Roman was enjoying himself on stage.
Singing songs from the latest Disney movies.
And shape shifting into the characters.
He could hear the crowd cheering along.
As the door to his room was slammed open.
The lights on stage blacked out.
Roman screamed in terror.
“REMUS?! VIRGIL?! IF THIS IS ONE OF YOU IT IS NOT FUNNY!”
“TURN BACK ON MY SPOTLIGHTS NOW!”
A single spotlight came on.
Roman looked around the dark wildly.
“Who are you? Where are you! Show yourself!”
He pulled his katana blade out.
“I’ll fight you! I’m not afraid to!”
The footsteps came closer to the stage.
Roman backed up from the edge sword shaking.
The shadowy figure came on stage.
Just barely touching the light.
“Who are you? Tell me! So when I defeat you I can add you to my list!”
The man sighed, stepping into the light.
Roman couldn’t believe it.
Logan was dressed in a leather jacket.
An orange brain patch over his heart.
His hair was messy, and an orange tie hung around his neck.
The collar of his polo up in a fashionable sense.
Roman would have thought his new look looked cool.
But an orange glint in Logan’s eyes.
“Y-you look different Lo…what’s going on?”
Logan sighed, straightening a bit.
“You and I need to talk Roman”
Logan opened his mouth to speak.
But Roman interrupted him.
“Is this about all the insults? Because I mean those in good fun”
Logan sighed slightly annoyed.
“Or maybe It's the getting angry on camera…if that’s it then-”
Logan flared with frustration.
His face twisted in an angry gritted snarl.
He held his sword up, his hands shaking.
It was so quiet it came out in a whisper.
Logan sighed, irritated he pinched the bridge of his nose.
Logan took a deep breath in and out.
“Okay okay…let’s try a different approach”
The spotlight went out again.
Roman gritted his teeth trying not to scream again.
But this time the light came on Logan.
“Roman, you and I are similar. Our opinions are ignored. Aren’t you tired of that?”
Logan walked around Roman as he spoke.
Roman watched him confused.
“Let me put it in a perspective you understand. There are main characters and side characters. You and I are supposed to be main characters. But we are being pushed aside to make room for new main characters because of our opinions. In other words you the hero and I are being taken out of the equation”
“Okay you don’t know what your talking about Logan we are not being pushed-”
Logan stopped in front of him.
Roman looked even more confused.
Logan started his walk again.
Roman paused, lowering his sword slightly.
“Well I mean…yes somewhat he is a slippery snake but-”
“He hurt you with his comment didn’t he?”
“Y-yes I suppose it did hurt to hear but I deserved it I laughed at him at his vulnerable moment”
“And what were you going to do about it?”
Roman was quiet for a moment.
“I suppose…I was going to apologize”
He turned Roman around to face him.
“Let me tell you how that’s going to go. You're going to apologize, he'll pretend to do the same but he’s just going to go back to fooling you. Meanwhile he’ll continue to gain everyone’s trust. And when that happens-”
He slammed Roman into the wall behind him.
Roman yelped the sword falling out of his hand at the suddenness.
Logan’s eyes glowed brightly again as he spoke.
“He’ll push you out of the spot of the hero and force you to step back! You’ll never get another chance to have the spotlight because your opinion to them will be meaningless”
“L-Lo they won’t do that to me! They…love me”
“As much as someone loves an empty jar of crofters maybe”
Roman sighed frustrated, pushing Logan away.
“WHAT DO YOU KNOW! YOUR MORE IGNORED THAN I AM”
Logan readjusted his glasses standing straight again.
“Which is why I know the signs of what’s coming”
He snapped his fingers and the theater disappeared.
“Let’s go back through memory lane shall we?”
Suddenly they were in front of Patton’s door.
He opened it and pulled him inside.
“Let’s go to the beginning Virgil being introduced shall we?”
“You and Virgil constantly butted heads over the silliest things. But you still had the higher ground. Thomas still looked to you for answers”
“But as Virgil progressed he started overriding your decisions ruling over Thomas and forcing you to work overtime to get your ideas on the table”
Roman winced at the arguing and the being cut off by Virgil.
“It led you to become clingy and desperate about the past. Because the past was the only place you could be yourself. But thankfully with the right words and an episode with you two alone you became friends and you no longer had him as a threat to your throne”
“Well of course we get along fine now”
“But he isn’t your problem. Your problem is Janus and Patton and Thomas. They are all relying too heavily on you to do the right thing”
Logan ran through the episodes of Selfishness V.S selflessness.
“Patton forced you to make a decision you didn’t want to make. But he never would have been allowed to if Janus hadn’t put you in that decision in the first place. And because of Thomas you had to decide between his wants and Patton’s wants. You felt pressured by Patton and you didn’t want to disappoint Thomas. But you also didn’t want Thomas to feel like he was a bad person. As a result things only got worse between you and them. It became clear to them that your opinion doesn't match theirs. As a result you tried to defend Patton and Thomas and they only turned against you. You not only felt betrayed. You felt hurt and upset.”
“Not everything can be about me Logan! I’ll be fine”
“Where do you get such denial? Do you think fighting with that snake has somehow humbled you? Or is it the comparison to your brother that makes you “realize” you need to be more selfless?”
Roman stopped his tracks.
“What would you have me do Logan? I won’t fight them! There our family and I was being…a bad person”
He snapped his fingers again and they appeared back in the theater.
“Is that what you believe you are? Is that what they are forcing you to agree with? Roman that is the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard out of your mouth”
He turned Roman around again.
“You are not. And will never be a bad person. You aren’t always the smartest but your creativity. It's not your job to be the smart or responsible one. And they don’t get off making you feel that way. Your job is to spark Thomas’s ideas and dreams. You need to stop letting people get in your way and start taking control of your part of the Mindscape. No one else gets to decide for you. You're more than just the Prince or the hero. And if you don’t believe me then let me show you. Let me help you to become better than they could ever dream of you being Roman.”
Roman looked into Logan’s eyes.
They still swirled with orange.
He looked like he wanted to say something.
He knew he wanted to say something.
“I…need some time to think”
Logan was quiet then nodded.
“Alright…it’s your choice you know where to find me”
The spotlights came back on and the crowd went back to cheering.
But Roman was done performing for the day.
He snapped his fingers and the theater went away.
He appeared in his bedroom, he lied on the bed and sighed.
“A better version than they could ever dream…”
He murmured then laughed bitterly.
He flicked the light off and went to sleep.
Logan arrived in his room.
He finally let go of his breath.
“Nah I would have gone a lot harder than that on him…maybe throw him into the wall a couple more times”
He flopped onto the bed and took off his glasses.
He held the bridge of his nose.
“You think this’ll work?”
“It has to…otherwise were gonna get caught”
He threw the jacket on the floor and snuffed out the lamp going to sleep.
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