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

[nowait_letme]

Chainsaw snickers.

[temporal_affairs]

"They're talking details now. I can relay design input if either of you have any after all."

[nowait_letme]

"Not me," snorts Chainsaw.

[lookingforwardtoit]

"What kind of details?"

[temporal_affairs]

"Oh, they want people who died only recently to be able to go home if they want, like I did, they want to handle duplication problems like the one I had, they're going to get a building, I think they've already rendered both of your jobs redundant, that sort of thing."

[lookingforwardtoit]

"I'm all in favour of making my job redundant!" says Eights.

[nowait_letme]

"But then what will I do for fun?" says Chainsaw.

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Me," says Eights.

[temporal_affairs]

"There you go, happy retirement plans," says Nathan.

[lookingforwardtoit]

Eights giggles.

[nowait_letme]

Chainsaw snorts.

[temporal_affairs]

"I suspect that at least Eights will have a stack of employment offers from the various Bells, though. Or they'll decide that only one of them should offer you a job between themselves, instead. Perhaps the new one."

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Mm. Fun jobs?"

[temporal_affairs]

"For you? The most fun."

[lookingforwardtoit]

She glances at Chainsaw.

[nowait_letme]

He smirks.

[temporal_affairs]

"If Stella's got Sandy on her payroll I'm sure somebody will be willing to consider you even if you present yourselves as a package deal," shrugs Nathan. "If you promise to behave yourself. Bells are not friends to mayhem."

[nowait_letme]

He shrugs.

"If I'm going out of business anyway, might as well get a new job that's just like the old job but with fewer clients."

[temporal_affairs]

"There you go then."

[lookingforwardtoit]

Om nom pancakes.

[temporal_affairs]

Nathan laughs. "I think I'm redundant at this point. You've been introduced to some Bells, I'm just standing around conspicuously not partaking of pancakes. I think I'll go home."

[lookingforwardtoit]

"You could partake of me some more," Eights suggests cheerfully.

[temporal_affairs]

"Aah, I'd get a bellyache," laughs Nathan. "But I'll suggest double-dating to the lovely mother of my child, shall I? And it can be a dinner date."

[lookingforwardtoit]

"Awwwwww, you guys are so sweet together, you know that?"

[temporal_affairs]

"I do know that," grins Nathan. "You'd love our kid, too, he's three months old now, looks like he's three years and talks better than half of grownups."