The past is never dead.

[umbrellahandle]

This post is for anyone that wants to play out or post any established backstory for their characters. It is grouped by the development stage of the 43, but is open to anyone wanting to play in these time periods.  Please indicate in the subject line or the post itself if it is a ficlet, open to others, or closed to a few.

Childhood [1989-2001]
Childhood trauma does not come in one single package.


Teenage Years [2002-2007]
It's difficult to decide whether growing pains are something teenagers have or something they are.


Young Adult Years [2008-2018]
I can't go back to yesterday, because I was a different person then.


Timeline Estimated Timeline based on the Netflix Show.

• October 1, 1989 - 43 women around the world give birth simultaneously, despite none of them showing any sign of pregnancy until labor began.
• October 1989 - March 1990 Eccentric billionaire, Reginald Hargreeves, tracks down and adopts 13 of these children and establishes the Umbrella Academy.
• 1993 - Reginald Hargreeves develops and creates Grace to be "Mom" to the Umbrella Academy.
• September 2002 - The first exposure of the Umbrella Academy as superheroes to the public. Reginald Hargreeves selects Team A for a mission to stop a bank robbery.
• Also September 2002 - Number Five vanishes.
• 2007 - Ben Hargreeves is killed while on a mission. Shortly after, Diego is the first to leave the Umbrella Academy.
• 2014 - Vanya Hargreeves writes a tell all book about the Umbrella Academy.
• 2015 - Luther Hargreeves is gravely wounded while on a solo mission and administered a primate serum to save him. Shortly after he leaves for a long-term mission on the moon.
• February 2019 - Sir Reginald Hargreeves dies under mysterious circumstances. Number Five returns saying that the world will end in twelve days.

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[throwsknives]

Diego snorts as he takes a sip of his drink, shooting Derek an amused grin. That's exactly what he was asking. He's disappointed by his answer, though he knows Derek's never been Luther levels of virgin, he's also not as free as some of his other siblings. "Why don't you and the stylist take your working relationship to one with benefits?"

He's teasing, but it could be an option that Derek hasn't considered. He's the more chivalrous out of all of them and Diego knows for a fact that taking things from all business to all bedroom can be one hell of a nice trip. "It's good to have someone you got things in common with to come home to."

He sighs and takes a long drink of his beer. "I got 99 problems, but that ain't one." He grins but it doesn't come close to reaching his eyes. "Who needs that anyway, right?" He shrugs and takes another drink. "You're probably better off on your own."

[duelo]

Derek laughs a little in spite of himself, nearly choking on the mouthful of liquor he's just taken from his glass. With a cough as he swallows it, Derek rolls his eyes and shakes his head. "That's not a great idea. I need her. If...nay, when I fuck it up, inevitably, then I'll be out the last step of my business model and then I wouldn't sell anything."

Another laugh escapes him, this one more hollow and dry. "If I wanted to come home to someone I had things in common with, I'd just rent a two bedroom and live with one of you guys," he points out. "It gets messy. I always fuck it up, anyway. It's better like this."

Taking another drink, he nods a little and motions to the bartender for another round as he sets his empty glass back down. "You know, she'll come back around. I have a feeling," he says, keeping her name out of his mouth because Diego almost definitely won't want to hear it right now He knows Eudora a little, but his werewolf nose knows her enough to have read the chemosignals when she'd been around the few times he'd run into them together. She loves Diego. So, Derek shrugs a little. She'll be back. For now, more drinks.

"You know it would be costing me a lot less money if we just hit up a liquor store and went back to my place than staying here, right?" he asks, although part of him thinks that maybe that's a portion of the allure of being here. Spending someone else's money is always better than spending one's own. If he were DIego, he'd be taking full advantage of it. Getting kicked out of the Academy has earned him that, today, at least.

[throwsknives]

As far as he can tell Derek's not the one that fucks things up. The last maniac he'd fallen for had been hellbent on taking them all out and that had been one of the tamer girlfriends all of them had had. "Nah, you just haven't met the right kind of woman yet."

He ignores the comment about Eudora, knowing full well who he's referring to and decidedly choosing not to even go there. She's the last thing he wants to talk about right now. He can still see that mournful disappointed look she'd given him when he'd been packing his shit. Who was he kidding? Even she'd seen him fucking up coming from a mile away.

"You're right," Diego says, picking up the beer the bartender just put in front of him. He chugs it down and sets it on the bar before pushing himself off the bar stool. "Let's go."