Warning: This chapter contains potential spoilers. I personally don't think they're much, and they're not very important to the overall plot of the work I'm using, but if you don't want any spoilers, skip this chapter.

This one's from a manga.

The mind itself was rather average, if with more video game memorabilia than was normal, but the situation it was in was not. Fear was almost attacking the console in his hysteria, producing strong feelings of terror in their host. Anger and Sadness were trying to reign him in at least a little, to the point where they wouldn't break down in front of everyone.

So far, it was working. Disgust was holding down the Poker Face lever like her life depended on it, and Joy was trying to make himself as unobtrusive and not-in-the-way as possible. He'd had some serious hopes for this day, and they had a new game to try that he was very excited for. But given the current circumstances, it was pretty unlikely that his hopes would play out.

While Sadness was trying her very best to comfort and calm down Fear, Anger spared a glance at Joy, and told him:

"You're the only one not pinned down, Joy- go over to the idea bulbs and find one that will get us out of here!"

Joy responded: "On it!" and ran over to the shelves where the idea bulbs were stored. He selected one as quickly as he could and returned to the console, where he screwed it in. It was promptly accepted, and he then joined the group trying to calm down Fear long enough for it to take effect.

Once it had and they were safe, everyone but Fear relaxed. Disgust released the lever, and the other emotions stopped wrestling with Fear. Now that they had some time to themselves, they could really panic and release the stress they were feeling. Bright purple memory orbs rolled onto the shelves as Fear manipulated the controls.

"Scary… so scary" he moaned.

The others didn't say anything, but they certainly agreed. When Fear had calmed down enough to actually address the situation reasonably, he asked the other emotions:

"What are we gonna do? I don't want to die!"

None of the emotions really knew the answer to that question. None of them wanted their host to die, but the situation wasn't quite that simple. It involved choices. They could choose to ignore what was going on, or they could choose to not. One choice would probably be bad for everyone around them. The other choice would most definitely be bad for them, and probably for a lot of others, too.

"Why does it always have to be us? We're not up for this sort of thing," Joy murmured to himself.

He really wasn't part of the decision The minutes ticked by while Fear and Sadness commanded the console, producing a variety of blue, purple, and blue/purple memory orbs. And then they looked at their host's watch, and Sadness noticed something.

"Time's up," she softly said.

That quiet declaration had the weight of an anvil to the other emotions. Fear and Sadness had a short whispered discussion between them, and then Sadness took over the console while Fear went back and picked out an idea bulb. He unscrewed the one Joy had put in and fitted the new bulb in its place. The bulb lit up as it was accepted.

In the outside world, the ordinary man who had by a run of strange luck became the S-Class superhero King ran from his hiding place, trying his hardest to not pay attention to the explosion behind him.

"I'm sorry… I'm so sorry," he thought.

And indeed he was. The robot that he didn't fight would kill people because he wasn't there, and would continue to do so until it was stopped by another hero. King was not made of stone, and he felt guilty for what lives would be lost. But he was also not stupid, and he knew that if it killed him, which it definitely would if they fought, it would have no problem with going on a rampage later. King hated the situation, but there was nothing he could do.

Today's character is King from One Punch Man! The reason I warned you all about spoilers is that King is introduced as being a stone-cold badass, but a little after the spotlight is set on him the first time, we see that that is actually a front, and he is completely ordinary. King is not important to the main story and we don't go for too long without finding this out, so I thought it would be okay to use. Besides, King's mind was very fun to write about. So with that out of the way, here are the clues:

1. The scene I used was the one where we first find out King's secret. He is attacked by a robot, but manages to get ten minutes to himself. After that, the robot will kill ten people every minute King doesn't come out. He eventually runs away, while Genos and Saitama take care of the robot. The action here followed the action of that scene. The idea Joy gets is how he excuses himself from the fight for ten minutes, and the idea Fear gets at the end is to run away.

2. The Poker Face lever. King is known for his terrifying expression, which is actually the face he makes so he doesn't show how scared he is. Disgust holds down the lever when King needs to keep that expression, and when they're by themself, releases it.

3. Fear is the leader, and is highly active. King is a very cowardly person, and the situation he's in is very scary.

4. Sadness and Anger restrain Fear from making them completely freak out at the beginning. The reason that King hasn't told anyone that he's not really a hero is because he doesn't have the heart to burst their bubble, and I'm positing that there's also some anger at himself for being weak.

5. The mentions of video games. King quite likes video games, and he's a very good player, which is why his headquarters is decorated in video game memorabilia. The new game that Joy mentions is the one that King has just bought before the robot showed up.

P.S. Yes, I know One Punch Man was originally a webcomic. However, I am more familiar with the manga and am drawing on the manga version of the scene. And if I were to say 'a webcomic adapted into a manga' I'd give it away.