "No, I mean like, I barely noticed it, it didn't make me anything except slightly bored."

[gunpowdergelatine]

"You love your sweeties," Queenie points out. She has spoken to the sweeties in question. She knows.

[lexicality]

Lexi swaaaaaays, going from half-beats to full beats and deepening the motion to accommodate it. "When I think songs are boring I go look up the lyrics and make sure I know what they're talking about and that helps."

[toblameforit]

"I did not care enough to do that," says Tony.

[small_magics]

"Yes. Of course, always."

[lexicality]

"'Cause the songs bored you?" Lexi asks archly.

[gunpowdergelatine]

"So what's the difference? Sex?"

[toblameforit]

"Yep!"

[lexicality]

"That's all circular, though," she points out.

[small_magics]

Sarion blinks. "I - do not know about other races, but elves can - recognize a connection, soul to soul. I do not know if I have it with my beloved - it is - muddied."

[toblameforit]

"So? It bored me, so I didn't care about it enough to actively look for ways to make it bore me less. I am comfy with my classic rock, I don't need to like every song I hear."

[gunpowdergelatine]

"You've got time to figure it out," says Queenie, patting her on the back.