September 9th, 2018
All of the Louds except for Leni went down to their living room, still in complete shock over what had happened the day before.
Lincoln: …..I still can't believe this. Two days ago, Anthony was our mortal enemy. And yet yesterday, he sacrificed himself to save our lives. Why would he…? How could he ever…? What made him think to…?
Lynn Sr.: He just finally realized that he truly loved us. I feel we covered this enough yesterday. Let's focus on something else.
Lincoln: Anthony stopped hating us and died yesterday. What else could we possibly focus on?
Lynn Sr.: ….Well,…..Um….Uhh…..Oh, I just remembered. Today's Leni's birthday.
Rita: Speaking of that, where is Leni? Is she still in bed?
Up in Leni's room, she was laying in bed sleeping. Then her alarm went off at 11:09 AM. It started playing a cover of a Michael Jackson song.
I'm gonna make a change
For once in my life
It's gonna feel real good
Gonna make a difference
Gonna make it right
As I turned up the collar on my favorite winter coat
This wind is blowin' my mind
I see the kids in the street, with not enough to eat
Who am I to be blind, pretending not to see their needs?
A summer's disregard
A broken bottle top
And one man's soul
They follow each other on the wind, ya' know
'Cause they got nowhere to go
That's why I want you to know
Inside Leni's brain, the tiny Lenis inside (who are just a clever visual metaphor used to personify the abstract concept of thought) had absolutely no room to move around because Leni's brain was so tiny.
I'm starting with the man in the mirror
I'm asking him to change his ways
And no message could have been any clearer
There was an electronic sign in Leni's brain that said "Awesomeness: 100%, Autism: 0%, Brain: 10%"
If you wanna make the world a better place
Take a look at yourself and then make a…
The 10 on the electronic sign changed to a 100.
CHANGE!
Leni's brain grew to 11 times its size.
Na na na, na na na! Na na na na na!
Leni woke up and had to put her hand on her head because she had a headache. She turned off her alarm and went over to her dresser to get dressed. Before she put on her glasses, she noticed something odd about them.
Leni: Have my glasses always had two different shaped lenses?
Leni put her glasses back in the dresser and took out a new pair.
These ones had two circular lenses instead of one circular one and one half-circular one.
Leni finished getting dressed and went downstairs.
Rita: So Leni, you're officially 18 years old now. How does it feel?
Leni: My head feels like there's a lot more in it than there should be. Is turning 18 supposed to give you a migraine?
Lori: …..Leni,...where did you learn that word?
Leni: I learned it that time we were hanging upsidedown with Lucy. Remember?
Leni went into the kitchen.
Luna: Something about Leni seems…different.
Lisa: I would have to agree. But it shouldn't be anything of concern.
Lori went into the kitchen. She saw Leni getting herself a glass of water.
Lori: You know how to get a glass of water?!
Leni: I know! I never thought I'd be able to do it, but it was so easy.
Lori: …Leni, what's 1 + 1?
Leni: 2.
Lori: *gasp*
Leni: Wow. That's gotta be the record for the fastest time I've been able to do that.
Lori ran back into the living room.
Lori: I think someone switched bodies with Leni again.
Lisa: Not possible. I destroyed both the brain switching device and its blueprints. No one could have made another one unless Luna memorized the blueprints, which I highly doubt.
Lori: Then in that case, something's wrong with Leni. She was able to get water from the fridge and she knew what 1 + 1 is.
The other Louds gasped. Leni came into the living room.
Leni: What's all the gasping about?
Lisa used a machine to scan Leni's brain. The tiny Lenis were celebrating because her brain was finally big enough for them to fit in.
Lisa: This is indeed Leni's brain. However, it appears that it's 11 times larger than it is meant to be.
Leni: 11 times larger? It must be gigantic!
Lisa: Either my machine is malfunctioning, which it couldn't if it wanted to because I built it, or Leni's brain has grown.
Lana: But how?
Lisa: I wish I knew.
Leni: Ooh. I bet I know who does.
Leni went over to the computer and sent an email.
Lynn Jr.: Who did you just email?
Leni: Lisa Special.
Lola: Lisa Special?
Leni: Yeah. Didn't Anthony ever tell you about her?
Lincoln: Lisa Special? Where have I heard that name bef…?
Lincoln remembered.
Lincoln: Sorry to have to break this to you, but Lisa Special is imaginary.
Leni: She is? That's a shame. She seemed like such a nice person when I met her.
Lisa: Ah, I see the Leni we know isn't completely gone.
Leni looked at the computer.
Leni: Look. Lisa Special wrote back.
The other Louds were surprised and confused by this. Leni clicked on the email reply and read it.
Leni: Thanks for asking. I'm guessing that when you woke up this morning, you felt an unusual sensation in your head. I don't know what an unusual sensation is, but I felt something in my head. The same thing happened to me today. It was due to my brain growing 11 times bigger. I also no longer use only 10% of my brain. I……What's this big word?
Lisa: "Hypothesize."
Leni: …hypothesize that you too only used 10% of your brain. But now, if I'm correct, your brain is much less small and you use it in full now. If so, congratulations. There will still be many things you'll have to learn, but there should be certain things you'll know right away because you knew them before and your once limited brain power simply didn't allow for you to properly use that knowledge.
Lincoln: Okay, this is too weird.
Lincoln sent another reply that said "This is Lincoln. Whoever's doing this, tell me who you are."
The reply Lincoln got back said "Click the attachment below and I'll explain everything." Lincoln clicked the attachment.
It made Lisa Special's face cover the entire computer screen.
Lisa S.: Hello, Loud family.
Most of the Louds: Aah!
Lincoln: You're real?!
Lisa S.: I am. And I felt it was about time you all knew.
Rita: But…who are you?
Lisa S.: I am another universe's equivalent to your daughters Leni and Lisa.
Lisa L.: Another universe? Preposterous.
Lisa S.: A skeptic, I see? Then I'll come to your house later and show you my…
Lisa L.: That won't be necessary. I already have evidence that this is all a ruse. You're so close to the camera you're using that we can only see your face. This is clearly meant to hide anything and everything that will reveal who you truly are, whoever that may be.
Lisa S.: Smart observation, Mini Me. But I am not video chatting.
Lincoln: Then what are you doing?
Lisa S.: Today, when I turned 18 years old, my brain grew exponentially and I began to use it at its full power. Due to those factors, in addition to the fact I was already so smart, I became so intelligent that I turned into a computer.
Lincoln and Lisa L.: WHAT?!
Lisa S.: Anthony said that I would, but I foolishly dismissed that prediction of his. It appears he was right and so far, I like it. Speaking of Anthony, have any of you seen him? He was supposed to have dinner with me last night, but he never showed.
Everyone got quiet and awkward.
Lisa S.: Why is there suddenly an awkward silence? This awkward silence indicates that I'm about to get bad news.
Lincoln: Well, uhh…Anthony died last night.
Lisa S.: …..What? He-he-he did? How?
Lynn Sr.: Well, he put a bomb in our house and then he…I need a minute.
Lynn Sr. ran into the kitchen. Everyone could hear him crying.
Lisa S.: Gee, I must say, this is really unforu…
Lisa S. got an idea.
Lisa S.: Never mind. I already know exactly what to do.
Lisa L.: And what would that be?
Lisa S.: Let's keep it a surprise. Any questions before I go?
Everyone else in the room raised their hand.
Lisa S.: I can tell you all have multiple questions. I need to get started on that surprise, so I'll just answer one question and we can do a full Q&A some other time. Luan, what's your question?
Luan: I see Anthony must've told you about me if you know my name.
Lisa S.: Actually, that's only part of the reason I know it. But like I said, I'll explain more some other time. Now, what did you want to ask me?
Luan: Turning into a computer is one thing, but how are you OUR computer?
Lisa S.: I'm not. I simply attached my file to Leni's email, allowing me to display myself here.
Leni: You can move from one computer to another? Like Karen from SpongeBob?
Lisa S.: Exactly. Goodbye, Louds. I have a lot of important work to do.
Leni: Happy birthday.
Lisa S.: You too.
Lisa S. no longer had her face on the computer screen.
Leni: I don't understand. If her brain got better, and my brain got better, how come I didn't turn into a computer? I'm smart enough to be a computer, right?
The other Louds didn't know what to say because they didn't wanna tell Leni how dumb she was. Luckily for them, Leni got a text message.
Leni: George says I need to start getting ready for the wedding.
Leni took a drink of water and then realized something that made her spit that water out on Lori.
Leni: I'm getting married today!
Lori: …Why did you just…?
Leni spit more water on Lori.
Leni: I don't wanna get married! What am I gonna do?!
Lola: Just tell George that.
Leni: I can't. It'll break his heart.
Lola: Then don't go to the wedding and hope he doesn't notice.
Leni: I don't think that would work.
Leni started pacing back and forth trying to come up with an idea.
Leni: Ohhhhhhh. What was I thinking?! Why did I say I would marry him?
Luan: ….I think we have to tell her.
Lynn Sr. came back into the living room.
Lynn Sr.: Tell her what?
Luan: ….Leni, before today, you were….…the dumbest person on the entire planet.
Leni: What?
Luan: And you possibly still are. This whole "Lisa Special, bigger brains" thing hasn't been made completely clear to me yet.
Leni: But…but…
Luan: You are so dumb that I can't even tell a joke about how dumb you are because you'll think I'm being serious.
Leni: Well, no matter how dumb I are,…
Rita: It's "I am," sweetheart.
Leni: …No matter how dumb Mom am,…
Rita facepalmed.
Leni: …I still don't see what that has to do with the wedding.
Leni paced a bit more and then got an idea.
Leni: I just remembered something! There's a piece of paper Lisa gave me that I never read, but I know it's about marriage.
Lisa: I never gave you a piece of paper with information relating to marriage on it.
Leni: The other Lisa.
Leni ran upstairs to her room.
Lisa: I am going to ignore that statement because I am choosing to remain in the denial stage regarding that person.
Leni came back down with the piece of paper she was talking about.
Leni: There's nothing in here about how to not have to marry someone. It's just a bunch of reasons why I shouldn't get married. This is no help.
Leni threw the piece of paper up in the air. After it landed on the ground, Lana picked it up.
Lana: Whoa! This looks like any old piece of paper and yet it's from another universe. Cool.
Lincoln: No it's not!...I think.
Leni started going back upstairs.
Lucy: What are you gonna do now?
Leni: I have to marry George. I don't have any choice.
Lori: Are you sure? There's still plenty of time left to think of…
Leni: Nope. I have no choice.
Later that same day, at the Wedding
George looked to his left and saw an empty space where Anthony, his best man, would have been standing.
Popplio: Where's the best man?
George: He died yesterday.
Popplio: Oh. Umm….I don't know how to respond to that.
George: Has anyone you know died?
Popplio: Does fainting count?
George: Obviously not.
Popplio: Then no. But don't be so sad, you're about to get married.
George: And Anthony was gonna become my brother-in-law. I was looking forward to that. People you're not related to becoming your in-laws is an under discussed aspect of marriage. I must say.
Lynn Sr. walked Leni down the aisle.
Lori: I can't believe she's getting married….BEFORE ME!
Lori started crying.
Popplio: We are gathered here today to wed George Picklebutt and Leni Loud in holy matrimony. YES! I FINALLY SAID IT RIGHT THAT TIME!...Sorry about that. Now where was I? Oh, yes. If there is anyone here who objects to this marriage, let them speak now or forever hold their peace.
Sweat rolled down Leni's face because she was so torn on what she should do. She wanted to say that she objected, but she also didn't want to make George sad.
Leni: ….I do.
Popplio: Uhh Miss, we haven't gotten to that part yet.
Leni: I meant I object. I'm sorry, George. I know I said getting married would be fun, but I got smarterer today and it made me realize that we just can't get married. It's not the right time.
George: ….Oh thank Arceus AND Neptune! I don't wanna get married either.
Leni: You don't?
George: I mean, I did. But then after my bachelor party, I realized I didn't.
Leni: Wasn't your bachelor party months ago?
George: Uh-huh.
Leni: So you didn't tell me because you didn't wanna hurt my feelings?
George: No. I just went along with it because I wanted Anthony to be my brother-in-law. But….he dead, so…..you know.
Popplio: So does this mean the wedding is cancelled?
Leni: Of course it does.
Leni threw her bouquet. Twin Anthony caught it.
Popplio: Aw great! This is like the 6th time this has happened to me.
George: We'll still pay you.
Popplio: You think I'm only in this for the money? I do this because I love being able to bring two people or Pokémon who love each other together in marriage. Although yes, payment would be fantastic. Cash only.