darkest_evening
It's a week or two before everything's nice and set up for searching for alts. All of the portals have been remade, spare mirrors have been created, and everyone that is allowed portal access gets a microchip. Even the gods. Rae accepts his without fuss, Perinixu - tolerates it. After a lot of questions. And a hefty donation from Cam in the form of another temple. Whatever, they managed it.
Cypress offers to do the scrying, but Prime shrugs him off. Which one of them is married and therefore has a wife to bang in his free time? Oh, right, yes, that's Cypress. Go, be free, twenty-something year old alt. Prime doesn't hate your happiness. (Much.) Now, if Prime gets married, they can divvy up the annoying work between themselves. But, not happening anytime soon, so he'll do it.
Exciting scrying happens. It involves lots of staring off into the distance and looking at places.
And then, he informs the various people arrayed around him in Pantheon:
"Found a set. A female Adarin, and a female Bell. Also a Zeviana and a - girl whom I don't recognize. And parents." Pause. "They're all living in the same house."
He dearly hopes they local Bell and Adarin are not siblings, that would make everyone uncomfortable. Oh, nope, look, the Bell and the Adarin just kissed. How quaint.
"Pretty sure they're not siblings," he clarifies. "Unless this is the plane of incest."
Cypress offers to do the scrying, but Prime shrugs him off. Which one of them is married and therefore has a wife to bang in his free time? Oh, right, yes, that's Cypress. Go, be free, twenty-something year old alt. Prime doesn't hate your happiness. (Much.) Now, if Prime gets married, they can divvy up the annoying work between themselves. But, not happening anytime soon, so he'll do it.
Exciting scrying happens. It involves lots of staring off into the distance and looking at places.
And then, he informs the various people arrayed around him in Pantheon:
"Found a set. A female Adarin, and a female Bell. Also a Zeviana and a - girl whom I don't recognize. And parents." Pause. "They're all living in the same house."
He dearly hopes they local Bell and Adarin are not siblings, that would make everyone uncomfortable. Oh, nope, look, the Bell and the Adarin just kissed. How quaint.
"Pretty sure they're not siblings," he clarifies. "Unless this is the plane of incest."
blink_and
Kiiiisses!
Look, privacy is hard to come by with seven people in the same house, they take their kisses where they can get them.
Look, privacy is hard to come by with seven people in the same house, they take their kisses where they can get them.
point_b
But when Alli has the shower the Swan twins' room is conveniently empty! Kisses kisses kisses.
shesepankh
Phix takes point on the letter writing. Beside the kissing pair appears a mirror wrapped in a letter.
Hi. Exciting magical happenings! There are lots of alternate universe versions of you in various worlds. If you activate this mirror (see reverse) you can talk to us and we can catch you up on whichever of the thousand possible questions are foremost in your mind. Possibly relevant: yes, you can come meet us in person. Yes, we have fantastic miscellaneous magical powers and are generally shareful. Some of us look just like you and you probably have very similar names to some of us too so you're going to need nicknames. As of the depositing of this note we are all hanging out waiting to see if you call right away but somebody will be monitoring the mirror even if you need a while. Welcome to the peal :)
Hi. Exciting magical happenings! There are lots of alternate universe versions of you in various worlds. If you activate this mirror (see reverse) you can talk to us and we can catch you up on whichever of the thousand possible questions are foremost in your mind. Possibly relevant: yes, you can come meet us in person. Yes, we have fantastic miscellaneous magical powers and are generally shareful. Some of us look just like you and you probably have very similar names to some of us too so you're going to need nicknames. As of the depositing of this note we are all hanging out waiting to see if you call right away but somebody will be monitoring the mirror even if you need a while. Welcome to the peal :)
blink_and
"This doesn't seem like a thing Savannah would have, or leave on your bed as a joke, either. Huh. Do you mind if I...?" she motions to pick it up.
blink_and
Adana takes it, and -
".... Bella. According to this letter magic is real and there are other versions of us?"
".... Bella. According to this letter magic is real and there are other versions of us?"
blink_and
"I'm confused," she says, handing the letter to Bella and then trying to figure out the mirror. "Is this some kind of weird practical joke...?"
blink_and
Her alt does not squeak an undignified noise, by some miracle. But she does go very, very still.
"... Hi."
ask_nicely
"Ha! I knew it. Okay, someone who's actually been here longer than I have and is better at explaining things - help?"
shesepankh
Phix takes the mirror. "Hi, I wrote the letter. The two of you make six each Bells and Adarins! Can you do cool stuff?"
shesepankh
"We do not have twin stuff! Also, all Adarins have twins but if you have one too you're the only Bell with a sibling at all."