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Bella goes to Mercury to do her forking.
She decides - since she can order up a custom fork at all - that her fork might as well have a copy of all her memories since she found Soph. To understand, to know what she's doing in the world, to not instantly want to punch Juliet in the nose for mishandling Soph in some way. To know what day it is, if nothing else.
Wish.
And then there are two.
And the new one cocks her head, and says, "Don't worry, we can merge - well, I will, anyway, who knows if the crystal ball was lying - but first why don't we surprise Sherlock?"
And the not-new one smiles, and says, "Why not?"
And at precisely the same time, they teleport, wearing matching smiles.
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"Is 'full access with equal weighting to both sets of memories' not suitable? That's what I have," says Sherlock.
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"We'd like them a little more readily distinguished."
"We'll be able to figure out which memory belongs to which, but having to do figuring doesn't sound ideal."
"Also I got ordered up with copies of everything she did since meeting Soph for the first time up to my existing, and doubling that up seems like it might have weird knock-on effects that mere cases of serendipity between our histories wouldn't."
"Also unlike you I'm actually eighteen and I'm not sure what this will do to my mental age."
"I think I have a protocol I like, though."
"Should I bother checking it?"
"If you want, but why bother?"
"All right," shrugs Old. "Kiss us goodbye, Sherlock, we're gonna undergo some changes."
"We'll be able to figure out which memory belongs to which, but having to do figuring doesn't sound ideal."
"Also I got ordered up with copies of everything she did since meeting Soph for the first time up to my existing, and doubling that up seems like it might have weird knock-on effects that mere cases of serendipity between our histories wouldn't."
"Also unlike you I'm actually eighteen and I'm not sure what this will do to my mental age."
"I think I have a protocol I like, though."
"Should I bother checking it?"
"If you want, but why bother?"
"All right," shrugs Old. "Kiss us goodbye, Sherlock, we're gonna undergo some changes."
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And one of them makes a wish, and then there is one, and she snuggles up.
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"Yep. I'm us, we're me, I contain multitudes, etcetera. I love you." Nuzzle.
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"I should probably go talk to Soph at some point." Cuddle. "But not riiiiight now."
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Before Bella has decided that snuggle time may be temporarily recessed, she sits up abruptly. "Dammit. Glory's out and I can't pentagon her away anymore and she's whining for a snack."
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"Yeah. You want to come?" She squares into her clothes.
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"Right then."
This seems like an occasion for aura. Juliet lets it pour out of her and teleports them to Glory and an instant later teleports them all three to Mercury.
This seems like an occasion for aura. Juliet lets it pour out of her and teleports them to Glory and an instant later teleports them all three to Mercury.
Glory scowls thunderously.
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"Humans are not snackfood," Bella says.
Glory may recognize the voice.
Glory may recognize the voice.
"Says the girl hanging out with a vampire," sniffs Glory.
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"All right," concedes Bella, "nonconsenting human minds are not snackfood."
"You know," Glory remarks, "I don't think I like you very much."
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"I don't need you to like me, but I need you to quit brainsucking people."
"Too bad for you," says Glory.
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"Is it? Do you have a way off this planet?" asks Bella, gesturing.
"Of course I do."