Irritating Distress {Ethan}

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The brunette daughter of Pluto was having a simple nice sleep, enjoying the quiet of where they were. No monsters, just a nice breeze creating the perfect temperature for Felicity Merrimen to catch a few hours of sleep. Throughout this entire quest she had been on edge, pulling a switzerland almost. Sure, everyone knew she hated the gods and was probably helping Saturn, but she didn't want to anymore. However, she was not going to crawl back to the gods, that was not going to happen, ever. She was just going to do the best she could for the demigods, screw the immortal terrors, they could do without them, minus the not existing unless they elope bit though.

Anyways, the daughter of Pluto was finally relaxed enough to get a few hours of sleep, something she was in desperate need of as it was. Luckily, she didn't have guard duty right now, she usually tried to take a majority of the night shifts due to her talents with the shadows, but tonight she was just too tired to do that and had even gone to sleep an hour before everyone else. Now, it had to be real late right now.

Felicity shot straight sitting up, her eyes filled with a terror as a familiar, irritating, distressing sound filler her ears. The ringing of someone dying, someone close to her. Her eyes admittidtly shot over to where Edmund was sleeping, or laying, whatever, she didn't know for sure. Luckily he seemed okay. She eyes the rest of the group, they seemed okay, yet she noticed Ethan wasn't with them, probably guard duty. Who was this ringing meant for? Her mind started to wander, getting all pessimistic. What if it was someone at camp? That was the likely option, and the only person she had a strong bond to at camp was Remus Stone.

She threw off the jacket she was using as a blanket against the cool summer European night. She walked over to the shadow that she figured was Ethan, she needed someone to talk to and Ethan and her got along pretty well. If anyone could try to talk to her and perhaps help with her situation it had to be the goofball soldier in her cohort, afterall, he had helped her before, been there for her when she was down. She hoped he could handle this situation.

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notes: talk about really awkward, I blame my drowsiness. Anyways, super excited about this thread ^_^

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It was a calm, cool night and Ethan was enjoying watching the stars as he sat against a tree on guard duty. Not normally his pick of fun activities, but he wasn’t really tired, so it worked out nicely. He picked a piece of grass and situated it between his lips, trying to make it buzz. It took a minute, but the thing finally made a satisfying bzzzzzzt. Score! He then attempted to play the minuet in G on his little green musical instrument. It was slow going and didn’t really sound right, especially as the grass could only play one note and he was stuck with trying to hum at the same time as he buzzed the grass. But it was working. He looked around idly as he hum-buzzed. It was a beautiful piece of art. Or music. Same difference. A yawn threatened to disrupt his beautiful song, but he forced it back, which made an unfortunate break in his song. Though he was quick to take it back up. That was about when a shadow moved.

The grass flew out of his mouth, spit out in a fit of panic at the sudden movement. He grabbed at the sword that was laying idly in the grass beside him. But the shadow he could barely make out wasn’t moving anymore. Just sort of sitting there. Wait, wait wait! There was where the others were. He watched all the closer and gripped his sword all the tighter. Then the thing got up and moved away from the others… towards him. But it walked and sort of was shaped like a person, so that was at least good news. Then a patch of moonlight landed on the shadow and turned it into Felicity for a brief moment. He breathed easy and let go of his sword. “Gods, Felicity, you scared the poop out of me. What’s up?” he said in a whisper so as not to wake the others as she got close enough.

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Word Count: 333
Notes: pathetically short, but I blame my low muse lately. Thank goodness for low word count for the quest!

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As the moonlight reflected the metal of the sword Felicity stopped short. Part of her was actually worried that Ethan would strike her down. It's not like that was never a probability. She was well aware that a majority of people were not too happy with her. Still, Felicity was awfully on edge at the moment. That stupid sound in her ears. It wasn't stopping. She just wanted to curl up and cry. This sound was one of the things she feared the most. The first time she heard it was during the battle of Othrys and she swore she would do everything possible to try to not hear that sound again, unfortunately that didn't exactly happen.

Once she saw Ethan lower the sword she let out a breath sh was unaware she was holding. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you..." Felicity said as she studied the dark ground, making note of where the moonlight was revealing the colors of the world. She just wanted the sound to go away. She felt something roll down her cheek and her hand automatically went for it as she brushed away the salty liquid. Great, so she was on the verge of tears. Not like she should be, she didn't know who this ringing was for. But her gut told her she did. Her gut told her it was for the one person she cared about more than anyone else.

She hugged her sides as she walked over to Ethan. "I just couldn't sleep....." Felicity said as she glanced at the son of Mercury and then back at the ground. Maybe she shouldn't worry him about it too. Maybe it was just a mistake, some god playing a trick with her head, it wouldn't be the first time. Still, the one thing the Felicity inside wanted, was a hug and to be comforted. Not a lot of people say her broken down side, it was something she kept very hidden away so she keep up the mean, scary, daughter of Pluto look, but that was all about to be crashing down.

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notes: Haha its okay ^_^ mine is short too

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Ethan didn’t like to see his friends hurt. Nor did he like the poop scared out of him. But for now, now that he knew it was Felicity, the poop was less of an issue. He put his sword back and scooted over to make room for her. Even though the grass had plenty of room for all the gods’ children to have a seat, he felt the need to make special space for her. It was Felicity, after all. He considered her one of his closest friends, even if she was sort of losing her mind of late. It was okay. He forgave her. “Nah, it’s okay. Don’t worry about it. Thankfully, I didn’t need to go to the bathroom anyway,” he joked. Then he noticed the look on her face and decided joking time was over. She looked terrible. Something was definitely wrong. And… was that a tear he saw? Yep, she just wiped it away. His fear/joking turned quickly to concern.

He got up as she walked over and put an arm around her shoulders. “Bad dreams? What’s going on, Felicity? You look like you’ve seen a ghost or something. And not in a good way,” he added, as he was pretty sure that seeing ghosts happened to her decently frequently. She was a daughter of Pluto, after all. “You can tell me. I promise I won’t tell another soul. Not a one.” He gave her a half-hug, hoping maybe to cheer her up a little, but he had a feeling right now all she really needed was to get whatever was weighting her down so much off her chest. He felt horrible for her, whatever it was. It must be terrible, to make strong Felicity this vulnerable.

((OOC: Short and really late. But here at least. Now I must go sleep...))

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Felicity nodded her head curtly as Ethan made his attempt at a joke. Maybe on a normal basis she would let loose a smile, heck, maybe even a laugh. But today, it was not going to happen, not with that distressing sound going off in her ear drums. She flinched slightly at the touch of Ethans hand on her. It wasn't that she had personal space issues, it was just her nerves were on edge. She had the perfect mix of confusion, worry, and adrenaline coursing through her veins. Any person would be jumpy with that concoction brewing within them.

She looked at him with deer eyes. Wide and full of fear. Okay, yeah, perhaps it seemed as though she saw a ghost but to Felicity that would be a better dilemma then what she was dealing with right now. Mainly because ghosts and Felicity got along pretty well and the plus side was, they were already dead so no associated ringing in the ears. But this, this meant that someone close to her was dead or dying. Not close physically per say, but, emotionally? Maybe. Felicity never really had to wonder about that before since she wasn't that close with many people at the beginning of it all and during the past war. But now, with her friends and boyfriend... wow, she really has made a leap with her social life in this past year.

She let out an exhale. "Someones dying, or is dead. Not here. But someone I know... I'm worried its Remus. This ringing. It's a child of Pluto thing. I'm not sure... but rinigng means death.. and...." Felicity rambled out while she bit her lower lip to keep it from trembling. She turned her head into the armpit of Ethan, burying her face in him as the tears started to stream down her face. She couldn't stop it. It was way to intense for her to handle. It took almost everything to keep her from going into hysterics. Sure, maybe not all that she had said made sense since it was rambled out but key point was was that someone was in trouble. "I think its Remus...." Felicity admitted into Ethans shirt.

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notes: Whoot! I love their interactions. It's okay. I've been super busy too, I understand ^_^

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Something was definitely wrong. Just the way she was looking at him worried him all to no end. Felicity, at least the Felicity he was used to, didn’t act like this ever. She was stong and determined and could kick your butt easily. Now she looked like she was about to shatter. He kept his arm around her, not really sure what else to do. As much as he liked to joke about it, he was not a hero. He could not handle what training the legion threw at him, much less real-life, right-here damsels in distress. Especially when it was one of his good friends. He’d just never had to deal with this sort of thing and frankly, it kind of scared him a little. But for Felicity, he would Roman up and help. Or rather, maybe not Roman up because most of the kids back at the legion that made him thing of Rome, people like Mars’ kids or their like, were not the sort who he could really see comforting someone. Maybe they did, maybe they didn’t. But he more envisioned them telling the other to suck it up and keep training. Though he had to admit Remus was a curious case, as Felicity was dating him. And anyone who Felicity liked that much couldn’t be that evil, right? It was all just a weird situation.

Then she started explaining. And well, if things were weird before, they were double that now. D-dying? Dead? While he totally trusted her judgment on this one, that did make sense all the more why she was freaking out now. Not here was good news. But the fact that it was someone period was not. He had no idea what she meant by ringing, but he trusted her on that one too. Like she said, it was a kid of Pluto thing. Something he was rather happy was not a kid (or legacy) of Mercury thing too. Talk about creepy!

And then, just to throw him for even more of a loop, she started crying. Enter awkward Ethan. So he did the only thing he could think up and wrapped his free arm around her protectively. “Hey, hey. Maybe we’re not too late. We can wake the others, have someone else stand guard. You and I can head back just to check in if you like maybe. Oh, or Iris Message!” Even though it was the middle of the night and coming across a rainbow at this hour might be a tad difficult. There had to be some way to check in on things back at camp. “I’ll wake Josh once you’re doing a bit better now so he can take my place and we’ll figure something out, okay? We got this. No one’s going to die tonight. Besides, you know Remus. He’s too stubborn to die.” Okay, so he’d told himself he was done with joking, but it helped his nerves at least. He didn’t much like Remus himself, but he knew what it would do to the camp and even worse to Felicity if the big guy was gone.

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Word Count: 520
Notes: woot busy (yeah except not lol)

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Felicity felt the thin arm wrap around her protectively and she couldn't help but bury herself into him. She was fragile at the moment, the thought of the person she had let get close to her leaving her was just unbarable. Heck, being away from him to be on this quest was bad enough. Who else would be there to make sure he wasn't stubborn enough to stay up all the time and work? To take him on surprise outings to reduce his stress? Though, now that she thought about it she actually caused him more stress. All that Saturn loyalty crap she went through. Yeah, he wouldn't hurt Remus, yeah right. That stupid, lying, good for nothing titan. He was probably the reason behind the ringing in her ears. Felicity clenched her body up in anger. When she got back to camp she was going to have a talk with Saturn and she was going to try her best to push his attempts of success back. She wasn't going to let this stupid titan overpower the camp that her boyfriend loved so much.

She nodded her head and forced herself to sit up straight and no longer slouch into the son of Mercury. Despite him being a trickster a majority of the time, he had a good head on his shoulders. "I can wait till morning if I have to." Felicity said as she chewed nervously on her lower lip. At least she felt that she could wait until morning, but in all honesty she was being too impatient. Already a plan was spinning in her head of a quick trip through a shadow to camp and make sure that Remus was okay. But that wouldn't be far to the other quest members, and if Remus was okay she knew he wouldn't be happy with her for that decision. It was too selfish.

"Actually, I can't. Ethan... I'm just... I need to know." She said as she looked at the son of Mercury, one of her few friends left at camp. She was trusting him to help her not to make a stupid mistake and leave the group. She was trusting him to be her voice of reason and, if need be, slap some sense into her.

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notes: What's this? A response from moi! YAY!

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One minute she was crying, the next he could feel her every muscle tighten under his arm. Oh gods, he thought, and braced himself. Felicity angry was never good. She had this whole kid of Pluto way of kicking serious butt when she was angry. Take that midnight – 3 am, same difference- practice they’d done with the zombies. Whatever had ticked her off that time, the whole cohort had paid for it. So what would she do now? Start randomly yelling at him maybe? Or make a zombie yell at him? The thought was a little unsettling. As he might have mentioned in his head, he had no experience with upset girls. But he owed it to Felicity. Besides it also being just like friend code or something that he would be there for her.

He watched her carefully. “Wait until morning? I think not. We are taking care of this now. Because you don’t look like someone who would let it go all that easily and get the sleep you need.” So when she admitted that she couldn’t hold out, he sort of felt a little better in that maybe he knew his friend better than he’d thought. “Hey, it’s okay. We’ll get this sorted. Just stand right here and wait for me a minute. I’ll be right back. Nothing rash, okay?” He held on to her shoulders as he stared her down like this was a really important message. Which it sort of was.

Then he let go of her shoulders and ran back to the rest of the group. Josh, Josh, where was Josh? Aha, there. The tallerish lump of sleeping bag. He poked it and muttered. “Josh, get up!” He shook his shoulder until his half-brother was effectively awake, told him only what he needed to know, then hurried back to Felicity. “Alright, ready?” He dug in his pocket to check for a denarius or two and held out his arms. “Now give me a hug. I know you want to.” Without waiting for her response, he hugged her and they both vanished.

After the swirl of movement that was teleportation, they ended up in the sleepy streets of a nearby town. Ethan hiccupped as his stomach complained a little, but was otherwise okay. He let go of Felicity, but kept hold of one of her shoulders in case she wasn’t used to teleportation. After all, it hadn’t gone so well with poor little Lyn before. “You okay? I got Tums if you need it. Once you’re doing alright, we can go on a hunt for that rainbow.”

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Word Count: 433
Notes: I just love these two!

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She didn't say anything, just nodded her head as Ethan ran off to go try to wake up Josh, which was probably a very difficult task. Though, at least Josh wasn't a child of Somnus, then it might be impossible. Felicity sighed as she studied the dirt on the ground. Her emotions were chaotic right now. Switching between worry, fear, hate and everything else. It was making her stomach hurt slightly and for her breathing to appear ragged, or was that her calming down from crying? Either way it was annoying. She spent the entire time before this stupid quest to appear like nothing bothered her, that she was an emotionless bad guy. Now that front was crumbling down because she feared the worst had happened.

Before Felicity was about to see if she could raise a squirrel skeleton out of boredom Ethan returned. That meant no zombie squirrels to play with. She stood up and wasn't paying attention to what the son of Mercury said until she felt his arms wrap around her in a hug followed by what had to be the worst experience in her life. So this was what teleporting was? Yeah, Felicity was going to stick to her nice convenient shadow travel. Her stomach was already making her feel queasy with the concoction of emotions and now she just felt worse as she hugged herself and looked at the new ground.

At the mention of Tums she gave a slight nod, which turned out to be a mistake. Felicity lurched forward and was reintroduced to that nights dinner rations. It did not taste nor look better the second time around. As the first wave of vomiting finished its course Felicity stayed still for what seemed like an eternity. She had a bad habit of crying due to the force of the vomit so she she was focusing on keeping that under control and she was staying still in case she was to meet a second wave. Luckily it seemed the nausea had run its course. She stood up straight.

"Gods that was horrible! You actually call that a form of travel? Its like a personal form of torture on yourself." Felicity exclaimed as she reached for her backpack to get some water, oh wait, her backpack was still at the campsite. "Do you at least have some water? I just need a sip and then we can get going. I was never a fan of the taste of stomach acid." Felicity asked in the best way she could for a sleep deprived, worried sick (literally), daughter of Pluto was able to.

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Ethan winced as Felicity emptied the contents of her stomach. An unfortunate side effect, that one. He gingerly lay a hand on her back as she wretched. “Better out than in, I always say.” Which he didn’t actually always say, but who didn’t like Shrek? And heck, a little humor might brighten her otherwise unpleasant situation. Very unpleasant. Actually, getting out the Tums might be a better form of reassurance at the moment, so he did that instead and offered the little travel pack over. “Oh, that’s nothing!” he said brightly. “I remember the first time I teleported. Right in the middle of running for my life. Ended up passed out for I think three days. Moral of the story, it takes getting used to. But it’s not so bad once you get over that welcome-to-having-your-innards-flung-across-the-globe thing.”

He paused at her question. Something that he should have thought about given most people’s reaction to teleportation. So he answered her with a simple and very explanatory “Oh…” He looked around as if expecting a convenient water fountain to just pop out of the pavement. No such luck. But there was a convenience store. And as usual, it was quite convenient. “Wait here.”

He checked the perimeter then headed over to the convenience store in question. One look around it told him it had just the rudimentary alarm system. In a small town like this, no big surprise. So he placed a hand against the lock on the door, concentrated, and a moment later there came a faint click. He smirked and opened the door. No alarm. Only the important stuff was rigged, and he wasn’t going for that anyway. They didn’t need cash at the moment. He had a more important mission. So he went to the mini refrigerator near the cash register, careful not to get too close to the cash register itself. There, just what he needed.

He relocked the door after him and came back over to Felicity holding a bottle of Evian and grinning like the Cheshire Cat. “One bottle of water for the fantastic Miss Felicity.” He offered it over to her. “And once you’re feeling better we can go on a hunt for that rainbow.” He glanced up at the night sky. Clear night. With a full moon that lit the street nicely. Could she have picked a better night for a mental breakdown? Probably not. They’d get this sorted in no time!

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Did he just quote a movie while Felicity was emptying her stomach contents? She wiped at her mouth slightly and grimaced at the remains staining her skin. What movie was that from? She was too focused on trying to look up the movie from her minimum expertise in films to pay attention to what Ethan was mumbling about. Something about some past story where someone else puked their guts out. Okay Mercury, get the picture? Teleporting is not fun, not even for your kids. Give them each a pair of winged shoes or something, just anything besides teleportation. She did manage to understand that he was going to go get the water she requested. Felicity nodded, slowly, in order to not bring about a second wave of nausea.

As she stood there, alone in her thoughts she remembered the name of movie. Shrek. The remembrance of that film brought an eye roll. It had been forever since she had seen it but that was besides the point. She just thought it was a bad movie to quote at the moment, but it was Ethan so she couldn't blame the poor kid. Besides, she was just in a bad mood. Worried too much about Remus.

Once the big eared son of Mercury was back in view Felicity straightened up a bit. It was Roman to appear weak, even if you were sick to your stomach. She accepted the bottle of water with a meager thanks and an eye roll at the use of the adjective fantastic, she was feeling far from it.. After taking a few slow sips the disgusting taste in her mouth was gone and the acid in her throat stopped burning. Plus, she didn't feel like she was going to vomit anymore either. She examined the bottle, then glanced around at all the darkened windows of shops. She raised an eyebrow as she looked back at Ethan. "Did you steal this?"

Not that it would surprise her if he did. After all, he was a son of Mercury and they seemed to have a tendency to frequently use the five finger discount. She just wanted to make sure to slide some money under the door later in case he did steal. Felicity wasn't all bad. After a deep breath and glancing at the clear night sky she nodded her head. "I believe we have a call to go and make."

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notes: sorry for the awkward, just trying to squeeze these posts out

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Ethan was proud of himself. A) He got away with something for a change. Usually he was one to get caught and get in trouble, or just get in trouble anyway even if he didn’t do it. And B) he was doing it to help someone out. A someone who happened to be a new-found friend. Even if she could be a little coo-coo at times, or at least in the past. He still considered her a good friend. And though he joked about it, he did feel bad about making her lose her dinner. That was never fun. But hopefully the water was helping. He took the opportunity while she was washing down stomach acid to look around, hoping to find something that just screamed ‘Hi! Find your rainbows here!’ Didn’t really happen. Oh well, so a little walk was in order. See the sights. It seemed a quaint little town. Very… British. Whatever that meant. Besides the British flag hanging above one of the shop doors, it really looked like any town in the United States. Details.

He looked back to Felicity when she asked him a question and noticed the all too familiar expression on her face. He got that one a lot from people. So he did the only thing reasonable and grinned. “Maybe. Okay, yeah. But you needed water. You don’t want to call home with the taste of stomach fluids in your mouth, do you? They won’t even notice.” He shrugged slightly. They probably would notice, but by that time, they would be far, far away. Besides, his wonderful reputation wasn’t known in Great Britain. Not like it was back in Camp Jupiter. Here he wouldn’t be the first suspect on the list. But first things first. He wasn’t here to make a shiny new reputation in a shiny new land, or to take advantage of the lack thereof. He was here to help Felicity out.

“Okie madoke dokes. Right this way. I think.” He set off down the street, appearing to brim with a confidence he was only half sure of. But acting confident helped him feel a little more confident. And hopefully it would put Felicity more at ease too. They had this. It just might take a while to complete…

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Felicity couldn't help but smirk when Ethan admitted to his thievery. Hanging out with Mercury kids or legacies was a bit of fun to see what all kinds of trouble they could find themselves into to. But, she did make a mental note to try to figure out where he had obtained the water so she could make the payment for it. Besides, he did have a point. It would not have been pleasant if the taste of vomit lingered in her mouth as she tried to get all her worry out to Remus. The thought of that combination was enough to make her stomach tighten up again. Luckily she was smart enough to not let lose her stomach acid again. She gave a slight nod. "Well lets hope, I'd hate for a police investigation to start and for you to end up behind bars. Imagine trying to explain that to the praetors." Felicity said jokingly. Mainly because it was unlikely they would have a full out investigation over a bottle of water. If that did happen then the crime rate in this area must be extremely low.

She looked at Ethan as he confidently strode away. How was he able to be so confident in a situation like this? Okay, true, he didn't get the sensation that she did, lucky him. But still, did he automatically know of a place that would churn out a rainbow? If he did that would be amazing, but also questionably. After all, they were in an unknown place so if Ethan did know of a rainbow churner then she might question if he had ever been here before, even if it was unlikely. Felicity shook her head, bringing her back to reality. She needed to focus. She started walking down behind Ethan.

After a couple of silent moments Felicity sighed. "Do you even know of a place that can help with a rainbow. The time of day isn't exactly helpful." Felicity said as she looked up at the dark sky. Too bad the lights in the town blocked out any light the stars would give. Instead the city lights gave a bright tint against the dark sky. A few clouds were out though so even if the stars were able to be seen a majority of them would be covered up, sadly. Felicity always enjoyed the stars, she didn't know any constellations but they were still great to admire.

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notes: sorry that its shorter than usual

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Ethan grinned. “Ooh, a full scale British police investigation. I can honestly say I’ve never been the target of one of those! Sounds exciting! Let’s do it!” He laughed. “Kidding, kidding of course. I wouldn’t get caught, come on give me some credit here. I got Mercury blood in me. I know, I know, I do get in trouble a lot, but that’s more on purpose. When the time comes for really being serious about stuff, I can get serious too. And this is one of those times. So no worries, I got your back, and no one will even know it. I won’t let you down, Felicity.”

So he set off, which seemed to be about the only thing he could do given the relative ambiguity of the situation they found themselves in. Where did one find a rainbow in the middle of the night anyway? He just pretended he knew where he was going. Usually a good method until one actually got lost and had to fess up. When she caught him up and walked beside him, he shot her a confident grin. Then she just had to bring up the pretty much impossible task and call him out on his lack of knowledge. His smile faded a little bit for a second. “Well, there is that. I’m not really sure where we’re going, but I figured if we looked hard enough we’d eventually find something, right? We have to.” Ah, that blissful clueless optimism that Ethan usually tried to uphold. Though it wasn’t always helpful. Take right now for instance. It wasn’t getting him or Felicity any nearer to solving this little puzzle. They could be wandering until the sun came up. Though at least hopefully then the puzzle would be solved by way of the sunlight and, who knows, could dew help maybe? Would be an awfully small rainbow, but maybe Iris would give them a break since it was an emergency.

Then he stopped short and put an arm out to stop Felicity. “Do you see what I see? And no, it’s not a star, a star dancing in the night with a tail as big as a kite. Sorry. But look.” He pointed to the ground at his feet where a little rectangle of bright colors splashed against the pavement. She grinned like a kid in a candy shop. “And Bingo was his name, oh!” He looked around and spotted a crystal display in a shop window with artificial sunlight shining down just enough to cast little rainbows all over the place, showcasing the products. He grabbed Felicity’s hand and pulled her in that direction. “Oh man, we are good!”

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Word Count: 447
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Felicity studied Ethan as he performed his monologue. He would always be there, sure, maybe but... She shook her head to rid herself of the depressing thoughts that were threatening to invade. Ethan was being strong and helping her, she couldn't break down, not now, not again. She was tired of the stupid emotions of being a human. Maybe Edmund was on to something as he lived his life in his own emotionless void. Ugh, no. She needed to concentrate, be there to help Ethan while he was helping her. To have his back in case a monster caught their scent and was in the mood for a demigod midnight snack. She couldn't let him down as he was trying hard to not let her down. "I know." That was all Felicity was able to say. Gods, this was pathetic.

She looked over at Ethan as he answered her question, seeing his smile fall, yet he still remained optimistic. How was he able to do that? Seriously, he was always like a ray of sunshine in a desolate world of pessimism. Sometimes it was really annoying and Felicity wanted to slam her head against the bark of a tree because of it. Honestly, it shouldn't be this humanely possible to be able to be that happy all the freaking time. What did he do under stress or anxiety? Laugh it away? No, that might make him seem insane like the Joker from those batman things Felicity use to see. Imagine Ethan as the Joker, that was actually a pretty scary thought. Though in the end he might just end up killing every from lame jokes. No offense to Ethan or anything.

She stayed silent as they walked until Ethan pointed at the ground. She followed to where he was pointing and her face grew into a grin. "Oh my gods! Where is it - ?" Felicity started until her hand was grabbed and Ethan led the way to the crystal shop. "Oh, from there. Can you get inside?" Felicity asked Ethan, which she figured he could get in so they could access the crystals, but still, it was better safe to ask than to presume. For all she knew he could have sworn out of breaking into stores for the rest of his life within the past few minutes since he last break in. The fear of a British investigation getting to him. Perhaps he had read Sherlock Holmes and feared the infamous detective would be able to track him down. Felicity laughed softly at herself. It was starting to be obvious in her head that she needed more sleep, her mental state was starting to deteriorate.

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notes: here ya go!