delicious bubbly

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth is glad that Milliways likes her, because she likes it. Jacob at her side and a glass of this nice golden stuff in her hand (she's tried the other synthetics; they're nice for an occasional change, but only humans care about dietary variety that much and this one is her favorite) and hubbub from a hundred worlds around her: lovely. A lovely break from work that keeps no one waiting, that doesn't even throw off her sleep cycle because her sleep cycle cares about the sun. (It throws off Jake's, a little, but his is more flexible than hers.)

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[edgeofyourseat]

"My healing power for him," he says with a gesture to the Joker, "and for you, the air filter I've got that makes it so I don't smell humans unless I want to."

[luminous_regnant]

"Yes please," says Nathan at once.

[self_composed]

"...Wait a sec. Is he awake or dreaming?" Stella asks. "I have to go actually fetch him physically down from the asteroid if he didn't walk in here through a door to begin with, don't I?"

[manofmyword]

"Yep," says the Joker. "Zzzz."

[edgeofyourseat]

Alice doesn't do anything visible, but Nathan gets his air filter.

[self_composed]

Stella goes back to the door and forces it, aiming for the house on the asteroid instead of just generally at the world.

She opens the door. [Gonna wake him up,] she broadcasts to the entire negotiation party, and then she leans out the door and expends the square.

[luminous_regnant]

Nathan experimentally sniffs the air and grins, but doesn't do anything about it when his mate's right about to disappear anyway.

[manofmyword]

The Joker, of course, takes the opportunity to plant another kiss on Nathan's cheek before he disappears.

[self_composed]

A square induces such disappearance. "C'mon," says Stella neutrally.

[manofmyword]

He looks a little different when he appears in the doorway, wearing a lace-trimmed black nightgown instead of the nice shirt and pants, his hair better-washed and not quite so green. But his smile is the same.

If that's a comfort.

[self_composed]

It's not, but he's going to be Golden's problem, now. She holds the door, looking at the ceiling.

[manofmyword]

"Sorry, hon," he says softly, and he comes through and heads straight for Nathan.

[luminous_regnant]

Nathan catches him up in a hug and - relieved of the constant temptation to bite - kisses him. Still very carefully relative to how he'd kiss if he were kissing a vampire, but hard.

"Home we go," says Golden. "Thank you, Stella."

[self_composed]

"No problem," says Stella. "Best of luck."

[manofmyword]

The Joker kisses back happily, in complete disregard of their audience.

[luminous_regnant]

Nathan winds up carrying him to the door, which the four native Aurum residents all walk through.

Once the door is closed, Bella says: "I don't want to find out what happens if Addy gets her hands on a mint. I'm going to render it impossible, on her end, and I'd prefer if you didn't try to circumvent that, however sweetly she asks."

[manofmyword]

"Sure," the Joker says agreeably.

[luminous_regnant]

"Thank you." She expends a couple of coins on making her protections regarding Addy happen, then one more.

"Congratulations, you're a mint, and you've got the run of Aurum," Bella says, gesturing to indicate her world, "and a vampire irrevocably in love with you. Have fun with it. I'll probably want to pick up a batch of coins in the next week or so."

And she, followed by Elspeth and Jacob and joined by Edward and Renata, go down the corridor.

[manofmyword]

He kisses Nathan again.

"Let's go make some coins," he suggests cheerfully.

[luminous_regnant]

"Everybody here's got good ears," says Nathan. He grins. "D'you care?"

[manofmyword]

"Nnnnnope."

[luminous_regnant]

"My room's thisaway." And he scoops the Joker up off the floor and goes thisaway, at a bit of a run.

[manofmyword]

As soon as they get there, the Joker kisses him some more.

He's pretty sure Alice gave him regen powers, and even if he didn't, probably nothing Nathan's going to do to him will kill him before he can fix that. Which is a positive enough risk assessment that he throws himself wholeheartedly into experimenting.

[luminous_regnant]

"Babe," Nathan murmurs, "it's not strictly impossible for me to accidentally nip you if you keep doing that - I've got sharp bits - and you don't wanna turn."

[manofmyword]

"Fun, though," he says, undeterred. "I'll quit it until I've minted myself immune."