What if all the sides were just "blank" without a trait before being sides when Thomas was first born up until he was a certain age?

Patton

Patton was first. He became Morality when Thomas was eleven.

Patton had always been chipper, and happy, and caring greatly for the others as though they were his own children. Some of them even began to call him "dad."

He found he quite liked it. It made him feel important.

As Patton grew up with the others as the father figure he had to adapt to know right from wrong to keep the others safe and content in the mindscape.

This caused him to be the one to become Morality.

Roman and Remus

Roman and Remus (Romulus) had been the second. They became Creativity at age eleven and a half.

Romulus had always liked making the others happy, much like Patton but more in a friend way. So they liked to make up fun things to do together to make them be happy!

Romulus also had strange things they found enjoyable sometimes. Dead cat? Funny. Eating slugs? Delicious.

This caused them to eventually be the ones to become Creativity.

Virgil

Virgil was third. He became Anxiety at thirteen.

Virgil was always shy around the others, but also constantly concerned for the others' health and just them in general.

Patton hasn't slept for twenty four hours? Wait, but that can mess with his mind set, and his health, and his sleep schedule, and-

Romulus hasn't eaten yet because they were planning a movie night? Wait, but that can mess with their eating habits, and how often do they do this, and that can hurt them, and-

Logan hasn't come out of his room all day? Is he hurt, is he tired of the others, is he okay, is he-

Janus has been avoiding someone again? What did they do, is he okay, he does this too often, what happened, what-

This caused him to be the one to become Anxiety.

Janus

Janus was fourth. He became Deceit at age fourteen.

Janus was half snake since age six. He loved snakes. He asked Romulus to help him become half snake. They did.

Janus always liked to tease the others.

He always liked to see how many of the others he could fool throughout the day.

How many lies he could get away with.

Janus was a brilliant liar.

He loved lying. He considered it an art form.

The way you have to match your face perfectly to keep up with your words. Change your voice to match the words and phrases perfectly or risk being caught.

The way you need to be able to figure out your own tells so as to hide them.

Janus loved lies.

He became very good at faking emotions soon too.

All of this lying and faking and everything made it very easy to tell when the others did the same. Easy to figure out their tells.

Patton smiled a little brighter when lying or faking.

Romulus glanced across your face.

Logan tapped his own thigh.

Virgil spoke an octave lower (though he did the same when angry so it was harder to figure this one out).

This was what caused Janus to become Deceit.

Finally was Logan. He became Logic at age fourteen.

Logan was always inferior to the others ever since he could remember.

Patton took care of everyone.

Romulus made them happy.

Virgil worried about them to the point of doing the same as Patton.

Janus protected them.

What..... What did Logan do.....?

Nothing.

So he decided he'd do something.

He locked himself in his room all day.

All night.

He read and read.

He searched and searched.

He'd become the smartest.

That way he'd be useful for once.

He'd be able to help the others.

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His knowledge bothered them.

He grew "annoying," as the others put it.

Using words they didn't understand.

Saying things they didn't like nor appreciate.

Saying things that didn't help much as they were a bother.

An annoyance.

Logan had gone from useless to annoyance.

This is what caused Logan to be the one to become Logic.