The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Immortal Platypus]

1 minute ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

Thaidakar nodded, "It could be absolutely anything. Whatever it is, we need to gather our allies. Or..." Something bizarre occurred in Thaidakar's head. "Or we could defeat Plot with an easy fix. Narration... chaotic narration. Narration without form or pattern. Otherwise known as Plot's enemy."

"Thaidakar is, I'm not," Mythos said, having a sip of his own drink.

"Hasn't that already been happening? Like, a lot? I probably depends on whether our Narration or Plot's plot is stronger. Oh! We could try Plotblade-enhanced Narration! That would probably hurt him.

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

1 minute ago, Nameless* said:

Subversion appeared next to Thaidakar, eyes glowing slightly more than usual. "Plot is dead and cannot return. Not while his power is splintered into the Plotblades. Your enemy is not him."

Thaidakar smiled, "Subversion... subverted Nameless... So you say that Plot is not our enemy? And yet, the plot blades are just his sword splintered, not Plot himself."

Just now, Being of Cacophony said:

"Hasn't that already been happening? Like, a lot? I probably depends on whether our Narration or Plot's plot is stronger. Oh! We could try Plotblade-enhanced Narration! That would probably hurt him.

"If Plot is truly our enemy, than we could do that."

[Immortal Platypus]

Just now, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

Thaidakar smiled, "Subversion... subverted Nameless... So you say that Plot is not our enemy? And yet, the plot blades are just his sword splintered, not Plot himself."

"If Plot is truly our enemy, than we could do that."

"The Plotblades are more than just his sword," Platypus broke in. "It's at least some of his power invested in them."

[NameIess]

Just now, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

Thaidakar smiled, "Subversion... subverted Nameless... So you say that Plot is not our enemy? And yet, the plot blades are just his sword splintered, not Plot himself."

"A misunderstanding. Vengeance is Plot's Blade, filled with his hatred for those that slew him. The other Plotblades came into being only after his death, formed from the fragments of his power."

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

1 minute ago, Being of Cacophony said:

"The Plotblades are more than just his sword," Platypus broke in. "It's at least some of his power invested in them."

Just now, Nameless* said:

"A misunderstanding. Vengeance is Plot's Blade, filled with his hatred for those that slew him. The other Plotblades came into being only after his death, formed from the fragments of his power."

"I wasn't alive during that portion of happenings... I think. So a lot of what I say can be wrong. If it is not Plot, who could it be?"

[NameIess]

5 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"I wasn't alive during that portion of happenings... I think. So a lot of what I say can be wrong. If it is not Plot, who could it be?"

Subversion shrugged. "How should I know? Spook's the one who saw it."

Edited May 18, 2023 by Nameless*

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

“You thought it was Plot,” Szeth said, sauntering towards the others. “BUT IT WAS ME, SZETH!”

[NameIess]

The brave adventurer reacts quickly, drawing his sword and charging towards the revealed evil mastermind.

Edited May 18, 2023 by Nameless*

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

The monolithic vision unfolded in front of Spook in the past.

Spook shuddered, looking up and around. A dark cloud drifted towards a bright, chaotic and unorderly light that Spook knew was TLT. As the dark cloud neared TLT, mini-visions sprouted up from the dark ground, Narrators dying, avatars being consumed by powers, cataclysmic events erupting, and a dark figure in the center of it all with a sword in their hand. 

On the ground in front of the dark figure lay Spook, but not Spook. Spook watched as the figure lifted their sword. The Spook in the vision whispered, "Mercy..." An ethereal, phantom voice came from the dark figure, a voice transformed, "There is no such thing as mercy." The figure stabbed the blade into the vision Spook. Vision Spook erupted in shadows and bursts of red light. Spook himself turned from the vision. A vision of two figures fighting with faces changing from Thaidakar to Spook to Mythos and back to Thaidakar. Spook turned away from it. Swords seemed to swirl around many figures. Spook recognized one of the blades. The one he wanted. Character. Spook leapt towards the blade, but the vision shifted before he could touch it. 

Spook landed in a pile of goopy shadows. He grunted, lifting himself up. The goop slid off him. A voice whispered in his head, "Fate always arrives, the future will come if Fate designs it so." Spook found himself in a pillared room lined with tapestries and masterworks of art. He looked around at the paintings and tapestries before looking at the end of the room. A tall mirror stood there with a shimmering surface, something pulling Spook towards it. Spook walked towards it warily, the pull towards it growing stronger.

As he ended up right in front of it, Spook gazed into it. The surface glittered then shifted, revealing Spook and a handsome woman, smiling at each other. It shifted, showing Thaidakar and Spook laughing and talking together, like good friends. It shifted again, showing Spook as a narrator, helping people and preventing the worst of things in TLT in a far better way than his father had ever done. A voice whispered, "Future... possibilities... you could be happy... you could do what you want."

Spook shuddered, "What is this?"

"The future..." the voice whispered.

Spook turned away from the mirror, but found himself right in front of it again, gazing into it. The mirror's image shifted to Spook being killed by Thaidakar, then to Spook killing Thaidakar, then to Spook laughing as TLT burned. It shifted again, instead becoming Spook killing Narrators, murdering Avatars and more. Worlds burned, the thread began to die. Authors fought over plot and Plot. Swords moved around, various people trying to claim different once. Spook fought with two of them in a dual form, moving like a hurricane of death and Plot. And in the center of it, a dark figure laughed.

The final image was Spook stabbing Thaidakar in the heart and laughing.

"What is this...?" Spook asked again, shaking. 

"Possibilities, Spook, possibilities... it could be the future and it could not be the future. Whatever it is, it could happen." The voice whispered. "You could have any of it you choose...

"I... I just..."

"I know."

Spook shook, falling into a pit of endless darkness. Finally, he woke up in a fancy bed. He sat up, looking around. A sword lay next to him. Character... Spook lifted it, gazing at the surface of the Blade. 

And... Spook turned, the air crackling around him. He looked surprised, but it soon faded to mild irritation as he appeared in the main part of TLT again.

1 minute ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

“You thought it was Plot,” Szeth said, sauntering towards the others. “BUT IT WAS ME, SZETH!”

In the present, "No, it was not you," Spook said quietly from the side, "It was not you... Whoever it is, I know it's not you."

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

“How are you sure?”

9 minutes ago, Nameless* said:

The brave adventurer reacts quickly, drawing his sword and charging towards the revealed evil mastermind.

Szeth puts up no defense. The adventurer runs him through, and Szeth laughs earnestly, wiping a trickle of blood from his mouth.

Edited May 18, 2023 by Szeth_Pancakes

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, Szeth_Pancakes said:

“How are you sure?”

Szeth puts up no defense. The adventurer runs him through, and Szeth laughs earnestly, wiping a trickle of blood from his mouth

"You are not the... the thing..." Spook said. "You are, however, an idiot."

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Just now, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"You are not the... the thing..." Spook said. "You are, however, an idiot."

“I am many things.” Szeth pulls the sword from his gut, and the wound heals instantly. “Meanwhile,” he continues, “Hoid!”

Everyone disappears. So does everyone else.

Hoid begins flying a kite.

[NameIess]

The brave adventurer turns back to Spook as Szeth disappears everyone behind him. "He's... not the evil thing that's going to destroy TLT?"

Edited May 18, 2023 by Nameless*

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, Nameless* said:

The brave adventurer turns back to Spook, leaving his sword imbedded in Szeth's chest. "He's... not the evil thing that's going to destroy TLT?"

"Yes," said Spook, reappearing near the brave adventurer, "I am sure of it. The thing that's coming... it's going to kill Narrators. Or, that's a possibility at least."

[NameIess]

Just now, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"Yes," said Spook, reappearing near the brave adventurer, "I am sure of it. The thing that's coming... it's going to kill Narrators. Or, that's a possibility at least."

The brave adventurer smiles, pulling another sword from his cloak. "Don't worry, I'll protect you with my life."

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, Nameless* said:

The brave adventurer smiles, pulling another sword from his cloak. "Don't worry, I'll protect you with my life."

"Thank you..." Spook said, nodding. "By any chance do you know how the Blade of Character works?"

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

Szeth reaches behind the brave adventurer and kills Spook. Violently.

 “There is no plot. Don’t you see? We were never meant to have plot. The plotblades? Meaningless. Spook? Messing with you. Narrators?

“IMMORTAL.”

[NameIess]

1 minute ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"Thank you..." Spook said, nodding. "By any chance do you know how the Blade of Character works?"

"Not exactly. It probably has something to do with Characterization." The brave adventurer winces as Spook is killed. "Um, you alright?"

Just now, Szeth_Pancakes said:

Szeth reaches behind the brave adventurer and kills Spook. Violently.

 “There is no plot. Don’t you see? We were never meant to have plot. The plotblades? Meaningless. Spook? Messing with you. Narrators?

“IMMORTAL.”

Subversion smiles. "Finally, someone else who understands!"

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

3 minutes ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

Szeth reaches behind the brave adventurer and kills Spook. Violently.

 “There is no plot. Don’t you see? We were never meant to have plot. The plotblades? Meaningless. Spook? Messing with you. Narrators?

“IMMORTAL.”

1 minute ago, Nameless* said:

"Not exactly. It probably has something to do with Characterization." The brave adventurer winces as Spook is killed. "Um, you alright?"

Spook blinked as his body reformed, "I am so glad that Thaidakar convinced me to wear that bracelet. Anyways... I assumed so. Would that mean that with the Blade, I can adjusted people's characterizations? Say, if I channeled power with the Blade I could change, as an example, Nameless's position in TLT?"

[NameIess]

1 minute ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

Spook blinked as his body reformed, "I am so glad that Thaidakar convinced me to wear that bracelet. Anyways... I assumed so. Would that mean that with the Blade, I can adjusted people's characterizations? Say, if I channeled power with the Blade I could change, as an example, Nameless's position in TLT?"

The brave adventurer looks taken aback. "Isn't that guy dead? Can changing characterization help with that?"

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

“No. DON’T. YOU. SEE.

”None of us are going to die. None of us are going to save the world. It’s the longest thread! It will go on forever. And there will never be plot!”

[Thaidakar the Ghostblood he/him]

Just now, Nameless* said:

The brave adventurer looks taken aback. "Isn't that guy dead? Can changing characterization help with that?"

"I was using Nameless as an example... I'm not saying I want to do it to Nameless. No need to worry. It could, potentially, work to bring dead people back. Say, changing their characterization so that they are poorly written and die a lot and come back every time, a day afterwards."

[NameIess]

2 minutes ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

“No. DON’T. YOU. SEE.

”None of us are going to die. None of us are going to save the world. It’s the longest thread! It will go on forever. And there will never be plot!”

Subversion nods. "Agreed. Well, some of them might die if they feel like it, but that doesn't really make their deaths meaningful, now does it?"

3 minutes ago, Thaidakar the Ghostblood said:

"I was using Nameless as an example... I'm not saying I want to do it to Nameless. No need to worry. It could, potentially, work to bring dead people back. Say, changing their characterization so that they are poorly written and die a lot and come back every time, a day afterwards."

The brave adventurer looks at the blade of Character with a gaze that is slightly fearful. "I suppose you might be able to pull something like that off. Make someone a terrible character, and whatnot."

[ThroughTheLivingSequence she/her/they/them]

5 minutes ago, Szeth_Pancakes said:

“No. DON’T. YOU. SEE.

”None of us are going to die. None of us are going to save the world. It’s the longest thread! It will go on forever. And there will never be plot!”

Everyone laid a hand on Szeth's shoulder. "I sure wish that could be the case. Sounds like such a simple existence, doesn't it?"

Edited May 18, 2023 by Sequence

[Szeth Pancakes he/they]

4 minutes ago, Sequence said:

Everyone laid a hand on Szeth's shoulder. "I sure wish that could be the case. Sounds like such a simple existence, doesn't it?"

“We don’t just have to wish. The plot is in our hands. We can do with it what we wish.”