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It's something of a truism that "it's not like the Empress is going to make a speech or anything" when the Masquerade folds up. Regardless, there comes a time when the incessant requests to be allowed to make a documentary about the Golden Coven are met not with "absolutely not", but instead, "let's talk".
Elspeth does a fair amount of the negotiating for this - she does run PR. Harley, presently thirteen, is allowed to sit in on a few of the storyboarding discussions - the documentary will not be fictionalized, but they still have concern for narrative flow. It's going to be very long, after all.
Significant portions of the documentary will be conjured recordings of events, from outside or even first-person perspectives, but an entire segment is devoted to personally profiling members and peripheral associates of the Golden Coven, one by one. Harley's not on the list - it's mostly a history documentary, with younger generations present almost entirely for 'where are they now' color, and he's not, technically, her son - but Elspeth and most of her family is. And Harley is permitted to lurk around the studio setup while various people prep with their interviewers, or eavesdrop, or - if they are sufficiently non-vampiric to allow makeup to stick - get that applied. It's a big production; the supernatural community would have found it just as convenient to spread it out, but the film people want everything taken down, edited for a consistent look-and-feel, and released according to schedule within a certain time frame.
So there are a lot of people around. Mostly vampires, but plenty of hybrids - there are most of Emmett and Rosalie's kids, over there, with the proud parents themselves - and wolves; Jacob is over with Elspeth - and even a few humans, ranging from imprints to Lizzie who's with Carlisle, Esme, and Lily, and also Alice and Jasper and their son Brandon. People not normally seen around the Golden Capitols have been hauled in. There's Marcus, no longer as craquelure thanks to magic, and Didyme at his elbow, literally radiating happiness. (Bella rendered her power opt-in along with several other mind-affecting abilities that can't be turned off, but it's very inviting, so people usually do so opt.)
And of course Bella and Edward themselves are present, flitting around, mingling. Their interviews aren't until later.
Kerron waves to Harley when he shows up.
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"What's good about being -" Lindsay begins, but Rosalie shakes her head and she stops, puzzled.
"Food's a thing. I guess. I can't remember it much," says Emmett.
"Food's a thing. I guess. I can't remember it much," says Emmett.
"Food is so a thing," says Harley, "food is the greatest thing, I love food."
"Bubbly's tastier," shrugs Oliver.
"Not to me!" snorts Harley.
"What does it taste like to you? Have you ever tried it?" Parker inquires.
"Weird and kind of bitter," he says.
"Huh," says Nicole.
"Quarter-vampires don't like it as much but they still like it. I don't know about one-eighth," muses Parker.
"Quarter-vampires don't like it as much but they still like it. I don't know about one-eighth," muses Parker.
"I wonder how little vampire somebody can have in 'em before it stops even mattering," says Harley.
"It will probably always matter a little, but it can start getting washed out by normal human variation around one-sixteenth, I think," says Henry.
"Are there any one-sixteenth vampires running around?"
"Lemme think," says Parker.
"Yyyyes," says Oliver. "Yeah, I think Catrina and Lucio are one-sixteenth. Ella's great-grandkids? Via, I don't think I know if it's Rodrigo or Silverio but it's one of her sons, not Francisca."
"Yyyyes," says Oliver. "Yeah, I think Catrina and Lucio are one-sixteenth. Ella's great-grandkids? Via, I don't think I know if it's Rodrigo or Silverio but it's one of her sons, not Francisca."
"How old are they? Are they immortal?"
"They're nine and six, so, no idea," says Oliver. "I met them one time at the big Safesun festival."
Harley shrugs.
"One-eighths do stop aging though," Oliver says.
"I think being a half is the best deal," says Lindsay.
"I think being a half is the best deal," says Lindsay.
"I like being human," Harley says cheerfully.
"Why, though? I mean, I guess you can patch a lot of the problems with it by magic, but even still," Lindsay says.
He shrugs.
"'Cause it's me and I like being me."
"'Cause it's me and I like being me."
"There's nothing the matter with being human," says Rosalie. "I liked it perfectly well most of the time."
"You didn't change back when you had the chance, though, Mom," says Nicole.
"I could have what I wanted about being human without changing everything. And Harley can have anything he would like to have about being a vampire without changing everything."
"You didn't change back when you had the chance, though, Mom," says Nicole.
"I could have what I wanted about being human without changing everything. And Harley can have anything he would like to have about being a vampire without changing everything."
Harley beams at Rosalie.
Rosalie pats him on the head.
Nicole snorts quietly.
"All right, Cullen family interview," calls a poorly informed crew member.
"Which one?" call Henry and, from across the room, Brandon, at the same time.
"Er. Emmett, Rosalie, and their participating children?"
"See you around, Harley," says Emmett, and he claps Harley gently on the shoulder.
Nicole snorts quietly.
"All right, Cullen family interview," calls a poorly informed crew member.
"Which one?" call Henry and, from across the room, Brandon, at the same time.
"Er. Emmett, Rosalie, and their participating children?"
"See you around, Harley," says Emmett, and he claps Harley gently on the shoulder.
"Bye, everybody," says Harley, and he wanders off in search of someone else to distract.
Some more of the Cullen family is over there. Esme waves happily at Harley.
Harley waves back.
"Hi, Esme!" Hug!
"Hi, Esme!" Hug!
Hug!
"How have you been, Harley?" Carlisle wants to know.
"How have you been, Harley?" Carlisle wants to know.