It's finally time for my most audacious project.
First, some context. I was thinking about the Loud House and how it's a family oriented show. Next, I was reminded of one of the greatest video games of all time by one of the greatest YouTube let's players of all time. I was wondering: "Hey, what would happen if that story was retold using the assets of the Loud House?" And that is how we got here.
Also, massive spoilers for said game; But since it was only released in Japan (much to the dismay of everyone else), I don't think we have to worry about that (unless you emulated it or watched a YouTuber play it).
First, some parameters.
This is meant to be a harder version of said game.
This crossover has more in common with the game than with the Loud House.
Said game takes about 3 years (in universe) to complete, while Decadence takes about 2 months (in universe).
Any flashbacks to its series will be written entirely in Japanese (because it's a Japanese game, after all).
Because there are 11 characters, the abilities they get will be spread thin.
Only major battles (important encounters, minibosses, optional superbosses and regular bosses) will be shown. It's to cut out any unnecessary padding.
Levels will scale depending on what point the story is currently in.
Instead of just 4 party members, there are 11! And they can be swapped out during a certain point in the story.
With that out of the way, here is my Loud House X Mother 3 fanfiction, Decadence.
This seemingly uninteresting story starts somewhere in Michigan. In a random cabin in a small clearing of the forest, a young girl has just arisen from her slumber and begins to head downstairs.
"(It's probably a bad idea to head outside in just my PJs…)"
After rectifying that little mishap, she looks in the mirror and notices that she has a severe case of bed head, a crisis so pertinent to her that not even 6 cans of dry shampoo could make her luscious and luxurious blonde hair more voluminous! Thankfully, she realized that thanks to a post from one of her high school friends, having voluminous hair isn't all that cracked up to be (and the fact that she found out that dry shampoo increases the risk of making hair even more brittle caused her to stop using it entirely!)
After dressing in her signature royal purple shirt (with white cuffs for extra style points), shoes, headband, lilac socks and brown checker-patterned skirt, she heads downstairs once again, and this time, finally gets to have a drink to start her day. What is it? Calidus theobroma cacao cum quod radix extract ec althaea officinalis. It seems that this girl has high class tastes, given that this decadent drink is a 10-word description in Latin. Clearly, the highest of standards. In actuality, it's just hot chocolate with marshmallows in it. She slowly cups her hand around the mug containing the scalding lavalike chocolate, and brings it close to her, feeling the intense heat. After imbibing the hot chocolate, she can feel as if millions of taste buds cried out in euphoria and were suddenly snuffed out. But…there's no way the cocoa was that hot! Irregardless, after her pre-breakfast dessert, she decides to have an omelet for breakfast.
After doing so, she takes out a cellphone and starts browsing the social medias just like every other millennial nowadays. Though, to be fair, she doesn't use it as much as her phone addicted enemy turned frenemy turned rival turned best friend. She decides to text with her.
"Hey, it's me. Look, I'm somewhere in the Michigan wilderness, and I'm so lonely. Sure, I went on this trip to reconnect with someone but…it would be nice for me to talk with someone my age. Anyway, you mentioned something about going camping for summer vacation with your family, right? Well, I hope your summer is going to be better than mine, not that its hard listening to someone rattle off regaling tales of fantasy that would interest that spoiled princess of a sister you told us about. This is getting kind of long…knowing you, you'd probably just chastise me for not using texting abbreviations, or, in your sister, Lisa's terms, your asinine vernacular, abbreves, (god, I cringed so hard, and actually felt physical pain writing your plague on the English language, no wonder crotchety old dotards doddering around in the senior home say that millennials are ruining the world). But hey, if this is too long, at least I'll put this for you; it's too long, and you didn't read my spiel. Fine, it's not like you have the attention span anyway, what with your brain cells being fried from spending 13 hours a day on your phone. Anyways, I hope we can still be friends, even when we're going to different universities. I'll send a text to Whitney, too. Talk to you soon!"
After sending that block of text, she heads outside.
"Ah, if it isn't my granddaughter. Glad you finally made it!"
"Just had to get ready, grandfather. So, what are we going to do today?"
"Explore around the forest. Look, I know that you young'uns are obsessed with these techno-doodads these days but sometimes just going outside and getting some fresh air would do the brain, body and spirit some wonders."
"I'd love to. Maybe my technology engrossed friend could learn something from you."
"Hey, if it gets more people to look out into the great expanse of the world, instead of their devices, the better. Ready to go, kiddo?"
"Absolutely, let's get started."
The scene now transitions back into familiar territory. On the street of Franklin Avenue in the small suburb of Royal Woods, Michigan, lies a famous, or infamous, depending on how you view it, numbered house. The camera pans to house 1216…this is the Loud family's house. Upon closer inspection, we see the Loud siblings packing up their things and getting ready for another road trip. Hopefully, it won't turn out like last time, when they somehow tore the family van to pieces fighting over the best seat in the car.
"Hey kids, we're ready to set off. Get everything you need for our camping trip and let's head out."
A stampede of excited children rush downstairs and meet their parents outside, along with a special surprise guest…
"Pop-Pop? What are you doing here?"
"Can't a guy tag along with his family during summer vacation?"
"But what about the people at the senior center? Won't they notice you're gone?"
"Ah, don't worry about that. I told everyone I'd be going camping with you."
"And Sue isn't making up some fallacious excuse to "protect" you? Like telling you that you'd get arthritis from skewering a marshmallow on a stick."
"Say, that's a great joke. I got to remember to tell that to the other residents."
"Well, I can't argue with that logic. Besides, Pop-Pop can take it to anything that messes with us."
After loading their camping supplies and personal effects into the van, they enter the van themselves and pray that this unreliable piece of junk doesn't once again break down before they get to the campsite. After making it roughly halfway to their destination, Luan catches a glance of a strange tower far off into the distance.
"Hey, did any of you see the tower we just passed by?"
"I did. According to various websites, that tower is called the DIR. Their website says that they are a new energy company trying to supply power to everyone in Royal Woods."
"Well, that seems fine."
A few minutes later, and that white monstrosity with turquoise highlights makes it to the campsite. The Louds set up camp and begin to enjoy themselves.
"I'm going to hold down the fort here. You guys can explore the campsite grounds. Have fun but come back soon for some smores."
And with that, every Loud, with the exception of Lynn Sr and Albert, disperses and roams around the campsite grounds, as well as the outlying landmarks surrounding it. Rita and Lori went off by their lonesome, while everyone else paired up with a sibling. Leni and Lily, Luna and Lucy, Lynn and Lisa, Lola and Lana, and finally, Luan and Lincoln. With everyone paired up, they all set off to explore the area.
"You know, just because you're 1 and ¼ years old doesn't mean you should enjoy our camping trip alongside us, right Lily?"
Lily babbles incoherently.
"I agree. You are pretty smart for a baby. Maybe you could be a nicer version of Lisa when you grow up."
Lily coos adorably.
"Don't worry. I'll protect you from anything that tries to hurt us."
"E…pider."
Leni looks where Lily is pointing and notices a spider. Being an arachnophobe, she runs as fast as she can away from the eight-legged, eight-eyed, animosity filled arachnid just waiting to pump deadly neurotoxic venom into her and her baby sister. She eventually finds their base camp and decides to stay in the vicinity.
"Maybe we should stay here, where it's relatively safe…"
Meanwhile, we see what Luna and Lucy are up to.
"Well, this has been fun but maybe we should head back."
"You go ahead. I'm going to wait for nightfall."
"No Luce, you're already hard enough to find as it is. I'm not going to lose you under the cover of darkness."
"Sigh, my perfect camouflage is unbreakable. Fine...but only because I don't want dad to panic and send a search party to find me like last time."
Luna and Lucy head back to base camp. Meanwhile, let's see what the brawn and brain are up to.
"You know, maybe I should have an outside training regimen next sport season. After all, Mother Nature is the ultimate test for humans, and all life on Earth."
"Sure, I'll be sure to notify father once we find your corpse, having the life beaten out of it by Mother Nature itself."
"Sure, Lis. You're just trying to psyche me out."
"You're incorrigible, seventh eldest sister."
"Yeah, I am pretty incredible."
The two of them eventually tire of walking around and return back to base camp. But how are the twins faring?
"Oh, this place is so majestical. Do you see it, Lola?"
"No, this place breeds disease, death, and destruction of all life. It's like veganism."
"Maybe you should take off your rose-colored glasses and begin to appreciate the splendor of our world, Lola?"
"No thanks, I don't want to get murdered by some random thing in the forest."
"Fine, suit yourself."
"LANA! Don't!"
"Why not?"
"Those berries are poisonous!"
"No, they aren't."
"Sigh, it falls to me to protect you from yourself."
Lola, fed up with her sister's antics of endangering herself, forcibly drags her back to base camp. At the expense of Lana's enjoyment…killjoy. But…Lola's heart is in the right place. Now, we see what Lincoln and Luan are up to.
"I managed to subsist last night's dinner on just 6 mac and cheese bites alone. Dad really does make the best food ever!"
"Yeah, he does."
"Look, I managed to save the rest of my dinner last night from those vultures and managed to smuggle it out here. It's a little cold but they're still delicious."
"And why are you telling me this?"
"Because, I know you love these as much as I do. So, I want to share them with you."
"Really? Thank you, Lincoln!"
…
"I'll give these last 3 to you. Eat them on a special occasion."
"Lincoln, I don't deserve this…"
"Sure, you do. I still can't believe we ate 33 of them at one time…"
"That just proves how good they are."
"Thanks for hanging out with me, Luan."
"Sure, Linc. You really are the best brother ever…"
Both of them head back to base camp, taking extra care to hide the precious breaded nuggets of cheesy deliciousness they're fond of so much. All that leaves is Lori. After exploring around the campgrounds, she heads to the outskirts and sees a sign before a pathway into the forest. Upon reading the sign, it says:
Gekkō Shinrin: Ni naru uttori inai sono shinrin
However, Lori doesn't understand Japanese, so this meaning is lost on her. Heck, Lori can barely understand Latin, let alone the sublime complexities of this amazing language. She proceeds to explore the forest and is instantly captivated by its natural beauty. After a few minutes of admiring the forest, she eventually finds a clearing and sees an old man by a cabin. He notices her and begins to speak.
"Another camper decided to explore the forest. Well, if you're lost, I can escort you back to the campsite. A lot of people decide to explore the forest, and inevitably get lost, then they find this place in the center and find a guide who can take them back."
"Who are you?"
"Just a person that enjoys nature. Now let's get you out of here."
Suddenly, a strange humanoid figure stumbles upon this place.
"What? The forest is inhabited?! Well, maybe THESE will scare them away!"
The strange being releases a bug and runs away. The bug starts to incinerate the surrounding area.
"If that bug continues to spread fire everywhere, the entire forest will go up in smoke! You have to stop it somehow!"
A familiar face pops out and goes out to investigate.
"Grandfather, I heard there was a fire, so I came out and…"
This person notices Lori.
"Lori, what are you doing here?"
"Carol, what are YOU doing here?"
"Girls, there's a more pressing issue here!"
"He's right. We need to squash this bug before it sets the whole forest ablaze!"
The two of them confront the bug and the first battle, which is also the first miniboss battle, begins.
Lori attacks!
Bombardier Fly takes 2 damage!
Carol attacks!
Bombardier Fly takes 4 damage!
Bombardier Fly used a lighter attack!
Lori takes 4 damage!
Lori attacks!
Bombardier Fly takes 3 damage!
Carol attacks!
Bombardier Fly takes 3 damage!
Bombardier Fly used a ramming attack!
Just missed!
Lori attacks!
SMAAAASH!
Bombardier Fly takes 14 damage!
Carol attacks!
Bombardier Fly takes 5 damage!
The Bombardier Fly violently exploded!
Lori takes mortal damage!
The Bombardier Fly stopped moving!
You win!
Lori gained 21 experience points!
Lori's level is now 5!
HP went up by 8
PP went up by 6
Offense went up by 4
Defense went up by 3
IQ went up by 1
Speed went up by 2
Lori learned PK Freeze α!
The enemy dropped a present!
Inside the present was some Banana Nut Bread!
Lori takes the Banana Nut Bread
"Well, that literally blows."
"Look, just get back to the campsite. We'll survey the damage here."
"Ok."
Lori leaves the forest and heads back to the campsite.
"Well, it looks like everyone but your mother is here. I wonder what's taking her so long…? Kids, stay here. I'll go out and check."
"I'll go too."
Differences Between Decadence and Mother 3:
Mother 3: The prologue starts with the main characters, Lucas and Claus, along with their mother Hinawa, visiting their grandfather, Alec, atop Mount Oriander within the Nowhere Islands.
There is a tutorial fight with a Mole Cricket in Mother 3. In Decadence, there is NO tutorial battle!
The villains of the story immediately set the Sunshine Forest ablaze with fireflies and customized bombs.
The first miniboss of Mother 3 is a group of 3 Fireflies.
Decadence: Instead of focusing on a main character for the prologue, it focuses on a tertiary character.
There is no corresponding location to Tazmily Village in Decadence. As such, the Louds are going camping for summer vacation. The camp they're going to is a substitute for Tazmily Village.
Because Decadence takes at least 2 months to complete, whereas Mother 3 takes about 3 years, the DIR is already finished.
There's a brief respite, showing the Loud siblings exploring the forest before the villain tries to burn it down.
The first miniboss in Decadence is the Bombardier Fly, a stronger variant of the Firefly. It's only level 5 but Lori is level 4 when fighting it. As opposed to being level 10, having 3 of them but you're level 7 and have to fight them by yourself (although said character has an attack to hit all enemies, Lori doesn't). Also, the Bombardier Fly explodes, just like all of the trees in the Mother series.
Lori doesn't have any defensive items equipped starting out, Flint at least had his Chuck Norris-esque hat.
The first PK user isn't obtainable until 2/3's of the way into chapter 2 in Mother 3. In Decadence, Lori gets PK Freeze α at level 5! Better yet, the Bombardier Fly will always give enough experience to level Lori up from level 4 to level 5.
Carol actually helps Lori fight the miniboss; Unlike Thomas, who just cowers behind Flint while he fights the Fireflies by himself.
Since this is the prologue, there are no random presents to give our protagonists items.
Author's Note: The sign says:
Moonlit Forest: become entranced within the forest
It's basically saying the forest is so mesmerizing that you're probably going to get lost while admiring it.
Since I'm talking about the almighty Mother 3 and crossing it over with the Loud House, I'm expecting fans on both sides claiming that this fanfiction defiled their favorite series forever. I know that this fanfiction will garner a lot of hate but it won't stop me from trying to make this one of my greatest magnum opera.