I- I'm sorry I can't find a smart title... (open)

Phil was out for a walk since all of his activities were done for the day. Boring ones. He still tried to adjust to this rather fascinating places, even though his time with the she-wolf Lupa had prepared him. It was a nice day, sunny, and he didn't wore anything special, just a camp t-shirt, jeans and trainers. He was really bored, even too bored to start pulling pranks, so he decided to explore a little.

And there he was standing in the crossroad between the two places he hadn't yet visited. The temple hill and New Rome. You see, Terminus wouldn't let him in the cith if he didn't have his hair perfect. But Phil didn't waste any time with this pointless process. He had the pillow-hairstyle as always. And he had also learnt that Terminus didn't like being humoured.

On the other hand, the Temple Hill seemed boring. He didn't like the idea of honouring the Gods that gifted him with his dyslexia, ADHD and -not at all- dazzling looks. He more of despised them. But it was his reality, and from the stories he had heard, they were better than the alternative.

All these thoughts went through his head, and he just stood there, undecided, tapping his hands.

Sitting there, still doing nothing, he was about to say "F- it I'm going for a bath" when somepony bumped into him. Before he turned he heard her apologize. Oh great, a girl, he thought. He never liked them, their eyes always seem to examine and judge him which only made him nervous and uncomfortable.

He turned to see her. The thing that caught his attention was the probatio plate (Editor's note: Best term I could recall, not sure if correct). He smiled. She was on the "loser's squad", as he himself labelled it, too.

Before taking her apologize, he made sure he would actually sound confident. "Apologie accepted." His voice didn't falter him, cool. "Probatio too, huh?" He wouldn't attempt read her name, he didn't cope well with his dyslexia.

He grinned. Not that examining as others. That made things easier. He tapped on his tablet, repeatedly.

"Phil Webb. Son of Mercury, proud not-full member of the legion for 2 days." he said with a grin. "Yourself?"


OOC: Short af

When she made the gotta-be-careful-cause-you'll steal me comment his smile faded for a while. Then of course it was true, but that didn't mean she had the right to say it. Especially since she didn't know him. It just made him WANT to steal from her. He though kept his cool.

"Fortuna AND Victoria? So you're antagonistic AND lucky? Interesting..." he said with a grin, partly checking her out -and by that I mean her pockets.

"Oh well, I was divided on where to go. Probably gonna make Terminus angry again. It's fun messing with a Celestia..." he said and pointed to his blissfully messy hair. "Yourself?"

He came a bit closer to her. "I don't need you to get an F in Science, dear." He flashed a toothy smile at her, and with a rapid move got his hand at her pocket. Bingo! Ipod! Technology! Of course he wouldn't keep it. Just long enough to show off his... talents.

He pointed towards the hill. "Then I will have to ask you to accompany me for some hiking." He said. He felt stupid with all his behaviour towards her, acting that confident. In truth, he was annoyed a little. He didn't know why. Something about her was irritating him. Maybe the fact that he hadn't found any negatives in her, why he could find plenty on himself.

Spencer returned his smile then followed the direction of his finger. "Hiking? Sure thing." She was always up for physical exercise, even at 3 in the morning. "These mountains look dangerous indeed," she added with a playfully deep voice. "I hope you have packed a fortnight's food provision."

OOC: I made her not notice the theft on purpose. I mean c'mon. Mercury kid.

OOC: If she realised I would have killed somepony (I typed it this time xD

She didn't notice, as expected. He realised it he would like to keep it on with the ipod thing. When she accepted to hike along he didn't even make a joke. Just started marching uphill.

"I don't need provision. I can steal some." he said with a dead serious looke, though with a playful tone of voice. Then he did some thinking. "Wait a minute. You said Ramsay before. Why does it sound familiar?"

He couldn't place the name but he had definitely heard it. Plus, discussing would delay her realization.

He beamed when he heard, because he remembered. The guy was good. Really good.

"Yeah, that's it. Knew I'd heard it. He's legitimately a physical beast. Remind me not to bet against you, or race you for that matter." he said a sly smile appearing on his face, even though he tried to sound serious.

"Different places. Never stayed anywhere too long. But I originate from DC." he said, averting his look there.

He had Spencer's Ipod in his pocket, and he started toying with it,, to suppress his ADHD. Even though he was excersising.

"As I said, ain't gonna race you. No worries. I would probably end up tripping every step... that's if I ever got the lead against you." he said with a grin. "You basically can't lose at anything."

"Alas, my family has some fame too. And specific talents. Armed roberries, for instance." he said and got her ipod out of his pocket and showed it too her. "I figured this is yours. It... fell down and I picked it up." he said, getting his kinda moment of glory and feeding his ego .

The closer they were getting to the top of the hill, the most impressive the temples seemed. Why such a deal though?

"Nah, I got most of it from my mom." he said with a wink. Then he turned and saw the first temple. It clearly belonged to Jupiter. Strongest God, blah, blah, blah. Right. At least his kids weren't treated like thieves -again of course he was one.

"Besides, I am just an innocent kid." And an excellent deceiver, he thought. Of course he didn't try to fool her or anything. His tone made it obvious he was kidding.

"So, if you'd give me like, bad or good luck now, would you decide what would happen to me too?"

He nodded. Interesting powers she had. And he found that he could keep on a discussion easily, unlike with most girls he happened to know.

The other two temples they passed by were Pluto's and Bellona's -not in that order. Why would they have a Bellona temple? Probably because Reyna was praetor. Then in the Pluto temple, oh my freaking god the diamonds! If he didn't know he would get killed for disrespect to the Gods he would have gotten some.

When she asked him about his powers, he shrugged. "Don't have anything special. I've just inherited a talent in stealing really. And judging from here, 99.9% of Mercury kids have it."

"Oh well, I'm normal person fast. The other kids get the cool powers." he said, failing to hide the bitterness in his voice.

While his talents were illegal, she could manipulate luck and victory, affecting a person's own fate in a way. Man, if he had that! Probably though it was better he didn't. He would just torture everyone in his sight. No bueno.

He whistled appreciatively in front of the Mars temple. "Dunno if they're real, but this temple is impressive. Not sure if it's a good impressive, but impressive nonetheless."

Phil smiled when she went in to make an offering, as if the idea amused him. Of course she would honour the Gods, she was gifted by them. Besides, Mars seemed fairly violent and would get angry with no offers. He decided he would take the risk anyway.

"Tell me, why do you bother? I mean, you oversaw the other temples. Don't want my first bud here to start getting hit by lightnings." he said with a smug grin on his face.

He smiled. "I'm toying with you. Don't think they're gonna do anything." What would they? She came there to honour the Gods after all. He was the one who whouldn't make an offer. If someone needed to worry, it was him. But he wouldn't offer.

"As a graecus, that actually didn't suck, once said: It's better offering little to the Gods, so that we keep making offerings to them. Think you get the meaning."

He actually searched in his pockets if there was something edible. Nothing. Too bad. He would have given it to her to add on to her offerings.