Alastor, The Loud Caretaker

Demonic Meddle

Recently, school life for Lincoln Loud has become a nightmare. Every single day, almost every single hour, he was the victim of every single prank orchestrated by his bully. Getting his trousers down by them while distracted, tying his shoelaces together, filling his locker with garbage, you name it.

"Alright, THAT'S IT!" Lincoln shouted. He had enough of the pranks, it was time to strike back. But first, he had to come up with a plan.

And there was also one particular thing Lincoln had to do: No matter what, his sisters must not find out he's been picked on. Every single time they knew, their meddling always ended up in disasters for the boy, but he was sure that it wouldn't happen this time, after all, he's the Man with the Plan, and he'd find a way to keep them out of the loop, as he learned well, people can be very predictable if you pay attention.

However, there was one variable that Lincoln wasn't sure about.

Alastor.

His role model for becoming a better "Man with the Plan", Lincoln wasn't sure if he should ask the Radio Demon for help. Since he had memories of him, Alastor was always patient with him, so probably he would listen to Lincoln's case instead of immediately making assumptions.

As Lincoln returned to the Loud House, it was time to act: He had to return to his room while not being detected. If someone notices the gum on his hair (put by the bully), it's over.

Lincoln entered the house, nobody was in the living room except Lily, the youngest sibling, who was playing with her toys on the floor. The boy sneaked into the kitchen until...

"Hold it right there!" He heard Lori's voice. He thought he got caught...But Lori was simply talking on her phone.

Lincoln sighed and rushed to the kitchen. He opened the fridge. "Peanut butter, peanut butter...Where's peanut butter?!"

He then hid his head in one of the crisper drawers as he heard Luna approaching the kitchen.

"Oh, hey, bro!" She said. "Rad way to chill out."

"Yeah, totally." Lincoln awkwardly chuckled.

"Could ya get me a pudding, please?" Luna asked.

Lincoln took a pudding without moving his head and handed it to his sister.

"Thanks, bro!" She left.

Lincoln checked the fridge but found the peanut butter jar empty.

"Dangit, I have to find another way..." He said to himself. Then, he got an idea: He could simply cut his hair. So, he took some scissors and headed upstairs...

However, Luan went downstairs and Lincoln stuck his face on the wall, so that she couldn't see the gum.

"Oh hey, Luan!" He said with nonchalance.

"Hey, Lincoln! What do you think of this joke?" She asked, "If I were you, I'd go for the baboon!"

"...I don't get it," said Lincoln.

"That's just the punchline, I still have to think of the setup." Luan went away.

Lincoln rushed upstairs, he was so close to reaching his room until...

"Greetings, Human." Lisa, the second youngest sibling and the family's scientist appeared out of nowhere, scaring the boy. "There is Liquidambar Styraciflua in your follicular area."

"Huh..." Lincoln didn't understand a single word of what his younger sister said.

"You've got gum in your hair," said Lisa bluntly.