revoltndevelopment | Issue # 001 - SUDDENLY! A Wild Thing Appears! [Action]

Falling dreams are normal. You lock up with a start in your bed whenever you hit the ground, blink up at the ceiling before rolling over and going back to bed. Or you wake up mid fall, hit the carpet, groan, then climb back in to fall asleep again. Or try to. They're universal. If you can fall or fly or know of the concept- you can have a falling dream.

Ben Grimm has flying dreams, most often. Not the ones where you sail along in the middle of nowhere in nothing but your pajamas- flight dreams of controls and cockpits and the thrill of the test. Pushing a carefully crafted machine to the limit and then some. Twisting mid air and hitting the highest peak before plummeting down with all the weight of gravity wrapping around his gut and giving it a solid yank. That's his kind of falling dream.

Normally when he has them, he wakes up when he hits the ground.

Waking up mid fall is odd.

Waking up literally mid-air?

A revolt'n development.

He can't see or hear past the rush of wind, can't really get a good look at the ground beyond an impression of trees, houses, water way out over to the side. No sign of Reed, Sue, or Johnny. Nowhere soft to land either.

"Aw $%#@%!"

The landing's rough. He's had rougher, but he thinks he skips a few times. Barrels through a few trees. Clips a building, glances off a roof somewhere. Lands in...he has no idea. But the wall shears open like tissue paper and he finally rumbles to a stop, swearing in a low, gravely voice.

"...hate when that happens."

[ooc: Break time if you like, Ben can land anywhere and everywhere- in your home, in front of your place of business, in the fountain. Find him wherever you want! Break time!]

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[Well, she'd just been sort of minding her own business today, when suddenly and without warning her living room wall just exploded in a shower of drywall, and in bounced something large and orange. Apparently Ben had ricocheted off of something hard enough to send him spinning like a pinball into the apartment.

Sue's instincts kicked in, and threw up a gooey, malleable force field, protecting her and enveloping whatever it was that'd blown apart her wall.]

Jesus, its too early for this !%&@. What the heck...

is...

GOING ON?

[Her voice goes from a squeak...to a shout of irritation]

[And then she sees the blue eyes peeking out from underneath the pile of orange rock, and falls to her knees.]

...Ben? Is that you?

[Sora was just making the perfect pile of leaves too! Fall is here and Sora was calming down after the Amnesia thing with a good old fashion leaf pile jump. Sad to say he lets out a surprised yell when some giant, THING, falls from nowhere and hits said pile. And Sora wanted the first jump too!

Falling backwards, Sora hits the ground. Ouch, but whatever just hit his leaf pile is moving...and now talking. Oh boy, what? Standing up, Sora edges closer to see some rocky type person. Ooookay, not the weirdest thing he's seen but on the list.]

Uhhh, you okay there, Mister?

[Loki has already given up on sleeping for the night. It may be the extra stress of the last few days, the depression, but he's having more problems than normal falling asleep.

And then worse when it comes to staying asleep. Much worse.

So he's up and working, books spread out on his table, papers forming little drifts. He's just gotten up to make a new cup of tea, turning back toward the table with cup in hand and

CRASH

there is no longer a table. There is instead broken wood, roofing tiles, a spray of paper, and an orange... thing.

Loki takes a careful sip of his tea. There isn't much else he can do, other than gather his magics, ready to fight, which he'd done the instant he heard a loud noise.]

It's customary to use the door.

[Well, now that's familiar. Real familiar. Enough that Ben goes limp and lets the force field do it's job, waiting until he's come to a full and complete stop before blinking over at Sue.]

...Morn'n Suzie.

BEN?!

[The leaves woulda been a nice cushion if it'd been a short fall.

As it is he's surprised there isn't much by way of a crater. Maybe the three trees he bashed through on his way down slowed him enough. He sits up and starts scrubbing his face. Feels too damn heavy for how he'd normally be. And sore. He never feels sore.]

Been better kid.

Well. I had been planning to sleep.

And then an orange pile of anthropomorphic rocks landed in my goddamn bed. Or, actually, it landed about six inches into the floor under where my bed had previously been.

Why the hell does this always happen to me?

Always figur'd skylights t'be more stylish. More dramatic.

[No idea where he's landed, just glad enough that he has, Ben sits up and scrubs at his face with a rough hand. Everything's still spinning a bit from the fall. Not far enough t'make sense for that t'happen.

Something's off, besides the fact he fell in the first place.]

...blam'n. Gravity.

[It's a harsh mistress.]

Well, it looks like you had a pretty rough landing. Here.

[And so, Sora summons his keyblade in a flash of light. Raising it into the air it the tip glows for a moment and then three blossoming flowers will appear over Ben's head. They emit a green, shimmering light and Ben should feel that soreness go away. Curaga is a great thing to have, even if it's only at 50% power it should get rid of soreness.]

Feel any better?

[Another slow, careful sip of tea.]

I rather liked my house the way it was.

[His instinct is to attack, while the orange thing is disoriented. But he already knows that's a bad idea. Killing it (him?) won't accomplish anything but creating another problem in seven days. And he was likely someone's friend already, knowing Loki's luck.

So the next alternative was to try to make the best of a shocking situation and see about making a new ally. Or at least not making an enemy.]

Tea?

Yeah?

[He sits up proper and shakes his head. Ring'n in his ears. Kinda. That's not right.]

Wait. Was. Was that...

"Ben Grimm?"

IT IS YOU!

[Sue gasps, leaps to her feet, and is so huggy. Like you wouldn't believe!]

[Woah. That was a weird trick. And a neat one. Kinda reminds him a bit of something Reed fiddled with once. Or one of Strange's spells. He sits still and lets the kid do his work, flexing his hands once it's over.]

Now that ya ask, yeah. Thanks.

[Gotta love that KH magic. Hearing that the guy is all right, Sora grins.]

Great! I'm Sora by the way. I'm guessing you're new, huh?

Most tend to 'till they see th'bigger picture.

[Okay. Standing. That's a thing, right? That's a thing. He levers himself up, staggers a bit and manages to find his feet. Huge things that they are. Brace himself up and roll his shoulders, shaking out the soreness. Just another fall. From nowhere. When he'd been in bed not long ago.

This better start mak'n some kind of sense really @#$%@ soon.]

More uv a coffee guy m'self.

The one an' only. 'Less there's another guy walk'n around look'n like a walk'n boulder.

Yeah Suzie, it's me-

[And hey, armful of Miss Richards get. He rumbles a low chuckle and returns the hug with one arm, steadying himself against the nearest solid surface with the other.]

Sora?

[Not the strangest name for a kid. He's heard stranger. Shrugs with a sound of scraping rock and pulls himself to his feet. Sways a bit. Stands.]

Depends on where's here.

You...have no idea how good it is to see you!

[Have a Sue Richards hanging from your neck now, until she slides down and looks up]

Gosh, it feels like its been years!

"Around here? You'd be surprised."

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