With all of the chaos going on, not only do the Louds have to deal with Anomalous Bursts dispensing interdimensional invaders as well as possibly giving some people and/or objects anomalous powers, they also have to deal with the repercussions of said anomalies.
SCP-230-EN holding the grandest party of all time and killing off 900 redshirts (the highest anomalous kill count by a single anomaly). The formation of a UN taskforce after 106-EN invaded France resulting in TLH-SCP-PTB-1415 experiencing a BK broken masquerade/lifted veil scenario, as well as intertwining TLH-SCP-PTB-1415 and SCP-PRM-001. 085-EN may be harmless, but she can fuck with the rules of this dimension, since, in this reality, it is triple layered, much like Taco Bell's $1-dollar nachos. She also has become metanarrative ever since someone fucked up and left her document in her cell, allowing her to read it and come back with existential depression. She really has become one of us! Everyone's favorite breaker of laws almost caused social panic after offing a person trying to find Hillary Clinton (who she herself is an infohazardous pataphysical SCP, since anyone who has dirt on her gets arkanicided with multiple, usually two, bullets to the back of the head). SCP-096-EN is still better looking than Hillary. SCP-706-EN being the inverse, she wants to die by any means necessary (due in part by her tragic backstory) but she's getting slightly better. 3218 total children from 20 different countries being "muda muda mudaed" to death by 20 956-EN instances for the deadliest game since Danganronpa! A class 5 reality warper covered in the stigmata of others' follies as well as a captive turned hero stopping a potential XK (even if she did have to knock out New York's power grid to do it).
Even internationally, there are problems. 2 lovers reuniting amidst the chaos of hope and despair. A man's journey to ascend to nirvana. The replacement of an entire country and the futility of existence.
Back home, psychological torment and a psychotropic disease plagued Michigan before being freed. The destruction of an irksome group planning pheromonal warfare. Turning an innocent Ebola man into a living cure all to neutralize a coming pandemic. Helping a young girl deal with her inner demons. The shattering of a crown and the quelling of another. The coming darkness of NEU-DAY. The turning of a rich people's community into a military base, bent on the annihilation of the anomalous (and poor people). Further experimentation of the sisters' anomalies by another set of sisters. And finally, the most damaging of them all, the apotheosis of Chris Chan and his plans for Singularity.
But, despite all of this, there's one threat more important to the Louds than even all dimensions being merged into one and trillions of lives from all worlds suddenly ending.
The threat of being broken apart.
See, since the Louds are a big family and are forced to interact with one another nearly all the time, it would stand to reason that they've gotten quite close with one another. The fact that they are all siblings also helps a lot. But since they've lost their dad to the cowbell and their mom to the adultism disease, it has become quite clear that 11 people can't survive on just two people's income. At least their SCP occupants have pocket dimensions, so their needs are just taken care of automatically. Just like how the IRS is Al Capone's greatest enemy, it looks like CPS will be the Louds' greatest non-anomalous enemy. They begin deliberating how to deal with this greatest of foes.
"How about we just pocket dimension ourselves? Thanks to our reality warper here, we are essentially taken care of…at least until this craziness blows over." Lynn posits
Leni shakes her head at this proposal.
"Even if Sigurrós and I pocket dimension us all, eventually, someone is going to notice that we're…not in Royal Woods and a town wide manhunt will be coming after us! If someone notices us, we'd have like 10 stars on our GTA wanted level."
"I don't think they're going to send the military to find some lost children. I know because those people at Walmart are still missing. Actually, they're probably dead right now."
"Ok, but what's so bad about CPS interfering?" Lola asks
"How about the fact we'd probably never see each other ever again? Or us being trapped in a foster home? I don't want to hedge my bets on something good maybe happening to us. Besides, I don't want to be split up from you guys!" Lincoln counters
"Why change anything at all? Even if mom and dad are gone, we can still carry on…right?" Lana wonders
"Leni and I can't provide for 11 people by ourselves! Even when mom and dad were around, we barely survived on three incomes." Lisa points out
"Maybe not 2…but what about 6 incomes?"
"If you're talking about our babysitting jobs, they happen so infrequently that we can't rely on it. Besides, we all know that those are to pay for…whatever we wanted when they were still around." Leni states
"Well, we could get real jobs."
"If that's the case, then Luna and Luan would have to get work permits, since they're under 16."
"Says the 4-year-old indoctrinating our youths at university."
"I am a very rare exception to the rule."
"Well, can't the rest of us help out?"
"According to the child labor laws, no, you can't. only people 14 and up can work in Michigan."
"Can't we just revive our mom?" Lucy questions
"Do you want to risk her infecting children with adultism when she comes back?" Lisa responds
Lincoln tries to think of a solution to this problem, but not even the man with the plan can solve this conundrum.
"How about we split up? At least then we'd be able to visit each other."
"Interesting. Continue."
"We'd either split into 3 teams of 4 or 4 teams of 3. I know that would be 12 people, but it's the closest metric we have. Since we can't split a person into thirds without them dying, Lisa."
"What are you looking at me for?"
"Anyways, I'm planning to room with Clyde, since he is my best friend. I'd just have to get the ok from his dads. I can take three sisters with me, max, since we all know Clyde's dads can't take care of all of us. So, who'll volunteer?"
The sisters deliberate amongst themselves…after a while, they come to a consensus.
"Ok, we've decided that Lola, Lana and Luan would be rooming with you."
"Alright. I'll keep that in mind."
"Group two would be our home base at the Loud House. It would include me, Lisa, Lily and Lucy."
"Makes sense. Now…the last group would consist of Lori, Luna and Lynn. But, where would they vacate to?"
Lori thinks about this for a moment. She could ask her precious Bobby boo boo bear if they could move in temporarily. But that probably wouldn't work. Since the Casagrandes already occupy both 2A and 2B, they can't just room in with them! They don't really have enough room for 13 more people…
Option 2: beg her frenemy Carol to let them room at her house. Not sure how that will work, but this is the desperation option.
"Yeah, I literally have no idea what to do."
Hmm. No one is happy with this, but this is the only option to not get deported to foster care. The next day, Lincoln asks Clyde about their new situation.
"Hey, Clyde."
"What's up, Lincoln."
"We're in dire straits, buddy."
"Oh, no! What's happened?!"
"Well, the anomalous killed both our parents. Dad rung SCP-513-EN and mom was infected by SCP-1788-EN."
"You're going to have to explain what those are…"
"SCP-513-EN is a rusty cowbell that summons an entity to Freddy Kreuger you until go crazy from sleep deprivation."
"Freddy Kreuger?"
"You haven't watched "A Nightmare on Elm Street", haven't you?"
"No."
"Well, it's about this serial killer who kills people in their dreams, until the franchise jumped the shark and made him kill people in the real world. 513-1-EN kind of functions like early Kreuger."
"Ok?"
"SCP-1788-EN is a process that makes people into a 2 hearted, 2 brained, metal skeleton abomination with 4 arms! These things turn children into more copies of themselves. They are highly malignant and narcissistic."
"So, you're saying that these two anomalies killed your parents."
"Yes, and since they're both gone, I'm afraid CPS is either going to separate us, or send us to a foster home."
The word "separate" kind of freaks Clyde out. He can't lose his best buddy of six years!
"No, you can't go away! Is there anything I can do to help?!"
"Well, I was going to ask you to ask your dads if some of us can stay with you?"
"Uh, sure. Anything for you, buddy."
"Oh, and don't worry. Only 4 of us will be rooming with you. We all know that your dads can't handle all 11 of us."
"That might be able to convince them…but what about the others?"
"4 of the other sisters are staying at home, while 3 of them are long for somewhere else. I'm not sure how the other group is faring."
Meanwhile…across town…
"Look, I ordinarily wouldn't ask this, but I'm desperate. Can we room with you for a while?"
"Don't you have a home already, Lori?"
"Yes, but thanks to all this Anomalous Burst craziness, our parents are kind of…gone."
"Wait, what?!"
"Not so loud! Look, we don't want CPS to separate us, so we're forced to room with someone else until we're 18."
"This is quite an odd request…"
"Look, Lynn, Luna and I need a place stay, and since Leni can't take care of all of us, this is the only option left…well, besides being homeless, but that would definitely alert them!"
"Well, I do owe you for saving my life from that SCP-939-EN instance…I'll try to convince my parents…but it will be an uphill battle.
Later that night…
"Hey, Clyde. How was school today? Did you avoid any rainbows?"
"Yes dads, I'm fine. But something has come up."
"Did you get fired from your junior administrator job?"
"No. It's about Lincoln."
"Lincoln didn't die, did he? We should call Doctor Lopez!"
"No, Lincoln is still alive. It's just…he told me that his parents died."
"WHAT?!"
"That's it! I'm calling Child Protective Services!"
"NO!"
Clyde slaps Harold's cellphone out of his hands.
"If you do that, they'd be separated, put into a foster home, and we'd probably never see them again!"
"See, this is why we told our sweet little apple slice to avoid those rainbow cracks! They are deadly!"
"Lincoln has come up with a temporary solution. Him and some of his sisters are planning on living here temporarily."
"Clyde, we know Lincoln is your best friend, but we can't accommodate 11 people!"
"Well, only 4 of them will be moving in."
"Ok…that is slightly more manageable."
Clyde's dads begin discussing this…
"Ok. I think we can take care of 5 people."
"YES! Thank you, dads!"
We can only see human silhouettes talking about something. It's hard to make out…but it appears the smaller shadow is attempting to persuade the bigger ones to do something. One of them reacts with fury, while the other is somewhat concerned. It begins talking again and the furious shadow begins to calm down. It appears the taller shadows have agreed to the younger shadows demands.
It seems this will keep them at bay for just a little while longer. Now, with that little inconvenience stymied for a while, they can focus on stopping Singularity and Chris Chan's delusional plan to unite fiction and reality into one!
