"Ah, the exuberance of youth."

Giggle. "We'll save the actual making out for when we're not entertaining guests."

"Some guests would find that entertaining."

"I think Ruby's more into putting on a show."

"Definitely."

Snuggle.

And Ashes summarizes what they've talked about so far for El.

El thinks she likes this group better.

"Yeah. Uh. No offense? But some of y'all's group sound - difficult to get along with..."

"Not an observation I necessarily disagree with. But cooperation is worth a little effort."

"Cooperation's good, and it's not like anyone's morally pure, but - " She pauses.

"Some things are a jump too far?"

"Yeah."

"Perhaps. Certainly if you wish to limit your interactions with some, no one will fault you for it."

"...Ignoring it when people harm others doesn't make that harm stop."

Sigh. "No, but one's resources are not infinite. There are planets full of people with more urgent concerns."

She nods. "Which sucks."

"...And I don't think my brain's the kind where going 'I have the secret to immortality, behave if you want it' doesn't backfire."

"Not especially."

She sighs.

"We've had more success in setting one of you Pantheras up with a moderating Lightning."

That amuses her at least. "That'd probably do it, yeah."

"So d'you want the tour?"

"Sure."

"That sounds nice."

The tour, then:

Their house is large, with its own workrooms and multiple studies and a very large library. There's five bedrooms - only one of which is set up for guests, but they can clear one of cat toys if their alts end up staying the night. (It seems to be El and Bellona's room, Ruby and Ellie's room when they're over, September's room - and she's currently in Arda despite being not presently in the house, a guest room usually used by their teacher, and a guest room the cats took over.)

The area around them is upscale, with several grocery places and restaurants nearby, apparently considered a scholar's district - they're in walking distance of the city's largest public library. (Which has a special collection named after them.)

The whole place has a lot of attention to detail in decorations, and Bellona's clearly been gathering knick knacks and such from around both worlds.