"How did this happen? I am The Great Filter, The Scythe that cleaves the weak...my strength is limitless yet it is challenged...by a recently crafted Goddess...her fury is palpable, for all these years she has triumphed over me, why? Why? Eden was to be destroyed to the last, and yet the last of the Edrestine survived and channeled her irrational fury onto me simply performing my functions...I do not understand."
Sounds of pages flipping and turning at fast speeds could be read...
"Hm... The Olden Hub of the Elders. Long ago, my ancestors would often travel here to seek a new home or to try and control the civilizations but that never happened. Slrubath-Slum. Or as the creatures call it... Earth, just as she evolved the Purified Chaos, I too shall evolve, I shall overcome, and I shall feast, this is not a promise...it is simply the Truth."
Lincoln was more than a bit dazed and confused when he finally came to his senses. The first thing that wandered through his mind was "What the hell just happened?". The second thing that crossed his mind was "Where the hell am I?". That second thought was quickly answered when the 15 year old remembered that he had been taking part in a camping trip with his family, taking away some of the mystery. However, once those two questions were answered, Lincoln found himself with two more questions. One, where were his Mom and his sisters? And two, what fucking time was it? Judging by the bright sunny sky devoid of clouds, Lincoln guessed that it was sometime in the afternoon, hours after he'd first stumbled upon that mysterious woman. How on Earth did time pass so quickly? What had he been doing for the past god knows how long?
"Great... Mom and the others are going to be pissed. At least I'm not... Wait. Why am I out here? I... I think I was in a dream? Was it?"
The more he concentrated, the more memories that came back to him. Or were they memories from some odd fever dream? The purple forest stuck in his thoughts seemed like part of his imagination yet felt so real. The trees watching his every step, the abomination attacking him and... the voice. The woman that wasn't human. Instead it was some otherworldly creature that used it as a lure for him to follow only for it to eat him whole.
"Dear God that was awful... But at least it was a dream right?"
"Dream? That's a new word," spoke a voice sounding exactly the woman from last night.
Lincoln yelled in surprise and quickly turned around to face the source of the voice, expecting the same creature from last night only to come face to face with something and... big. Causing Lincoln to fall on his butt with a massive blush on his face.
"I-I... N-Naked... Woman..."
Indeed there was a woman in front of him. A woman of tall stature and long messy purple hair that went to her massive her and slightly covered her large chest and even went down to her soft looking stomach. Where the hell did she come from, why did she have that voice, and why does she have no clothes on?!
"Hm? Does my form bother you, Lincoln? I made it by what a human your age would like based off of your memories, preferences, and even hormones," The woman spoke in her monotone voice.
"What are you even talking about?! How do you know my name!? I... Wait... You know my voice... Don't tell me you're the thing from last night!" Lincoln said, pointing a nervous finger at the woman. "If so, don't you dare attack me!"
"Why would I attack you? You are no threat to me. In fact, I could kill you easily right now if I so desired but I have no reason to do so," the woman spoke. "Oh. I see why you seem so scared. You're confused as to why I appear in front of you?"
"Yes! That should have been a bit... obvious! First, who are you? What is your name? Why are you naked? And what in God's name was the place from last night?!" Lincoln asked, spewing out a ton of questions at the busty woman who simply listened.
"Hm. I don't think I am... able to answer those now. But I shall later. But I can answer one of those questions which is my name. My name is Shibaturath where I come from but it isn't... a human name. Would you be interested in creating me a name for myself?"
Before Lincoln could answer her, a female voice shouted out his name. It was Lori, causing Lincoln to hide the nude woman behind a tree before anyone noticed her. Lincoln clapped his hands and hollered over to them to gain their attention.
"Lincoln! There you are!" his mother called out, rushing over and giving him a big hug. Lincoln smiled and hugged her back. "Oh where were you?! We were so worried!!"
"I can't even think of any puns! That's how scared I am! That's an accomplishment, Lincoln!" Luan said, joining in on the hug. "Where the hell did you go?"
"Ah that... Is a hard question to answer. You see, I had to go use the bathroom before I went to sleep. I took a flashlight but something flew in my face, causing me to drop it and stumble around until I got lost. After walking around a bit longer, I fell down a steep ledge and fell into this other part of the forest that was... odd and purple. It was creepy. Honestly, I thought I was dreaming the entire time!"
"Odd and... purple you say?"
Rita let go of her son and placed him down onto the ground. Lincoln looked to see who the mysterious newcomer was only to see a short, brown haired girl with a small figure. She had on a black lab coat that was closed, showing that the buttons were close to bursting off with a pink shirt underneath, stretchy blue pants and brown shoes. Lincoln smiled and walked over to the short girl, recognizing her as his little sister, Lisa Loud. "Hey Lisa! Glad you could make it!"
"Indeed. But now is not the time for conversation. Knowing more about this section of the forest will be important. Now then, how did you escape? And what did you see?"
"I saw a... few rabid looking animals that looked rabid and dangerous. Thankfully, I wasn't attacked by them but rather... something else did. Some odd person that seemed to have a ton of growths all over his body! Like what tumors look like!" Lincoln said, noticing some of his siblings were having concerned looks. Now that he thought about it, he didn't really seem to be making sense by all this but Lisa seemed to be the only one interested. "Do you not believe me?"
"Well it's hard to... understand given you don't have any proof. You sure you didn't just hit your head or something?" Lori simply said. "Was there anyone else with you?"
"I was with him," said the woman, sticking her hand out from behind the tree. "I was in that area too. I got lost after one of the things stole my things while I was bathing myself."
"Wait who are you? And why are you hiding behind that tree? Are you nervous?" Rita asked the woman. "We won't accuse you of anything. Just simply come out and we can talk about what happened!"
Lincoln gulped. This would probably not end well for him. This was a lie that he hoped none of them saw through. Although this couldn't end well in any way due to her having no clothes on which he also hoped had a good reason or just a reasonable answer to that. Knowing Lincoln's past situations with girls, his family would most likely assume this woman was something much more than some rando from the forest.
"Are you sure? I don't have much on me right now."
"Oh c'mon. I'm sure it's not that... uhh... W-Whoa..." Luan said before the woman stepped out, revealing her naked form to the Louds, causing them to go slack jawed at the sight of beauty before them. Thankfully, the only Loud that was younger than Lincoln there was Lisa who probably wouldn't care about this. "W-Wow... And I thought Maggie's honkers were big..."
"I apologize for the rather crude means in which you have to see me," The woman said, "But my clothes seem to have been... taken? I just woke up like this."
"Umm... What did happen to your clothes?" Lori asked, having a hard time paying attention due to the sight that was in front of her.
"This may sound hard to believe," she said to the Louds, forcing an embarrassed blush on her face to seem more believable. "But I have no memory of how it happened. In fact, I have no memory of how I got here at all. I only remember coming here with... some people. Making a... fire and going to a pond to wash myself. After that, something took my clothes, causing me to chase after it and then fall down... something. After that, I woke up and found Lincoln with the forest turned into an odd purple. Sure it was... awkward but we found a safe area to hide and rest."
"You must have hit your head and gained amnesia. Street name, memory loss," Lisa said. "However, given how fast the quarantine zone has spread, I doubt you'll find those people you came with. Were they your parents or friends? Speaking of, how old are you?"
"I am 19 years of age," Venus replied, struggling to think of a suitable excuse that would be believable when it came to explaining the absence of her friends and family, "as for the whereabouts of my loved ones, that's what I'm trying to figure out. I'm not entirely sure, but I think I came here with my mom and my younger sister."
"Okay," Lisa said, still sounding skeptical, "and can you tell us what they look like? You may not remember their names, but surely you can remember details of their physical appearance."
"Why yes, of course I can," The woman said, adapting rather quickly and giving a short description of her "mom" and "sister". "They both have blonde hair. My mom has dark brown eyes and my sister has torquier coloured eyes. Strangely enough, I'm the tallest out of the three of us with my mom being around your height," she said, pointing at Luan, "and my sister being almost a head shorter than you." This time, she pointed at Lincoln.
"That should help us find them," Lori said, hoping that she and the rest of the family could help this mysterious woman, "do you remember what they were wearing when you last saw them?"
"I'm afraid not," The woman said, shaking her head, "like I said, my memory is a little blurry right now so I can't exactly remember everything that happened before you stumbled upon me."
"Well, we'd be more than happy to help you find out what happened to your mom and sis," Luan said, "we'll even give you something to cover up with since we've grown so clothes." As to be expected, Luan let out a cheerful cackle and asked her obligatory "Get it?", eliciting moans from the group as a whole, including even the stranger.
"Is she always like this?" the woman whispered to Lincoln, not exactly getting a good feeling from Luan.
"Don't worry," Lincoln whispered back, "you'll eventually get used to it..." he paused momentarily before adding "kind of."
"I don't know if we'll have much luck locating your fam though," Luna said, looking up into the sky, "we've only got a couple of hours until the sunset and we're pretty far away from where the normal campsites are."
"Meaning it'll probably take us an hour or two to get back," Lucy pointed out.
"Hmph, who knows?" Lisa asked, "maybe we'll run into her family on the way back to our campsite." She then shot the woman a look indicating that she was still skeptical as to the goddess' cover story, "I mean, after all, I'd imagine that your family would be trying just as hard to find you as you are to find them."
"Oh, why yes," the woman replied, "but of course. I have no doubt that they're probably worried sick about me as we speak."
"Then come on," Lori said, "let's not waste anymore time. Let's get back to our site before it gets dark."
"Hey. Uh... Should we give her a name? I don't think calling her 'Woman with big tits' is going to work," Luan said with a slight blush. "Do you remember your name at all?"
"No. I don't know my own name but I'll gladly let you give me one."
"Oh. I have an idea," Lucy spoke out. "How about... Venus. Like the planet."
"Or the Goddess of Love?" Lincoln said, getting a few laughs from his siblings which got him an embarrassed blush. "We're going over Greek God's in school! I couldn't help it!"
"You already have a crush on her? I don't blame you," Lori said trying to not laugh.
"Hm. I like that name. Venus. Somehow I think it fits," the woman said, nodding at the choice. "Yes. I think I'll go with Venus."
"Well c'mon, Sailor Moon! Let's head back to camp and get you some clothes! I'm sure Lori has pants that can fit those moons of yours! Hehehehe!"
"MY ASS IS LITERALLY NOT THAT FAT!!!"
They all laughed while Lori simply gave an angry pout, stomping off back to camp in embarrassment. Not wanting to waste any time, the other began to head back where they came from with Venus staying in the back alongside Lincoln who was having a hard time comprehending everything that was going on at the moment. She just lied to their faces without hesitation and got away with it! Lincoln was obviously showing his confusion, getting the attention of Venus quickly.
"Something wrong? I thought getting your... family to welcome me would be a good thing."
"Well I don't exactly like seeing someone lie to my family right in front of me," Lincoln said with a roll to his eyes. Lying was a pet peeve to the Loud boy due to past experiences of assholes and jerks trying to manipulate him into doing things for them. However, it was either this or have his family think he was doing something else with the thickest woman he's ever seen in the woods. "But I guess it had to be done. Just... I'll show you the ropes about humans."
"Very well. This should be entertaining."
"So...I've been wondering for a while, why do you want to learn so much about humanity?" Lincoln inquired from Venus who folded her arms and on her blank face, Lincoln can detect some...hatred on her features.
"I wish to learn how to understand humans or mortals in general, because my enemy of recent making was of mortal origins, I do not understand why she does as she does, thus you will tell me about all there is to mortals, then she will fall to my might." She vehemently stated as Lincoln was a bit unnerved by what she had said, looking a bit forward to see that fortunately his sisters didn't hear her.
"I don't know who you are referring to, but if you're just going to learn how humanity works without actually experiencing it, then it's a fool's errand." He replied to her as she looked at him with scrutiny, narrowing her eyes slightly.
"Explain." She demanded out of him.
"You can't just expect me to list off every definition of a human psyche, it's impossible to figure out how a mortal thinks because everyone is different, emotions are something to be experienced and figured out for yourself, what does it mean to be happy? What does it mean to be sad? Did that person have a right to be angry because someone did something to them? I can help you the best I can Venus but you have to be open to trying to understand human emotions." Lincoln told her pointedly.
"Open minded? I'm not used to lowering my standards for learning. I'd simply rather gather more humans and absorb their brains for more knowledge."
"That isn't how it works. You can't read blueprints and know how to build it instantly. Besides, can't you use your 'godly power' for help on this?"
"I probably would but I sense this body has weakened me for the time being. But I'll gain most of my abilities the more I get used to this form and I take it you shall be helping me. Besides, you have no choice if you want to get used to your powers."
Lincoln didn't answer that, deciding to keep quiet until they all had finally gotten back to the campsite. Apparently, Lincoln's disappearance had caused Leni and the others to just head back home to meet later and now with the discovery of this odd growth in the forest, they all decided to simply head back to Royal Woods. Before they all headed inside Vanzilla, Lori dug through her bag of clothes, handing Venus a dark purple shirt, a black jacket which she left open, and light purple yoga pants with white socks and black shoes.
After getting everything packed up and ready to go, they all began to drive out of the forest. Lincoln once again sat in the middle row but by the window where Venus sat in the middle to give herself more room.
Soon enough, Vanzilla had finally exited the forest and had gotten on a large bridge, giving everyone a wonderful view of the new Royal Woods City in all of its glory. It's talk white buildings and many mono-rails transporting many residents here and there. Nothing like how it was only a few years ago when Lisa began to help progress with turning the one small town of Royal Woods into a large Metropolis that was soon known to the masses.
"Welcome to Royal Woods," Lincoln said. "I think you'll like it."
