Welcome to this "guessing game" of my creation! First of all, I'd like to give credit to Steveles for writing the original "Whose Mind is it, Anyway?" and responding to all my reviews on said fic. Now for the Rules and Regulations:

I'll give you the category (book, movie, TV show, etc.), and you go from there.

Once you see "Meanwhile, in the real world..." stop reading and make your guess.

This will be going off of my own head cannon of Why Riley Has Male And Female Emotions: that the Puberty button triggers changes in the emotions. Ergo, the characters described here will either be all the same gender and have similar features to their host, or look similar to Riley's emotions if they are kids.

I don't really have a consistent update schedule, but I'll try to get them out as soon as I possibly can. Don't judge.

And now, without further ado...


This is from a book.

In a sense, the entire Mind World could be described as a giant library. The distant shelves of Long-Term Memory looked exactly like those of a library, complete with signs and labels inspired by the Dewey Decimal System. Imagination Land was a playground of far-off lands and friendly faces, all taken direct from the printed page. Among the Personality Islands, Bookworm Island stood prominently in the center. Within Headquarters itself, the shelves on which memories were stored looked exactly like bookshelves, on either side of the linoleum floor. Actual books were crammed in with the Mind Manuals, and every so often one of the emotions would retreat to the world within these books, becoming cozy on the comfortable chairs that flanked the console. The console was the only thing that was truly out of place in this world of literature. In fact, the thing had always been out of place - larger than the emotions could handle, with mysterious buttons to one side that they rarely touched. This and the window, which only Joy and Sadness occasionally called a 'screen'. That term reminded the others too much of, as Fear so eloquently put it, "That Thing".

Currently, "That Thing" was every bit as annoying as usual. It took everything Anger had to prevent an outburst. She gripped the console as she spat, "Why, that no-good, dirty rotten, barmy son of a - "

"Anger, no," Fear cautioned, his hands grasping Anger's shoulder. "Don't forget who we're dealing with here."

Anger was unassuaged. "He has absolutely no right to say these things! You heard the man - he just - "

"I know what he just did," Fear countered.

"It isn't as if we can't hear anything in here," Disgust remarked sarcastically from the couch, where she turned the pages of Animal Farm.

Fear continued, "You do remember what happened last time he lost the plot, don't you?"

Anger glowered at Fear. "Do you expect me to simple take these things on the chin and wear them? If that's the case, I might as well say it's okay."

"Why not put it right, then?" Came a voice from behind the two. Joy stood there, idea bulb in hand. Fear gaped at her as if she had suddenly risen into the air, but Anger stood up and took the idea.

"Now you're on the trolley." With those words, the idea was inserted into the console.


Meanwhile, on the outside, Matilda Wormwood had a sudden realization. He father was never going to be fair to her, that much was clear. In all fact, she had reason to suspect that he wished she'd never been born. But that didn't mean she couldn't do anything about his blatant unkindness.

In fact, if she fought with her brains, she could easily beat him.


I felt that Matilda was a good work to start with, as she has a well-developed mind, yet plenty of moments where her emotions get the better of her. I intend to do more dramatic moments later, but not as a first chapter. Matilda has always been one of my favorites! Hints:

1. The emphasis on literature and books. Matilda is an avid reader. She may only be five for most of the book, but she's read more than most grown-ups. Her parents most certainly included. Also, the book Disgust is reading, Animal Farm, is specifically listed as one Matilda has read.

2. The console. As I said, sometimes Matilda lets her emotions get the better of her, and she is highly intelligent. Thus, it's big for her Headquarters. The mysterious buttons are a reference to Matilda's telekinetic powers, discovered later on in the book.

3. "That Thing" is the infamous telly, of course. Matilda hates it!

4. The emotions are different genders. As I said before, this is an indicator of childhood.

5. Anger seems to be in charge. Matilda has a distinct sense of fairness and unfairness, and sometimes gets mad enough at the latter to start yelling.

6. British slang words are scattered about. Unless you've seen the movie, you know that Matilda is British by nature.

7. I've included conversationalized lines from Matilda's big song in the musical, "Naughty". If you've heard the song, that should be a dead giveaway. If you haven't, look it up right now. It's good.

8. The phrase "as if she had suddenly risen into the air" is another reference to those powers.

9. The title (once more chapters are up, you'll see it) is another reference to "Naughty".

I hope you enjoyed! More coming up!