The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

9 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

Lettuce stirred. [Hmm? Did something happen?]

"I imagine we can help with that!"

Sasha looked at Beosta. “What school do you go to?”

@The Halcyon Girl

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Wait… isn’t lettuce the rabbit?

also, there are a lot of rabbits. I’m going to add my old one in for fun. (Not the one Jilu ate, though. My first ever character, the Lord of the Colour Blue)

Out of the blue, a blue rabbit appeared, speaking to the party, his words emitting blue sound waves. “Why do you intrude upon this space which I call my home?”

[This isn’t your home,] Livetha informed him imperiously. [This is a scuddy old forest.]

Yes, lettuce is one of the many rabbits. 

2 minutes ago, Kajsa said:

Sasha looked at Beosta. “What school do you go to?”

@The Halcyon Girl

“Nothing you’ve heard of,” she dismissed. 

Edited October 15, 2024 by The Halcyon Girl

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

2 minutes ago, The Halcyon Girl said:

[This isn’t your home,] Livetha informed him imperiously. [This is a scuddy old forest.]

Yes, lettuce is one of the many rabbits. 

“Nothing you’ve heard of,” she dismissed. 

“And I am a very old rabbit. Do the two not seem to fit together?” If they looked closely, one might see that everything the rabbit touched turned blue.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Hmm," said Bacon the Bard. "Were you evil? I can't remember."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

“And I am a very old rabbit. Do the two not seem to fit together?” If they looked closely, one might see that everything the rabbit touched turned blue.

[You're a scuddy old rabbit,] Livetha giggled, then pranced, happy with herself. 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, The Halcyon Girl said:

[You're a scuddy old rabbit,] Livetha giggled, then pranced, happy with herself. 

“Yes. I am the Lord of the Colour blue.” He raised a paw, and their surroundings turned blue.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

“Yes. I am the Lord of the Colour blue.” He raised a paw, and their surroundings turned blue.

Livetha did not like this. She turned everything back. 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 minute ago, The Halcyon Girl said:

Livetha did not like this. She turned everything back. 

The Lord of the Colour Blue started coughing, and at the end he coughed up a blue slug monster thing. “Oh dear. Get back, I’ll say!”

He ate it.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

The Lord of the Colour Blue started coughing, and at the end he coughed up a blue slug monster thing. “Oh dear. Get back, I’ll say!”

He ate it.

Livetha ignored this because it was behavior below herself. She nibbled on some grass. 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, The Halcyon Girl said:

Livetha ignored this because it was behavior below herself. She nibbled on some grass. 

“Stop! What do you think you are doing? Thief! Put that back how you found it, please!” He had a decidedly British accent.

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

14 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon followed, humming an off-key tune.

Coincidentally, it happened to be a magical spell that applied the Minecraft glowing effect to all mustelids within a mile radius.

Selppaenip thumped to the ground as the portal closed behind him. He surveyed the space. "What a peculiar location! Where are we, precisely?"

@Ancient Elantrian

Nogard dropped to his knees next to Subversion. It didn't look like she'd been injured seriously, but...

Please wake up, he thought worriedly.

"A pocket dimension. My pocket dimension, specifically. It's a nice place. I have a minifridge somewhere in here."

If this is still relevant

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

“Stop! What do you think you are doing? Thief! Put that back how you found it, please!” He had a decidedly British accent.

Livetha ignored him again, finished her grass, and jumped up onto Beosta's shoulders. 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, The Halcyon Girl said:

Livetha ignored him again, finished her grass, and jumped up onto Beosta's shoulders. 

“Do not make me turn you blue!”

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

“Do not make me turn you blue!”

[Don't make me take away your voice,] she chittered back. 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

3 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

"A pocket dimension. My pocket dimension, specifically. It's a nice place. I have a minifridge somewhere in here."

If this is still relevant

"Is this grass?" wondered Selppaenip, inspecting the floor. 

12 minutes ago, The Halcyon Girl said:

Livetha did not like this. She turned everything back. 

Not to be outdone, Bacon the Bard turned everything a pulsing neon orange.

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 minute ago, The Halcyon Girl said:

[Don't make me take away your voice,] she chittered back. 

The rabbit shudders at the sound of the contraction. “Grammar! Please…”

Seeing the orange, he turned everything Blue again.

Edited October 15, 2024 by SpiritOfWrath

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

The rabbit shudders at the sound of the contraction. “Grammar! Please…”

Seeing the orange, he turned everything Blue again.

Livetha preferred blue to orange. [Grammar your face.]

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, The Halcyon Girl said:

Livetha preferred blue to orange. [Grammar your face.]

The rabbit stutters, then starts bouncing around in frustration. “But… but that’s not how it woooorks!” 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

The rabbit stutters, then starts bouncing around in frustration. “But… but that’s not how it woooorks!” 

[Your face isn't how it works!] 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"Hey, wait a minute!" said Bacon the Bard. "If this place is your home, why isn't everything already blue?"

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, The Halcyon Girl said:

[Your face isn't how it works!] 

He stutters even more. “But it’s not grammaatcally poossible!” He sounds remarkably whiny.

”Because it’s also the home of every other Lord of Colour. Except Red. He was eaten by a ferocious were-beast.”

[ThroughTheLivingSequence she/her/they/them]

On 10/11/2024 at 1:51 PM, The Halcyon Girl said:

“I…” 

I don’t know.

” Finish my CD with Qodi.” I guess. 

"That sounds interesting! Tell me more about that." Sequence leaned forward attentively.

On 10/11/2024 at 2:51 PM, xinoehp512 said:

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@Ancient Elantrian @Immortal Platypus here ya go.

Far away, in a world barren of life, on top of a mountain with no name, sat a castle made entirely of BLT sandwiches. Inside the uppermost room of that castle was a radio, playing in a language that nobody could understand. If they could  have understood it, however, it would have sounded like this.

"Hello all, and welcome back to The Longest Thread- Misadventures™! As always, my name is Bacon the Bard, here to fill you in on all the plots, tangents, and absolute nonsense that you missed out on!

Our last episode ended (circa pg. 2731) with our heroes (their company still unnamed) recovering from their daring attack on the stronghold of the Brave Adventurers by relaxing and regrouping atop a snowy mountain in the middle of a rainstorm! Questions abounded: who was this Great Wizard the Brave Adventurer had accused of treason? Was he actually guilty of conspiracy against the thread, or was it all an elaborate ploy on the part of the Brave Adventurer? What of the ominously named Baron of Wrath and his mysterious Plotblades? And, most mysterious of all: why can't Shoe talk?

In this episode, some of those questions will be answered and some will be left mysterious. New characters will be introduced, and old characters will make reappearances. Old drama will be brought to the forefront, and new drama will be stirred up by Narrators. All this-  and a special occurrence more exciting than all of them put together- on this week's episode of the Longest Thread!

~Theme Song plays~

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We begin immediately after our heroes' arrival on the mountain. Zanitar is displeased with Nogard for his instigation of what he views as a reckless attack. He storms off to brood for a little bit. After a little time to cool down, he brings everyone who missed the OA's flashback up to speed on the events that transpired in the council room of the Brave Adventurers prior to their arrival. Soon after this, Erif wakes up, likewise annoyed at Nogard for interfering in the situation.

Meanwhile, back in the room of the Brave Adventurers, Tull- who was left behind by the OA on accident- faces down the Baron of Wrath. The fearsome creator of the arachnidishes attacks! - and, entirely by mistake, nicks Tull with his Plotblade of glowing light. In a shocking twist of events, Tull realizes that he is, in fact, a full compounder! With this newly revealed power, Tull easily defeats the Baron of Wrath and claims his blades - which are revealed to be two halves of the Plotblade Plot Twists, Benevolent and Malevolent. (Why the Baron of Wrath was using a blade whose primary power is to empower those it cuts against his enemies remains a mystery.) 

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Tull teleports back to the group, surprising Erif with his new Plotblades. He uses Benevolent to remove Erif's curse. In the process, he accidentally exposes Erif's mind to his true nature as a character written by Onyx. Fortunately, the safeguards instituted in his mind kick in and erase his memory before any lasting damage is done. (I'm sure nothing bad will happen when all four walls in his mind are broken. Don't worry about it.) With the curse gone, the rain stops, (but nobody cared about that anyways).

Erif offers to help Tull out with whatever he needs as a token of gratitude for removing the curse, but Tull doesn't have any aspirations. Instead, he asks to accompany Erif on his future journeys. Erif accepts Tull's offer and explains his current quest to find a book - the Book of Unwinding Thread - that he learned of through an oracle. As they prepare to depart, several other members of the party of heroes volunteer to help- notably including Gail (with Qodi) and Shoe. Erif teleports all of the volunteers to the castle that he and Tull were investigating prior to being portaled to the BA's council. The group splits up and begins their search. 

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Shortly after splitting up, Gail and Qodi encounter suits of living armor, who proceed to engage them in combat. The rest of the group arrives and make short work of the animated armor. The few remaining suits flee in terror, but before the party can celebrate their success, something appears that none of them could have expected. Well, perhaps almost none.

But to explain this mysterious enemy, we must first rewind time slightly, to a singular event. An event more important and exciting than any other in today's episode; perhaps more exciting than any moment in all of TLT. Dear listeners, it is in this moment, that I- Bacon the Bard - made my debut on the thread!

~Dramatic music plays~

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I appeared suddenly, and without warning, to welcome a new character onto TLT. She gave her name as Beosta (Her real name is Between Two Stars, but she's been using Beosta, so that's what I'll call her.) and her pet weasel's name as Livetha. She was reluctant to talk to me at first, but warmed up to me after a brief chat. We exchanged questions, and she extended an offer to join her as traveling companion. I was surprised and delighted, and- of course - accepted! She explained that she was tracking an entity named Quiet Golden Eyes, who she claimed she was supposed to have bonded. Being a Narrator, I decided to help her by simply teleporting her to the location of said entity.

But- in a shocking turn of events - Quiet Golden Eyes turned out to be none other then Qodi the rabbit, bonded partner of Gail!

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We appeared immediately following the group's fight with the living armor. (I was fortunately able to escape before Erif noticed me.) After a brief fight, Beosta found herself restrained, and Gail found herself facing an old rival from her past. Beosta and Gail proceeded to explain how the two of them had trained together under tree spirits and received animals to bond, and how- despite being the weaker of the two- Gail had received the more powerful bonded animal in Qodi. Beosta, furious at this perceived injustice, had been tracking Gail ever since, hoping to steal Qodi's bond for herself. However, in order to enact such a transference, Gail would have to die.

Qodi is unwilling to allow Gail to die, and in addition finds Beosta's attitude objectionable, and so refuses to take part in any bond transference. Beosta is unhappy, but is forced to accept that she is stuck with her current bond, Livetha. With that matter resolved, the group resumes their search.

(During this sequence, it is revealed that- in a shocking twist of events- Erif is actually a Mistborn! Whether or not this fact will pose any relevance to the ongoing story remains to be seen.)

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A little while later, after accidentally setting off a Rube-Goldberg-esque contraption, Shoe stumbles upon the entrance to the library. Inside waits a rather disturbing-looking enemy with ten sword-arms, an elongated, eyeless head, and lots of long, sharp teeth. Tull is overcome with terror and faints; Qodi, however, (by consuming a portion of the powers of the Plotblades) is able to defeat the monster and allow Erif to retrieve the book. Tull wakes up, and in a shocking twist of events, has enough lerasium lying about to hand it out like candy! (Sorry about all the twists, by the way. Blame the Plotblade, not me.) He gives some to Shoe, who immediately runs off to experiment with it. Unfortunately for Shoe, Erif fails to notice his absence when he teleports the other Unnamed Heroes back to the snowy mountain, and Shoe and Beosta are left behind in the castle.

Shoe and Beosta meet up outside of the library, and I make my reappearance, introducing myself to Shoe. I ask him the question we'd all like to know the answer to- why can't he talk?- but his answer is interrupted when the castle (its entire narrative relevance expended) begins to collapse in dramatic fashion. The pair make the intelligent decision to flee, but Beosta realizes mid-flight that she has left Leotha behind in the library! She turns back for her weasel, (who perhaps she does not dislike quite as much as she professes) risking her life in the process. She successfully retrieves her weasel, but at that moment the entire castle collapses! Fortunately, Shoe is able to catch Beosta before she falls, and the pair escape.

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The pair ask for my help in returning to the rest of our Unnamed Heroes, but I reveal that I dare not involve myself in Erif and Nogard's story lest I break one of their Walls and incur the wrath of their Narrator, Onyx. The pair meet up with Aero, who is swapped out for a new character, Silas. Shoe, exhausted from the excitement of the past few minutes, collapses (still not having answered my question).

It is at this point that Subversion inserts herself into the story. She offers to make Livetha more powerful for Beosta in exchange for a "small favor": stealing the Plotblade of Twists from Tull. It is at this point that Shoe awakens. Beosta hides her bargain with Subversion, so I also keep quiet (to add drama!). Tragically, Shoe takes offense at my secrecy, and refuses to reveal why it is he is so tight lipped unless I reveal Beosta's bargain. Alas! Before I can take him up on that offer, Tull appears and confronts Beosta directly. With the information out in the open, Shoe is no longer interested in making a trade, and thus we remain in the dark! 

In a shocking twist of events, Tull has become a Narrator! As this would make the fight between him and Beosta entirely one sided, I transform Livetha into a Narrator, to put her on equal footing with Tull. However, by doing so, I inadvertently removed their entire reason for conflict. So I didn't even get a cool fight out of the whole affair!

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Tull returns the group to the snowy mountain, where Shoe is reunited with a relieved Nogard. During their absence, very little progress has been made. The character of @The Aspiring Archivist (the guy with the heavy staff, codenamed Sandy) made his return and partook in a brief discussion with Nogard about wizards and phones. @Sequence also reappeared, having zoned out during the fight, and introduced a character (that might be returning- I don't remember) named Fuzzy. None of them knew anything about the Great Wizard.

Subversion follows the group shortly thereafter. She borrows the Plotblade of Tull briefly, making a small modification that will theoretically make it less disruptive to the plot going forwards, and introduces herself to Nogard. Nogard, having seen her, immediately falls helplessly in love with her. ()

Meanwhile, the character of @TwinSouls, a sapient mailbox, makes its appearance. (Nogard does not notice, as he is still distracted by Subversion.) The mailbox completely ignores my introductions, and so I will not mention it further.

Also meanwhile, Sequence begins a brief chat with Gail and Tull, in which Gail admits to feeling unimportant. Tull attempts to use the blade to make Gail a Mistborn, but because of Subversion's interference it doesn't work.

Before Nogard can make too much more of a fool of himself, Jilu reminds him that he is on a quest to save the world, which is a probably a little more important than chasing after women. Nogard, ever resourceful, invites Subversion to join the quest, and she reveals that the Great Wizard is currently on the way.

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Will the Unnamed Heroes receive answers to their questions? Will Nogard successfully win the affections of Subversion? Will we finally learn the truth behind Shoe's silence? Find answers to all these questions and more in the next episode of The Longest Thread- Misadventures™! Thank you all for listening, and have a good night.

 

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Fuzzy applauded, not really understanding most of that, but she took some notes for Sequence.

On 10/11/2024 at 11:39 PM, NameIess said:

"I cannot tell you where the Plotblades are, for I do not know myself. I can tell you only the names of those who could walk to path necessary to claim them." The Great Wizard raised his hands, drawing his rabbits to attention. Glowing green eyes appeared floating in a circle around him as some of his herd shared their rabbity prophetic powers. Other rabbits uninvisiblified themselves in such a way as to create a slideshow of the people he spoke of (or a crude representation, in the case of those without true physical form). He spoke then, in a voice that was not his own. "To find the Blades, seekest those around whom Plot spins most wildly. Madness, that being who seeks to invade the Thread and bend it to her will. Gail, the girl named Great Failure, bondholder of Qodi, greater than she yet believes. The Brave Adventurer, schemer, inheritor of a mantle forged by greater men for men greater yet than they. Selppaenip, hero too mighty for his own good. These you must watch closely. Yet others could claim the prize. The Witherlord, greatest darkness, ever gnawing away at the world's roots. The Valiant One, betrayed, clinging to honor yet drowning in lies. Subversion twice over, for the paths she could yet take, for the paths she sees in truth. The Dreamsmith, longing for a life stolen from him. And others, many others, but one more. Nogard, child of Onyx. Claim the Blade you could, and escape the cruel fate that may yet consume you. Watch them, watch all. For Plot twists and turns, and any could claim the Blades. Watch even your own heart, lest it betray you."

The eyes of the rabbits winked out, and the Great Wizard collapsed to the ground in a fit of coughing. "There-*cough*-there you have it. Watch... whoever it was I just told you to." He looked up. "I hope you were paying attention, because rabbits take terrible notes."

@Immortal Platypus @xinoehp512@SpiritOfWrath@Through The Living Glass@Ancient Elantrian@The Halcyon Girl@Sequence@The H

Cardinal also took notes for Sequence, scribbling on a notebook frantically in the corner trying to record as much of this strange monologue as he could.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

He stutters even more. “But it’s not grammaatcally poossible!” He sounds remarkably whiny.

”Because it’s also the home of every other Lord of Colour. Except Red. He was eaten by a ferocious were-beast.”

Livetha snickered. 

Just now, Sequence said:

"That sounds interesting! Tell me more about that." Sequence leaned forward attentively.

"About... about my CD?" Gail asked. 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

4 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

He stutters even more. “But it’s not grammaatcally poossible!” He sounds remarkably whiny.

”Because it’s also the home of every other Lord of Colour. Except Red. He was eaten by a ferocious were-beast.”

[Oh dear,] said Lettuce. [I don't know if we want to be in the same place as all of the Lords of Color.]

[ThroughTheLivingSequence she/her/they/them]

5 minutes ago, The Halcyon Girl said:

"About... about my CD?" Gail asked. 

"Yeah! Is it like.. music? Are you a musician? A poet, perhaps?"