Last round started with two births for the second branch of the Flenderson family, with Rain giving birth to a boy named Thunder and Jase to a girl named Lightning following his abduction. The whole family found a new love of cinema, while Noah finally achieved his goal of seeing just where his youngest daughter came from.
Rain: You look a little tired this morning, buddy. Did you sleep ok?
Thunder: Well, there's kind of this monster under my bed.
Rain: Monsters, huh? Well, there might be something I can do about that.
What are you doing?
Rain: I told the kids it was anti-monster spray. It's water and glitter, but it seems to do the trick. Just don't tell them.
I won't say a word.
Uh-oh...something tells me it won't just be monsters keeping them up anymore.
Bye, Noah...
Lighting: Monster!
I thought your mom sprayed the bed.
Lighting: She sprayed Thunder's bed. The monster must have moved.
Thunder: The monster's back!
Thunder: Mommy! Mommy!
Lighting: You forgot to spray my bed too! The monster came back!
Lighting: Don't worry, the monster can't get both of us at the same time. If he tries again, I'll protect you!
Aww, that's so sweet. Stratus called to take his mom out.
Stratus: I'm so sorry, Mom.
Jenifer: Well, it was his time. It's good to see you again. How are the triplets?
Stratus: A handful, but they're doing fine.
And I forgot to plan the kids' formal outfits, so they're at the nice restaurant in their alien suits.
And getting food poisoning.
Thunder: I don't feel so good...
This isn't a great week for you, is it?
Rain: I still can't believe Dad's gone.
Jase: I know.
Rain: I never got to tell him I forgave him...
Jase: Forgive him for what?
Rain: For when I was a kid. For making me wear all that makeup to hide...what I am. I resented him for it for so long...and now I can't even tell him I'm sorry.
Thunder? Why are you jumping in the garbage can?
Thunder: I want to see if there are any Voidcritter cards in here.
I'm sorry...Void-what?
Thunder: Voidcritters. They're these cards all the kids at school have.
So, you found one.
Thunder: Yeah, I found a Nymphea. It's not that rare.
So, these are little monsters.
Thunder: Yeah.
How many are there?
Thunder: 20. But some are really, really rare.
Why does this feel so familiar...
So, are you into this Voidcritter thing too?
Lighting: Yup! All the kids are. I found a Canis. It's a fire type.
Huh, kind of looks like a blue Ninetail...hey, wait a second. Wasn't your hair black this morning?
Lighting: No.
I could have sworn...
Lighting: No! I'm not trading you my Canis for your stupid Nymphea!
Thunder: Come on...Nymphea is super rare. Besides you already have like 4 other fire types and Nymphea is earth...
Rain: What are you two even fighting about?
Ahh, yes...the other part of this that feels familiar...
At least it doesn't seem to be impacting their schoolwork. (Though if I remember correctly, the school has probably banned those things by now.)
A puppet theater?
Rain: We built the kids their own rooms in the basement, so we turned their old room into a playroom.
Lighting: Thunder isn't very good.
Rain: Be nice!
Lighting: Ha! I win!
Thunder: No fair! All of yours are strong against mine.
Lighting: No, I just practice more than you.
Well, I have to say that they seem to be striking a better balance than I ever did...
Rain: So, your little fox thing is made of fire?
Lighting: No, Mom. He's not made of fire. He breathes fire.
Rain: I see. And Thunder's little plant thing...
Lighting: He hits things with grass and seeds and stuff.
Rain: Right. And do these things get hurt when they do this?
Lighting: No. But after awhile one faints and the other one wins.
Rain: I can't decide if this is adorable or excessively violent...
Blair: Hey, are you ok? We haven't hung out in awhile...like, 3 days.
Rain: Come in, come in. It's just been a crazy week.
Blair: Are you sure you're ok? Because you look like you're on the verge of tears.
Rain: No, really. I'm fine. I've been kind of broken up since Dad died but I've accepted it, and I'm moving on...
Yeah, about that...
Bye, Jenifer.
Rain: I can't believe they're both gone...
Lightning: Mommy, are you ok?
Rain: Yeah, I'll be fine. Tell you what, why don't you guys go watch TV with Dad? Teach him all about your little creature things.
Lightning: Go Canis! Use Fire Breath!
Jase: You know, I could go make some chili and then I could use fire breath too...
Ok, well, while Lighting gets you up to speed I'll just be moving along to the next house. See you guys next round!
A Message From the Mysterious Voice: And as our grand tour of the last year of TS4 continues, we reach Kids Room Stuff. I think this is one of the best stuff packs they've ever done-I love the VoidCritters, even though that's probably only because they bring back so many memories of Pokemon. And a word about Lightning's hair-for some reason, her hair would not stay the same color. I kept switching it back to black, and it just kept changing itself to reddish-brown.
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