Scam

## Overview

Ethan is a member of the group "Zeroes" created by their friend/leader Nate (Bellwether). He is fidgety and easily spooked and is described as a weasel. More than often, his own emotions take over his "voice" and lets loose hurtful/harmful statements. His 'real voice' has been described as clumsy and squeaky, not nearly as confident and smooth-talking as his power. His mother is the DDA of Cambria, who was recently divorced. His sister, Jessica, is in the military.

## Powers

Ethan's power works best one on one. What the voice says is based on Ethan's emotions and needs. If he just wants to get out of a sticky situation, the voice will say some things that makes the other people back off. The voice knows things that Ethan doesn't, such as the hierarchy of a drug making group as stated in the first book. His emotions usually maks the voice go out of control. If he is mad at someone, the voice will spew out anything that will hurt that person.

The Voice is omniscient, and Ethan is the only person to possess such power in the world.

The voice inside him says whatever it needs to say to get what he wants most. Unblocked to the entire universe, there is absolutely nothing which the voice does not know and understand, therefore, by the end of the series Ethan knows every answer to every question past, present, and future depending on the type of situation he’s in. In the beginning, the voice spoke when Ethan wanted or needed, not requiring a crowd or Curve to use his power. And unlike Variety, he doesn't need to ask questions to get information out of people: he can start a normal conversation about anything, the voice completely knowing everything about that person. By knowing absolutely everything about something, the voice can understand every counter available for that certain situation, if needed. (Ex. While Ethan, Kelsie, and Kelsie's father were tied up in the building rigged to blow up, Nate came to the rescue and went over to Ethan. Nate asked Ethan how to untie the rope, and immediately the voice told Nate exactly how-to).

## Appearance

Ethan is first introduced in chapter one of the first book, Zeroes. He sits in a coffee shop and is shown to be very wired and jumpy. This is because he has a duffel stuffed full of drug money that he accidentally stole when he scammed a ride home the day before. When he tries to put the money away in a bank, he gets caught up in a bank robbery, which kicks off the events of the first book.

## Personality

He is extremely socially awkward, always saying the wrong things at the wrong time, something that is consistent in all three of the books. This is due to the fact that he is used to letting his voice do all the talking for him. He is also sometimes described as a coward, though he would come through for his friends eventually.

## Physical Apperance

When we first meet Scam, he is a mousy 17 year old holding a disheveled appearance, wearing a crumpled pinstriped button-up shirt bought by his sister. He had a buzzcut that Kelsie thought made him look like a 'military wannabe', which he later dyed blonde (referred to as "rubber Ducky Blonde" by Ethan himself). He's tall and skinny.