So, in case you haven't noticed, this story's being going on for quite a while, which hasn't been helped by the hiatuses and all the other stuff I had the bright idea on working on.

But, since I've managed to find some time in my busy schedule (Which, to be honest, is mostly my fault XD) I decided to finish up this chapter, so only one is left.

And who will we see in this chapter? Well... Read to find out.

Lisa sat on the ground, placing a hand on her cheek as she tiredly took a deep breath. Right next to her was her baby sister, Lily, who gently ruffed her sister's hair as she spoke some baby gibberish, probably trying to get her attention.

Soon afterwards, Lisa turned to the baby and said, "Sorry, youngest sibling, I'm just... feeling exhausted from all these examinations. I figured they wouldn't be a big deal, but here I am, still trying to process all the information I've learned from these past specimens."

Lily frowned and said some baby gibberish. This prompted the scientist to smile and give her sister a head pat.

"It's okay, Lily, it's all for a good cause," Lisa said. "Besides, I just need to analyze a few more castes, and I can finally enter a short term REM cycle, street name nap."

Just then, the next subject arrived through the elevator, prompting Lisa to silently stand up and go towards there to greet them...

Only to get a shock when she saw she had multiple subjects once more, four to be exact:

Polly Pain, Giggles, Tabby, and Haiku, the Sadie Hawkins dates.

"Hello, are you the Lisa we were told about?" Tabby asked. "We were asked to come here for an examination of some sort."

"Y-Yeah, I'm examining the castes of the world and documenting their abilities," Lisa answered, scratching the back of her head. "But before we begin, who are you?"

"I'm Tabby, and these are my mates: Giggles, Haiku, and Polly Pain," the young rock star said as she introduced the team. "We were Lincoln's dates for the Sadie Hawkins dance."

Lisa dropped on her knees and loudly whined, making the girls worry.

"W-What happened?!" Haiku asked. "Is it something Tabby said?!"

"I was hoping I would never have to deal with that Sadie Hawkins nonsense!" Lisa groaned as she stood up. "My sisters pestered me both before and after that dance was over, and it was unbearable!"

Tabby and Polly Pain exchanged concerned looks, while Haiku frowned in sympathy, and Giggles argued:

"Well, at least we don't have to explain to her what happened."

"Okay, so, logically I would ask you to show me you abilities one at time so I can properly record my findings, but in light of my previous subjects and and my waning mental energy, I surmise that may be wishful thinking on my part" Lisa took a deep breath. "I've come to realize that the deeper I investigate into the castes, the more I come to understand how exhaustive a task I have volunteered to undertake for my family."

"And you noticed just now?" Giggles asked worriedly. "I mean, you're just four years old, and you're already investigating something as big and important as the castes!"

"I didn't choose to be born with my high level of intelligence!" Lisa snapped, only to suddenly sadden as she calmly added, "Sometimes, I feel like said intelligence distances me from my family."

Haiku shrugged. "That, or the rest of your family's a bunch of idiots in comparison to you, making it hard for you to grow close to them."

"That's hardly better," Lisa tiredly sighed and got ready to write something down her clipboard. "Anyway, let's start so we can get this over with."

The Sadie Hawkins dates exchanged looks, nodded in agreement, and Tabby, Polly, and Giggles remained at the sidelines as Haiku sat on the chair.

"I just said we didn't have to go one at a time," Lisa sternly pointed out.

"You're tired and exhausted from the previous examinations, right?" Haiku retorted, narrowing her eyes. "You may think that doing all four of us at once will be the better option because it is faster, but that'll make you collapse, or worse! Better slow and steady."

Lisa rolled her eyes at the statement, though her body language suggested she agreed with the goth's statement.

"Anyway, I'm Haiku, Lucy's friend," the gothic poet stated. "As you can imagine, I'm part of Lucy's caste."

Lisa wrote that down. "Show me your birthmark, please."

Haiku parted her hair and revealed her forehead, where her birthmark was located.

It was shaped like a skull, with grey-purple first segment, a light blue second segment, and an orange spade in the center.

Lisa squinted her eyes. "Is your first segment grey, black, or purple? I can't tell from here."

"It's grey." Haiku stated.

"Are you sure?" Lisa raised an eyebrow. "Because-"

Haiku narrowed her eyes. "It's. Grey."

The toddler scientist backed away and wrote that down. "Okay, what powers do you possess, which are shared by all members of Lucy's caste?"

Haiku flinched, almost as if she wasn't expecting that question. But she quickly regained her composure and calmly stated:

"Manipulation of light, darkness, and the ability to see the dead."

Lisa wrote that down. "Since the latter two can't really be shown to me, the darkness because I am fond of it and the dead vision for obvious reasons, how about you show me the light manipulation?"

Haiku nodded, got off the chair, then opened her hand and generated a little ball of light. She then moved her hands around in specific motions to contort the ball into different shapes, like a dinosaur, a scythe, and a Helix DNA strand.

Lisa seemed impressed as Haiku's sphere dissipated into nothing. "Okay, anything else you can do?"

"I'm assuming you only want powers everybody in the caste shares, right?" Haiku asked, earning a nod from the scientist. "Then that's it for me."

Lisa wrote that down and exclaimed, "Next!"

Haiku returned to the group and Polly Pain walked to the chair and sat down as she said:

"I'm Polly Pain, Lynn's friend."

"You're the only one that was introduced with their full name," Lisa remarked. "It's not important or relevant to the examination, I'm just saying it caught my attention."

"Yeah, I never really understood why everyone addresses me by my full name," Polly answered, scratching the back of her head. "I mean, I now know Tabby and Giggles' surnames, but Haiku's still a mystery."

"Not surprising," Lisa remarked. "So, what can your caste do?"

"Fire manipulation, and super speed," Polly folded her arms. "It takes a little while to get used to both of those, though."

"I think that's an hurdle all castes share," Lisa said as she wrote that down. "Now, instead of showing the fire manipulation, tell me; Have you seen evidence that the caste is fireproof? Or at the very least possess a higher resistance to fire? I figured that would be required to avoid being burned alive."

"Well, I've seen most people of the caste come in contact with fire with no problem, so, I guess we do have that?" Polly shrugged. "Still, I haven't seen anyone test to see if we have a limit to our resistance to fire. They would have to be crazy to push their powers that far. And when it comes to super speed-"

"That'll be enough," Lisa stated. "Next, please."

Polly raised an eyebrow. "Are you sure?"

Lisa threw a glare at Polly and growled, "Next. Please!"

Seeing the girl wasn't in a good mood, Polly returned to the team, and Giggles sat down next.

"I'm Giggles, Luan's friend."

"Okay, I'm gonna be bold and take a guess on what your caste can do," Lisa hummed. "Weaponize puns, perhaps?"

Giggles got ready to say something in response, but after thinking about it, she nodded and said, "Yeah, that's the gist of it."

"Magnificent! If I can summarize the abilities of the caste like that, then we can wrap this up soon," Lisa stated as she wrote that down.

"Wait, that's not the only thing we can do! We can also control water!" Giggles added. "And also, the only one I can think of who could use puns for everything is Luan-"

"Well, that's just a logical conclusion," Lisa answered. "If my siblings really are the successors of the deities in charge of the castes, maybe even the whole world, then they'll obviously have access to a wider move set than the castes members."

This made Giggles realize something. "Wait, if all the Louds have more abilities than the rest of the castes, doesn't that include you and your baby sister?"

Lisa paused, then sternly repeated, "Next!"

Giggles left the chair, and Tabby sat down next.

"I'm Tabby, Luna's friend."

"Okay, Luna's friend, I'm assuming your powers are related to sound, right?" Lisa guessed.

"And gravity, to an extent," Tabby added. "But that's an advanced technique."

Lisa's eyes widened at the revelation. "Gravity? That's interesting."

"I can't use that technique, though, sorry," Tabby replied. "I can only generate a soundproof shield, and scream really loud."

Lisa wrote that down, then put the clipboard and pen down. "That shall be all for today, thanks for your cooperation."

Tabby shook her head. "Why am I not surprised you didn't bother doing any tests?"

With that said, the Sadie Hawkins dates left through the elevator, and Lisa got off her chair and took a deep breath as Lily crawled to her.

"Well, Lily, we got all the castes, unless we just so happen to have some long lost sister," Lisa sighed. "Now, all I have to do is finalize my studies, hand them to Lincoln, and then my cranium can finally rest from this insane experience."

Lily frowned at Lisa, making the prodigy add, "Which is not to say I didn't enjoy it, I just... found it very tiring."

Lily nodded in agreement, then realized something, making her blurt some gibberish that Lisa translated as:

"Our castes' abilities?"

Meanwhile, with the dates, te girls walked back home, Haiku looking concerned while Tabby glared at her, and Polly and Giggles watched the scene, not sure whether they should interfere or not.

And then Haiku noticed the glare rather quickly.

"Don't look at me like that!" Haiku snapped. "I told the girl what I was comfortable with, okay?!"

"You barely covered the basics," Tabby stated. "You should've told her more!"

"Why?!" Haiku asked.

"She's clearly the kind of person who gets upset if she can't get everything the first time around," Tabby said. "Telling her a little bit more wouldn't have hurt, you know?"

"Like what, Tabby, huh? What else could I have said?" Haiku retorted. "By the way, Lisa, most of our powers aren't available until we die!" Does that sound like something you should tell a toddler!?"

"Now, Haiku, she might be only 4 years old, but she is more mature than that," Polly argued. "I'm sure she could've handled the truth."

"Maybe if she was alert, but she was clearly exhausted!" Haiku replied. "She probably needed to rest, and telling her that stuff would've scared her!"

Haiku looked elsewhere. "Especially in the context of her sisters."

"Okay, let's all calm down," Giggles said, separating the three girls. "What matters is that the stuff with Lisa is done, and we can focus on other stuff."

"Like?" Haiku asked.

"I'll tell you when we get home."

So the dates continued to walk back to their homes, having other things in mind, and other things to do.