[hider=Ben Moss][hr][hr][h1][b][i][color=cde0e1][center]Benjamin Moss [/center][/color][/i][/b][/h1][center][img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4rd0tZxCUHskEeugyB5OIxSoXPwKH2YZNJA&s[/img][/center] [hr][hr][h3][b][i][color=cde0e1][center]Character Summary[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=cde0e1]Name:[/color][/b] Benjamin Moss [b][color=cde0e1]Superhero Name:[/color][/b] Chief Waspman [b][color=cde0e1]Age:[/color][/b] 14 [b][color=cde0e1]Birthday:[/color][/b] Sept. 10, 2024 [b][color=cde0e1]Birth Place:[/color][/b] London [b][color=cde0e1]Pronouns:[/color][/b] He/Him [b][color=cde0e1]Gender:[/color][/b] Male [b][color=cde0e1]Species:[/color][/b] Inhuman [b][color=cde0e1]Recommender:[/color][/b] Matt Moss [b][color=cde0e1]Languages:[/color][/b] English [hr][center][img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTStHi4Cvm2eLwr3AIF3oyzgjo8tFv9sK_E_A&s[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=cde0e1][center]Appearance[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=cde0e1]Height:[/color][/b] 5’4” [b][color=cde0e1]Weight:[/color][/b] 100 lbs [b][color=cde0e1]Build:[/color][/b] Skinny [b][color=cde0e1]Eyes:[/color][/b] Brown [b][color=cde0e1]Hair:[/color][/b] Brown [b][color=cde0e1]Skin Tone:[/color][/b] Fair [b][color=cde0e1]Tattoos/Scars/Piercings:[/color][/b] [b][color=cde0e1]Personal Style:[/color][/b] Ben likes t-shirts. He usually wears graphic T-shirts. His adoptive dad got him a bunch of button-ups, which he wears because that’s what he has, but he prefers graphic T-shirts. Otherwise, he is more likely to wear shorts than jeans. Especially here in California, where it is hot. [hr][center][img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSrc1E_QodBckPj9fmt_Dg7UjyU_vY-l8Eh-g&s[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=cde0e1][center]Psychology[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [i][color=cde0e1][center][color=00a651]Courageous[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Messy[/color] * [color=00a651]Fun-loving[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Absentminded[/color] * [color=00a651]Optimistic[/color] * [color=ed1c24]Careless[/color][/center][/color][/i] [b][color=cde0e1]Sexuality:[/color][/b] He’s still figuring it out. For now...bi-flexible. [b][color=cde0e1]Relationship Status:[/color][/b] Single [b][color=cde0e1]Alignment:[/color][/b] Chaotic Good [b][color=cde0e1]Personality:[/color][/b] Ben is a messy, sticky, dirty boy. He doesn’t consider other people much when it comes to how they perceive him. Ben just wants to do his things and not think about other people. After losing both of his parents, he is not interested in making friends, even though deep down, he does want friends. So he acts like he doesn’t care and pushes people away, but the words others say still hurt even if he acts like they don’t. This isn’t a “I don’t cry because I’m a boy”- thing, his uncle wouldn’t have allowed that to stick. [b][color=cde0e1]Habits:[/color][/b] Talking to his insects, bouncing his foot while he is thinking, listening to music while studying or reading, reading [b][color=cde0e1]Hobbies:[/color][/b] Parkour and skateboarding [b][color=cde0e1]Fears:[/color][/b] [list][*] Spiders (they aren’t insects) [*] Public speaking [*] Claustrophobia [/list] [b][color=cde0e1]Likes:[/color][/b] [list][*] Insects [*] Parkour [*] Tea, like proper tea. Americans are heathens with their tea. [*] Tea time (snacks!) [*] Science [*] Being outside [*] Music [*] Reading [/list] [b][color=cde0e1]Dislikes:[/color][/b] [list][*] Talking about his parents [*] People who confuse what Insects are [*] Baths [*] Doing the dishes [*] Stuffy rooms [*] Long Car rides (seriously why is everything so far away in America) [/list][hr][center][img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRJvDAIIUBn2VV8M740C6BK7sYGLO-Fa3MxYg&s[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=cde0e1][center]Cards On The Table[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=cde0e1]Powers:[/color][/b] [list][*][url=https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Insect_Manipulation]Insect Manipulation[/url] [*] [url=https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Parkour_Combat]Parkour Combat[/url] [/list] [b][color=cde0e1]General World Skills:[/color][/b] [list][*] Entomology [*] Skateboarding [*] General Science Knowledge [*] Basic First Aid [*] General Computers [*] Insight [/list] [b][color=cde0e1]Combat Skills:[/color][/b] [list][*] Parkour [*] Some hand-to-hand [*] [*] [/list] [b][color=cde0e1]Coursework:[/color][/b] [list][*]Traditional - put down 4 class suggestions [list][*]1 - Algebra [*]2 - English [*]3 - Computers [*]4 - Environmental Science [/list] [*]Superheroics - put down 4 class suggestions [list][*]1- Alien Civilizations [*]2- Combat 101 [*]3- History of Superpowers [*]4- Practical Emergency Medicine[/list] [/list] [b][color=cde0e1]Medical Issues/Injuries:[/color][/b] [list][*] ADHD [*] [/list] [b][color=cde0e1]Possessions:[/color][/b] [list][*]Backpack - Books, notebook, pens, Passport [*] Wallet - ID, some cash (both American and Euros), an emergency Credit Card [*] *Framed photo of his parents (A holiday card) [*] *Several glass terrariums with bugs (mostly beetles) [*] [*] [*] [*] [*] [/list] [hr][center][img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQYcsKLTBXgwjrbGblZ1MseZBBkD44gQUHJFg&s[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=cde0e1][center]History[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3][b][color=cde0e1]Family:[/color][/b] List out their family members, immediate family is required, extended family is optional [list][*] Matthew Moss (Adoptive father/Bio Uncle) [/list] [b][color=cde0e1]How did you discover your powers:[/color][/b] Several months ago, Ben was visiting his parents at the lab they work in. While there an accident happened and the terrigen mist was released into the building. Ben’s parents died, despite his mother being Inhuman. He went through terrigenesis. [b][color=cde0e1]General History:[/color][/b] Ben Owens was born at 3 am after his mom, Chelsea, had been in labor for almost four whole hours. She was exhausted but held him. Chelsea knew she was inhuman. She had known since her older brother, Matthew, had accidentally undergone terrigenesis several years prior. Then, in 2021, the Terrigen bomb went off. Chelsea and her father also underwent terrigenesis. She worked for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and was tapped to work on the M-Pox cure project. There, she met her (soon-to-be) husband, Malachi. The two bonded quickly while working on the project. Malachi was not Inhuman, but he was also a pathologist. Ben grew up in London and was well-loved by his family. Including the extended family. His Uncle Matt visited often. He grew up in the city but loved going out of town to the country. From a very young age, he was interested in entomology. He was always outdoors and playing in the mud, the type of kid. Even when that wasn’t an option in the flat he grew up in. He played with the local neighborhood kids. He attended a school that was friendly to mutants and Inhumans. Most of his friends were children of one or the other. They all talked about what powers they wanted. At seven, Ben started skateboarding. He loved it instantly. Malachi taught him. Ben’s friends got into it, too. They began exploring other similar sports and discovered parkour. Ben and his friends were a small gang of six boys from the Braddock Academy feeder school. They all had hopes of attending eventually, even the Inhuman kids who didn’t know if they’d ever be allowed to undergo terrigenesis. They all knew Ben would be the one to do it. His parents planned to eventually. Unfortunately, they were not ready to do it when he was fourteen. His parents decided they would wait two years. Ben and his friends went truant from school and were messing around on their skateboards and filming parkour tricks together to post on Snikt! They got in trouble for truancy from school and loitering. The cops took him to his parents' work. While there, he was getting lectured, and there was a lab accident. The accident caused severe building damage, and some of the contained Mist spread. Ben and his parents were caught in the blast. Chelsea died from the second exposure, and Malachi was hit with some debris. Ben survived and underwent terrigenesis. Ben was extremely lucky and survived. Matt, Ben's uncle, flew out immediately to be there for Matt’s family. He stayed a few weeks at his parents' place. Matt decided he wanted to adopt Ben. This was partly because he was his nephew and also because he was unable to have biological children. Matt and Ben had already been close while he was growing up, having told him stories and taught him about fighting and guns (though Ben isn’t interested in those (it’s weird in London; it seems to be an American thing)). The downside was that Matt lives in Los Angeles. He didn’t want Ben to go to school in Wales while they lived there. With that in mind, Matt decided to send Ben to Avengers Academy, where he had friends (and children of friends). Ben appreciated that his Uncle was willing to adopt him, but he felt like that was almost for the show since he was almost immediately sent to the Academy. He only had a few months between his parents' deaths and going to the Academy. It seemed to him that once Christmas had passed, his Uncle was sending him to school. [b][color=cde0e1]Proposed Arc:[/color][/b] [list][*] I think the only thing would be him dealing with the grief of losing his parents and being moved across the world to some random city with a bunch of strangers that his adoptive parents expect him to just make friends with. [*] It would be funny to meet/realize that the Gifted group had been involved in ending m-pox [/list] [hr][center][img]https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQrXwTYFuL_vfpasy4_pBzUMcR-oKbw2mwvTA&s[/img][/center][hr][h3][b][i][color=cde0e1][center]Extras[/center][/color][/i][/b][/h3] [b][color=cde0e1]Character Quote:[/color][/b] Where did I leave that? [b][color=cde0e1]Favorite Song:[/color][/b] [url=https://open.spotify.com/track/6suYoN4gFkanqOBn5yRnJC?si=0oa9ccjCTBWCx1lQxjqr8A] Boys will be bugs[/url] [b][color=cde0e1]Anything Else:[/color][/b] Spider Gwen. [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5419311]Grin[/url] [sub][color=ed1c24]*By submitting this CS in its completion, I am stating I have read all the rules for this RP and am agreeing to follow them to the fullest with respect and courtesy. I acknowledge that I can and will be removed from the RP without warning if I break a rule or cause problems with my fellow Rpers or the GM.[/color][/sub][/hider] [hr][color=cde0e1][CENTER][sup][h1][center][img][/img][/center][b][center] [sub][color=black]Benjamin Moss[/color] [color=cde0e1]Benjamin Moss[/color][/sub][/center] [/b][/h1][/sup] [color=cde0e1][sup][i]"Insects are fascinating."[/i][/sup][hr][/color][/CENTER][table][row][/row][row][cell][center][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T[/color] [color=cde0e1]C H A R A C T E R P O R T R A I T[/color] [/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][img]https://img.roleplayerguild.com/prod/users/019ab7c1-26bf-76fb-9acb-51bda76d76f2.webp [/img] [sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup][/center] [/cell][cell][INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R P E R S O N A L I T Y[/color] [color=cde0e1]C H A R A C T E R P E R S O N A L I T Y[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [COLOR=white][indent] [/indent][/COLOR] [center] [sub][b]|[/b] [color=cde0e1]Couragous[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [color=cde0e1]Fun-Loving[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [b]|[/b] [color=cde0e1]Messy[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [color=cde0e1]Absentminded[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [b]|[/b] [color=cde0e1]Optimistic[/COLOR] [b]|[/b] [color=cde0e1]Careless[/COLOR] [b]|[/b][/sub][/center] [INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R N O T E S[/color] [color=cde0e1]C H A R A C T E R N O T E S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [COLOR=white] [INDENT][hider=][color=#2e2c2c]-[/color] [indent][sub][b][color=cde0e1] M I S C E L L A N E O U S[/color][/b][/sub] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ [color=white][color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Character Info[/b][/color] [color=cde0e1]Aliases:[/color] Benny Boi, Big Ben, Bug Boi, Cuddle Bug, Jitter Bug, Love Bug, My King, My Lord, My Leige [color=cde0e1]Hero Name:[/color]Chief Waspman [color=cde0e1]Birth Place:[/color] London [color=cde0e1]Age:[/color] 14 [color=cde0e1]Birthday:[/color] Sept. 10, 2024 [color=cde0e1]Gender:[/color] Male [color=cde0e1]Pronouns:[/color] He/Him [color=cde0e1]Sexuality:[/color] Bi-Flexible (Figuring it Out) [color=cde0e1]Build:[/color] Skinny [color=cde0e1]Body Modifications:[/color] [color=cde0e1]Habits:[/color] Talking to his insects, bouncing his foot while he is thinking, listening to music while studying or reading, reading [color=cde0e1]Hobbies:[/color] Parkour and skateboarding [color=cde0e1]Social Handle:[/color] SkaterBugLife [color=cde0e1]Medical History:[/color]ADHD [color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Fears[/b][/color] Spiders Public Speaking Claustrophobic [color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Likes[/b][/color] Insects Parkour Tea, Proper Tea. Americans are heathens with their tea Tea Time (snacks) Science Being Outside Music Reading [color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Dislikes[/b][/color] Talking about his Parents People who confuse what insects are Baths Doing the Dishes Stuffy Rooms Long Car Rides (seriously, why is everything so far away in America)[/color] [/sup] [color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/indent][/hider] [/INDENT][/COLOR] [INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] A B I L I T I E S[/color] [color=cde0e1]A B I L I T I E S[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [INDENT][hider=][color=#2e2c2c]-[/color] [indent][sub][b][color=cde0e1] P O W E R S & S K I L L S[/color][/b][/sub] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ [color=white][color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Powers[/b][/color] [url=https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Insect_Manipulation]Insect Manipulation[/url] [url=https://powerlisting.fandom.com/wiki/Parkour_Combat]Parkour Combat[/url] [color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Skills[/b][/color] Parkour Hand to Hand First Aid Entomology Science Computers Skateboarding Insight [color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Languages[/b][/color] English [color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Possessions[/b][/color] Backpack - Books, notebook, pens, Passport Wallet - ID, some cash (both American and Euros), an emergency Credit Card [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5647641]Death Valley baseball cap[/url] *Framed photo of his parents (A holiday card) *Several glass terrariums with bugs (mostly beetles) *[url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5648472]Watercolor of himself done by Chase[/url] [/color][/sup] [color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/indent][/hider][/INDENT] [INDENT][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] P O S T C A T A L O G[/color] [color=cde0e1]P O S T C A T A L O G[/color][/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/INDENT][sup]_________________________________________________________[/sup] [INDENT][hider=][color=#2e2c2c]-[/color] [indent][sub][b][color=cde0e1] R E L A T I O N S H I P N O T E S[/color][/b][/sub] [sup]▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔▔ [color=white][color=cde0e1][b]►[/b] [b]Name[/b][/color] Chase - My knight Danni - friend... crush... damn this is complicated Percy - Emrys, roommate Marlena - skate buddy, she's cool Note/Link[/color] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5620777]Ben's introduction[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5647231]Near Miss[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5647429]Skate Park Trio[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5647641]National Parks 1 (Death Valley)[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5648469]National Parks 2 (Sequoia)[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5648472]National Parks 3 (Yosemite)[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5648475]National Parks 4 (Lassen)[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5648481]National Park 5 (Redwoods)[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5649476]Rescued[/url] [url=https://www.roleplayerguild.com/posts/5649925]A Knight's Tale[/url] [/sup] [color=#2e2c2c]-[/color][/indent][/hider][/INDENT] [/cell][/row][/table][/COLOR][hr][center][sub][sup][sub][h3][b][color=black] C H A R A C T E R H I S T O R Y[/color] [color=cde0e1]C H A R A C T E R H I S T O R Y[/color] [/b][/h3][/sub][/sup][/sub][/center] [Hider= Power Discovery] Ben had been standing a few feet away from his father, Malachi, a table separating them. Chelsea, Ben’s mum, was on the same side of the table. The three of them were fighting. Malachi was yelling. His face was red with anger. He loved his son. But he was worried. Ben’s friends might be going a bad direction. He wouldn’t think that Ben had started hanging out with a bad crowd. The little group of kids in the apartment complex that Chelsea had found were decent enough kids. They all had one parent at least who was Inhuman; they had all gone through terrigensis around the same time. Around the time that Malachi had met Chelsea. And all these kids grew up knowing what they were. However, it was becoming increasingly difficult to manage the teens. They had skipped school. A cop had brought Ben to the office after he had been busted. Chelsea was worried. She had failed Ben somehow. She felt bad about it and didn’t know how to fix it. “Malachi, stop yelling.” Her voice was calm, still cutting through her husband's words. She knew who she married. Knew his family and knew the risks, but she had loved him. Dumb as that was. “Ben, just tell us why,” she pleaded. Malachi had stopped yelling, but his hands were on the table, pressed into fists. Ben stood, slouched, and as far away from his parents as he could get in the break room. He leaned against a counter, arms crossed. Chelsea felt a spark of love for her teen son; she smiled softly to herself. “There wasn’t a reason. We just were bored.” Ben shrugged. He didn’t want to be there. He would rather be sitting in the dumb math class he should have been in instead. The building rocked. An explosion tore through the building. An alarm went off. The room, the small break room, near his parents' lab filled with a greenish mist. Chelsea’s eyes went wide; the building rocked again. Ben screamed and started to move, trying to get his mum. He didn’t get to her. Darkness surrounded him. Ben could barely move. He couldn’t hear anything except his own voice as he screamed. At first, he was screaming for his mum and dad. Then he was screaming because he couldn’t move. Ben couldn’t breathe. He couldn’t move. He cried out for his mum. Great wracking sobs, as he cried in the pure black of the cocoon encasing him, tore through him. His voice growing raw, his body and mind exhausted. Pain had filled him. He could only feel the pain. He screamed more. He passed out. Ben dreamt of moving, of the world being easy to navigate, leaping between buildings. Free. He dreamt of insects. He understood them in a way he had never understood them before. When he woke, he was still in the dark, he still hurt, and there was nothing but silence. He curled up and cried. He screamed and begged. His voice broken, the screams became weak things. And he was still trapped. His mum had been right there. She had been so close, but he hadn’t reached her. Ben continued to drift in and out of consciousness. He soon gave up. Imagining that he’d be trapped forever. That he would die there in the cocoon. When he slept, he had visions. The visions were of insects and parkour. His two favorite things, other than skating. He assumed that it was his mind trying to protect him. Reaching for the things that brought him joy. He catalogued the insects he saw in his visions. He was broken. He finally let himself sink into what he figured would be his final time to sleep. He woke up. There were machines beeping. His grandmother was there. His uncle was there. Not his mother. Not his father. He shifted, and they came to his side. They knew what had happened. Matt explained it. That Ben was perfectly healthy. That what happened was how it always happened. But, because he had been in the cocoon so long, they weren’t sure if he was dehydrated or what. The cocoon had stayed until the debris from the building collapse could be cleared off of it fully. It protected him. Ben couldn’t talk. But he wrote his question, “Where’s mum?” He knew as soon as his grandmother and uncle saw the question. He knew what the look on their faces meant. He mouthed, “Dad?” They shared a look, and then Grandma shook her head. Ben curled up onto his side. The hospital released him a day later. There was nothing wrong with him. They told him his voice would heal. He didn’t care. He curled up in the room that had been his mother’s when she was a kid. He slept. He cried. He didn’t drink tea. He heard conversations coming from the kitchen. His dad’s parents came over. There was a fight. They left with the urn filled with their son; they did not leave with Ben. He heard what they called him. What they called his mother. What they called the rest of his family. He had heard the whole conversation and knew that they could not love him enough. It took time, but soon Ben was packed up and moved to San Francisco. Matt had told him. He hadn’t asked. Ben hated San Francisco. It was cold and foggy. The apartment that Matt lived in was on the third floor, and the elevator was questionable. Ben rode it in once and cried. He refused to use it again. There were only three flights. He didn’t think about it. Didn’t think about how much the flight sucked. How much he hated driving. He just walked through it all in a daze. Lost. [/hider] [Hider=General History] Benjamin Arthur Owens-Moss was born at 3 am after his mom, Chelsea, had been in labor for almost four whole hours. She was exhausted but held him. Chelsea knew she was inhuman. She had known since her older brother, Matthew, had accidentally undergone terrigenesis several years prior. Then, in 2021, the Terrigen bomb went off. Chelsea and her father also underwent terrigenesis. She worked for the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) and was tapped to work on the M-Pox cure project. There, she met her (soon-to-be) husband, Malachi. The two bonded quickly while working on the project. Malachi was not Inhuman, but he was also a pathologist. Ben grew up in London and was well-loved by his family. Including the extended family. His Uncle Matt visited often. He grew up in the city but loved going out of town to the country. From a very young age, he was interested in entomology. He was always outdoors and playing in the mud, the type of kid. Even when that wasn’t an option in the flat he grew up in. He played with the local neighborhood kids. He attended a school that was friendly to mutants and Inhumans. Most of his friends were children of one or the other. They all talked about what powers they wanted. At seven, Ben started skateboarding. He loved it instantly. Malachi taught him. Ben’s friends got into it, too. They began exploring other similar sports and discovered parkour. Ben and his friends were a small gang of six boys from the Braddock Academy feeder school. They all had hopes of attending eventually, even the Inhuman kids who didn’t know if they’d ever be allowed to undergo terrigenesis. They all knew Ben would be the one to do it. His parents planned to eventually. Unfortunately, they were not ready to do it when he was fourteen. His parents decided they would wait two years. Ben and his friends went truant from school and were messing around on their skateboards and filming parkour tricks together to post on Snikt! They got in trouble for truancy from school and loitering. The cops took him to his parents' work. While there, he was getting lectured, and there was a lab accident. The accident caused severe building damage, and some of the contained Mist spread. Ben and his parents were caught in the blast. Chelsea died from the second exposure, and Malachi was hit with some debris. Ben survived and underwent terrigenesis. Ben was extremely lucky and survived. Matt, Ben's uncle, flew out immediately to be there for Matt’s family. He stayed a few weeks at his parents' place. Matt decided he wanted to adopt Ben. This was partly because he was his nephew and also because he was unable to have biological children. Matt and Ben had already been close while he was growing up, having told him stories and taught him about fighting and guns (though Ben isn’t interested in those (it’s weird in London; it seems to be an American thing)). The downside was that Matt lives in Los Angeles. He didn’t want Ben to go to school in Wales while they lived there. With that in mind, Matt decided to send Ben to Avengers Academy, where he had friends (and children of friends). Ben appreciated that his Uncle was willing to adopt him, but he felt like that was almost for the show since he was almost immediately sent to the Academy. He only had a few months between his parents' deaths and going to the Academy. It seemed to him that once Christmas had passed, his Uncle was sending him to school. [/hider]