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

[giftedandtalented]

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

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[giftedandtalented]

"No, I mean I did literally have to do that but it's pretty straightforward, I didn't have to beat her at chess first or anything."

[areyouabeer]

"And she gave you Toronto as a bonus?"

[giftedandtalented]

"Yep. And will supply any other departed people or things I want as long as I have my trusty way of moving them out of there."

[areyouabeer]

"Nice of her."

[giftedandtalented]

"Well, most of them she wouldn't have to call up special like Toronto, most of them Jane can get for me without the admin's intervention. And in return she does not have to actually run the afterlife on a day-to-day basis, which apparently she didn't love doing."

[areyouabeer]

[giftedandtalented]

"You keep looking at me like that."

[areyouabeer]

"Yep."

[giftedandtalented]

"Why?"

[areyouabeer]

"You keep saying things like that."

[giftedandtalented]

"Like that how?" laughs Tab.

[areyouabeer]

"Casually unbelievable," he says, after a moment's thought.

[giftedandtalented]

"You met Glass, I figured that'd make the rest of it credible."

[areyouabeer]

"How's that?"

[giftedandtalented]

"Well, I don't know all the contents of your conversation with her, but I gather she showed up and made a lot of arcane pronouncements and then left. And here I am and I look like a younger version of her not in a witch costume, right? Which is one arcane pronouncement down, so more of them shouldn't be such a stretch."

[areyouabeer]

He snorts.

[giftedandtalented]

"Also here is Toronto, so that's another pronouncement demonstrated."

[areyouabeer]

"Sure. I'm not saying I don't believe you. Just that if you're going to talk about going to the underworld and exchanging favours with the administration, you're gonna get some funny looks."

[giftedandtalented]

"I wouldn't with random people but you're cleared pretty high."

[areyouabeer]

"Yep," he agrees.

[giftedandtalented]

[Aelise, anybody I invite to a Bellparty who's been Chelsa'd is going to have the option of getting Elspeth to clear that up for them if they want, is there anyone I should not invite, like Luhan?]

[salus_populi]

[Luhan in particular is extremely low-risk,] says Aelise. [Anyone else who habitually lives on Earth, I'd ask you to check with me first.]

[giftedandtalented]

[Okay. Apart from you and Kers I don't have any other Earthly invitees in mind, although the newly wakened Torontonian templates might get asked just since they have alts in the circle-of-knowns.]

"My alts throw parties occasionally and there'll probably be one in a couple weeks. You can come if you want," Tab says.

[areyouabeer]

"Not usually my kind of thing," he says. "I'll think about it."

[giftedandtalented]

"Sure, no hurry, we don't even have a date and time picked out."