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Okay this was totally not cool, Erich thought as he scrambled to cover up his work as the rain started to down pour. It wasn't a nice gentle rain either, it was the down pouring, ground pounding, someone up there was pissed off sort of rain. Thunder rumbled and Erich did the best he could to protect his research. Scrambling to the wheel house, at least in here it was dry. Some of his work was a little wet, but at least it was just the edges and outside he could see the driving rain. One minute it was nice out, a few puffs of clouds here and there, suddenly it went all doom and gloom with a rumble of thunder and crack of lightening. Hmm, Erich thought as he watched the lightening flash across the sky, if only he could harness that power and energy, he'd have to find a good conduit and conductor......

Erich looked around the musty old wheelhouse on the Aqueduct. There were spider webs and cobwebs and there was a thick layer of dust coated a good deal of the area. He sneezed before he dug into the pack on his hip, pulling a couple of candles out and placing them in high places so the light could reach everything. "Flickum Biccus!" He said as he waved his hand, the candles around him jumping to life, flickering and sputtering. Gently wiping the leather bound books off, Erich continued to pursue them as he gently dried off the books. His mother, the goddess of magic, well she was pretty damned cool in his opinion. He liked his powers and he liked having power. HE did not like having his power stripped from him like they did in the government facility. And What had they done to his Mika? He had to get more power so he could make sure that nothing ever happened like that again.

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Rain. Not a little sprinkle of rain that she could deal with, walk home to her little inn with the fresh ashes she had gotten from the forge. No this was a torrential storm of rain and lightning. Thunder boomed over head and the small Asian girl made her way to a near by shelter. It was too bad the over hung aqueduct didn't make it's way towards her home. She could take shelter and walk back to the inn at the same time. Touching over the bag she made sure it hadn't gotten too wet. Letting ash water leak everywhere wouldn't be very good. Perhaps not terribly bad, but it couldn't possibly be good either. Someone has to clean up the streets. Speaking of cleaning, this place certainly needed it. Webs and dust galore. Though there was a set up with books and candles. “Erich?” she questioned to the brooding figure hovered over tomes and paper. A musical laugh filling the quiet room easily. “Are you making a poisoned apple?”

Miyuki knew everyone by name, and deed. Perhaps not always did she know them personally, but she had passing knowledge. Besides they were trapped in that place together. Shared dreams. It was always interesting to see what the different people brought into the collective meeting of the minds. Very colorful. Mika was taking it all a bit hard. So was Chris. They were even making plans for Camp Jupiter. Something she wasn't entirely sure if she could get behind, but it was a thought in her mind none the less. She had only met with Chris, but she heard all sorts of strange happenings with the big three children these days. None so strange as Felicity, but strange none the less.

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Erich's eyes snapped upwards as he realized that he wasn't alone in this dank and dark little hidey hole in the aqueduct. Looking around, this place could have been a bit nice if there was a bit of clean up, he should clean this place up and make it his hideout study of some sort. But his eyes looked up to see Miyuki, the girl from Fifth cohort. She was Ronan's girlfriend wasn't she? Or at least that was the rumor that had been going around for a while, whether or not it was true, Erich really didn't care. He wasn't a Venus kid with a love of all things gossip and relationships. They were distractions at best. Yes he had a relationship he was in with Mika, and he had felt horrible that he had been the one that had gotten them captured. A fraction of an inch off with his equation of transmutation and translocation, and everything had gone to hell.

"Poisonous apples? Ha, hardly." He said in his German accented voice, as he leaned against the wall where there didn't seem to be too many cobwebs. "I don't do potions, might want to ask that brother of mine that runs the Apothecary shop in New Rome, he has a few wonderful blends of herbs for all sorts of occasions." He said with a nod as he looked the young asian woman up and down. He was relaxed, he had nothing to worry about. There was no real threat here, except that New Rome was harboring criminals that had taken his powers away. He had some how managed to regain them, whether it was by his own will, his mother's or something else, he didn't know exactly. He had spent years developing his abilities, practicing and honing his skills with the excercises that his brother had put him up to, Anders.... "Caught in the shower?" Erich asked as he gestured with his head towards the window where the rain was heavily beating against the frosted glass.