Welcome to Gaia! ::

It was great to be celebrating a birthday like this, and Miyuki actually half wondered if that meant River and Jess would get married soon. Though she figured that maybe Jess would want to have his family there when they did. Then again, she thought Jess wasn't old enough yet, but probably wouldn't be by the time they left? Time tended to blur after a while.

On the other hand, she was 99 percent sure her parents didn't even have a wedding.

Then there was Aranxia, it was neat that she was also turning sixteen, and on a day that already had a lot of celebrations to begin with. Overall, Miyuki was just happy for the both of them. It was a good day for a birthday.

Naida grinned cattily at Aranxia, "That's a good point!"

Even Lin had to chuckle at that, but that was probably because there was something amusing about the fact Aranxia found the love of her life without even trying. After all, that wasn't the point of her coming, but still a happy occasion.

Though she had to admit, the Aldrich family was becoming more and more interesting as the years went on.

"Fair enough," Lin replied with a smile heading off any more potential teasing, "That's always a big step, meeting or asking the parents."

She glanced at Earendil, since Earendil had to go to a different world to talk to her father.

"But I'm sure it'll enjoyable trip, I know Aranxia's grandmother will be, overjoyed."

She was going to add squeal to that, and still mentally did.

"To be fair to your grandmother," Lin told her, "She had been waiting for a very, very long time for your uncles to marry."

Especially Dareon, Lin had know Dareon growing up, he had always been older than her from a stage standpoint. So it seemed like after a while that he would always be single.

Lin chuckled at this, she also sort of figured to herself it was also because it seemed like the two were never interested in marrying. Though that was a completely different kettle of fish, for both brothers.

"Just a bit longer," Lin told River, "By the time you two head back...."

It was a pity, they were probably going to miss that wedding, and no doubt Aranxia's as well.

Now that brought grins to faces, it seemed like after so long the two would finally marry.

"That's wonderful! Of course we'll be there," Miyuki laughed, "It'll be great."

Lin looked at the girls, "And to River and Aranxia, may you both have a long and wonderful adulthood ahead of you."

This was their birthday after all, and their coming of age.

"Spending a lot of time with Earendil learning about more about Caras Galadhon and the people here," Lin admitted with a bit of shrug, "Sometimes we go to the library, other times we've wandered around the city and often we just end up talking to different people..."

Especially since the city seemed to be a city of immigrants, so it was interesting (though sometimes a bit disconcerting) to hear from these people what their birthhomes were like.

"In truth, since we've been here, Miyuki and Andarien have been doing a lot of their own thing," she added looking to her children.

That was the other thing, they hadn't spent a lot of time together. Sure, they had dinner together and sometimes had trips to the city, but the two seemed to be caught up in whatever project they were working on if they weren't training.

It was the most strange experience, and wondered if this what her father felt like whenever she went off to learn.