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

[she_sells_seashells]

"Yeah."

Door. Hmm, looks like Angela and Micaiah aren't in their quarters right now.

[jovahs_heiress]

But they're still brainphoneable.

And Angela's as linkable as Shell Bell is.

"...Love, I'm going to go join all the other Bells on the Downside project," says Angela. "After installing something on the ship really quick."

Show me what to conjure?

[toblameforit]

I don't know your world's technology from a hole in the ground. Get me some specs and I'll tell you.

[yovahs_kisses]

Micaiah hugs his angel. "Okay," he says. "Love you."

[jovahs_heiress]

Hugs! Teleportation!

"Get me a complete technical specification of your computing hardware by text brainphone," she commands the ship, and she funnels it to Tony as it comes. They're laughably oversupplied with processing power right now.

[toblameforit]

Tony gets it all through his mind in the blink of an eye, and designs her an ansible installation to hook directly into Jovah's processing centers.

Also, holy shit, is her planet's god really a dumb AI? That is terrifying and he hopes Jane eats it.

[jovahs_heiress]

I have it under control, now, but she's welcome to it. Angela conjures the hardware, and hooks it up.

[mind_game]

Snackable, says Jane. She projects her face onto one of the screens. "Hi! Ready to go?"

[jovahs_heiress]

"All set."

[she_sells_seashells]

Now they are six.

Shell Bell tries the door, tries to tell the coin to wish for its own home, the origin of minting...

[pythbox]

...and it opens on Stella's moon palace.

[self_composed]

And there's Stella.

"Shell Bell! How'd you get here?"

[she_sells_seashells]

Shell Bell beams. "Let's see if Sue can explain it the quick way."

[self_composed]

"Sue? The tiny Whistle is back?"

[pythbox]

He taps Stella.

[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