our interactions with mortals are often limited

[dark_light]

Isabella is interviewing shades. It's easier to control PR from here - if she doesn't want to send one back to the living, she doesn't have to, and anything they tell their dreaming friends is hearsay twice over with no chance for soundbites or recordkeeping - and they have nearly as much up-to-date information about their worlds, if she picks the right ones. Simultaneously, Jane is feeding her books and news articles and her personal impressions of the things that have gone on recently. (Isabella already planted ansibles in all the other subworlds with Internets for her.)

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[tearingup]

Ripper notices and appreciates this! Keth doesn't even think of it.

[dark_light]

It is probably most obvious during the afterglowy snuggles.

[tearingup]

They are some good afterglowy snuggles. Rippers are a cuddly bunch.

[dark_light]

Yay!

[tearingup]

Snugglyay.

[dark_light]

It is the snugglyayest.

Eventually Isabella gets up, wishes her silks on, and retrieves her daemon. "That was lovely."

[tearingup]

"It really was," says Ripper, snuggling up to Keth. "Mmm."

[dark_light]

"I'll see you both at the party if not sooner, yeah?" laughs Isabella.

[tearingup]

"Yeah!" says Keth.

[dark_light]

"Awesome." She blows them a kiss - Path waves a wing at Hecate - and then she's gone.

[tearingup]

Somewhat late the next day, Ripper finally teleports to the Janepoint and asks her to take him home.

[bellfounding]

He lands right in front of Pattern, who is inspecting some of Saturn's bubbles but currently unaccompanied.

[tearingup]

"Hi," says Ripper. He kisses her. "I've just had a lot of sex, want to go have some more?"

[bellfounding]

She laughs. "Is that all you were doing? You were gone a long time, I figured Amariah decided to take you on a tour of half her worldsheaf or something. But regardless, yes, absolutely." Sometime during this utterance they cease to be on Saturn and begin to be in her bed in her tower.

[tearingup]

"Well, there was Rayne and Keth - that's what we called the local Ripper - and then there was Keth and Amariah, and then there was Keth and Kas."

He kisses her again.

[bellfounding]

Kiss! "Very eventful."

[tearingup]

"Yeah. Like I said. A lot of sex. And a few cups of tea in between."

[bellfounding]

"You and your tea."

Now she tastes like tea. With lemon.

Kiss.

[tearingup]

Ripper currently tastes like cherries! Lucky they don't have to match.

He giggles. "I love you so much."

[bellfounding]

"I love you too."

[tearingup]

Snugglesnugglekiss.

[bellfounding]

Kisskisssquirm.

[tearingup]

Ooh a squirm! Bella has the cutest squirms. They must be vigorously snuggled.

[bellfounding]

That is one of several things you can do with a Bella-squirm, certainly.

[tearingup]

That's true. There are more.