ma fête

[beheld_beauty]

Belle allows Jane to handle the guest list, and warns the kitchen that it will be serving many people, and makes sure that the living gardens are behaving themselves about maintaining paths for people to walk along, and she comes up with an enchantment to augment the castle's set of behavior so it can offer up appropriate music at appropriate times. She flies to Luc's village, and fetches him back, and tells him of the coming festivities, and assigns him to develop an introductory description of what enchanting is so that she can delegate tedious repeated introductory descriptions of it to him. Jane gives her advance notice of the nametag conventions, and she considers an enchanting solution but does not think it is best suited; she wishes the system into place instead.

She does like having wishes.

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[yovahs_kisses]

His mindscape is... an entire continent, apparently.

[beheld_beauty]

"An island. A very large island, insofar as that means anything - I mean that I need to get quite close to be able to make out anything like individual towns," says Rose.

[bellfounding]

"I bet mine is boring," says Pattern.

[beheld_beauty]

"I don't think libraries are boring," says Rose after a moment.

[bellfounding]

That startles a laugh out of Pattern. "Sure. A library. Gray carpet and green armchairs?"

[beheld_beauty]

"Yes."

[bellfounding]

"Phoenix Public Library, I can live with that."

[yovahs_kisses]

"I bet mine is Samaria," says Micaiah, laughing.

[truthwright]

"What's mine?" wonders Kas.

The answer is: a composite city, vaguely reminiscent of Queenie's in that way but with smoother transitions, near water but not surrounded by it.

[beheld_beauty]

Rose starts to describe the city, then gives up and conjures an illusion of it with a square.

Amariah takes her turn next, and she has a forest, full of pine trees like the branch she carries with her.

Shell Bell turns out to have Milliways for a mindscape.

Golden is inaccessible as Juliet and Stella are.

[yourheartstrings]

"How 'bout me?" says Ghosty.

The answer is: damn near identical to the Joker's, but from about twenty years further on.

[beheld_beauty]

Belle makes an illusion of her version of the city, too.

[truthwright]

Kas is still admiring his, with its collected pieces of various cities he's seen and loved.

[manofmyword]

"Wonder what yours is, sweetheart," says the Joker to Nathan.

[temporal_affairs]

"Well, let's have a look, can't scare me," says Nathan.

[beheld_beauty]

"A clock," says Rose, after a moment's investigation.

[manofmyword]

...He cracks up.

[temporal_affairs]

"Very on-theme," says Nathan approvingly, snickering a little.

[colorshapes]

"Me too, me too!"

[beheld_beauty]

"You're just as bewildering as Lazarus to look at," Rose remarks. "Hundreds of - colored shapes."

[manofmyword]

The Joker giggles, kisses Nathan, and ruffles the munchkin's hair.

Then he turns to Beast.

"Enough fun with mindscapes?" he inquires.

[deslandes]

"Mm," says the Beast.

"My love, can they borrow me now?"

[beheld_beauty]

"Of course." She kisses his cheek.

[deslandes]

He beams and hugs her.

Sue links up the Jokers, and somebody teleports the group of them to an appropriately sized guest room. The amount of snuggling going on in the ballroom is abruptly diminished.

[she_sells_seashells]

"Hey Sherlocks and Tonies!" calls Shell Bell. "Want to see Rose's party trick? She can tell you what your mindscape looks like!"