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Tweak says, "99 Red Ballons"

Klaus Hargreeves (quietthedead) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-05-09 14:45:00

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ben hargreeves (netflix), klaus hargreeves (netflix)

Who: Klaus Hargreeves and Ben Hargreeves
What: It's time to get spoopy
When: Early morning after the seance
Where: Around town

Well that had been... not a failure, because it was pretty much exactly what Klaus had expected to happen, but he had hoped that maybe things would happen, because it had seemed like a perfect set up. Guy gets ouija board, guy gets gathering of sort of magical people, guy holds seance, guy finds ghost. That's how it was supposed to work, but then it hadn't really gone that way. And eventually everyone had scattered once more and here he was again, wandering the streets on his own.

So there he was, cigarette in hand, not feeling sorry for himself, but wondering just how worthwhile sobriety was - but no that was stupid because he'd gotten Five from it, and maybe that was making a crazy jump from one idea to another, but he'd do it anyway because it was the only amount of control he actually had in this place.

He tipped his head back and sighed, breathing out a stream of smoke before he looked back down the path again. He should probably think about getting back home, maybe sleep? It wasn't too late yet, or was it early? He wasn't sure, whatever, but then someone just sort of popped into existence just ahead of him and it brought Klaus up short. Sure people had magic and abilities, but this was something new and since it wasn't Five, too tall for that, he wasn't sure what to think.

"Uh, hi?" He said and took a step forward and then stopped again recognition clicking into place. "Oh shit, no fucking way." It was Ben.

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quietthedead
2019-05-11 08:44 pm UTC (link)

"I have no idea," Klaus wished he knew to be perfectly frank, it seemed impossible that there could be a place without ghosts in it. For so long he felt like he just called ghosts to him whether they were from a place or not, he was always surrounded by them - but here ... there hadn't been even a single peep. It left him feeling more than a little useless, like a part of him was missing. But with Ben there he felt a bit more like he was maybe not whole but on his way back to something like that.

"Yeah maybe we could try that," Klaus agreed, the reality of it was probably going to be a little bit more complicated than simply just enjoying it, but they could give it a try. Five would likely swoop in soon and dash all their hopes of normalcy with his theories about what was happening and why, and call it being realistic. "Been a while since you've gotten the chance for that, seems only fair that we try." Because Klaus knew what he put Ben through, all the years that he'd lived with him as his constant companion, making Ben watch him make bad choice after bad choice, overdosing and checking himself into rehab, and then repeating it all over again. Ben had seen it all, his lowest points - so if he had a chance to do things his own way? He should have that, right?

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number_6
2019-05-12 10:35 pm UTC (link)

Ben had seen a lot of the bad to do with Klaus. His low points, and then lower ones. Terrible decisions and constant mistakes. And it'd hurt, really, to not be able to fix things or help him. Advice and urging had fallen on deaf ears and Ben wondered if things would have been different if he'd never died and actually been there for his brother.

Maybe it'd be different this time. He hoped so. Ben rubbed a hand absently over his stomach before sniffing out a little noise for no reason other than he could. "Should we eat something? I miss eating."

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quietthedead
2019-05-13 12:06 am UTC (link)

It was strange, to be with Ben and actually be with him. This wasn't like every other day of his life where he and Ben were obviously together but no one else knew it, no one else believed it, claimed he was just acting out again - trying to make things about him until he'd just stopped trying to convince anyone that Ben was really still there. And that's how it had been, just the two of them for years.

Now he was going to have to share probably, and Klaus wasn't entirely sure what that would mean, but it would mean something, that much he was sure of. But when Ben asked about food, well that was something Klaus could handle. "You wanna eat? Yeah we should eat, I've got food." Klaus agreed readily, already pushing himself up and offering Ben his hand, simply because he could. And with Ben on his feet Klaus slung an arm over his shoulders and pulled him close. "Come on, let's see if your tastes have changed at all."

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