Welcome to Gaia! ::

Serenity led the group through a series of hallways and rooms, at long last reaching the door to outside. Then it was a series of walkways and paths away from the mansion and towards the southeastern part of the compound, past houses and other buildings, until at last they reached the house that belonged to Serenity's parents.

She was nervous about introducing Gaunt, but at the same time she was also eager. She wanted her parents to know what was going on in her life.

She turned to Gaunt and the others. "Ready?" she asked them softly.

Serenity smiled in the growing darkness and knocked on the door briefly before opening it and stepping inside.

"Mama? Papa?" she called out softly, knowing that they would hear her.

The walls of the house were all hand painted (by Serenity and her aunt Trisha) and each room had a different theme of flowers.

"In the twins' room," a soft female voice called back from down a hall.

Serenity smiled and squeezed Gaunt's hand tightly. "This way," she murmured, leading him down the hall.

Elnara was not alone, in the room with her lounging in a different chair was a man far taller than Elnara. Though he was rather average for an elf, he seemed to contrast her in every way, he was pale compared to her dusky skin, hair that could be considered white and had long ears. Not just pointed ears, they were somewhat long, but then again elves of Gaia were just as varied.

He was holding a little baby boy, who was wiggling wanting to be let down. The little boy, sort of looked like him, except he was dark haired and dusky skinned.

Lore... Aldrich Winters (though sometimes it took some time to remember that was his set of family names now), was home early from work. As he had begun to promise, working a bit from home as well so he could spend more time with the family.

Gaunt's eyes moved over to the two elves who were seated in this room. He noted the differences in the two elves. The difference in skin color, the difference in ear length. They seemed to be clearly of different elvish races to him. And those babies.. he would be lying if he said his heart didn't sink. Seeing the couple like this made him want to be with Serenity even more, made him wish they were compatible enough to have children.

His train of thought was broken when he found himself being introduced. He bows deeply to the two adult elves, remaining in the position for a few seconds before he lifted himself. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Lore.." He smiles at the male. "And Elnara." He then smiled at the female. "You've raised a very sweet daughter. I look forward to being able to earn your good graces." He smiles and glances toward Serenity, a loving expression on his face.

Elnara's eyes sparkled softly as she watched Gaunt and Serenity. Unlike Lore, she had already begun to get used to how quickly her children were growing up and finding families of their own - and after two children had quite literally vanished and suddenly reappeared with families, she was just glad that for once she was getting the chance to meet the significant other before Serenity left them entirely.

She smiled at Lore's comment, and added, "Unexpected but not unwelcome."

It was clear indeed how much Gaunt loved their daughter, and she had no trouble with letting her go to such a man.

"But it seems you haven't introduced all of your visitors," she smiled at Serenity, peering past her at the boy that was behind them all.

Serenity blushed and ushered Prince ahead of her and Gaunt while Ian glared at her from her arms, and she felt her stomach twisting again.

"This is Prince," she introduced him, letting go of Gaunt's hand and putting her hand instead on Prince's shoulder. "He's Gaunt's so-" Suddenly she choked on her breath, but she simply coughed a bit and finished sheepishly, "Gaunt's son."

It was as if the wheels in Lore's head was turning, he had come up with two conclusions he hadn't realized before. First was that Gaunt had adopted Prince (actually that one should have been a given, but he hadn't thought about it) and two, Gaunt was most likely not a Second.

The comment about how Prince grew sort of gave it away.

School... school....

"You're a student then?" Lore inquired.

It would make sense, Gaunt's 'age' would suggest if Lore was right about Gaunt being a 'natural' child meant he was attending a college or university of some sort. They tended to have stricter rules and it was also hard to explain to them why someone like Gaunt already had a child.

Not to mention the bills.

He heard enough complaints about bills from students in the library.

Gaunt smiles softly and he tilts his head, curious. "And who are the two you have with you? Newborns?" He was curious. He then looks at Lore and he smiles softly. "Mmhmm. I'm a student. I'm a senior, actually. Though I'm graduating a little late. I'm 27, and most seniors are between 22 and 24. And I want to make sure that I'm able to care for Serenity, and Prince, and Ian, and anyone else we choose to adopt.. since.."

The sentence didn't really need to be finished. He blinks when he looks over his shoulder to smile at Serenity, and finds her down on a knee. He blinks and kneels down next to her, placing a concerned hand on her back and slowly rubbing it. "Honey, are you alright? Do you need me to get anything?"