aurum tourism

[temporal_affairs]

There is a Janepoint in each of the capitals, including this one in Forks. It has its own building, and in it two vampires are waiting - Nathan, because his mate is incoming, and Alice, because she's supposed to check if the guests are going to need to avoid meeting anybody for matey reasons (Jellybean, and Cam, are both coming and both in potential danger of being mated to).

But she can't see anything till they show up.

Cam arrives first, despite having been a later addition to the expedition - no one was distracting him with last-minute goodbye makeouts - and she clears him and he waits around for Jellybean.

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[pythbox]

[Did anybody tell you about my aura of candy?]

[her_imperial_radiance]

Alice mentioned it. She says it won't bother half-vampires since we're more used to literal candy, but if you let it out among full vampires they'll start fighting over you because the relevant instincts don't expect you to contain enough blood for sharing.

[pythbox]

[Awwww,] he complains, [but being mobbed by thirsty vampires sounds fun.]

[her_imperial_radiance]

Yeah, but they won't actually try to bite you till their instincts are convinced that won't get them killed by all the other vampires who want to eat you instead. Possibly except in the case of mated pairs.

[pythbox]

[Any mated pairs who wanna bite?] he inquires brightly.

[her_imperial_radiance]

You'd have to check with Alice, but as far as I know the only mated vampires who'll bite you at all are Nathan and other-Alice, and that's because they don't mind if it's a turnon for you. Mated vampires are by and large really monogamous.

[pythbox]

[Awwwwwww,] he sighs. [Oh well. Having them one at a time is almost as good, I guess.]

[her_imperial_radiance]

Addy will try it. For science, says Elspeth. Ace as they come, so it'll stop there.

[pythbox]

Jellybean giggles.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Do you want me to announce your availability just in case?

[pythbox]

[Yes please!]

[her_imperial_radiance]

Done.

[pythbox]

[Any takers?]

[her_imperial_radiance]

If there are any, they'll brainphone you. I'm not a social calendar.

[pythbox]

He laughs. [Okay, thanks.]

[her_imperial_radiance]

You're welcome.

It's a few seconds later when he gets a brainphone message from Addy: [I want a peek at this aura of yours! I can't copy them, but apparently yours has some special features.]

[pythbox]

[Sure,] Jellybean says cheerfully. [Can I just teleport to you?]

[her_imperial_radiance]

[Yup! I'm in my office.]

[pythbox]

He kisses Nathan and the Joker, both on the cheek, and disentangles himself from them and freshens up his outfit and teleports to Addy with his aura still furled in case of bystanders.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Her office is otherwise quite empty; it's just Addy, a standing desk and a computer, and some random objects (glass of water, bottle of bubbly, stack of files). She looks him over, taps him on the nose and hmmms and shakes her head, and then folds her arms and looks at him expectantly.

[pythbox]

Jellybean shrugs, and opens his aura. The scent of delicious candy fills the air.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Chomp.

[pythbox]

He squirms and giggles.

[her_imperial_radiance]

Addy is a little more restrained than Nathan; she drinks to the point of discomfort but not distention. "Fascinating," she says. "This operates on a completely different level than the tastes of magic do. Does the exact type of sweet you - emit - change at all, ever?"

[pythbox]

"Yeah," he says. "If I'm not flaring it just kinda drifts around between candies; when I flare it does 'em all at once."