Medusa gets ready to hand the challenge over to her hybrid son Hyde as everyone grows up and moves out.

2. I only read about hybrids in the family before, my great-grandfather Jason was one, so
was my uncle Stephen. When Hyde was born one I was honestly surprised it still was
in my genes. I wonder if any of his children will be the same as him or if he’s going to
be the last one this family will have. And I’ve thought about whether or not his Insane
trait will make it more difficult for him as a hybrid, all I can do is be there for him and
try to make sure he stays stable.

3. Mary spent most of her time in the new place, painting and going to school. She would help out if needed
with her younger siblings so it was a sad day when she was ready to move out. She moved out after Hyde
and Samara’s teen birthdays but we’ll get to that later. Where did the time go? It feels like only yesterday
she was just a little girl. Mary had Good and Eccentric as her child and teen traits. And she declared she
wanted to be a
Master of the Arts.

4. As her final trait, Mary decided she wanted to be a Vegetarian. Her favourite food was
Veggie Rolls so I suppose it was meant to be eventually. We bought her a nice house
and she moved out after finishing a portrait of her father. I hope to hear that she’s found
a nice guy to settle down with soon.

5. Around the same time as Mary moved out it was birthday time for my triplets, Jekyll is the first of
the triplets to have their teen birthdays. We were so busy moving in this new house with the kids
that I missed a lot of their toddler pictures. Jekyll grew up and added Photographer’s Eye to his
trait collection. I have given him my camera as birthday present so he can learn to take those
amazing pictures he’s always talking about taking.

6. Jekyll grows up in some strange tunic coat thing and added Bookworm to his trait
collection. I always knew my first born son would be one who loves to learn and explore.
I just had a feeling about him from early on. He has also decided he wants to be a
Celebrated Five Star Chef.

7. Sara Sarita who added Mooch, (although I don’t think I approve of her mooching off
other people) when she was a child grew up and added Virtuoso to that. She loves music
and we can afford to give her whatever instrument she wants now that she’s old enough
to use a lot of them that she was too young for before. So it makes sense she also wants to
be Super Popular.

8. Rosemary who added Friendly as a child, follows up with Over-Emotional as her teen
trait. Rosie is an empathic child so it makes sense to me that she would get that as a teen,
raging hormones and all. She also decided to become a Master Mixologist too, she will
have to wait until she’s older to own that bar though.

9. I will soon find out how Hyde’s Insane trait will blend with his hybrid nature. As a
child more of it will come out and I can get a better picture of how he’ll act. On one
hand this is exciting for me, on the other it’s sad that these two are my last babies. I
know Triton feels the same but we have a full house with everyone.

10. Perhaps his new Lucky trait will help him out as he gets older. My older three will
soon be graduating and leaving home. I will miss them terribly but I know that they
need to have their own lives and in so doing that means grandchildren! So I suppose it
balances out nicely that way.

11. And finally, Samara has her turn. My last little girl. Since she’s Hyde’s twin sister
maybe she can help keep him grounded. But like the others I know she’ll grow up and
move out as well. I wish her all the best in the life and will enjoy this time I have with her
now.

12. Samara adds Athletic to her growing list of traits. I’m glad she’s so health conscious.
Although it might become problematic for us less active family members when she gets
older.

13. Hyde found the telescope on the roof after he grew up. I didn’t want him to use it while it
was raining but he told me he liked the rain and it felt good falling on him. Also that the
universe was filled with evil and awesome things and he didn’t want to miss a single
minute of them.

14. He also liked to play Evil Overlord of the Kitchen too. I thought it was adorable that he
thought a toilet brush would make a good sceptre. Samara preferred to paint upstairs like
Mary used to so I would often find her up there on the easels painting.

15. One rainy day I was looking out the window and I saw this stray cat that had been hanging
around a lot. I went out to greet it, the cat was wet and cold and I wanted to bring it inside to
warm it up. I thought it would be nice for the kids to get a pet. Even though it meant the Stalker-
Ratzi had something more to write about, they never leave my front gate these days.

16. The cat stayed for a bit but didn’t come in the house, I had gone inside to get a towel for
it but when I came back…the cat had slipped out through the gate and I didn’t get the
chance to dry it off. I haven’t seen that cat since so it worries me that something might
have happened to it. Although I’d much rather like to think it found a home somewhere
else.

17. The last of my teenagers…Samara and Hyde were having their next birthdays tonight.
Both of them looked happy to finally be able to join their older siblings in high school, I
suppose they were feeling a bit left out.

18. When Samara’s cake caught fire and burst into flames I was scared stiff, Samara got
away from it before it scorched her face but Hyde just stayed there, stuck in his
transformation sparkles and unable to move out of the way. Jekyll came in with the
quick thinking and put out the fire.

19. I think I lost about a week off my life…but the second time we got it right and finally
Samara was able to join her twin brother in teen hood. Also having two mermaids near
fire wouldn’t have ended well either.

20. Hyde added Charismatic to his
traits and Samara gains
Gatherer. Hyde has chosen to
follow the same path as his older
brother Jekyll to become a
Celebrated Five Star Chef
while Samara has chosen to be a
Master Acrobat. With all my
babies now teenagers, Triton’s
LTW was fulfilled plus one. Now
all we have to do is sit back and
wait for the older ones to start
giving us grandbabies.
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