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Aoi found himself halting in mid step, oh dear, adorable sonic weaponry, direct hit. He turned towards where he knew Romeo to be, and couldn't help but smile as he walked over to pay a little visit to the newest addition. "About time you met Romeo, Feodor, go on, say hi...

The little spider froze up a bit, wait, no, it's just a child, nothing scary...He managed to extend a small wave and a soft "...hello..." to the infant, deciding right there to knit something for it - he began work immediately.

Josev, not wishing to make things any more chaotic, remained at the sidelines, going over and greeting Romeo as well to help keep the young one sufficiently entertained.

As for Elst...kitchen fussing continued with a fervor, unfortunately, and he'd not yet managed to greet his guests.

Ah well, later-borns tended to get cut more slack than the ones to come before them, once the 'parents' knew better what they could allow to happen without a public panic breaking out. Misha'd already come to terms with the idea that making this into a huge topic would lead to nothing, beside Kel possibly being made to feel bad, if he was even capable of working out that he'd just endangered the entire family.

For now, he closed the topic behind him, the way he closed the door, narrowly not trapping his little plushy-tail in it. Wow, what a crowd ey, move it Kel, make some room, hah.
"Oh yeah, Rhian, y'might want to meet the new'un." he vaguely gestured into the living room where Romeo was already getting plenty of attention, and was suddenly very busy pretending to fix the doorhandle and deposit keys where keys didn't belong.


Indeed, right now the little plantling couldn't complain about the stimulation he was receiving, to the point where he was too entranced by Feodor to even notice Josev coming over. He'd been happy, and vocal about it, when Aoi heeded his call -yes! it worked-, to immediately lapse into a stunned silence at the sight of Feo. He'd almost gotten a little scared, all those legs and mandibles oh my, but when the knitting started any residual reservations were dispelled and he could only gawk his big green eyes out. Tic tic ticitty tic, oooooooooh~

Timka chuckled at his befuddled-enchanted expression, standing with his short legs in locked mode and leaned into the wooden poles of his box, like a little prisoner gawking at passing ladies. Well, somewhat. Prisoners didn't slightly drool, nor did they have blossoms on them that spontaneously flashed into cinnaber glory at the spectacle they were treated to.
With Romeo occupied, she retreated into the kitchen to go and relieve another shackled one from his duties, if only for five minutes. It took a few moment to find an opportune timing, but once she did she calmly pounced on Elst, purred up to him to slow him down.
"Think you can spare a minute to come say hi?" she asked him, smiling warmly, and looked around at all the work he'd done, once again finding herself impressed with what he'd managed to fix up there in only this amount of time. "Aw, they'll love it, it looks delicious~"

Rhian tilted her head, unsure at first by what Misha meant about 'the new one', but it took only a quick peek into the living room to see exactly what he meant - and then she was out again, quite content to wait in the hall so that the little one wouldn't be bombarded by too many strangers at once. She didn't want to frighten him, after all! Sitting down and resting could wait a bit, if necessary.

Kel, on the other hand, had no such reservations - the floating proto caught one glimpse of the baby in the living room and was off in that direction, peering curiously and not sparing a glance at either of the other two Essentics already interacting with the small being. "Who is this? He is very small; is he supposed to be so small? Why do you keep him in a cage?"

Apparently, something else that Kel had inherited from Lauss was his sense of tact - or rather, the complete lack of it.

Aoi had opened his mouth for a moment to answer Kel’s questions, but the ever quick Misha was first to inform. He watched Romeo for a while, smiling as he heard Misha’s last comment, and was heading towards the couch near Josev when he realized Rhian was separate from the others. He decided to respect her privacy, and not try to read any emotions off of her, but before he could head over to her, Misha had once again proven quicker. Well, off to the couch, then. He sat near Josev, and the two conversed a while as Feodor kept himself busy with his threads in Aoi’s lap. Meanwhile, the larger Essentic kept an eye on Kel nearby.

Elst drifted out of the kitchen, seeing his guests all around, and decide to first occupy himself with greetings to Josev and Feodor, hello there…

Kel's further chatter would have to find another, smaller, less furry ear before he'd get an answer to all his questions. Romeo certainly was happy to return his attention to the Proto, though, and offered plenty of garbled feedback in the form of flails and squeals and giggles. Come here! Want to touch! Of course he wanted something, silly.

In the hallway, Misha regarded his sister with a deep fondness, acknowledged that she was feeling a little out of the loop with a small nod, and then promptly embraced her in a comforting hug. She was almost as tall as he was now, reedier and more graceful than before, and his shoulders had set more broadly, but somehow it was still much the same as it'd always been, a simple warm soothing cuddle. For quite a while, he didn't bother saying anything, until he spoke again, words drifting on a relaxed sigh.
"...it's good to have you back, mm."

And then he promised her things would be quieter in a short while, and offered her some of the warmth he naturally radiated now, one only their kind could feel. His sibling needed to recover from her adventure, a small recharge couldn't hurt.