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.

Comments

[temporal_affairs]

"You'd make a lovely enchantress, babe," says Nathan. "What're you gonna enchant?"

[manofmyword]

"I have nnnnnnnno idea," he says serenely.

[temporal_affairs]

"Sounds like a quandary," observes Nathan. "Takes five years' worth of a Bell with no other magic but enchanting to get a Rose-sized aura."

[manofmyword]

"Heh," says the Joker. "Whaddya say, ladies 'n gentlemen?"

[edgeofyourseat]

"I think we should see if anybody wants a lot of stuff enchanted fast," says Alice.

[gunpowdergelatine]

"I've got just the girl in mind," says Queenie.

[dark_light]

"You think Pattern's gonna want Saturn enchanted instead of wished into behaving like a habitable planet?" asks Amariah. "That's a good idea."

[gunpowdergelatine]

"I have those!" beams Queenie.

[temporal_affairs]

"I imagine Pattern's going to want to do some enchanting herself for her own aura, though."

[dark_light]

"I don't think she'll have trouble finding channels," says Amariah.

[manofmyword]

"Saturn's a big planet," says the Joker. "And we can visit my old asteroid while we're there!"

[temporal_affairs]

"Is it a nice asteroid?" inquires Nathan. "As such things go? Pleasant tourist destination?"

[manofmyword]

"Oh, it's a cute little place. You should come see it sometime," he says, hugging Nathan.

[temporal_affairs]

"Sure, why not." Snuggle snuggle.

[manofmyword]

The Joker cuddles up into Nathan's arms.

Everyone else snuggles a little bit closer, not quite all at once. He closes his eyes and smiles.

[temporal_affairs]

Nathan squeezes his mate. "Ah, babe," he sighs.

[manofmyword]

The Joker kisses Nathan's cheek. "I'm fine now, sweetie," he murmurs. "And it wasn't all bad."

[temporal_affairs]

"No?"

[manofmyword]

"It was an awfully cute little asteroid," he says. "And I got to see Milliways plenty - I used to only see the place in my dreams, y'know, and I only get those when I'm trapped somewhere."

He shrugs.

"I still would've killed myself eventually, but that didn't make it not fun in the meantime. And instead I met you," he gives Nathan a quick kiss, "and I like you better than death."

[temporal_affairs]

Nathan hugs him very, very tight.

[dark_light]

"Aww," sighs Amariah.

[manofmyword]

The Joker snuggles up to his sweetheart with a breathless breakable giggle.

[deslandes]

"Awww," the Beast agrees, and the whole pile concurs.