The next day…
"Hey, where's Lincoln and Lisa?"
"Oh, they went outside to get some fresh air after what had happened yesterday."
"Great. Do you mind telling me where they are exactly?"
"Nope."
"Hey, what's that piece of paper in your hands?"
Luna tries to hide the paper but Luan snatches it out of her hands before she could do so!
"Dearest familial units,
It appears that our singular male sibling never got over the despair of our mother's passing. He went into a full-blown tirade about how he was going to avenge our mother by murdering the beast that took her away from us. I tried to talk him out of it. Alas, to no avail. He picked up a jagged rock on the path up to Mount Sativum, as if such an object could do any significant damage to it. But don't worry, sororal siblings, using the claw that our maternal grandfather extracted from our now deceased matriarch's corpse, I smelted and synthesized a knife made out of solid keratin. This knife should be honed enough to slice through even this creature's thick hide, if it has one! I left it in a present on the countertop. I will persist on dissuading his suicidal tendency for revenge. But I fear that his mind is already set. Don't come looking for me, this is something I have to do alone. Goodbye.
Yours truly,
Lisa Marie Loud"
Luan goes off to tell Albert and Lynn Sr about this arrested development but Luna jerks her back.
"No, dudette! Lisa swore me to secrecy! It was either this or getting my memory wiped by her! She was just going to leave the note but I caught her just before she left to pursue Lincoln!"
"Sorry, Luna. But they deserve to know!"
Luan calls her dad and grandfather over to let them know what happened. Luna tries to stop her by attempting to fight her…big mistake.
"Girls! Stop fighting!"
"Dad! Lincoln…"
Luna covers her mouth before she could say anything. Luan bites her in response, causing Luna to yelp in pain.
"…went to scale Mount Sativum to try and kill the creature that killed mom!"
Albert explodes in a fury.
"And why didn't you tell us sooner?!"
"I just found out about it!"
"Lisa swore me to secrecy! By the way, she went along to try and stop him."
"We have to stop them right now!"
"Wait, Lisa left a weapon for you. She made it herself. So that if you run into the creature again…this time…you can kill it. It's in the present."
Lynn Sr opens the present and equips the Keratin Knife. With that, the Loud patriarchs dash to the apex of mount Sativum to stop Lincoln from doing something dumb! Meanwhile…
"Soon, that thing will pay for killing our mother…"
Lincoln exits the cave leading to the highest point of Mount Sativum and starts to scale the top of the plateau. There, he finds the very creature he set out to murder in cold blood. Ordinarily, Lincoln is a calm, cool and collected person. But now, with his mother's death, Lisa fears that the fetters of Lincoln's psyche are completely broken. And now, nothing will quench his vengeful bloodlust, except the death of the one who caused him and his family so much pain. He acknowledges that Rita is a deeply flawed character and probably wasn't the best person but she is still his mother. And he at least owes her this much…
Upon reaching the lair of the beast, there appears to be a damaged data chip containing a file. Lincoln scans the QR code on the chip and extracts a copy of the file. There are only two words…
"Mechanized Ursidae"
"That must be the name of the beast. "Mechanized Ursi-die", indeed."
The half bear, half robot cyborg approaches and attacks Lincoln! Lincoln can see that the blood of his deceased mother has coagulated on the beast's countenance!
The Mechanized Ursidae attacks!
Lincoln grasped the Sharp Rock tightly and pounced on the Mechanized Ursidae!
It had no effect at all!
The Mechanized Ursidae lunges for a claw attack!
Lincoln takes 81 damage!
"Why you…!"
Lincoln attacks!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 1 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae lets out a bestial roar!
Lincoln's offense decreased by 5!
Lincoln's defense decreased by 7!
"You've taken away our mother…"
The Mechanized Ursidae goes in for a savage bite!
Lincoln takes mortal damage!
Lincoln attacks!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 1 damage!
"So…just…DIE ALREADY!"
Lincoln's rage has awakened a new ability!
Lincoln maxed out his HP!
Suddenly, a flash of lightning strikes the Mechanized Ursidae in the face, dealing damage and deflecting the blast into a nearby boulder, annihilating it! Suddenly, a severe thunderstorm begins to descend onto the surrounding areas!
Lincoln learned PK Thunder α!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 16 damage!
"Whoa? Did I do that? It's on!"
The Mechanized Ursidae lunges for a claw attack!
Lincoln takes 77 damage!
Lincoln tried PK Thunder α!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 15 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae goes in for a savage bite!
Lincoln takes mortal damage!
Lincoln tried PK Thunder α!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 16 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae lets out a bestial roar!
Lincoln's offense decreased by 8!
Lincoln's defense decreased by 6!
Lincoln got hurt and collapsed!
Lincoln's unconscious body falls into the ravine nearby. He managed to inflict considerable damage to the beast, even without using the Keratin Knife! Meanwhile, back to our intrepid heroes…
They head all the way up through the mountain, getting 2 beef jerkies, and an Aquarius Charm, which Lynn Sr equips for 7 defense, as well as a thunder bomb and a running bomb! They head through a cave and come out the other side relatively unscathed. Upon arriving at the beast's lair, it seems that Albert will have to do what his only grandson couldn't…
"I have a bad feeling about this…"
Lynn Sr has no interest in fighting this savage animal. He just wants to find Lincoln and Lisa and not get torn into ribbons, just like his wife! He recognizes that he is not nearly as badass as Flint and attempting to try something like what he does would backfire horribly. I mean, it's not like the Louds are in the world of Mother 3 or anything. Yes, he just wants to find his kids and escape as fast as possible, like a rational person would do in this situation. The beast lunges at them but this time, they're ready for it!
The Mechanized Ursidae suddenly attacked!
Lynn Sr grasped the Keratin Knife tightly and pounced on the Mechanized Ursidae!
It pierced the Mechanized Ursidae's thick hide! The Mechanized Ursidae let out a yowl!
Albert attacks!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 41 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae lets out a bestial roar!
Lynn Sr's offense decreased by 27!
Lynn Sr's defense decreased by 18!
Lynn Sr attacks!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 1 damage!
"Now, I'm gonna take it to ya!"
Albert tries to suplex the Mechanized Ursidae!
SMAAAASH!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 625 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae's self-defense mechanism activates!
The Mechanized Ursidae used a flamethrower attack!
Lynn Sr takes mortal damage!
Lynn Sr ate the Beef Jerky!
Lynn Sr recovered 60 HP!
Albert attacks!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 52 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae goes in for a savage bite!
Lynn Sr takes mortal damage!
Lynn Sr ate the Beef Jerky!
Lynn Sr recovered 60 HP!
Albert attacks!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 48 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae used a flamethrower attack!
Lynn Sr threw the Running Bomb!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 183 damage!
Albert attacks!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 55 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae lunges for a claw attack!
Lynn Sr takes mortal damage!
Lynn Sr threw the Thunder Bomb!
The Mechanized Ursidae takes 198 damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae tried a desperation attack!
Lynn Sr takes mortal damage!
The Mechanized Ursidae became tame!
You win!
Lynn Sr gained 524 experience points!
The Mechanized Ursidae continues to try and murder Lynn Sr and Albert. But it staggers to get up, having been thoroughly defeated. Lynn Sr tries to get past the beast to pursue his kids and get them back safely. Before he can proceed, however, a bear cub headbutts him out of the way.
"That must be the bear's child, before…that…happened to her. We're done here. We'll comb the mountain one last time to find them, and they we'll have no choice but to head back."
The Mechanized Ursidae dies from its injuries, sustained in its many battles. Albert and Lynn Sr canvass the rest of Mount Sativum and didn't find even a single trace of Lincoln or Lisa. He unfortunately had to tell his daughters the bad news.
"Well, Pop-Pop killed the animal that killed your mother but we searched the entire mountain and didn't find hide nor hair of either Lincoln or Lisa."
"WHAT?!"
"So, are we to presume Lincoln and Lisa are dead?"
Luan butts into the conversation, with a livid fury in her eyes!
"NO WAY! Lincoln is still alive!"
"What about Lisa?"
"Oh, she can find her way back. She's a genius after all. But I have a feeling Lincoln survived his encounter with the beast."
"No, I think he got mauled."
"Oh, really? Then where's his corpse?"
The sound of silence cuts through the room.
"I thought so. Now look, unless I see his corpse, then he's not dead, just missing."
"Fine. But no one could survive that. He's clearly dead."
"I'll scour the entire state of Michigan for him!"
"Just make sure your devotion doesn't turn into obsession."
"It won't."
The Louds have had a tumultuous time coexisting with one another. From clear skies to dreary overcasts, the thirteen of them stood by each other through thick and thin, and always supported one another, no matter what. They all have their unique personalities and even though they clashed with one another a lot, they all respected how unique an individual that they all are. They would all stand by one another and would share amongst each other. However, despite all the sad events they've gone through together, this depressing event has shaken the Loud family to their very core. And, as everyone knows, things can always get worse…
How did this all start?
Where did it all go wrong?
Why is this happening?
Almost as if they were playthings, the animals of this great state are becoming robotocized against their will, turning the naturally docile creatures into fierce bioorganic killing machines. Some people, like the Louds, have had their family torn apart. Just who was that person that tried to set the Moonlit forest ablaze? How did an ordinary bear become the Mechanized Ursidae? And where could Lincoln and Lisa be?
These enigmas must be answered.
And so, the first chapter ends…as a tragedy.
END OF CHAPTER 1
Differences Between Decadence and Mother 3:
Mother 3: After Flint's grief-stricken rage, Bronson knocks him unconscious and throws him in jail until he calms down. Claus came by some time later and gave him an apple with a nail file in it (how he managed to hide a nail file in an apple, we may never know) so that Flint can file the rusted lock off. Flint later finds out that Claus took a homemade knife to try and kill the Mecha-Drago. Since a drago is basically a dinosaur, some piddly knife would probably break off on its thick hide!
In Mother 3, there are magical guardians of the Nowhere Islands known as magypsies. These androgynous beings possess incredibly powerful PK powers and have protected the island from the Dark Dragon for aeons. Pulling a needle erases them from existence. Pulling all 7 needles unseals the Dark Dragon and causes it to destroy the world. If a person with a pure heart pulls most of the needles, it will also recreate the world. If a person with malice in their heart pulls most of the needles, they can reform it in their image! If a person with no heart pulls most of the needles, the world will simply cease to exist.
Decadence: You actually get to see Lincoln try to kill the Mechanized Ursidae! In Mother 3, Claus goes off to kill the Mecha-Drago to avenge his mother's death. But we don't see the actual battle (although, it's pretty clear he'd lose anyway).
Lisa tries to stop Lincoln from trying to kill the Mechanized Ursidae. Sadly, Lucas was too afraid to stop Claus...
Lincoln equips a Sharp Rock and later, Lynn Sr equips the Keratin Knife. In Mother 3, the Drago Fang is a key item and you can use it but you can't equip it. In Decadence, however, you can! The Sharp Rock is a psudo Drago Fang so naturally, it doesn't work.
Lincoln channels his anger so much that he learns PK Thunder α in the middle of the fight! Normally, one has to be taught by the magypsies to use PK powers! Such as when Ionia had to almost drown Lucas in order for his powers to awaken. Luckily, it seems that in this universe, PK powers are learned innately by certain people.
Originally, Lincoln was supposed to miss every shot after the first PK Thunder α hit, referencing how inaccurate PK Thunder is. It was changed so that he would hit every shot to heighten the dramatic tension! He still gets destroyed by the Mechanized Ursidae, though.
In Mother 3, the Mecha-Drago breathes flames out as one of its attacks. In Decadence, after the Mechanized Ursidae is under 618 HP, her self-defense mechanism activates, allowing her to use a flamethrower attack that has power equivalent to PK Fire β!
Author's Note: Albert's suplex attack does massive damage but only if it lands. If he misses the attack, the text will say that he threw his back out trying to pull off the move, incapacitating him for 3 turns while he recovers. It's incredibly dangerous, since Lynn Sr still only does 1 damage to the Mechanized Ursidae, even after using the Keratin Knife to pierce its thick hide! Worse still, Albert is a temporary party member, so you can't select what he does. He just got ridiculously lucky landing the attack and getting a critical hit!