June 8th, 2026
"Alright, alright. I finally paid my phone bill again. Lupa still has a bit over five hundred." Lynn's Samsung Galaxy Ultimate went around the Louds, like it was a session of show and tell with cavemen. Not all of them were, however, interested to surf the web. The goths and Luan butted out while the others were catching up at what and how much they missed.
Luna and Lori were screaming about how Dream Boat ended, and Luan left unnoticed. Whatever the reasons Lucy and Lupa had to not be interested, was of no concern to her, but it was probably their personalities, which were one and the same. She knew why she didn't want to have phone time; it was her old channel she started. Something that defined her, something that she was truly proud of, now dead among the internet.
Luan Out Loud's Comedy Channel. That's what she named it, all those years ago. No, a lifetime ago. Fifty thousand subscribers was how much she remembered she had. Despite being a curious thing to what to know how many she had, she was afraid to look. It wasn't just that she left it behind, no, not at all.
All the videos were memories, memories of a better life. Memories of happier, innocent kids who didn't know how to wield guns or katanas. Kids who couldn't imagine the horrors of the real, dark world. Memories of her enjoying her pranks and jokes. Memories that meant nothing anymore. Priceless, now worthless.
Linka was the last to use Lynn's phone. By then, the little demickey scenario had died down. She didn't know what do to around. She googled to see how many Ace Savvy issues were published in the gap. She, and Lincoln, missed out on new volumes and a handful spin off series.
"Dang it!" The original collection became ashes, and all was lost, even the mint ones. "I have a lot of catching up to do..."
Sje returned back to the main search query, thinking of what to discover. Then, Luan came into her mind. Her, and her channel. How could I dare forget?
Linka was already on YouTube, and only had half of the channel name typed in the search box. Linka knew what she'd find there. Everything that once was, and everything that will never be again. She hesitated in that moment of realization, fingers still hovering above the keyboard.
She went through with it, typing in the remaining letters at a turtle's speed. The results came rather quickly, with the channel being on the top of the page. She looked around the channel, after making the click. Luan's subscribers had fallen to thirty-eight thousand. Her last video was a compilation of her best pranks, a special video made in honor of reaching a serious number.
Mostly pranks on people Linka didn't know. Various kids older than her, likely Luan's friends or something. Pranks and gags of all sorts, and Linka found herself laughing, until she scrolled down to the comments section.
Trollkien: R.I.P. Luan Loud and her funny vids. These used to make my days brighter when she was in her prime...
Linka slid her thumb, looking through. There were too many for her to read, so she scrolled and stopped at random ones.
boop_bazoop_fruitloop: its a shame 2 loose a legend on utube. Pranks will b missd.
Millerman972: Anyone know why she stopped all of a sudden? This shit's better than McJuggerNuggets and Shane Dawson combined. Ugh, Luan Loud never ceased to satisfy my laughing needs.
TheRealJohnMadden: your jokes are shit, and you're shit. Hope you killed yourself.
Linka was disgusted by the last one. Luan's jokes were terrible, but not to a point where hostility was required. Linka had seen enough, and returned to finish the video. Luan's laughter soothed Linka, made her feel like she was back home. At the end of the video, Luan turned the camera to ecpress her gratitude to her fans and promised for more content, which never came.
Linka formed a wonderful idea there. Fortunately for her, Lincoln still had his own channel left untouched, and she called out to Liby for help.
Later
Lynn allowed Linka to stay with her phone, upon hearing what she was planning. Liby knocked on Luan's room, giggling enthusiastically. Linka was set to record the first prank of a new era. "This is gonna be fun!" Behind Liby, a pie was floating sideways. She kept in in the air with one hand, while trying to contain her laughter with the other.
Luan peered out, looking depressed. "Oh, hey Liby. Can I help you?"
"Knock knock", she laughed.
"Hmmm. Okay, I'll play along. Who's there?"
"Three point one four one pie!" She turned to the side, letting the pie splat right into her face. "Whoooo!" Liby raised her arms high in the air. Linka laughed, pleased at getting it all.
"Liby, what the hell?" Luan wiped away the mess of brown and purple away from her face. The plummeting pie made a mess below the doorway. "My shirt!"
The two girls snickered away, making their rendezvous downstairs. "I got it all! Now we can post this on my account! It's time Luan made her grand return."
"Wait, I know the email and password for the account, I can upload it there. And that'd be even better!"
"Oh, yes! That's perfect!" Linka handed Liby the phone. "I'm glad we're doing this."
"She's gonna be so happy. I mean..." Liby logged in. "She has to be, right?"
The upload progress started. Liby stared at the phone, keeping progress of the upload.
Luan Out Loud Return?! (Luan Gets Pranked)
"Awesome, it's out!" Liby cheered, high fiving Linka. "Now we just wait for the viewers."
Luan took awhile in the bathroom cleaning herself up. She was lucky she closed her eyes at the last second.
Why the fuck did she prank me? Ugh, there's no need for that, when everything else is happening.
She dried her face, still keeping her eyes on the stains on her white shirt. "Ugh, Liby!"
Luan looked at herself in the mirror, and for the first time in so long, she looked at her face. The braces, untightened in so long. Her hair, longer, but kept at the same style she had since ten, and her eyes, the perfect, beautiful green eyes which stared back at her through the mirror.
Linka was right outside, patiently waiting for her. Luan gripped tightly upon seeing her. "You're not gonna prank me too, are you?"
"No, but you love it, right? You've tried to make me smile when I was missing him... So I thought I'd return that favor. Luan..." Linka showed her the phone. Luan gasped at the sight of the new video uploaded under her banner.
"Luan, Liby pranked you for this. It's reached over four thousand views, and way too many comments here, most of them being the same one; they're all happy to see new content. Here, Luan. Look for yourself."
607 comments so far, and it hasn't been an hour since the release. Indeed, Linka wasn't wrong.
Kaul-N: the clown princess has returned after so many years yay! Prank that soccer sister again!
RussianBlonde: DA DA DA
Otaku Matako: 私はキャプテンアメリカあなたはスパイダーマンの帰郷！
Trollkien: LUAN YOU'RE ALIVE! :))))
Majicman026: best pranks
LazeeLeaderOfBread: YISSSSS
Luan continued reading about fifteen more. There was something in reading them that made her heart well up to a warm degree. A sort of gratification that she did not expect. "I don't understand. How did-"
Liby, being a clone, had Luan's access to the channel. Her eyes went sideways, mouth open enough to have a look of the shock and understanding. "Both of you... You two, you did this-"
"For you, Luan. We did this for you. It was time you returned to your former glory. Go on, give your fans what they want. You know it's been so long, Luan."
"Oh, my goodness, Linka... I don't know what to say."
"If it's all the same to you, I'd like to be part of it. And Liby said she also wants in. We wanna help."
Luan pondered at such a request. "You really want me to return, huh?"
"Me, Liby, and countless strangers. You make people smile, laugh. I know some of..." Linka gulped, hoping to get the words correctly. "We don't always laugh at your stuff, but, all these people, they really like you, Luan."
"Oh, I've lost about a quarter of my subs..."
"Less than half, and the rest have awaited your return. Look at the last video you uploaded, and read the comments.
Luan saw to it and the sad comments from her loyal viewers worked their way inside her slowly, penetrating her bad feelings, succeeding in making her see something pure.
"Luan, the three of us, and maybe with Lily too, we can make the best pranks the world has ever seen. We have Liby's powers and the twins' speed. Think of what greatness we can do, and no one will think otherwise."
"That does sound fun. We can make things float in the air, and freak people out." Luan let out a slow and devious smile. "Oh, God, yes, yes we can!" Suddenly, she found herself laughing out loud. "Yeah, its official! I'm back in business. Hmmm, business... Alright, let me update the description here."
Luan made it official. She had made a return, and everything was going towards the unexpected, but better path in her life. And it was all Linka's doing.
"Thank you. Really, thank you." The two hugged, and Luan felt like it was little Lincoln there in Linka's place. She could not help but feel closer to home again.
Funny Business Inc, that was something else that may or may not need a revival. But that was for another day.
AN: It was time to bring back something meaningful. It came to me quickly, when watching Making the Case again. Let's see what else could return down the line. Next; Life and Death!