The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He did so. "Thanks."

"Yep!"

The little sphere liquefied over his skin, forming a small crescent shape behind his ear.

Alright, let's try it. Did it work? she asked him.

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

“I don’t know.” he shrugged, yawning, and removed his eyepatch, revealing a whole ton of scar tissue where his eye used to be.

. . . like, around the socket or filling the socket

[NameIess]

27 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus stops in place, whirling to point his pole at the sound. His other, more dangerous weapons also power up, though none of the usual lasers or universal constructors are part of his utility fog. 

A small, pitiful being of darkness moves slowly towards the crack in the wall. Its arms are clawed, and they drag along the wall making the scraping noise that Rebus had heard.

22 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

“It is.” he said, curtly, vanishing.

Malevolence coughs some more, then goes back into his lab to make further preparations.

--

A vague amount of time later

A mysterious figure approaches the Gorbi stronghold. "Hello?" He calls in a robotically modulated voice. "Is anyone there?"

@Halcyon The Only

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Yep!"

The little sphere liquefied over his skin, forming a small crescent shape behind his ear.

Alright, let's try it. Did it work? she asked him.

. . . like, around the socket or filling the socket

It worked!

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

“I don’t know.” he shrugged, yawning, and removed his eyepatch, revealing a whole ton of scar tissue where his eye used to be.

Bat lay down on the sand. "We should get some sleep. And I'll--"

"Bat!" Shrieked a young woman, stalking out of the forest with a Nullite rapier. "WHAT are you DOING?" 

He sat up again. "Oh... Rose." He didn't sound happy at all. 

1 minute ago, NameIess said:

A small, pitiful being of darkness moves slowly towards the crack in the wall. Its arms are clawed, and they drag along the wall making the scraping noise that Rebus had heard.

Malevolence coughs some more, then goes back into his lab to make further preparations.

--

A vague amount of time later

A mysterious figure approaches the Gorbi stronghold. "Hello?" He calls in a robotically modulated voice. "Is anyone there?"

@Halcyon The Only

A vaguely humanoid shadow stood on the drawbridge. "Of course," they rasped. "I wouldn't miss this for the world. Please, come inside." 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Yep!"

The little sphere liquefied over his skin, forming a small crescent shape behind his ear.

Alright, let's try it. Did it work? she asked him.

. . . like, around the socket or filling the socket

idk 

you’re our resident science person 

probably both

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

It worked!

Bat lay down on the sand. "We should get some sleep. And I'll--"

"Bat!" Shrieked a young woman, stalking out of the forest with a Nullite rapier. "WHAT are you DOING?" 

He sat up again. "Oh... Rose." He didn't sound happy at all. 

A vaguely humanoid shadow stood on the drawbridge. "Of course," they rasped. "I wouldn't miss this for the world. Please, come inside." 

He yawned tiredly. “Who’s… who’s that?”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

It worked!

It did! Hah! She grinned at him.

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Bat lay down on the sand. "We should get some sleep. And I'll--"

"Bat!" Shrieked a young woman, stalking out of the forest with a Nullite rapier. "WHAT are you DOING?" 

He sat up again. "Oh... Rose." He didn't sound happy at all. 

". . . Who's that?"

WAIT POISON TESTING

oh well

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

idk 

you’re our resident science person 

probably both

No just the way you phrased it-

It shouldn't be filling it, that's for sure 

. . . aw I am? I'm honored

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

It did! Hah! She grinned at him.

". . . Who's that?"

WAIT POISON TESTING

oh well

No just the way you phrased it-

It shouldn't be filling it, that's for sure 

. . . aw I am? I'm honored

I know absolutely nothing abt scar tissue

over it then

and you are.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

idk 

you’re our resident science person 

probably both

He yawned tiredly. “Who’s… who’s that?”

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

It did! Hah! She grinned at him.

". . . Who's that?"

WAIT POISON TESTING

oh well

they were gonna nap anyway  

The woman who was apparently Rose swept them both looks of contempt. "What happened to your tattoos?" She chided. "And isn't that the Narrator? What the heck are you doing with a Narrator??"

"I, uh..."

"It's incredible you're not dead! Or maimed, or worse! And don't think I'm letting you off the hook for leaving him behind." She pointed to Gaioh. "He could easily have slipped away completely, out into the ocean and away forever. I was this close to shooting both of you dead from up in that tree over there. This close."

He hung his head. "I'm sorry. But Tam was hurt and---"

"You left Gaioh to save the Narrator?" She laughed darkly. "Oh, this is getting rich."

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

I know absolutely nothing abt scar tissue

over it then

and you are.

er-

okay

and now that I think about it, there shouldn't really be any . . .

He only got stabbed less than a day ago, so it should just be barely starting to heal and scabbing over.

Scar tissue is long term, and never goes away for most injuries, depending on things like age and severity of the wound.

I should know, I have a lot of scars like that 

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

they were gonna nap anyway  

The woman who was apparently Rose swept them both looks of contempt. "What happened to your tattoos?" She chided. "And isn't that the Narrator? What the heck are you doing with a Narrator??"

"I, uh..."

"It's incredible you're not dead! Or maimed, or worse! And don't think I'm letting you off the hook for leaving him behind." She pointed to Gaioh. "He could easily have slipped away completely, out into the ocean and away forever. I was this close to shooting both of you dead from up in that tree over there. This close."

He hung his head. "I'm sorry. But Tam was hurt and---"

"You left Gaioh to save the Narrator?" She laughed darkly. "Oh, this is getting rich."

She has tattoos as well, I assume?

"Shooting them-!" Tam sputtered, getting to her feet.

"Why would you shoot them?!"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

er-

okay

and now that I think about it, there shouldn't really be any . . .

He only got stabbed less than a day ago, so it should just be barely starting to heal and scabbing over.

Scar tissue is long term, and never goes away for most injuries, depending on things like age and severity of the wound.

I should know, I have a lot of scars like that 

She has tattoos as well, I assume?

"Shooting them-!" Tam sputtered, getting to her feet.

Yes she does 

"Yes!" Rose put her free hand on her hip, casually pointing her rapier in Tam's direction. "It wouldn't be a loss. They're both nothing but problems."

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

Yes she does 

"Yes!" Rose put her free hand on her hip, casually pointing her rapier in Tam's direction. "It wouldn't be a loss. They're both nothing but problems."

"Wouldn't be a loss . . ." Tam laughed darkly. "You are joking, right?"

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

9 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

It worked!

Bat lay down on the sand. "We should get some sleep. And I'll--"

"Bat!" Shrieked a young woman, stalking out of the forest with a Nullite rapier. "WHAT are you DOING?" 

He sat up again. "Oh... Rose." He didn't sound happy at all. 

A vaguely humanoid shadow stood on the drawbridge. "Of course," they rasped. "I wouldn't miss this for the world. Please, come inside." 

The Notblades vibrated. “Hi! You have a boring name. You should try to shoot us.”

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Wouldn't be a loss . . ." Tam laughed darkly. "You are joking, right?"

"And what if I'm not?" She shrugged. "You gonna kill me for being an inconvenience?" 

2 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

The Notblades vibrated. “Hi! You have a boring name. You should try to shoot us.”

Bat tried to shush them. Rose, however, noticed them with interest. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

"And what if I'm not?" She shrugged. "You gonna kill me for being an inconvenience?" 

Bat tried to shush them. Rose, however, noticed them with interest. 

"Sure seems like you were going to kill them for the same reason," she replied.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

"Sure seems like you were going to kill them for the same reason," she replied.

"I was considering it," she corrected. "In my anger." She glanced at Bat, who pretended to be paying attention to something entirely different. "But this is a good deal. All I have to do is babysit this idiot babysitting another idiot, and I get to travel around the world." She flicked a Nullite compass-looking device around her neck. "So I decided against killing either. For now. But next time Bat slips up..."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

27 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

they were gonna nap anyway  

The woman who was apparently Rose swept them both looks of contempt. "What happened to your tattoos?" She chided. "And isn't that the Narrator? What the heck are you doing with a Narrator??"

"I, uh..."

"It's incredible you're not dead! Or maimed, or worse! And don't think I'm letting you off the hook for leaving him behind." She pointed to Gaioh. "He could easily have slipped away completely, out into the ocean and away forever. I was this close to shooting both of you dead from up in that tree over there. This close."

He hung his head. "I'm sorry. But Tam was hurt and---"

"You left Gaioh to save the Narrator?" She laughed darkly. "Oh, this is getting rich."

Cricket sighed and stood. "If you had, you'd be dead." he said, which probably would've sounded a lot more impressive if he hadn't yawned midway through. He didn't mean it, of course.

27 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

er-

okay

and now that I think about it, there shouldn't really be any . . .

He only got stabbed less than a day ago, so it should just be barely starting to heal and scabbing over.

Scar tissue is long term, and never goes away for most injuries, depending on things like age and severity of the wound.

I should know, I have a lot of scars like that 

She has tattoos as well, I assume?

"Shooting them-!" Tam sputtered, getting to her feet.

"Why would you shoot them?!"

yah but Tam healed over the wound remember?

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Cricket sighed and stood. "If you had, you'd be dead." he said, which probably would've sounded a lot more impressive if he hadn't yawned midway through. He didn't mean it, of course.

yah but Tam healed over the wound remember?

She looked at him flatly, unimpressed. "Mmhmm." 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

17 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

"I was considering it," she corrected. "In my anger." She glanced at Bat, who pretended to be paying attention to something entirely different. "But this is a good deal. All I have to do is babysit this idiot babysitting another idiot, and I get to travel around the world." She flicked a Nullite compass-looking device around her neck. "So I decided against killing either. For now. But next time Bat slips up..."

Tam stopped and stared at Rose incredulously.

Alright.

That.

Was.

It.

Three thick, black, metal chains exploded out of the ground around Rose. One snapped her wrists together behind her back, another wrapped around her ankles and brought her to her knees, and the third snaked itself loosely around her throat.

"I," Tam growled, stalking furiously towards her, "have had it up to here with people threatening and trying to kill my friends." She grabbed Rose by the front of her shirt and pulled her close until their faces were only inches from each other.

"Don't think that just because you're able to push Bat around so easily, the rest of us will be the same," she snarled. "If you EVER threaten to kill ANY of us again, you can be absolutely CERTAIN that it will be the LAST THING YOU EVER DO. ARE WE CLEAR?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam stopped and stared at Rose incredulously.

Alright.

That.

Was.

It.

Three thick, black, metal chains exploded out of the ground around Rose. One snapped her wrists together behind her back, another wrapped around her ankles and brought her to her knees, and the third snaked itself loosely around her throat.

"I," Tam growled, stalking furiously towards her, "have had it up to here with people threatening and trying to kill my friends." She grabbed Rose by the front of her shirt and pulled her close until their faces were only inches from each other.

"Don't think that just because you're able to push Bat around so easily, the rest of us will be the same," she snarled. "If you EVER threaten to kill ANY of us again, you can be absolutely CERTAIN that it will be the LAST THING YOU EVER DO. ARE WE CLEAR?"

Dang Tam

Rose yelped. "Bat!" 

"Tam," Bat started, but his words died in his throat. He looked away and messed with the buckle on his bag. 

"Okay," Rose shrieked. "Okay! Let me go!"

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

Dang Tam

Rose yelped. "Bat!" 

"Tam," Bat started, but his words died in his throat. He looked away and messed with the buckle on his bag. 

"Okay," Rose shrieked. "Okay! Let me go!"

Hehe

My girl is so done with everything right now

"Perfect."

Tam dropped Rose back onto the ground, but the chains holding her didn't move.

She stalked back over to the others, picking up the blankets and extinguishing the fire with a wave of her hand.

"C'mon, guys. Get up. We're leaving."

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

38 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

"And what if I'm not?" She shrugged. "You gonna kill me for being an inconvenience?" 

Bat tried to shush them. Rose, however, noticed them with interest. 

Do you need help? Sorry, I’ve been… distracted.

The voice of the Scribe whispered in Bat’s ear, and the Notblades stopped vibrating.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Hehe

My girl is so done with everything right now

"Perfect."

Tam dropped Rose back onto the ground, but the chains holding her didn't move.

She stalked back over to the others, picking up the blankets and extinguishing the fire with a wave of her hand.

"C'mon, guys. Get up. We're leaving."

Bat and Gaioh both stood up. 

“Bat,” Rose warned. “Don’t you dare leave me like this.” 

He hesitated, but walked over and gently unclasped the compass necklace. 

“Hey, HEY! You can’t take that! Bat, you’re not really gonna strand me here!” 

He couldn’t look at her. “It’s for your own good. If you follow us, you could get hurt.” 

But it wasn’t really for her own good. He knew that, and maybe she did too. 
 

2 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Do you need help? Sorry, I’ve been… distracted.

The voice of the Scribe whispered in Bat’s ear, and the Notblades stopped vibrating.

I think I’m okay for now. Thanks. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Bat and Gaioh both stood up. 

“Bat,” Rose warned. “Don’t you dare leave me like this.” 

He hesitated, but walked over and gently unclasped the compass necklace. 

“Hey, HEY! You can’t take that! Bat, you’re not really gonna strand me here!” 

He couldn’t look at her. “It’s for your own good. If you follow us, you could get hurt.” 

But it wasn’t really for her own good. He knew that, and maybe she did too. 

Tam glared daggers at Rose as Bat took the necklace from her.

@Ookla the Irreplaceable!! Cricket reaction?

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam glared daggers at Rose as Bat took the necklace from her.

@Ookla the Irreplaceable!! Cricket reaction?

NO I HAD A WHOLE THING AND IT WAS DELETED

give me a sec

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam glared daggers at Rose as Bat took the necklace from her.

@Ookla the Irreplaceable!! Cricket reaction?

Rose scowled back. 

Gaioh was confused, but had a strange feeling that all this somehow has to do with him.

Just now, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

NO I HAD A WHOLE THING AND IT WAS DELETED

give me a sec

AAAUGH I HATE WHEN THAT HAPPENS ITS LITERALLY THE WORST AURGH 

take ur time  

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

NO I HAD A WHOLE THING AND IT WAS DELETED

give me a sec

AH I HATE IT WHEN THAT HAPPENS

Gotchu though

*waits*