Erased - Analogical

[Chapter Thirty-Five]

|POV Remus|

"So.... why is he suddenly here-? This isn't his part of the mind." Paranoia scowled aggressively across the room. We had all moved around the room so I was sat next to Virge while Janus and Logan sat on the sofa opposite us, idea courtesy of Jan himself who thought it would be 'a CaLmEr PlAcE tO hAvE tHiS dIsCuSsIon' or something like that. So yes, Paranoia was still glaring daggers across the room to Logan while he sat there with an empty face, but atleast we're doing it sat down!

"I promise you, Dear, there is a completely rational explanation for all of this," Janus remained calm as he spoke. In all honesty, I had no clue what he planned to say here, but aslong as it didn't harm Virgil I wouldn't really oppose it all that much.

"Well-? If there's 'a completely rational explanation' as you say there is, then why don't you tell me?" His voice dripped with aggressive sarcasm. To most, he probably just seemed rude, but me and Jan knew better, he was scared and this persona was his defence. "also, while your at it, why don't you tell me how you two look so much... different? While I don't look any different!"
Taking his words into account as I glanced between him and Janus, he had a point. I hadn't cared to notice before but Para had a much more youthful look to himself in comparison to the other three of us here. Probably just a Reverse Room effect.

Janus took a deep, apprehensive breath in before he began, "I assure you, everything I am about to say is completely true but in addition I would like to preface that I understand if it comes as a... shock to you, ok?"
Damn, wasn't expecting Janus to be honest here. I could see the clear apprehension on Logan's face as this conversation went down though, just choosing to ignore it for now.

"I- ok I guess?" Virgils face twisted with concerned confusion as I tried to shoot him a reassuring glance.

"Alright, well if, I believe I should just be straight up here. Paranoia, you've been asleep for quite awhile. Only a few months, but still. Me and Remus weren't sure what happened when it first occurred, you were simply asleep in your room but wouldn't wake up. We tried everything but - you were just unconscious. You weren't fading or being erased though, you still stayed stable, and your effect still stayed present on Thomas so you didn't effect the host in your absence. We were still just... confused... we were scared. After awhile of trying everything we could, we ended up contacting Logan here and requesting his help. He managed to help us identify the issue, which was some form of error within the subconscious that had knocked you out, and we ended up getting Remy to fix the situation. Thus, you are now awake, and I am more than glad to see you again..."
Welp, nevermind, he was lying. But in all honesty, that was a pretty good lie for an on-the-spot improvisation. I could see Logan try to bury his emotions in response to Janus' fabrication as to not give anything away, but even so, for a split moment i saw his brain have to catch up with the fact that Janus was lying. But Virgil... he looked horrified.

He turned to me in shock, his eyes pleading to me for my input. I simply nodded my head and straightened my back a bit, extending my arms out to him for comfort almost instinctively. I knew he'd need it. And as if on cue, he dived into my chest as I wrapped my arms around him.
"It's ok, not your fault, dummie. And everything is fine, by the way. You still did your job while asleep," I chuckled and pulled away slightly to look him in the eyes, a devious grin on my face.

"I-I see...." He mumbled to himself as he fully removed himself from my grasp and sat back, closer to the corner of the sofa. His eyes trailed around for awhile before they landed on Logan, a moment of silence flooding the atmosphere, "uh... thanks, I guess." Virge scoffed under his breath, still slightly suspicious of Logan, clearly, "shouldn't you be back at your side of the mind already though?"

"Actually," Janus interrupted, "me and Remus have both... grown an admiration for Logic. He may be staying with us more frequently."

Virgil rolled his eyes in an aggressive manor, scowling in Logan's direction once again before standing up, "whatever... I'll be in my room, if you don't mind. Even though you say I've been asleep... I feel drained. I'll probably be back later. Cy-" he interrupted himself before he could finish, continuing in a panicked tone, "uh... why can I smell burning?"

"OH CHRIST THE PANCAKES-" Janus worriedly stood up and dashed out of the room to try and salvage the breakfast we were supposed to have. Hopefully they wouldn't be too burned, Paranoia has higher senses than the rest of us anyway so he might have caught onto the burning pancakes earlier than the rest of us would have.

Virgil just shook his head dismissively again and continued on his way out of the room, only turning around for one final look at me and Logan before he was gone back upstairs.

Once his footsteps had faded into silence, Logan turned to me, "i must thank you two for covering for me... but also, I have to ask. How long will we lie to him about this occurrence...?"

I simply shrugged, "aslong as it takes to keep him safe."

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Also sorry if there's any errors! I fell asleep mid way through writing this aaaa
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