The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Oh! Okay."

She Narrated it away.

"Better?"

He nodded hard, then looked up at her. “Tam?” He whispered. 

2 hours ago, NameIess said:

"Hm." Malevolence considered this for a good long while. "I think it is measured by the ease with which one can achieve their goals. Or perhaps whether they can achieve their goals when those goals are in conflict with another's."

“Hm. That’s an excellent definition.” She dragged her nails across the table. “But I would argue that the man with the world in his hands, yet unable to achieve immortality, is more powerful than the millionaire who wishes for a slice of cheese.” Her eyes glittered. “The end goal is to have enough power to achieve your goals and hold onto them. Power is the means. With that in mind, again, what is power?”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

59 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He nodded hard, then looked up at her. “Tam?” He whispered. 

"Yeah?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

"Yeah?"

“What if someday I just… what if some Narrator decides I should be different? What if someone changes me? Or… or what if my Author forgets about me?”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

8 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“What if someday I just… what if some Narrator decides I should be different? What if someone changes me? Or… or what if my Author forgets about me?”

She stared at him in shock for a moment.

"I- well . . . um . . . I-I could fix you . . . for the first two."

She sighed. "There's . . . not much anyone can do about the third thing, Bat." She grabbed another blanket. "B-but if it's any consolation, you're a main character now, so it's extremely unlikely you'll ever be . . . forgotten."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She stared at him in shock for a moment.

"I- well . . . um . . . I-I could fix you . . . for the first two."

She sighed. "There's . . . not much anyone can do about the third thing, Bat." She grabbed another blanket. "B-but if it's any consolation, you're a main character now, so it's extremely unlikely you'll ever be . . . forgotten."

Somehow that didn’t reassure him. Being a main character was so much pressure…

But… 

“I wouldn’t even know,” he said. “These could be the last words I ever speak, and I wouldn’t even know it.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Somehow that didn’t reassure him. Being a main character was so much pressure…

But… 

“I wouldn’t even know,” he said. “These could be the last words I ever speak, and I wouldn’t even know it.”

She gasped, and in a flash her arms were wrapped tightly around him.

"Bat, no! Don't say that!"

how tall is he again?

 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She gasped, and in a flash her arms were wrapped tightly around him.

"Bat, no! Don't say that!"

how tall is he again?

 

Hes a lil tall. Maybe 5’ 10 1/2 ish 

Tears welled up in his eyes and he hugged her back. “But it could be true. Someday I’ll say something dumb and thoughtless, and… and that’ll be it. Someday, I’ll… I’ll die. Either literally or…” he looked up at the roof of the barn. “Or just kind of..”

[TwinStorm He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Hes a lil tall. Maybe 5’ 10 1/2 ish 

Tears welled up in his eyes and he hugged her back. “But it could be true. Someday I’ll say something dumb and thoughtless, and… and that’ll be it. Someday, I’ll… I’ll die. Either literally or…” he looked up at the roof of the barn. “Or just kind of..”

Cricket interrupted him. "Bat, think about it. Think of the hours your Author has poured into you, your life, and... everything. You won't be forgotten."

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

Hes a lil tall. Maybe 5’ 10 1/2 ish 

Tears welled up in his eyes and he hugged her back. “But it could be true. Someday I’ll say something dumb and thoughtless, and… and that’ll be it. Someday, I’ll… I’ll die. Either literally or…” he looked up at the roof of the barn. “Or just kind of..”

mhm

thansk

She took a shuddering breath.

"I guess . . . I guess it's just dying either way . . ."

Her breathing quickened, and she hugged Bat tighter

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

6 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

Cricket interrupted him. "Bat, think about it. Think of the hours your Author has poured into you, your life, and... everything. You won't be forgotten."

“Hours?” He asked doubtfully.” And this is what they came up with?

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

mhm

thansk

She took a shuddering breath.

"I guess . . . I guess it's just dying either way . . ."

Her breathing quickened, and she hugged Bat tighter

He fought back tears that kept rolling doen his cheeks. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Hours?” He asked doubtfully.” And this is what they came up with?

He fought back tears that kept rolling doen his cheeks. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.”

"It's okay," she gasped, squeezing tighter.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

"It's okay," she gasped, squeezing tighter.

“Why do you care about me so much?” 

He hadn’t meant to say it. That wasn’t a fair question— she was nice, and he was a human. 

But… sometimes he thought maybe it was something else. Like maybe he was a nice human too, in some way. 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

15 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

Ah. I’m just bored right now, and I saw all the people I wanted to talk to go online and then leave again. 
Sagerian nods. “Animals?” 

@xinoehp512 

Rebus nods skeptically. “What does the power of chaotic darkness allow me to do?” 
Ok. Nameless’s trial mentioned balancium. Does that canonically work? 

"Destroy."

15 hours ago, Halcyon The Only said:

ofc  

"I was kind of a tagalong," he admitted. "But I remember you being nice. So please don't explode me-- but come in and take a look at Cricket and Tam!" 

"Okay," said Bacon, confused. He stepped inside and looked. "Oh dear. I know these people too, don't I?"

15 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

The Notblades buzz angrily at Bacon. They don't like Narrators much, despite being a creation of one.

Or perhaps they remembered Bacon from back when they made up a now powerless threat.

 

 

 Yes, but... at least people look into other sciences. With the mech tech, it's just "tech... Must be a mech!"

Seems remarkably short-sighted of them.

15 hours ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"I... don't know. Wait." he froze, an excited gleam in his eye. "Bat. If we reverse everything in the knife, all the properties to their opposites, and put it in my system, shouldn't it cancel out the poison?"

@Halcyon The Only

this be Tam right

"I'm good." he said. "You?"

...if Narration didn't work, how exactly are you expecting to do that?

13 hours ago, NameIess said:

The fake Moni immediately turns to stare at Palsu. "So," She says. "This is where you're hiding." Palsu paled. "I... I'm not hiding. Just travelling with them. They said they can protect me!" He looked at Kion and Moni. "You can protect me, right?"

@Ookla the Irreplaceable Perseus might want to wake up for this.

"I love power, and the power of knowledge and technology above all other powers. I love being evil" Malevolence paused. "Hate... I hate being weak. I hate knowing that there are gaps in my knowledge that could prove fatal." He frowned. "I hate... many other things, I am sure. I just can't think of them right now."

"I believe you want two things right now: Knowledge, and a Blade." The Dreamsmith says as he rummages through an old chest to the side of his workshop. "You came here for a weapon, and your scientific mind must burn with the desire to know whether combining the four fundamental elements is possible. I can give both of these things to you. Which do you want first?"

Subversion flipped her hair angrily. "Whatever. They'd better hurry up."

There once was a man named Hero. These are the tales of his life. The first of these tales is that of the day his life began. Unlike many men, Hero was not given life on the day of his birth. No, he was truly born on a different day, a day of magic and power that will be remembered unto the end of times. On that day, the day that the one who would determine the fate of the world and perhaps the universe itself was born, the day that would be mythologized a hundred thousand times, the day that one day every soul on the planet would come to know, that day when evil's bane was born, on that most incredible day the man who would be Hero hid trembling under a wagon as men died around him.

As Subversion wrote, an ennuller came to take 656 away. He said something to her in a low voice, which seemed to cause her to become agitated.

13 hours ago, NameIess said:

"Could you perhaps tell us the Dreamsmith's exact wording, or at least as close to it as you can remember?" There was a slight commotion going on a the Council's table. Several of them were whispering to each other, and the Brave Adventurer was polishing his pocket watch with a nervous air.

The Priest popped out of the straw beside Bacon, Cricket, Bat, Tam, and Mark. He looked decidedly chipper, standing with enthusiasm and brushing his robes clean. "Bacon, good to see you! Are you all ready for the wedding?"

@Through The Living Glass @xinoehp512 @Halcyon The Only @Ookla the Irreplaceable

"Ah!" said Bacon. "Do I know you, too?"

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

17 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Destroy."

“That is disappointingly limited.” He shakes his head. “If I wanted unchecked destruction, I would open a portal to a star or the antimatter planet. I do not think I will seek out the Witherlord. It would paint a target on my back in exchange for abilities I don’t need. The Morditite control would be its only power of worth to me.” 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

14 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“That is disappointingly limited.” He shakes his head. “If I wanted unchecked destruction, I would open a portal to a star or the antimatter planet. I do not think I will seek out the Witherlord. It would paint a target on my back in exchange for abilities I don’t need. The Morditite control would be its only power of worth to me.” 

The wind blew carelessly. "I did not realize you were a being of such limited creativity."

[Cookie Spren]

20 hours ago, sarcasm spren said:

Ill take care of the shadow

K 

19 hours ago, Halcyon The Only said:

If you touch the cat, I can save him. 

Sylas approaches Tellin slowly. "How can I trust you...?" He says.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 hour ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Okay," said Bacon, confused. He stepped inside and looked. "Oh dear. I know these people too, don't I?"

"Ah!" said Bacon. "Do I know you, too?"

“You know Tam and Cricket. I dunno about the priest.”

10 minutes ago, The Sly Cookie said:

K 

Sylas approaches Tellin slowly. "How can I trust you...?" He says.

Tellin hissed and backed up, hair prickling. 

Because I am your only hope of banishing the other demon. 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

9 hours ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Hours?” He asked doubtfully.” And this is what they came up with?

He fought back tears that kept rolling doen his cheeks. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to scare you.”

"Not, with coming up with you, but with seeing how you interact, seeing how you've grown."

2 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Destroy."

"Okay," said Bacon, confused. He stepped inside and looked. "Oh dear. I know these people too, don't I?"

Seems remarkably short-sighted of them.

...if Narration didn't work, how exactly are you expecting to do that?

As Subversion wrote, an ennuller came to take 656 away. He said something to her in a low voice, which seemed to cause her to become agitated.

"Ah!" said Bacon. "Do I know you, too?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. I'm just a little bit desperate, okay?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

18 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Not, with coming up with you, but with seeing how you interact, seeing how you've grown."

"And I'm still this," he said with an uncharacteristic edge of bitterness. "I'm still me." 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

"And I'm still this," he said with an uncharacteristic edge of bitterness. "I'm still me." 

"Exactly." he said, standing up and walking over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You're an incredible, kind, caring person, who has saved us more than once."

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

1 hour ago, xinoehp512 said:

The wind blew carelessly. "I did not realize you were a being of such limited creativity."

He raises an eyebrow. “My creativity comes, in part, from my soul. And I can see applications, just not ones worth the costs. A shroud of all-consuming darkness and a shroud of all-consuming light have the same uses. I could use vacuums, but I can already through teleportation. I could destroy all that try to stop me, but in either case I’d be ignored.” 

[Cookie Spren]

1 hour ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Tellin hissed and backed up, hair prickling. 

Because I am your only hope of banishing the other demon. 

Sylas crouches down slowly as he still approaches Tellin. "Then what? Because when he'll be gone, you just might possess me. With no competition it's pretty easy isn't it?" Sylas, the once fear ridden and confused young adult, has a sort of aura to his actions and speech. It is as if he's a whole new person. "I'm not afraid anymore." He says with a stern look on his face. "I won't let you control me. And to keep you in check. I'll just keep the both of you in my mind"

 

The Feminine voice hears a voice of their own in their head, a warm sensation flows. "If you are capable of banishing this 'Demon', then why haven't you already?" The voice sounds commanding but also peaceful. A prompted thought comes, The Emperor. "I have attempted to banish this creature, and it worked. But the seal on The Maelstrom weakens." The voice turns to a darker tone, but keeps its peaceful air. "I have completed the trial of Omen and am working with the Dreamsmith to create a weapon to destroy it. If you wish to join me in conquering this beast once and for all, I will be waiting." The voice dissipates as does the warm feeling, leaving only the cold feeling of the Demon.

The Demon does a guttural laugh. "Sylas, I have done nothing but help you. Why must you betray me?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

18 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"Exactly." he said, standing up and walking over to him, placing a hand on his shoulder. "You're an incredible, kind, caring person, who has saved us more than once."

He looked down at the ground. "Thanks," he whispered. 

I just wish I could fix you and Tam. And keep you safe... 

"I just wish I could do something. You have cool Ennuller powers. Tam has cool Narration powers. I just break things and fix people." 

3 minutes ago, The Sly Cookie said:

Sylas crouches down slowly as he still approaches Tellin. "Then what? Because when he'll be gone, you just might possess me. With no competition it's pretty easy isn't it?" Sylas, the once fear ridden and confused young adult, has a sort of aura to his actions and speech. It is as if he's a whole new person. "I'm not afraid anymore." He says with a stern look on his face. "I won't let you control me. And to keep you in check. I'll just keep the both of you in my mind"

 

The Feminine voice hears a voice of their own in their head, a warm sensation flows. "If you are capable of banishing this 'Demon', then why haven't you already?" The voice sounds commanding but also peaceful. A prompted thought comes, The Emperor. "I have attempted to banish this creature, and it worked. But the seal on The Maelstrom weakens." The voice turns to a darker tone, but keeps its peaceful air. "I have completed the trial of Omen and am working with the Dreamsmith to create a weapon to destroy it. If you wish to join me in conquering this beast once and for all, I will be waiting." The voice dissipates as does the warm feeling, leaving only the cold feeling of the Demon.

The Demon does a guttural laugh. "Sylas, I have done nothing but help you. Why must you betray me?"

You know nothing about cats, do you? Cats can banish demons. Just touch him and the both of us will be out of your mind. 

She's lying btw. She's the only one who would leave. 

She spoke to the Emperor exclusively. Conquering The Maelstrom? I have heard nothing of this. 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

7 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He looked down at the ground. "Thanks," he whispered. 

I just wish I could fix you and Tam. And keep you safe... 

"I just wish I could do something. You have cool Ennuller powers. Tam has cool Narration powers. I just break things and fix people." 

You know nothing about cats, do you? Cats can banish demons. Just touch him and the both of us will be out of your mind. 

She's lying btw. She's the only one who would leave. 

She spoke to the Emperor exclusively. Conquering The Maelstrom? I have heard nothing of this. 

"You are doing something. Protecting us."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

9 minutes ago, Ookla the Irreplaceable said:

"You are doing something. Protecting us."

Not very well, he thought sadly. But he tried to smile anyway. "I'm trying."