[ Open rp post + TFLN overflown]

[n5]

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[n5]

Truer words were never spoken.

Don't worry about it. I'm glad you can do that much already. I missed talking to you...I missed you, Ben.

[the_horror]

Missed you too, Five. It wasn't the same without you.

[n5]

Oh I'm sure you all missed my fine sense of humor. Luther looks thrilled now.

I'm sorry I wasn't here, I could have helped.

[the_horror]

I for one missed it. All I've had to laugh with is Klaus.

Luther doesn't have a sense of humor. Though you should see him at a rave. . .

Hey, don't worry about it. You've had more important things to deal with. Alone no less. That had to be hard.

[n5]

You're always have been the nicest of us all. I think I would have gone mad if I had to spend all the time with Klaus.

He never did. Sorry, a rave...? Luther?

Maybe but it still feels wrong. I shouldn't have listened for once, back then, instead of letting my pride get the better of me.

[ he can admit that much but mostly because this is Ben. ]

[the_horror]

Not sure about the nicest... but Klaus isn't so bad. Sometimes. Okay, he drives me insane, but I'm glad for him.

Ah, yes! the Rave. I maybe shouldn't mention that.

You're pride is what makes you strong. It's what kept you besting us as often as possible. I do wish we hadn't lost you, but I suppose if you didn't leave we'd never know what we learned in the end.

Sucks, doesn't it?

[n5]

The one with the most patience, then. Okay, I'll give him that. Annoying company is better than no company at all.

No, no. I think you need to give me more details. How did he even know what a rave is, let alone decide to join one?

See, this is why I said you're the nicest. I guess that's true but do you ever wonder how all that happened it's because Dad tried to stop it in the first place? And then we keep pushing things? No wonder Vanya snapped. We are the architects of our own destruction.

Immensely.

[the_horror]

You learn patience when there's no one but Klaus around. I know he was doing stuff early on, but it got bad for a while. If he's too far gone he can't see me.

Ah, well, he found out some news that devastated him. He got drunk and Klaus tried to help him sober up. it somehow dissolved in Luther taking off to "Be like Four". We ended up finding him at a rave, high as a kite and dancing with a pretty girl or four. Shirtless.

I suppose you're right about that. Wish we could turn back time. Change some things. Include Vanya in our lives more.

[n5]

I imagine. That's why he takes so many drugs, right? To numb his powers. He needs to find a healthier way to control them. That would have been upsetting for you too.

He learned that dad sent him to the moon for nothing, wasn't it? I've heard Luther talking about it. I didn't know that he took the news so badly but perhaps it did him some good to get out of the house and see the world. Dancing shirtless with a girl, that doesn't sound like normal Luther at all.

Time traveling is a very complicated science. It took me decades to figure it out the right equations to go back here and I still messed them up, that's why now I am wearing shorts. it really is a last resort.

[the_horror]

If he's numb he can't hear them screaming. Honestly, I can see the ghosts he can, and it's gruesome. I don't blame him for looking for a way out.

Ah, you knew. Yeah. If it was just dancing shirtless that would be one thing. Apparently he woke up with a girl too. Oh and if you mention this to him, Klaus said it, not me.

I'm kind of glad my shitty powers were straightforward. Nothing complex. Just hold the beasts in. Get covered in blood. Make dad look sick. That kind of thing. Time travel sounds like a headache.

[n5]

I'm not blaming him for not wanting to deal with that, I'd go crazy if I saw ghosts all the time. More so considering all the people he had to remove or that died around him. But he's going to get himself killed one day.

I've heard a thing or two, yes. Wow, that must have been something to see. And I won't tell anybody, I'm good at secrets.

Nothing complex? You are selling yourself short, Ben. I always thought those were really cool, if also tricky to control. Is far more complex than I expected.

[the_horror]

Trust me, I've spent a lot of time trying to convince him of that. He's sometimes impossible to reason with.

It was something alright. We think she thought he was a furry.

You thought they were cool?

[n5]

Well, sucks to be him then because now the rest of the family is going to join your complains. He will get to him eventually.

Wht's a furry?

Monstrous tentacles coming out of your stomach to kick ass and put bad guys in jail? Pretty much that's the epitome of cool when we were thirteen. So yes, I did...still do.

[the_horror]

[Oh, Oh dear god, was he going to have to explain Furry?]

He's trying more now. I wouldn't give him too hard a time. It might just push him backwards.

Ah, yes, um. Furry Culture is special. You dress up in costumes like wolves and bears and birds and... just, you live the fur life? Like being an animal, I guess? It's a thing. All too often sexual.

... There were always those times though, when they didn't get put in jail they got put in a morgue. You know I think I have the highest kill count out of all of us?

[n5]

[ Looks like it. ]

Yes, I know. I'll make an effort to be nicer to him too, I promise.

[ Of course whatever Five was going to side next gets side tracked after that explanation because...wtf. ]

I'm not sure I follow. People act like animals when they're dressed up? And have sex? How does that even work, doesn't the costume get in the way? Why would anyone want that...?

[ After that, it takes Five a little bit more to send the last text. His time working for the Commission has didn't leave him unscratched. ]

No. Trust me, you aren't.

[the_horror]

Thanks. It's good to see him sober.

[great. Well...]

I'm not sure you want to follow. Honestly. I barely follow, but yeah that's about the gist of it. It's not always sexual I hear, but you wouldn't have got that thought from this chick.

Ah, right. You took the unwanted title, didn't you? How you doing about leaving all that, by the way?

[n5]

It is. Now we need to make sure it last. There will be a bad moment.

[ And even if they're all used to them, it won't hurt to actually try to support each other as they happen. You know, for a change. ]

I think I know enough, for once. At least she was nice to Luther, right? He needed it, from what I've heard.

Unfortunately so. [ How is he doing after that? That's a question no one ever asked before. ]I'm not sure. I never liked it and I don't miss it at all. But I don't think the commission will ever leave me alone and that puts everyone else in danger.

[the_horror]

There are always bad moments. It's just a matter of catching them before they catch him.

Yeah, I'd say he needed it. Luther was always a bit tightly bound. I wouldn't bring it up with him though. I think it's a sore subject.

[it seemed like an important question to Ben.] If everyone is in danger, I want to say we should deal with it together. Like we should have been doing all this time.

[n5]

Since you are always together, if he doesn't listen to you then text me and I'll show up.

[ Five is not thrilled about playing babysitter, nor is he suited for it, really, but it's needed.

It is a good question. It's only that Five rarely thinks of himself or his own future.]

You don't know what they could do, it's too dangerous for the others.

[the_horror]

Sounds like a plan. He's going to hate it.

[Who better than to sit on babies than Five? And what bigger baby than Klaus?]

I know there isn't much I can do to help, but there has to be something I can do. You shouldn't have to stay on the run forever.

[n5]

He can hate us as much as he wants as long as he doesn't overdose.

[ True, both statements. ]

We could take down a complex, ancient, time-altering organization that has thousands of hired killers working for them. But running sounds like the less messier option.

[the_horror]

It's a tall order, but I think we can manage.

Running does sound like a bit less of a mess, but can you run forever? There has to be a deal that can be made.

[n5]

We will.

Oh, there was a deal once. They couldn't kill me so the handler wanted me to work for them again and in exchange, our family would be safe.

But they were lying and had planned to let the Apocalypse happens regardless. So I bled up all their time traveling suitcases, half their facilities, and left. That's how I got injured.

And now here we are.