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non-plutonian-druid · 11 months

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[ID: 11 doodles of Umbrella Academy characters in a style imitating the webcomic Paranatural. Allison, Luther, Diego, Klaus, Viktor, and Lila are drawn as kids, approximately 12 yrs old. Ben is a similarly aged ghost. Hazel, Cha Cha, and the Handler are present as well, all looking vaguely villainous. Five is drawn to be maybe in his twenties. All of them have colorful smoke rising from them indicating the powers from Paranatural, except for Viktor and Lila, for whom the smoke is white. End ID.]

Look, a Paranatural au! I wish I had been hit by this muse in time for Masked Author/Artist, but alas it was not to be. If you've read Paranatural is you can probably guess.... basically everything there is to know about this au. If you haven't read Parantural, you should!! It's a wild ride! But also I rambled for a super long time about it under the cut

Everyone has cool spirit powers and can see the dead, so Klaus isn't special sorry Klaus. I'm making up for it by making him directly possessed by a spirit that gives him superpowers, instead of everyone else who has to use a possessed object to get superpowers. I didn't put a ton of thought into what Cool Accessory (possessed object) to give the kids so I could change that later, but for now Allison has a megaphone, Diego has a yo-yo, Viktor has his violin, and Luther doesn't have anything because his dad thinks he needs to learn to control spirit energy on his own. Klaus doesn't have any either because he's possessed directly. I adjusted the rules of Parantural slightly because [Paranatural spoilers!!] in the comic someone with white energy can connect with spirits whose energy is any color. Viktor's should absolutely be white by show rules, but that power set suits Lila a lot better. So in this au, the rules are adjusted so that white can only connect with white, and Lila's is actually colorless (IE, it only looks white now because the background is white). She can't bond with any one spirit for long, but she can bond with any of them for a short time.

Hazel, Cha Cha, Five kind of, and the Handler are all members of a version of Paranatural's Consortium, which I'm just going to call the Commission again because why not. As you may be able to guess, it's slightly more villainous in this au than the Consortium. I wanted AJ to be a high ranking member, but if I made him the Handler's spirit then we wouldn't get to see him ever, so I made him Five's. This was before I remembered that people possessed by spirits look more and more like their spirit over time so the fish head thing could still totally work, so I might revisit that. Hazel and Cha Cha's spirits look like thier masks, of course. I didn't spend much time on the mask/spirit redesign so they're not as fun and funky as I'd like, but they're still reasonable stand-ins. The Handler is this version of the Boss Leader because.... duh. If you've been keeping up with Parantural and are wondering about how That One Thing About Boss Leader translates... I haven't decided yet.

Five is the Mr. Spender of this au. He is possibly the least Mr. Spender-like character to ever exist, but look me in the eyes and tell me that acting as the teacher-supervisor of a club of unruly kids that can see ghosts who is secretly part of a nefarious (?) organization is not where he belongs.

I have a few more doodles of this waiting in the wings! Mostly of Five because I love him. But also if you have stuff you want to see, send it in. No promises I'll draw your suggestion, but the main obstacle between me and drawing more of this is not having concrete ideas for situations to put characters in

#tua #the umbrella academy #allison hargreeves #diego hargreeves #klaus hargreeves #viktor hargreeves #luther hargreeves #lila pitts #five hargreeves #ben hargreeves #the handler tua #hazel and cha cha #hazel tua #cha cha tua #paranatural #for good measure #LORD #every time i make an ensemble art piece i forget what a gd trial tagging it is #anyway this might be the first time ive posted art featuring my bowlcut baby viktor agenda?#the agenda is that if youre drawing baby viktor in an au where he transitioned as a kid i firmly believe he would have a bowlcut #i tried out a new hairstyle on allison too #oh lmao also the worst thing about this style is that it goes all in on the eyes so pupil + iris #so for the first time i had to go figure out what color everyones eyes are LMAO.#i did not bother w this for the handler and hazel and cha cha bc i was sick of looking up reference by then #oh god dammit #i forgot to tag #my art #again. smh

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robinrites · 2 years

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Clueless in New York

Whumptober Day 10!

Prompts: Poor Unfortunate Souls, Waterboarding, Tasers

Summary: Reimagining of TUA 1x04 :)

Tw: Torture, general whump

“Y’know you guys could really use some work on your bedside manner.” Klaus sputters out as he bends over in his seat.

Hazel and Cha Cha both glare at him for this, unamused. If Klaus had to guess, he’d say it’s been maybe eight hours since he was picked up by those two and dragged to some hotel in god-knows-where. They’re determined, Klaus’ll give them that. Unfortunately for all of them, they managed to snag the one person who has no clue what is going on with his family, or more importantly his brother.

“Maybe we’d be in a better mood if you’d quit stalling and start giving us some answers, ever thought of that?” Cha Cha sneers, leaning closer to Klaus. When Klaus laughs in response, she pulls back. “What’s so funny?”

“It’s just,” He cuts himself off with his own laughter, “You’ve been at this for hours and you still haven’t figured it out?”

Hazel steps closer, suddenly interested in what Klaus has to say. “Figured what out?”

“You assholes got the wrong guy!” Klaus laughs some more before struggling to catch his own breath, his laughter dissolves into coughing. “You claim to be time traveling assassins and yet you can’t even manage to grab anyone who might actually have information for you. I mean how stupid can you be-”

Cha Cha swiftly slaps him across the face, then turns to the beds. She digs through one of the suitcases, before pulling out a small black taser, then she smiles. “Don’t let the size of this guy fool you. Like you said, we’re ‘time traveling assassins’ which means we’ve had time to fine tune our tools of the trade.” She presses a button and the taser begins to click, blue sparks shooting out the end.

“Let’s not be too hasty-” Klaus is cut off as the taser is put against his neck then turned on.

Thousands of volts of electricity course through his body. He bites back a scream, at least he thinks he does. A cloth is shoved into his mouth, which tells him he probably didn’t hold it in like he’d hoped. Finally Cha Cha relents, and the gag is pulled out of his mouth again. Klaus gasps for air as his bones ache from the electricity. He catches his breath after a few moments, then looks back up at Hazel and Cha Cha who are glaring at him expectantly.

“Feel like sharing now?” Hazel asks.

Klaus takes a few more staggering breaths before opening his mouth. “It all started when I was a child-” The taser is pressed to his side and turned on again. This time Cha Cha lets it go for a longer time. When it stops again, Klaus catches his breath and tries to start again. “My mom wasn’t around much and my dad was a total piece of shit-”

Cha Cha turns up the power on the taser and continues to lay into Klaus with it. “Listen here you little shit, I don’t care what the hell your dad did to you. I am asking you about Five, so when I turn this thing off, we’re gonna talk about him, got it?” Klaus nods numbly, trying his best to focus on anything but the electricity coursing through his body.

Eventually she turns it back off again, then looks at Klaus. “Look, I honestly don’t know what Five is doing back here.” Klaus sobs, the pain of being shocked finally getting the better of him. “He showed up a couple days ago and was spouting some nonsense about the apocalypse before running off to do something.” Cha Cha raises the taser again and Klaus shakes his head quickly. “I swear! That’s all I know! He had me go with him to some prosthetic factory a couple days ago but he didn’t tell me what we were doing there. He had an eyeball in his pocket though, which I thought was weird, but hey we’re all weird in our own ways I guess. It sounded like he just wanted to return the eyeball and he paid me to come with him so I went.”

“Is he really….?” Hazel trails off looking at Cha Cha who seems to understand and finish the thought for him.

Klaus shakes his head again, “I’m telling the truth I swear!” Hazel whips out his gun and hits Klaus with the butt of it, knocking him out.

“That little shit really is trying to stop the apocalypse.” Cha Cha says in disbelief. “Can’t believe he would be that stupid.” She spins around and begins to pack up her things, gesturing for Hazel to follow suit. As the pair begins to head for the door, Hazel glances back at Klaus, gesturing with his head at the man.

“What are we gonna do about him?” Hazel asks, stopping Cha Cha in her tracks.

She curses under her breath before turning to look at Klaus. “Let’s just gag him and shove him in the closet for now, we can dispose of him when we get back. Or if our lead turns out to be a dead end, I’m sure he’ll have more information for us once we’ve given him time to think. I’ll meet you in the car, just make sure you put the ‘Do Not Disturb’ sign on the door okay? Can’t have people asking questions. Got it?”

Hazel nods, then sets down his suitcase so he can do what Cha Cha told him to. He quickly places a piece of duct tape over Klaus’s mouth, then double checks the bindings. Hazel adds an additional layer of duct tape around his wrists and ankles before dragging the chair Klaus is in into the closet. Satisfied, Hazel grabs his suitcase and heads out the door, turning off the lights as he does so. He meets Cha Cha at their car, where he gets into the passenger seat. She looks at him, raising an eyebrow, her way of asking if he did what he was told. He nods, then she turns on the car and pulls out of the parking lot, heading towards the prosthetics factory.

Klaus hears the door to the room open and can instantly tell Hazel and Cha Cha are both mad. The door slams shut, followed by the closet door swinging open. Klaus nervously looks at Hazel as he is dragged out of the closet, back into the center of the room. Cha Cha’s face is nearly red with anger as she glares at Klaus. She storms over to his chair and cuts the bonds free, then drags him by his hair to the bathroom where she begins to fill up the bathtub with water. The duct tape is ripped off from over his mouth, and he takes in a deep breath of air.

“Something wrong?” He nervously asks, despite knowing damn well that something is definitely wrong.

“It was a dead end, you little shit.” She spits out, “Couldn’t find any trace of Five in their systems, or in the security footage. But hey, at least we got to blow a lab up right Hazel?” Even though he can’t see Hazel, Klaus can still feel him nod.

“We also left a note for your brother.” Hazel informs Klaus, as he grabs his wrists and binds them behind his back. “Told him that we had you and if he didn’t turn himself in there’d be hell to pay.”

Klaus can’t stop himself from laughing, “You guys really don’t know Five then, do you?” Hazel and Cha Cha don’t answer this. “He may have vanished into the future for fifty years, or whatever, but he’s still the same cocky guy I knew growing up. He’s also not an idiot and I’d say there’s no chance he’s turning himself in for me.” Cha Cha turns off the water, returning Klaus’ attention to the bathtub he’s kneeling in front of.

“Let’s see if you’re still saying that after a little waterboarding, hm?” Cha Cha laughs, followed by Hazel grabbing onto Klaus’ arms tightly.

She holds onto Klaus by his hair before pushing his head down underwater before he has a chance to hold his breath. To his credit, he does manage to make it a minute before he runs out of air and tries to push back against Cha Cha’s iron grip. Seconds before he blacks out, his head is yanked back above water. He coughs up water from his lungs, gagging slightly. Klaus takes shaky inhales trying to catch his breath, unable to before Cha Cha quickly shoves him back underwater to repeat the process.

When she pulls him up a second time, she leans closer, her hand still tightly wrapped in his hair. “How about you share some more about Five?”

“I already told you!” Klaus says in between gasping for air and coughing up water from his lungs. “He disappeared when we were kids and only recently came back! Hell I’m not even sure why he still looks like he’s 12.”

“I’m sorry, say that again?” Hazel says, slightly loosening his grip on Klaus’ arms.

“I said ‘he disappeared when we were kids’.” Cha Cha smacks the back of his head for this.

“Not that part idiot, the part about him looking younger.” Cha Cha can’t help but groan and wonder how she ended up interrogating the dumbest person on the planet.

“Well, me and my siblings were all born on the same day y’know?” Klaus asks, nervously hoping he won’t give away anything important. “So we’re all the same age, but when Five came back, well he still looks like he did when we were kids.” Cha Cha releases his hair, and Klaus allows his head to rest on the edge of the bathtub.

“So we’ve been looking for an old man, but we should’ve been looking for a kid this whole time?” Hazel asks redundantly. “Fuck me.”

Cha Cha stands up, “You stay here and watch him, I’m going to go rewatch the security footage and talk to some people.” She starts to walk out of the room before pausing, “Don’t let him out of your sight, understand?” Hazel nods, allowing Cha Cha to leave. “Can’t believe that fucker’s in disguise.” She mutters under her breath as she heads for the car, “I don’t get paid enough for this shit.”

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