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Belle Marie Cygne ⚜ "Rose"
beheld_beauty
Belle is with Luc, going over the differences between the four enchanting power sources (a pentagon could give him skill, but would not allow her to evaluate his trustworthiness and responsibility en route, nor would it do him any favors if he wants to teach students of his own one day), when the Janepoint begins to make worrying sounds.
Beast is likely nearer the beeping than Belle is. Mon cœur, do you know what is making that noise? she asks.
Beast is likely nearer the beeping than Belle is. Mon cœur, do you know what is making that noise? she asks.
Belle Marie Cygne ⚜ "Rose"
beheld_beauty
"Jane told me once that even when the physical piece of an ansible is destroyed, her connection is still there, it just can't be used for anything. If the other ends of these ansibles were ruined -" She touches her handflower, and the ansible rack of the Janepoint. "Then I would expect it to last for a moment or two, while Aegis or Sue went and replaced the pieces."
Belle Marie Cygne ⚜ "Rose"
beheld_beauty
Hugs.
"I suppose there is work aplenty to be done in Rêverie alone," she says. "And however short our time with the others was, we've come away with more tools."
(Neither she nor Beast has ever found a conventional Milliways door. The possibility is not so salient.)
"I suppose there is work aplenty to be done in Rêverie alone," she says. "And however short our time with the others was, we've come away with more tools."
(Neither she nor Beast has ever found a conventional Milliways door. The possibility is not so salient.)
Belle Marie Cygne ⚜ "Rose"
beheld_beauty
"Yes. But goodness only knows how long that might take."
It takes a long time.
It takes long enough that one idle afternoon, after coming home from enchanting an orphanage that was having trouble making ends meet and will now never lack for the ability to feed resident mouths, Belle asks her husband:
"Do you want to have a baby?"
It takes a long time.
It takes long enough that one idle afternoon, after coming home from enchanting an orphanage that was having trouble making ends meet and will now never lack for the ability to feed resident mouths, Belle asks her husband:
"Do you want to have a baby?"
Belle Marie Cygne ⚜ "Rose"
beheld_beauty
Belle has every confidence that they will be.
Dominique is produced eventually, and when she is nine, so too is Céleste - they can take their time; no one will think it odd that the resident Mme. L'enchanteresse still looks as young as she does and can go on producing children at will.
Belle goes on expanding her reach, a little at a time. She is not exerting her power in a way that happens to threaten the king; his people are becoming wealthier with her within magical arms' reach to help them, and she is not much for issuing commands when there is solicited help she can give, so for him the results are that he has an enchantress who may opt to do him favors and he can collect greater tax revenues. She spills out of Callia, into Albion and Hespultima and other neighboring nations and farther and farther.
Luc masters enchanting, and solicits a hexagon with which to grant himself steadiness through discomfort and the ability to - not enjoy, as he seems to find this idea unsettling, but to calmly endure - large enchantments funneled through his own mindscape. He gets it. He sets up in an enchanter's castle of his own in Kemet and does some of the same work that Belle does for nearby persons.
Dominique is produced eventually, and when she is nine, so too is Céleste - they can take their time; no one will think it odd that the resident Mme. L'enchanteresse still looks as young as she does and can go on producing children at will.
Belle goes on expanding her reach, a little at a time. She is not exerting her power in a way that happens to threaten the king; his people are becoming wealthier with her within magical arms' reach to help them, and she is not much for issuing commands when there is solicited help she can give, so for him the results are that he has an enchantress who may opt to do him favors and he can collect greater tax revenues. She spills out of Callia, into Albion and Hespultima and other neighboring nations and farther and farther.
Luc masters enchanting, and solicits a hexagon with which to grant himself steadiness through discomfort and the ability to - not enjoy, as he seems to find this idea unsettling, but to calmly endure - large enchantments funneled through his own mindscape. He gets it. He sets up in an enchanter's castle of his own in Kemet and does some of the same work that Belle does for nearby persons.
Belle Marie Cygne ⚜ "Rose"
beheld_beauty
It does!
Céleste likes asking Maman for things. When she gets a little older she is a little more creative. She reads a story with griffins in it and she wants one. Maman dithers over magicking her a live pet, but eventually comes up with a design that will happily run wild if Céleste should ever tire of it. (Céleste of course insists that she will not tire of it.) Céleste names the griffin - which is just about her size, and will not get any larger - "Rainier" and teaches him to fetch and do flying tricks and heel behind her when she goes places.
Céleste likes asking Maman for things. When she gets a little older she is a little more creative. She reads a story with griffins in it and she wants one. Maman dithers over magicking her a live pet, but eventually comes up with a design that will happily run wild if Céleste should ever tire of it. (Céleste of course insists that she will not tire of it.) Céleste names the griffin - which is just about her size, and will not get any larger - "Rainier" and teaches him to fetch and do flying tricks and heel behind her when she goes places.