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They're apparently debating it. They do not move at Bella-pace and have not yet decided. It'd be nice if it weren't a one-way trip.

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Well, she can do send-person-to-place too but that probably has teleportation-like complications. She goes and asks Olórin about this.

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The Valar are very worried that, given the opportunity, lots of people would hop to the Outer Lands, do dangerous things, possibly commit crimes against their fellow Elves or eventually against the other races that will arrive in the Outer Lands for which they can escape accountability by hopping back to Valinor, and otherwise use their place of refuge as one of leverage. Does Bella have any ideas about how to avoid that?

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...She hasn't met anybody who seems like the type but she hasn't met everyone... Uh, maybe if you are in Valinor as of right now you could need a permit to go to the Outer Lands or something? She could build a time limit into the spell, if they think dangerous and/or criminal things might take a while?

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That seems like a good solution. Everyone who is in Valinor and would like to go to the outer lands can talk with Manwë and make sure they aren't being disruptive or exploiting anyone, and a time limit could be added later if needed.

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Okay, so, there needs to be some thing Manwë can do to a person that the spell can recognize which is sufficiently unfakeable for their purposes...

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Would she like to collaborate with Manwë on that?

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...if necessary.
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He'll talk to Manwë himself about it, how's that?

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Sure. Thanks.

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He takes several weeks to get back to her. "Manwë says he can just keep an eye out for the spell and only let it work if the caster has talked with him."

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"Okay, that's easier. Uh, people who come from the Outer Lands just to visit can go home, right?"

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"Of course! It is not visits to Valinor we want to discourage, but citizens of Valinor misusing the advantages the Blessed Realm gives them in a way we have no means to handle on a case-by-case basis."

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"Okay, just checking. Full speed ahead on visiting spells then."

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"Best of luck, Bella."

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"Thanks."

And she goes full speed ahead on visiting spells! They are... complicated.
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She has plenty of people to show her notes and thoughts to, by now, if she's interested. The Eldar finally have some people who could really be called wizards and seem to collectively have an aptitude for spell development, though she's faster.

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Sure! Maybe she should have an actual workplace of some kind? People could come there and help out with stuff.

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All she has to do is mention this offhand, and one is constructed. It's called the Bella School of Magic and it's downtown in a beautiful building.

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...Okay. She sets up an office and gives lectures and invents stuff. She writes a textbook.

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Fëanáro has the printing press now. He can make copies of her textbook while she's getting scribers sorted.

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Scribers are on the horizon after the visiting spell!

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Bella's school of magic is generally full of people.

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It's so bustley and productive and great. Would Fëanáro like to try teaching to practice for his ten children and generally see if he's making progress on being patient? He knows a fair amount about magic.

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Fëanáro turns out to be a surprisingly good teacher, if a bit commandeering.

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