A durian in the place? What was Blitzo thinking putting a so-called "king of fruits" in Verosika's office to make it smell like shit? Apparently, something spiteful and mean to want to do this.

"What's a durian?" asked Crystal

Gagging a little from the putrid odor, Lincoln said: "It's the stinkiest food in the world. It's spiky on the outside and the fruit is on the inside." He gagged again. "Someone online described the smell as a mix of moldy onions, turpentine, pig poop, and garnished with worn gym socks."

"Please don't describe anymore, Lincoln." said Loona. "You're gonna make me sick." she herself gagged.

"God it smells so bad. How can people even eat it?" Asked Vortex

"Where is it?" Verosika asked demandingly to Blitzo.

"OK, Ok, it's in your upper left drawer." Blitzo admitted.

Suddenly, the office door was open, revealing to be Moxxie and Millie. "Where the fuck is that smell coming from?!" Moxxie exclaimed. "Crumbs it smells so bad."

"I've smelt bad things, but this?" Millie added.

"Asked your boss, why don't you?" Said Verosika. "He put a durian in my office."

"A what?" said Moxxie

"I'll show you." Blitzo said. They all followed him into Verosikas' part of the buldking, and there was the rancid-smelling fruit, cut in half and showing the yellow fruit inside.

It smelled worse up close and personal. "How did you know what it was?" asked Serena to Lincoln.

"My sister experiments with many things. She even experimented with a durian six months ago, and we had to shower more times than usual. She even said that one time in Melbourne Australia, an entire university had to evacuate because of a rotten durian on campus.

"Gah! Blitzo!" Loona exclaimed as she grabbed him by the front of his shirt. "You fucking idiot! What were you thinking?!"

"I was thinking ways to piss of that Succu-bitch right here." He pointed at Verosika again.

"Well you did it, you gremlin!" Verosika pointed out.

"Blitzo, I should have a good mind to rip your face off and use it to wipe the shit off my ass!" Then Loona looked around "when I'm in the bathroom of course," the. She angrily turned towards Blitzo again.

"Loony, let's not make a scene." Blitzo begged.

"Too late!"

Looking at the durian, it didn't look rancid, even though it smelled like it. Curious, he took a small piece of the inner fruit and took a bite from it. "Hmmm... it's actually not so bad." he admitted. Everyone in the room looked at him.

"Lincoln, are you crazy?" Loona said to the boy. "Are you poisoning yourself?! You could be killed by eating that!"

"No, it's just a fruit. And it tastes like... like... banana, almonds, and caramel mixed together." Then he finished the rest of the piece.

"Really?" said Vortex in surprise. "Then why does it stink so bad?"

"I don't know." Lincoln admitted.

Moxxie couldn't help but faint at the sight of Lincoln eating that durian. Millie had to fan him to help him regain consciousness.

"seriously?" said Crystal. "It doesn't taste so bad?"

"Nope. But everyone has their tastes."

"You got us there." Crystal said.

"Looks like we're gonna have to close up close up shop for today." said Millie

"I think you're right, honey." Moxxie said. "Sorry you had to endure all of this, Lincoln."

"oh I've been in much worse situations, Moxxie. A lot worse." Lincoln remarked. "Being in a big family can be crazy as I said. But I might need a shower just in case."

"You and me both." Loona said. Everyone exited the building and Moxxie had to deal with the fruit himself, and it was so unpleasant to his little nostrils. Good thing Millie was there to help her husband, but he was still suffering through this endeavor.

"Here, you can use our shower, Lincoln." said Loona.

"But what about my shower?" Lincoln suggested. "Besides, I don't know if I should use a shower down here in Hell. I noticed a lot of people don't care about being clean down here."

"We perfectly understand." said Blitzo

"Not so fast, dipshit." said Verosika angrily. "I have got a big bone to pick with you."

"Guys, a little help please?" Loona, and the other hellhounds just whistled innocently, pretending that they were not involved in this.

"You kinda brought this on yourself, Blitzo." Lincoln admitted. "This has nothing to do with me."

"you cowards!" Blitzo exclaimed. Then he felt Verosika grabbed his throat and walked to a back alley, where they heard the sounds of punching and kicking and grunting from the founder of I.M.P. "Oh! Not the face, Verosika!" Blitzo pleaded.

alas, it fell on deaf ears to Verosika as she continued to brutally beat him up like a punching bag.

"Hate to be him." Loona looked at where her adopted father was getting hurt at, and walked away with Lincoln and her hellhound friends. "But seriously, Lincoln. My shower doesn't stink."

"OK. One of my sisters has the bathroom anyway. Line can get pretty long, especially with a bunch of girls. Oh, no offense."

Crystal and Serena chuckled. "No, it's ok, Lincoln." said Serena

"But you wanna do something fun with us?"

"Well there's a restaurant up there called the Burpin Burger in my hometown. You guys can transform too, right?"

"Oh yeah. It's a hellhound thing." Tex replied

"Every hellhound can turn into a human." said Crystal.

"A quick shower, and we can do that." Loona smirked. "I just feel sorry for those loser imps that are staying to clean up that fruit."

"But why does a durian smell bad if the fruit tastes good?" Tex wondered.

"No idea. Maybe to keep out predators?"

"A fruit having a defense mechanism?" said Serena. "Not likely."

"Fruits are supposed to be eaten." Said Crystal. "And we've never been to the human world before. Always wanted to see what it was like up there."

"Me too." said Serena.

They all went to Loonas' apartment and Lincoln was the first one to shower. The soap and the shampoo smelled rather nice and not like feces... or a durian would smell like. At least Loona and Blitzo had personal hygiene down here in their apartment. He heard a knock on the door. "Yeah?" he called out.

"You're not gonna take too long in there, are you?" it was Loona

"I just got inside." Linclon called out. "You want me to get out now?"

"No no no, you're fine." said Loona. "I just wanted to give you a heads up because i'm not... the most patient hellhound."

"Don't worry, it will be quick. I just want to get the Durian smell off of me just in case."

"I get it." said Loona. Then she backed away from the bathroom door to let Lincoln have his privacy. Washing his hair and scrubbing his body with soap, Lincoln was immediately clean and got himself out to dry up. He wanted to look for a hairdryer but he knew it was bad manners to just go through people's bins like he was ransacking the place to look for something. "Hey Loona!" he called to the female hellhound, "do you have a hairdryer?"

"In the lower cabinet right side." Loona called back to him.

"Thank you!"

As soon as he was done drying his hair, Lincoln got out of the bathroom with his clothes on. "OK Loona, it's all yours."

"Cool." Loona stated flatly. She went inside to get her own shower and she took a little longer than Lincoln.

"You guys are not going to ask about my white hair, are you?" Lincoln said to Crystal and Serena."

"No, of course not." said Crystal. "Why would we question it?"

"Because some demons i know ask me about it."

"Well we've met many demons with white hair, and we don't judge." said Serena.

"Yeah, nothing wrong with it at all." said Tex.

"And, I for one," said Eclipse, "Think it looks cute on your head."

Lincoln blushed. "Thanks. You know, Tex?" said Lincoln, turnig to the male hellhound. "Loona is lucky to have you as a friend."

"Yeah. And I am lucky to have this little lady here as my girlfriend." he looked at Eclipse.

"Oh, Texy-Wexy." said Eclipse.

Having a good sense of hearing, Loona heard it from the bathroom. "Texy-Wexy?" and it looked like she was about to blow a fuse... again. But, alas, she liked Tex and didn't want to lose her friend by blowing some steam. That, and she didn't want to scare Lincoln with her brute strengh while going feral mode. For that, she decided to let Tex have his happiness with Eclipse because Loona is a nice person (Most of the time when she wants to be).

She got herself off and managed to dry off her body with a towel.