Welcome to Gaia! ::

The small cait beamed pleasantly. "It brings me honor that they should please you, Aiko special friend of Talagand. But surely the Brassica oleracea or the Asparagus officinalis are more impressive." Blue within blue eyes were straight, honest and keenly interested in the answer to her query. Peter shot a look to Tal as if to say 'well what did we expect' then turned smiling button eyes upon their guest. "Now you've got her started. 'Fraid unless you know the Latin or can read into her head she'll lose you. But you're here to meet everyone?" That was easy to see in her public mind with barely a cursory glance. Peter was good about following telepath protocols. Their human was strict on it though she inhibited & usually denied her own Talant. "Don't let Maree & I keep you. We can usually be found out here anyway, so you know where to find us. And Talagand always knows how to reach me." *Which you should do more often 'brother'* the rabbit mentally chastised teasingly. The kitsu seraphim blushed. "Yes, well..."

Nodding as she realized she would be permitted now to return to her plants Amaryllis gave a little bow as the seraphim moved to leave. "Sweet water, and pleasant stay."

Blinking a little at his paw being tugged like that -really Tal should be used to it by now- he let himself be pulled until they could get to the door. Grinning, Peter telekinetically opened the door for them as they neared.

... and they were bombarded by a myriad of small flying things, with a host of other small creatures on the ground. Tien led the charge, her cries heard over the others. "Aamha! Aamha, Tal! Pelae disa?" The kun blinked, then smiled brightly, her violet eyes dancing. "Ahm! San ahm pelae!"

Knowing what the kun said Talagand blushed. "I missed you too, Tien. And yes, this is my friend Aiko. I'm sure she'll be your friend too." He pointedly ignored some of what the 6 inch tall sprite said. "Aiko... I don't expect you to catch all of this the first time so never fear, but this is Tien, one of the oldest around here. This little guy is Uthulian, this Munin, here's Elen, that one's an Astral Projection of the love variety. Firice is that you? I didn't know you evolved. Bozi's the one with the candycane. Celeb the one colored like a candycane. Sunkist."

"And down below there's Gaia, Sol, & Noel, Kiran." The small purse-kitty seemed to be dancing to the tune just barely audible through his headphones. "The tiny moomba is Caylee. The small dog, Citrus, Jaydaire. Blossom & Rascal; yes they're alive. Jubilate. Mitrum. AndEl. Deci." HIs paw tried to waver through them all to a small horde of tiny kittens. "Rarely without the other there are Saxarnyj & Pyšnyj. Kloge & Engel, D'vid & Draedl, Puniz & Shirin." His head spun as all greeted them. Wait though... most of these were their size or smaller. Where were the bigger ones? Or the kits & other young he knew were about? Talagand heard a laugh from across the room & knew at least Relm kirin was finding amusement in all of this.

But Relm Kirin was not the only other one in the room, beyond the small ones that had instantly gathered around. She was simply the only one to let her presence be known. The housecats with the Tyuri Jezebel were sleeping in a pile of gray and ginger on a large pillow in front of the window to the right of the front door. A ledge in the window over them had an intricate panda house with a small pink fae panda inside. Nearly a dozen beta, four with human torsos, peeked through the glass of their tank in the left window with varying degrees of interest. Of course the Egg always in Relm Kirin's lap could not be seen over the back of the sofa, though a soft green feathered wing with pinkish spots could just be seen beside her.

Talagand looked sheepish. "This isn't everyone by far. Actually... it's only the small ones. There are many more."

"I don't..." The seraphim male's voice trailed off as he looked at the Kirin Relm who wore a knowing smile. "Care to explain, Relm?" Talagand asked lightly. It was sometimes difficult to guess the best way to get information out of a Relm. The best... was to hope they wanted to tell you what they knew.

"Sure. Peter gave us the heads up while you guys were chatting outside & Trel made sure your 'little love' only met us in doses." Smiling she lifted a gold clawed hand from the opal colored egg in her lap and returned Aiko's wave. Tal had a feeling she was only telling him to make a point. Her next words confirmed it. "I would've thought you, Harper, would have figured that out."

He should have. Talagand simply had not thought about it. Lightly he laughed at himself. "I suppose too much time away, I forgot. So where is everyone?" "Through the door of course, those that aren't in Trel & Theron's rooms. Or the kitchen. Finish here first before taking her elsewhere, won't you?"

Again Relm's indication was clear & Talagand allowed himself to smile. "Of course. Aiko, this is Relm -one of them. She happens to be a Kirin. Opal there on her lap has not hatched yet. The housecats are the orange tabbies by the window, the fluffy one is Jazzmataz or Jazzy, the shorthair is Jamboram or JB. With them is Jezebel, but even when she's not sleeping she's terribly shy. Most of us in the family thought she was a pillow for the longest time. Oh... and is that Niabi hiding behind them? Wow. You rate. She normally doesn't come out unless going to see her mate. Oh yes, in the tank there's Topanga and three of her daughters: Brianna, Peachylee, & Berrymae. They normally live in the main beta tank with the rest of their family. Yunalesca, Elanorriel, Himgûl, Aman, Madrigal, Jia YaHuo, & Gaebor."

Grinning, Relm kirin waved her paint brush at the kitchen door. A shimmer could be seen as she dispelled the magic illusion over the door, the magic washing away like droplets of paint from a canvas. Now through the door the swish of black robes, a hint of fiery red tail tips both low and high.

Relm smirked as the female flew to the door. "No wonder we see so little of you." The seraphim male cast her a glance and lifted his brow 'innocently' as he flew after Aiko to which the kirin laughed. "Yes. Probably Ginny & her daughter Cedrella."

"Cedrella Molly Weasley-Potter." A kit with long brown hair informed them, sitting on the inside of the door now with her carrot tipped tails fanned like a peacock's behind her. A redheaded female kitsu in black robes pressed her lips together, trying not to laugh. The others in the kitchen did not. Especially not the three Zells as their warm laughter resounded upon the clean white faces of the cabinets. Nor did the two pairs of identical redheads, talaye & Anthro-Dog whose laughter seemed to echo & play with that of the blondes'. The soft chuckling of a chocolate colored kitsu in robes but bearing the marks of old scars and the giggles of a younger male kitsu whose dancing baby blue eyes forever held joy & love in their depths were almost unheard beneath them. Two Anthro-Foxes -in black robes like the other redheads save the talaye twins- snickered to each other.

The wisest looking of them -the wizard with the scar markings and dark chocolate bands on his ears and tails was the first to speak. "With that pride she is most certainly your daughter, Ginevra."

"Ginny." The kitsu and AnthroFox females corrected in the same instant, tossing their manes of fiery red hair over their shoulders then laughing at themselves even as their flashes of temper that had very nearly shown washed away.

Talagand blinked, surprised this group would all be in here. But he introduced them almost automatically. "Also more Weasleys. The Anthros Ginny, Ron, Fred & George. Fred & George in talaye form too. Remus Lupin & his youngest son Hemi. And Zell: talaye, kitsu, & AnthroMoomba."

The twins seemed to find Talagand's disorientation funny and started to roar with laughter while smiling at Aiko as if to show it was not her. The Harper flustered a little. "Everyone, this is Aiko." There was a chorus of hellos, pleasures, & pleased to meet yous.

"Yes!! We'll play!!" The kit's tails wagged happily. This seraphim was pink after all, and pink was Cedrella's favorite color. At least it was right now. With snickers especially from the twins, everyone seemed to defer to Remus to answer the question. The Weasley Tala twins might actually be older than him, but sometimes he was able to pull age from their 'before', especially at times like this when the twins found it more interesting to let the werewolf field the question. Comments from all four of the boys -but particularly the tala- flew jovially. Things like 'yes grandfather, why do we?' and 'oh, where did that come from?' dancing from their mouths, their eyes bright and laughing. Shooting them a look from narrowed eyes, then smiling at the obvious look of surprised joy in Talagand's face as Aiko hugged him in such a way Remus cleared his throat, chuckled and answered. "Call it a habit, to a time 'before' that sometimes our children," A soft gaze fell to his cheerful son. "Follow with after us." The chocolate hued head indicated those in robes or scarves. "In our case, a world with wizards of which we are." "Yeah. There's lots of different places to come from." The moomba-man said nodding his head as he leaned upon a counter, fiddling with what looked like a ferris wheel but with long thin tube-like meat things in the 'seats'. "Dude, Tal... haven't you introduced the girl to anyone?" The kitsu said, tapping his back paw on the floor as if energy simply could not be contained. "Yeah. You're the Harper." The last added, licking his lips & fluttering his wings to lift him so he could get a better look at the roasting hot dogs.

Talagand, basking in the warm affection of Aiko's hug was chagrined anew. "I'm... derelict in my duties, I'm afraid." He nuzzled the female lightly. "Forgive me?"