Family by blood, not choice {Gabe}

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Felicity had never actually seen the first cohort barracks. Sure she had glanced at it from time to time but never actually stopped to see what made it so much more better. Which to anyone who just glances at it would think nothing but upon closer inspection it was obvious the camps money had some expense to pamper the living area of the best campers they had to offer. Having lived in fourth she could tell the difference. There was no chipping pain or detailed on the exterior of the first's barracks and it seemed to be made of slightly better material to add a bit of insulation. Little details, but it still made her stomach churn with jealousy that her brother had gotten to live in someplace slight better while she practically got the lower end of the bargain in the fourth, not as bad as fifth mind you but still. Not to day Felicity didn't like the fourth cohort, no it would always hold a place in her heart. The people there were her friends stomach like it or not the people she grew up with until she was ultimately discharged for raising Saturn and basically starting a war, but that was the past. She knew she had made enough mistakes to last forever and that plenty of people had good reasons to hate her or shun her. Unfortunately one of those people was her very own brother.

They were never the ideal siblings. They barely ever associated and Felicity kind of wanted to change that. After all one of her closest friends was Amelia, her soon to be sister in law. It didn't make sense to be closer to your brothers wife than your brother. Plus, with having been kidnapped and what she experience and even know kept experiencing she kind of needed someone. Someone who understood what the he gifts from her father meant and how soul crushing it was to lose them. Or in her case, have them blocked somehow. And if she ended up dying because of trying to fix it then at least she wanted to appear in court and look her dad in the fave and say she fixes things with her brother and that his two kids finally got along. It was all part of her "I knew I screwed up before, but im better now" plan. Heck, she had even tried to talk to Warlow and be nice to her which was a huge stretch since they never, ever got along. But back to the point. With a deep breath she raised her hand a knocked it four times in a rhythm on them mens barracks door. She knew that they didn't have training at this moment she just hoped that meant Gabe would actually be here and she wouldn't be standing there awkwardly like an idiot.

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notes: @gabriel it's done!!!

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Gabriel was sitting on his bed reading. He wasn't sure what to do with his time, but he had been thinking about a whole bunch of other things all at the same time. Amelia was due soon, though the exact day was up in the air. There was no telling with babies, they tended to do what ever it was they wanted when they wanted. He was going to be partially responsible for another person's life. He didn't feel ready for it. He didn't know if he would ever be ready for something like that. But a child that wasn't even his to begin with. The constant reminder of Amelia's fling with the king of the gods. But he had forgiven her for it. They were to be married. Whenever Amelia felt like the best time was. That was the whole thing for the women yes? They loved that whole thing didn't they? Well he figured most women did. There was no counting for women like his centurion. He needed to make sure he was available if he got the call that Amelia was going into labor. He didn't want to not be there for her. But if he were to be completely honest with himself, Gabriel didn't even realize she wanted him there. He had thought for sure that she'd rather have Jupiter there.

Gabriel had placed his book on the side of the table. It was a bit out of his reading range from the usual group of literature, but he felt it was important to do so anyways. It sat atop a book from someone named Dr. Spock, the child psychologist and pediatrician, not the Vulcan Alien from star trek. Atop that was the book he had currently been persuing, What to expect the father edition. Gabriel had made it his life goal to be a better father than Jupiter could ever be. But he didn't know how it would turn out. At least Jupiter's track record was stacked against him. His eyes hurt, so he'd have to do something other than stare at a book. He rubbed his tired eyes as he blinked. He picked up his bow, something that folded down into a compact creation that was easier to carry around, and gave a flick of his wrist. The bow extended into a long bow of average height and he slung his own quiver full of arrows, some of them special arrows that Ronan had come up with. He was more than happy to come up with an excuse for testing out Ronan's new inventions. That Vulcan boy came up with some of the best stuff.

He shouldered his bow and put on his black leather belt with his long knives along the sides. Their gleaming blades glinted in the light. Highly polished, the edge honed to perfection, they were impressive to look at. To the Archery Range! He though with a slight grin. He needed something to work out his frustration. But then to interrupt his thoughts, he heard a knock on the barracks door. Gods only knew who it was. So then he stalked passed the coffee maker, the insulated refrigerator and the pet snake someone felt the need to keep as a cohort pet. He shuddered, snakes were so weird. He pulled open the door to see his sister standing there. He blinked and frowned. Gabriel liked Remus a bit better than his own sister. What sort of person was he that he liked his future brother-in-law over his own flesh and blood sister? Not that they were exactly siblings to begin with. Sure they had the same dad, but they were two vastly different people. She inevitably started a war, soiled their father's name for all eternity and now was on that 'I'm doing better' kick. Or at least that was what he had heard from people. He wasn't about to judge, people did stupid shit all the time. He just happened to feel that her's was an extra side of stupidity on top of an already idiotic cake with the bloody mad cherry on top. He bit his lip, biting back whatever insult he wanted to throw at her. This was the first time they had even come face to face since she had “died” and come back from the dead. “Yes?” He stated.

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Words, Felicity needed to find words. Not even a hi from him, just a yes. Not that she could blame him. When was the last time they had even seen each other? She had meant to make him one of the main people for her to see when she first came back but she ended up forgetting to do so as she hid behind her friend for support after dealing with Remus. She was too busy licking her wounds from that encounter to really keep to her list. Therefore she could understand if Gabe was less than happy to see his little sister standing at his barracks door. Not that she was actually standing face to face with hims she couldn't figure out what to say. Though she was able to note that they shared some characteristics with their dark wavy hair and facial structure. Genetics were weird.

Felicity cleared her throat slightly as if that would help form words for her to use. "Uh... hi, Gabe, um, was just coming by to say hi. So, yeah, hi." Oh gods this was going horribly. Was there an Idiots Guide for talking to your half brother who you pretty much ignored for months after faking your own death even though you didn't have a good relationship with in the beginning? If so she needed to buy that copy yesterday. She just wanted to try to get close to literally the only family she had left, minus her father. Her mortal family had pretty much disowned her for more or less and she just wanted her brother, especially since Amelia and her were close friends and Amelia was his fiancee. It would just be better in the long run if they all got along. Maybe they should just go on a double date that way Remus and Amelia could help her not be an idiot, great now she thinks of a better idea. Always happens that way. As soon as she starts her bad idea she comes up with a better one and has to mentally slap herself hard.

"Are you going to the archery range? Can I come?" Felicity asked looking at the bow he had on. She wasn't all that great at archery, preferring sword and gladius herself but if this would help her reconnect with her brother than pathetic or not she would try her best at the archery range.

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notes: tad short, sorry

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Gabriel didn't even know where to go or even begin with his sister. He simply watched her floundering for words it would seem. He had never ever been one for loosing his words or being speechless. He just simply waited for her to say something. To say that he had been irked at his little sister was a bit of an understatement. He didn't understand her. Not one little bit. But it might have been the difference over Nature verses nurture. But they looked fairly similar, the same sort of skin almost and the same dark hair. He knew his place and he knew his duty. Gabriel couldn't help but wonder what sort of ulterior motive Felicity had in coming here. She always seemed to have one. Remus or someone must have put her up to this. He had to find out from Discordia, damned Discordia, that his own sister was alive. Sure he had been hurt by her death, she was family after all. And it quite was something to realize you were alone. You had no one else, it was quite a horrible feeling. That particular feeling of being alone, being the only person that knew what it was like to be ostracized just because your father was the king of the underworld. But he did have friends it would seem.

She started to talk, he blinked as she spoke. Okay maybe he had been a little bit harsh with his first word of 'yes' directed curtly and rather irritatedly towards her. Just coming by to say hi? He raised an eyebrow with a slight bit of skepticism. Not that he didn't believe her, it was just hard to believe. Though it could go either way, someone must have put her up to this or maybe she was just doing it on her own accord. There was no telling with her nor was there a real way of figuring out what actually went on in Felicity's mind. Bacchus would have had a field day with that mind of hers. She used to be good friends with Charlie, but it seemed like even that didn't survive Felicity's crazy episode of being nuttier than a left over holiday fruit cake. Though his own centurion had asked if there was a way she could fix things. But it didn't seem to go well as even Gabriel was a bit of at lost on how to deal with his sister.

“Yeah, Archery range.” Gabriel said as he gave his hand a sideways glance where he was holding his bow and a slight over the shoulder glance to his quiver of arrows. “Sure, I guess.” He said as he shrugged his shoulders, pulling the door of the male barracks too. Not wanting to get barked at by Chris to shut the door and that the stupid AC wasn't to air out the whole camp. “Yeah new arrows from Ronan to try out.” He said giving a shrug of his shoulders. He pulled one of arrows out, checking the head of it. The head was jagged and quite looked like it would hurt if it got stuck in someone's arm or leg, doing a lot of damage with the serrated edge.

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Felicity looked at the arrows as her brother showed them off. They really looked like they could kill someone. "Wow, Ronan did a really good job on them. Ya know, always was impressed by Vulcan kids work. I mean, they can build practically anything. Must be awesome. Not that our powers aren't awesome, they are awesome. I just meant." She stopped rambling and sighed. "Sorry." She had had a bad case of rambling when she was nervous, and it seemed stupid for her to be nervous. This was her brother. Granted, she didn't know a single thing about him, like what his favorite color was or even his birthday. In the competition for worst sister ever Felicity was already in first place.


She looked at him and took a few steps towards the archery range, preparing to walk there and she assumed Gabe would follow since that was where he was going before she showed up anyway. "Gabe, I'm more than sorry for just rambling earlier, I really am. ANd I know words really can't replace whatever embarrassment you might have heard to endure because of me. I'm sorry I've been a craptastic sister to you." Felicity said as she walked, keeping her eyes on the ground. A little afraid to meet her brothers eyes just because she didn't have the confidence to. She knew her past was bleak and it would have been a lot better for a lot of people had she had probably not even existed back then. But now she was really trying for a second chance. Maybe her maturity finally kicked in or something but either way she was going to try. If Gabe didn't want anything to do with her, she understood, wouldn't stop her from trying to change his mind right now.

"But, besides me saying sorry I also wanted to congratulate you. About your engagement to Amelia. I'm just glad things worked between you two. When I heard about the whole cheating thing I wanted to punch her face in..., which I didn't, but I just didn't like her at that moment. BUt, that's the past, now you're getting married to her, I'm happy for you two." Felicity added after the apology. Maybe not doing her best at trying to not ramble and bring up bad memories but eh, she was never really good at awkward conversation. She always seemed to make it a tad worst on accident.

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