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A figure hidden in the shade of the top entrance to the caverns which was its home raised its head, coming into the sunlight to peer at the strangers. This was Nariel, the second kyn of this small, growing clan. Blinking the sleep from her eyes, the eastern kyn leapt down from her resting place somewhat like a cat to land on the ground bellow. "Ah...Hello." She said slowly, a bit nervous and even embarassed for being caught napping. "Welcome to our...ehhh...home..." She barely knew what to say, and seemed to turn a bit pink.

Soon enough, a larger kyn came from the inside of the caverns to see what was going on. He recognized two of the five visitors, and grinned broadly. "Gentle Nishi, Fair Kaaruni, Welcome welcome. This is a lovely surprise. I'm hoping you actually meant to come here and are not just lost." He kidded, and pulled his entired body out of the caves, and walked forward, around the pond.

Because of Dui's loud voice, it wasn't long after that Jaswinder, Dahn Tau and the human Mararan also appeard from the inside of the caverns.

Mararan strode to greet Paige, holding out a hand. "I do believe I have heard of your kyns, Kaaruni and Nishi so very much. It's very nice to meet you! I'm Mararan. Just Mara is fine...fine." She must have seemed a very bouncy girl, almost 17, but not quite. Her brown, curly hair was tightly pulled back in some sort of braided bun, to keep it all out of the way, and her clothes were a bit grubby. "Sorry about my...appearace. I was just working in the back on one of the caves. It's so disorganized." She made a face.

Jas strolled over to her sister, Nar, and they sat together, whispering to each other. Finally, Nariel protesting, but following anyway, Jas made her way to introduce herself. "Good day...I'm Jaswinder. And this is Nariel. It's a pleasure to meet you."

At being addressed, Nariel jumped. Calming down, she shook her head furiously at Paige. "Er...er...no. No, I was..no." She already seemed to be quite the nervous, jittery kind of kyn. She clacked her claws together, a nervous habbit of hers, that often drove her clan crazy.

"Of course." Tranduil nodded to Nishi, and then offering his back or a horn for her to perch on. "And you are still, no...more lovely than I remember." He said with a grin. Tranduil nodded a polite greeting to both Shinju and Hakuryu, and a grin for Paige. "A pleasure to meet you, it is."

Mararan rubbed her hands on her apron for what seemed to have been the thousandth time that day. She flashed Paige a smile, green eyes sparkling. "Oh, how rude of me, coming out to greet you when it would be so much easier to invite you in. Come, come. I can make some tea or coffee...and I'm sure Nariel could get something from the stores for us all to eat, right, Nar?" She laughed. "Please ignore the mess inside. We're sort of reorganizing this week." She began to make her way back inside, through the lower entrance, urging Paige & her kyns to follow.

Dahn Tau grinned at the visitors, especially Kaaruni. "Hey!" He nodded in greetings to all of them. "Weren't expecting you here." He said to the female lunar. He also seemed to be in an exceptionally good mood today.

Jas also greeted the strangers with nods and smiled. Her gaze lingered on first Nishi, then Hakuryu, never seeing a kyn like they before. And they were small...not that she wasn't. To be honest, she was the smallest kyn in her clan, even smaller than Dahn Tau, though not by much. She had often thought that her size should have been more like Nariel, who was almost twice her size, but had gotten used to the idea by now. Without noticing, Jaswinder ended up staring at Hakuryu longer than she had intended...and still hadn't stopped.

"Of course! Did you expect me to turn sour on you, dear lady, since our last meeting? Oh how we've pined for your graceful presence." He brought a calw up to his chest, in such a way that seemed as if it would be uncomfotable for a kyn to do. Apparently, Dui had been watching too many old movies...or something.

Turning to smile at Shinju, "Oh? I do hope nothing embarassing was mentioned. Poor Dahn does often make a fool of himself...Ah well."

"Oh its no trouble at all. I've been wanting a reason to have some tea." Mararan again beckoned to Paige and kyns, kicking some boxes of things out of the way in the meantime. the entrance of the cave was currently not covered as it usually was by hide, but instead it was open wide to let air in. The caverns could be seen, and they looked more like someones house than a CAVE. The lower part of the caverns were Mararan's...and quite furnished to meet a humans needs.

Jaswinder jumped, now aware that Hakuryu had noticed her. Embarassed, she turned away, but turned back to smiled at him. "Hakuryu...a good name. Does it mean anything?" She strode over to walk underneath him, making her way to the caves with everyone else.

Dahn began to escort Kaaruni to the caverns as well, making sure not to get TOO close. "Oh...I see. Well, it's a pleasant surprise." He padded along to her right side, tail held up high and proud. He was proud of his home.

Dui replaced his claw unto the ground and smiled brightly upwards at Nishi as she fixed his mane. "Thank you, gentle lady. Why don't we enter my castle and get comfortable for an enjoyable evening of dining, entertainment and long, plesant conversation?" He made his way to follow everyone else inside, bending his head so that Nishi wouldn't be smashed into the roof of the cave. The cavern itself was much much higher, and allowed Dui to stretch out his neck once inside.

The caverns themselves are a lot larger than one would first think, seeing the smaller entrance. Many columns of rock seem to have been formed by some sort of earth magic, most likely the efforts of any of Mararan's kyns with such powers. Also, many 'walls' of rock seemed to have been created in the same such way, and separated the 'rooms.' Tranduil wrapped his body around one of these columns, settling so that he could lay on the ground, facing the rest of the room's inhabitants.

Mararan was getting everyone, human and kyn alike, to sit at the humongous table that rested in the middle of the room they had entered. "This is basically our dining room...well, for guests anyway. Or large parties...or something like that. With the amount of kyns entering this family, I think it might one day end up being a normal dining room! Oh dear...I wonder what will happen then..." She shook her head and pointed to a makeshift door behind her. "That way leads to our pantries and kitchen. Both are aquite large, actually, since someone eats so very much."

Pointing to two more doors, on opposite sides of the room, "Those basically lead to the same things. Living room, hatching rooms (since we seem to need those so very often...), bathrooms (we have several), my bedroom, and a staircase that I personally carved out of the rock. Don't worry about it being sturdy. We had magic to enforce it. Upstairs is where all kyns sleep. I suppose its like their 'room.' Any of you are welcome up there. Remember that second entrance? The one above the one we just walked through? That's the 'upstairs entrance.' I think it's beautiful up there...Convienient if you can just fly on up there too."

Realizing how much she had just rambled, Mara turned a bit pink and put a hand to her mouth. "Oops. I guess I sorta gave you a tour! Here, lets get some for you all. And tea." She rushed out through the kitchen door without another word, and seemed to leave the room quite quiet.

Nariel had just come through that door when Mara did, carrying a large plate of neatly organized, and quite raw, meat. Mara paused, then sent Nariel to place it on the table...while she got the tea. Nar placed the plate on the table, and sat at the table, back claws resting on the bench. "W-w-would anyone like...like it cooked?" Still jittery...she clacked her claws together. "If you like it...r-raw, feel...feel free to t-take as much...as you want."

Jas continued to stroll underneath Hakuryu. "I...I think I'm named after a lightning goddess. I don't remember exactly which, but that's what Mara told me. Apparently, one of her friends named me."

Dahn Tau noticed Kaaruni stiffen, and eyed her from the side of his sights. She soon relaxed, and he wondered if he imagined it. He nodded at her comment. "Mmm. How do you like it? I love it here...Oh! Food! Want any? He padded over to the table, leaping onto a bench, allowing space for Kaaruni too.