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They say an end can be a start

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!

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Murderbot has invited Klaus to its cabin to demonstrate a new Sundries gift it’s received. The message suggested to wear something comfortable.

(It has not, at all, thought through any of the implications of this invitation.)

Hey bro, how's the --

[Well he was about to ask how the cold turkey alcohol thing was going but he's about to be assaulted by carrots, too surprised to just smack them away.]

The fuck?

"No."

Nobunaga is still getting used to this word addition in his vocabulary. First off, there isn't really one that straight forward in Japanese. And secondly... Nobunaga specifically doesn't get to go around telling people "no." It's so final. Like never ever ever. BOUNDARIES.

But he just kicks the chair down into a footrest, cuddles Klaus close, and very tightly holds him around the waist.

"I have a book to read to you. But we're not doing any bars yet. Not for you. It's for me."

Klaus's text brings Erin at a suspiciously competent power walk. If they had come from a later time in life they might be reminded of those posts going the rounds about humans being persistence predators; as it is, Erin sweeps in at the speed of worry. On the one hand a person might say she doesn't know Klaus very well, and that's true in a sense, but on the other hand Klaus terminally over-shares, and Erin's quite protective of him now.

This poor soul's been hurt enough.

"You hurt?" Listen, haunted chairs are serious business. So is the struggle with sobriety but since they're not in the bar right now we attend to: is Erin gonna have to suplex a ghost?

One afternoon, Johnny invites Klaus to meet him at John's. Which is one of the bars, yes, but he has a plan. He's been doing some thinking, some experimenting, some research.

It's time to talk mocktails.

Ava's dressed in her Sailor Moon bikini and dragging her little camp canoe out to the pool, since it's been awhile since she's had a proper lay out and nap in the sun, and people tend to leave her alone while she's doing so. She doesn't have time to indulge in the pang of associating the pool with the memory of Undine, however, because...

"What are you doing?" Ava asks loud enough to interrupt the humming, a bit confused but intrigued by the floating floaties.

Baby carrots. To the face.

Dolce quietly takes out a talisman and a few wards, and sticks a sticker on Klaus. "These are for you." She just peels the carrots off and plops them on his tray.

[It hasn't been difficult for Ari Tayrey to avoid Klaus. It wasn't even a conscious choice at first. They'd already been on unsteady ground, and then there had been the way he spoke to her after her escape attempt, and the way he abandoned Nobunaga at the trial. Afterwards, she'd turned fairly reclusive herself for a while, and he'd had his own troubles, which she'd heard about second-hand.

She's stubborn and set in her ways, but Ari's not completely uncaring, even if she'll pretend it sometimes. Passing through the lounge area, she spots Klaus, sitting. Maybe the sensible thing is to walk by, act like she hasn't noticed him.

No, that's not happening. She stops, a short distance away.]

How are you holding up? Oda told me what you're going through.

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