They say an end can be a start

[busball]

Who: Klaus Hargreeves & you
What: Telekinesis hijinks
When: The last two weeks of January
Where: Library, Windjammer, and the pool (and wherever you want tbh)
Warnings: Definite references to drug/alcohol abuse, withdrawal stuff, depression, Klaus' entire life possibly.
Notes: Are you friends with Klaus? Please assume you got a text about their sobriety. Ilu. Thank you.



1. Library

It’s been…a time recently. Klaus has been doing his best to avoid any establishments with drinking. It’s kind of deprived him of Disney movies and…well…any movies, but it’s fine. He’s gotten used to the idea that things are sort of out of reach. Sure, there’s been a lot of weird stuff happening that he can’t explain recently, but that’s gotta be like…ship stuff. Like a whole piano came to life and tried to eat people. Why wouldn’t a bunch of papers start flailing around in a weird pattern? Sure, he was feeling a little frazzled, a little frustrated after having dropped something because his hands were shaking too bad for him to hold it, but…maybe the papers were just mad?

What do they know?

Speaking of not being able to hold something that well, they are staring very hard at their cup of hot chocolate, which is still very hot. They don’t want to get burned, but their hands are definitely still sort of shaky.

When they pick it up, they at least manage a couple sips without burning their mouth or dropping it. But as they go to set it back down, it falls, nearly ending on the floor except that suddenly it’s back on the table???

Klaus stands up and squints at it in confusion before looking around. “The ship is getting so weird these days.


2. Pool

Watson said to consider exercise and the pool and so Klaus is here to try to take advantage of it. He’s got Under the Sea stuck in his head at the moment, which is forcing him into a better mood.

This good mood sort of turns into a state of pure bewilderment as the pool floaties they’ve brought out start to dance just above the water to the tune, going in a circle, as they hum a little while getting ready to get in. Of course, they drop almost instantly as he seems to notice them. Confused, they hum the song again, but nothing happens. “What the hell?” Okay. Just weird ship things. Guess this is the vibe this month? Weird stuff?

3. Windjammer

Forcing themselves to eat is one of those things that’s just kind of happening. Klaus doesn’t really want to question his craving for baby carrots. It’s just one of those things. They need something that feels simple and probably won’t upset their stomach, right? Sure. That seems fair and accurate.

They are absolutely focused on grabbing more carrots and eyeing the garlic bread from afar, so if anyone comes up behind them, they are getting pelted with baby carrots, or the peas or…whatever else is at the veggies part of the buffet. Not that it seems like Klaus has thrown them. Mostly they seem to have thrown themselves from the buffet at whoever is behind him.

If they’re confused, so is Klaus. What is going on with the ship this month?

4. Promenade

Klaus is supposed to be avoiding these places and...really...he is. He's avoiding them. Mostly. It doesn't stop them from just sitting here and staring at Hurikane very intently from a bench in the middle of the promenade. Their hands are clenched around the seat of the bench, white knuckles obvious if you look. They are very purposely not going over, so that's...that's not nothing??? Probably. He's very obviously not paying attention to anything else around him.

It's only when he goes to stand up, very nearly deciding to go to Hurikane (but not wanting to) that a chair close by comes clattering in front of him and he looks at it in confusion for a moment. "What is with this place? Seriously." But on a more serious note, it might be time to phone a friend.

5. Wildcard

Hit me with whatever you like~ If you wanna run anything by me, my plurk is kingdonkey and otherwise, discord is kingdonkey#6187. This is just some random telekinesis shenanigans, but it can be anything else if you need it!

Comments

[crushed_pearls]

"...Dare I hope I'm reaching the limits of the wild shit you just say, 'cause, buddy...and I say this with love, that was appreciably less wild than your current tally." Big, deep sigh. "...And no. My kinda thing ain't the cool edgy loner kind. We're the fairy princesses whose lives are so easy since we can just get whatever we fucking want with our MAGIC TITS!"

Erin realizes she's shouting a bit too late to stop from shouting, and huddles around her coffee, ashamed. You'd think with all the constant self-deprecating elf jokes she'd be handling this be-

(You wanna check that line of logic, Peters?)

Yeah, belatedly, it seems like I do.

"...You get turned into something pretty and people think it must not be all that bad. And then because they want you, and want to do things to please you, they think you're some heartless bitch who either dispenses their desires or has no feelings. It's fun. It's real fun. And. I may still be feeling a kinda way about that after Ava...stepped in those feelings by mistake. Didn't tell her. Don't want you telling her either. But it cut. Fucking deep."

[busball]

"I don't know. I can't promise you anything. Did I tell you Luther almost died because of a mission my dad sent him on alone and to make sure he didn't, he injected him with...something and it made him like...part ape? Or that my brother Viktor blew up the moon accidentally and cause the apocalypse? It's only accidental cause we didn't listen to Allison and things got bad." That's uhh...obviously an understatement. Also there's a whole lot of things that have happened. But those thoughts go out of their brain at the shouting about magic tits. "Huh. I mean...yeah, objectively, sure...you have nice tits...Respectfully. But I haven't seen them cast any spells recently." This is supposed to be a joke, but he doesn't know if that'll land right or not. "Whoever that person is seems woefully unknowledgeable about magic and tits.

And a little more seriously. "Sorry people are dicks." Klaus does arch an eyebrow about the part about Ava, though. "Oh? Like you can talk about it if you want and I won't talk to her about it." She is like their sister now, though...so they don't know if that'll make it awkward.

[crushed_pearls]

"I mean it, don't fucking tell her. My revenge will be extended and non-violent." Still, Erin keeps her head tilted down at her coffee, rather than up at Klaus. "...We got into an argument. We sorta made up for it, I think, or at least we're talking to each other in the same room sometimes now, but. And like, again, it's not her fault, she didn't know, but we got angry at each other and Ava accused me of only using people for some...nameless agenda. And that hit hard. Thought I'd let it go and turns out, no I didn't."

[busball]

"Wow. Okay. Gosh." Klaus considers this information, which makes him want to go ask Ava what happened. Only that probably would be exactly what he's not supposed to do. So it's going to be a one-sided confusion. Maybe Ava will bring it up. "Ava's...you know. Ava. I mean, we get into slap fights and get over things, but not everyone has that same vibe." They shrug. "It's kind of like how Ben and I operate and how my siblings and I operate in general."

[crushed_pearls]

"Yeah. We talked, and like, I get her perspective. It wasn't unreasonable, but...a cut's a cut, y'know?" Erin sips the coffee, and then sighs. "I'm not gonna hold a grudge, it was just...a piece of home I didn't expect to get back. She's fiercely protective of her loved ones and that's very admirable."

[busball]

Klaus nods. “Yeah. I get it. I mean, I think Ava and I can be similar in that we both grew up being honed, basically, into weapons, but I at least had my siblings.” They shrug. “I’m glad she has people that get her and take care of her. I hope they continue.”

[crushed_pearls]

"...So do I. Maybe one of these days I'll get to know her better." Erin flashes a fierce grin. "You picked a great sister, Klaus."

[busball]

"Yeah. I know. She's ridiculous, but she makes sense when it comes to siblings." They smile, humming a little and sipping at the coffee a little. It's sweet but...not hot chocolate. It's fine, though.

[crushed_pearls]

"Big secret, everyone worth knowing is ridiculous." Sipppp sippity sip. "How you holding up outside the obvious? Like, y'know, with your other friends and such?"

[busball]

Klaus lets out a slow breath. "It's been...okay. People have been pretty chill about it. About this. Nobunaga and I have...been talking again. I got...Well..." He pauses, considering it for a moment. "We've had a lot of stuff to talk through and things to get through. We're not like...doing much more than cuddling...cause I feel like shit." But they don't think that's too much information? Probably. "It's probably been good for us, but you know. Still got a lot of shit to work through. Probably. Mostly cause I have a lot of shit to work through. From home."

[crushed_pearls]

"Yeah, fucking mood." Erin sipping her coffee here would go a lot better if it was whiskey but the gesture is the same, and she won't be so crass as to say that aloud. "You've got me in your corner, even if usually I'm only good for listening."

Erin looks around the coffee joint. "Nothing else seems to be moving so far but that doesn't disprove anything necessarily. Could just be haunted by a shy ghost."

[busball]

Klaus shrugs. "I mean...listening is just as important as anything else." They look over at Erin for a moment. "We didn't do that much by way of listening to one another back home and that probably fucked us up as much as anything else." Which is not a lie so much. It's true. They just wanted to speak over one another...which probably has something to do with their father...and being made to compete with each other.

They look around for a moment, remembering before. "Maybe. What if it's Ben?"

[crushed_pearls]

"Bash will be able to prove or disprove it either way. Though if it's like a poltergeist sitch maybe relaxing has helped?"

[busball]

Klaus nods. "Yeah. I really hope it's not a poltergeist situation. I'm not really prepared for that movie to be my life. God. I hated ghost movies more than anything. But I heard enough." Also there was that one lady with the voice everyone would imitate.

[crushed_pearls]

"I mean it could be worse, it could be -" Erin puts on a spooky voice, "- a ghoooost squiiiiiddddd!"

[busball]

Klaus snorts softly. "So basically Ben?" Has he explained about the tentacle monster that lives inside Ben's bellybutton before?" That would be a weird ghost, but...hey. He'll take the ghost squid over whatever happened in Poltergeist, though. Unless like...it's also trying to kill him. But it's probably fine.

[crushed_pearls]

"...Your brother must have been real popular with the ladies if he's equipped standard with tentacles my dude."

[busball]

"Please don't do that. That's my brother. Gross." Klaus is definitely making a grossed out face even if she can't see it. "Ew. I can't...no."

[crushed_pearls]

Erin holds her hands up in surrender. "Okay, message received."

Meaningful pause.

"Guess that wasn't very tentacool of me."

[busball]

Klaus gives her a look and mostly just wishes it wasn't impolite to push someone on the floor when they're blind. Except that the telekinesis pushes out from his mind anyway.

"I hate you." Is that tentacruel?

[crushed_pearls]

Erin opens her mouth to reply only to get tentaschooled like a tentafool and go sprawling onto the floor. Her Aura flashes, a field of pale green force that takes the hit, but in the manner of people who understand they just got hit for good reasons she elects to stay face down on the floor in a heap.

Muffled against the floor: "So good news, it's not a squid."

[busball]

Klaus jumps lightly, squinting at Erin for a brief moment. What was that green thing? Who pushed her on the floor? Was this a ghost? Was it a curse? A demon?

“You…uh…okay down there?” Just casually standing to reach out and help her up. “Need some help?”

[crushed_pearls]

"I am electing to do as cats do and lay where I fell. 'm not hurt, you're fine. Felt weird, like I got hit with nothing hitting me."

[busball]

“Is that a cat thing?” Klaus has actually never owned a cat. Or any animal, to be fair. “That is weird. Sorry my being haunted is apparently a thing? Haunted by what? I don’t know.”

[crushed_pearls]

"I'm not sure you're haunted. I've had my ass kicked by a ghost or three and they generally manifest like, a sensation of some kind. You're kinda reminding me of Jack - the kinda gremlin-y fellow who's dating Siffleur? He's got this kinesis trick..."