The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

The paper buzzed insistently. Don't think about where you are. If you don't specify, she may be unable to find you. 

Bat shivered. "I don't like this." 

"What was that for?" Rose complained. 

--

She shrugged and sat back down in the sand. 

I know.

"Me neither." She turned to Rose. "It's because I couldn't Narrate you away!" she said, rather passive-aggressively.

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So . . . Rebus?

Edited January 16, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

7 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

I know.

"Me neither." She turned to Rose. "It's because I couldn't Narrate you away!" she said, rather passive-aggressively.

-

So . . . Rebus?

"Well..." She didn't have anything to say to that. 

Bat sat down and stared at the ground. He hadn't realized how fast his heart was beating. 

[Through the Living Elan He/Him]

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As the "I haven't been active on here for ages" dude

What's happening rn?

 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

"Well..." She didn't have anything to say to that. 

Bat sat down and stared at the ground. He hadn't realized how fast his heart was beating. 

Tam rolled her eyes and looked down at Bat.

"You okay?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Ancient Elantrian said:

 

uhhhhhhh I think uh 

the trial's technically going 

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam rolled her eyes and looked down at Bat.

"You okay?"

He nodded. "I'm fine." 

It's just that it felt like he was being stalked by a weird ghost thing and was gonna become a zombie slave thing. And everyone he knew was already a zombie, and he couldn't fix it. 

Well... Tam was a Narrator too. But she was different. 

He dropped his head into his hands. He was so sick of thinking. 

"I want to sleep," he murmured. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

uhhhhhhh I think uh 

the trial's technically going 

He nodded. "I'm fine." 

It's just that it felt like he was being stalked by a weird ghost thing and was gonna become a zombie slave thing. And everyone he knew was already a zombie, and he couldn't fix it. 

Well... Tam was a Narrator too. But she was different. 

He dropped his head into his hands. He was so sick of thinking. 

"I want to sleep," he murmured. 

Her eyebrows creased with worry.

She knelt next to him. "Bat, are you okay?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Her eyebrows creased with worry.

She knelt next to him. "Bat, are you okay?"

"I'm fine." His voice broke, and two dumb tears rolled out of his eyes. He hastily scrubbed them away. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

6 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

"I'm fine." His voice broke, and two dumb tears rolled out of his eyes. He hastily scrubbed them away. 

She looked at him sadly and gently took his wrist.

"Bat . . . what's going on?"

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Rebus walks into a blast-proof lab room in Entoturis, carrying a small block of Nullite and grinning to himself. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

8 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She looked at him sadly and gently took his wrist.

"Bat . . . what's going on?"

He sniffled and looked away, embarrassed. 

"I'm scared," he said softly. 

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus walks into a blast-proof lab room in Entoturis, carrying a small block of Nullite and grinning to himself. 

Lady Bug appeared. "Oooh, hello! What's this?" 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

Lady Bug appeared. "Oooh, hello! What's this?" 

Rebus grins at her. “I have a few Nullite experiments I’d like to try, in light of recent information. I figured my office can do without the shielding for the time being.” He sets it down on a table, and has the door seal itself, for good measure also locking the adjacent rooms. “Would you like to watch?” 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

@Thee insane

@The Sly Cookie

Have I missed anything?

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus grins at her. “I have a few Nullite experiments I’d like to try, in light of recent information. I figured my office can do without the shielding for the time being.” He sets it down on a table, and has the door seal itself, for good measure also locking the adjacent rooms. “Would you like to watch?” 

She nodded hard and plopped down on a black plush armchair she'd conjured. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

6 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus walks into a blast-proof lab room in Entoturis, carrying a small block of Nullite and grinning to himself. 

Oh dear . . .

4 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He sniffled and looked away, embarrassed. 

"I'm scared," he said softly. 

"Oh," she whispered. "I-I know this is all kind of a lot . . . I'm sorry."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Oh dear . . .

"Oh," she whispered. "I-I know this is all kind of a lot . . . I'm sorry."

"It's not you at all." He half-laughed, shifting to hold her hand. "You're the only thing that's good about this whole thing." 

And Cricket, but how comatose he was worried Bat. 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

4 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

She nodded hard and plopped down on a black plush armchair she'd conjured. 

“Alright.” Rebus grins, and assembles an arm on the table. Nanomachines move the Nullite into different configurations, first set as designs, then one point, then a paint-like coating, then molecularly bonded. Rebus Narrates it intermittently, testing the cancelation areas. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

"It's not you at all." He half-laughed, shifting to hold her hand. "You're the only thing that's good about this whole thing." 

And Cricket, but how comatose he was worried Bat. 

"-Oh." She looked away.

"I-I'm sorry. I don't really . . . know how to help with that. I guess I could send you home, but you probably don't want that . . ."

[Aeoryi she/her]

20 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus nods, extinguishing his own light. “A final trial… The original Narrators were Luxsprites, correct? The ones who journeyed this before.” 

"Some were normal Humans. Back then, light and dark didn't exist the same way that they do now."

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

1 minute ago, Aeoryi said:

"Some were normal Humans. Back then, light and dark didn't exist the same way that they do now."

“Interesting… I wonder if we can get another dimension…” Rebus continues following Desolation down the stairs, ready to reenact the final test. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

25 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Alright.” Rebus grins, and assembles an arm on the table. Nanomachines move the Nullite into different configurations, first set as designs, then one point, then a paint-like coating, then molecularly bonded. Rebus Narrates it intermittently, testing the cancelation areas. 

She watched, fascinated. 

22 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"-Oh." She looked away.

"I-I'm sorry. I don't really . . . know how to help with that. I guess I could send you home, but you probably don't want that . . ."

“No,” he said, maybe a bit louder than was necessary. “No. I don’t wanna be a zombie. And… and even though it’s crazy here, I’d prefer this. I have friends now.” 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

She watched, fascinated. 

Rebus looks thoughtfully at the Nullite-infused arm. “Interesting… I wonder…” He has the nanomachines circulate blood through the arm, making it technically alive. Then, he draws the Nullite mostly to a point. The nanomachines infuse it with Intent, and the Thread pauses, almost as if trying to give Lady Bug a chance to do something before the problems start. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

8 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“No,” he said, maybe a bit louder than was necessary. “No. I don’t wanna be a zombie. And… and even though it’s crazy here, I’d prefer this. I have friends now.” 

"Whoa, okay. Nevermind." She gave him a hug.

"You'll be fine, Bat. It'll be fine."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

7 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus looks thoughtfully at the Nullite-infused arm. “Interesting… I wonder…” He has the nanomachines circulate blood through the arm, making it technically alive. Then, he draws the Nullite mostly to a point. The nanomachines infuse it with Intent, and the Thread pauses, almost as if trying to give Lady Bug a chance to do something before the problems start. 

She stepped back but didn’t do anything. 

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Whoa, okay. Nevermind." She gave him a hug.

"You'll be fine, Bat. It'll be fine."

He leaned into the hug and took a deep breath. “Unless the Authors want us to die horrible deaths.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

He leaned into the hug and took a deep breath. “Unless the Authors want us to die horrible deaths.”

She stiffened, but didn't respond.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She stiffened, but didn't respond.

“But they don’t,” he added quickly, worried that he’d scared her. 

“What do you think your Author’s like?”