Autotuned Absurdity

Roman doesn't find a problem with music coming from anywhere, he just thinks that songs should show effort and meaning instead of just having a catchy tune to it. Because of that belief, Virgil took the opportunity to tease the Prince for the sake of amusement instead of malice. How does Virgil use the knowledge to tease the thespian? He'd sing some lyrics out loud when he knows Roman could hear him, and get him interested until he drops the bombshell that he was singing a masterpiece, courtesy of the Gregory Brothers, which would result in Roman getting overdramatic as he claims defeat.

One example of this happened during one afternoon: Virgil was listening to a horror story compilation on his phone with his ear buds in when he took notice of Roman making... something in the kitchen. The emo thought he'd take advantage of the fact that he was the only one with ear buds on, and switched to another video on his phone. He was humming for a little while, and occasionally checked to see if Roman was paying attention. He, then, moved up to singing.

"What is my lifeOhAm I doing this right?OhI just realized that I might not know what the hell is going onFool me once, fool me twiceWe're still gonna try, ohWe're gonna carry on, ohYou could break these bones of mine,I'm still the championWhat is my lifeOhAm I doing this right,Am I doing this rightWhat is my life"

Roman took interest in the singing and approached Virgil.

"Feeling existential, Hot Topic?" he asked.

"Oh, it's just this song gives you a lot to think about," Virgil explained while trying to hide his sly smile he felt.

Virgil showed his phone to Roman, and revealed it was an autotuned piece. He wasn't angry to the point of tearing limbs, but rather annoyed that he fell for it again. He reacted in a melodramatic manner, and got back to crafting in the kitchen.

It took a long while for Virgil to get everyone else join in on the fun. Virgil had to spend some time assuring Patton that the joke is meant to be harmless, assuring Logan that he only has to be roped into that type of joke once, and that there might be at least one autotuned gem that the nerd would like, and, after feeling obligated to let Remus and Deceit join in on the fun, convincing them not to hurt Roman or anyone else in the process. As much as he didn't like to work hard, Virgil did the best he could to make sure the joke didn't fail on him.

On a particular day, Roman decided to head to the Imagination to go search for Griffin eggs for the sake of capturing a picture. Patton begged to join him since he liked baby creatures, and, after giving in and letting the Hufflepuff join, Remus invited himself on the journey for the sake of being a thorn in Roman's side. As was predicted, Remus blurted out odd outbursts here and there, so when he randomly blurted out "Top of the morning to you, laddies. My name is JackSepticEye," Roman didn't seem to pay attention to it.

"No, it's Remus," Patton responded so that he didn't seem too unphased.

"My name is JackSepticEye," Remus declared nearly in song.

"Uhh," the moral persona acted confused.

"My name is JackSepticEye, JackSepticEye, Jack, Jack Jack," Remus blurted.

"Enough, Duke!" Roman shouted, "We need to go all the way–"

"To fucking victory town," Remus muttered.

"No, to the Griffin's nest," Roman corrected while confused.

"Yes, Remus. All the way. Feels good to be a winner every now and then. I believe in you, Roman," Patton backed up while singing some of the remark.

Roman was confused by the interaction, but the confusion got lost in the winds when the Dragon Witch flew in their path, and the Prince defensively stood his ground. He rushed towards the Dragon Witch while it was still flying close to the ground, and used his sword to block their flames.

"Yes! Roman! I believe! I believe in you!" Patton sang.

"Well, I believe. I believe in Steve," Remus retorted in song.

"In Steve?"

"Oh yea, in Steve."

Roman placed the sword on the dragon's neck while standing on their back, and began to get suspicious about the interaction.

"Grab the glory all the way to victory!" Patton sang in a motivational tone.

Roman was about to leap off the Dragon Witch to confront the two, but they thrashed, which resulted in Roman gripping onto his sword to stay on their back like he was riding a mechanical bull.

"All the way!" Patton sang.

"Keep on a-dancin'!" Remus shouted, evidently to the Dragon Witch as they continued to thrash.

"All the way!"

"Keep on flyin'!"

"All the way!"

"Keep goin', you got this!"

"All the way, way! All the way!"

"Keep on a-dancin'!"

"All the way!"

"Keep on flyin'!"

"All the way!"

"Keep goin', keep on, keep goin', keep on!"

With a final thrash, Roman screamed as he was flung off the Dragon Witch's back, and flew a long distance until he fell out of a tree in a forest. The Prince got up and stretched before walking around. He had hope that the autotuned torment was over, and he wanted to vent to somebody. He walked until he saw Logan and Deceit struggling to open what looked like a durian. At that point, he didn't care about to whom he would vent. As he got closer, he froze as he heard more singing from them.

"Simple challenge? I call bullshit on that!" Logan sang while straining to open the durian.

"Grab it with your teeth. One is all you need," Deceit "suggested" to the nerd.

Logan threw the durian on the ground in frustration and it burst open, startling them.

"Mother ape ass!" Deceit blurted, acting like he was startled.

The nerd snapped his fingers and Logan was seen struggling with an unopened durian again.

"I call bullshit on that!" Logan declared before slamming the durian on the ground in frustration.

"Mother ape ass!" Deceit shouted.

Roman took off in another direction, and managed to get himself out of the forest. He went past a city landscape, but that wasn't odd for Roman since they were in the Imagination. He took several more strides before he saw what even he thought was unimaginable: Virgil was trying to climb on the outside of a city bus. Roman had a rough feeling about it, but to confirm or deny his suspicions, he quietly approached the emo as he was struggling to climb onto the bus.

"Great, great, Steve! Why aren't your legs magnetic? Great, great Steve! Well, that's just perfect, isn't it? Great, great, Steve! I hope you die die die die die in that bottomless pit!"

By the time Virgil finally managed to climb on top of the bus, Roman's thoughts were confirmed, and the bus rushed off, which caused Virgil to shout "Oh shit!"

Roman heard the sound of flapping wings, and looked up to see Patton and Remus riding on top of the Dragon Witch blaring the chorus. The thespian tried to run from the absurdity, and he didn't even pay attention to his surroundings. Roman ran so fast that he ended up tripping on something he wasn't able to identify on time, and fell on his face. He looked up to see some of the other sides who looked as if they were having a normal interaction. As much as Roman didn't want to, he listened in on the interaction.

"Hello, little potato man," Remus told an innocent-looking Patton.

Virgil appeared in front of Patton as if to defend him from the Duke, and pointed at Remus' chest saying, "You're the one that always causes trouble." Virgil pointed to Remus's pocket and said "See?" before emptying said pocket, and ending up with some pieces of paper in his hands.

"You have, like, fake tickets, don't ya? That's bad, that's bad, that's bad, that's bad," the human raincloud sang as he looked through the papers.

After a blasting sound, Patton fell over with green paint on his shoulder.

"He got shot!" Roman muttered without thinking.

After another blotch of paint hit Patton, Remus "screamed" out, "No! Little potato man!" before Virgil embraced his other half in the dynamic duo and sung, "You were always my favorite."

Roman ran off again and was bombarded with sounds of believing, steving, and that chorus being sung twice. Next thing he knew, he leapt onto his bed, and heard everyone else having fun outside his door. As far as they knew, Roman was drowning in more annoyance than even Virgil or Logan could feel on a daily basis. However, the Prince focused on one positive that kept him from putting an end to those autotune pranks: he heard Virgil sing.