As Penumbra is unpacking, you can't help but continue to look at her photographs. "Penumbra," you say. "You certainly have a big family." "Well," says Penny. "I am a werewolf. Werewolves usually have big families. My grandmother's grandmother had a lot of children." You look through the photographs and it would seem that Penny's family came in a large variety. They were mainly women and from the looks of it, they were as heavily built as Penumbra and her sister, some even moreso. There were only three skinny girls that you could see.
One photograph depicted a group photo. There was one obese brown furred wolf girl who wearing what looked like a black jacket with a purple skirt with giraffe like spots and a pink shirt with striped stockings. Next to her was a pear-shaped werewolf girl resembling a dire wolf with her hair worn in a ponytail. Another wolf girl in the photograph was a gold furred wolf woman who was wearing a red hood like Little Red Ridinghood. You almost laugh at the irony. Another of the wolves was a fat gray furred wolf girl with a reddish tint in her fur like a lunar eclipse. She was wearing a tight sweater on her entire body. Another wolf in the photograph was a girl who resembled more of a collie than a wolf from her red and white fur. She was stark naked but her fur was covered in paint stains.
"Are a lot of your cousins like you, Penny?" Penny nervously bites her lip. "Well, we're all artists. Artistic talent runs in the family. But, I don't recommend you meeting any of my cousins. At least not the ones that wouldn't come to Screamtown." "What does... oh." You realize that a lot of Penny's cousins are probably human eaters. "Right there in that photograph," says Penny. "Those are a few of my cousins." First she points to the one in the black coat. "That's cousin Lupa from Horrorville. She's a fashion designer." "That would explain the outfit." "I'd be careful around her," says Penny. "Humans make up most of Lupa's diet. Next to her is April." She points to the dire wolf girl. "Looks like all the humans that one ate went straight to her hips." You say.
"Actually," says Penumbra. "April doesn't eat humans. She actually has a crush on one." "Maybe she should move to Scream Town." You think to yourself. "Uh, what about the one in the sweater." "That's Selene," says Penny. "She's really anti-social. Lives in the mountains. She's a carver. Over there in the hood is Cousin Miranda." "A wolf in a red hood," you say. "That's ironic. Does she eat humans?" "Afraid so, but she has a human friend." You look up in confusion. "He's a special case," says Penumbra. "Edgar, I think his name is. He's immortal so he can actually be eaten by my cousin and survive." You shiver. "And the collie woman." "Colleen," says Penumbra. "You don't have to worry about her, she hates humans. Thinks they taste terrible. The first human she ever put in her mouth, she immediately spat back out." You let out a laugh at that.
Then you look at another photograph that depicts several werewolf girls that look like they're from different parts of the monster world. One in particular is a British looking white furred wolf girl with long flowing black hair in a purple gown with long sleeves. Then you look and see a photograph that depicts a family of three that also has a rare example of a male wolf in Penny's family. It consisted of a female werewolf resembling an obese akita. The akita wolf woman was wearing nothing but a bikini that looked like it was made of dinosaur bones. Her husband was a light gray furred and muscle-bound wolf man with long white hair and a beard who was wearing nothing but a speedo and a vest that was shaped like a wolf's head. From the looks of it, they had a daughter as well. The daughter resembled her mother but with her father's fur color and blonde hair. She had a large and fat torso but with muscular arms and legs, though not as thick as Autumn's. She was wearing a pair of glasses and what looked like a football uniform.
"That's my cousin Nova and her husband Bradford," says Penny. "They live in Direopolis." "Direopolis?" you ask. "Noreen's mom lives there. That's one pretty unwelcoming looking bikini on Nova." "Nova is an artisan who crafts jewelry and swimwear from bones of dinosaurs... and humans." Says Penny. You shiver in place. "And their daughter." "Clancy?" asks Penny. "Clancy is actually the only wolf in the family who isn't an artist. Instead she's on her high school's football team." "Interesting career choice." Penny lets out a sigh. "Nova says that football is probably the only future Clancy has," says Penny. "She flunked art class and she's a terrible hunter." "Ouch." You think to yourself. That probably doesn't help her self-esteem.
The last photograph you notice is one that depicts another family, except this one depicted a mother with two daughters, twins from the looks of it. The mother was a gray werewolf that looked obese even by the standards of the women in her family, in contrast to her hourglass figured daughters. One twin was a black furred wolf girl with blue eyes while the other was an albino white-furred wolf with red eyes. For some reason, the white wolf looked familiar. "And what about these three?" you ask Penumbra.
Penumbra looks at the photograph nervously. "Oh," she says. "I hoped you wouldn't notice that one. That's my aunt Diana and her daughters; Hecate and Persephone." "Persephone?!" you yell in horror. "You're related to Persephone!?" You heard about Persephone. She was a vicious cannibal who preyed on other monsters as well as humans. She had a rather high body count and was locked up in Under Gloom for her horrible crimes." Penumbra sees the fear on her face and frowns. "So you've heard of her. Persephone is the... black sheep of the Howler family." "Interesting choice of words," you say. "I don't mean any offense." Penumbra let out a sigh.
"Persephone's arrest didn't do the family much good. Aunt Diana took it the hardest. Watching her daughter be convicted for cannibalism sucked the sanity right out of her. Hecate on the other hand, despises her sister and considers her crimes to be unforgivable." You lower your head. "I'm sorry, Penny." Penny smiled nervously trying to change the subject. "As you can see, I have a lot of cousins. In fact, I have three cousins here in Scream Town. I don't think you know them. One lives in Springtime Street while the other two live in Summer Side and Autumn Avenue respectively." You then hear a knock.
"Oh," says Penny. "That must be them now."
Who is at the door?
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