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Tweak says, "love actually is the worst"

Ben Hargreeves (wheee) wrote in somerealityrpg,
@ 2020-08-30 16:51:00

Who: Ben and Klaus Hargreeves
What: TADAAAAA Oh wait
When: Sunday afternoon
Where: TBA but right now just assume it's somewhere not in Klaus' room!
Warnings: Umbrella Academy s2 spoilers, I would imagine. Plus it's got Klaus so possible drug references, idk

Finally. Sure, it was sad. He was leaving everything behind. But honestly, it was hard. Being around all of the people he loved, and people he wanted to love, and not being able to say a word to anyone. Well. Anyone but Klaus. As much as Ben loved his brother, he just got really really tired of him sometimes. Being forced to watch him destroy his life and his body and not being able to do anything about it had been horribly frustrating and Ben had hated every minute of it. And at least Klaus could hear him. While the others' self-destructed, there was nothing he could do.

So yeah, the beyond was kind of a terrifying thought, but he did feel calm as the blue lights over took him and he no longer felt the comforting embrace of Vanya's arms.

And then suddenly...he felt. Everything. He felt air on his body, he felt warmth, he felt the fabric of the clothes on his skin. And he felt hungry, which was seriously weird after such a long existence without anything. That also just didn't seem like a Heaven thing, but the Greek gods were apparently all about ambrosia or whatever so...maybe?

But then he looked up and saw a familiar face. The most familiar face. The face he'd seen constantly for the better portion of his life. And he couldn't help it, he groaned out loud. "Are you serious? I finally get to Heaven and somehow you're here?" Well. He guessed it was better than his dad. But how did it work? Was this just an apparition of Klaus?

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wheee
2020-08-31 12:10 am UTC (link)

Ben blinked as his brother embraced him. And then blinked again when he realized he could feel his touch. "I... Hi?"

Sparrow... "Klaus, are you using again?" Okay. So maybe this wasn't Heaven. Maybe this was hell. A hell where his brother was back on the drugs. Fantastic. "What the hell is a Sparrow Academy supposed to be? New cult?"

Which was still weird. He knew Klaus was charismatic but a whole damn cult? He took a step back, looking his brother over. Well, he looked sober?

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fourthranked
2020-08-31 12:25 am UTC (link)

There was a weird rush of relief when Ben responded to him, just as confused about the Sparrow Academy as everyone else had been. This was his Ben. Though Klaus' face fell when Ben asked if he’d been using again. He knew three weeks wasn’t a milestone achievement, but he had been proud of it regardless.

He ran his hand through his long, tangled hair and sighed. “It’s nothing. Nothing at all.” His eyes fell to the floor for a moment, and he shifted his weight awkwardly. “What is the last thing you remember?” He looked around, and then nodded his head towards a restaurant.

“I just got off work and I’m starving, you in? I’ll catch you up on everything.”

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wheee
2020-08-31 12:40 am UTC (link)

"Work?" Klaus was working. "Like...a real legitimate job?"

Ben wanted to ask more questions, of course he did, but he was ravenous and wasn't that weird? That was definitely going to take getting used to. "I...yeah. I could go for some food. But I guess you're paying if you're the working man now."

He wasn't clueless. Obviously something was going on that he wasn't grasping. And then a piece of paper floated by his head and he lifted his eyebrows in confusion. He grabbed for it, because littering was bad, and he tucked it into his pocket to throw away. "So where are we? You're way too settled. Where are we eating? Is this some kind of hell?"

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fourthranked
2020-08-31 12:55 am UTC (link)

Klaus shrugged his shoulders a little haphazardly, “I work at the animal shelter here. I mostly take care of the dogs there, clean their cages, take them for walks, make sure they have food and water. I’ve only been working there for a week though. Haven’t brought any pets home, much to Luther’s delight.”

He noted that Ben grabbed the letter, but he wouldn’t worry about it until it was time to get to that. “Are you feeling Pizza, Burgers or Sandwiches? I was going to walk up to the Deli over there, but if you want something else, I’m game.” He nodded, and he pulled a pack of cigarettes out of his back pocket. He needed it right now, as he tried to process everything that he needed to tell Ben. He lit it and put it between his lips, taking a drag before answering.

“This place is called Goodland by everyone I’ve spoken to about it, and honestly, Five knows more about this place than I do, but that shouldn’t surprise you too much. You’re the last one here, but Five and Vanya have been here the longest. You really need to tell me what you know so that I can catch you up on whats been happening. Cause… Five and Vanya and Luther and Alison are before the sixties. Alison can’t talk, she’s from pretty close to the whole thing with Vanya. Diego is the only one who is from… the sixties, but I think I have … this is hard to explain. I think I’m from the furthest in time. I know the most about… things. So, what do you remember?”

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wheee
2020-08-31 01:59 am UTC (link)

The last one. That sounded ominous. But that meant... "I'm...I mean, if you're all here. You're here and I'm here and I'm hungry and I can feel the air, Klaus, I feel all of it..." Was it possible? Could it actually be real? And that hug, he had felt that and it was so solid and even when they had merged together, Ben still hadn't truly felt whole but now he did, oh, he really did.

"Klaus, am I...you know. Alive?"

Sandwiches, okay, he could do sandwiches, he could do anything, everything, food, real food. "I was moving on. I was with Vanya and then i was, well, here wherever here is." Goodland. Right, he could totally retain info.

"So you were the first one to the sixties, but now you're the last one here? Even further on than me?" Which was probably a weird thing to say but was anything truly weird when your last name was Hargreeves?

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fourthranked
2020-08-31 02:17 am UTC (link)

There was a smile, an honest genuine smile in Klaus’ eyes as he looked back at his brother, flicking some of the ash of his cigarette as he spoke. “Yeah. You really are.” He said, honestly happy for his brother. “You’re alive.”

“You’re also an asshole,” He said moving back towards the Deli, taking a few more drags before he dropped it onto the ground and stomped it out. “You don’t… you don’t know how long I felt like I kept you here, and made you fucking miserable.” He glared at him. “You’re uh… You did it, Ben. You saved our asses and kept Vanya from… starting World War Three. So, I mean, Thanks for that, Man.”

Klaus moved and held open the door for Ben to move through. “Yeah, some crazy shit happens after that. But… somehow we all get out of it okay. Thought we actually hadn’t fucked things up for once.” But he remembered being home, his dad’s smug gloating face and Ben… Ben’s face with the whacky hair cut and that scar. His blood ran cold thinking about it. There was a Universe where Ben was alive, other than this one, because they hadn’t been there to fuck up the mission that killed him. Klaus had zoned out for a second, but tried to recover quickly.

“That’s not important. How are you feeling? Should we see a doctor?”

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