The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Boy bird

That might be better. Thanks.

Um . . . he waved his hands back and forth, searching for something to say.

Are you . . . here to ask for help?

"I should, I hope. That's what friends do."

thx

Withered rose. Withered apple. Stone in a dry riverbed. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Haven't had too many of those, till... about three weeks ago."

I'm just gonna say its been three weeks since Cricket met up with them, unless we have an actual date we've been using

Umm . . . It's been about four.

At least in my mind

Just now, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

thx

Withered rose. Withered apple. Stone in a dry riverbed. 

So . . . no.

Are you here to warn us about something?

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Umm . . . It's been about four.

At least in my mind

So . . . no.

Are you here to warn us about something?

gotcha

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Umm . . . It's been about four.

At least in my mind

So . . . no.

Are you here to warn us about something?

Nothing changed. The rose bloomed for a moment, then withered again. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

Nothing changed. The rose bloomed for a moment, then withered again. 

Are you here . . . to help us in some way?

8 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Haven't had too many of those, till... about three weeks ago."

She nodded again, smiling.

"This is a good group to be with."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Are you here . . . to help us in some way?

The rose bloomed. Light hit the apple and leaves, and the creek began running again and sparkling with sunlight. 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Are you here . . . to help us in some way?

She nodded again, smiling.

"This is a good group to be with."

"The best." agreed Cricket, putting the hat back on Tam.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

The rose bloomed. Light hit the apple and leaves, and the creek began running again and sparkling with sunlight. 

Okay . . . still vague, but that's a start.

Are you here to help someone specific?

[Immortal Platypus]

i'm just gonna assume that I didn't miss anything too important in the past 3 pages. if I did, let me know

[LessName]

45 minutes ago, Ookla the Inquisitive said:

Kion still appears resigned, and is perhaps less personal than he was previously. “I understand. I’ll remember magic means nothing to a Narrator, and they expect it continue to mean nothing to others. And apparently letting loose a relentless hunter means as little as capturing one. I’m surprised that the Render even could say it would behave.” 

The Render, lacking a body and wherever nowhere is, picks up some nothing from nowhere without making it something from somewhere. It would be make it harder to do that to it again, it thought. Then, it began to fly over the nowhere, for nowhere weighs nothing. 

She shot him a glare, “Don’t twist my words, that’s not what I said.” Faunus turned away from him, moving to grab a pack of supplies that laid conveniently by the door into the train car. This is stupid, he takes advantage of me, and gets lifeless and stiff? Her hands curled into frustrated fists, before she huffed, and just felt deflated and empty.
 

No, no- this what not what she meant when she said middle of nowhere. A nowhere like that doesn’t exist, and the Render can’t mold nothing into itself, because that’s simply ridiculous. The middle of nowhere was a figure of speech, obviously, and meant, an open field, far away, with hardly in change of landscape in sight for a long long time.

49 minutes ago, Ookla the Inquisitive said:

Kion sighs, having hoped that just maybe he’d stop being overshadowed. “That would be Faunus. My name is Kion. Who might you be?” 

44 minutes ago, Ookla the Inquisitive said:

Kion sighs again. “I’m sure she could, but unless you were standing on train tracks, you would be fine. I’m Kion, by the way.” 

Faunus actually snorted at Kion’s retort, and had turned to grin appreciatively at him, until she remembered the change in their relationship, and her face fell, mouth downturning in a frown. That delightful twinkle in her lovely green eyes, once so common around Kion was simply gone now. “I’m Faunus, and I really wouldn’t have hit you.” She replied to the newcomer, or she guessed her and Kion were the newcomers.

49 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"I'm Perseus. Why exactly do you choose to go to Ragnorok, of all the terrible places in the thread?"

“We’re here because Kion, a Mage, would like to help people before his Render kills him. And you two were first on our list of non-made up people we could help.” Faunus said, inspecting the situation.

 Actually we’re here  because my Author and her boyfriend, Moni’s Author, thought it would be funny to drive a train into Ragnarok. Faunus thought, not so other Narrators could hear, because they couldn’t, but purely for the entertainment of the other Authors.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

25 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Okay . . . still vague, but that's a start.

Are you here to help someone specific?

They withered, but again, the rose flickered into health for a moment. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

They withered, but again, the rose flickered into health for a moment. 

Shoe sighed.

Anyone have any ideas? he asked the group.

@oOklA thE shInyYyy @Ookla the Irreplaceable

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Shoe sighed.

Anyone have any ideas? he asked the group.

@oOklA thE shInyYyy @Ookla the Irreplaceable

Beosta shook her head. "All I felt was a bit of a maybe?"

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

Beosta shook her head. "All I felt was a bit of a maybe?"

I got that. I meant ideas of questions we could ask.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

I got that. I meant ideas of questions we could ask.

"Uhhhhh... ask if they're gonna give us something?" 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

"Uhhhhh... ask if they're gonna give us something?" 

Do they usually do that?

He turned to the spirits. Are you here to give us something?

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Do they usually do that?

He turned to the spirits. Are you here to give us something?

They hesitated, but everything stayed fresh and pretty. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

They hesitated, but everything stayed fresh and pretty. 

Is it physical?

[xinoehp512 he/him]

4 hours ago, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

"I'd probably just mess everything up," Bat sighed, and petted his birdie. 

 

"Just because you made a mistake in the past doesn't mean you'll make one again," Bacon pointed out. "In fact, if you learn from your mistakes, you'll be less likely to make them!"

4 hours ago, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

"Narrative structure?" Gaioh frowned. 

 

"Don't worry about it."

 

2 hours ago, Ookla the nostealnamepls said:

Moni stopped rummaging through her pack and ran to Perseus's aid, cutting him free of the net and slinging the temporarily contained monster away from him.

It hadn't affected Cricket and Tam because Omen had learned of the trap and taken precautions against it.

"Oh, thanks!" The traveler sets off into Onyx's realm, heading in the general direction of Onyx's castle.

 

The air is still and silent, but the bare branches of the trees rustle as if in wind.

2 hours ago, Ookla the nostealnamepls said:

... shook his head. "No, I don't think so. I think perhaps it is a more normal Plotblade. Dangerous, but not nearly so dangerous as one of those. However, if some rumors I have heard are indeed true, then this could be very good for our case."

"Were the Brave Adventurers behind it?" exclaimed Selppaenip.

1 hour ago, Ookla the Inquisitive said:

“Well, what should I trade for your tricks?” Rebus waves a hand, stabbing the monster he’d almost forgotten about with a spear of utility fog wrapped around some self replicating machines. They chew through it, then are teleported away to be called back later. 

Kion still appears resigned, and is perhaps less personal than he was previously. “I understand. I’ll remember magic means nothing to a Narrator, and they expect it continue to mean nothing to others. And apparently letting loose a relentless hunter means as little as capturing one. I’m surprised that the Render even could say it would behave.” 

The Render, lacking a body and wherever nowhere is, picks up some nothing from nowhere without making it something from somewhere. It would be make it harder to do that to it again, it thought. Then, it began to fly over the nowhere, for nowhere weighs nothing. 

Kion, a young man wearing practical if not quite modern clothes well suited for hiking, looks towards the front of the train in alarm, then looks at the infernal landscape in much more alarm. 

Kion sighs, having hoped that just maybe he’d stop being overshadowed. “That would be Faunus. My name is Kion. Who might you be?” 

Rebus decides to take a page - no pun intended - from the Scribe’s book and makes a small, floating object teleport into the room (the Scribe’s room). It projects a hologram, which says, “Good work by the way. B A C, O N T, H E T A X. Unfortunately, that only works with the Mikey Mouse theme if you squint at it hard. Anyway, I’m bored, any ideas?” 

Rebus makes a similar hologram projector by [your character, whose name I think is Asher]. “Of course not! Read the thread tags! But a Narrator or similar character would have to explain such things to you, and someone like the Scribe might feel a need to prevent their characters from hearing about it. For instance, you can pretend this never happened.” 

"My tricks are priceless! But you can watch and learn, if you so desire."

1 hour ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

He sat down, sighing, and placed the purple pineapple hat on Tam. "Sooner, or later, those hunters will come back. I know they will. And here I am doing nothing."

"Speaking of things that are going to come back sooner or later," said Bacon, "it's been 23 hours for the Ennuller who met with you at the castle."

54 minutes ago, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

She frowned. "I know the spirits have very limited communication abilities."

"They work best in terms of 'yes' and 'no," Gaioh offered. "Maybe if you ask it a bunch of questions?" 

augh I wanna write up smth for Bat but that would be pointless cuz of his nullite tattoos 

Bat absently petted his bird friend again. boy bird or girl bird

"Hey spirits!" said Bacon. "Were you living people once?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

Is it physical?

The rock showed the beautiful stream, the rose withered, and the leaf flashed back and forth before settling on withering. The rock withered as well, but then the leaf returned to full bloom and the rose hesitantly opened its petals. 

Just now, Ookla the Bacon said:

"Just because you made a mistake in the past doesn't mean you'll make one again," Bacon pointed out. "In fact, if you learn from your mistakes, you'll be less likely to make them!"

"Don't worry about it."

"Hey spirits!" said Bacon. "Were you living people once?"

"Well... yeah, but... I don't even know what I would have done differently." 

Gaioh frowned. "I swear, you Narrators are in kahoots somehow."

They all withered in response, then returned to their erratic behavior. 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

17 minutes ago, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

The rock showed the beautiful stream, the rose withered, and the leaf flashed back and forth before settling on withering. The rock withered as well, but then the leaf returned to full bloom and the rose hesitantly opened its petals. 

"Well... yeah, but... I don't even know what I would have done differently." 

Gaioh frowned. "I swear, you Narrators are in kahoots somehow."

They all withered in response, then returned to their erratic behavior. 

"Well, not threatening to kill them would be a start."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Bacon said:

"Well, not threatening to kill them would be a start."

"No! That's not what I mean. I... you don't understand. I only did what they told me to do. For all of our good. Goods." 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

40 minutes ago, oOklA thE shInyYyy said:

The rock showed the beautiful stream, the rose withered, and the leaf flashed back and forth before settling on withering. The rock withered as well, but then the leaf returned to full bloom and the rose hesitantly opened its petals. 

So . . . mostly.

He turned to Beosta. What kinds of things do the spirits do? You mentioned them earlier.

Haly, what in the world are you getting at?

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

27 minutes ago, Ookla the Inconclusive said:

So . . . mostly.

He turned to Beosta. What kinds of things do the spirits do? You mentioned them earlier.

Haly, what in the world are you getting at?

“They… do whatever they want. These ones feel pretty minor… they might be able to possess somebody with permission or make a weapon unbreakable or grant special skills.” 

tbh idek at this point  

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

8 hours ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"I'm Perseus. Why exactly do you choose to go to Ragnorok, of all the terrible places in the thread?"

“I’m here because it’s of better use than running away continuously, and as Faunus said, I didn’t want to create people in crisis so I could do something good. Where exactly are we?” 

7 hours ago, Ookla the Dylsxic said:

She shot him a glare, “Don’t twist my words, that’s not what I said.” Faunus turned away from him, moving to grab a pack of supplies that laid conveniently by the door into the train car. This is stupid, he takes advantage of me, and gets lifeless and stiff? Her hands curled into frustrated fists, before she huffed, and just felt deflated and empty.

“It felt like what you meant. You Narrated something for me, and then was offended when I thought about using it for something useful.” 

7 hours ago, Ookla the Dylsxic said:

No, no- this what not what she meant when she said middle of nowhere. A nowhere like that doesn’t exist, and the Render can’t mold nothing into itself, because that’s simply ridiculous. The middle of nowhere was a figure of speech, obviously, and meant, an open field, far away, with hardly in change of landscape in sight for a long long time.

You never know with TLT… but ok. 

The Render picks up dirt and rocks from the ground, and scrapes the rocks together as it walks, sharpening them. It probably wouldn’t help much, for its telekinesis was destructive on its own, and the Narrator was still protecting the mage. 

8 hours ago, Ookla the Bacon said:

"My tricks are priceless! But you can watch and learn, if you so desire."

“Very well. If you don’t have a better idea, I’m off to cause trouble.” Rebus is surrounded in force field lines for a second, then disappears. “Does anyone need any trouble caused?” he asks the various Thread-aware beings who could notice.