Ethan

Ethan is a side character of Down to Earth. He is a high school student and one of Zaida's first friends on Earth. He unknowingly found the secret of Zaida being alien after seeing her float on the security cameras at Mallmart. But other than outing her out or blackmailing her, he wanted to become her friend and know more about her species and powers. Outside of Kade, Ethan is the first person to know that Zaida isn't human.

Appearance
Ethan is a young man with russet-colored skin, brown eyes, and black hair dyed blue at the tips. He wears square glasses and has a mole on the top left side of his cheek. A lot of what he wears is themed around the brand "Believe" and he is usually is seen wearing alien-themed clothing.

Early Life and Witnessing an Alien
Ethan grew up always looking up to his brother, and because of him, he gained an interest in space-related things. Due to the mutual interest they had, they would frequently talk about their wonders of space. Throughout these moments, they would always discuss the possibilities of what was out there, how aliens would look or sound like, and if there might have been another Earth-like planet out there. Their favorite thing to do is to go camping and spend their time UFO hunting until their eyes burned. The two would do things like this many times and create a lot of good memories with each other, but as both of them got older, his brother started moving away from Sci-Fi and started focusing on other things in his life. Ethan, on the other hand, never really changed. Throughout his years he always stayed interested in space and always believed there was life somewhere out there. He choose not to stop believing as he didn't want to let go of the thing that helped him bond with his brother, and he cherished it more than anything in the world. The interest gap between them, however, lead them to be more distant, but they never had a bad relationship with each other.

Ethan would go on to attend and finish both elementary and middle school without anything interesting happening, but suddenly, in his sophomore year of high school, his brother got into a car accident and sadly didn't survive. Ethan grieved his death, but instead of letting the sadness consume him, it encouraged him to become even more interested in Sci-Fi because it helped him memorialize and cherish the memories he had shared with his brother. It kept him grounded and being happy that he got to spend that time with him.

Ethan spent two more years living positively and just trying to get over the high school as it was his last year but one day, he was working overnight, and he was ordered to check the security footage in case something had happened. All of a sudden, he saw something that would change his Sci-Fi world forever. He saw a girl beginning to float to get a cat plushie on the top shelf along with some guy trying to pull her down, who he presumed was her friend. Out of shock, he didn't know what to do, however, he wanted to know more about them. He kept this footage to himself and deleted all the security footage related to this girl from the MallMart systems. One day, on a trip to the "Panda Tea house", he came across the duo he saw that night in the footage. Wanting to know the truth of what was happening, he approached them with a question to Zaida, being "Is she an alien?".

Meeting Kade and Zaida
Kade and Zaida stood there quietly, while Kade takes the time to observe his choice of clothing. Kade tells Ethan to go away but didn't get the answer he wanted. So, he starts to push them, questioning if Zaida was a witch, a fairy, a demon, or an elf. Zaida gets uncomfortable but Ethan continues to pester her with questions and brought his focus on the shape of her ears, saying that she had to be hiding something because of them. Zaida finally tells him that she was a normal person and that she was just born with them and asks him if that wasn't normal. Ethan realizes that he passed the line and before he can say anything, Kade grabs him by the collar demanding him to apologize. Ethan tries to cover his true intentions and out of panic tells him that he didn't know if they were real and thought she was cosplaying and didn't mean to offend her. Kade drops him, as he thought his lie was a reasonable assumption. He apologizes for his habit of taking what he thinks and shares his name. Wanting to get closer to them, he tells them that if they were free after, he wants to make it up to them. The two agree to go, as they were curious where Ethan was taking them. But to Kade's dismay, he took them to a busy arcade.

Kade gets second thoughts on not lying and before he can leave, Ethan goes off to load up cards for Kade and Zaida as his treat. The three go walking around and Ethan challenges Kade, telling him that he couldn't beat a pro. Kade brings up the fact that he hasn't played "Street Battle" since high school. Ethan says that he is about to finish high school and Kade asks if he was attending Prime High. The two start talking about Mr. Smith and how he was a good teacher. Ethan gets Zaida's attention by saying that she can go after he kicks Kade's ass, Kade starts getting competitive, but Ethan beats him without breaking a sweat. Zaida pokes fun at Kade for losing, but Ethan proceeds to also destroy Zaida and Kade pokes fun at her. Ethan starts to boast how he is good at competitive games but says that they should go play something else, as it wouldn't be fun with only Ethan winning. Ethan gets captivated by the winnable prize at the claw machine and he notices that Kade is gone and asks Zaida if she knew where he went, although she doesn't know as well. The two go walking around trying the find him, but Zaida suddenly vanishes, and Ethan wonders if he was being ditched. He continues to walk around the place, and suddenly hears Zaida scream in a nearby photo booth Ethan goes to surprise them but walks into Zaida and Kade in a very awkward position.

The trio goes off to get food and states that he was both offended and impressed that they ditched him for alone time at a photo booth, with Kade trying to deny they were doing anything sketchy. Kades thanks him for inviting them for food, and Ethan tells him that it was no problem and that he still felt bad about it earlier, and tells Zaida that her ears were cool. Kade observes his choice of clothing and asks Ethan was into aliens. This question perks him up and he goes on a rant on how some people do believe in aliens and repeats the story of him and his brother. This makes Kade look sad and Zaida cry. Ethan tries to change to mood and invites them to a game of "DDR" or maybe more "Street Battles", but Kade turns him down saying that they used all their points at the photo booth. Ethan is happy that the two had a good time and they prepare to leave. Before parting ways Ethan gives Kade his number so that if he and Zaida ever get bored then they can call Ethan to hang out anytime. The trio says their goodbyes, but wanting to know the truth of the footage, he tells them to wait. He says that they were chill, despite the way they met, but wants them to be honest and asks them if they were the people in the video, as he pulls his phone to show them the video. Kade is nervous to know that all this time, Ethan knew what happened through the security cameras at MallMart. Ethan tells him that he works there, and all of a sudden Kade gets defensive over Zaida. Ethan tries to reassure him that there wasn't a reason to worry and that he was not there to cause any trouble and that he even deleted the footage from the system. Kade aggressively asked him to want he wanted, Ethan just wants to know the truth if she is an alien.

Kade takes him back to his place so they can talk more in private. Kade and Zaida tell him everything that has happened up to this point, although the thing that catches Ethan is the species that Zaida is from, the Zodians, and mainly their abilities to fly and read minds. Zaida offers to demonstrate and, of course, Ethan agrees. Ethan is amazed at her ability to fly and Zaida boasts how she practiced a lot when she was younger, Ethan tries to test her ability to read minds as he tells her to see what he was thinking. Zaida explains that her telepathy only works through head contact and that if he was okay with being up close, she could demonstrate to him. Ethan doesn't care and tells her to go for it. The two touch heads, but Zaida quickly pulls back, shocked at Ethan's thought of her thighs being big. Kade gives him a look of disapproval and assures Zaida that he is not calling her fat. Ethan is amazed but is confused on how throughout the process he could feel like he was reading her mind too, and saw her new art idea. Zaida explains that both parties share their thoughts. Ethan then asks if she was into art and if she could show him her sketches. She is more than thrilled to share and floats to Kade's room to get her drawings. The two guys are left there and Ethan breaks the silence by wanting to ask something personal and asks him if sex for humans was the same for Zaida's species. This leads to a very awkward conversation where Kade explains that they weren't in that type of relationship and before they can continue, Zaida comes in to break this conversation and is confused about the way Kade was so red. Ethan explains that he misjudged their relationship and thought it was romantic, Zaida reassures him that they were only friends and shows him her art. Ethan is amazed at how good she was and how aliens were into art as well. Zaida tells him that Kade was the one who taught her art and that she is very interested in it, along with many things Kade is teaching her about Earth. Ethan finally understands why they were living together, but then becomes curious about why she left Zodia for the earth. Zaida gets quiet, which makes him even more interested in why she left, questioning if it was because of intergalactic wars, if her planet was destroyed, or if she was an outlaw that was running away, before he can continue to question her, Kade throws a pillow into his face and tells him that he should leave. Ethan gets up and thanks them for spending their time with him and letting him meet a truly alien and that he was Zaida's number one fan. He also offers them to be a substitute teacher whenever they need one, and before he leaves he states that he was a bit disappointed that they were not romantically involved because he was up for the idea of seeing a Half-Alien/Half-Human child between the two, and says his goodbyes, leaving Kade in an awkward place to explain to Zaida what they talked about.

Gaining the trust of Kade
After meeting the two, Ethan begins to wanna be close friends with the two, and wanting to help Kade situation with money, he put in a good word about Kade to his boss as he saw his application to MallMart, and in the coming days, Kade starts working at the register.

On his first day, Ethan passes by the register to ask him how his first day was going, Kade sarcastically says delightful, and Ethan goes on boosting on his position and how he should be grateful that it helped Kade to get the job. Kade says while he is thankful that he wouldn't be moving in with his mother anything soon, he states that he knows he didn't care about him and only did it for Zaida, Ethan ignores this and ask him if this would mean that they would be able to hang out more, Kade, of course, turns him down and while Ethan tries to say that he is only here to help but Kade just flat out says that he didn't trust him and that he knew about Zaida secret before they met in "Panda Tea house" and that it seems like he was stalking them and him wanting to "help" them is just him wanting to get something he wants from them. Ethan tries to reassure him that he doesn't do anything creepy like that and it was just a coincidence that they went to the same place and that he just happens to recognize them from the footage he tried not to look suspicious but he couldn't help himself. Kade still suspicious then asks him how he even got the job of Department Manager despite being in High school, Ethan just says that he is a really smart kid, Kade just says it made him more suspicious than a female dumped a load of crap on the casher, Ethan says that he needed to go and if he needed anything that he was here, trying to cheer his mood.

A few days later, Kade had been stressed due to his struggle with his view on Zaida, and after being unable to clear his head to share his thoughts with Zaida, he resorts to asking Ethan for help on teaching her, of course, he agrees and later the trio meet at Kade's favorite restaurant "The Cherry Blossom" while Zaida is enjoying the amazing food, Ethan reminds her that they were there to teach her reading and writing, telling her that it wasn't gonna be easy and that she had a long road ahead of her, Ethan then comments on Kade saying that he wasn't interested in hanging out with him, asking him what made him change his heart. Kade doesn't try to pretend that Ethan wants to hang out with him as a friendly get-together and tells him that he was only here for Zaida, and the only reason why he even dared to come was that he needed help teaching her. Ethan feeling uneasy just moves on to Zaida asking her if she was ready, She is hyped up more than ever, is ready to start. Two hours have passed and both Kade and Zaida were just done (Kade ate too much and Zaida had too much to remember) Ethan sees that they made little to no progress and decides that they should end their meeting today, Kade never was faster to get out, he gives his thanks and tells him that he will text him if they were free again, Ethan not ready to give up tells Kade to wait and since he did them a huge favor that he should deserve some kind of payment. Irritated, Kade pulls out his wallet asking him how much he wanted, however, Ethan only wanted him and Zaida to go shopping with them. The two leave the restaurant and follow him to "Game Go", Kade calls him weird for wanting to just bring them there, Ethan says he just didn't want to check out games alone, then ask him what his favorite game is, Kade feeling uneasy, goes along with it and tells him that it was "The Legend of Zella: Flute of Past and Future", Ethan says that he did look like a Zella Fan, Kade is confused and Ethan explains that he looks like the person to like adventure genre and then says that he was a more "shoot em up" type of gamer, Kade express his dislike at shooting games for being bad at it, Ethan tries to encourage him saying that it only takes time getting used to it, Ethan along with Kade notice that Zaida was gone, then he got the front row seat on Stace crushing over Zaida and the beef between him and Kade, although he didn't say anything and didn't mention it until they left.

Around 2 days later, Ethan shows up after work questioning why Kade didn't show up that day, and, to his surprise, Kade had quit. Kade lets him in to talk about why he quit while playing "Epic Bash Dudes" but eventually he ended up ranting and explaining the situation with his mangers Stace’s preposition and how he wanted to get buddy-buddy and how his new coworker, Suzy, made the mess of clothing just to make him go away, Kade then tells him that he loves working there but he a was already dreading to go back, Ethan sees why he was in a bad mood but gives him the advice that if he wanted to keep the job then he should deal with it by acting completely as stone so she doesn't get the reaction she wants and shows that it just doesn't bother him, Kade is very skeptical at this, but Ethan reassures him and pulls out his fist, telling if whatever were to go down, that he should be sure to share everything with him and not just Zaida. Kade smiles and bumps his fist telling him that he would share if he were to beat him the next round, Ethan gets flustered as this was the only game that he wasn't good at and Kade laughs, Zaida smiles as the mood had just gotten much better thanks to Ethan.

The day later, Ethan texts Kade to want to know how his day at work, wanting to know if he took the advice, to his surprise, Kade was in a good mood and respond by saying that his day wasn't that bad.

Getting to help and know Zaida better
A few days have passed, the trio were at Kade's place. Kade says that he had a good day at work for once, and Ethan is amazed and glad that his advice had helped him a lot. Zaida also shares her lazy day of playing games and sleeping until Kade came back. Ethan comments how she was living the best life and then starts talking about his day. He says that he had met a girl that started a conversation with him named Jessica. Kade pokes fun at him but Zaida didn't understand what he meant. Ethan gets flustered and changes the subject, asking if the two finally started to date. Kade once again shoots him down. Zaida hands him her drink, telling him that he needed to try Banana Chocolate, and when Kade drank a bit, he says that it's good. Zaida says the same thing when Kade gives her some mango tea. Ethan interrupts their little conversation and reminds them that Zaida has to practice her reading and writing. While doing the work assigned to her, Kade and Ethan end up talking more about his day, Kade starts talking about Suzy explaining her taste in music after getting to talk with her, she was very relatable and was just an overall cool person. Ethan brings up how similar she was to Jessica, and when he says that, Kade tells Ethan to tell him more about his little crush. Ethan goes on about how she is cute and nice, but Kade cuts him off, joking how it was boring to listen to. Ethan jokingly calls him an asshole and the two laugh it off, both not knowing that Zaida was feeling left out. The trio finally finishes their study session, and Ethan says his goodbyes.

A few days later, Kade calls Ethan and invites him to the cinema with Zaida, explaining to him how Zaida was feeling and the deal he had with Stace. Ethan agrees. Later that night, he meets up with Zaida, Kade, and Stace, who has just been labeled as a "Stranger" by Zaida. He then asks Kade what movie are they going to watch, Kade hands him and Stace their tickets for the movie that Zaida had been dying to see. He gives Zaida an unsure look when he sees the Horror label on the ticket, but not wanting to break her spirit, he agrees to go watch it. The four go into the building and Kade tries to tell the two that he and Zay were going to buy the snacks but Zaida states that she wanted to go with the two and find their seats with them. Kade asks Ethan if he wanted to stay and help, but Ethan understands what Kade wants, and decides to stay with them to watch over Zay. The three walk down the hallway and Zaida is in a great mood now that she is in a new place. Stace compliments Zaida telling her that she was glowing. Zaida’s heart skips a beat hearing this but Ethan reassures her that she just looked happy and was not glowing. The three go into the room and decide where to sit and causally goes with it, not seeing how Stace arrange the way they sat, much to Kade's discontent. Throughout the movie, Ethan is way too scared at the movie to pay attention to Kade and Stace’s cold exchange, he then is poked fun of by Stace and he had grabs Zaida’s arm after being scared. They come out of the movie calling them sadists but is surprised that Zaida didn't even flinch, Zaida explains that while she didn't show it she might have been scared on the inside. Stace while trying not to offend her tells her that at times her grammar and accent are always a bit off and asks her if she was from a different country as he didn't recognize, they froze but Ethan once again swoops in and saves them, telling Stace that she is not far from here but didn't want to talk about it, Stace is understandable of his statement and Kade sighs out of relief. Stace recommends that they should go get something to eat and everyone agrees, Ethan goes on to throw away the trash and Stace joins him but notices that Zaida chooses to stay and was having small talk with Kade. Ethan breaks his attention asking him that he seemed deep in thought, Stace brushes it off and they head to burger prince to grab a bite. While eating, Stace comments on how Zaida seems to be enjoying the rain, Ethan asks Kade if he played "Go Monsters" hearing that Kade played a little, he gets excited asking him to add him and then asks Stace if he plays it as well, Stace says that he didn't play mobile games, Ethan offers to help him set up and agrees to start playing. They help Stace get started and Ethan starts trying to brags about how much better he was compared with the two, Kade tells him to shut up as they didn't much care for Go Monsters, Ethan gets confused about the fact they didn't grow up with it and then the three get into a bit of an argument, with Zaida smiling. They finish up their food and decide to head out, Ethan and Stace say their goodbyes, with Zaida still calling him Stranger. Ethan tries to cheer him up saying that someday he will get there, all he needs is a little more time to get to know her.

A day later, he comes knocking at Kade's door, as it was Zaida's day to study. Ethan comes in and looks around confused about where Kade was. Zaida explains that Kade had gotten pretty sick and that he was resting, Ethan starts to tease Zaida saying that they were making out in the rain and that's how he got sick, Zaida gets flustered about this question and avoids it by asking him if he wanted to see Kade. Ethan tells her that they should just let him rest and set up the work they need to do. Ethan starts to hand her practice sheets to help her write lower case letters, Zaida thanks her and say's that she got the hang of learning letters. She continues her work and out of nowhere, Ethan is asked if he had any secrets that he had been holding. Ethan shrugs and tells her that everyone has their secrets. Zaida then follows up the question by saying if he would tell his friends those secrets, Ethan says that would depend on the secret, and the friend but then is ask if she had something in her mind that she wanted to share. Zaida sits there quiet for a few seconds and asks him a serious question if Zaida did a not-so-good thing, would Ethan still want to be friends. Ethan is stumped as that question came out of nowhere, and then ask Zaida for more context. Zaida says that she is scared that if she opened up about her past, that they would view her differently. Ethan is still stumped but tells her if she murdered someone then that would be an issue, Zaida then reassures her that she would have never done something like that, Ethan laughs, saying that he couldn't imagine saying she hurt anyone. Ethan tells her that she shouldn't worry over it too much and that it wouldn't change his or Kade's view on her but in fact maybe help them get closer to each other, saying that it's her to decide what and when to share what's in her mind, Zaida smiles of relief as hearing what he said. He brings up the fact that Zaida seemed to have gotten used to living as an earthling, but another question comes up in his head, He asks her if she liked Earth more than her home planet, Zaida answers a bit hesitant saying that she loves the earth and has made the best memories than anything else, she did not wish to go back as to her, Earth was her new home. Ethan pokes fun at her for being "Down to Earth" and boring, telling her that why didn't she abduct cows or probe anyone. Zaida is confused but shrugs it off and continues her work until she was done for the day, Ethan gets ready to leave, reminding her that their next lesson was next week, and said his goodbyes.

A week has passed, and he can back more cheerful than ever to help her study, but much to his surprise, Zaida told him that she didn't need it anymore. He stood there quietly trying to process what she just said, Kade apologies to Ethan for not texting him earlier and invites him in to explain how she learned. Ethan tested Zaida to see how she did reading sentences, he was amazed that she learned so much from her telepathy, he then states that it must have taken a lot of trusts and he could have helped if they wanted. Kade is flustered to answer that but Zaida then says that she wanted Kade to be the person as that learning reading and writing would take a while, and she wanted to person she trusted the most to be the one to do it with her. Ethan smiles on hearing this and then asked how long the session took, it was around an hour, He says that Kade needed to share all of the spicy details of the time they spent together, of course, Kade tells him to shut up, Ethan then brings up the elephant of the room, now that she learned how to read and write, what was her next move to becoming an earthling. She then says that she is looking to get a job, like the modeling opportunity, but doesn't think that she is ready for it and other than that she has no idea what else she wants to do. Ethan tells her that he can help her with her issue by helping her find a job helping her write a resume and asking her what skills she had. Zaida sits there thinking for a while and then blurts out that she did Kade's dishes. Ethan shames Kade for being so low by making her do the dishes but Kade reassures him that they both do them, Ethan then asks Zaida if there were other skills that she had. Zaida happily shares the fact that she can fly, read minds, learn any language, plays video games very well and can make instant noodles, Ethan sadly says that only one of her skills can actually be useful on earth and that while learning any language is useful, it just too unconventional, he blurts out that she can become a street performer and use her skills for that, but Kade just tells him no. Ethan then says that maybe he couldn't help Zaida with a resume, much to her displeasure, although Kade reminds her that she is forgetting a skill of her, she can draw, Zaida's eyes lighten up and then ask Ethan if she was good enough to be a real artist, Ethan tells her that he sadly doesn't know anything about the field of art but tells her that it is not impossible and offers that she can earn of a bit of cash right now. He explains and the commission's for his favorite character from Beckon 7, Lucky Katherine, Zaida is more than glad to do so. She grads her art supplies and starts drawing, Ethan notices the way Kade was looking at her, and Ethan just smiles, Zaida finish's her art and Ethan praises her, saying that she made her even cuter, He gives his thanks and gives her $100.

A little while later, Ethan is chilling on his phone in the middle class were he got a notification, and to his surprise, Zaida had gotten a phone and was posting her art and followed him. Jessica looked over his shoulder to ask Ethan for an extra pen but noticed his phone screen and was interested in the Zaida account and asked him to send him the link as she wanted to follow her. She takes a liking to Zaida and is surprised that she had only one follower, Ethan mentions that he just followed, she tells him that she has friends that can change that.

A day later, Ethan just wanted to go and visit Kade's place and showed up to meet Zaida's new friend, Suzy, the two got along pretty well really quickly. He was there talking with the two and was there to see Kade was in a pretty bad mood before calming down as he realized that he and Suzy were there. Ethan asked if he was alright, whereas Kade just said he just didn't want to talk about it. He didn't want to bother him about it o he just left it as it is. He joined the others into playing "Epic Bash Dudes" and then "Mr. Money" and was disappointed at how outclassed he was compared to Suzy. He was then asked by Kade if he had classes tomorrow but his attention was cut by Zaida who asked for a selfie, Ethan was more than happy to do so, much to Kade's discontent. The three clean up the mess Suzy did and sit down, Suzy brings up the fact that Zaida Instabam's account was doing pretty well, and comments that the reason was that she was just that beautiful, Ethan told Suzy that it was because her art was amazing. This get's Suzy thinking and states that if Zaida would end up taking doing modeling that she would kill it. Ethan says that she should focus on art as it would take her far. Suzy and Ethan get into a little argument as Suzy claimed that she could just dress up and make quick cash while Ethan says that she had more options through art and then they both ask Zaida what she wanted to do, Zaida just says both, while Ethan thinks that was genius while Suzy said that would be stressful. Ethan says that either he was excited to see what she would do as she was adapting so fast on earth, Zaida thanks him, and Suzy still can't get over the fact that she was alien. Zaida then says that she really felt at home thanks to Kade and goes on sharing her thanks with him. Ethan notices that he was feeling uneasy and to help him, he ruins that mood by saying that he needed to piss and leaves the front door saying that there was a better bathroom outside, much to Zaida's confusion. Ethan goes outside to enjoy the view and notices a meteor shower, wanting to scare them, he goes running inside saying that they needed to come outside quickly

Love Interests

 * Jessica: Ethan met Jessica at Mallmart, and with the way he describes her, it's evidet that it's a one-sided crush.

Family

 * Brother †: Ethan and his brother used to star gaze and UFO hunt while camping when they were little, but as his brother got older, he was no longer interested in aliens. However, this didn't stop Ethan from enjoying the stuff they did. Unfortunately, his brother died in a car accident two years prior, which led to Ethan loving the thought of aliens even more.

Friends

 * Zaida: Ethan saw Zaida with Kade in the security footage of MallMart one day, and miraculously met her and Kade at Panda Tea House.


 * Kade: Ethan saw Kade with Zaida in the security footage of MallMart one day, and miraculously met him and Zaida at Panda Tea House.

Trivia

 * As stated by Ethan, He is very bad at talking to others, as he talks what he think's. This usually leads to very awkward moments for characters (mostly Kade) like the time he assumed that Kade and Zaida were togather and was up for the idea of seeing a Half-Alien/Half-Human offspring between the two.
 * A joke throughout the comments of "Down to Earth" is that Ethan is basically the "audience", due to his reaction, comments and most of all shipping the two, he usually pokes fun at them as he wants them to get togather.
 * Ethan is the first, and so far, the only one to make the meta joke of saying the Webtoon title "Down to Earth" in a regular sentence.
 * Original sentence: "For an alien, you sure are "Down to Earth". You're so normal... How boring."