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

[bellfounding]

"I'm not going to produce any kids I don't plan to rear in an appropriate and caring manner, regardless of ulterior motive."

[toblameforit]

"Well, then maybe you're safe," he says. "But I still don't think you should clone yourself. ...Although come to think of it, that would make a pretty good distinguishing feature."

[bellfounding]

"It would! But I'm still not going to do it, at least not in the near future. Golden kind of had to have her kid when she was seventeen, that doesn't mean I should even if that were the only reason to avoid it. Even if I was chronologically born twenty-one years ago."

[toblameforit]

"Being dead makes everything weird," says Tony.

[bellfounding]

"So weird! My parents took my return with surprising aplomb, really."

[toblameforit]

"I'm glad!"

[bellfounding]

"Your parents are dead, right? Did you want them fetched? I haven't heard about you asking but if you asked somebell else or went through Jane directly I might not have been told."

[toblameforit]

He sighs. "...I don't know, whatever, it's complicated."

[bellfounding]

"...Don't wanna talk about it?"

[toblameforit]

"They kind of ignored me for most of my life, so you know, while I'm glad they're not going to stay dead forever, I don't really need them to be dragged out of the afterlife ASAP."

[bellfounding]

"Okay." Beat. "Rose is going to fetch her Renée soon. She died when Rose was a kid for some reason. None of the rest of us have dead parents."

[toblameforit]

Tony shrugs.