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umbrellajackassery2019-03-14 08:25 pm
the_horror) wrote in umbrellajackassery2019-03-14 08:25 pm
Dimensional Bullshit
He had been dead for over a decade now. Dead and gone for everyone but Klaus. Poor Klaus had to deal with his nagging and constant puttering around for so long.
When it had happened, when he died, they were all on mission. It was messy. Real messy. he had tried something new in the middle of a fight. Tried to summon something new from under his skin. It worked, but it was disgusting. Tentacles and teeth, eyes and multiple jaws that seemed to burst out of him so swiftly that it seemed to make him bleed. He screamed as it happened, hands out to the side in fists, yelling in actual pain and not strain of control.
Father had been encouraging him to call forth more powerful creatures, but Father also got a look on his face that he was going to be sick anytime they trained together. He pushed, but he pushed from the other side of a training room. A large steel room that Ben was locked away in with a window and a speaker so they could talk. "Again, six." he'd say, causing Ben to try again. Try harder. He wanted to make the man proud of him.
Training sometimes consisted of hanging pig carcasses from the local butchers place, projecting the tentacles or other things on them, and attacking them with control. Sometimes he'd just beat them up, like a boxing bag, other times they burst through the carcass and make a mess of things. Generally by the time they were done he was covered in muck, tired, in mild pain, and the pic carcasses were all missing. He'd always return to his room worn out and smelling like rancid bacon before crawling off to try and take over the bath tub for a while.
But this mission? It was bad. he had summoned something too big for him to control. Something that didn't want to be controlled. In the fight he nearly attacked his own siblings. He could feel the creature pulling at him, yanking him along the floor, losing complete control over everything. The eldritch horror rampaged for some time, taking out all the bad guys, as well as a few innocents. By time he was stopped and done, the creature had wrapped itself around Ben. Had taken hold of his body and squeezed. Ben was crying, unable to stop it. Crying for the people he had killed, Crying for the siblings he had hurt and that had to be carted away by Luther. Crying because it hurt. It hurt a lot.
And then his arm pinched in the wrong way. His leg cracked as it was pulled in wrong. He screamed, body shaking as the beast tried to return inside. except as it returned inside, it took Ben with it. With a yell, his bod broke, seeming to disappear inside itself. Gone.
For years he couldn't seem to remember how he died, just that he was dead. And Klaus didn't want to talk about it. He couldn't blame him. So he haunted Klaus, seeming to live by different rules than other ghosts. When Klaus was too high to notice him, he felt sleepy and groggy, but he was there to see his brother doing dumb things. When he was sober he hung around, bored and wanting to do things. He didn't disappear like normal ghosts.
And then the apocalypse happened.
When Five tried to take them all back in time, he managed to take them back to just after Father passed away. the wavering between youth and age effected everyone, but they all ended up the proper age and proper time. It did however five Five a flicker of where Ben was. Ben wasn't DEAD. He was trapped. Trapped in a dimension between living and the eldritch horror show that he once could summon.
When Five managed to bring him back, Ben was returned, at the same age as everyone else, tired, lost, full of aches and pains, but alive again. Alive and breathing, home once more. Able to breath real air, hug any of his siblings he wanted, and eat anything. And he was going to try out everything he couldn't try before. Be it with his siblings or on his own. He was going to live life to the fullest, even if that meant pigging out or being reckless.
[This post is open to any era of Ben's 'life'. Training. Battles and missions. THAT mission where he died. For a Five or someone to pull him back, or simply for reunion times with their long lost brother. Multi threads and Multi siblings welcome. Threadjacking welcome. Backtagging welcome. Do your best!]
When it had happened, when he died, they were all on mission. It was messy. Real messy. he had tried something new in the middle of a fight. Tried to summon something new from under his skin. It worked, but it was disgusting. Tentacles and teeth, eyes and multiple jaws that seemed to burst out of him so swiftly that it seemed to make him bleed. He screamed as it happened, hands out to the side in fists, yelling in actual pain and not strain of control.
Father had been encouraging him to call forth more powerful creatures, but Father also got a look on his face that he was going to be sick anytime they trained together. He pushed, but he pushed from the other side of a training room. A large steel room that Ben was locked away in with a window and a speaker so they could talk. "Again, six." he'd say, causing Ben to try again. Try harder. He wanted to make the man proud of him.
Training sometimes consisted of hanging pig carcasses from the local butchers place, projecting the tentacles or other things on them, and attacking them with control. Sometimes he'd just beat them up, like a boxing bag, other times they burst through the carcass and make a mess of things. Generally by the time they were done he was covered in muck, tired, in mild pain, and the pic carcasses were all missing. He'd always return to his room worn out and smelling like rancid bacon before crawling off to try and take over the bath tub for a while.
But this mission? It was bad. he had summoned something too big for him to control. Something that didn't want to be controlled. In the fight he nearly attacked his own siblings. He could feel the creature pulling at him, yanking him along the floor, losing complete control over everything. The eldritch horror rampaged for some time, taking out all the bad guys, as well as a few innocents. By time he was stopped and done, the creature had wrapped itself around Ben. Had taken hold of his body and squeezed. Ben was crying, unable to stop it. Crying for the people he had killed, Crying for the siblings he had hurt and that had to be carted away by Luther. Crying because it hurt. It hurt a lot.
And then his arm pinched in the wrong way. His leg cracked as it was pulled in wrong. He screamed, body shaking as the beast tried to return inside. except as it returned inside, it took Ben with it. With a yell, his bod broke, seeming to disappear inside itself. Gone.
For years he couldn't seem to remember how he died, just that he was dead. And Klaus didn't want to talk about it. He couldn't blame him. So he haunted Klaus, seeming to live by different rules than other ghosts. When Klaus was too high to notice him, he felt sleepy and groggy, but he was there to see his brother doing dumb things. When he was sober he hung around, bored and wanting to do things. He didn't disappear like normal ghosts.
And then the apocalypse happened.
When Five tried to take them all back in time, he managed to take them back to just after Father passed away. the wavering between youth and age effected everyone, but they all ended up the proper age and proper time. It did however five Five a flicker of where Ben was. Ben wasn't DEAD. He was trapped. Trapped in a dimension between living and the eldritch horror show that he once could summon.
When Five managed to bring him back, Ben was returned, at the same age as everyone else, tired, lost, full of aches and pains, but alive again. Alive and breathing, home once more. Able to breath real air, hug any of his siblings he wanted, and eat anything. And he was going to try out everything he couldn't try before. Be it with his siblings or on his own. He was going to live life to the fullest, even if that meant pigging out or being reckless.
[This post is open to any era of Ben's 'life'. Training. Battles and missions. THAT mission where he died. For a Five or someone to pull him back, or simply for reunion times with their long lost brother. Multi threads and Multi siblings welcome. Threadjacking welcome. Backtagging welcome. Do your best!]
thanks for *his* heart attack hhhhh
And he can do it, no problem, but what's it matter when he's getting ready to do so then happens to glance up and see Ben soaring through the air? He stares, mouth hanging open and eyes wide, completely entranced at the sight, heart creeping higher and higher in his throat as he closes the gape to the roof and— Holy shit, he thinks, cringing somewhat at the not so gentle collision Ben makes with the side of the building, then he's climbing up.
Klaus whips his head around, seeking out the nearest window that he can get through to find a roof access door. He finds one, wastes no time busting out the remaining glass with his elbow and climbs through, hissing at the sting when his hand brushes some stray shards, but forgoing the pain to keep rushing upward.
He slams the door aside, searching frantically for his brother, heavy footfalls slamming the cement as he hurries to Ben's side. "Jesus Fuck, Ben, I said don't jump!" His uninjured hand reachs to cup the other male's face, fingers squeezing his cheek slightly while he examines the glossy-eyed expression.
"Ben? Ben, come on." If he doesn't get a response soon, he might start slapping him instead.
Had to share.
And then there were foot steps, and his brother frantically dropped to his side and was searching him, and there was cursing. The hand to his cheek and suddenly he was smiling, slow to wide. He smiled, eyes focusing on the guy looking over top of him. A hand shot out, upwards, just missing Klaus as he let out a loud WHOOP of sound. "Whooo!!" And he sucked in a large breath, and started to laugh, brightly, Loudly and uncontrolled. It was a great laugh, and his face brightened in it.
"Oh my GOD. Klaus! I did it!" He chuckled, so merry. "I can't believe I did that!" His hands were shaking a bit as he reached over to grab the others shirt front, laughing again. "Wow! That... that felt amazing!"
He felt alive.
worth iiit
The arm goes flying past his face, missing his nose by inches, making him reel back somewhat when Ben shouts with glee. Klaus heaves a relieved breath then slumps beneath the weight, unable to fight his own laughter at the sight of Ben losing it. Frightened though he'd been, it feels so sublime to see his brother react this way-- like he legitimately feels alive.
"Hell yeah, you did!" he praises, noting the quivering hold on his shirt then reaching to clap his good hand onto Ben's shoulder. "My man, that was extraordinary! You feel okay? Heartbeat slowing down a little now that you're coming around?"
If not, they'll have to do some deep breathing to fix that, but it should be fine.
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As Klaus moved, both arms went up, hands spread out as if feeling the air arounnd them. He laughed, gleeful and bright. It felt so GOOD. And then he gets praise for it too? Even. Better!
He moved to drop his arms, sitting up on his elbows as his brother claps his shoulder. He grins, feeling his body shake a bit as the fear tried to set in, but he wouldn't allow it. "Jesus I about pissed myself doing it though. But yeah, yeah. yeah yeah. I think so. Holy. Shit. I can't believe you talked me into that."
Yeah, it didn't take much, did it? He laughed, letting out a breath and smiled widely.
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His body must feel like a live-wire right now, each nerve-end electrified with adrenaline and flooded with dopamine-- then here's Klaus just cheering him on, as if it's no big deal, as if— "Yeah, I can't believe you still did it, even when I said not to." The tone is no less happy, though he can't help having been concerned with Ben's well-being after pulling a stunt such as that.
But he can't fret too long, since everything turned out okay and they're both alive on the rooftop, (mostly) uninjured. "...I'm still totally thrilled for you though, holy shit, that was crazy."