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Klaus Hargreeves (quietthedead) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-10-23 15:18:00

Entry tags:

ben hargreeves (netflix), gamewide plot, john constantine (vertigo), klaus hargreeves (netflix), peter b parker (sv)

Who: Anyone who wants to be spooked
What: Haunted house time
Where: Through the doors and into Hill House
When: Open throughout the Halloween Event

No live organism can continue for long to exist sanely under conditions of absolute reality; even larks and katydids are supposed, by some, to dream. Hill House, not sane, stood by itself against its hills, holding darkness within; it had stood for eighty years and might stand for eighty more. Within, walls continued upright, bricks met neatly, floors were firm, and doors were sensibly shut; silence lay steadily against the wood and stone of Hill House, and whatever walked there, walked alone.

Filled with ghosts and specters of all sorts, Hill house seems tame enough when you first walk through it's doors, but it very quickly becomes obvious that everything is not as it seems. Is it your mind playing tricks on you? Or is it something else? Something more sinister.

Come in and stay a while, explore the long and twisting halls, enjoy the beautiful art and sculpture garden, and find the Red Room. There are many treasures to be had if you can survive the night.

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Hargreeves

quietthedead
2019-10-23 09:10 pm UTC (link)

It was probably a good thing that he'd had a little time to adjust to being himself again, it had been strange, that week of being young again, of not really knowing everything that lay ahead of him. Where his biggest concern had been whether or not he could talk Bill into making them pancakes for breakfast again for a third day in a row. Okay if he was being honest he'd have taken pancakes for breakfast three days in a row as an adult too, but it was less of a concern as an adult than it had been then.

Though to say he was concerned about anything as an adult was probably being overly generous, Klaus didn't really do things like concern, at least not about things like that.

But there he was, another day, ready to check out the doors again, see what they could grab - considering how much of what they'd had stored up had been gone through and enjoyed by pint sized versions of themselves it seemed like a good idea.

"I'm just saying," Klaus continued as he and Ben made their way into the house at the edge of town, "If I'd ever gotten to meet James Dean he'd have totally fallen for me." He finished as he pulled open one of the doors picked at random.

Peering inside he frowned at what looked like a darkened hallway, a little reminiscent of their home if he was being honest, maybe not exactly in looks but in feel at least. "Well this is new." He shrugged though, houses like this, always had something interesting to find within their walls.

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Hargreeves

number_6
2019-10-23 10:09 pm UTC (link)

Being little kids again had been fun -- Ben had been more carefree in that week than he'd ever been in his entire life, he was pretty sure. Not having any worry in the world beyond getting uppity when Klaus was swearing wasn't something he'd ever really had the pleasure of knowing before.

They were back to Themselves now, which was fine also. Ben liked it here, in this town. He liked living with Klaus and he liked it when Bill visited or they visited Bill. Well, in general, he just liked living. It didn't feel as new as it had when he'd first arrived -- he'd gotten used to things over time because that was just how things worked. But every now and again he found himself surprised, a little dumbfounded, but mostly pleased with how things were now. They were real, and he could touch.

Just like he was doing now -- reaching out to touch the back of Klaus' elbow even as his brother went on about wooing James Dean. Which was ridiculous, but that was sort of the best part of Klaus. "One meeting and he'd be wrapped around your little finger," he agreed solemnly (sarcastically) even as he looked around the place they'd just walked into. It felt a bit -- dark? But it probably wasn't the worst place they'd ever ended up.

Ben was aware that Klaus had treated him with kid gloves when he'd first showed up -- picked out places through those doors that were harmless to the point of boring and Ben had been fine with that, it'd been good Living Practice. And they'd just mostly had to grab things and go. But things had ben more interesting lately, as they both got a little less discerning. "This place is like...the building version of those cookies that come in the circle tin," he decided even though it didn't really make sense. It was just a big, kind of fancy looking house. But not fancy enough to have expensive snacks.