Clothes arrive! All the patterns she asked for plus some.

She's getting better at this whole 'new things' thing and merely stuffs the package into her closet, unopened, for a couple of days.

Gosh, such clothes.

She looks like a proper Elf now!

The Valar finally settle on protections for the portal and open it.

The portal lets out on an orange farm; there's a highway off in the distance in one direction, and a house a ways off in another, but no people nearby at the moment.

They head cautiously out towards the house.

It's a modest two-story structure, slightly run down by human standards, with a porch in front and a decorative bush encroaching on the stoop in the back. It's not particularly soundpoof, and they can hear people talking inside.

They stop once in osanwe range. What are the people thinking about? Are they speaking English?

They are speaking English! They're planning a trip into town to buy food and things, and they're concerned about spending their money efficiently while still getting the things they want.

Well, that seems non-threatening enough. They head in closer.

The family remains oblivious; they decide on what bread mix-ins they want and start discussing ice cream flavors.

It's fascinating to actually hear English spoken! They practice with it.

The family continues to discuss their shopping plans. One of the kids wants to see a movie while they're in town; they talk it over and decide to get a couple DVDs instead.

The Elves keep trying English! 

Eventually they're done. They're going to actually make the trip tomorrow; for now they disperse to do various chores.

Thats good, gives them more time to practice. They practice.

After the chores they have dinner, and after dinner there's a difficult-to-follow discussion of what video game they want to play together, and then they settle in to play the chosen racing game.

The sun starts to set shortly after they pick the game out.

The Elves like sunsets!!! Sunsets are amazing!!!

...are they going to sing about it?

Yes! Out of earshot of the humans, though, they know how human hearing works.

They can sing about the sunset without attracting any unwanted attention, then.

The humans are still playing the racing game when they're done, but the parents shoo the kids off to bed shortly afterward.

Stars are also pretty! They'll sing about those too!

It rains, briefly, in the wee hours of the morning, but aside from that they can watch the stars all night.

Rain is great too! 

...Elves are maybe not quite serious enough for interworld exploration.

At least they're enjoying themselves.

A few hours after the rain ends, one of the adults wakes up and starts making breakfast; the sun starts to rise while they're working, and the sky is still colorful when the rest of the family arrives to eat.

Sunrises!!!