Cure for Atlantis.
Disclaimer: I do not own Artemis Fowl
Holly Short burst into Artemis Fowl's hospital room. The raven haired youth looked up from the book he had been reading. An actual book, it must have been an antique.
"Hello Holly how are you" He asked pleasantly. Holly had not time to waste on those.
"Artemis I've got it!" She cried the boy winced and cowered ever so slightly back against his chair.
"What have you got Holly?"
"I know how to cure your Atlantis! You're scared of four because it sounds like death right?"
Artemis forced his breathing to remain calm even as the dreaded number was spoken.
"Yes I am, very much"
"Ah but two fours make Eight don't they?"
"Yes they most certainly do"
"And Eight is the luckiest Chinese number because it sounds like 'Prosper' and two is also a lucky number! Two Fours make Eight so four is good. Also Five is an unlucky Chinese number too."
Artemis looked positively stricken.
"You mean I should talk in eights now?" He cried
"But that's going to be harder than fives!"
And the moral of the story is don't ever try to use logic on a person with OCD trust me we KNOW it makes no sense.
STORY NOTES
Chinese Numbers: Four is the unluckiest number not just in China but in Japan and Korea too because it sounds phonetically similar to 'Death'. Some buildings refuse to have fourth floors and some go as far as to exculde any other numbers that have four in it. Eight however is the luckiest number because it sounds phonetically similar to 'Prosper' or 'Fortune'. Five however is also an unlucky number to the chinese because while it sounds phonetically similar to 'Me' it also sounds similar to 'Not' and is associated with missing out on fortune. The only way it can be used positively is in the number 54 because then it means not death.
Anyway that concludes this little one shot I hope you enjoyed it please tell me if you did, I accept critism just please be constructive and polite. I apologuise for my poor spelling and punctuation.
Ari Out!