Authors Note: Probably the last chapter for the year. As always I don't own any characters, people or anything in bold. Drop a review I love hearing from you all. You're my inspiration to keep writing. This one was hard to write because as much as I looked online there was no reference of Thomas actually starring in a "Guys and Dolls" production. So I had to make up a scenario for it in terms of where in relation it was to the series and characters.
Moving on Part 1: Exploring Nostaligia.
After grabbing the snacks they wanted each person went and settled themselves back in there chairs. Virgil had shifted his chair closer to Patton he had a feeling about what the next episode could cover having been concerned about how emotional Patton had appeared to be in the last few episodes.
"Let's get cracking" Thomas grinned completely unaware of the worries of his anxious side.
Thomas: This is the part of the video where I usually lead off with some sort of silly, out of context joke, but y'know by now you already know the drill. (sighs) (Drill whirring) His name's Bill.
Everyone laughed except Virgil who had been watching for unusual behaviour and had noted that Thomas was not delviering with his usual enthusiasm.
[Intro Music]
Everyone oohed at the new intro.
"I love how each sides logo is their background" Talyn grinned. Everyone agreed.
Thomas: What is up everybody?! Oh, that wasn't good... I'll tell you what's up with me, I feel like a raging dumpster fire.
"This is obviously going to another heavy episode" Lilly muttered pulling up the hood on her onesie. Everyone else shifted uncomfortably at the thought except Virgil who had already guessed that it would be.
Thomas: I- you know- I, I want to really get going and deliver this video with the same pep and bounce that I usually do, but I don't know, I mean, like... When you're feeling sad, you're feeling sad.
Virgil: I'll take Redundant Statements for 400- Wait. Am I the first one to show up? That's not good.
"Virgil is in the house" Terence grinned.
Thomas: Yeah, Virgil I'm not, uh, not feeling that great today.
Virgil: No?
Thomas: Yeah.
Virgil: Yes, you- wait, n- Yes meaning no or yes meaning you're feeling good?
Thomas: No no no, yes as in I agree with the first statement.
Virgil: My first statement was about your redundant statement.
Thomas: Not that first statement.
Virgil: You can only have one first statement, Thomas.
Everyone chuckled at the byplay but were still worried about Thomas.
Thomas: Alright, starting over, I feel bad.
Virgil: ...Okay?
Thomas: Is that okay?
Virgil: I mean, yeah it's just, nothing's coming up. You're ahead of schedule. You got no complaints from me.
"Virgil is being real sweet" Talyn grinned. Everyone agreed.
Thomas: That's nice.
Virgil: Nevermind, I do have a complaint. You're behaving strangely.
Thomas: Oh, well.
Virgil: Ok, I guess I'm going to have to kick in here for a sec. Thomas! You're wasting time on this YouTube video so you better start getting into your dilemma and stop putting it off for later!
"Sometimes I have to be strict like that to get Thomas to actually pay heed" Virgil explained his sterner behaviour.
Everyone thought about that and were interested where else it could be used.
Thomas: Ugh. I've just been... thinking.
Virgil: Thinking? About what?
Thomas: (exhales) Guys...
Virgil: What else is new?
Everyone laughed.
Thomas: ...and Dolls.
Virgil: Oh s***! I thought we were done with this. Uh, can everyone else get in here please? I am not equipped for this.
Everyone snickered about onscreen Virgils expression as well as Logan's face as he appeared.
Logan: (sighs)
Virgil: I didn't realize that "everyone" meant only one.
Everyone laughed.
Logan: Patton and Roman are preoccupied.
Virgil: Ah. Helpful. Thomas? Care to explain?
Thomas: (annoyed exhale) I've been thinking about "Guys and Dolls".
Logan: Yes. I'm well aware. Thomas, it is time to move on. I feel like I'm-heh, listen to me, "feel like"- I feel like I'm nearly out of productive things to say on the matter. I'm just- frustrated.
Patton: Hi, Just Frustrated, I'm Sad. I mean...
"Awww Patton's sad" Valerie muttered pouting.
Logan: Patton? Are you... still wearing that cat onesie? From the previous video?
Patton: Aw, I literally put it back on just meow.
Logan: Well. That's just perfect.
Patton: Purr-fect?
Logan: You KNOW that's not what I meant. We already have one situation we have to deal with, and I told you that's not a practical garment.
Patton: You can try to knock me down, Logan, but I will always land on my feet...like a cat!
Everyone laughed at Patton's puns.
Roman: I've got it! Thomas, you write down all of your thoughts and feelings in an eloquent letter and deliver it to him in a basket full of his favorite things.
"What?!" Thomas's friends said shocked.
Thomas: Maybe...
Virgil: WHOA, whoa, whoa... what?!
Everyone laughed at Virgil's reaction.
Logan: He's been brainstorming all day and he has yet to come up with one productive, non-creepy idea.
Roman: I'm not creepy, I'm joking, alright? (laughs awkwardly) I... You just don't understand love.
"Joking. Yeah right" Joan laughed at Roman.
Logan: I understand that it's making you act pathetic.
Patton: Somebody say "cat aesthetic"?
Logan: Take it off.
Patton: Oh, that old cardigan just weighs me down!
Logan: That is patently absurd, surely the onesie is heavier.
Patton: Woulda been funnier if you had said "Patton"ly.
Everyone giggled.
Virgil: Can we all just focus on the issue with Thomas? Ugh... I can't believe I'm the one corralling you guys.
Logan: Indeed. Uh, the situation we all seem to be aware of by now is that Thomas is once again thinking about "Guys-
Patton: Well yeah!
Roman: What else is new?
Again everyone laughed.
Logan: - and Dolls". "Guys and Dolls". The musical.
Thomas: (whimpers)
"Oh wow this is really affecting me" Thomas muttered.
Thomas had just finished the Guys and Dolls musical production about three months ago. He also didn't have any sad feelings about it now if anything he was happy. He was in a great relationships though yes they did have their arguements.
Patton: Oh wow...
Roman: That too.
Patton: What about it though? I mean, it's a fine show. Aren't there more important to talk about? Or, better shows!
Thomas: (still whimpering)
Patton: There's a Harry Potter... play. There's a Harry Potter play... We just did. P- Harry Potter...! You wanna talk about Harry Potter play?
"Patton's trying to change the topic" Lilly observed.
Logan: Patton, you know full well what it means when Thomas is thinking about "Guys and Dolls".
"Well I don't know what it means" Thomas said.
Patton: I don't know what it means. Sue me!
Thomas: (laughs/cries) Ohh I get it, that's a song from "Guys and Dolls". Ahh...
Patton: Believe me, Logan, if anything serious is ever eating at Thomas, I'll know.
Thomas: There's another one, you're on a roll... (cries)
Everyone chuckled at onscreen Patton's puns but were also worried about onscreens Thomas's reaction to them.
Roman: Why don't we just call him? You know? We can call him right now.
"This must have something to do with my boyfriend" Thomas muttered.
Virgil: Stop.
Roman: A... text then.
Logan: Roman, sit down, you're rocking the boat.
Thomas: Oh!...My God Y-You too...
Logan: The dominos were all set up, I had no choice but to topple them.
Patton: Logan, that joke was just the cherry on topple- I am so sorry.
"That one was not a good joke" Logan stated. Everyone agreed.
Logan: Wow...
Roman: Bad...
Patton: Not my best! It wasn't my best.
"Aww Pat's really not doing well" Virgil muttered grabbing onto Patton in the rooms hand in comfort. Patton in the viewing room was trying to keep his smile in place.
Virgil: I am seriously so tired of being the taskmaster here today. Can we...?
Logan: Right. Thomas, why are you still feeling so dejected over something that transpired months ago?
Thomas: I'm sorry, guys. I... I really am, it's just... When you've been in a relationship as long as I was, It's hard to let go of those feelings. I don't know why, but it is not a problem that is so simple that it can be solved by standing here talking with you.
"Oh it looks like my relationship failed" Thomas sighed looking down. Virgil looked over and grabbed Thomas's hand as did Joan on Thomas's otherside.
Roman: Well maybe we don't have to let go of those feelings. There must be some sort of way to recapture the past.
Virgil: Do you have any chill?
Logan: Actually... Roman may be on to something.
Virgil: He is?
Roman: I am? I am!
Logan: Well, in a way. I don't mean resurrecting a long-dead relationship, so to speak.
Roman: So you're not talking about rekindling the fire with our former flame?
"If the relationship failed once that wouldn't be healthy" Lilly said. Everyone agreed.
Logan: I am definitely not talking about that. What do I look like, a Boy Scout Scout Master? I'm speaking in reference to what once was; a bittersweet longing for the past can yield positive results.
Thomas: I mean... (sighs) I can say the only way that I'm making myself feel better, is by remembering the good times.
"That's a good thing but you must also allow yourself time to grieve the loss of the rlationship" Valerie said.
Logan: A 2013 study authored by Wing-Yee Cheung, Erica G. Hepper and four of their colleagues found that not only can nostalgia make one feel better in the moment, It also has the potential for making them feel more optimistic about the future.
"That's true for some personality types for others it can be dangerous" Terence said.
Roman: And what better way to bring people together than by relating to one another's nostalgic memories? Say, that's a good idea for bringing together you and-
Virgil: Don't.
Roman: ...it's called a JOKE...Dude... Have you ever heard of it? I mean -
Everyone chuckled at Roman's actions and embarrassment at being called out again.
Thomas: In what way would it do that, Logan?
Logan: You can let your past, motivate your present. There were good times, you accomplished much, you won medals -
Roman: Won HEARTS
Everyone laughed at the interruption.
Logan: Let those positive checkpoints inspire you to keep going for more.
Patton: But what if looking at the past makes him feel kinda iffy about the -uh- present?
Virgil: Yeah, do you really think it's a good idea for him to be soaking in a big old tub of the past?
"The two sides that cover emotions are agreeing on something so might want to listen to what they have to say. Emotion doesn't always follow any logic" Talyn said.
Logan: Well, granted, there have been many different views on the concept of nostalgia. As recently as the 80's a psychoanalytic theorist described extreme nostalgia as debilitating but since then a great deal of research has contradicted this. It's perfectly normal for humans to nostalgize. They do it at least once a week.
Thomas: Oh yeah. I remember my grandma used to pull out this old scrapbook each weekend-
Logan: You see? Even now he is feeling nostalgic about an instance in which he felt nostalgic. Incredible.
Everyone laughed.
Roman: Say what about a scrapbook filled with all the good times with-
Virgil: No!
Roman: Look up the word JOKE in the dictionary, Jack Smellington!
Everyone laughed at the byplay.
Logan: From what I can gather, Thomas is already experiencing that bittersweet longing for the past; I say, that instead of fighting him on this, and creating a more distressing head space in the process, we allow him to indulge in those memories. Perhaps that will help him to understand that circumstances can improve.
Roman: Can and will?
Logan: Can. Let's not jump the gun here.
Virgil/Patton: Can they?
"Awww Virgil and Patton are so sweet" Talyn cooed at the two onscreen distressed sides. Everyone agreed.
Logan: Of course they can. If you've previously experienced stretches of time during which you've felt fulfillment and happiness, then the idea that you could experience something similar in the future is not inconceivable. It's happened in the past; therefore, it's decidedly not impossible.
"Logan's being sweet and thoughtful" Valerie beamed.
Virgil: I'll be the first to admit this isn't the resolution I'd like us to settle on, but... I don't have much else to add. Whatever can work. There definitely seems to be room for improvement.
"Yay we are probably visiting Patton's room" Roman grinned. Virgil wondered what it looked like having never entered another sides room though he also wondered how the room will affect everyone.
Thomas: ROOM!
Everyone laughed at Virgil's jumpiness at the sudden exclamation.
Virgil: GAH! Would you, like, WARN me before one of your little...out of context epiphanies?
Thomas: Patton?
Patton: Yeah? Whoa -
Thomas: I'm sorry I got excited. I know that Virgil's room is where I have to go in order to heighten my anxiety, I gotta think that your room is literally sunshine and rainbows.
Patton: Wha... (laughs nervously) I (laughs) It's - It's not quite like that, uh...
"He seems abit reluctant to go to his room" Lilly noted.
Thomas: Still, you're at the core of a lot of my happy feelings.
Patton: I'm at the core of a lot of your feelings.
"Thomas I think you need to listen to each sides concerns abit more. Patton is clearly reluctant to go to his room with yous" Terence said.
Thomas agreed having been paying attention to each sides facial expressions and body language throughout the video.
Thomas: Maybe going there and enhancing those happy feelings is what I need.
Roman: Honestly, that does make sense. You should see it, Patton holds onto everything in the past that you've cherished. I mean, it is PEAK proud papa.
"You've been in his room Roman?" asked Thomas.
"Well yeah his room doesn't affect me much though he often has to kick me out to get me to leave" Roman grinned.
Thomas: Perfect!
Virgil: Pardon?
Patton: Patton! (giggles) I'm just Thought I would hop aboard at the alliteration station.
Thomas: (laughs)
Everyone laughed.
Patton: But seriously my room is kind of a mess I dunno if this is a good idea.
Logan: Patton, don't you want to help Thomas move on?
Patton: Well, yeah. Of course. I would love that but I...
Logan: Good. Then it's decided.
Patton: Uh, okay.
Virgil: Uh...
"I seem to be the only one to be paying attention to how reluctant Patton is" Virgil observed squeezing Pattons hand lightly.
Roman: Another Feel Trip!
Thomas: Great. Let's...
Roman: Wait Uh. Did you, did you see what I did there? Did you see? I made it sound like I said "field" trip but I said "feel" trip. (emphasizing) Feel trip.
Everyone chuckled as they shook their head at Roman's antics.
Thomas: Yup it was, It was a good one... Very Romano-cheesy.
Roman: Romano! Okay well... Here's to hoping that nickname doesn't last!
Virgil: Please, Romano. Thomas are you sure...
Everyone laughed at the byplay.
Thomas: To Patton's room! Thinking of happy thoughts.
Patton: Here we go...
Roman: Luck be a lady tonight!
Logan: Enough with the "Guys and Dolls".
Virgil: I've got a bad feeling about this.
Thomas: I've got a bad feeling about everything. That's why we're doing this.
Virgil: Mm.. okay.
Everyone chuckled at the interaction between side and host.
Thomas: Whoa. I immediately have less bad feelings!
"Wow Patton's room makes you kinda hyper" Joan laughed at his friends onscreen behaviour.
"Yeah" Thomas said in reply happy but slightly embarrassed.
Thomas: Wait a minute... This is nostalgia nirvana in here! I am already feeling the sweet embrace of yester year.
"Patton's room looks really cool" Talyn smiled. Most agreed. Deciet thought the room was sickingly sweet and Remus thought the room looked a little boring.
Patton: (giggles) YEAH! Oh I'm so glad to have y'all here! Oh! I don't know why I was hesitant about it before. Hold on! Gonna show ya around the ol' Patton Palace!
Thomas: (happily) Is that my glowworm!? Look at how creepy it looks! Oh my goodness look at all the memories you got stored in this place, Patton!
Logan: There seems to be a high concentration of items encompassing your education here, Thomas.
Thomas: Oh ho ho man!
Logan: So many years of chemical engineering and science that you decided to flush down the metaphorical toilet.
Thomas: I forgot about everything I learned.
Everyone laughed.
"You seem to be getting very distracted from the main issue here" Lilly said after she had stopped smilling.
Patton: Ah, good times.
Logan: And hopefully more good times ahead. There's always time for you to abandon your current lifestyle and pursue a doctorate.
Roman: Sweet Barbara Streisand! The show memories! The performances! The attempts at dancing we think went okay but would prefer not to focus on.
Everyone chuckled.
Thomas: I can box step with the best of them though. (clears throat)(under his breath) Five, six, seven, eight.
Roman: No need to demonstrate.
Everyone laughed.
Virgil: Oh for crying out loud! Are these all your old journal entries and stories that you wrote in middle school? These are so cringy, why would they be here?
"I seem to be affected by Patton's room" Virgil noted.
"Oh how?" Patton asked.
"Um seem to get embarrassed more easily which in turns hightens my anxiety" Virgil answered.
Everyone thought about that. It didn't sound good and wondered how that would affect the episode.
The screen continued.
Patton: Because they're still Thomas' work and it's very fun to look back on. N-Now don't be embarassed Virgil.
Virgil: You really liked drawing Yin Yangs on the margins of your notes.
Thomas: That, and houses A little box with a roof, and two windows, and a door.
Logan: Alright so we're here, now we can let the reminiscing take place, and get it out of the way. Who wants to start?
Thomas: Yeah, I think we already started, Logan.
Logan: Oh! Great, I don't know how this works.
Everyone chuckled at Logan's cluelessness in the situation.
Patton: Ey! Remember this? (clicks button)(The Rainforest Rap starts playing)
Thomas: (soft gasp) Is that...
Thomas & Logan: The Rainforest Rap!
Roman: Oh my stars, it is!
Patton: (Yoda voice) Spitting bars it is! (Stuttering) Y-Yoga? From Star Trek?
Everyone laughed.
"Uh Yoda is from Star Wars" Terence said looking at Patton.
"Oh" Patton blushed at his mistake.
Thomas: (laughs) Alright, turn it off. We don't want a copyright strike.
"Yeah that would be bad" Logan stated calmly.
Patton: Alright.
Logan: This... this is what inspired your interest in helping to preserve the rain forest. And then helping the environment... which in turn led to you pursuing chemical engineering in the first place!
Thomas: It seriously all stemmed from that simple little tune. What?!
Roman: Tropical rain forest? More like bop-ical rain forest. The song is a bop!
Everyone laughed.
Logan: It stuck with you so much, I can still recall it to this day. Welcome to the Jungle.
Logan: It's so exiting! Exotic, mysterious, and we are inviting
Thomas,Roman: YOU ON AN ADVENTURE!
Virgil: Stop. Please. Too much... Embarrassing.
"Aaannd my anxiety worsens" Virgil muttered. Patton runs his thumb over Virgil's palm.
Thomas: AH! Man, this takes me back!
Patton: Hey, you remember this?
Thomas: My little hard covered book! Yes! Oh my goodness! Wait, I talked about my imagination, all the things I could do with it! The things I could create! Oh my goodness, the memories! This is me electrifying my brother.
Everyone laughed at that. Remus was cackling loudly and manically causing more than one person to stop and look at him.
Roman: (sighs contently) All the accolades you've racked up on the stage. The cheers, the laughs. Oh, look! The first community theater award you ever received, a Golden Apple. Oh! You remember?
Thomas: Oh my goodness, yes. I- I won best actor for playing Ko-Ko in Hot Mikado!
Virgil: One of the first times you were awarded for acting weird.
Everyone laughed.
Thomas: (dramatic voice) And more would follow.
Logan: And therefore, more faux, golden fruit may await you if you continue to pursue your nonsense art of leaping around in front of everybody, shouting about things you've never experienced.
Everyone chuckled at how Logan stated that.
Patton: Ah - T- Um... (stutters) uh, Thomas! I bet this might bring ya back.
Thomas: er- sh! (thud) Okay. This is all very nice, but you guys gotta stop handing me things all at once, okay?
Everyone laughed.
Patton: I'm sorry! I'm sorry.
Thomas: (sniff) AH! That is the smell of Christmas!
Patton: In a box!
Thomas: Yeah!
Patton: The tree, the cookies, the eggnog that your parents made you?
Logan: Ah. The- unhealthy
Thomas: Oh! Those memories were so thrilling, and so mysterious!
Logan: See, there is an annual event you have to look forward to. Thomas: Yeah, but I mean, like it's different now. I mean, uh, as an adult, it it's... I don't know It's not the same as when you're a kid.
"I love the pictures in the background the one that keeps changing" Talyn grinned.
Everyone agreed. Deceit was bored.
Logan: Well. That... may be the case, however-
Virgil: Old poems you wrote? Ugh You were trying so hard to be edgy. I feel like I'm an archaeologist that dug up an ancient cringe compilation.
Everyone chuckled.
Thomas: Look, I had a lot on my mind growing up! Especially as a teenager!
Virgil: (chuckles) That you did. Constantly escaping into your mind to get away from real life, Wondering when you were gonna start liking girls; Creating these other worlds where things just made more sense.
Roman: Ah yes, those were hectic and busy times for me! Whoa, that's about the time that you upgraded from small nuisance to giant thorn in our side! -uH, ER- *stammering* uh, for real good reason!
Everyone laughed at Romans little panicked reassurance.
Virgil: Yeah, it was a busy time for me too. I mean, the stakes were high. Thomas was really starting to develop as a person then.
Thomas: Oh yeah, that's right! ...Oh, that's funny; so I might not have had Roman create half as many as the stories and worlds as he did without Virgil giving you reason to. That's weird...
Everyone chuckled at the expressions on onscreen Virgil and Romans faces when they glanced at each other.
Logan: Well, fortunately, things make more sense now. Or, rather, will make more sense in the future. Right?
Thomas: I guess. (chuckles) I mean, that's the goal, right?
Logan: Developing a clearer perspective? Somewhat, yes. ...Is that not what's happening?
Thomas: ...I'm not sure what's happening.
"Logan seems taken aback at that" Lilly laughed lightly.
Patton: I'LL show you what's hippity-happening!
Thomas: Is that one of my Pound Puppies?! (cry of delight) Chocolate! His name is Chocolate! Oh!
Everyone chuckled at that.
"Also right back to distraction" Valerie grinned.
Roman: Boy, times were amazing back then. Some might say, way better. (off key recorder squeak)
Logan: Wait-
Patton: It was just so sweet and good and pure and happy and wholesome and sweet and lovely and I'm running out of things to say-
Everyone chuckled.
Thomas: Man, I miss all this...
Roman: Oh man, remember when our outfits used to look like this?! Wow! So embarrassing!
Patton: Oh, feels like only yesterday...
Virgil: We changed in the last video.
Everyone laughed at the byplay.
Thomas: Patton, your room is awesome! Like, I don't know why you would want to leave it! Ever! Like, heck, I don't want to leave my room half the time...
Logan: What?
"Logan seems really confused by what is happening now" Joan said amused.
Patton: Well, Ieeee... you know, I, uh...
Logan: Thomas, looking back at these euphoric memories sure does inspire hope for the future, does it not?
Thomas: Yeahyeahyeah sure. Look at this! I used to think was the coolest thing- It has buttons!
Roman: WHat?! Get. out!
Everyone chuckled.
Thomas: I know!
Patton: Well I know you're gonna flip out at this!
Thomas: (screams of excitement)
Everyone was laughing now. Enjoying the light hearted moment.
Roman: Hot... (off-tune squeak) crossed... (off-tune squeak) buns... (off-tune squeak)
Patton: Yep, this place does have it all!
Thomas: It sure does! Why is that even in there?!
Everyone laughed.
Logan: But think of everything the future has in store!
Virgil: (grunt)
Logan: ...Virgil? Are you okay?
"Aww Logan noticed is worried for Virgil" Talyn cooed. Everyone was worried about how this seemed t be affecting Virgil.
Thomas: Oh my goodness! I remember this too!
Roman: Oh my- the songs you used to put onto mixed CDs and play in the car. I mean, Disneymania much?
Everyone noted that Logan seemed to be trying to figure out what to do to help Virgil and Thomas while also keeping his eye on Virgil's condition.
Thomas: I must have listened to P!nk's first album, like, a hundred times.
Logan: Ugh! Of course! Thomas?
Thomas: Uh-huh?
Logan: It might not have been the best idea for you to come here. Ugh, such a foolish oversight on my part. You are a habitual worrier.
Roman: Yes, I think that we established that quite a long time ago, Specs.
Everyone chuckled tightly at that.
Patton: Oh, is that, uh, is that bad, for my room?
Logan: Well, I didn't think Thomas was too different from others, but Anxiety almost always has a seat at the table whenever he makes any decisions. So, I would say that he worries more than what would be considered the norm.
Thomas: Okay, but that still doesn't explain-
Logan: I know I told you that nostalgia can cause people to be more optimistic about their future BUT! For habitual worriers, nostalgia can have an adverse effect on their overall mood. It can sometimes cause them to look at the past compared to the present period in their lives and cause them to ruminate even more on how their present situation "pales in comparison", however incorrect that outlook may be. Their Anxiety worsens.
Thomas: Virgil, that's not happening, right?
Virgil: (demonic echo) No.
"Whelp the echo is back" Virgil muttered to himself.
Logan: I'm going to take that as a yes. Come on. Let's go; it's time to end this experiment-
"Yes leave now" Joan muttered.
Roman: Waitwaitwait, we can't go now! We haven't even started reminiscing about all the Broadway shows that he's seen!
Patton: And all these old photos! Look at this!
Thomas: They're right! Logan, we can't leave now; there's still too much to look through!
Logan: (exasperated sigh) I don't understand this. What is the worth of memories if they don't spur you on to make new ones? I... I am familiar with this... whole ordeal's origin, but, it is in the past now Thomas. It makes no sense to...
Thomas: Logan just, it's... fine. It's fine.
"Sorry Logan I seem to be caught in the grip of the aura of Pattons room" Thomas said to his logical side.
"It's no problem Thomas I understand. I seem a little bit slow in this episode which I would assume is an effect of Pattons room upon myslef" Logic assured Thomas.
Logic: But if you would only heed-
Roman: Oh hush, sub-astute teacher!
Logan: All of this because Patton can't let go of one person?
Patton: Logan, can you stop? Please?
"Wow Patton is being really serious and a little sad" Valerie said sadly.
Logan: You know what? Fine. If you don't want to listen to me, this is your issue to resolve. I am Outtie 50,000.
Roman: 5,000?
Logan: [Mocking voice] 5000.
Everyone laughed.
Everyone then chuckled at the shocked faces that all the onscreen characters were pulling.
Roman: Hey do you guys remember the 5th season of Lost?
"Uh that's it?" Valerie asked confused.
"Shh Endcard" Talyn and Virgil said at the same time which caused everyone to chuckle at their antics.
Patton: Oh! Do you remember the one time we did a cliffhanger?
Roman: (chuckles) Yeah, that was two episodes ago.
Virgil: Wait, what did you guys do?
Patton: Oh, he wasn't here for it.
Roman: We left the video right at the dramatic climax. People were so confused and upset! Augh! It was wild, man.
Virgil: That sounds awful.
Everyone laughed at Virgil's face.
Roman: Good thing we're not gonna do that again! (laughs)
Patton: Especially if we were just doing it! (laughs)
Roman: That would just be stupid! (continues laughing)
Virgil: We're doing that right now, aren't we?
Patton: Uh-huh.
Roman: Yes.
Everyone laughed. It took them ten minutes to calm down. When they did they just sat and looked at each other for a few minutes knowing that the next episode was going to be a difficult one.
"Let's just move straight into this next episode" Thomas muttered.
Everyone agreed turning to the screen.