We didn't think it was the end of the world

We've had some nasty weather around Tartarus this week. It was bad enough earlier in the week that much of the surrounding area lost power and Tartarus opened late one day. When we arrived at Tartarus the day of the late opening, everyone was in a frenzy. Zebra seemed to have no idea what was going on. Neppy was as loud and useless as ever. And Mosquito was just plain foul. Not only did she try to run everything and question everything everyone was doing (in spite of not having any real power to speak of), she was rude. Everything that either of us said to Mosquito was met with the rudest possible response.

Take what happened with Spider Hero for example. About half an hour before we opened for business we heard someone rattling the front door. Spider Hero went to see what was going on and let a guy in. Mosquito scowled. "What's going on," she snapped. "Doesn't Spider Hero know we aren't open yet?"

"He is the one who wrote the 'delayed opening' signs that are up on the doors," said Speck.

"I know that," snarled Mosquito in about the nastiest tone you can imagine. Seriously, friends, there is no good way to convey to you how nastily that was said.

Whoa, Mosquito. Calm yourself.

We wanted to ask for an explanation but decided to leave that one alone. Mosquito stomped off to see what Spider Hero was doing. And for the rest of the day, any time Speck attempted to talk to Mosquito she responded with bad attitude and cruelty.

Now, we understand that Mosquito had been without power for nearly 24 hours at that point and that can be stressful. But we don't feel like that's a good reason to be nasty to people. Speck has lost power twice this week, both times for 12 hours. Does that give Speck the right to go around snarling at people and being a general jerk?

Be grateful we don't have the authority, Mosquito.