A/N: Sequel-ish/Companion-ish/Kind-of-related-in-an-off -handed-way-ish to Ch. 30: "Comparisons" and Ch. 42: "Distraction"
Isaac, Jenna, Felix, and Mia: Evil
Isaac doesn't know what he did to get into this situation. He's a good person, really. He holds doors open for others, helps people as much as he can, and is working to save the world. He doesn't deserve this. He can't deserve this. So, Isaac concludes, either Jenna is evil or the gods hate him. But Isaac has a strong inkling it's the former, rather than the latter.
"…and that's what happened when Isaac's mom forced his hair to be flat," Jenna ends the story with a laugh. Mia is in stitches across from her and Isaac curses Jenna in his head. She swore to never talk about that day again…
"Wow, I really wish I could've seen Isaac with flat hair!" Mia says between hiccups of laughter.
Isaac stands up and says, "Well, ladies. This was really a great conversation, but I think it's best if we go to bed soon. After all, we have a long day ahead of us tomorrow and…"
"Oh, don't be such a sourpuss, Isaac. Stay!" Jenna says, grabbing ahold of his arm and shoving him back down on his seat. "We still have to tell Mia about that time you got diarrhea when we were helping Old Man Matthias!"
"Isaac got diarrhea while helping someone?" Mia exclaimed, her eyes widening with both amusement and intrigue.
"Yeah! It was hilarious. So, let me tell you what happened…"
Isaac groans and wants to bang his head on the table. Jenna's doing this on purpose. She is totally doing this on purpose.
Isaac thinks it couldn't get any worse when a minute later, Felix walks into the room. He is about to walk back out when he sees them, but he catches a snippet of Jenna's anecdote.
"Jen, are you telling Mia about the time Isaac got diarrhea in front of Old Man Matthias?"
The grinning Fire Adept nods toward her brother and a smirk appears on the Venus Adept's face as he sits down right next to Isaac. Felix looks straight at his friend's face—Isaac was begging him with his eyes not to worsen the situation—before looking back at Mia, saying, "What Jenna forgot to tell you was…"
This time, Isaac actually bangs his head on the table. He has decided: evil definitely runs in the family.
