friendly door

[her_imperial_radiance]

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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[pythbox]

The poof whmmms and glows.

Harley opens his eyes, and blinks at it, and unwraps one arm from around Elspeth to pet its soft green fur. Mossy glows and whmmmms. Harley cuddles it and closes his eyes again with a soft, sad smile.

[exactlyright]

[thaumobabble]

Glass hugs her daughter.

[incanted]

"So we're waiting for Corona to come out of afterglow from an entire aura's worth of enchanting and then he'll get his own and then we go back to Tab's world, is the plan, right?"

[cross_and_bow]

"Yeah. Corona, you can torch, now, if you want to speed that up any."

[giftedandtalented]

"I'm gonna call my world Gift, I think."

[pythbox]

"Torch? What, you mean like Harley? Awesome," says Corona. He snuggles comfortably into Brilliance's lap. "But I think maybe if we could just get a room, that'd be just as good."

[thaumobabble]

"Yes, like Harley. The white guest room is open, I think - go left out that hall, through the double doors, down the stairs, up the other stairs, first on the right, Jarvis can help you if you get lost."

[cardistry]

"Okay," Brilliance says cheerfully, scooping up Corona and starting off on the indicated route.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth has sufficient range to continue from this distance.

[giftedandtalented]

Bells set about gossiping and talking to Tab about how she's going to handle her world. They discover that her coins are glowing mirrors, which catch surrounding colors but give them back brighter. They fit her with a starting set, mostly in Brilliance's color, in all sizes.

[pythbox]

Harley curls up and cuddles Mossy and doesn't say anything. But he seems more content now.

[exactlyright]

Carinna lurks, making sure he is nice to Mossy.

[pythbox]

Are cuddles nice? Cuddles and sleepy petpets.

[exactlyright]

Those are acceptable.

[pythbox]

Good. Because Mossy is fluffy and cute, and cuddling it seems to be extremely restorative.

[exactlyright]

That is the idea!

"There's a whole cave full of those," Carinna ventures softly after a while.

[pythbox]

"Mm," says Harley, smiling and petting Mossy.

[exactlyright]

Carinna looks him over, then says, "I think you should put him in it, Princess Elspeth. Then he can be in a pile of Gentle Animals. And he should try the magic spring water."

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth looks Harley over for reactions to this idea.

[pythbox]

Harley snuggles up to her and nods slowly.

[her_imperial_radiance]

She kisses his forehead. "Please let me know when the group is leaving," she says to the Bells.

[thaumobabble]

"Of course," says Glass, taking Mossy off Harley and giving it back to Carinna.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Elspeth teleports them to the Gentle Cave.

[pythbox]

Harley snuggles into her lap.

A trio of poofs, pink and purple and blue, roll up to them and bump against Elspeth's feet, squeaking a squeaky little chorus.