"So what I'm getting from this is that maybe I should hire James to be my personnel officer?" asks Juliet archly.
"Although I don't know if one this young comes up with the convenient vaguely sinister network of people to tap," Stella adds.
"Well, I wouldn't call it 'vaguely sinister'. But I do know some people you probably want on your side if you plan to rule the world."
"And who are they and why do I need them?" Juliet asks.
"Seventeen," to Stella. To Juliet, "My best friend springs to mind. She's really, really good at getting things done."
"This going to be anybody I've got a copy of back in Eos?"
"Well, they can't all be duplicates - probably - but I think maybe we need a separate book. The Bellbook and the Friends-of-the-Template book." Stella thinks, then conjures one with all the information about friends of the template imported from the Bellbook. "Here we are. This way it won't be so off-topic to have headshots so we aren't confused by people going by different names. Not everyone matches even as much as we do or can be as common as Whistles can."
"Yeah, she forgot to check for me in Downside," says Minnie. "...What's Downside?"
"The afterlife," says Juliet, "it's pretty bad. I don't know if you'd be there or not. Ghosts aren't the same thing as vampires."
"I'd be surprised if I could. I didn't spend any time getting to know the place. No entries from Shell Bell, huh."
"Nothing since her visit to Golden when she took all those nine pointed - geez - coins home with her to work on a more convenient alternative to Milliways," says Stella, shaking her head. "You should try the door, just in case, it'd be useful to know which of us can go there. Forcing it by coin doesn't work all the time, and doesn't work at all when you haven't been to the world in question."
"The Joker - the Whistle that Golden imported - made a few of them," Juliet says. "I'll go try the door." She teleports away.
"Nine-pointed coins," confirms Stella. "Five made. I'm going to see if Alice wants to try for one likewise. I'm definitely not regretting farming the Joker out to Golden, now, if he can do that and hasn't gone rogue for this long."
"I'm going to mint tiny Libby," says Libby. "And tell her about stars."
"But you aaaare," says Stella. "All right, all right, James it is - and are you sure about telling her about stars, Libby? Juliet has a Sherlock, not a Whistle, she's not going to be short on people to bail her out if she gets into trouble." Pause. "Well, that was a self-centered thing to say, bad Bella, no biscuit... Yes, by all means, mint away."
Juliet reappears. "I can door to Downside without wishing, but it's really hard."