Second Chances: the Network

There are SOME perks to your family occasionally up and disappearing on you and then coming back.

Klaus will always be older than me now. Being the little sister is great! Now if the others were here...

Happy birthday, Allison and all the Hargreeves!!

🎉🥳🫶🏽🎂🎈🎉🥳🫶🏽🎂🎈🎉🥳🫶🏽🎂🎈

[Clint, Lila, Molly & Allison]

Hey, the Hargreeves birthday extravaganza is coming up. And while I know its all of our birthday, Ben is turning 18 and that is a pretty epic milestone. So what should we plan for him? I want this to be the best damn day he's ever had.

Apparently not seriously wishing someone that you miss a lot could see how ridiculous this place is means finding a life size cardboard cut out of them in the corner of your bedroom when you wake up in the middle of the night to pee?

Thanks for scaring the shit out of me, Fake Charles. 😩 What the fuck, this place is so weird.

[Text to: Allison, May, Clint, Ben, Lila & Molly]

I'm back. I'm safe. I don't know if I deserve to come home right now.

[vague spoilers for Umbrella Academy season 4]

Telling myself that I know this isn't permanent (it's not. IT'S NOT.), but I'm gonna see if the fam might want to put in some range time with me. I'll probably be back for the drinks gig tonight.

[Ben's friends/family]

After everything, Ben's been shut up in his room since this morning. He's not talking to me, but maybe one of you will have better luck.

Hi, question.

My little brother may have harmed some people due to the powers-out-of-control crap we're dealing with now. I don't think there's anything life threatening but I also don't trust that there's not people out there who wouldn't come after him anyway. Klaus has offered to pay all of the medical bills for anyone who needs it.

Is there anything else we can do from a legal standpoint to protect him? He's a good kid with a big future in front of him and he doesn't deserve to have it ruined because of things out of his control again. I don't know that I trust Angie to get him entirely guilt free, maybe I should and I'm just overprotective, I don't know.

Can someone come get me? [locatiom pin of a local bookshop] I'm stuck in the bathroom, and I can't keep the Horror in.

Some shelves got knocked over.

[...]

I may have hurt people.

Are we having a 4th of July party? We always have a 4th of July party. Tony needs to get us way too much food and we need to party on the roof with grilled meat and fake meat of varying types and... Party!

I want to have a pool party with brightly colored drinks and gaudy flamingo floaties.

And little umbrellas in the drinks and little neon martini glasses.


No alcohol though.

Whose in?

It's National Donut Day. As this is almost as important a holiday to a Hargreeves as Christmas or Thanksgiving, there's a few dozen in the hallway.

Take one. Or two. I don't care, just enjoy one of my legit favorite foods.

(Ben, Klaus, Clint, Lila, Molly (not the Luckys, no donuts for doggies) there's extra coming directly to your door. So don't race each other downstairs)

(((Who am I kidding, you'll totally give the dogs donuts)))

I'm worried about May. We always meet for coffee before work, but she didn't show up this morning. Her cell is going right to voicemail.

One of the shop regulars insisted that I sit and watch that reality show about a ship crew. Something about the Deck? Swabbing the Deck? I've seen plenty of reality shows because when you work the late night shift in the ER, there are times when you need something to keep you entertained.

And awake.

I went in with the assumption it was going to be some sort of Survival-esque competition show but with pirates? It was not that at all, which was a bit disappointing.

It was an actual crew maintaining an impressive yacht catering to very wealthy people. And I...may have watched two whole seasons within the last twenty-four hours. Give or take a few hours for sleeping. As much as I may tease my husband, the fact that he survives through my current obsession - anyone remember the paranormal shows? - it makes me love him more.

It's end of the year field trip season and I'm so tired my limbs have turned to jelly but I could absolutely still use a night out if anyone wants in on that.

But I'm starting with Mexican food because your girl needs some carne asada tacos and queso, ASAP.

If one had a trans brother and it was Trans Day of Visibility but ones brother was sent home, what would you suggest one do to honor said brother?

And it's Easter and I don't even remember Claire's last Easter basket and it's getting harder to remember a lot of things about her and it's fucking me up and

Let's assume drinks are out. As an idea.

I have an idea. And I don't know if it'll work, I've studied a few supernatural things but never this thing.

But I may be able to get him to let them go. I can't help with actually defeating it, but it might buy us some time.

[Umbrella Academy]
It should be clear that in your lack of training, you are leaving yourselves open for attack. I know you have been taught better. Look at what happened to those Poor teenagers.

Classmates of Sixes, weren't they?


[Nogitsune]
So, Nogitsune, Let's make a deal...

[FILTER: Anyone 18+ except Reginald]

I knew that foreboding feeling meant something.

My family could use a government liason liason and some legal advice, if possible. I'm not afraid to legitimately hire one of you if we have to.

This is not the dimensional space that I had intended to enter.

Fascinating.