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[echolls_cursed]

Logan had heard people talking about the films the bookshelf was now handing out, and, well, he was eager to see what it would give him. He could go for a crappy horror flick or something… anything really. He missed TV and DVDs… civilization in general.

He sighed a bit when he found a few cans of film, he wasn’t even sure he knew how to set up a projector, but whatever. There were three cans, all lined up nest to one another. The first was marked ‘Return of the Kane’ the second ‘Lord of the Bling’ and the last ‘A Trip to the Dentist’.

Maybe it was because of the name Kane, or maybe it was because the other two sounded really stupid, but Logan chose the first and went ahead and set up the projector.

The moment it started playing, Logan’s face went blank. It was him, his home… his dad. His mother telling him to come inside while his dad made him pose for photos.

What was this, a clip from the paparazzi? No, no, because there was Duncan and Mr. Kane. It was all cut together like a TV show.

And then the credits started.

(The episode he’s watching is Return of the Kane, episode 1x06. You can read a recap of it here. Locked to his good friends, if you'd like to tag in just ask me. :) )

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[little_moons]

Bored, I figure I'll take my chances with the bookcase. While I'm not eager to spend time in the compound, I can always grab a few things and take them back to the hut.

As soon as I round the corner I see the light flickering on the screen and a grin stretches across my face when I see Logan there next to a movie projector. I walk over, not noticing the blank look on his face at first, the flickering light from the screen obscuring his features, and I open my mouth to say, "What are you watchin-" but the words get stuck in my throat when I see him, bigger than life, on the screen.

I stand there behind him for a minute, my brow furrowing in confusion.

When the credits roll, I open my mouth to speak again, "What the hell was that?"

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan glanced at Neil with Veronica chatted with Wanda, the trailer trash Duncan had beat out for student council president, and opened his mouth to say he didn't know... but then there he was again, giving some beggar shit at a gas station.



He watched himself wave his money at the homeless man and felt vaguely disgusted with himself. Was that really what he'd been like? Of course this was all before Veronica, but...



"This is... this is my life," Logan said quietly, face screwed up. "This is Veronica... Duncan's... This is last year."

[little_moons]

I watch as he talks to some bum, waving a wad of cash around and acting like a spoiled, rich bastard. Which isn't any surprise or anything, but I still can't figure out what the hell I'm seeing. I glance back and forth between screen-him and real-him, my mouth gaping.

"But what..." I say again, but I don't even know what to ask.

His life? Its a TV show. A TV show about his life, starring him, and he's sitting here staring at it like he can't figure it out any more than I can. What the fuck?

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan didn't say anything at first, just watched the events unfold. Watched himself jump onto a table in honor of Duncan's unwanted victory, remembering how pissed he'd been at him for making him run. He watched as Veronica went about her sleuthing, catching Madison rigging the election red-handed. Not that it mattered... this was all old news.

"There's no way this can be on film," Logan said quietly, blinking a little.

And then? Then there was a fucking flashback. Veronica was narratingaway and then the colours went funny... and there was Lilly. Him and Lilly sitting close while Veronica doodled on her shoe.

"This is a show. I'm some... What the fuck, man?"

His voice cracked a little and he ran his fingers through his hair, shaking just a little.

[little_moons]

So that's Lilly, I think blankly, watching the grainy flashback-effect on the screen. Its weird, seeing her after he's mentioned her so many times. This girl with huge fucking doll-eyes that he says was amazing. Lilly, whom his father beat to death over the tapes that we just burned on the beach a few days ago. Jesus...

I glance over at him, and I can see him trembling in the flickering half-light of the film, and I don't have the faintest fucking clue what to do.

"Its- Logan, you know the island makes up shit. Its probably just-" I say, but I've got a feeling its more than that. I let my words hang lamely, and I feel so out of my fucking depth right now its a wonder I can say a damn thing at all.

[billtallent.livejournal.com]

Billy had just taken a shower and raided the clothes bin (dark orange sweatpants, a white t-shirt, and wool socks), when he heard the sounds of a television. He wondered if it was Curtis, but Curtis had disappeared a while back with his set, retreating to one of the dorm rooms in the Compound.

His hair still wet and spikey, Billy followed the sound to a somewhat quieter corner of the basement, where he found Logan sitting with a projector, playing some unfamiliar show on the wall. He sat down next to him.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan looked over at Billy quietly and then turned back to the movie when he heard his own voice again. It wasn't one of his better moments...



He watched himself wave his money at the homeless man and glanced at Billy, looking ashamed. ...He didn't stop watching though.



"This shouldn't exist," Logan said quietly. "This shouldn't be... It shouldn't exist," he said again.

[billtallent.livejournal.com]

Billy was quiet and calm as he watched the events unfold on the screen. Logan hustling homeless guys together for his boxing ring, complete with dramatic music, close-ups, and cut-aways. Billy expected it to cut to commercial at any minute, but it never did.

"Maybe it doesn't exist. Maybe it's just some kind of island joke."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Yeah? Well the island has some great camera men," Logan said, voice shaking a little. "There were credits. Like... like some prime time... teen drama," he said, still in shock.

"Who would do this? Who could... What the fuck is this? A joke?"

[billtallent.livejournal.com]

Billy pressed his lips together briefly. "I don't know, man. It's fucked up," he said. He watched for a little while more. Logan didn't exactly appear to be the 'hero' of this particular show. "Where the fuck did you find this?"

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Hey," Joe said as he approached cautiously. His last few conversations with Logan hadn't exactly gone well and he wasn't sure he wanted to try again just yet. He really wasn't ready to fuck things up between them. The projector distracted him briefly, but he simply glanced up before returning his attention to Logan.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan didn't say anything, he just stared at the screen, watching Veronica... and then himself.



He watched himself wave his money at the homeless man and felt sick.



He turned to look at Joe, confused and clearly upset, running a hand through his hair. "I found this," he said softly. "I... No one filmed this. I'd remember."

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Filmed what?" Joe asked, even as he turned his gaze toward the screen, coming around to stand beside Logan. He watched for a moment, his brows knitting together. Logan beside him and Logan on the screen, and he glanced down briefly before looking back up.

"It's bullshit," he said quietly. "It's island bullshit, Logan."

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan turned back to the screen, watching Veronica and Duncan... everyone. It was... It was surreal.

"Is it?" Logan asked quietly, his eyes never leaving the screen.

[jdick.livejournal.com]

"Yes," Joe said firmly, moving so he could sit beside Logan. He reached over and took Logan's hand, not caring about how he was going to react, just knowing he needed that contact, even if Logan didn't. Even if it wasn't some island bullshit, Joe didn't know if he could believe Logan's lift had been filmed. That was too fucked up. Even for this place.

[pambeesley.livejournal.com]

Pam was leaving her shift at the IPD office and, when she passed the door to the rec room, noticed Logan sitting inside with the projection equipment all set up. Oh dear. It had only been a few days ago that it was Jim sitting there with episodes from their 'show' playing on the screen.

She hesitated, not sure if he'd welcome company, but walked in anyway. "Logan?" she called quietly when she was about half-way across the room. She looked up at the video briefly, catching the start of the credits.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

Logan turned to look at Pam while Veronica Veronica chatted with Wanda on screen, the trailer trash Duncan had beat out for student council president. "Hi," he said, looking a bit lost. He turned back to the screen though, the moment he heard himself again.



He felt a bit sick, watching himself wave his cash at some homeless guy, closing his eyes breifly in shame, wishing Pam wasn't seeing this.

"I... This shouldn't exist," he told her awkwardly.

[pambeesley.livejournal.com]

Pam cautiously sat down next to him, dropping her purse at her feet. "What is this?" she asked, even though she knew full well what it was.

Jim had told her that Veronica's show was in the magazine that they'd found on the shelf all those months ago, but she'd never said anything to Logan. She figured it was something that Veronica should tell him, if she ever did. It wasn't her place to deliver news like that.

She heard Logan's voice, but it wasn't the Logan next to her, so she looked up at the screen. He seemed to be waving money at what looked like a homeless guy and ... talking about fighting?

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"I found it," Logan said softly. "It was... People said the bookshelf had movies, so I went and had a look..."

He watched as Veronica went about her sleuthing, and then stopped talking. The colours went funny... and there was Lilly. Him and Lilly sitting close while Veronica doodled on her shoe.

"It's a TV show," he said suddenly, eyes fixed on Lilly. "It's a flashback, on some... some fucking teen drama."

[pambeesley.livejournal.com]

Pam frowned, following Logan's gaze to the screen. "A TV show? You mean.. like the one I'm from?" Though, Pam's show was more of a comedy than a drama.

She wanted to ask who the other girl is, but thought better of it, considering the way Logan was watching her. "Jim and I watched an episode of our show the other day," she said quietly. "It's definitely not fun watching yourself on screen. Especially when it's not something you remember. We watched something from our future. Apparently."

[chris-cutter.livejournal.com]

Chris recognized the back of Logan's head as he approached and smiled a bit. He and Logan hadn't talked much in awhile, but he felt fairly confident that things where better between them ever since they're whole thing in dinosaur land. At least to the point where he didn't feel awkward about saying hi.

A glass of water in one hand, Chris walked up behind him and rested a hand lightly on Logan's shoulder as he glanced up at the screen, not really registering what was on it. "Hey, I didn't know we could get movies here," he said, his voice impressed.

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"I don't think it's a movie," Logan said awkwardly, his suspicions confirmed for good when he came on screen again.



He watched himself waving his money around and cringed, shaking his head and looking at Cutter. "No one filmed this," he said quietly. "There's no way this... it can't exist."

[chris-cutter.livejournal.com]

Chris's attention returned to the screen and his lips tugged into a frown as he watched Logan's familiar face on it. And then heard his voice.

Well, fuck... this was weird.

"You mean, this happened?" he asked him, only half turning his head, his eyes still glued on the screen, expression confused. "You remember this?"

[echolls-cursed.livejournal.com]

"Last year," Logan said quietly, watching as they cut back to Veronica sleuthing around for whatever it was Veronica did to solve all those things she solved at Neptune High.

Except then, the colours went funny, everything in soft focus... It was a flashback. A cheesy flashback at that, and Logan felt a little ill. But there was Lilly, him and Lilly sitting side by side while Veronica doodled on her shoe. ...He remembered that too.

"Lilly," he said softly.

[chris-cutter.livejournal.com]

His expression shifting from confusion to concern, Chris's frown deepened and he kept his hand on Logan's shoulder as he watched the screen.

"Girlfriend?" he asked quietly, guessing by the tone of Logan's voice and the action in the film or whatever that they were watching. The blonde girl looked familiar and Chris knew he'd seen her on the island a few times. Her hair was long here though. At least at this part.