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This vampire nest was supposed to have six vampires in it. This trip to L.A. was supposed to involve this nest as the first stop of several. This time Sherlock's information is imperfect.
[Fuck,] says Bella, after having burst through the door, masked and armed with her stake, [they're having all their friends over today - help -]
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cross_and_bow
cross_and_bow
"That shouldn't stop you. I know you fucked Amariah, hon. I haven't got a little owl for whatever kinky craziness that wound up being, true, but I look right and I want you and the precious li'l megalomaniac isn't coming back. C'mere."
cross_and_bow
"Oh."
Bella considers this.
Then she shrugs. "Okay then."
And she stops trying to argue, and starts trying to see if that rumor about Slayers becoming the most powerful vampires is true.
Bella considers this.
Then she shrugs. "Okay then."
And she stops trying to argue, and starts trying to see if that rumor about Slayers becoming the most powerful vampires is true.
luminous_regnant
The initial part of the... altercation... transports them out of the bedroom and into the main part of the Belltower, and if someone cares about that, it's not what's left of Juliet.
This means that when the door opens, Golden gets an eyeful.
"...Is this happy not-me-Bell behavior?" she asks, unbalanced.
This means that when the door opens, Golden gets an eyeful.
"...Is this happy not-me-Bell behavior?" she asks, unbalanced.
cross_and_bow
"I'm having fun," purrs the ex-Juliet. "I'd ask if you wanna play, but I think I know the answer, and you'd be hard to convince."
eversomuchfun
[no]
says Sherlock, over text-only brainphone.
After a very small delay, during which he makes absolutely no voluntary movement of any kind, he adds,
[help]
says Sherlock, over text-only brainphone.
After a very small delay, during which he makes absolutely no voluntary movement of any kind, he adds,
[help]
luminous_regnant
Golden can be very fast with wishes. A few of them see ex-Juliet locked up in one of the Belltower bedrooms forbidden from leaving, and Sherlock in all of his clothes again.
"What," says Golden, "happened to Juliet?"
"What," says Golden, "happened to Juliet?"
eversomuchfun
"She died," says Sherlock. "Before she bled to death she asked me to turn her, on the chance that she might end as... agreeable as I am. In the event, she did not."
cross_and_bow
"Let me ouuuuut," complains Juliet, pounding ineffectually but with increasing loudness on the door.
luminous_regnant
"No," Golden tells that door. And to Sherlock: "Did you catch up on the Bellbook while you were here?"
luminous_regnant
"Sufficiently large coins can raise the dead. Glitchily. The glitch is that in at least some worlds, dead people wind up in a terrible afterlife called Downside, which doesn't let them go even after resurrection. Shell Bell and one of my employees both got themselves killed, were brought back, and - on Shell Bell encountering her Sherlock here after several decades Downside - resumed their singleness. Merged back into single people. If I can force the door to Downside, we can check for a Juliet there, and if she's been luckier than Shell Bell was or if it hasn't been very long we can simply get her out and repatriate her, but I don't know what to do with - that." She waves a hand at the door behind which ex-Juliet is still howling to be let out and pounding.
eversomuchfun
"It is supposed to be theoretically possible for a vampire to regain their soul and thereby their original personality," he says. "I'd consider that not dissimilar to the merging you speak of."
luminous_regnant
"Perhaps. I don't see this one consenting to the merger, though, and I don't know what the results would be like, especially since Juliet, unlike Shell Bell, has an instance of mental opacity and may be able to resist editing."
eversomuchfun
"What is behind that door is a creature with extensive combat training, a hefty double dose of superpowers, all of Juliet's memories, and no ethical restraint whatsoever. Do you want her to continue existing in that form? I don't."
luminous_regnant
"My point is that if we find that there is one in Downside, and unlike the split of Shell Bell who came to very thoroughly deserve the name 'Shell' she has retained her sanity, there may be no good reason for the one behind the door to continue existing, and yet I am not fully comfortable with killing her - are you?"
luminous_regnant
"Charming. All right. Let's see if I can force the door; if I can't, I can summon Nathan through mine and he can. And we can check Downside for a Juliet."
luminous_regnant
Golden puts a sign on the door that reads this room contains a version of Juliet who is not safe to interact with due to loss of soul (Sunshine-style); do not release her --Golden and marches to the door.
She can't force it - she hasn't been there - so she sticks her head into Aurum, and calls Nathan over.
"He'll be here in a minute," she says. "Are you all right? Can I help you in any way beyond having interrupted?"
She can't force it - she hasn't been there - so she sticks her head into Aurum, and calls Nathan over.
"He'll be here in a minute," she says. "Are you all right? Can I help you in any way beyond having interrupted?"
eversomuchfun
"I am not especially all right," he says, "but I don't know what to do about it besides get Juliet back. Thank you, in any case, for interrupting."