I don't own OK KO! Let's Be Heroes.

I got a recent idea and I wanted to write a story about it.

Living in someone else's mind wasn't really bad to TKO, at least... not anymore. As a manifestation of rage and helplessness and other negative emotions, he knew he was a part of KO- but being what he was, he often wondered what his placement was supposed to be and what it meant for KO. There were still many questions he wished Shadowy Figure would answer... whether harnessing suppressed rage for power boosts was harmful or not, and exactly... why was he so interested in KO?

TKO was alone most of the time, so it gave him many opportunities to just ponder on things like this. There wasn't anyone else to talk to aside from KO, who visited on occasion, mostly just to check up on things. But despite being two halves of a single person, KO was difficult for TKO to talk to sometimes. They had two entirely different mindsets and KO was simply...very innocent. Extremely positive. They were opposites.

"Are you ever lonely, TKO?" KO asks TKO at some point after playing a plethora of video games. The inquiry came out of nowhere.

TKO blinks. He'd never really considered how uncomfortably silent it was in the mindscape. Only he was here, in this tiny space... but it was something he'd grown accostumed to.

"No."

"What? You don't even miss me when I'm not visiting? There's two swings for a reason," KO's tone was more joking than serious, and doesn't wait for an answer, "You spend all this time completely alone in here. Doesn't that ever , like... freak you out?"

"I dunno... I'm more used to being alone than outside nowadays, so I've never really thought much of it," TKO replies, "why?"

"Well, there was something I wanted to try, but I wanted to know what you thought, first..." KO looks down at his feet, "I guess I shouldn't give it a shot, huh?"

"That depends on what it is," TKO mutters, mildly irked that KO just didn't tell him what was happening before starting this pointless conversation.

"Oh, well," the boy nervously kicks his feet against his blue beanbag chair, "I was just wondering, if my mind could create you, it could create other people like you- like, different people, like Mommy or Rad or Enid, but they're not exactly real like you, more like... they're the way I-or we see them. But they can talk to you."

TKO didn't understand very much of that and didn't care for any of the people whose names were mentioned.

"...What?"

"I think I could try it once, let me show you-" KO starts excitedly, leaving the house. TKO follows him, confused.

"There's someone I wanted you to talk to first," KO states before exiting the mindscape.

TKO sighs. After a few moments, he turns to go back inside. But nothing was there anymore but a plain white void.

"Huh?"

A sudden voice causes him to freeze in his tracks.

"Hello, TKO."

The boy whirls around to face a familiar "friend", a kappa girl around his height with big glasses and a yellow jumpsuit. She had a distant yet friendly air about her. TKO can't recall her name, but recognizes her.

"...Oh, right," TKO hisses at her, but she doesn't flinch, much to his annoyance, "you're the science baby. Where am I? Where did the house go, and what are you doing here?"

She adjusts her glasses, half smiling.

"I believe you may be referring to Dendy, but... appearances can be incredibly deceiving. I may have her physical appearance, but I am not Dendy," she answers softly, "as to answer your other questions, this is the deepest part of the subconscious mind," she snaps her fingers, and the house rebuilds itself with a flash of blue, "and I can recreate your house right here to make it feel more familiar to you. Welcome," the kappa does a slight bow to be polite.

TKO stares in awe.

"If you're not Dendy, who are you, then?"

"You were not listening to KO," "Dendy" states in a plaintive, slightly scolding tone, lifting a finger up in a slightly condescending way, "It is not exactly who I am, but what I am. I am a part of KO, just as you are. By technicality, I am also a part of you, as you can take over the mind."

"A part... of us?" TKO echoes, visibly irritated by the vague explanation.

"Affirmative. I am your Wisdom, the physical manifestation thereof."

The main idea of this:

If TKO is a manifestation of KO's internal rage and negative emotions, that opens the possibilities of other components (wisdom, perseverance, etc) of his mind that, if he were to manifest those in his mindscape (though since they aren't TKO they can't go outside of the mind, but because they have been parts of KO's mind since his birth, they can manipulate the subconscious mind however they want), they would take the form of a person in KO's life. As an example, wisdom would take the form of Dendy in the mindscape since she's the person KO looks to for answers and explanations. KO uses the components to fit people in his life almost perfectly so they act similar to the real person. Their purpose is not just so TKO isn't alone but also interacting with the personifications so they can help TKO "get to know" the people on the outside of the mindscape if he is allowed to take control again.

Please review and give suggestions! I was inspired by a TAWOG fanfic to make this and I may have to clean this part up a bit, but please share if you're interested in seeing this continue! Any comments, positive or negative, are welcome! Thank you for reading!