The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[NameIess]

5 minutes ago, Sequence said:

Marvelous . I actually did backread like a handful of random pages, and that wedding would be that of Beosta and Shoe, right? Lovely couple, those two!

Sequence groaned and sat up, rubbing her eyes a bit and blinking around. ".. I... A bit? A lot, I think." She looked down at her midsection, where the wound was healed on the surface, but a slight darkness seemed to lie beneath the surface, like a bruise. Sequence poked it gently and winced. "Better, but not completely. How long has it been?" Sequence looked out the window for a moment, then back to Unintelligible. "Have you been here the whole time?"

Not Shoe and Beosta, a side character couple. But the Priest hasn't given up on Shoe and Beosta yet!

"Just a few pages." Unintelligible said quickly. "I didn't have anything better to do."

[ThroughTheLivingSequence she/her/they/them]

5 minutes ago, NameIess said:

"Just a few pages." Unintelligible said quickly. "I didn't have anything better to do."

Sequence nodded, standing up shakily and wincing a bit. She was stable, though. "I appreciate it." She said, extending her hand to Unintelligible. "Could you help me to the porch?"

[NameIess]

2 minutes ago, Sequence said:

Sequence nodded, standing up shakily and wincing a bit. She was stable, though. "I appreciate it." She said, extending her hand to Unintelligible. "Could you help me to the porch?"

"Of course." Unintelligible took Sequence's hand gently and helped her to her feet.

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

1 hour ago, NameIess said:

"I think that is for the best." The Dreamsmith says sagely. 

"Agreed." The Once-Author says, less sagely.

4 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

”You got anything else to do? The Scribe is off delving into past trauma, bless his stars.”

 

"Not really."

[Aeoryi she/her]

1 hour ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus (prime) snaps back to reality. “I’d forgotten how that felt, without the Narrative connection. We needed a bottom for the bottomless pit, correct?”

@Thee insane, apparently something called Balancium exists. @NameIess knows more about it than I do. I don’t think you’d have the two power sets, though. You’d likely get one hybrid set. 

"Correct." 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

5 minutes ago, Aeoryi said:

"Correct." 

Rebus Narrates the destination of the original Narrators into reappearing, perfectly depleting the Narrative power he’d been sent by the original. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 hour ago, Sequence said:

Sequence woke up, having fallen asleep for quite a while due to her injury and her author's holiday business.

How's everybody been?  Did I miss anything important?

Welcome back! :D:D

1 hour ago, NameIess said:

"Um, because I've stopped working for Malan and he's got assassins tracking me? I came to ask for your help." Malevolence gulped. "Also I'm mostly unarmed. Got nothing to suppress your powers with, and no nuclear devices on my person."

"Fun!" she said, smiling at him. "But I don't believe you."

More spikes grew, some pressing themselves against his neck so that he couldn't move his head, while the others wrapping themselves around his limbs, digging into his skin.

They became rigid once they'd finished moving, and were very painful to touch.

"Even if you were telling the truth, why would you come to us? That would be just plain idiotic," she laughed.

1 hour ago, Sequence said:

Marvelous . I actually did backread like a handful of random pages, and that wedding would be that of Beosta and Shoe, right? Lovely couple, those two!

Sequence groaned and sat up, rubbing her eyes a bit and blinking around. ".. I... A bit? A lot, I think." She looked down at her midsection, where the wound was healed on the surface, but a slight darkness seemed to lie beneath the surface, like a bruise. Sequence poked it gently and winced. "Better, but not completely. How long has it been?" Sequence looked out the window for a moment, then back to Unintelligible. "Have you been here the whole time?"

Goodness, not yet lol 

We're just getting back into their plot

1 hour ago, NameIess said:

Not Shoe and Beosta, a side character couple. But the Priest hasn't given up on Shoe and Beosta yet!

"Just a few pages." Unintelligible said quickly. "I didn't have anything better to do."

Hehe

Edited January 14, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

 

Aelorin gestured to the door, quietly pulling it open.

4 hours ago, Kino said:

Gurwarp pulled out his blade, about three feet long, with the edge glinting in the torch light. "Let's go."

 @SpiritOfWrath

The ground quaked menacingly. 

2 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

It was . . . looking at you funny? he chuckled.

She blushed, sitting up. “Okay, I got bored. Sue me.”

2 hours ago, NameIess said:

 

Malevolence appeared in front of Tam, Cricket, and Bat. "Hello. Please don't kill me before I explain myself."

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

Bat woke up, shrieked, scrambled for his daggers, fell out of his hammock, and hid behind the tree. 

That was really embarrassing. 

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam, who had wandered back over to the others at some point, shrieked and Narrated a thick, black metal cage around him.

A large spike grew from the walls of the cage and pressed itself against his throat.

"You have three seconds to tell me why I shouldn't kill you right here," she growled.

“Tam—“

1 hour ago, NameIess said:

Mixing energies in metal form = possible though super difficult and dangerous, only ever happened successfully (to my knowledge) once. Mixing energies in a living being = a hundred times more difficult and unstable.

"Um, because I've stopped working for Malan and he's got assassins tracking me? I came to ask for your help." Malevolence gulped. "Also I'm mostly unarmed. Got nothing to suppress your powers with, and no nuclear devices on my person."

Unintelligible blinked awake, standing from the chair he'd been sitting in beside her. "You're awake! Fell any better?"

Not too much. The trial started and revealed the most dangerous Plotblades to be Antagonist and Protagonist. A bunch of antagonists are doing stuff, the Priest officiated a wedding.

1 hour ago, Sequence said:

Marvelous . I actually did backread like a handful of random pages, and that wedding would be that of Beosta and Shoe, right? Lovely couple, those two!

Sequence groaned and sat up, rubbing her eyes a bit and blinking around. ".. I... A bit? A lot, I think." She looked down at her midsection, where the wound was healed on the surface, but a slight darkness seemed to lie beneath the surface, like a bruise. Sequence poked it gently and winced. "Better, but not completely. How long has it been?" Sequence looked out the window for a moment, then back to Unintelligible. "Have you been here the whole time?"

HI HI HIII

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Welcome back! :D:D

"Fun!" she said, smiling at him. "But I don't believe you."

More spikes grew, some pressing themselves against his neck so that he couldn't move his head, while the others wrapping themselves around his limbs, digging into his skin.

They became rigid once they'd finished moving, and were very painful to touch.

"Even if you were telling the truth, why would you come to us? That would be just plain idiotic," she laughed.

Goodness, not yet lol 

We're just getting back into their plot

Hehe

“Tam, wait—“

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

The ground quaked menacingly. 

She blushed, sitting up. “Okay, I got bored. Sue me.”

Bat woke up, shrieked, scrambled for his daggers, fell out of his hammock, and hid behind the tree. 

That was really embarrassing. 

“Tam—“

HI HI HIII

“Tam, wait—“

"What? He's tried to kill us two times already!"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"What? He's tried to kill us two times already!"

“I know, but… but that looks like it hurts…….” 

[NameIess]

1 hour ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

"Agreed." The Once-Author says, less sagely.

"So, what are you planning to do now?"

5 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Fun!" she said, smiling at him. "But I don't believe you."

More spikes grew, some pressing themselves against his neck so that he couldn't move his head, while the others wrapping themselves around his limbs, digging into his skin.

They became rigid once they'd finished moving, and were very painful to touch.

"Even if you were telling the truth, why would you come to us? That would be just plain idiotic," she laughed.

2 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

The ground quaked menacingly. 

She blushed, sitting up. “Okay, I got bored. Sue me.”

Bat woke up, shrieked, scrambled for his daggers, fell out of his hammock, and hid behind the tree. 

That was really embarrassing. 

“Tam—“

HI HI HIII

“Tam, wait—“

Malevolence winced, trying his best not to move. "I understand why you're upset, but I need your help. I stopped working for Malan because I didn't want to kill you. And now he's sending people after me."

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

4 minutes ago, NameIess said:

"So, what are you planning to do now?"

"I think there's somewhere I need to go. I feel... a call of sorts."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, NameIess said:

"So, what are you planning to do now?"

Malevolence winced, trying his best not to move. "I understand why you're upset, but I need your help. I stopped working for Malan because I didn't want to kill you. And now he's sending people after me."

“Do you have any proof?” Bat asked around the tree.

[NameIess]

13 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

"I think there's somewhere I need to go. I feel... a call of sorts."

"Is there a reason you have not followed it?" The Dreamsmith asked.

13 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Do you have any proof?” Bat asked around the tree.

"What kind of proof do you want? To wait around until an assassin kills me? I can give you information about Malan and his plans. I don't know much, but I'll tell you everything I know."

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

Just now, NameIess said:

"Is there a reason you have not followed it?" The Dreamsmith asked.

"I'm... I'm scared. I don't know what's out there in that... that emptiness."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, NameIess said:

"What kind of proof do you want? To wait around until an assassin kills me? I can give you information about Malan and his plans. I don't know much, but I'll tell you everything I know."

“I……. Okay, what did you know, then?”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 hour ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“I know, but… but that looks like it hurts…….” 

"So? He didn't bat an eye about hurting us before."

59 minutes ago, NameIess said:

Malevolence winced, trying his best not to move. "I understand why you're upset, but I need your help. I stopped working for Malan because I didn't want to kill you. And now he's sending people after me."

"If he's sending hunters after you, then we definitely don't want you around!"

53 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Do you have any proof?” Bat asked around the tree.

39 minutes ago, NameIess said:

"What kind of proof do you want? To wait around until an assassin kills me? I can give you information about Malan and his plans. I don't know much, but I'll tell you everything I know."

36 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“I……. Okay, what did you know, then?”

Tam glared at Love, but stayed silent.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"So? He didn't bat an eye about hurting us before."

"If he's sending hunters after you, then we definitely don't want you around!"

Tam glared at Love, but stayed silent.

"I know, but this feels different!" 

She did have a point with that second part, though. 

Also, in case anyone was interested, the metal encasing the still-sleeping Rose had eroded wherever it touched her into black, flaky ash. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

"I know, but this feels different!" 

She did have a point with that second part, though. 

Also, in case anyone was interested, the metal encasing the still-sleeping Rose had eroded wherever it touched her into black, flaky ash. 

She started to say something back, but looked away.

Would the ash still be encased within the rest of the metal with her, though?

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

11 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She started to say something back, but looked away.

Would the ash still be encased within the rest of the metal with her, though?

yes 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

8 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

yes 

So they wouldn't be able to see it, then?

[Immortal Platypus]

3 hours ago, NameIess said:

I don't count Platypus as a Luxsprite. He would most likely be a different type of Ordered Light entity.

He probably is different. Less structured, a little more Chaotic than they are. I'll come up with a name later. Maybe something to do with Creation.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

8 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

So they wouldn't be able to see it, then?

Depending on how closely they're looking and how thick the metal is. I figure about a foot has been eaten away in each direction over the course of the night 

Is her entire body in the metal, or is her head out, or what? 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Depending on how closely they're looking and how thick the metal is. I figure about a foot has been eaten away in each direction over the course of the night 

Is her entire body in the metal, or is her head out, or what? 

I guess it's only like

a couple inches thick

Her entire body is in it, but there's a little slit for her eyes and some other, smaller holes so she doesn't suffocate.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

I guess it's only like

a couple inches thick

Her entire body is in it, but there's a little slit for her eyes and some other, smaller holes so she doesn't suffocate.

It's probably all ash then 

Maybe a thin layer of metal still but yeah