The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

20 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

He shrugs. "I have a few plans... The foreshadowing and conspiring should be first." 

“Mmm. Yeah that always helps.” 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

12 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Why don't I just . . . heal your eye? she said somewhat laboriously.

She did so.

The eye itself won’ t come back, cause of… reasons 

That eye is gone. Maybe I could get a replacement.

Then, realizing she was asleep, he closed his eyes, lying down again. 

He had been useless. Stone had been toying with him. He felt sick. He had done nothing against Stone, failing to protect Tam from him, leaving her at his mercy, though she had managed to win.

3 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

Well, I hope you don't imagine such a threat will go un-investigated.  Plans are already being made to find and eliminate this mysterious entity of yours.

"I don't know." Nogard seemed thoughtful. "I think anyone could be a villain to someone, if they weren't careful."

"So you want authority?" whispered the wind. "A piece of each of us, to tie us into your plots?"

"You have to tell them," said 656, clutching Subversion's wrist and staring intently at her. Her earlier reticence seemed to have vanished completely. "You have to tell them I'm not crazy. Something took my brother. Erased him."

"As well as can be expected for someone who's been filling out paperwork for two hours." Nogard laughed ruefully. "You're lucky they didn't call you as a witness."

The doctor sputtered furiously as Cricket vanished.

An Ennuller appeared from the Void, staring down at Cricket with his arms folded.

Cricket was already gone for the response and did not hear it.

Cricket looked up from where he had lying. “Hey.” he said, grinning weakly, raising a hand before collapsing again. “Just… give me a sec. I’ll be back soon.”

Edited January 2, 2025 by Ookla the Irreplaceable

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

"I don't know." Nogard seemed thoughtful. "I think anyone could be a villain to someone, if they weren't careful."

On 12/30/2024 at 3:52 PM, Dragonheir said:

“I… I guess I was kind of a villain to Beosta. —But I didn’t do anything wrong!”

[echo74 she/her]

12 hours ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

“It was worth kissing a frog, on the off chance he was a prince? Curious, most curious. I think you will make a fine assistant.”

good night!

"Great! Do I still have to make the sandwiches?" she asked, but she didn't slow down her pace as she smashed her two pieces of bread together. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, echo74 said:

"Great! Do I still have to make the sandwiches?" she asked, but she didn't slow down her pace as she smashed her two pieces of bread together. 

Yes, Lady Bug’s mind whispered to hers. Make your sandwiches. Sane men squish bread together, while madmen unravel the bare thread of the universe. How useless it all turned out to be!

[TwinStorm He/Him]

2 minutes ago, echo74 said:

"Great! Do I still have to make the sandwiches?" she asked, but she didn't slow down her pace as she smashed her two pieces of bread together. 

"Of course! It's a time-honored tradition! If you pass, I'll take you to meet some people."

[echo74 she/her]

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Yes, Lady Bug’s mind whispered to hers. Make your sandwiches. Sane men squish bread together, while madmen unravel the bare thread of the universe. How useless it all turned out to be!

"Thanks?" Celena wasn't really paying attention to Lady Bug. "You're very strange."

1 minute ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Of course! It's a time-honored tradition! If you pass, I'll take you to meet some people."

"And if I don't?" She only had twelve sandwiches so far. Her odds weren't great.

Edited January 2, 2025 by echo74

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, echo74 said:

"Thanks?" Celena wasn't really paying attention to Lady Bug. "You're very strange."

"And if I don't?" She only had twelve sandwiches so far. Her odds weren't great.

"Then you do it again. Till you do it. Next question: trauma?"

[echo74 she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Then you do it again. Till you do it. Next question: trauma?"

"Doesn't everyone?" She grabbed some more bread. "Have trauma, I mean?"

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, echo74 said:

"Doesn't everyone?" She grabbed some more bread. "Have trauma, I mean?"

"What kind of trauma, though? Embarrassment? Abuse? If you go berserk and try to kill me, I need to know."

Edited January 2, 2025 by Ookla the Irreplaceable

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, echo74 said:

"Thanks?" Celena wasn't really paying attention to Lady Bug. "You're very strange."

"And if I don't?" She only had twelve sandwiches so far. Her odds weren't great.

She cackled. 

[echo74 she/her]

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"What kind of trauma, though? Embarrassment? Abuse? If you go berserk and try to kill me, I need to know."

"Oh, y'know. My brother tried to kill me, but he failed and now he's trapped in a locket. And I'm not going to kill you," she said, adding pickles and honey to her sandwich. "I'm not broken like that."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, echo74 said:

"Oh, y'know. My brother tried to kill me, but he failed and now he's trapped in a locket. And I'm not going to kill you," she said, adding pickles and honey to her sandwich. "I'm not broken like that."

"Oh. I see. Well, there are people I'd like you to meet, people like you. Anyways, next question! Is your family still around?"

[echo74 she/her]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Oh. I see. Well, there are people I'd like you to meet, people like you. Anyways, next question! Is your family still around?"

"Alive? Yes," she said, starting a new sandwich. "Do I see them very often? No."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, echo74 said:

"Alive? Yes," she said, starting a new sandwich. "Do I see them very often? No."

"Does that have to do with... your brother?"

[echo74 she/her]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Does that have to do with... your brother?"

"No, they hate him too," she said. "I've just been trying to be more independent lately. I need to be able to fend for myself... in case..." She slowed down her sandwich-making. "Well. Anyways."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

10 minutes ago, echo74 said:

"No, they hate him too," she said. "I've just been trying to be more independent lately. I need to be able to fend for myself... in case..." She slowed down her sandwich-making. "Well. Anyways."

"Is that why you want a job?"

[echo74 she/her]

"Yes," she replied honestly. Geez, how many sandwiches had she made? She was losing track. She grabbed more bread.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

2 minutes ago, echo74 said:

"Yes," she replied honestly. Geez, how many sandwiches had she made? She was losing track. She grabbed more bread.

"Forty one. " he said, impressed. "In only two minutes. That's by the far the farthest any apprentice has gotten on first try."

[echo74 she/her]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Forty one. " he said, impressed. "In only two minutes. That's by the far the farthest any apprentice has gotten on first try."

"Shh, I'm focusing," she said, slamming together another sandwich.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, echo74 said:

"Shh, I'm focusing," she said, slamming together another sandwich.

"Multitask! Next question: do you like bagels?"

[echo74 she/her]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Multitask! Next question: do you like bagels?"

She looked up at him. "Yeah. Don't you?"

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, echo74 said:

She looked up at him. "Yeah. Don't you?"

"Of course I do! These questions are to sort out the good from the bad! Next question: what do you think of your Author?"

[echo74 she/her]

"My what?" Celena put together another sandwich, lettuce and ham. "I don't have... one of those."

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

11 hours ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“You find meaning,” she whispered. “Find meaning wherever you can. Squeeze it out of the ground, you little worm! Find it wherever you can! It won’t last long.” 

She threw back her head and laughed until she coughed. 

Template tries to squeeze the ground with the few remaining tentacles. 

3 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

"So you want authority?" whispered the wind. "A piece of each of us, to tie us into your plots?"

Rebus nods thoughtfully. “Yes. That is what I want - so I can get what I want. What do you want?” 

2 hours ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

“Mmm. Yeah that always helps.” 

Rebus grins. “Did you hear that the stolen Plotblades seemingly have not been returned?”