Uncle ben's Questionnaire

Due to having grown up in Manchester, Ben prefers the usual sights and sounds of the familiar with the unexpected never occurring. After Afghanistan, Ben refused to move on from his childhood home with all the threats that could be out there. Bens apartment mirrors his old bunkhouse when he was deployed. Messy whilst also somehow being mostly bare, what little Ben has to decorate his apartment has been carelessly thrown up with very little care or attention paid to placement. The only Piece within his home that has been carefully taken care of is the last picture his has of his family, his ex-wife and his daughter Emelia from 45 years ago. 

Whilst Ben has a low income job, working at a local office. Ben stands out among his cohorts, not because of his technical skill but for the very opposite, he lacks any computer skills and has broken the office printer multiple time when trying to put more paper inside. Whilst this would be enough to fire anybody else, what keeps Ben around is his willingness to carry out any small job around the office not matter how disgusting, fixing the clogged toilets or getting rid of dead rats. However, his out of office hours consist of him lending out his services as a sort of handyman to criminal croups, whether as an enforcer or as body disposal. Bens finance ultimately always ends with losses being made from gambling. Ben knows his job prospects are limited so the only way to make a lot of money will be to win it. 

To ben, his life ended years ago with his paranoia resulting in Ben nearly completely shutting himself off form forming any real relationship with anybody else. With the only reason to carry on being to make sure that he's able to leave something for his family, there is very little Ben is not willing to do for money. From intimidation to breaking into parishes for valuables, there's not much Ben has not done for cash. With all this in mind, Ben has no problem with how he'll be remembered after he's dead and buried, as long as he leaves something behind. Whilst ben has not had to kill yet for money, it's a thought that has crossed his mind. The only thing holding him back is the thought of no control over whose life he ends, whether the corpse in front of him will be a thug or a loving father. 

During the conflict in the Afghanistan, Bens unit came under heavy mortar fire. Seeking cover in a nearby building, the bombing caused debris to fall and knock ben unconscious resulting in him falling into a coma for several weeks. At this point of time, medical studies had suggested that is was possible for coma patients to be in a semi-conscious state, aware of their surroundings. With these studies in mind, the tv which was in Bens room was left on, playing a range mix of tv shows and films. This however had an undesired effect on ben as when he awoke from his coma, he started acting in a completely different way. It did not take long for doctors to realise that ben was fully convinced that he had lived a strange life consisting of a blend of movies stories. 

The only three people who have played a consistent role in Bens life is his ex-wife, his brother and his Daughter. While his daughter was and continues to be his primary reasoning for his drive to acquire sustainable funds, due to his delusions, Ben has driven himself to remain distant with her, bordering on estrangement. This has led to Bens closest bond being with his Brother Eric who is the only person truly aware of what Ben is doing and all of the background information behind both Bens current situation and his future plans. This has led to Ben depending on Eric massively, while not in terms of taking care of himself but more as acting as an anchor for reality. Eric is essentially the only person that Ben truly trusts and is the only one that Ben goes to when he needs acquire information that he can trust when Ben becomes confused and paranoid.