UN: The Brock Report

[imareporter]

3 Things

1)I am - so sorry - to the ill fated members of the semi-Donner party that I ended up stuck on the mountain with. Karen and Bobo I dropped the fucking ball because of my jackass of a dad and my weirdly kleptomaniac childhood which! which I got over with the help of a shrink and therapy as an adult because I am not as emotionally stunted as my exES, employer, and everyone else I've ever met seems to think I am.

2) V and I need to burn off some steam. Stark I know you talked about maybe having something for V and I, honestly at this point we'll do anything anybody needs us to do short of robbery, maiming, or eating people as much as Venom might want to. Don't feed him. He's like a Gremlin. A sentient gremlin who probably has it's shit together more then me but he's also like a 5 year old who wants to eat dirt and we can't have that okay? Okay. Please I don't want to wake up tasting dirt again.

3) Something is...wrong. With my wrist band. And with Venom and I. See I should be feeling like shit logically. I know I should. Cause my dad is garbage and makes me want to curl up in a fetal position crying. Instead I feel like I'm about to go two-to-two with a guy on a gotcha interview and I've got real dirt on him that I dug up. Venom feels like he's a bad ass again and wants to fight.

It's probably nothing, but I figured I'd ask. Everybody cool?

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[imareporter]

"Yeah."

Damn. Eddie blinks, "...I'm sorry I didn't know." he always did this, putting his foot in shit that he shouldn't have done and especially after...

His feet stop, clearly thinking over things before he shakes it off, "...Stick my foot in my mouth too much for comfort."

That and his own family issues.

"How'd you and he meet?"

UN: CrashAndBurn

[imareporter]

right on.

Re: UN: CrashAndBurn

[skyward_eyes]

Boss is great for helping you work energy out of your system.

[to_defend]

Yours? Venom's?

[She's starting to worry now]

[clouded_heart]

"It's fine, you weren't to know. You haven't met him and I hadn't told you. Don't worry about it." He genuinely isn't worried about it. And he's deflected the question entirely.

"Mm? Oh, well, there's a screw up in college housing. First day and instead of getting a room to himself, Matt got me. I awkwardly half hit on him, him, with his rosary hanging around his neck and just out of the orphanage, I didn't even mean to do it, but somehow we ended up best friends within about a week. For all his frustrating bullshit, he is one of the smartest, sweetest, most generous and dedicated people you'll ever meet."

Re: UN: Reeve T.

[imareporter]

Been doing that. It's just hard during the day to be host of an alien warrior you know?

Re: UN: CrashAndBurn

[imareporter]

Worth trying. You okay?

[imareporter]

Venom's fine. He's just incredibly...eager. Excited. He's like a ...a small child. thatsaidhesujustphwphgwhg-

[damn it V.]

DONTSA LISTEN 2 ENDDIEE WE R FINEE

Re: UN: Reeve T.

[plate_builder]

I suspect it would be. Granted my only experience with someone being possessed by an alien did involve the near destruction of my planet a few times over.

Re: UN: CrashAndBurn

[skyward_eyes]

[What is that supposed to mean?]

Yeah, just busy these days, trying to get the dojo to a point that Danny might approve of in his absence, but still fits my own philosophy of the world.

[imareporter]

"He sounds like a decent guy." Eddie sighs, "...This whole mood thing is throwing me for a loop. I'm sorry if I seem...I dunno. Fucked up? I'm really worried about Anne though I..."

He sighs, "...Get ready to not condone some shit that I've done but I went to see Anne. She's acting like me."

[clouded_heart]

"He is." Just not a good friend at times. "It's okay, it's not your fault. This is being done to you, not by you."

Foggy has no problem with Eddie going to see Anne. They were talking about getting married at one point, it would be surprising if they didn't check in after something like that mountain event. "How like you?"

[imareporter]

"Needy and desperate. Tired and constantly y'know..." He gestures, "Aware of shit. We ended up sleeping together and I feel awful. Like...manipulating somebody you know? She wanted it but I just feel like she was so...needing to be taken care of..."

He frowns and wraps his arms around his chest, "...She's so strong normally. Fuck seeing her on the other side of that made me...made me think."

Re: UN: Reeve T.

[imareporter]

...That sounds about right for Venom. He's not doing that anymore. You can ask him that yourself and he'll happily tell you that THISPLAANTET HAS CHOCOALTE AND TATERS TOTS

[clouded_heart]

Foggy shows nothing. No shock, or surprise or- anything. He just nods slightly, listening. "Neither of you is in your right mind, I think. You two are going to have to work out between you how you feel about that when you're both not... loopy from external forces. About responsibility and blame if either of you want to go that way."

But... it is sort of horrifying. To think of Anne being indecisive and lost. He'll check on her once he's sorted out Eddie as best he can. "Eddie, you might feel like you're far more in control because your trauma isn't crippling you at the moment. But you're no less compromised, okay?" He lays a hand on Eddie's arm. "This isn't your fault, or her fault, it's the fault of whoever or whatever is forcibly changing your brain and emotions. But... do you want to talk about what it made you think?"

Nearly there.

Re: UN: Reeve T.

[plate_builder]

I doubt something similar would have stopped Jenova.

She wanted to consume the life energy of our planet.

CW: mention of child abuse

[imareporter]

Oh my God where did you come from Foggy? Eddie tilts his head at him, raising an eyebrow. Neither of us fucking deserve you. Holy crap if Anne's into him he's proving that he's extra worthy. Or hell that this Matt Murdock guy'd be worthy. Or-

"...I know I'm a fuck up." Eddie stuck his hands in his pockets, "I mean if what happened with Anne didn't prove that, the place I went to before I met Venom was dark. No job, no fiancee, I felt like I'd taken a huge step backward after clawing my way to the point where I could get all those things. And I hurt people and even if..."

"When you claw your way forward you learn exactly what the fuck brought you there you know? The shit my dad did - authority figures that do that? It dulls you to your own impact on people but I always was able to pride myself on how I was never that guy. Anne wanted it, she held me and she kissed me and I'd like to think she feels good about it but I know she wasn't. I know it."

He sighed, "You know before here? Venom was like We're going to get her back and I said to him I don't think so. We've got our own shit to deal with and the fact we got thrown together...I just feel bad. If I were to ever, and I mean ever win her back I'd want to be a ...a partner and an equal but I know I'm not going to."

Eddie exhales, "...Holy shit that felt good."

Re: UN: Reeve T.

[imareporter]

Venom just...wanted to eat everything? You know I've never thought of asking.

Re: UN: Reeve T.

[plate_builder]

Probably best to not.

[clouded_heart]

Foggy is quiet and lets Eddie get it all out.

Eddie... isn't as unaware as Foggy feared. He knows he's a screwed up and he's taking active steps to try and be less of a screw up, which is something.

"Okay, it's good that you want to be in a relationship as an equal and recognise that you might never be able to do that. That's... a really hard thing to realise and to decide to do what's right by those you care for. Which isn't to say you couldn't be in a relationship, but maybe something conventional wouldn't work for you, not least of all because you have an alien symbiote in you. So, go you! That's a hella mature realisation."

The other thing is more important and needs a bit more space to discuss. "You 'know' she 'wasn't' what? I need you to explain that out a bit for me."

[imareporter]

"She wasn't herself."

He sighs, "I know. She wouldn't get back with me like that. I just wanted to take care of her. I should have kept my hands to myself."

He sighed, "...I never asked for any of this. And you shouldn't have to just...y'know. Listen. I mean I'm grateful. He'll you're a good guy. Just...what I told you was a lot."

[clouded_heart]

"You aren't yourself either. If you're aware of it, she probably is as well. You both might have made a bad decision, but it was a decision you made together, under the influence."

He can't say she won't feel betrayed. He doesn't know how she'll feel and he doesn't know how he would feel.

"I offered to listen and talk with you. It's not like you took me hostage to be your therapist. I'm a friend and friends help each other, even if that's just listening."

[imareporter]

He's a good man. Listen to him and stop being needy.

"...I honestly wanted to be a superhero when I grew up." Eddie looks down at his feet, "...I dunno if I would have done that if I knew it was gonna be so...lonely."

That realization is rather sobering but he leans back a heartbeat, his eyes glossing over with Venom before he shakes it off.

"...Butchershop. Food. How'd you know how to butcher stuff? Like, lawyers do that in New York now? Not surprised but..."

[clouded_heart]

"I know a few vigilantes. It's not a choice I'd want to make. Your loved ones will worry. And if you try and walk away from them, you'll hurt them terribly. You might think it's better, but really, it's their choice to make, not yours. Just because they don't agree doesn't mean they don't understand your concerns for them. Their concerns are probably twice as strong, but they'll be there anyway if you let them."

He snorts and lets them into the butcher's. "Family business. I was the bitter disappointment who refused to take over from dad and instead went to college and into law."

[imareporter]

He studied the shop and sniffed - visibly aware of the creatures in various states of preparation around him. Despite every inclination he had his mouth watered and he swallowed it down with a loud gulp.

"So when Venom bonded with me apparently that comes with certain benefits that are...weird. Like...raw meat doesn't bother me anymore. Too much of it does-"

Pussy.

"But not in regular doses. There's other stuff but if this gets too werewolf-y feel free to run away screaming."