Rita opened the door and let Lincoln into the house first. Instantly, he was amazed by the inside already. It was spacious, pretty, and felt right to be in.
Lincoln: Wow.. It's like I'm in the future! A dream house if you will! People must be jealous that we live in a place like this!
Rita: Hehe. I guess you can say that. Despite being outcasts in a way, a lot of townspeople are jealous of how we live our life.
Lana: Yeah! We have easy access to plenty of food, live kinda peacefully and away from the superstitious aura of living in the place.
Lincoln: Super...stitious? Can you explain a bit more?
Lucy went to speak up but Luan stopped her and shook her head as if now wasn't the right time. They continued walking down the hallway and into an open area with most of the wall a big see through window by a kitchen.
Lincoln could instantly smell something cooking. It was definitely tasty and a bit spicy from what he smelled. He looked to the right and saw a woman of medium height cooking what seemed to be medium-rare steaks while whistling a loud yet catchy tune.
Rita: Luna! We're back with Lincoln!
Luna: R-really? He's...
The brunette turned around, instantly making eye contact with the tall teen. They stayed silent, not knowing how to break the ice. However, they gave a tight hug as if it was instinct. Lincoln didn't need much introduction, this girl was most definitely one of his sisters that.. even if his memories were completely gone, felt like he knew her personally.
Luna: it's really you.. I can't believe it! When.. we all got the phone call, we thought it was some jerk playing a prank call on us but.. you're here now and.. wow.. you've sure grown! Heh. Now Lori has some competition!
Luna Loud was a twenty year old woman of medium height and well rounded hourglass figure with short brown hair with a dark purple streak down in the front. She had on a black long sleeve suit with red and blue striped going down the sides of her torso. On her forearms were tattoos of the playing cards with Clubs on them. Luna had on some tight purple mid-thigh length shorts with knee-high gray socks and purple shoes.
Lincoln: Lori? I haven't met her yet.
Luna: Ah right. You uhh.. lost your memory. Well no big deal! We'll have a ton of fun making more memories and maybe get some old ones in that noggin of yours! Haha!
Luna grabbed Lincoln close and started giving him a noogie, which confused him greatly. While the two messed around, Luan started calling everyone to the kitchen to come see Lincoln and introduce themselves to him.
Luna: Hahaha! Try to get out of this!
Lincoln: L-Luna! That really hurts! What is this noogie?
Luna laughed and let him go by spinning him away like a top. When he finally stopped, he stumbled around dizzily and bumped into a wall. Or what seemed like a wall anyways. He stopped and looked up to see he had bumped into a large, muscular woman with a very unamused face.
Lincoln: H-huh? Oh uh.. Hello! You must be Lori?
Lori: Yes. Do you remember me or did someone tell you who I was based off of my looks?
Lori was a twenty two year old woman who was just as tall as Lincoln (who is six feet tall) and had an incredibly muscular body that could probably rival any bodybuilder along with yellow hair kept in the same hair style she had when she was seventeen. She had a scar under her right eye that probably resulted from a cut with a white tank top that clung to her ripped torso perfectly with a sleeveless, open, black leather jacket that was too short to reach her wide hips. On her left shoulder was a tattoo of a pair of dice with spades, diamonds, and clubs on them. Lastly, she wore big blue jeans that were torn on the knees.
Lincoln: Uhh.. Luna mentioned that I gave someone competition in the height department but uhh.. I guess you've beaten me in the muscle area.
Lori rolled her eyes and hugged Lincoln tightly with a soft smile. Lincoln hugged her back while trying to give Lori the same tight hug she was giving but Lori obviously was better at giving people bear hugs with her strength. She let him go with and walked away.
Lincoln: Where are you going? Seems a bit early to be leaving.
Lori: I would stay but i'm having a busy day. Gotta tend to some stuff out in the forest. I'll see you later Lincoln. Maybe you and I can look out together if that interests you.
Lincoln smiled and gave the muscular woman a nod. She nodded back and headed out of the side door and disappeared. Lincoln turned around and sat down by the kitchen table, taking an apple from the the fruit bowl on the table while Luna texted someone on her phone.
Luna: *sigh.. Well brah. Seems like you won't be seeing everyone today which is a bummer.
Lincoln: Oh. Well.. Who isn't coming here?
Luna: Well, Leni can't come by just yet since she's busy at her shop in town. She's kinda one of the main moneymakers aside from our food business which is.. baffling since she's the airhead in the family. Lisa isn't bothering to come up from her lab. Says she's doing important business and Lynn.. well.. She doesn't come out at all anymore.
Lincoln: Does she have a room here? If so, I can go an pay her a visit!
Luna: Nah. She doesn't live in the house. She lives five minutes away on another part of the beach area. Right by the shipyard. I guess you can go there but.. Bring her a meatball to cheer her up.
Lincoln: Understood but.. why does she stay so far away?
Luna stayed silent as if she didn't want to answer that question. As if he asked who died while standing right in front of the body. It was like she was keeping a secret which confused Lincoln but more or less just frustrated him to no end! Everything seemed so mysterious like they were holding secrets that they couldn't tell! He wanted to know everything going on and he was going to make sure he got his way no matter what.
Their eye contact remained strong for a solid thirty seconds, both parties trying to think of another subject to talk about without seeming awkward or suspicious. Thankfully, Luna was a quick thinker by grabbing Lincolns wrist and looking at the markings on his backhands.
Luna: The hell is this? You get tattoos? Why are there two big puzzle pieces?
Lincoln: T-those? I actually don't know. I have no memory of ever getting those as well. Also, those two puzzle pieces aren't the only ones as well. There's one on both of my elbows, one in the middle of my back, one right on my heart, one on the back of my neck, and one on my left leg.
Luna: odd. Why puzzle pieces of all things. Well, it kinda works for you. You're mind is kinda.. scattered like a puzzle and we all need to help you find the pieces and get you back to normal!
Lincoln: I.. think you're looking a bit too hard into this. I might have just got it for fun.
Luna: Yeah, you might. But there's a problem with that! We don't even know where you've been these past five years! We look far and wide and no place in the world had you. All we know is that you washed up on the beach with.. Nothing else. It's like you've been floating around the ocean all along but.. that's impossible..
Lincoln: Yeah.. Well, i'm not interested about that yet. It feels a bit too soon in my opinion if you catch my "drift". Hehehe..
Luna rolled her eyes at that pun, though it was more clever than any joke Luan could make. But she still needed to do some things and got up and back to cooking.
Luna: I need to cook some more. We're having some normal steaks for dinner. Sorry that our time was cut short but maybe you can take this time to go and check out your room! It's up on the third floor of the place at the end of the hall. If that's still a bit confusing, your door is painted orange.
Lincoln: Oh uhh.. Thank you! I'll see you later Luna.
Luna: See ya later brah.
Lincoln got up and headed out of the kitchen and found the stairs. He went to the second floor which had doors that were Light blue, sea-foam green, dark purple, and yellow. From what he could guess, the people on this floor were Lori, Leni, Luna, and Luan. He decided to leave them alone as everyone else was most likely busy with something.
He went down the hallway and up the the second flight of stairs to a hallways with even more doors and an opening on the ceiling that probably went to the attic. The doors in this hallway were red, Black, one being Pink and dark blue, purple, and lastly an orange door. Oddly, he felt like something was missing for some reason. He shrugged and went down to his door and opened it to see a dark blue room with purple curtains, letting little light into the room.
Lana: I'm gonna beat you!
Lola: Grraahhhh!!! No fair! You chose Fox! He always wins!!
Lana: It's not my fault you chose Kirby of all people!
On the floor, Lana was playing a game on a cubed purple console with someone who looked like her but.. with a bit more weight.
Lincoln: uhh.. Hey Lana. Who's this? And.. what exactly are you playing?
The twins turned around and saw Lincoln standing at the door. They immediately charged at Lincoln, giving the tall loud two strong tackle hugs with the heavier twin giving him a bit of trouble.
Lincoln: W-whoa! Easy there! I.. take it you're Lola?
Lola: The one and only! Oh Lincoln! I've missed you so much!!!! Where did you go?! Did you abandon us?!
Lana: Lola! He didn't abandon us at all! He doesn't even remember anything! Us included..
Lola frowned and got off of Lincoln, letting him see Lola completely.
Lola was a short, chubby, eleven year old girl with blonde hair. She had on a stylish black dress that went to her knees with pink diamonds scattered in the middle with a pink stripe that went left to the bottom right of the dress while the bottom ends on the dress had a spikey white design. She also had on pink gloves that went to her elbows as well as pink socks.
Lola: So Lincoln! Would you like to play some Smash Bros with us? Or do you want to get out Mario 64 and show off those cool speedrunning tips you do?
Lincoln: I.. Don't know what those are but.. they seem really fun! Can you show me the ropes?
Lola and Lana looked at each other with a smile and got out a small plastic console with two controllers attached to it. A cartridge was in the slot with a red man in blue overalls riding a cute green dinosaur.
Lana: Well if you really want us to show you the ropes, we outta teach you the basics! Let's start with Super Mario World! Come and sit down! You'll have fun!
Lincoln shrugged and sat down between the twins. Lana gave him a controller and started telling him what to do and how to play. They continued to play the game until night came around, even skipping dinner. Lincoln went to bed with a smile on his face. But that didn't stop from the constant feeling that he needed to delve deeper. He knew something was being hidden but he just didn't know what..
(A/N: Well it seems that's all for now. Lincoln is back home and even reconnecting with some of his family though some if then couldn't make it for reasons. In the next chapter, he'll be heading back into town to meet Leni and hopefully learn more about the townspeople. Anyways, that's all for now and this is Tyzuma, signing off.)
