7.6K words, you know it is a long chapter, I know, it's a long intro, but its the last, i promise, but let's add some "action" in the middle and possibly "drama" somewhere in the end.
plus, this might have some "real steel" reference, but the games are advancing so why not advance a game of my own?
"why are you two keep ending with a tie!?" Lola yelled in irritation, most of which she watched the competitors go for a few rounds on each game machines for nearly two hours, and all ended with a tie. Lincoln and Chandler played and ended with a draw, now with the sudden exhaustion on the ground on their backs and multiple breaths were expressed.
"I don't know...but I don't the energy to keep moving forward" Lincoln said with another puff of breath out of his suit. He thought he had the advantage since he knew how horrible Chandler is with games, such as skeeball and turbo motorcycle game after his attempt to get his invitation. Though Lincoln's skill in gaming would give him the benefit, his suit was a bit heavier for his arm to concentrate for tossing balls (not what you think), and the headpiece only limited his view for racing. So putting him in the disadvantaged level as his competitor.
"Well, it won't matter since you two went a few rounds on every last game, but it always ends with a draw, I mean, how is that possible?" Lori stated her point. So, what do we-"
Lori's words were cut off when luan place her hands on her head and position it to a view where a man was placing a large metal platform with a tech screen attached to the front in an empty spot between two game machines. "What about that one?"
There was a title on the top of the screen, yet it is unclear to read, but just as the sisters walked forward the title read 'Oltra boxing champion''. Somehow, Lynn had a good feeling about this game, considering the label has an image of two bowers with a stern look with a strong position.
"You kids are here for the new arcade game?" the man asked as he plunged in the cord and the screen came to life with a loud bell, the bell used to start and end a fight in a boxing match, later a voice came out the speakers. "Players, are you ready for a fight?!"
"Alright, this game is ready, you kids….woah…." the man noticed the crowd of kids behind the loud girls, each waiting to see the two competitors end the tie, although, Lincoln and Chandler are currently on the ground, rejuvenating their energy and breath. "Wow, they told me this game would raise the attraction, but not this much and that fast" he muttered "alright, have fun!" he said just as he left the building, yet he pulled out what appeared to be a walky-talky. "Carol, head to the arcade, please, there's bundle of kids in there"
Later, once the game was set up, Clyde encourage his friend to keep moving forward, even Chandler's friends did the same. the competitors got on their feet and took a moment to stretch and sigh after. Having to play another game, but the feeling of getting another draw at the end would still leave the wager undetermined. "Alright, here we go again" Lincoln said, tentative to stay focus knowing the possibility. Getting on the platform, and seeing how similar the arcade is built to dance-dance revolution, but the screen is wide and flat, and what's odd were right below, there's two game controller, they appeared to be a game console model. Next to that, a headset with a mic, and a small camera.
"Alright, I've started the game, now pick your character" Lori said.
"Remember, if I win this fight-" Chandler's words were cut off by Lincoln's irritation.
"Yeah, yeah, you get our tickets and we get a swirly, blah blah blah"
"The players may choose how they control their characters as they wish, there are three ways. You can choose to control your character by control, voice command, or motion sensor"
As much as Lincoln wanted to use the controller, but the fat fingers of the suit will make it hard to use, like the other games he competed in. In this case, he chose the mic headset. While Chandler chose the motion sensor monitor. The screen showed multiple avatar characters with the variety of shape and size, each showed their levels and moves, but one was already selected, and it was not from Lincoln.
"PLAYER TWO HAS SELECTED JACK HYDRO!"
The character seemed to be taller and strong from the rest of the avatar, it wears military pants, boots, but shirtless. It has robotic arms with the intimidation of its large hydraulics. The stats on the character shows the character's strength to be surprisingly high. Lincoln thought to himself if this is a 'boxing game or street fighter'? But the label proves otherwise. He later chose a character with high defense levels to give Chandler's character the disadvantage. The avatar appeared to be a humanoid longhorn.
"PLAYER ONE HAS SELECTED LONGHORN!"
His sisters did not agree with his choice since the character's strength are a bit lower than the other character, but the choices are made and there's no going back when the screen went black and light up to show the two characters on each opposite end of the corner.
"The rules are simple, you cannot hit below the belt, hold, trip, kick, headbutt, wrestle, bite, spit on, or push your opponent. You cannot hit with your head, shoulder, forearm, or elbow. A violation of the following rules is considered a foul, and can result in a warning, point deduction, or disqualification by the referee!" the guide instructed, making clear of the rules, but it didn't finish speaking. "If a boxer is knocked down, he or she loses a point. If a boxer is knocked down twice, he or she loses two points. If both fighters are knocked down, the knockdowns cancel each other out. While uncommon, if a fighter completely dominates each round but doesn't score a knockdown, a judge can still score that round 10-8, now are you fighters ready!?"
Chandler stood in a fighting poses and the camera instructed his character to imitate his movement, while Lincoln spoke into the mic. "Hands up" he demanded as his character lifts his arms and automatically stood in a semi-crouch pose. The loud sisters, including his best friend, cheered him luck for the fight.
"Use the skills you've learned from me!" Lynn Jr. yelled with her thumbs up
"You got this, bro!" Luna cheered
"If anyone is good at games, it's you" Clyde stated with the aid of boost of confidence
"three….two….one….GO!"
The bell rang and the two opponents characters started to walk automatically to meet face to face. Chandler started to give a strong left swing, but later Lincoln spoke to the mic.
"bob" his character ducked down to his opponent's left, causing him to miss the impact. But in a split second, Chandler turns around and at the same time gave a strong downward overhand punch to the head, knocking Lincoln's character out cold to the ground. Lincoln's sisters and Clyde gasped in disbelief, while the crowd of kids cheered in the process as Chandler raised his arms in pride. A referee character came to give the count. A text popped up from the screen, and it's for Lincoln to read.
'To stand on your feet, command your character to "stand up" or "on your feet", you might need to say it multiple times.'
With the helpful info, Lincoln demanded his character to stand on its feet.
"Stand up!" he yelled and his character moved slightly, and again, he demanded and spoke those statement over and over, his sisters and his best friend chanted and cheered for the white haired boy to give the boost of confidence.
"Com'on Lincoln, you got this!" Clyde cheered
"You can win!" Lola also cheered, until a boy came to disagree.
"He's not going to win" the boy mocked "I bet he can't even last the first round" he said until Lola came to correct his statement.
"Oh really, why not place a wager, five bucks my brother can make it out the first round" she pulled out a five, and later few more kids came to circle around her.
"Oh yeah, how about ten?"
"Me too"
"Me three"
Lola has more kids to bargain with and she accepted their bet. But later to their shock, Lincoln's character got on its feet and ready to go for another fight. "Yes!" Lola and the other sisters yelled in joy.
"You're ready for another, squirrel boy?" Chandler mocked with the hint of a smirk. Although, Lincoln response is said with determination after looking at the timer. 1:26.
"More than you know" his confidence exceeded more than his opponent "Advance!" he commanded his character to move forward to fight once more against his opponent, later Chandler swung his left arm at his character. "footwork!" he commanded as his character took a long step back, causing to miss the blow. Chandler took another swing and yet again Lincoln's character took another step back.
"Lincoln, fight back!" Lynn yelled, demanding her brother to fight back after that knockout that took a deduction point. Lincoln ignore her words, falling deaf to his ears, he tried to keep dodging his punches and attacks, but he found himself against the ropes on the right corner and Chandler has him pin where he wanted him to be. He took another swing and it impacts to the left head causing Lincoln's character to daze.
"Cover-up!" Lincoln commanded his character to lift its arms to block his opponent's attacks. It did the command, yet Chandler gave multiple blows to break his block and breach open to give a strong punch to the head.
"Com'on, open your arms you stupid cow" Chandler said in frustration as he keeps swinging his arms left and right. lincoln kept his character's arms up and he was not going to give up, but that doesn't mean he will not fight back, he was waiting for the perfect moment. But that waiting might be shattered as the longhorn avatar has his arms knocked to the left making an opening and vulnerable state for Lincoln, and an opportunity for his opponent.
"Uh, oh" he said in disbelief. But he tried to stay focus and gave a command. "Hands up!" that command came late as Chandler made a huge jab with his left hand and a strong right cross to the head, causing his character to fall once again and be knocked out. Chandler made his character stand in a pose to express his pride.
"Yeah, that's right, I'm the best" he said with the sense of satisfaction of achievement, and the crowd of kids cheered for the knockout.
"No no no no, stand up!" Lincoln yelled at his mic, but his character barely made any movement.
"ONE….TWO….THREE….FOUR"
The referee counted up for the knocked out character, Lincoln desperately commanded multiple times at a rapid pace, each was desperation and panic with the hint of scream. "STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP STAND UP!" his character slowly got to his feet and it was close to being the last ten to the count. Standing on two feet and with its arms up and ready to go for another round. Lincoln sigh in relief as did the same for his sisters and Clyde, but the crowd groans in the process, indicating how they rather see Chandler win rather than Lincoln. Considering their social life are different between the two.
Both opponents head closer, but Chandler made another swing. Lincoln commanded his character to move back from the swing, yet Chandler made another same swing and Lincoln dodged it again. Lynn was now getting impatient as she yelled her brother to fight back, but her words were irritating him since having to block the swings and listen to her jock sister was more difficult than it seems. "Lincoln, fight back!" Back against the ropes and being cornered once again, with multiple strikes against his opponent's arms, until...
"RIGHT UPPERCUT!" Lincoln yelled as he saw the perfect moment to strike, causing his character to give a vertical, rising punch thrown with the rear hand on his opponents face. The crowd and chandler gasped in sudden surprise, even chandlers character moved back from that attack that it clearly didn't see it coming.
"Alright, Lincoln, give him everything you got!" Lynn cheered as so her sisters did the same. Lincoln gave a confident smile and starts getting his head in the game.
"Advance" his character moved forward and then the unexpected happens. "Right cross!" His character gave a strong right punch, causing the opponent to jerk slightly back from the strong impact. "Right cross, left cross, right cross!"
"Oh no no no!" chandler tried his best to move his character out of the disadvantage impacts, but the motion sensor doesn't cooperate while his character is in a bad situation. He made another swing but Lincoln manage to dodge and give a left cross, but Chandler was not having this defeat as he made another swing but this time it was faster than the others, launching Lincoln's character against the rope again.
"No!" he yelled as chandler gives another swing. "Cover-up" his character raised his arms to block the impact, but the punches are not able to be blocked out for long so long as the arms would break free. The countdown for the bell is near to the end by twenty seconds, and Lola would earn her side of the bargain in the first round.
"Com'on Lincoln, seventeen seconds left and I could win seventy-two dollars!" Lola stated but that caught Lincoln off guard.
"You placed another bet me?!" he with disbelief after having to put in this position all over again, but that gave Chandler the opportunity to give a right cross to the head, knocking down Lincoln's character again. He watched the clock and he only has ten seconds until the bell rings, without any hesitation he commanded his character stand on its feet, yet it barely moved.
"THREE….FOUR….FIVE….SIX"
"Stand up!" his character slowly moved its arms and started to lift himself up. Just that the bell rang, indicating the fight for round one is over.
"Yeah!" Lincoln cheered over his victory in passing the first round, although, he has a long road to be going. While sisters cheered in victory, knowing the suit was actually giving him the luck he needs to pass the first round, and Lola felt the luck was also upon her as she took the debtors payment.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you" she said to each losing debtors as she took the currency of each one. Chandler and half of the crowd were disappointed to see this coming in this first round.
"Alright, Larry, let's go for the next round"
"So, how is it?" Lynn Sr. asked her wife, Rita, after she took a taste from his chili, her face showed somewhat of amazement.
"Wow, that's really good" she complimented her husband's cooking, it's rather a surprise to see something he wiped up other than his usual cooking every dinner.
"I know, that's what the judges say" Lynn Sr. explained, he is filled with the thrill of energy that he could barely contain himself to last over the time of decision he would hear. He wishes his daughters and his son would come and see his moment of possible winning, but he wonders where they might be. "Where are the kids?"
"I'm not sure, I'll call Lori if she's with them" she said, taking out her phone and proceeded to make a call. Placing her phone on her ear and waited for a response, until she was startled with the sound of children chanting from the other side of the phone.
"Hey, mom"
"Lori, are with the kids, what's that chanting?" she asked, she make out a familiar name from the chanting.
"Yes, I'm with them, we are at the arcade watching Lincoln playing a game with another kid"
"Oh, ok, can you all come over to your father's cook-off, the judges are about to make a decision" Rita asked, wanting to get the whole family to a big event, but Lori's response wasn't quite what she expected.
"Uh...we can't, mom, we sorta got caught in a bet" she explained, sounding very nervous.
"I'm sure that could wait" she said, not convinced to hear that excuse, but that's not fully explained just yet.
"No, you don't get it,...we kinda...uh…"
Merely minutes pass and the full explanation came to her ears and understanding, but she was not pleased to hear with her daughter's action. Although, she could understand how Lincoln has no part in this agreement, yet Lola's ambition could get out of hand at the most times. Looking rather disappointing in her reaction. "When this is over, I want to have a discussion with all of you" she said as she hanged up the phone, giving a tired sigh. "Honey, the kids are...where did you go?"
She noticed her husband was gone, thinking he might've walked somewhere while she was on the phone. Looking around, she noticed he was up onstage with a gold medal around his neck, two plastic cards on his hand, and he appears to be shaking someone's hand with the sense of joy. "It's a pleasure to shake your hand, Timothy McCole!"
"What the… did I just missed...oh poop" Rita face-palm herself, being silly to not notice his moment.
"Woah, easy with the handshake there" McCole said, seeing how Lynn constantly shakes his hand very aggressively, but Lynn was still astonished to win in first place. He lets go of his hand and tries to ease his excitement.
"Oh, sorry"
Tired of wearing the costume and heading where she was told, but she was surprised to see the crowd of kids circulating around one particular game. "Geez, what's going in there?" she muttered as she enters the building she could see Lincoln still wearing the suit but playing a game with another kid. He appeared to be wearing a mic headset. "This should be interesting"
On round four and Lincoln still kept his character on his feet after another knockout. Commanding to move forward to continue fighting after showing some progress, but after Chandler made another swing to lincoln's character, he accidentally hit lincoln's side of the head. Lincoln jerked to his left and also heard something broke...his mic. Chandler took another swing, Lincoln commanded his character to block but… "cover-up!" he said but his character didn't do what he said, but he has punched to the chest and launched him to the ropes.
Lincoln tells his character to cover-up, but it didn't as it took all the punches and impacts his opponent is giving. Lincoln later knew the mic is possibly broken and thought his character would be defenseless and possibly go for another knockout, until...the bell rang. Saved by the bell, but he wasn't sure if he could continue with a broken mic. Givin a half a minute break before starting the last round and Lincoln got off the platform and looked at his sisters with a worried face.
"Lincoln, what's wrong?" Luan asked, seeing how he was unable to control his character, but in Lincoln's response he pulled out the mic and explained.
"My mic is broken, I can't continue without it" he explained
"Well, why don't you use the controls?" Lucy points to the console shaped controller, but he didn't think it might be a good idea.
"I cant, my fingers are too big now" he showed his fingers and he was right, but Lynn thought one only option to give to Lincoln, one that he might use out of his knowledge and training taught by herself.
"Lincoln, use the sensor" Lynn Jr said, but Lincoln wasn't sure if he could fight with the sensor like how Chandler is using, considering he not prone to being active, nor he was much of a boxer.
"I cant, I don't know how to box" he stated
"Lincoln, most of those command words you used are boxing moves, why, because I taught you those moves, and you've learned them, why not use those skills into action" she explained with boost of confidence, after going through a lot of training and be used as a sparring partner to help her practice in boxing, he remembered the moves and skills after all that time, but he wasn't sure if he uses them.
"I don't know, I can only try" he nervously said.
"You trying is all we need to hear"
"Plus, your an awesome player than me, if anyone could win it's you" Clyde encourage, apparently holding a corn dog, recently left to get something to eat sometime ago.
"Your Lincoln loud, the man with the plans" Lori stated.
Lincoln felt the confidant he needed and smiled. "Alright, I'll do it" he said as his sisters cheered.
Lola also had something to say, but Lincoln was expecting her response as she seemed happy "Oh, here's another inspiration, if you lose, we'll lose our tickets, lose my winning bet money on each rounds, and we would get swirly" she smiled "so don't lose, but i doubt it would happen with the luck you're wearing" she said, and later Lana knocked her tiara off her head.
"Oh, wow, thanks, that's motivating" Lincoln said in sarcasm, getting on the platform and changing the settings to the motion sensor.
"Wait, your boxing with the sensor?" Chandler chuckled, most of the classmates either smirked or looked off, knowing Lincoln, he was not the type to have an steam nor pistons in his system.
"THREE….TWO….ONE….GO!"
The fight begins and both competitors walk closer, Chandler makes a swing but Lincoln bobbed down (duck) and gave a jab to the chest, causing his opponent to stutter back. With a moment of shock expressed from a form of a face, Lincoln opted to take another jab to the chest and the head.
"No!" Chandler made a strong left swing, but only for Lincoln to perform a technique called "slipping", moving his head to the right side so that Chandler's punch "slipped" by him at the same time gave a strong upward jab to the head. The crowd of kids, one by one, gave a high spirit of cry, no longer taking the red-haired boy but his opponent.
"Lincoln, give him my special!" Lynn advised, and Lincoln remembered "Keep your uppercut tight and high, don't dip to low to throw it!"
Lincoln got his character to move closer and gave a left jab, right hook, left uppercut, right cross. Chandler's character seemed to be disoriented and dazed for a few seconds until it focused back to action. Out of ideas and low energy in him, he had enough of Lincoln's higher chances, and became desperate, he gave multiple swings and each took a mass amount of energy out of him as he begins to sweat. Lincoln managed to block and bobbed them away, just as a left swing was near, he blocked it with his right hand and at the same time gave a left uppercut, causing his opponent to slowly move back.
From the edge to the crowd, Carol in a tippy costume watched and cheered along the side of the crowd "Wow, Lincoln, you got skills"
Giving a right cross to the head and later fast Left hook, then another right cross, causing his opponent to go daze again and walk randomly. "No!" Chandler was having a hard time getting the advantage point, but the tables were turned. Lincoln gave a left uppercut, and right uppercut, but just as he was able to give a right jab to the chest, Chandler got his character to lock his opponent's right arm between his left armpit, but Lincoln immediately used his left arm to strike a left jab on the stomach and a left uppercut to the head, letting Lincoln go from an arm lock. Took the opportunity to give a right jab and a left cross to the head.
"Yeah, tackle him down!"
"Lana, this is boxing, not mud wrestling" Lynn assured after looking back to Lincoln and decided to give a useful advice. "Lincoln, use the Lynn-combo!"
Lincoln faked a left jab, causing his opponent to use both hands on his right side, leaving a vulnerable opening to the left side of the head, immediately gave a strong right cross, left hook, right hook, and a strong left uppercut. Chandler was losing all options and energy to go on, mostly due to using the sensor for the other rounds. Without a thought, he immediately switches to controlling his character by controller mode. But Lincoln gave a strong left jab to the head, making it harder to stand straight and to finish it with a huge right uppercut, knocking chandler's character to the ground.
"Alright, Lincoln!"
"Yeah!"
Chandler quickly taps the "A" button multiple time to get his character on his feet. Slowly getting his body off the ground but each tap was taking his energy.
"THREE….FOUR….FIVE….SIX"
"Get up you stupid idiot!" he said as he keeps tapping the button rapidly and his character finally got on his feet, but Lincoln advanced forward and gave a left cross and a right cross, putting Chandler in the disadvantaged situation again. Striking a left hook and a right hook and just as the final bell rang, he gave strong left uppercut to finish it.
"TIME OUT" the game stated and revealed the scores "the scores reveal the winner is….player two!"
Lincoln and his sisters were shocked to hear this, they lost? Chandler jumped and pose for victory and later faces to Lincoln. "Alright, pay up-"
"However, player two might have won the game by narrow decision, but lost the fight" the game stated as the list of scores and moves are shown, each moves that Chandler use were not boxing moves nor the actions he made were qualified, but Lincoln's moves were acceptable but lost every point he went down for knockouts. This made the loud siblings cheer with joy, but Chandler and the rest of the kids were confused.
"Why are you happy? you lost the match" Chandler stated but they have something to say that got the better of him.
"But I won the fight, and what did you say in your bet earlier, "if I win this FIGHT" but you didn't, so I won the bet!" Lincoln stated as he makes his victory dance with Clyde, and the rest of the sisters did the same. Difficult to dance while wearing the suit, but ignore the resistant joints.
Chandler was shocked and cold chills run down his spine "Wh- what, no, i... I want a re- AAYYYEEE!" Lynn immediately gave a strong front wedgie and later the back, she heads to his goons and did the same, while the crowd of kids either laugh or cringe to see this process.
"Thank you for taking the wedgie bus express, that will cost you all your tickets for the ride" took their tickets in the process. "Thank you, this not much, but I'll take it" she said as she watched the three silly musketeers wobble there way out of the arcade.
"Was that really necessary? you don't have to that really strong" Lincoln said with his crossed arms and a strict look on his face, but Lynn shrugged in the process. In the meantime, the crowd slowly went their separate way, either out of the arcade or going back to playing games.
"Hey, they lost, a bet is a bet, plus they won't bully you-"
"They're not bullies, they're just...selfishly greedy" he stated.
"Alright, now what do we do now?" she asked, but Lori has an answered for that question.
"Mom wanted us to meet up with them, but why don't we cash in our tickets!" she said with hyped, even the rest of the Louds and Clyde agreed.
"Wait, this is money now?" Leni question, thinking Lori's words were stating the differ.
"No, we're going to exchange these tickets we won for prizes" Lori corrected, just as they head to the front desk to exchange for prizes.
"Oh" Leni said, realizing her mistake, but she asked one question that realized the sister's mistake. "Do we still have enough furniture money to get a lemonade drink, I'm parched?" she asked and the whole sisters jolted their eyes in a state of shock. They realized the money they used were all gone from their pockets, forgetting the purpose of it: was to get a bed and cabinet. Yet they went along with the fun.
"Wait, what did you say?" Lincoln was shocked as well after hearing "still have enough" as in they've spent it before.
"Oh, about that, we kinda used the furniture money for the arcade games so we could make you feel better" Leni said, but the rest of the sisters face-palm, except Lincoln and Clyde who had their jaws handing.
"N-no, it's not what you think, we thought we could spend half of it in the games, but…" Lori goes through her pockets, but realized it's all gone. She looks at each sister but they too had the same look. "We…. spend all" she said with a nervous smile, each did the same, except lily since she doesn't understand the situation, obviously not part of this. Lincoln's heart dropped, he remembers on the day of the beach, he asked about the sold furniture and where to sleep, and her response was using the money to buy new furniture, but now… this was disappointing.
"W-why did you do that?!" he yelled, not out of anger but rather sounding upset.
His sisters were quite feeling shame, but they didn't know how their lost time and tracking every spending got off track. Lola opted herself to calm and explain to the whole group. "Lincoln, before you get mad, we can explain, we got off track and we weren't in our minds for it, but the good thing from this was your luck that gave us all these tickets." she said as she held a pile of tickets on her hands, but Lincoln was not happy at all, even Clyde found this very wrong.
Lori was not proud to hear this "Lola, you think he would-"
"Oh, so my furniture is worth selling so you could blow it off for games because of a stupid superstition!?" Lincoln grew more upset than before, feeling he went through this before, the day where he and his sisters sold all the furniture in the house during garage sale day.
"Not cool" Clyde said to Lola.
"Plus, I thought whatever money we have or get, we share it, and why didn't you? All of you!?" Lincoln yelled a bit louder to the point where Clyde was concern from his temper. Lynn thought the suit was causing his temper and she stood forward to ease his anger.
"Lincoln, look we're sorry, we didn't think it was important?" those words came out wrong as she covered her mouth in an indication of mistaken words. Lincoln started to shake in anger but took a deep breath to calm his anger and back to being upset. "No, that's not what I meant-"
"Not important? So what, you think you could all just waste that furniture money whatever and whenever you want?" he asked, crossing his arms and tapped his foot out of patience, waiting for a response. Although, luan's response was not what he was looking for...at all.
"I don't know, maybe, we were trying to make you feel better, but we're sorry-" Lincoln turns the other way in sudden distaste.
"UGH...why would you all do that!?" he raised his voice, enough to be heard in the building.
Thought it is best to leave the arcade for the end of the shift of wearing the tippy, but looked the other way to Lincoln upset, but almost mad. Carol was puzzled, thinking he might be happy after that victory fight but what troubled him? So she stood to hear what ticked him off.
"We're sorry, we were having a good time and we wanted to make you happy, and we didn't think we were spending your furniture money." Lucy said, but that didn't made up for the broken promise they all made for sharing money, plus, he remember Lori stating all of them to tell all the situation that might be important, the day where the prank of earplug canceler. Lincoln turns back around to see them again.
"You girls never think and it's always that, you don't do that to your brother!" he pointed out. Lynn could tell his temper was raising than before.
"Please, calm down, the suit is-"
"you're the reason I'm stuck in this dead-end suit!" he pointed out, tired of wearing the fabric layer that took all the moister from his body. "And when are you going to learn that your actions have consequences, consequences that affect other people, like me…" he extended his arms, motioning to himself. "It's your fault I got kicked outside of the house and my furniture is sold!" Lynn slowly walked back, looking down in shame. Clyde was now feeling concerned as he places his hand on his shoulder.
"Buddy, calm down" he said but Lincoln took another deep breath and ease his voice to not yell at his best friend.
"Clyde, can you please leave us, this is between me and my sisters" he calmly said, Clyde wanted to stay, but he could tell Lincoln was in the verge of breaking a nerve if denying, so he did what he was told and left calmly.
"But Lincoln, we're sorry, we forgot about the money we were spending" Leni explained but it still didn't calm his nerves.
"Excuses, excuses, when are you all going to learn that all you give me is excuses!" he yelled.
"we're sorry, we'll make it up to you, we'll buy your furniture back" Lori said as tries to give a small smile, each followed the same face, but their brother. Lola pulled out her winnings from each round she won.
"Yeah and you can have my winnings to buy a new bed" she held the role of paper money, but in Lincoln's response, he pushed it back, nearly pushing Lola to the ground but luckily she manages to balance herself.
"I don't want your stinking money because It doesn't matter right now!" he said as he took the headpiece off his suit and tossed it outside. With a shock, they moved back a few steps seeing Lincoln without his headpiece.
"brother, your misfortune is expo-"
"Shut up, Lisa, I thought you said you don't believe in blessings and curses, but you're really just a dumb four-year-old child" he said as he took out the rest of the suit, revealing his pajamas that he wore last night. Although the clothing seemed to be drenched in sweat, even his hair is messy and spilled with body sweat too. He later starts walking and heading outside, but before he could leave the arcade he felt a something grabbed his arm. Turning around and sees Lana with a sad frown.
"please, we're sorry, don't be mad" she said, and he could hear a voice from the group, Lily's voice.
"sowy"
"I'm not mad…" right where he was going to finish his sentence, he snatched his hand away and later starts walking away "unlike you, I'm disappointed"
Wasn't sure how to take that in, they used to have him being mad, strict, upset, but never disappointment. Although as they look around they noticed everything is all normal, nothing of a bad luck that caused any damage. They realized it might of be in their heads, yet they feel very much wounded to know their silly mistake, and now the consequences. But they weren't alone to see the whole family issue, as Carol slowly walks away with utter sympathy for the poor boy.
"Oh geez, that's so sad"
The sky is now set to dark with the lights in the park shining the whole area. Walking to the arcade to have a discussion of missing their father's event, but Lynn wasn't thinking of that as the handshake and the chat he has with his ideal. He carried his pot of chili and holding a gold medal around his neck. Rita was not on the same key with her arms cross and strict look.
"I can't believe this, missing out on the event is very-" she stopped after seeing a clear visual of Lincoln without his suit, but he looked very upset. "Lincoln, what are you doing without your suit?" she strictly said but in Lincoln's response was surprising.
"Shut up, lair" he said, surprising his mother and his father. Passing by them and heading to the exit of the building.
"Lincoln, that is no way to respond to your mother, apologies right now" Lynn said but he said the same thing.
"Shut up"
Shocked to hear this, but took another option. "Lincoln, wear your suit or you won't have these passes and you'll be grounded"
"Eat your stupid chili!" he yells as the distance between them is far and hard to hear.
"That's, it, you're grounded for a week!" he stated, but Lincoln doesn't seem to care.
"Shut the front door!"
"Two weeks!"
"I don't care!"
"Three weeks!"
"Eat my farts!"
"A month" Lynn, Sr said, but Rita thought it's best to stop her husband from raising his punishment.
"Honey, stop, it's clear that something bothering him, just give him some space" she stated. Lynn Sr. seemed to agree, but he might be off to what might have ticked him off.
"You're right, I'm sorry, but what could have bothered him?" he asked, but just as his wife could respond, she saw the group of loud sisters walking towards them, Luan was holding the suit and Lori appears to be holding….a giant bean bag? thinking the large bean bag that they traded with their tickets could be his temporary bed for now. Although, Rita had a little assumption to know what made Lincoln upset.
"I think I might have an idea what caused it" she said. The group finally made their way to their parents with a guilty face. But this raised Rita's assumption even more. "What did you all do?"
They were all afraid to speak out, but with of the courage, Lori opted to speak out "Well, remember the money you trusted us for safekeeping?"
"Yes, why?"
"We...accidentally….spent them all" she explained, but in her mother's response she lowered her head and pinched her own upper part of the nose and gave a large sigh in the process. Taking her time and thinking how she trusted her daughters with the money, but its clear to her how irresponsible they're still in. with the explanation now tolled, it's more why Lincoln was upset. Taking another moment of silence until she looks up and spoke. "It's come to me you all are still irresponsible with the things I trusted you with, now I think it's best if you all apologies to your brother and find ways to make up the money you've all spent" she explained, with a strict look.
"Mom, we did apologize, but he is still mad" Lana explained.
"Not right now, just give him some space until he cools down, until them, why is he out of his suit?" she asked, the sisters were clear of the silly superstition was all in their heads, except lily considering she is young, but it's not clear for their parents.
"Mom, he's not-"
"Hey, do any of you smell something burning?" Lynn Sr said after taking a sniff in the air, the whole family did the same. They really smell something burning, until they look the other way and saw the tent that their father was in for the event was engulfed in flames.
A few minutes ago…
After the event was over, Lynn walked down the stage with the pot of chili in his hands but he places it on the table to put out the burning coal from the grill. "Now, how do I put out the grill?" looking around, most of the competitors used a water hose to put it out, but there was only one hose and many in line to use it next. Looking at his table, he sees a few bottles of water. "I guess I could use these," he said as he took one by one to put of the burning coal, but the splash of water knocked one burning coal and landed on the edge of the tent
No knowing the missing coal after the steam blocked his view, he was successful on putting out the grill, but not tracking on the missing burning coal.
The sisters thought 'luck' was some silly assumption, but after looking at the burning tent, they realized the other view.
"Get Lincoln to wear that suit!" their mother said, but they weren't sure if Lincoln would agree.
"He doesn't want to, he hates to suit"
"Well, he needs to wear it or bad things happen" she said as she points to the burning tent.
"Even if we do get him to wear the suit, he's just going to take it off" Luan explained, they all have not other option, but Lynn Jr has an idea. Although she didn't like this idea at all. She grabs the headpiece and looked at it for a few seconds to give a moment of silence.
"Well, I know you're all going to hate this, but what if we lock him in the suit?" the whole family, except Lily, were shocked to hear this idea. No, not shocked, but very well against this idea.
"No, absolutely not!" Rita said, and the rest followed.
"We can't do that to him, he's going to be mad, plus how is he going to use the bathroom and bathe?" Lori asked, but Lynn looks to Lisa with her answer.
"Well, why don't you add some changes, Lisa, customize the suit to help him use the bathroom" she asked as Lisa hesitated for a moment until the whole family was not convinced.
"No, I can not, if I were to add some advances in the suit, he would still be agitated with us"
"How about this, if we're going to do this, we have to make up for the money we spent and make it to him, plus what if he could get hurt from his own bad luck" she stated, although they hesitated at first but after looking at the burning tent, who knows if that could happen to the house, or worse, him inside the house. Yet the sisters do want to see him happy and safe. So they all agreed.
"Alright, but we're still doing this for one week and that's it!" Lori stated, remembering the promise they made. All agreed with her statement very clearly.
"I might add a thermal regulator, in case if the weather raised it temperature I could add cooling system, and a thermal sheet if he were to be in below temperature. And add an automatic seal between the legs if-" her words were cut off as the family all gagged.
"Ok, we get it, we don't need to get into details, but please anything he needs" Lynn Jr said "But how are we going to convince him to wear the suit, he's not going to be on board with this idea"
"Why not use chloroform, I have one right here" she pulled out a bottle of chloroform out of her pocket.
"Where did...never mind, after this we all know he's going to be mad, right?" Luan said and the rest nod their heads.
I understand if this chapter is too long, but I want to finish the intro, and FINALLY, I'm done. i have escalated certain parts too quickly but that because i was in a hurry, sorry.
