Mutual Deception

Ball of Confusion Pt. 2

Is this chapter long? Yes, yes it is. But is it worth reading? I certainly hope so.

Logan shook his head. "You know he always shouts out random things, Thomas, ignore it-"

"Or we could hear him out," Virgil interjected. "He's already made one valid point today." Logan furrowed his eyebrows. Puppets? How would those help their current predicament?

Roman resisted laughing. "We're talking about hearing him out in regards to him shouting... "puppets?"

Patton nodded vigorously. "Think about it! Thomas learned all kinds of things from puppets when he was younger, like how to count and his ABCs. Maybe, it'll be easier to work through issues when puppets are involved!"

Roman wasn't the only one holding back laughter anymore. Logan was working to keep a face that wouldn't offend Patton too much. "Fair enough, but he's an adult now. He's outgrown all of that-"

Thomas cheered. "I love that idea!"

Logan's eyes widened. "What-"

Roman looked confused, but appeared he did not want to be left out. "Uhh, I love it, too!"

Virgil snorted. "Funny. You seemed so doubtful a second ago."

Logan was still shocked that everyone was, 'On board," with this idea. It was simply immature. They would never be able to solve a problem through extreme dress-up.

Thomas clapped. "Okay. So, how's this gonna work? Are we all gonna have our own puppets or-"

Before Logan could argue how insufficiently planned, not to mention childish this was, a living lunch sack with Kermit the Frog's voice started screaming, "YAAYYY!"

Needless to say, Logan jumped. Thomas screamed with the terror that only a Youtuber could manage.

The living lunch sack, who appeared to have stolen Patton's clothes, starting speaking. "Oh! Sorry, kiddo, I- I just always wanted to do the old Kermit "YAY!""

Oh, Logan thought. That puppet IS Patton. Not a living lunch sack cosplaying as Patton. Disappointing.

Thomas laughed nervously. "Me too... that's also what I was doing! You didn't actually scare me." And Thomas likes to think he isn't like Deceit.

Virgil rubbed his head. "Yeah, you're a dork." He looked at Patton. "Wow..." He searched for what to say. "Look at you."

"Yeah, cute puppet, Patton!" Thomas grinned. "It was- I was just a little caught off guard."

Puppet Patton nodded. "Thanks! Yeah, I figured we could do something simple and fun, you know! No need for anything too extravagant-"

A princely Ventriloquist puppet, presumably Roman, popped up. "All right, here's what I threw together. It's nothing special. Really. What do you guys think?"

Thomas's jaw dropped. "Wow, I mean, you look great Roman!"

"Oh no," Logan muttered. One puppet was bad enough... he realized this was actually happening. There were puppets in Thomas's living room to solve a genuine problem. It just made Logan more on edge. "Is this- this is where- this is definitely where we're going?"

Virgil snorted. "Woww... You are unbelievably extra every chance you get."

Patton grinned. "Your turn, Virgil?"

"Unless you'd rather be called Camilla the..." Roman struggled for the animal. "Oh, uh, Chicken!"

Thomas shook his head. "Stop Roman, only if he wants to."