It was time to assess the kiddos and see if they had learned anything new. Sure she had been busy, but they had each other and other pack members to harass. Not only that, but she wanted to see what they'd been up to. They were yearlings now, and it just dawned on her that they had reached that milestone. Where had the time gone? Had she really had Insomnia that long? Or almost that long? Man time was weird! She also had tasks for them, and if they weren't up to snuff, then she'd have to get them up to snuff! No layabout kids on her watch, no no! They had to work like everyone else, even if they were her precious little crotch goblings! She approached the general meeting spot (if you could call it that, she hadn't decided yet) which was just a flat rock near the center of the plains. Tipping her head back, she called for her three littls shits and waited for them to come. "Medusa"

Her mother was calling and that meant playtime was over. Morticia gave a twisted, excited grin as she sank her fangs into the larger snake she found. She heard Skua hiss but in truth Morticia had hunted the other snake for the friend she had curled around her neck. Snakes ate other snakes and no one would make a meal of her friend on her watch! Snatching up her prize the child would trot off in the direction of the so-called meeting place. She didn't want to keep her mother waiting too long. She loved Medusa! But would her siblings be there already? The answer was a big fat no. Morticia looked around with a disappointed huff as she realized she was the only one there. Lazy bones. She padded closer and dropped the snake down with a grin. "Morticia making sure big snake doesn't eat Skua! Skua is Morticia's friend!" She declared proudly. "Why does Medusa call?" The girl tilted her head to the side curiously. What could her mother want with them? "Talk," 'Think.'

As always, Rue was unfashionably late. Even Morticia had beaten her to the punch, but at least Tazzy wasn't there yet! She came hurtling in from the tar pits, the skeletal marked young girl having been scooping the goop up and waiting to see how long it'd take to cool. Of course, she had yet to really test the cooling part because no way was she going to touch it to see if it had actually cooled. Though someday she probably would, but she also wasn't keen on getting burned. Oh! Maybe she could use someone as a guinea pig for that, no? She'd have to ask, or maybe even trick someone into testing this for her. But first, mom called! She arrived to find Morticia there, and Rue happily closed the distance to roughly bump her smaller body against her sisters much larger one before plopping down and turning her attention (somewhat) to Medusa. "Rue was playing with the tar!" She exclaimed proudly. "Speak"