An Intense Situation

As was her usual habit and tradition, Manea had begun setting out their family meal for herself, Alastor, and Fia. Mariah and Malico were already tucked into bed, the young pups still getting a far earlier bedtime than the rest of the family, and she had begun treating Saracyn and Avacyn's presence as a pleasant surprise rather than something she expected. Perhaps one day she would have to start expecting the same from Fia, but for now her daughter had made a deal to come to dinner each night and she was certainly going to hold onto that for as long as she could. Her children were growing up so fast and sometimes she wished she could just slow down time.

She was just about done getting their dinner prepped with Alastor when Fia finally arrived. She was just about to comment on how late it was and how she had nearly started dinner without her–but then she glanced past her daughter and spotted the surprised looking black and red boy that was following her. Surprise of her own crossed her features and she gave Alastor a quick glance as a little grin pulled at her lips. Well well, their little Fia had decided to finally bring the boy she had told her about to visit. "Hello, dear," she greeted in return as Fia came to press her cheek to hers before moving on to her father. Eventually she got around to introducing her friend Stolas, the poor lad looking shell shocked and clearly not prepped at all for meeting her parents.

Manea chuckled to herself as Stolas followed up with an introduction of his own, his family name tipping her off right away that her initial suspicions that was a relative of some sort to Venom had been correct. "A pleasure to meet you as well, Stolas. Isn't it, dear?" she replied, giving her husband a quick glance as a quiet warning to be on his best behavior. At the very least the star-speckled young man seemed incredibly polite–not that she had expected anything less from someone that came from Vanom's line. She waved away his offer of help, replying, "No no, go ahead and have a seat. Everything is just about ready." She started bringing out portions of food then, passing them around to the others before she settled in with her own.

"Manea Mendacium"