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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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[It would be bizarre if I couldn't tenner her dead but could punch her to any useful effect, but yeah.] Bella continues punching her, in the absence of any better ideas.
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[Invulnerability to magic is a property some people have been known to have.]
Sherlock also continues to punch.
The effect on Glory mainly seems to be annoying her.
Sherlock also continues to punch.
The effect on Glory mainly seems to be annoying her.
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[Besides Soph's cover story to explain why she couldn't come into existence with all the powers I tried to give her? Yeesh.]
It's been a while since they've gone toe-to-toe with anything together. If the circumstances weren't so distressing maybe it'd be fun.
[I wonder if I can put her in Downside without killing her first. The admin can handle her, she's locally omnipotent. Not through a Jarvis, I wouldn't risk them, but I teleported her just fine...]
It's been a while since they've gone toe-to-toe with anything together. If the circumstances weren't so distressing maybe it'd be fun.
[I wonder if I can put her in Downside without killing her first. The admin can handle her, she's locally omnipotent. Not through a Jarvis, I wouldn't risk them, but I teleported her just fine...]
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Bella tries it. She starts with the stars, in case it can be done with stars. Nothing doing. She goes up the coins -
On the tenner, Glory vanishes.
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Sherlock glances at the smoking remains of Ben and then rubs his face.
"Well, that was a bit of a fuckup," he remarks.
"Well, that was a bit of a fuckup," he remarks.
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"Just a bit. Ugh. I'm going to go try dooring Downside and see if I can get him and make sure Glory didn't wreck anything from her vantage point forty astronomical units away from the nearest Downside settlement." She eyes Sherlock. "...But that is not urgent on a scale of minutes. Are you okay?"
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"For some values of 'okay'. Still dripping hexes," he says wryly. "Losing my soul again is probably to my ultimate benefit but, alas, that didn't make it any fun."
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"...You're talking more like you used to," she observes, smiling faintly.
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Bella's aura wraps itself around Sherlock and purrs.
Bella reports to Giles. [Glory was gonna eat a guy, I couldn't shove her down and get her host like I could before, brought her to Mercury, she didn't want to compromise, I was going to just trap her but when I got her host separate she killed him and also relieved Sherlock of his new soul before I could react. Sherlock is OK. She shrugged off all the magic I could think of, but I banished her alive to Downside, and expect the admin to be able to handle her. I'm gonna try dooring Downside to check on that and get the host.]
Bella reports to Giles. [Glory was gonna eat a guy, I couldn't shove her down and get her host like I could before, brought her to Mercury, she didn't want to compromise, I was going to just trap her but when I got her host separate she killed him and also relieved Sherlock of his new soul before I could react. Sherlock is OK. She shrugged off all the magic I could think of, but I banished her alive to Downside, and expect the admin to be able to handle her. I'm gonna try dooring Downside to check on that and get the host.]
[...Good luck,] says Giles.
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[Thanks.]
"You feeling better?" she asks Sherlock. Dooring Downside may not even work; it can wait until he's okay.
"You feeling better?" she asks Sherlock. Dooring Downside may not even work; it can wait until he's okay.
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Kisses on Mercury standing in one of the pits in the ground left by the fight! Lovely.
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"Going to found your colony on the spot where you more-or-less killed the demon goddess?"
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"Palace grounds," says Bella. "The colony will be a little farther off."