Corvin Estate, New Thessalonica, Planet Yuma, Coronado
5 Aug. 824 A.S.
Since Doreen took the entire workload, Erik was taken aback by... boredom. He felt relaxed, but standing by and doing nothing was kind of unusual in his life. As she continued, he decided to go help the boys prepare the table. He went out the door, but before he could call for Peter, he saw his colleagues coming down the alleyway. He smiled and offered them a polite, short wave.
"You're just in time." he commented as he held the door open for everyone to come in. He escorted them to the living room so as to wait until dinner was ready. A few minutes of small-chat later, everyone heard an exclamation: "Dinner is served." That being said, Erik invited everyone to take a seat at the table outside, while he entered the kitchen to help Doreen transport all she had prepared.
To the left side of the house, there was a glass-like, oval white table placed beside an odd tree with orange leaves. The chairs were placed four and four, on opposite sides. Peter and Ben had already taken their seats, next to one another, while each keeping a seat open for their respective parent - Peter to his right, Ben to his left. The other guests sat down opposite of the children and continued to chatter.
After bringing out some of the food prepared by Doreen, Erik went back inside and spoke to the computer "Two bottles of Greek Wine." - he took the bottles from the dispenser and placed them in the middle of the table while smirking "We are celebrating, are we not?" That being said, as Doreen was arriving at the table as well, Erik took his seat next to Peter. "Some introductions are in order..." - he started gesturing in front of him, from right to left - "Clark Desay, lead hardware engineer; Richard Dean, general researcher; Samantha Valders, lead software engineer; and my niece, Catherine Corvin, genetics engineer." - then, he gestured towards Doreen - "Everyone, this is doctor Doreen Naggar, our new medical scientist in the team, and the one who offered us the opportunity to test prototype 3 earlier today."