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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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Kisses kisses.
"I should probably check out her house, see what all she left behind, come up with something to do with the minions."
"I should probably check out her house, see what all she left behind, come up with something to do with the minions."
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"Yes," he says. "All that. After we are done making out on the site of your future palace."
Kisses!
Kisses!
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Eventually, Bella makes it down to Earth, and to Glory's house, which she stalks through, still trailing bits of flame she has yet to remember to calm.
A nervous minion peeks out from behind a door. Another comes up behind him. They hold a short whispered conversation.
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"Yes, hello," says Bella to the minions, "Glory's dead," (or near enough), "what do you lot plan to do next?"
The minions look at each other.
The minions look at Juliet.
One of them says, "...Do you need some minions?"
The minions look at Juliet.
One of them says, "...Do you need some minions?"
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"...You don't have anyplace to go and see no particular issue with minioning for the person who killed your previous god?"
"It certainly establishes your qualifications," says the second minion. The first one nods.
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Bella runs a hand through gently flaming hair. "...You don't have anywhere else to go?" she repeats. "Glory didn't, like, steal you out of a peaceful agrarian dimension to which you would like to return?"
"Oh, no, your flammableness," the first minion says earnestly. "We came with her from her original dimension."
"We like this one much better," the second chimes in.
"We like this one much better," the second chimes in.
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Flammableness what - oh. She's still got her aura out. She puts it away again.
"And what you would most like to do with yourselves in her absence involves minioning some more, only this time for me?"
"And what you would most like to do with yourselves in her absence involves minioning some more, only this time for me?"
They both nod.
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"How many of you are there? What do you guys know how to do?"
"Oh, well, let's see," says one, and he starts counting on his fingers while murmuring under his breath.
"We're not good at very much," says the other, apologetically. "But we try!"
The first concludes, "Sixteen! No, wait. Seventeen? Did I count myself or not? I forget."
"We're not good at very much," says the other, apologetically. "But we try!"
The first concludes, "Sixteen! No, wait. Seventeen? Did I count myself or not? I forget."
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[...Sherlock, I accidentally inherited Glory's minions, do you have any clever ideas for uses for unskilled demonic labor?]
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[...Yeah, okay, I guess that'll keep them busy.]
"How does gardening sound?" she suggests.
"How does gardening sound?" she suggests.
"That sounds perfect!" says a minion, and the other one nods enthusiastically.
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"Okay, I've been putting off setting up a palace and grounds on Mercury, but I can do that later today after I take care of some other business, and you can... prune topiaries and water flowers and mow various kinds of grass and stuff. I want," she adds, "a list of your living requirements and any amenities that you'd like to have, so I can set up someplace to put you too. I'll be back in an hour to fetch you; pack any personal effects and tell the other fourteen or fifteen minions what the story is while I'm gone. Okay?"