"WHAT?!" Fear exclaimed. "That's taking the whole 'prank war' idea too far now, isn't it?"
"Hold it," said Mischief. She turned to look at the ghostly figure. "Go on, newbie. I like the way ya think."
"...Newbie?" the ghost commented. "...I've been here... since Riley... was... little..."
"If you've been here for that long," said Disgust. "Why haven't we seen you until now? And why haven't you ever been at the Console?"
"I have," the ghost answered matter-of-factly, dropping her mysteriously slow way of speaking for a moment that emphasized her statement. "You know... how Riley remembers... how to... spell... certain words?"
"Yeah, so?" Disgust retorted. "What does that have to do with anything?"
"She doesn't really... associate... that... with a... specific emotion..." the ghost continued. "I guess... you could call it... routine... memorization..."
"So that's your name?" Disgust commented, rolling her eyes. "Routine Memorization? Wow..."
"No..." the ghost responded. "It's... Zasha..."
"Nice to meet you, Zasha!" said Joy. Fear looked at the mysterious - well, could you really call her an Emotion? - nervously. Sadness noticed this and looked at him reassuringly.
"She's really nice when you get to know her..." she said, smiling a little. Everyone turned and stared at Sadness, shocked.
"You know this chick?" said Mischief.
"Yeah..." Sadness replied, adjusting her glasses awkwardly. The crimson Emotion tended to bully Sadness just for her own amusement, so she avoided talking to her whenever possible.
"How?" Mischief inquired. "When did you meet?"
"Not that long ago..." Sadness answered. "She just kinda floated through the wall and into my room..."
"True story..." Zasha commented with a hint of a smile.
"So, about that 'make them think their houses are haunted' idea..." Mischief interrupted. She was getting impatient. "How exactly are we gonna pull that off?"
"We're not!" Fear exclaimed.
"I think it might work..." said Sadness. Everyone else agreed with her.
"Even SADNESS agrees to do that?!" Fear thought out loud. "Shouldn't we put it to a vote or something?"
"Good idea!" said Joy. "All in favor of-"
"Wait," said Fear. "We have to make this more fair. Everyone should be involved in this."
"Everyone?" Disgust echoed. "No. Way. We are NOT getting everyone in here at once. We'd barely have any room to breathe!"
"True..." said Joy.
"All in favor of getting everyone here, raise your hand!" Mischief joked.
"That's... a paradox..." Zasha remarked. "If we want... everyone... to vote... then how... could we vote... on whether everyone... should vote?"
"Nobody asked you..." Mischief responded. "I was just tryin' to make a joke!"
"We should just get everyone here already..." Fear said impatiently.
"Good idea!" Joy replied. Everyone split up to get the other Emotions.
"Okay!" said Joy. "Confusion?"
"Huh?" the pink Emotion inquired.
"She's here..." Joy said to herself as she checked one of the names off of the list Fear had written. "Stress?"
"I'mhereI'mhereI'mhere!" the aqua Emotion responded frantically. Joy checked another name off of the list.
"Serenity?"
"Here."
"Jealousy?"
"Hey..."
"Confidence?"
"Hiya!"
"Boredom?"
"Alive."
"Mischief?"
"Yo, loser!"
"Remorse?"
"...Yeah..."
"Embarrassment?"
"H-here..."
"Nostalgia?" No response. "...Nostalgia? Hello?" Still no response.
"Bro," Confidence said as she poked the pale-blue Emotion.
"Wha?!" she exclaimed.
"She's here!" Confidence shouted to Joy. "Welcome back to Earth, bro..." she said to Nostalgia with a grin.
"Great!" Joy responded. "Disapproval?"
"No!"
"Zasha?"
"I'm... here..."
"Joy? Here! Sadness?"
"Here..."
"Disgust?"
"Whatever..."
"Fear?"
"Right here!"
"Anger?" No response. "...Anger?" Nothing. "Seriously, this isn't funny. Anger?"
"Joy..." Fear commented. "I think Anger's missing..."
