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Ethan Railee

A helpless empath with no control over his powers.

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a character in “The Multiverse”, as played by Nemo

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Ethan Railee


"There is no crueler punishment on God's green earth then the ability to feel another's suffering."


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Age: 17

Height: 6'

Build: Toned / Athletic Ectomorphic

Ethan stands at 6', his posture slightly slack and his hands usually stuffed in the abysmal confines of his jean pockets. His hair is long and black, flowing down across his boyishly-handsome face and ash grey eyes. While not terribly strong or muscular on first-glance, Ethan's physique is toned and athletic; hardened from an impoverished childhood riddled with pain and stern labor.

His clothing is simple and plain; the young man usually preferring darker colors and neutral themes in his attire. Most often Ethan can be seen dressed casually in a long jacket thrown over a loose T-Shirt, matched unimpressively with a pair of faded jeans and ragged-but-sturdy sneakers. Despite his unimposing apparel, Ethan exudes a dark and strangely attractive aura. He's the 'loner' type, keeping quietly to himself in the solace of his mind. The mystery boy standing idly in the corner.

But Ethan's most fascinating characteristic is also his most tragic: Ethan is an empath. Endowed with the uncanny ability to read and absorb the feelings and emotions of other sentient beings, empathy is as much a curse to Ethan as it is a gift. It is a force the young man struggles to suppress every day of his life for the sake of his own sanity; to block out the pleading sensitivities of every passing cry-for-help in every tormented soul.

Nonetheless, Ethan understands the usefulness of his abilities. Not only can the young man feel-out the sensations of others, but he can destroy them completely... by taking them upon himself. Grief, anger, insanity, addiction, and every pain be it physical or psychological... Ethan takes them all... and destroys himself piece by piece in doing so.

With no sense of purpose or direction, Ethan's life was in a downward spiral. The boy appeared destined to die a young man, until he was saved from an early grave by a Terran Militiaman. After assessing his power and determining his strength, they offered him a position among their ranks, promising him a new life and the training he needed to understand his abilities. With little alternative, Ethan agreed, eager to find his place in the world and master his wretched curse.

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Besides his casual attire, Ethan typically has his wallet on-hand, a meager supply of Terran credits available to him at any given time. His license is valid, and the boy is not smiling in his frame-picture. A small pocket-knife is usually accessible to him, confined safely somewhere in his jeans. Besides all of this, Ethan often carries a small notebook and ink pen in which he keeps a collections of hand-written poetry.

So begins...

Ethan Railee's Story

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"I don't think I've met him yet," Jayden replied, "But he's the former stunt pilot, right?" The racer grinned, "I wonder whether we have much in common."

He wasn't one to assume that just because they both had pasts involving going fast and showboating that they'd automatically get along, but it was a conversation point at least.

"And you just started opening them? Wow, Ethan - you? I never pictured you the petty crime type," he remarked, grinning. "Or was there more to that which eliminates the shoplifting aspect - I'm not judging, mind! We all did crazy things when we were younger... I remember this one time I literally stole the engine out from one of my rival's ships. Man, was he mad... I couldn't go back to that planet for months!"

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Lysaria chuckled, nodding her head. "Definitely. You must do extensive research on this concept of 'arriving fashionably late.' You would conclude that it is something all the coolest people do. Thus making it appropriate for movie stars."

The woman puffed her cheeks up, blowing out air towards Ethan. "That's...relative. With the way these things go, I'm sure there'll be deals out the behind, in the secrecy of dark rooms. If something goes wrong, I get the feeling it's going to be the biggest shitfest and you guys would have your work cut out for you." With a sigh, she shrugged, adding, "Well, to be fair, there are a lot of possibilities so there's no point in worrying about it."

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Assuming that Ethan was too embarrassed to answer the query about the liquor shop incident, Jayden turned to Lysaria, "So, what's your name anyhow, stranger?" he queried, "I'm Jayden - this is Ethan and Aiedail."

Aiedail smiled, "A pleasure!" she said happily.

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Lysaria gave a small salute. "Lysaria, at your service. A pleasure as well. Glad to meet some people who are actually supposed to keep crime off the streets." She scratched her head sheepishly. "I kind of do it as a habit. There's a lot of shit going on at night."

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"Good on you!" Jayden grinned, "There's always going to be something that slips past the police and us. There aren't that many of us militiamen."

The racer looped a brotherly arm onto Ethan's shoulders, "We're just a bunch of kids at heart, or literally in Ethan's case!" he teased.

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Ethan, in fact, HAD been distracted, and thus wasn't listening to what Jayden or Lysaria had been saying. The young empath had been listening in on the crazed Taco-fan spout out a laundry-list of sexual deprivations that the poor young boy didn't even know existed.

"Good... God almighty..." he turned back to Jayden and Lysaria, face pale. "What is wrong with human beings..."

As for the Taco fan, she would have been forecably separated from her favorite Ripper.

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"Fans, what can you do?" Lysaria asked Ethan, shrugging. A grin touched her lips, though it quickly disappeared to fake consolation for the militiaman. "I mean...how terrible, the things that people come up with."

"Kids at heart, huh? I suppose that applies to her, too?" the woman asked, gesturing to the android.

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Jayden blinked, looking to Ethan with a questioning brow - but he connected the dots between where the boy had been looking and the snippets of conversation he'd overheard. He snickered, ruffling Ethan's hair. "Trust me, you don't even wanna know what an alien might do with a banana."

Aiedail herself peered at the 'fan', "By the woman's actions," the android said, "I would hypothesise that she suffers from multiple mental disorders. An unfortunate case, really, that is really due the appropriate psych- OH! That was rhetorical, wasn't it?"

Jayden glanced at Aiedail with a grin, "Aiedail here's only seven!" he said, "If you'd believe it. Still about a billion times smarter than me."

Aiedail raised a finger, "Well, I do have the brainpower of a supercomputer, Jayden. It's hardly a fair comparison! I'm an AI, I have an advantage in that regard! You on the other hand are far more expressive emotionally - you are comfortable in expressions such as that arm on Ethan's shoulders!"

Jayden blinked, "Well, yeah, but that's just a friendly thing!" he noted.

"See! I can't tell!" Aiedail huffed, "I can't tell when people are touching each other because they're friends or when they're touching each other because they wish to express sexual desire!"

At that, Jayden flushed red, removing his arm in embarrassment, "Seriously?! That's what you thought? I- You're impossible, Aiedail!"

Aiedail laughed, "I told you I wasn't good with emotions!"

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Ethan Railee was slowly recovering from his shock, listening to Aiedal and Jayden's banter with a humorous smirk.

"I wouldn't say that Aiedal is AWFUL with emotions," he teased, offering the girl a knowing wink, "in fact, she's a very nice kisser-..."

Ethan had been about to elaborate further when Anodyne made her patrol near him. The empath immediately shut his mouth, a bit unnerved. He, Jayden and Aiedal were all rookies to the team: inexperienced and slightly juvenile. But Anodyne? Anodyne was a veteran. A legend already. Quiet and stoic, seeing her look so serious seemed to suck the playful fun out of the empath.

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"So she's half your age but twice as smart is what I'm getting from this," quipped the blonde at Jayden. She snickered, giving Aiedail a thumbs up.

"Girl power, or whatever constitutes it, basically. Since...well, you know. Anyway, you go.Keep noting those friendly gestures with vaguely sexual undertones. It'll come in handy later in life. Embarrass your friends! Embarrass your enemies! And all for the low, low price of six easy payments of thirty-five ninety-nine."

She waggled her eyebrows at Ethan's words, not picking up on the reason he went quite. "Oh, is that so? You must tell me more about this." After the question, the fact that he seemed more straight-faced registered.

"Something wrong?"

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Jayden glanced between Ethan and Aiedail, raising an eyebrow in amusement, "Well hello, did I miss a memo or something?" he inquired.

Aiedail's eyes widened, "Ethan! That was an entirely one sided affair intended to extract an emotional response! I don't see how you could judge how good I was at it because I didn't return it!" she exclaimed, flustered.

"Aww," Jayden elbowed Aiedail - ow, metal - "Don't be so harsh on him. Maybe he just made up for it by being great?" The racer winked at the empath teasingly - but noticed his expression as he did.

"Ethan?" he asked, "You ok?" Jayden hadn't noticed Anodyne, and even if he had done... well, there wasn't much that could stop him being playfully cheerful. It was sort of his thing.

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"Hm?" Ethan snapped out of his contemplative trance as Anodyne made another pass around the bar. Something about the girl's presence had just completely shut off his fun. He was a like a kid goofing off with his friends who immediately stopped when his mom came into the room.

"Oh, it's nothing," the empath shook his head, "just thinking about stuff." He stretched an arm over his chest.

"What were we talking about, again? Jayden's scandalous criminal history, or the time that Aiedal practically sucked my face off on a roof?"

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"What else? Obviously about the sucking of the faces." Lysaria quickly answered before cracking up. "You guys are so cute. What with the awkwardness and everything."

"If there's a poll, I'll be sure to vote you best militia. Now, details, details. I have to hear all about this, to make up for the fact that this party was a crapshoot."

She rolled her eyes, glancing around at the conversing public. "And I mean that completely."

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"What?!" Aiedail exclaimed, "That's horrendously inaccurate! You kissed me, I didn't so much as move my lips in response! I can pull up the memory as a video if I have to!"

Jayden raised an eyebrow, "Now that would be an entertaining watch," he remarked, nudging Ethan and leaning in for a stage-whisper, "I think you're barking up the wrong tree, dude. I doubt she even has the right parts!"

Aiedail simply glared at the two. "I'll do it!" she threatened, "And we'll see which one of us is more embarrassed by the true version of events!"

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"Alright, let me tell you how it REALLY happened," Ethan cracked his knuckles, "never mind what silly video evidence she shows you. I'm an empath. I feel emotion... and lemme' tell ya', this pretty little 'girlscout' AI has some SERIOUS pent up sexual frustrations." He was grinning like a madman. "I could hardly keep her off me. She was just SO entranced with my Militia bravado. I was fearing for my life at one point in time..."

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"This story is great and all, and I'mma let you finish," Lysaria told Ethan, raising her hands to pause his speech, "but I say we let her show the video."

The Twinborn glanced at Jayden. "Bet like three drinks that both of them will turn into beets. If AIs can do that, but I'm taking some liberties here."

To finish, a finger was grandly pointed at Aiedail. "The jury will now receive your evidence~!"

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Aiedail stared. "You have an overactive imagination!" she stated, scowling and folding her arms in a huff. "Arrogance is widely regarded by human women as unattractive!"

Jayden was trying to control his laughter at this point. "C'mon, Aiedail, show us the footage - unless you really were all over him and you're bluffing!"

"Fine!" Aiedail replied, pausing for a moment as she accessed her memory archives. After a short moment, she turned and projected a point-of-view recollection of the events of the interview discussed.

"How about embarrasment, then?" Ethan had just quipped, leaning forward suddenly and swiftly. The young empath kissed Aiedail directly on the mouth. He pulled himself back swiftly after just a few short moments, after which Aiedail squeaked - a rather undignified noise for an android to make, but squeak she did. "I- You- That's hardly appropriate!" she stammered out, "That is most certainly embarassing! I'm ... not entirely sure why, but it is!"

The video finished, and Aiedail frowned. "See! I was the victim!"

Jayden gave Ethan a glance, "I dunno bud, that's pretty compelling evidence. Sure you don't have the hots for robo-gal?"

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"Hey hey hey!" Ethan defended himself, "just LOOK at that flustered reaction! She is having SECOND THOUGHTS, I'll tell you! Robots CAN feel lust." He touched his lips curiously. "Their lips also feel kinda weird. Not bad. Just... cooler. Like, chilled." He shrugged. "...not that I've kissed that many girls before in my life."

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Jayden grinned, "Aw, poor inexperienced Ethan. I'm with you on that one, though... probably for entiiirely different reasons, I should add." The racer winked suggestively.

Aiedail let out a sigh of exasperation, "It was confusing! Unexpected, surprising!" she protested, "And I most certainly was not 'all over him' as he suggested before!"

The android glowered at Ethan, "You are hardly acting appropriately!" she stated "Were I organic, this could constitute sexual harassment in the workplace!"

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"Oh come on," Ethan laughed, smiling at Aiedal, "I only tease. You don't have to get all upset at me just because you don't know how to kiss..."