Logan vs the “Me Monster”

Logan received an email that was sent to various people. He recognized Emile Picani as the sender. Emile Picani, he remembered, was the student at his old high school who tried to start a Cartoons Club, but it didn't go far since the only other members were Patton Truffle and Thomas Sanders. Logan looked at the email from Emile and saw that he's organizing a get-together at a restaurant as a small high school reunion. Logan checked on whom the other recipients were and he recognized them as Remy Dreemurr, Virgil Vanta, Patton Truffle, Iago Viper, Thomas Sanders, and Roman and Remus Ellington. Logan thought a little bit as he was reading over the email; obviously, he had gone through a lot since high school that he'd be eager to share and he'd be lying if he told himself he wasn't wondering what has and hasn't changed about his high school acquaintances that he lost touch with over the years. In the end, Logan shrugged and responded that he was willing to join.

The day of the gathering came and he thought over what to expect: everyone was paying for their own meals and they were all meeting during the part of the even when it wasn't super busy for the sake of Virgil's anxiety and Roman's "quality time away from clingy fans". Logan was grateful that Emile was looking after everyone's wellbeing and it caused him to sprout a small smile. He entered the Chinese restaurant and waited for everyone else to show up.

Logan saw two men walking into the restaurant hand in hand and chuckled to himself about gay freedom. As he got a better view of them, Logan recognized them as Emile and Remy. The greeting of "Do you how do?" towards Logan as they made eye contact confirmed it. After an introduction that Logan considered awkward, they walked to a big table and Logan notices the rest of the group coming in slowly. Although it had been a long time since he had seen them, Logan could just tell whom everyone was just by looking at them with a slightly relief that some things never change.

They exchanged words of recommending menu items, their love lives, their careers, and even their sexualities. Logan was trying to find a time to inform the of big news that happened to him since high school, but he initially didn't want to seem like he was bragging. When Roman Ellington was bragging about the Broadway shows he has performed in, though, Logan thought it would be a better idea to wait until he was done to speak up. As expected, Roman was talking everyone's ear off about Broadway and touring and there was a mixture of annoyance and support from the group. Logan felt a smugness in his face as he was eating his rice and spring rolls.

Once Roman was quiet long enough, Logan decided it was his chance to speak up.

"Well, between graduation and now, I walked on the moon," he said while passing around his phone with an article about him being sent to the moon for excess research.

After everyone passed the phone around with stunned expressions, Roman seemed embarrassed and Patton chuckled.

"Well well well, the floor is yours, Bill Bailey," he joked.

Thomas, Virgil, and Remus asked their fair share of questions while Logan was trying to take a deep breath.

"Well, the decrease in weight took a while to get used to. As for you, Roman, your bits about riding around on a tour bus around the country reminded me: once, I was I took a ride in the Sea of Tranquility in my Lunar Rover. The decrease in gravity made it tough to land so soon the first few times I 'caught air' and I was a little concerned about road rules, but I was able to 'live a little' as I remembered there were no roads on the moon. I wasn't too crazy behind the wheel, though," Logan explained.

As the evening continued, Logan occasionally looked at the flustered Roman and chuckled to himself at the irony; Roman may daydream about slaying a Dragon Witch, but Logan was able to slay the "Me Monster".