The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[EmulatonStromenkiin he/him]

This was not good for the tearsmiths, as they required tears to smith.

[NameIess]

In fact, it was rather not good for everyone who lived in the worlds she'd created.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

And so it was that an ambitious group of young Tearsmiths sought to slay their old god and replenish the fading universe with her infinite lifeblood.

[NameIess]

They had a slight problem finding her.

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

She lived outside of their universe, in a bubble reality created by the Narrators of the old one.

[NameIess]

Even after they pierced it, they were so insignificantly weak as to be invisible. Despite all their efforts, the Tearsmiths couldn't manage to contact the woman, let alone kill her.

[EmulatonStromenkiin he/him]

They found this very irritating.

[NameIess]

Unfortunately, they died before figuring out a way to contact the woman.

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

And so, the universes dwindled until there was almost nothing.

[The Wandering Wizard he/him]

And then they all DIED!

THE END

"BUT WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF THE STORY?"

"That is for another time, young one."

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

"But come on Grandma! I know that the universe isn't destroyed, because we still exist!" little Talar compained. "If I know that, why not tell me the rest?"

[Rabbit Unmade she/her]

"Later. Go to bed, Talar." Says Grandma, "And don't worry, the universe wasn't destroyed. You'll see."

[NameIess]

After Talar was safely in bed, Grandma stood outside her home, watching as the wave of nothingness slowly crept up on her house. Not destroyed yet.

[Rabbit Unmade she/her]

Her visions were getting more... intense and to keep herself from going insane, she had to tell them.

[NameIess]

If only she could do something. But her days as a hero were over. She was far too old for any more universe-saving.

[Rabbit Unmade she/her]

Twenty-seven times, she thinks, I can't save the universe again. She glances at Talar's room. Maybe just once more. For her dead daughter's only son. But then it's someone else's turn. She thinks.

[NameIess]

So she pulled her gear out from beneath the floorboards and called her neighbor over to watch Talar, then set out into the night.

[EmulatonStromenkiin he/him]

In the night, she found Nyx.

 

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

"So," Nyx said. "You're here again, Asela."

[NerdyAarakocra They/Them]

"I belive you owe me a favor."

[NameIess]

“A favor? After what you did, you ask for a favor?”

[The Bookwyrm he/him]

Asela gritted her teeth.

"You know why I did what I did, Nyx." She calmed herself.

"And besides that, I saved your life," she continued. "I think that's enough to warrant a favor."

[Rabbit Unmade she/her]

Nyx threw up her hands, "Fine. You ask for a favor, you're getting a favor, but not for saving my life. There will be a price. Like always."

[NameIess]

Asela sighed. "You'd think I'd get a discount considering how many favors I've gotten from you."

[Rabbit Unmade she/her]

"You know how I work." Said Nyx stubbornly.