Lincoln's POV:

After school ended, Clyde and I walked to my house to play video games, while we were waiting for Rick to take us (admittedly begrudgingly) to the new comic store at the mall. Clyde was extremely impressed by the Xbox 1000 (along with all the games I had on the device, most of which were still in development) which Rick had gotten me for my birthday (even the Xbox 500 hadn't come out yet, let alone the Xbox 1000). We played for three hours straight, before I finally realized that the store would be closing in four hours. I got up to go figure out where Rick was, but then, he walked into the house from the garage with- Lynn? I was confused, as she was usually still at one of her team practices at this time of day. Then I remembered that she hadn't even come to school today. As I tried to shake off my confusion, Rick walked over and asked, "You guys ready to go? Oh, and Lynn wants to come too."

"Yes, we're almost- wait, Lynn wants to come?" I asked, even more confused now. "She always said comics were dumb."

"Well, people's feelings change, Linc." Lynn said, as she walked up behind me, making me jump.

"Don't scare me like that, Lynn! One Lucy in the house is all I can handle." I said, trying to stay calm. "Besides, you know I've been jumpy ever since BirdPerson's death at the 'wedding reception'."

"Well, about that." interrupted Rick, sounding oddly guilty. "He's alive and recovered, physically at least. I was gonna tell you sooner, but I needed to incept him to get him to retake control of his body, and I knew you wouldn't like the idea after the whole 'Lori inception incident'."

"What? He's alive?" I asked, shocked. "And you incepted him alone? Also,w hy did he need to retake control of his body? Was someone else controlling him?" I asked, overwhelming Rick.

"Not exactly." replied Rick. "But the comic store is closing soon. Let's go, and I'll tell you about how we saved BirdPerson on the way."

We walked to the space cruiser. Rick entered the driver's seat, while the three of us got in the back, with me in the middle seat (to my annoyance). Then, we started flying towards the mall.

"So, I guess I have some explaining to do." began Rick.

"What's a BirdPerson?" interjected Clyde. "And what's inception? Are you talking about that stupid movie?"

"BirdPerson is Rick's best friend and fellow Galactic Federation-hating rebel. They were in a band together, too. Oh, and he's an alien obviously." I explained.

"The Galactic Federation." Clyde said. "Where have I heard that before? Oh yeah, they're those gross insect aliens that took over Earth for a few days, right?"

"Yes. They're called Gromflomites, by the way." answered Rick. "And they're bureaucrats, which means I don't respect them."

Rick then started launching into his "all bureaucrats should be killed" speech, but I reminded him that we wanted to hear about BirdPerson coming back to life. (Or never dying, I guess?)

"Anyway," continued Rick, "You've seen Inception, Clyde?"

"You mean that super dumb movie, where they go into people's dreams to try to change what or how they think?" Clyde asked nervously, worried about Rick's response.

"I'm glad you have good taste in movies, Clyde." responded Rick. "Yes, the movie is really stupid. The whole idea is extremely asinine. That's one of the reasons that, when Lincoln and I tried incepting Lori, it 'went off the rails' really fast."

"Why would you incept Lori, anyway?" asked Clyde, confused. "Sounds like something I would have done. You know, back when I was obsessed with her."

"Well, she was being really mean to me and some of my other sisters." I answered. "Then, through a series of unfortunate events, she ended up pushing me out of the bathroom so fast, I wasn't able to grab my VR headset, which I had with me. When I forced open the door, furious, as well as worried about the headset, Lori ran out as if I wasn't even there. Then, I was horrified to discover that she had smashed the VR headset. Thinking she had done it on purpose, I asked Rick for help, and he suggested we incept her with the idea of being nicer. We went to the mall and we ambushed her in an empty (well, besides her) bathroom. After Rick knocked her out with a special ray gun, he placed a thing in all our ears, and the next thing I knew, we were inside her dream." I continued.

"Then what happened?" asked Clyde, while wincing at the thought of his former crush being knocked out.

"Basically, to make a long story short, Rick got captured by dream versions of Lola and Lana." I continued.

"How is that even possible? He's like five times their size!" Clyde asked, shocked.

"Dream versions of people are way stronger than their real-life counterparts." explained Rick. "Not that any of it turned out to matter anyway, as it turned out the reason Lori had gone to the mall at all in the first place was to buy Lincoln a new VR headset, since she had felt bad for breaking his."

"Sounds intense and confusing." commented Clyde.

"You think that sounds intense?" asked Lynn. "Just wait till you hear about how Rick and I rescued BirdPerson today!"

"Is that why you weren't at school?" I asked.

"That's part of the reason." she answered mysteriously.

"We're here." interrupted Rick, as we landed onto the mall parking lot. "If you three want to get to the comic book store before it closes, Lynn and I should probably save the story for the way back."

"Fair enough." shrugged Lynn.

We left the cruiser and entered the mall. After getting some pizza, as it was very late and we were all hungry, we headed toward the comic book store. Clyde and I headed straight for the Ace Savvy section, while Lynn went to the "cards for special occasions" section, for some unknown reason. Surprisingly, Rick walked up to us and started asking us all about Ace Savvy's world, which I knew he thought was dumb. I guess Lynn was right about something psychological. (people changing) Never thought I'd see the day. Anyway, after a few minutes of us explaining the basics to Rick, he asked me which two comics I would get if money wasn't an object.

"Well-" I thought long and hard, suspecting that they would be a huge part of my Christmas gift from him this year, "if money was truly no object, I would have to get the Limited Edition Ace Savvy Ultimate Edition, you know, the version signed by Bill Buck himself. I also wouldn't mind getting the Comic Writing Guide for Comic Lovers Who Love Comics, the version also signed by Bill Buck, obviously." I finished.

"Those are like five hundred dollars each." said Clyde, as he daydreamed about getting them someday.

"Do they even have those here? Didn't this place open less than a week ago?" asked Rick.

"Of course they do!" I answered, shocked at his ignorance on the subject of nerd culture. "They're expensive, remember? They keep them in the storage room safe, way in the back!"

"Are those Ace Savvy Funko Pops?" asked Rick, making us turn around excitedly.

I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my leg.

"Rick, something's wrong with my leg." I whispered concernedly, turning around. Last time I had this kind of sharp pain, it turned out to be a rapidly-multiplying space virus, which forced Rick, Lucy, and all my older sisters to shrink down to microscopic size and go inside me to kill it. "Please tell me it's not a space virus again." I asked, wincing, as I anticipated the worst.

"Why don't you go sit down in the common area." Rick suggested. "I'll come out to take a look in a minute, just gotta talk to Lynn about something real quick."

I leaned on Clyde for support, and we walked out of the comic book store and found a bench. After helping me sit down, Clyde sighed.

"What's wrong, Clyde?" I asked, trying to distract myself from the pain.

"Oh, nothing much." he answered, but I could tell he was lying.

"Spit it out buddy. I'm here for you!" I urged.

"Well-" he began, pausing for a second to think, "I don't have a good way of saying this, so I'm just gonna say it. I need to buy Stella and Ronnie Anne Christmas gifts. That One-Eyed Jack Funko Pop looks like it would be perfect for Stella, and I heard Ronnie Anne likes the new Cobra Kai comic book series. You know, the ones based on the Karate Kid movies. Are you feeling good enough for me to go grab them real quick?" he asked anxiously.

"That's it?" I asked, feeling underwhelmed, despite my pain. "And here I was, thinking it was something serious. Go buy them! I'll be fine. I've been through way worse on some of Rick's adventures, and I'm still alive and relatively 'healthy', aren't I?' I finished, laughing.

"You sure dude?" He asked, still looking unsure.

"Course I'm sure!" I said, laughing. "Go get those gifts, bro! Oh, and Ronnie Anne just got the seventh issue of Cobra Kai, so you're gonna want to get the eighth.

"Okay, here I go. I'll be right back!" said Clyde, grinning. He left me on the bench and ran towards the comic book store. About two minutes later, Rick came out of the store and headed towards me.

"Alright, lie down on the bench and pull up your pant leg." he said, a little too casually, as he approached me.

"This is serious, Rick!" I said as I lay down, upset at his inappropriately unconcerned behavior.

"If it was really that serious, why did I see Clyde come back inside the store to get that stuff he wanted?" asked Rick, unfazed.

"He was getting a gift for Stella and Ronnie Ann! I knew I would survive. Or are you forgetting the hundreds of times I got hurt on our adventures?"

"I guess you don't need my help then?"Rick asked mockingly.

"Okay, okay, it's my fault I always get hurt on our adventures or whatever. Just take a look!" I pleaded, wincing in pain.

After about ten seconds of examining my leg, Rick's smile turned into a frown.

"What?" I asked, panicking.

"Uh-" Rick paused, thinking his words through carefully. "Have you ever heard of Space Aids?" he asked calmly.

"Space Aids?" I yelled, freaking out.

Rick began laughing, almost as much as Luan did after she had told a good joke. He pulled a vial out of his pocket and poured its contents into a syringe device equipped with a needle. Before I could get up and throttle him (only partially metaphorically speaking), he injected my leg using the syringe's needle. After an initial even sharper pain, the pain quickly went away completely, and I felt way better. Well, my body did, at least.

"What the hell is Space Aids?" I hissed, being careful to stay quiet, as I had already embarrassed us enough. Then, I got up and pulled my pant leg back down, despite still feeling very worried.

"I guess I can tell you, if you incest!" he whispered, after checking to make sure no one was listening, and then he erupted into laughter again.

"This is not the time for jokes!" I scoffed. "What is wrong with me?"

"Alright, alright, no more monkey business!" he promised. "I was kidding. I cured Space Aids decades ago. You had a regular lower-body infection, concentrated in the right leg and groin. I cured it instantly. You may experience a strong desire to pee in- about thirty seconds." he warned, pointing to the bathroom. "Oh, and I incest you don't have any sex until after midnight, if you want to avoid the risk of penile thrombosis." he finished in a whisper, apparently unable to restrain himself.

I was ready to yell at him, but, as he predicted, I felt like my bladder was about to explode. Shooting him a death glare, I ran to the bathroom to relive myself. When I returned, Clyde and Lynn had rejoined us, both holding bags full of stuff they had bought. I noticed Lynn's bag was quite large, as if it had a large comic anthology inside. Anyway, I decided not to deal with Rick's humor overload in front of them, instead reserving my anger for when we got home. We returned to the cruiser, as I sat in the middle seat again, to my increased irritation. As we headed home, Clyde reminded Lynn and Rick about the BirdPerson adventure, which I admitted still intrigued me, despite my rage, mostly because BirdPerson was very nice. "Is very nice." I corrected myself. "That is if Rick is to be believed."

"Anyway," began Rick, "I was about to start the inception process, when Lynn showed up to the garage, activating the alarm system." I noticed that he neglected to mention the C4 bomb connected to the alarm, but figured he didn't want to frighten Clyde, so I didn't say anything about this. "I ran upstairs from the subterranean lab, and was about to lecture her for interrupting my work, (especially because this time, my work involved trying to save BirdPerson) but then, she asked if I needed any help, much to my surprise. Knowing I could use some backup with the BirdPerson inception, I accepted. She expressed some initial shock upon seeing BirdPerson still alive, not to mention that a certain bitch named Tammy had turned him into a cyborg, and renamed him PhoenixPerson. After Lynn's shock faded, we began the inception process." continued Rick.

"Tammy was a friend of Lori's. Oh, and BirdPerson's fiancée. Well, until she killed him, (or so we thought at the time) at their post-wedding reception, as she turned out to be a undercover Galactic Federation agent." I explained to Clyde.

"Crazy stuff. And here I was, thinking my love life sucked." said Clyde, empathizing with BirdPerson's predicament.

"In any case," continued Rick, scowling at the thought of Tammy, "the inception went much better this time, in stark contrast to the Lori disaster. This was because I had time to prepare. (I was keeping him him in suspended animation until I was ready to rescue him.) Also, I've known him since I was 20. Anyway, I hacked into his cerebral cortex, which let me take us to the memory of the Battle of Blood Ridge, since the only way to force him to retake control of his body was to take him to him to the most life-changing event of his life. We met up with him, Squanchy, and my memory's (admittedly annoying) version of me." he paused, taking a sip of alcohol. "Squanchy is me and BirdPerson's other best friend." he explained to Clyde. "Following this, we 'battled' the federation, which was uneventful. Lynn eventually coaxed me into telling her the full story, which, to make a long story short, is that the most life-changing event wasn't the battle itself, but my conversation with BirdPerson after. I explained how I told BirdPerson that the Federation and the war were meaningless, since it was all happening an infinite number of times in an infinite number of universes. He didn't take it well, which I should have anticipated, since I knew of his people's struggles against and history with the Federation. What can I say? I was young, stupid, and not as riggity-riggity wrecked as I usually am." Rick continued sadly.

"That last part means he wasn't drunk enough!" interjected Lynn, making me and Clyde laugh really hard.

"Anyway, moving on," continued Rick, annoyed. "We attempted to coax him into believing that there were people that care about him, (like me, Squanchy, and all my grandchildren, but he was too depressed to listen to reason. I mean, I would be too, if the love of my life did that to me. That's one of the reasons I like to state the fact that 'What people call love is just a chemical reaction that compels animals to breed. It hits hard, then it slowly fades, leaving you stranded in a failing marriage. I did it. Your parents are gonna do it. Break the cycle, kids. Rise above. Focus on science'." Rick frowned as he finished. "You wanna finish the story, Lynn?" he asked. "I gotta text BirdPerson and see how his quest is going, and I can't text, drive, and talk at the same time, since I haven't had enough alcohol today."

"You know alcohol actually makes you more drowsy, right?" asked Lynn, which turned Rick's frown into a grimace and made me and Clyde laugh even harder.

"What quest-" Clyde began to ask, but he was interrupted by Lynn.

"Listen up, Stinkoln and SIT!" she shouted, making me frown.

"I'm afraid to ask, but what's an SIT?" Clyde wondered, as I mouthed at him to drop the subject.

"In sports, you don't always have a lot of time to talk. Well, if you're a winner like me, that is! Anyway, SIT is short for Stinkoln In Training!" answered Lynn, making Clyde pout indignantly. "I'm not gonna answer any more obvious questions until the end of the story. Anyway, when all hope seemed lost, Rick brought out his ace in the hole. Spoiler alert, it wasn't Ace Savvy. Wrong kind of ace." Lynn joked, making Clyde laugh, and I couldn't help laughing a little too. "Guess all the time I've been spending with Luan has made me appreciate comedy a lot more." I thought. "I should get back to movie nights with Lynn and Lucy too, though. I miss hanging out with them." I realized.

"As I was saying," Lynn continued, "Rick shocked both BirdPerson and me when he revealed that he ended up delivering BirdPerson's (and Tammy's too I guess) daughter."

"Oh, that." I said. When she was first born, I was filled with mostly sadness, knowing she would never know her dad, as I had thought Rick had killed him in self-defense after he attacked us. She didn't have her (admittedly awful) mom, either. Now, however, I had more positive feelings about the situation, since BirdPerson was alive. "Could finding his daughter be the point of this 'quest' of his?" I wondered.

"Stop interrupting please, Linc." said Lynn, oddly giving me puppy eyes instead of being mean.

"You know I can't resist puppy eyes!" I protested. "Alright, alright, I'm sorry. It won't happen again!" I promised.

"I'll forgive you. This time." continued Lynn, smiling at me somewhat menacingly, yet also playfully. In any case, I knew better than to argue with her warning. "After BirdPerson heard the news of his daughter's birth, we were soon able to convince him to retake control of his body, and then we all awoke from his dream. Although, now that I think about it, how come it took longer for me to wake up, than it did for you two, Rick?"

"Oh, I delayed your waking up process intentionally." smiled Rick, making Lynn frown. "I didn't want you to see the bloody process of stitching new stem cells onto BirdPerson's incomplete body parts after I removed all the metal attached to him. Not to mention, he was screaming in pain when during the mind control chip removal process." Rick finished, making Lynn's frown dissapear.

"Maybe Rick isn't so bad, after all." I thought. "After all, he was just messing around with the Space Aids nonsense. Besides, he's had a long couple of months, especially considering this BirdPerson development. But wait, how come I didn't notice BirdPerson in his garage?" I wondered.

"Hey Rick. Just out of curiosity, why didn't we see BirdPerson or hear him suffering for the past month, since we saved his daughter?" I asked confused.

"That's top secret, Lincoln!" joked Rick. "Sorry, sorry, just kidding again. Despite the BirdPerson rescue, which was obviously not one of my happier adventures, a lot of the other stuff today has been really funny." He glanced at me, and then glanced at Lynn too, for some reason I couldn't figure out. "You couldn't see him beacuse I was keeping him in the subterranean lab I mentioned before, for his and everyone else's safety, while I was figuring out how to remove the brain control chip from him without causing brain damage. That's not exactly something I usually dabble in, thankfully. You couldn't hear him since he was in suspended animation."

"That makes sense." I answered.

"You have a subterranean lab?" asked Clyde, shocked.

"What self-respecting scientist doesn't?" Rick countered, grinning.

We landed in front of the garage and Lynn and I said goodbye to Clyde, and he headed home to sleep after he wrapped Stella and Ronnie Ann's Christmas gifts. (For some reason, he liked to wrap his gifts as soon as he bought them.) I went upstairs to shower, rolling my eyes at mom and dad's "you need to sleep to grow" rant.

After my shower, I portaled over to the garage to see Rick. "Sorry about earlier, Rick." I apologized. "I was just in shock from the Space Aids joke. That doesn't make it any less funny."

"I'm not blameless either." admitted Rick, to my surprise.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, confused and shocked.

"Promise not to be angry?" he asked cautiously.

"Fine, fine. Just tell me. I've had my fill of secrets for the day." I said.

"I'll tell you, but there's still one thing that can't reveal! I'll give you a hint to help you figure it out, though." relented Rick, seeing my frustration with secrets. "Anyway, there wasn't any lower-body infection. Body infections don't even cause sharp pains!" he laughed, shocking me again.

"But what actually caused the pain, then?" I asked. I needed to know the truth, regardless of how disgusting or scary it might be.

"Remember how I brought your attention to that Ace Savvy Funko Pop, right before the pain began?" he asked.

"Yes?" I said. This was becoming really suspicious. What was Rick implying, exactly?

"Alright, I'll give to you straight." continued Rick. "I shot you with my pain watch. That's what caused the pain. But-"

"What?" I interrupted, unable to believe what I was hearing. "Why would you do that?"

"Well, that's where the secret comes in, Lincoln. Why don't you go up to your room and search your bed. I guarantee you will get a beyond-awesome surprise." Rick suggested.

"Fine." I said, deciding to reserve judgment on his pain watch shenanigans, at least until I saw what was waiting for me in my bed. "But what's up there?" I asked, becoming worried. "What if it's a prank!" I thought out loud, panicking just a little bit. "You've shown yourself to be at Luan's level when it comes to comedy at other people's expense today." I reminded Rick.

"More like Luan is at my level!" he laughed. "After all, haven't you wondered where she gets her talents from? I'm this family's original prankster! Your mom and dad are about as funny as Federation Cyborgs!" he laughed again, but then he suddenly shivered.

"What's wrong?" I asked.

"Just my aversion to deja-vu. Third time I've felt it this week. It's actually pretty weird." Rick finished, frowning.

"You never mentioned hating deja-vu to me before." I reminded him, unsatisfied with his answer.

"You're right." he admitted. "It's something I seem to have developed a few weeks ago. I'll look into it later, and get back to you. Anyway, it's late, so let's compromise. You portal back to your room and take a look in your bed. I'll go get Luna and Luan, and we'll meet you in your room to discuss whatever you find."

"Okay?" I said, still confused, both about the newfound aversion to deja-vu Rick had shown, as well as what Luna and Luan had to do with my in-bed 'surprise'. "Oh shit!" I said, suddenly realizing something terrible.

"What?" asked Rick, concerned.

"I forgot to tell Luna and Luan that you were taking us to the comic book store! I was gonna call them from the cruiser, but then I learned about the BirdPerson thing. Then, I got sucked up in the magic that can only be found in a new comic book store. And then, you shot me with your pain watch! Not that that's important right now! They're probably worried sick!"

"They're not." Rick revealed, as he handed me some of his anti-paranoia gum. "I called them while you were reliving yourself. And don't worry, my pain watch dosn't actually cause penile thrombosis." he explained. "Also, magic doesn't exist. This isn't Harry Potter or some shit." he said annoyed, as he started another rant.

"Yeah, yeah, science is the only path to happiness and salvation." I interrupted sarcastically. "How's that working out for you so far, Rick?"

"Well, I don't want the same thing to happen to you or your sisters. That's another reason I encouraged your relationship with Luna and Luan. Consistent romantic love is one of the main things my life lacks." he explained sadly.

"What about Unity? She seemed to care about you!" I said, trying to cheer him up.

"Well, there is always hope I will be able to rekindle that relationship. But, never mind that now!" He said urgently. "It's eleven o'clock now, and I can hear your parents getting ready to come berate me with their usual 'your grandkids need to sleep to grow' bullshit, which they like to do right before they go to sleep. Well, when I'm out late with you guys, anyway. Listening to all their spiels is becoming more stale every time. But if they see you here, we'll both be in deep shit, you know. Until they fall asleep and I delete their memories of the last four hours, of course!" Rick continued, pausing to laugh again. "Though to be completely honest, that does take a lot of rare elements. So I try to only use that as a last resort. Anyway, see you in ten minutes! Don't forget to check the bed!" he smiled, as he finished opening a portal to my room and pushed me through it. "Hi Lynn, Rita. I'm just working on a new type of portal right now. One that lets you communicate with people in other dimensions." I heard him lie. "Anyway, what can I do for you?"

"Oh, I don't know, how about not bringing our kids back home from an adventure at nine-thirty in the evening on a school night!" I heard mom yelling, as the portal closed.

I began looking for the "surprise," but had no success at all. After about fifteen minutes, Rick, Luna, and Luan came in, and Rick locked the door behind them.

"Sorry we're late, Linc! Our parents incested on torturing Rick for over fifteen minutes. I heard the whole thing through my microphone drone." Luan said, making everyone besides Rick laugh.

"Really Luan?" asked Rick.

"What do you mean?" I interjected. "You literally made an extremely similar joke earlier, Rick!"

"Uh, dude? I don't think he's talking about the joke." Luna pointed out.

"Oh right, the microphone drone. I get it now." I realized. "Sorry, it's been a long day."

"We know. Rick told us everything on the way up, dude. Even the whole Birdperson adventure with Lynn, which clearly rocked. I'm sad that all three of us missed out on that." said Luna.

"Well almost everything, anyway." clarified Luan. "Rick still refuses to explain why he decided to shoot you with a pain watch. That, and who this mystery gift is from."

"Not to mention why Lynn asked if he needed help in the garage. Or why she wasn't at school today." I paused, deep in thought. "I have learned too much on our adventures with Rick to believe that "pulled-muscle" story she told Lucy, though." I continued.

"Anyway," interrupted Rick, attempting to redirect the conversation, "Did you find your surprise, Lincoln?"

"I wish. You hid it really well." I replied.

"Uh, I didn't hide it." Rick reminded us.

"Wait, who did, then?" Luna and I asked at the same time.

"I know who did it!" said Luan. Luna and I looked at her with shock and confusion. Even Rick seemed to be a little puzzled, but only for a moment.

"How?" asked Rick, pretending to still be baffled. "Wait, let me guess, the camera in Lincoln's room?" he finished sarcastically, rolling his eyes.

"Nope. I haven't even looked at those tapes, yet." answered Luan.

"How then? asked Luna, confused.

"The butler did it!" answered Luan, laughing.

"Ha, ha, Luan." I said sarcastically. "Anyway, are you guys just gonna stand there staring at me, or are you gonna help me find this gift?"

"Fine." Rick conceded. "But you have to be the one to open it or the surprise will be ruined!" he warned.

After ten more minutes of fruitless searching, Luan suggested Rick check the cameras himself, since he obviously already knew who hid the surprise.

"Clever girl. She takes after me." smiled Rick, after he looked at the taped footage.

"Oh, so it's a girl?" teased Luna. "I thought you were a two-girl type of guy, Linc?"

"I am!" I said, defending myself. "Then again, it depends on who the third person is, and, more specifically, their compatibility with all three of us." I admitted, worried about Luna and Luan's reaction to these words.

"I was just kidding, Linc!" explained Luna, laughing.

"Yeah, it's not like we aren't open to another lover." agreed Luan. "Just don't incest upon it, if they're not right for all three of us." Luan finished, prompting all four of us to begin laughing.

"Let's speed this up. I really need to sleep. Inception really takes a lot of energy out of someone with lots of alcohol in their system." interrupted Rick, yawning. "Anyway, it's between the mattress and the mattress base. And it's right in the middle of the bed, too. You know, the one part of the bed that's the hardest to get to."

"You're joking, right?" I said, annoyed that I didn't have the intuition to look there.

"Do I look like I have enough energy to be joking right now? Come on Lincoln, you're way too smart to be asking these mediocre questions." replied Rick.

I wasn't sure wherever I should take that as a compliment, an insult, or a mix of both, as is often the case when it comes to Rick. Anyway, knowing Rick was extremely drowsy, and the consequences of him staying awake for much longer could be planet-ending (or worse), I started moving the mattress. But before I finished, I realized something shocking.

"Hold on a second, Rick." I stopped moving the mattress for a few moments. "Did you say this girl takes after you?"

"What are the odds?" I wondered yet again. "And more importantly, which sister is it?" I thought, worrying about their potential incompatibility with Luna and/or Luan.

"I guess the jig is up." admitted Rick, as Luna and Luan stood there, looking just as shocked as I felt.

"Seriously?" I asked, but despite my words, I wasn't really disappointed at all. Just worried about their comparability with my current sister-lovers.

"Yes, it's another one of your sisters, as 'shocking' as that may be." Rick confirmed, not looking very shocked at all. "Don't worry though, I ran a simulation to confirm my compatibility suspicions. She's very compatible with all three of you." he finished.

"The anticipation is killing me!" I yelled, as I began moving the mattress with a lot more energy.

I reached the large paper bag and began opening it excitedly, while also trying to hide the contents from Luna and Luan. Thankfully, Luna and Luan were just as excited as I was, and seemed to be willing to wait for me to fully look over my surprise before showing it to them. When I finished unwrapping the large rectangle inside the bag, I was shocked to see that I had gotten both the Limited Edition Ace Savvy Ultimate Edition and the Comic Writing Guide for Comic Lovers Who Love Comics, both of which contained a seal of authenticity, proving that they were signed by Bill Buck. I tried holding in my joyous tears, but failed miserably.

"Well, are you still mad I shot you with the pain watch, Lincoln?" asked Rick sarcastically, laughing even more than before.

No words could possibly describe the joy that I felt now. Not only did another sister love me as much as Luna and Luan, now I had the full Ace Savvy comic collection!

"Mad?" I asked, laughing. "You're kidding, right? Not only did I get both the Limited Edition Ace Savvy Ultimate Edition and the Comic Writing Guide for Comic Lovers Who Love Comics, but I am probably going from two girlfriends to three! I really can't believe I am actually saying this, but the this is third best day in my life despite the pain watch!" I finished.

"So, who might be rocking with us?" Luna asked.

"Well-" I stopped for a minute, seeing an envelope inside the bag. Eagerly opening it, I saw an Ace Savvy-themed Valentine's Day card! And here I was, thinking this day couldn't get any better! Then, it all hit me at once. I knew who it was! "I could tell you." I said mischievously. "But wouldn't it be way more fun to have you two guess?"

"Can you at least give us some hints, bro?" asked Luna, laughing.

"One hint each, but that's it." I said, grinning.

"Hold on, I think I figured it out! For real this time, no jokes!" interrupted Luan.

"Well? Let's hear it!" I replied naughtily.

"I'm not just gonna tell you in front of Luna! I gotta have some fun myself too!" said Luan, smiling.

"Oh, come on!" complained Luna. "Why am I always the last one to find out any secrets?"

"Look, we'll make it easy for you!." said Luan, compromising for once. "One hint from each of us. Care to go first, Linc?"

"Sure!" I said, failing to not laugh yet again, to Luna's disappointment. "This sister loves- no, that's too obvious!" I said. Settling on a not-so-revealing hint, I said "This sister gets angry really easily."

"You need another hint?" teased Luan.

"Absolutely not. I'm not a pushover!" said Luna, finally beginning to smile a little bit. "I'll at least rule out the sisters that don't fit based on the first hint, and see how I feel after that."

"No pressure, right?" joked Luan.

"Go, go, go!" interrupted Rick, while trying to keep his eyes open.

"Okay, Okay! No more procrastinating. I get it!" said Luna. "Well, we can rule out Leni, since she doesn't have the capability to feel anger. Oh, and probably Lucy, since she almost always gets sad, not angry, when we annoy her. Oh, and Lisa, since she's too young to be in love yet. And Luan and myself, obviously. Oh, and Lily, for obvious reasons. So that just leaves Lori, Lynn, Lana, and Lola.

"See? You're catching on!" praised Rick, as he opened a bottle labeled Sleep-Preventing Aid, 1000 mg strength. "Take one every 2 hours. Do not take with drugs or alcohol." he read, frowning. "Since I got these in the Squanch system, though, and the box claims these are made for 'tweenagers,' I had better take six." he said, as he finished his (slightly nonsensical) math, and downed six pills with his booze-filled flask, blatantly ignoring the "do not take with alcohol" warning. (to nobody's surprise)

"Ok, my turn!" beamed Luan. "I won't go as easy on you as Lincoln, though. If anyone's a pushover, it's him." she said, making me frown. "Anyway, this sister isn't a twin." she finished.

"Seriously?" yelled Luna. "That's it? Some girlfriend you are!" she said, joking. "Sorry, that wasn't funny, sis." Luna apologized, prompting Luan to wave aside her concerns as she laughed. "So that rules out Lana and Lola. Now, this getting tricky." Luna admitted. "Lynn and Lucy are both single, and they both like spending time with Lincoln. I'm embarrassed to say this, dudes, but I'm too tired to figure it out. I'm gonna need that third hint, I guess." Luna finished, slightly dejected.

"It's fine." reassured Rick. "At least you didn't have to take Sleep Prevention pills." He said, smiling. "Although, the combination of inception and reliving a painful part of my past certainly didn't help my state of wakefulness." he continued. "Anyway, this sister isn't obsessed with vampires."

"Come on, Rick!" Luan and I yelled.

"That wasn't a hint!" I protested.

"Yeah, you practically spoon-fed her the answer!" agreed Luan.

"Well, now that we all know the truth, I guess you can go get Lynn, Rick!" said Luna.

"So you all are positive you want to invite her in? I mean, I'm all for it, being pansexual and all, but I just wanted to make sure all three of you know there's no going back."

"Yes!" Luna and Luan said as they began giggling.

"I do have one concern." I voiced, sighing, as Luna and Luan looked at me confused. "Lynn is very physically aggressive, and sexually aggressive as well, I assume. I may not have much strength left once she's through with me. Do you have anything that might help, Rick?" I asked, hoping he might.

"Lynn anticipated that. I already gave Lynn some pills that will give you a huge boost in the hormonal and blood circulation departments. Or, in other words (as I told Lynn), will make you super horny and greatly increase the size of your erection." finished Rick, shuddering. (At the deja-vu again, I assumed.)

Luna and Luan blushed right away, which I assumed was due to thinking about my, well, erection.

"Alright. I'll go get Lynn and tell her to meet you guys in the basement. After that, I should probably take a strong sedative to counteract the effects of the Sleep Prevention pills, so that I'm not cranky tomorrow when I have to take you four to school."

"Don't you hate taking us to school, dude? asked Luna.

"Yeah, that's what I thought too!" said Luan. "Especially considering that you usually refer to school as a 'brainwashing pathway to conformity'!"

"I'm not doing it for fun, you idiots!" Rick explained. Noticing our irritation with his words, he continued, "Sorry. I really, really, need to go to sleep. But yes, school is obviously a brainwashing pathway to conformity." he continued, confirming his thoughts on the subject. "However, it has become increasingly clear that it is way too risky for you three, excuse me, you four, to ride with the others in the morning, especially when all of you are not morning people (well, except for Lynn, who's indifferent to the time as long as there are sports to play). If one of you was not fully awake yet and accidentally said "How did you guys enjoy last night?" or worse, kissed another one, I'd have to erase a lot of memories. And what did I tell you an hour ago about memory removal, Lincoln?"

"Hold on." I tried to remember. "That it should only be done as a last resort, since it includes a lot of rare elements?"

"Exactly! Excellent memory, Lincoln." complimented Rick. "Anyway, enough talking. I'll send Lynn downstairs, but then I'm turning in for the night."

Luna and Luan started heading downstairs, and I followed suit, after thanking Rick for everything he had done again. When I came into the basement, I saw Luna and Luan staring at me with desire in their eyes, which I reciprocated.

"We've planned something special for tonight!" said Luan, smiling as I approached.

"Yeah, it's definitely gonna rock!" Luna agreed.

I saw a box behind them and tried to open it.

"No peeking!" They both yelled, giggling.

Before I could respond, someone tackled me to the floor from behind.

"What was that for?" I asked, realizing it was Lynn.

"I heard that you said I'm physically aggressive, Linc." answered Lynn, pretending to be angry, as she flipped me over without much effort. "You know I have a reputation to uphold, bro! I guess I have no choice but to show you how aggressive I really am." She said, her tone shifting to a more playfully seductive one. "Are you ready for me to suck on your dick until you're dry as a bone?" she yelled, as she popped a couple of pills into my mouth.

"Rick!" I thought, only half annoyed that he told her what I had said. "After all, he did give her those pills to ensure I 'performed'." I reasoned.

"Hey, save some for us, dude!" Luna said, interrupting my thoughts. She and Luan stopped making out and came over to us, leaving the box behind.

"Besides, we brought some stuff to enhance everyone's experience tonight!" explained Luan, pointing to the box.

"Well, stop holding me and Linc in the dark!" laughed Lynn. "What's in the box?"

"Come over and see for yourself." Luna offered.

"Not you, Lincoln!" warned Luan, as I prepared to get up from the floor. "It's a surprise!" she continued, making Luna and Lynn giggle. Luan came over to make me sit down on a chair, which was around the corner (so I couldn't see the main area of the basement). She also put a blindfold on me (to further reduce the chance of me seeing anything).

I could hear her walking back to Luna and Lynn. After about two minutes of whispering and giggling, all three girls yelled at the same time, "Your surprise is ready, Linky!"

"Linky? I thought only Leni liked calling me that!" I started laughing too as I removed the blindfold, which Luan had tied poorly, so that it would be easy to pull off. As I walked around the corner, though, my jaw dropped, and my penis became rock-hard at the sight before me.

I couldn't decide which one of them looked the hottest. Luna wore her outfit from her goth-rocker phase, but she had clearly tweaked it so it would accentuate her curves. Luan wore her regular outfit (which she had also clearly tweaked for curve accentuation), but with the addition of clown shoes and a cropped dress. As for Lynn, she wore her usual sports jersey and her backup sports shorts (which she had come down in, since she usually slept in them). instead of her usual athletic socks though, she was wearing thigh-highs. She was also wearing dog ears and a tail anal plug? In addition to this, all three of them had cut-outs in the groin area of theio=r outfits, which showcased their vaginas beautifully. I did feel a little bit awkward when I realized that I was the only one still wearing underwear, but it subsided as all of them came over to me. Lynn quickly ripped off my underwear, tearing them in the process. "Good thing those weren't my lucky comic book-reading underwear!" I thought.

"Wow!" said Lynn. "I never imagined your 'Lincoln Log' would be so large." This comment made Luna and Luan laugh really hard.

"Please don't-" I began, but Lynn interrupted me.

"Not that it's too large or anything!" she clarified. "What I'm trying to say is, it's perfect." she finished, turning red.

"Thanks?" I blushed, unsure how to respond to such a compliment.

"I only said that cause it's true, bro." she explained quickly.

"You're only saying that because mine is the only one you've ever seen." I countered. "Also, do me a favor and don't call it that." I cringed, thinking about her "nickname" for my member.

"Bullshit! Yours isn't the first one I've ever seen! Ever heard of the internet, dummy?" Lynn teased. "Yours is just better." she explained. "And I'll call it whatever I want!" she added, smiling, as she placed it in her mouth. "Just upholding my aggressive reputation, Linc!" she explained in between sucks. "Just like you wanted, little bro! Although I guess we should call you 'big bro' now, huh?" she continued, eliciting more laughter.

After Lynn and I had finished pleasuring each other, Luan and Luna each took a turn with the "Lincoln Log." Whichever two of my lovers weren't involved with me at a given moment were pleasuring each other instead.

As we winded down our lovemaking, I thought to myself, "I really hope this name won't stick. I mean really? 'Lincoln Log?' That's so corny!" I winced. "Not to mention the possibility of Rick finding out. Then I will never hear the end of it!" I worried. "At least I have three girlfriends!" I thought happily.

After we made it to Luna and Luan's Room for cuddling time (Luna and Luan had pushed their beds together to make one big bed) and "catching some Z's," I began laughing again.

"What?" asked Luan.

"Nothing much." I answered, smiling. "I was just thinking that, if three months ago, someone had told me that I would be dating and having sex with three girls, who all loved me and each other equally, I would have told them they were crazy. If they had told me that all three of those girls were my sisters, I would have punched them in the face. It's just funny how quickly someone's outlook on life can change." I finished.

"Ain't that the truth!" Luna said as she smiled.

"I just wish we could convince Grandpa Rick of that." said Lynn, as she worried about Rick's nihilistic outlook on life.

"Trust me, that's impossible." I said, sadly. "He needs to come to that conclusion on his own." I finished, but no one answered. I realized that all three of my girlfriends had fallen asleep. Smiling, I leaned over to turn out the lamp and started falling asleep myself.