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[theforgottenheros]

The First actual Meeting

For: @sanders-sides-uncorrect-quotes here is version 1 of your prompt of childhood Anxietmus.

Headcanon: Virgil is the Oldest side, being a base instinct. (Fight or Flight)

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Virgil couldn't believe his eyes. What was young self preservation doing here in the darkness of the subconscious.

He was a long way from the house Creativity had formed in the upper level of the mind. A perfect replica of their host's own home. A bright star admits the dark surroundings of the lower levels.

A star that could so easily burn.

Virgil kept his quiet cover; camouflaging easily with the darkness. He watched as self-preservation, with his back turned, looked around almost frantically? Huh.

His own instincts fought with him; they didn't want to confront the other, but... he looked so lost.

"But you've kept distance since the beginning, it would be weird to start now. What if they start asking questions, they've definitely noticed me before, even if it was just in the shadows." He finished mumbling to himself as a little yellow clothes figure got farther and farther away.

He gnawed on his lip, and slowly followed after. He continued on, until finally, self-preservation stopped. He lifted his hands to his mouth and yelled in an ear-piercing octave.

"CREATIVITY!!!"

Ow.

The yellow side turned in a circle. Probably not looking for creativity; He thought with no small amount of sarcasm.

Until his mind screeched to a halt, upon getting a better look at his face.

Had he been crying?

Virgil contemplated helping the other, upon the others next rotation of scanning the area. Maybe he didn't have to reveal himself to help; He contemplated.

Before he could come to a decision Self-preservation stopped, and stared in Virgil's general direction, scared.

Virgil looked over his shoulder, surveying the area. He breathed in heavily, now holding his breath, as he spotted nothing.

Was Something behind him!? Could he just not see it? What ever spooked the other?

He forced his gaze away, looking forward.

Only for bright gold eyes to be inches away from his face.

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Silly Synopsis and spoilers for future snippets:

12 y-old Virgil: Small Child! Are they going to bite?

7 y-old Janus: freaking out, because he just witnessed creativity split and is trying to find the part of Romulus that ran into the darkness, but got himself lost in the process.

6 y-old Remus: confused from the yelling (shock from creativity splitting) and ran away towards the calling void of the empty mindscape.

Janus: oh look, A mysterious person, I may or may not have seen before.

Virgil: AAAhhhh!!! A Child!

[anxiouslyfred]

Dolce Far Niente

Summary: Janus decides Thomas needs to take a break and do nothing for a while They have some issues convincing the other sides to let Thomas do this. 

Authors Note: I got the phrase from ‘An Emotional Dictionary’. I don’t speak Italian nor have I confirmed if this is a phrase actually used beyond reading this book.

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Janus wasn't above causing a disturbance and setting the mind space on fire to get their own way but they did know when their goals wouldn't be helped by the tactic. As much as they wanted to scream and drag everyone into a big ordeal to get them all to shut the fuck up and let Thomas relax and do nothing for a while, they recognised it would be more effective and probably impactful to tackle each of the sides alone and then take the idea to Thomas.

Remus was their first and easiest target to convince. "Remus, I'm sure whatever chaos you're brewing is vitally important to Thomas's changing content but the imagination is spectacularly dull today. Perhaps you could take some time to put all that biology knowledge Thomas has to use and recreate the effects of global warming and worsening of natural disasters for a day or two." they had barely finished speaking before Remus was gone, items clattering behind him.

Virgil also needed little convincing, especially with the advice he'd give often reverting to avoidance over confrontation when situations became stressful. "I'm not doing whatever you're about to suggest." Virgil stated as soon as he registered Janus entering the room, intent to speak.

"Aha! Foul fiend, your seductions have mo use here. Leave us to our tasks." Roman declared before they could reply, hands gesturing wildly and ending with a dismissive wave.

"But Roman, that's precisely what I want us and Thomas to be doing: nothing. I thought Virgil would be more than willing to indulge in Dolce far niente for an afternoon. He does so enjoy hiding under the covers until the sun goes away." Janus kept their voice soothing, their smirk toeing the line of a relaxed smile as Roman straightened brow furrowing slightly.

Virgil however groaned. "I also know just how much there is to do. It's not going to help to just hide from it."

"But it will help Thomas and yourself to calm down and feel less pressured by whatever tasks there are to accomplish. Isn't that just as important for managing anxiety?" Janus reasoned happily.

"Fine, I'll go look after my spider and play some music. Just be warned I'm staying aware of Thomas and will know if you don't let him relax." Virgil agreed, still glaring at them as he waved to Roman and sank out. 

"Are you truly using Italian phrases in order to justify our rest?" Roman asked, still suspicious but closer to agreeing. 

"Of course. The Italians are very wise in terms of resting when needed and I for one belive Thomas has more than earned some time to enjoy doing absolutely nothing." 

Roman nodded with them now, "And as a prince I do enjoy taking the time to relax from the trials of life. I wish you luck in convincing Patton and Logan of this plan however." with those words he also sank out, leaving Janus to wonder both where Patton and Logan might be as well as of they'd also be swayed by the Italian phrase.

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Both Patton and Logan's rooms were empty when Janus checked them and neither had been passed when they looked in the common spaces either. They wondered for a moment if they might have visited the imagination but, given Remus was there now, yelling would definitely be heard if Patton had been there. 

Instead of checking for Logan in eir least favourite part of the mind space, Janus decided to quietly check on Thomas. They were sure that with three of his sides relaxing with their versions of doing nothing he'd be more relaxed but instead Thomas felt like he was arguing with himself. 

Two sides unable to be found in his mind would definitely explain that. 

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“As I was saying Thomas, we really need to get ahead with editing this into a video.” Logan had just cleared eir throat when Janus popped up and kept the pair he was talking to from noticing their arrival.

“But Quinn asked for us to help her with this.” Patton's protest did wonders to explain why Janus's efforts so far that morning hadn't resulted in Thomas relaxing at all. It also made them sigh, alerting the trio to their presence.

Thomas blinked at them for a moment, glancing back to the sides he had been talking to. “Deceit, I'm really not sure lying is going to help me with this issues at all.”

“Wonderful of you not to use my name, Thomas, and no, I would rather suggest that the solution to your confusion would be dolce far niente.” Janus smoothly suggested, only smirking at the confused looks he received in return.

“Are you going to translate that for us, or does Thomas need to get google translate open to fathom out the nonsense his mind creates now?” Logan stated after a moment waiting, eyebrow raised and expectant.

Janus directed a simpering grin to em. “It mean, dear logician, the simple pleasure of doing nothing. Surely you aren't obtuse to just how thinly Thomas has spread himself between yours and Roman's efforts to constantly be furthering his career and Patton's continuous pushing to help every person who happens to cross Thomas's path. The Italian's have given us the solution: dolce far niente.”

“There is no time to just do nothing, Janus. Productivity is key and Thomas needs to maintain it.” Logan lectured, nostrils flaring in annoyance and hands clapping together in front of em once, remaining pressed tight even as ey gestured down with each point ey made.

“And I'm sure he'll be spectacular at maintaining productivity when all his motivation and inspiration is burnt out from constant pushes.” Janus smoothly replied, maintaining their calm seemingly effortlessly. “But aren't you the one who has suggested taking scheduled breaks actually helps to improve productivity afterwards?”

Thomas made a noise of agreement, “Yeah, I could use a break, guys. Between the two of you, it's definitely clear that my dedication to work and desire to look after my friends has got me in two minds over everything I do. Maybe if we try this dolce far niente thing you two could try working together again? Take a break so we can come up with some compromises or something?”

“Gee, if that's what you need, Thomas, why haven't you said sooner? You know we're just trying to help you, kiddo.” Patton immediately jumped to agreeing and questioning.

“You're his emotions, Patton. You should know how Thomas feels without him stating it unless you got so focused on your wishes to help his friends that you've been ignoring that?” Logan stated, before breathing, “As should I have. I'm the one who aids in Thomas's scheduling. I should have noticed that we haven't been taking time to relax enough recently.”

Thomas looked over to Janus now, “Would watching a TV show be okay for this dolce far niente thing? Or do I literally need to sit and do nothing?”

“A TV show you've seen plenty of times definitely would.” They agreed, smiling and sinking out with Logan and Patton as Thomas turned to do just that.

[nonbinaryroyalty43]

Losleep, Au where roman is all en-compassing and remus is Logan's brother who represents Procrastination

....I'm actually writing for once. What a surprise.

Characters: Logan Sanders, Remy Sanders, C!Thomas (mentioned). Remus Sanders (mentioned), Roman Sanders (mentioned), Virgil Sanders (mentioned).

Pairing: Losleep

Warnings: Bad self care habits, procrastination

Summary: Logan and Remus are at war in Thomas' mind, leading Logan to stress quite a bit. Remy just wants his boyfriend to sleep.

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I stared at the paper in front of me, barely able to read my writing through my blurry vision. Everyone else was asleep, including Sleep himself. I glanced over at my bed. Remy was curled up under the covers, his breathing deep and even. I smiled to myself before returning to my work.

The last few days had been difficult for everyone. Remus pushed Thomas to be even more lazy than usual. As a result, Thomas was very behind in his posting schedule and I have to work overtime in order to get things back on track.

The others really didn't help much, either. Roman only wanted Thomas to stay on track as long as Thomas was doing something creative. Virgil went from being anxious about procrastinating to being anxious about screwing something up. As such, I didn't have much help.

I blinked a few times to clear my vision, rubbing at my eyes. I returned my focus to my work. Time passed very quickly and before long I heard the sounds of the other Sides getting up and moving in the hallway. I yawned and stretched, glancing over at Remy. To my surprise, his eyes were open and he was looking over at me.

"Good morning," I said. "You're up early."

"So are you." Remy sat up, running a hand through his hair. "What time did you come to bed last night? I didn't feel you get into bed."

I averted my eyes briefly. "I went to sleep not long after you did. I woke at the same time I usually do." My lie wasn't well thought out so I wasn't surprised when Remy gave me a disapproving look.

"I love you, hun, but I wish you wouldn't lie to me. I can feel when people are asleep, even when I'm also sleeping. I didn't feel you at all last night. Were you still working on that new schedule?"

I sighed. "Yes. Thomas has so much responsibility now, to his fans and to his friends. He's so far behind on everything he's promised. I know his friends and fans are understanding, but at some point they have to reach their limit."

"That's a possibility. However, you really aren't accomplishing much. Remus has managed to get Thomas off track and maintain a decent sleep schedule. If you aren't at your best, you won't be able to overcome his influence on Thomas." Remy stood, walking over to me and offering me his hand. "You should sleep. A few more hours isn't going to do much difference in the long run."

Remy made several good points, but part of me didn't want to stop my work. I knew Remy wouldn't give up, though, so I said, "Alright. But just for a few hours. No one else seems to want Thomas to stay on track. I have to keep Thomas focused."

He nodded. "Okay. Sleep first." He tugged on my hand and I stood. Remy snapped his fingers. My clothes changed in something more comfortable for sleep. He led me over to the bed, laying down with me.

I felt my eyes getting heavier, unsure whether that was due to my own tiredness or Remy's influence. Remy hummed quietly, running a hand through my hair. "Do you want some help sleeping?"

I nodded with no hesitation. Sleeping with Remy's help always made me feel more rested than usual. Remy's hand stilled in my hair and I felt his power sweep through me. Warmth spread through me and, just like that, my eyes closed and I feel asleep.

[simping-on-the-daily]

I really feel like both of Roman and Logan's arcs are going to happen at the same time.

They're both ignored and don't feel like they're loved. And considering that the next episode is probably about Crofters, there will be angst ahead.

Janus, Remus, Virgil and Patton having shown zero interest in Crofters (the last two only appeared to make puns), and Logan gets sad. He hates being selfish, but wasn't Crofters his thing? If he couldn't be known as the serious guy who didn't hurt others, Logan would have liked to be the serious guy who loves Crofters.

But now, he's in the background, having to pretend that it doesn't bother. No, it doesn't bother him that after so long he realized he wasn't special after all. It doesn't bother him now that he's knows no-one loves him, thank you very much.

He looks at Roman, and Logan knows he's not any better.

Roman sees new Crofters flavors, and he's so excited. After two long years, he can finally get his own Crofters flavor! Thomas really loves him after all, that Dece- Janus wasn't nodding about the lie after all, that he's still forgiven for every villainous at he's done! Virgil and Patton deserve flavors, he can't understand how people would want to eat Remus', and then Janus. Janus gets one. Someone who lied and manipulated him. To take his mind off, Roman asks Thomas where's his flavor.

Thomas' silence is all he needs to know. Thomas still hates him, everyone's more important then him, he was just being dramatic over Janus, he should stop being so sad, he's the villain after all, and he has to see his brother who Thomas is still clearly uncomfortable with, get his flavor. He truly is unloved.

He looks at Logan, and Romam knows he's not any better.

[ssslimyboy]

Deceit: Remus tried to propose to me yesterday with a ring pop, but he lost it, and it turns out Roman ate it.

Deceit: So he came to me crying over a piece of candy.

Deceit: I told him it was okay, and that I’d still marry him anyway.

Deceit: He kept crying—it was happy tears—and eventually he wore himself out.

Deceit: I let him take a nap in my lap.

Deceit: *smiling softly to himself*

Deceit: ...I love my fiancee.

[magpiemorality]

“Yeah, yeah. You’re cute. Just stop smiling at me like that.” With platonic Moxiety?

Another one set in the Fantastic Family (Urban fantasy) universe because it’s such a good source of platonic Virgil vibes. 

First | Previous | AO3

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Virgil loves his disaster family, he truly does. He’d never had one of his own, growing up and he’d missed all of the things that he tries to give every one of his strange children, and boy does it feel good to know he’s achieving that goal day by tough, long, rewarding day. 

One of the things he encourages most is play, even with Logan and D.C., because there’s nothing better than being in your own home, surrounded by the sound of happiness and joy and fun. 

Take right now for instance, he’s been napping on the couch for about an hour and is just starting to rouse when he hears giggling from nearby. What he doesn’t so much like the sound of is the hushing and scamper of mischievous little feet, before a small hand taps his shoulder lightly and a matching voice calls, “Daddy Vee? You ‘wake?” 

“Hey Pat,” Virgil mumbles, yawning. Patton giggles again, and Roman must be nearby because he hears him start to say something before Patton hushes him, whispering way too loudly for him to go away and wait for the signal. Uh oh. “Patton.”

“Yes Devee?” Patton chirps, angelic cherub looking demon child that he is. He knows using his baby name for Virgil will weaken him to his schemes. 

“If I open my eyes, what am I going to see?” Patton smothers his giggles again and Roman and Remus do the same. There’s a creak that signifies that Logan is probably also in on this, somewhere else in the room. 

Patton manages to wrestle control from his own amusement enough to reply. “Nothing weird! Nothing weird at all!” He does that terrifying demonic gurgle of joy that Virgil has discovered kids sometimes do when they’re just finding themselves so funny they can’t contain it. It’s a big old red flag. 

“Nothing weird, huh?” Virgil asks, resigning himself to an abrupt loss of the nice peacefulness that had sent him into the doze in the first place. “Alright. I’m opening my eyes now…”

Patton tells the others to get ready, and Logan is definitely there because he hears a tiny ‘affirmative’ from the corner. Virgil makes sure to count down from three- because he’s not a monster, he’s a dad now- and then he opens his eyes. 

From his position on his back he can see the ‘nothing weird’ right away. Somehow the kids have strung up every single pair of his underpants and socks like cotton garlands over the ceiling, the lines criss-crossing and hanging in a surprisingly garland-like looking way. He’s a little impressed. Except that it’s his underwear. 

“Oh, you guys are in so much trouble!” He jumps up to scoop up a shrieking Patton from by the arm of the couch, but Patton shouts “now!” and then suddenly all of the garlands start to fall, catching him and tangling him where stands, bringing him to the floor when he trips. Logan and the twins get away, but unfortunately for Patton he gets a foot snagged on a line and tumbles down. 

Virgil catches him like a pro-baseball player- yeah he’s proud of it too, it’s pretty awesome- tickling the boy mercilessly until they both run out of steam and Patton goes dramatically limp in his arms, still grinning at him. Virgil snorts and boops his nose. “Yeah, yeah. You’re cute. Just stop smiling at me like that. You got caught, little dude, that means you get to help me tidy it all up.”

Patton’s grin turns to an open-mouthed scowl of outrage, and Virgil settles in for the battle. 

Dad’s gotta dad, after all. 

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Next

[is-this-gt]

Day 1 on @hiddendreamer67 's prompt list: Fear

Roman looks around nervously, knowing that the human is just in the other room. This is a bad idea but Remus is sick and might reveal their location in the walls from his coughing. He doesn't want to leave his brother behind for too long.

Roman dashes across the countertop, staying close to the wall. He throws his hook up and pulls the cabinet door open, listening closely for movement in the other room. He climbs up the rope and stands on the shelf, unwinding the hook and setting it to the side. He carefully opens the bag of what he's heard the humans call cough drops and takes a wrapped pill out.

Clang. Roman freezes and looks down. His hook is gone. He kicked out off the shelf.

"What was that?" Roman recognizes that voice. That human doesn't live here. Oh gosh there are more humans in the house.

"I'm not sure."

Oh please don't come in oh please for the love of anything don't come in.

Footsteps. Roman presses his back against the cabinet wall, shaking. What's going to happen to him if he gets caught? What will happen to Remus? He swallows, shivering. He knows enough about Logan to know that the scientist loves new species. What would he do with him if he got his hands on him?

"Odd," Logan says. "There's a fishing hook and the cabinet is open." Logan wraps his fingers around the edge of the cabinet and Roman moves his arm away, eyeing the giant fingers with fear. They're so big, they could crush Roman without meaning to if they got a hold of him.

Don't move. He might see you if you move. Roman swallows, terrified tears in his eyes. He's going to get caught and be poked and prodded like an animal and Remus will never know what happened to him.

Logan closes the cabinet door, shutting Roman in the darkness. He walks away and Roman breaks down. He's alive. He's free.

Roman wipes the tears from his eyes. No need to panic now. Time to get back to Remus. Roman sticks the cough drop in his bag and pushes the cabinet open slightly. He jumps down, landing in a roll. Time to make Remus feel better. He runs back into the walls, closing the hatch tightly.

[simping-on-the-daily]

Pride: a feeling of deep pleasure or satisfaction derived from one's own achievements, the achievements of those with whom one is closely associated, or from qualities or possessions that are widely admired. We often imagine Pride as Roman’s Dark Side, but what if it was a separate side entirely?

With these idea, I ended up creating a plot where Pride had an entire episode based around him, but knowing me, I only did quotes he might say! Consider it a character introduction.

The storyline I went for this is that Thomas went to an audition, and he didn’t get the role. The main problem was that he was the most experienced person auditioning, and the others either sucked or were beginners. However, the director chose them instead of the clearly superior one in the theatre (Pride’s words, not mine), and Thomas began to think he deserved the role, not them. Pride was eventually exposed and now we’ve got a wild Dark Side on our hands.

Pride’s sorta an asshole, but the guy doesn’t care about anyone’s opinions. He’s confident in what he can do, and is also confident in Thomas’ abilities. Pride is a perfectionist and short tempered. He’s very similar to Roman due to their similar functions, and as a result, he enjoys Disney and makes a lot of references to Disney Channel in particular! The reason why I made Pride separate to Roman for this post is because Thomas didn’t only split his creativity, but his ego as well. Roman simply represents Thomas’ confidence and ego, while Pride is straight up narcissistic and arrogant.

Pride represents arrogance, narcissism, honor, dignity, satisfaction, self image, hubris, self-love and self-glorification.

Now, onto the lines!

“Wow, glad you little Little Sides caught on so easily!”

“Finally, I’m in the spotlight!”

“Staying in the background got boring. I thought I would put on a little performance before I showed up. You came out of the theatre feeling very happy, I assume. The metaphorical theatre, of course. The one we left had poor taste in judgement.”

“Para, let me get this straight. You believe Thomas didn’t do his best in his performance? A performance he worked very hard on? Wow, you have so much trust in Thomas’ abilities.”

“What, the P word? Bitches, Paramount exists.”

“I’m not Roman, ya know.”

“Well, Thomas. Lemme put this way. While you may not know how to pronounce Wednesday, you know that there’s a different between proud of your accomplishments and being a dick about them.”

“I don’t know De De and Re Re. I kept my distance from all of them. Or, at the very least, I was forced to keep my distance.”

“Why are you making such a big deal about this? I vote someone out of my life everyday.”

“Yes, Roman! Bizaardvark reference. You know, that was one of the most happiest days of my life!”

“I have faith in Thomas’ abilities! I just don’t have faith in people’s judgement.”

“I’m not fucking Deceit. I don’t manipulate people. I don’t care if you’re on my side, or if you like me. I’m here to deliver my opinion and to make sure you know I’m right.”

“Can someone please shut up the Specialist Teacher? I’m about to a Para move and take a cat nap.”

“You know, Para? Hearing you say not to call you that makes me want to call you that even more.”

“Respect? Oh, sorry. I don’t know anything about words.”

“Holy shit, you are confusing.”

“Thomas deserved that role and you know it! He has the most experience!”

“Thomas did his best, and his best is amazing! Their best is Sonic 06 quality.”

“I finally why De De was trying so hard to make you go to that callback. Thomas, you’re way too giving. Just, for once, take.”

“No, no Roman, please speak up. Subjects have to hear their prince, after all.”

“I smell sexual tension............and pizza.”

“You can’t handle me? I’m pretty sure you’re not to supposed to handle me.”

“Don’t doubt their abilities? Oh, I’m doubting. I’m doubting pretty hard.”

“No-one is above me.”

“Are you still mad at me because I gave Thomas his fedora phase? For the last time, they were trending!”

“Nice idea, Roman! I’m open to a compromise if anyone can make a good argument.”

“It’s okay to think that you were the best, but don’t let it hurt other people? Be aware that people have tried their best? Be nicer? Work with Roman? .........Got a little sappy, but whatever fits the glass shoe, I guess.”

“It isn’t a real apology if you’re not sorry.”

“Fine. I’m sorry for making Thomas an asshole, and I’ll try my best to be more humbler. For you guys.”

“The day I doubt Thomas’ capabilities is the day Patton stops suppressing his emotions.”

“Jesus Christ you’re all so angsty-”