i am the oncoming storm

[autokinetic]

There are three Bells in Milliways.

They want a fourth. A fifth. A sixth. A seventh.

And then Downside is going down.

Comments

[self_composed]

Her power is like Golden's, but friendlier. It assesses him and lets him by.

Ooh, says Bella. Spiffy. All right, I'll just give Jane a server room here, then, shall I?

[mind_game]

Jane talks her through, and she eats up another Internet in short order, and Stella walks into Milliways to join the peal of Bells.

[self_composed]

[Gonna go wreck Downside with the whole gang,] Stella adds to Alice, Lazarus, and Libby before she goes.

[prima_sequentem]

[Have fun!]

[edgeofyourseat]

[Love you!]

[pythbox]

"All right," says Sue. "So does anybody here have an actual plan?"

[self_composed]

Everyone

[autokinetic]

looks

[luminous_regnant]

straight

[dark_light]

at

[cross_and_bow]

Shell

[jovahs_heiress]

Bell.

[arenaria]

"Yeah," says Shell Bell, expression set. "Yeah. I do."

[pythbox]

"You wanna share that shit with the class?"

[arenaria]

"It was designed to work with as few as four of us, so with seven, I'll stay solo hanging out here in case something goes wrong, and the rest of you can pair off. One pair to scope out Upside because we don't know anything about it. Angela will stand out least there, I think, she's been historically harmless by their standards. Someone should visit some of the Downsiders for advice on how to present the takeover to the residents, and also make the wishes we know need making - nix torturer's control, first of all. Both of those groups should also install eyes-for-Jane as they go so she can reach in. And someone should go - cloaked as all get out - and spy on the administration."

[jovahs_heiress]

"Upside. All right. Who's with me?"

[luminous_regnant]

"I'll take it."

[self_composed]

"I'll check out Downside."

[cross_and_bow]

"Me too."

[autokinetic]

"Leaves me and Amariah spying on the admin, all right," says Aegis.

[dark_light]

"And the ones who can't link are with ones who can, good, and are we all caught up on our stacks of standard powers, what else do we need to be cloaking against on Team Admin?"

[arenaria]

"It's probably best to assume the admin has all the various powers that are assigned to anyone in Downside ever - control, immunity to same, seeing your history at a glance. Language-imprinting, if that matters. And probably a few other things up her sleeve. Maybe walk into my apartment, first, and then wish directly to be imperceptible to her."

[autokinetic]

"What does our bailout plan look like?" asks Aegis.

[arenaria]

"If somebody goes off the grid, Jane tries first, and if she can't get whoever it is I lean into my apartment, I wish you out - with an arrow, if I have to - we all bail, and we regroup and figure out what went wrong."

[self_composed]

"I've got four arrows. What about the rest of you?"