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Belle studies. She really doesn't get as lonely as Beast - and maybe he and Chelise can fall in love if she stays out of their way, and then the curse will break and Belle can ransack the library and go home, that would be fine. She works.
beheld_beauty
"You get the idea," says Belle, after the stack is clearly too large to have nonmagically fit into the bag.
"Yes," Charlie acknowledges. "How are you going to go about retrieving your title? Can you prove your identity if you can't remember your name?" he asks Beast.
"Yes," Charlie acknowledges. "How are you going to go about retrieving your title? Can you prove your identity if you can't remember your name?" he asks Beast.
beheld_beauty
"And I suppose casting spells at the problem won't help, since I've an obvious motivation to wish you declared a marquis," Belle muses. "Oh well. The forest is largely unclaimed anyway. We can live in a castle and not be marquis and marquise, or at least not acknowledged as such by the Crown."
beheld_beauty
"Papa, since the library is currently in this bag," Belle says, "and I don't know a spell for castle-building already, might we stay here a few days? Long enough to find the book I need. And be married, as there aren't any priests in the woods."
"...I suppose you may."
"...I suppose you may."
beheld_beauty
"Until we've booked the church of course you will have to stay in the spare room," Belle says apologetically to Beast.
Charlie looks vaguely suspicious about this phrasing.
Charlie looks vaguely suspicious about this phrasing.
beheld_beauty
"I should hope so," says Belle. "The church should probably be the next stop for all three of us."
Charlie nods, mouth a thinning line. "Sounds past time."
Charlie nods, mouth a thinning line. "Sounds past time."
beheld_beauty
"Everything's fine, Papa," soothes Belle.
"Is it, now."
"Yes," says Belle.
Charlie chews his lip, then settles his arm around Belle's shoulders and heads for the door.
"Is it, now."
"Yes," says Belle.
Charlie chews his lip, then settles his arm around Belle's shoulders and heads for the door.
beheld_beauty
The church is a small affair, and the priest is in fact prepared to perform a wedding right then if they want to. Belle looks inquiringly at the Beast.
beheld_beauty
The wedding is fairly summary, with Beast's name given as Jean of no last name who'll be taking 'Cygne' as his surname, and Charlie and the priest are the only witnesses. Charlie cries and pretends not to. Belle looks fondly at her father, and then properly beams at Beast, and kisses him when the time is correct.
beheld_beauty
Charlie continues to pretend not to cry.
Belle isn't really paying attention to him. She's busy kissing her new husband.
Belle isn't really paying attention to him. She's busy kissing her new husband.
deslandes
He wraps his arms around her and kisses her again.
Then he murmurs in her ear, "Your papa is crying."
Then he murmurs in her ear, "Your papa is crying."
beheld_beauty
"I know. Don't tell him, he'll be embarrassed."
And presently, "Let's go home and start looking through books, shall we?"
And presently, "Let's go home and start looking through books, shall we?"
beheld_beauty
There are a lot of books. Belle winds up emptying the food bag completely to replace its contents with books, simply so they don't overflow the house with books that are not the books they are looking for.
Eventually she has her supply of magic books extracted. Including those that are in foreign languages. "You can read again without hurting your eyes, I assume," she observes.
Eventually she has her supply of magic books extracted. Including those that are in foreign languages. "You can read again without hurting your eyes, I assume," she observes.
beheld_beauty
Belle hands him one of the foreign language books that they never got around to categorizing, and then consults her index for which of the categorized books is most likely to contain castle-building instructions.
beheld_beauty
Eventually Belle finds something. "Here we are," she says. "I think if I do this right, I can even get it to organize the library in the process. I do need to design the layout, though, and decide what it should look like."