do: make introductions; don't: usurp the government

[giftedandtalented]

Tab goes home by door, right into Aelise's office. "Hello again."

Comments

[salus_populi]

"That's about what I figured."

[giftedandtalented]

"Yeah, I didn't think she was hiding it very well."

[salus_populi]

"I don't get the impression she meant to."

[giftedandtalented]

Tab nods. "Okay. So here's Toronto on the planet Arborea which is probably not even in the Milky Way. Home?"

[salus_populi]

She shrugs; she teleports back to her office.

[pythbox]

Somewhere else, Corona tells Jane, [Think I'll head out now.]

[mind_game]

[Tab wanted to talk to you about minting for her.]

[pythbox]

[...Seriously?]

[mind_game]

[Yep. It would not, most likely, involve setting foot on Gift's Earth at all.]

[pythbox]

[...okay,] he says. [Where would I be setting foot instead?]

[mind_game]

[Tab found a planet that is not even in the Milky Way probably and she's going to put Toronto on it.]

[pythbox]

[That's just about far enough away,] says Corona. [Okay.]

And he teleports to the local Janepoint.

[mind_game]

[Tab is on the planet in question, want to just go there?]

[pythbox]

[Yeah.]

[mind_game]

Pop!

He appears before Tab has left.

[giftedandtalented]

"Oh! Hi, Corona. Welcome to Arborea."

[pythbox]

"Hi," he says, glancing around at the planet. "You wanted to talk?"

[giftedandtalented]

"Yeah. I need a mint. I can try to hire away Pattern's spare, but I thought I'd try you first, in case 'probably not even in the Milky Way' is far away enough from Chelsa to suit you. I'll be resurrecting Toronto just about as soon as I have coin influx sorted out. I'm gonna put it there." She points at the place.

[pythbox]

"You know, I wouldn't have thought I'd want to come back, but a galaxy away is actually far enough," he says. "Surprisingly."

[giftedandtalented]

"I hoped so! Anything else we should work out? I'm probably going to install ground rules on Arborea not unlike what other space-colonist Bells are doing, I hear this might annoy you, will routine vacations out of the world do the trick or do we need to think of something else?"

[pythbox]

"...Define 'ground rules'," says Corona.

[giftedandtalented]

"They will basically make all kinds of antisocial behavior physically impossible. Nonconsensual violence, propagation of unwanted noise, harassment, etcetera - I'm copying the state of the art from Pattern. If you would like to be specially excepted so people can attack you, harass you, and keep you up at night with saxophone practice, that can be arranged."

[pythbox]

Corona laughs.

"I'll think about it. Vacations out of the world should help, anyway. And consensual violence still works, right?"

[giftedandtalented]

"Of course."

[pythbox]

Corona grins.

"That's good. I'd really have a problem if it didn't."