because I’m gay as fuck for Ben and love him way too much I’ve made a timeline of his life so far. major events are circled in red. and because this will likely be a long post, all the information regarding the major events will be under the read more. Warning: Mentions of cannibalism below.
1989: Aged 4 was when Ben started kindergarten and when his habit for biting other children on the fingers and arms developed. His kindergartener teachers said it wasn’t uncommon for children to bite when perhaps another child provoked them, but Ben was biting other children simply because he wanted to. His mother tried very hard to be patient with him and bought him a chew-able necklace hoping that when he felt the urge to bite, chewing on it would help him. His biting did settle down and there were only a few incidents after that.
1995: Aged 8, Ben lived next door to a girl a year younger than him, the pair had quickly become best friends, on a summer afternoon when the two where playing in Ben’s front yard with the sprinkler, Ben bit her stomach, just below her ribs. He did rather serious damage to her body which required her to spend up to two months in hospital to recover from the wound. The girls parents filed an order against Ben to force his family to move away from them. Ben’s father started spending less time at home working extra shifts to afford the new home at such short notice. Ben’s mother’s patients with him also began to grow thin.
2002: Aged 17, Ben was nearing his final year of High school. He was popular, especially amongst girls while he did find girls attractive, he had also realised that he preferred Men over women, while his friends didn’t approve of his sexuality and would often give him a lot of grief for it, he pursued a relationship with Noa, the son of Eemre and Marigold.
2003: Aged 18, Ben graduated High school, and his mother kicked him out of home, telling him he had caused her too much stress through his High school years and that she didn’t want anything to do with him anymore. Without telling anyone he left the city and travelled as far away from his old life as he could afford to, which lead him to the seaside, three hours away from his home. He arrived with nothing but a backpack of things he had been able to quickly grab from home. He quickly found shelter with an elderly couple that owned a seaside cafe/restaurant. They took him in and treated him like their own son, he spend the rest of the year working with them, they taught him to cook and make the perfect coffee, they had been ready to retire from the business and instead passed the place down to Ben, He used the money he had earn along with a sum of money the couple had also given to him, to buy himself his own home.
2004: Aged 19, now that he was settled into his own home, ran a business that made him a good income he wasn’t stressed, and desires that had awoken after the day he had bit his childhood friend began to creep into his mind again, He had spend many night throughout high school having similar fantasies when he was day dreaming in class but he knew acting out on the fantasies would put him at risk, now though he had a way to keep it all a secret. He had his ‘room’. It didn’t take him long before he was ready, and he found his first victim. I young tourist who was visiting the beach on his own for two weeks. Ben made his first kill and after that became addicted to the rush it gave him.
2004-2011: Ben spent there years working his business during the day, and in his free time, he lured victim after victim into his home, where his stripped them of their ectoplasmic flesh and murdered them. 2010 was the year he met Pickle, Pickle lived with Ben in his home for almost the entire year, Ben had done something he promised himself he’d never do to any of his victims. he had developed feelings. Ben spent a lot of time hesitating before he finally killed Pickle and ate his flesh. Throughout 2011 Ben began to suffer nightmares caused by the death of Pickle, he also began to experience hullinations. It wasn’t until the end of 2011 that he began hunting for victims hoping that killing again would take his mind off Pickle.
2012: Aged 27, Stress caused by continuing nightmares tired Ben, and his usual careful self began to slip. The key to his ‘room’ which he usually kept on himself at all times was left out, his current victim to be at the time finding the key and using it to investigate the room, which contained four large fridges full of flesh, pickles skull along with his cloths. The victim left Ben’s home to call the police and Ben was taken into police custody.
1214: Aged 29, After almost two years of court cases and linking ben to a high number of missing persons cases Ben was admitted to Mount Ebbot Asylum for the criminally insane. During this time Noa had seen Ben on the news, thinking Ben was dead after he had disappeared Noa worked up the courage to go an visit Ben, Shocked at the way he was being treated Noa requested Ben to undergo rehabilitation that would allow Ben to leave the asylum and live under his care.
2015: Aged 30, Ben spent the entire year undergoing daily therapy to prove himself safe enough to be released. His therapy to cope with his cravings included training his brain to cause him to feel nausea when thinking killing and eating someone. He was shown pictures of Pickles remains and had reports of his crimes read to him while being made to take a pill that induced vomiting, over time even thinking that about eating someone made him feel seriously ill. And he passed his test deeming himself safe enough to live under the care of Noa, with weekly scheduled therapy sessions to monitor his process. After moving in with Noa he was required to keep his muzzle to prevent biting on for up to three months to allow him time to adjust and for Noa’s safety.
2016: Age 31, Ben now lives with Noa, He visits his therapist once every week. He is on a high protein Diet and takes a pill after every meal to keep him feeling full until his next mean to prevent him feeling any sort of cravings. He no longer has to wear his mask and has not once acted out in any way. When Noa began taking Ben outside his home for the first two months, Ben had multiple incidents of vomiting when being taken to public places. Now, Ben is able to spend time in public spaces without incident. He still experiences small moments of feeling unwell around people, but he is able to control himself to prevent from vomiting.
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