The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

he smiled and waved back, turning and going straight faced again as he sat in the main area

Aden joined him. “How you feeling?”

[Existential]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

Aden joined him. “How you feeling?”

He leaned back on his palms and stared up at the ceiling. "Like a failed experiment. What about you?"

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“So you’re babysitting me,” he snapped. “I don’t need to be babysat. You think either of our Authors would let me do anything anyway?” 

hmm maybe I HAVE been a lil heavy handed lately… 

Sorry Bat

*cough* 

-

She smiled, though the thought of the needle made her shiver. “Thanks for making me sleep first.”

She looked up at him sadly.

Well, if you want to see it like that, then I guess I'm babysitting you.

-

She nodded. "Or course. How do you feel?"

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Neither of which factors into my challenge.” 

She tilted her head, interested. 

I suppose not. Prismite is rather hard to get unless you can kill a Narrator. 

1 minute ago, NameIess said:

"Balancium? Nameless?" Balitan's eyes widened.

I hate that word. The man in the forcefield waved at Balitan with a mostly solid hand. I didn't make a true new alloy. Just a converter. Balitan gasped, hand going to his head. You could be right. We'll need subjects to test your theory, of course. Nameless continued.

Malevolence stepped forward coolly. With a casual air that belied the speed at which the evil genius moved, he swung his Mordite blade through the utility fog and towards Rebus's head, aided by the dissolving powers he'd received from Ruia. "True evil always comes as a surprise."

"It is a bit silly, yes. Isoium would be better, through less self-explanatory." Rebus deactivated the force field, relatively confident Nameless could be trusted. "Test subjects shouldn't be too hard to find - the Machination would probably pay me to experiment on their members."

Rebus's Plotblade coalesced in his hand, timed so perfectly it almost appeared inside the Mordite blade as he blocked it. "Should it? It should come inevitably, known to all but still not prepared for. You were far more impressive when they trusted you despite not trusting you than right now, when you only pose an actual threat to me because my nanotech is apparently alive." Rebus swept his Blade at Malevolence, beginning two-handed then suddenly letting go and lunging. 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

3 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She shrugged and smiled.

Essentially, yeah.

"Well, that's a shame." he said. "RELEASE ME!" he screamed. "FIGHT ME!"

3 hours ago, Kajsa said:

“Everywhere,” she murmured. “Ukraine. Ad’Leid. Boston.”

Then surely you have tales of my feats? I am Achilles, slayer of Hector."

3 hours ago, Halcyon The Only said:

"I'm fine," she said quickly, reaching up to quickly wipe her eyes. "Thanks." 

"I... I appreciate you talking to me." 

She smiled at him. "Thank you. I... I think you're nice." 

"Oh! Did--- did I make you shy again? Oh, gosh, I'm sorry!"

 

He looked at her, smiling sadly. "Thank you. I..." he looked like he wanted to say more, but settled for another smile.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, TwinStorm said:

"Well, that's a shame." he said. "RELEASE ME!" he screamed. "FIGHT ME!"

She walked away.

Don't fight anyone.

[NameIess]

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

"It is a bit silly, yes. Isoium would be better, through less self-explanatory." Rebus deactivated the force field, relatively confident Nameless could be trusted. "Test subjects shouldn't be too hard to find - the Machination would probably pay me to experiment on their members."

Balitan backed away from the mostly-solid Narrator. "I don't know that this is a good idea.

I was thinking of more... exotic subjects. You mentioned withergeists earlier?

5 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus's Plotblade coalesced in his hand, timed so perfectly it almost appeared inside the Mordite blade as he blocked it. "Should it? It should come inevitably, known to all but still not prepared for. You were far more impressive when they trusted you despite not trusting you than right now, when you only pose an actual threat to me because my nanotech is apparently alive." Rebus swept his Blade at Malevolence, beginning two-handed then suddenly letting go and lunging. 

"Perhaps I do not want to appear impressive right now." Malevolence spun his blade around to knock aside Rebus's lunge, then stepped inside his guard for a pommel strike to the Narrator's face. "Perhaps I am merely biding my time with these unimportant matters until I can carry out my own plans."

6 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

Then surely you have tales of my feats? I am Achilles, slayer of Hector."

3 hours ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Val walked into the room. "You're Achilles? The Achilles?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

He leaned back on his palms and stared up at the ceiling. "Like a failed experiment. What about you?"

Aden shrugged. “I’m doing some research. I don’t suppose you know anything…?” 

If you want, he can remember some random passwords or something if that fits with his character somehow 

if not I can make Aden hack it so no pressure 

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She looked up at him sadly.

Well, if you want to see it like that, then I guess I'm babysitting you.

-

She nodded. "Or course. How do you feel?"

“Thought so,” he grumbled. “Narrators forbid I get to make a choice of my own once in a while.” He opened his door, slammed it, plucked her off onto the chair and flopped into his bed. 

-

“Good.” She beamed. 

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

I suppose not. Prismite is rather hard to get unless you can kill a Narrator. 

"It is a bit silly, yes. Isoium would be better, through less self-explanatory." Rebus deactivated the force field, relatively confident Nameless could be trusted. "Test subjects shouldn't be too hard to find - the Machination would probably pay me to experiment on their members."

Rebus's Plotblade coalesced in his hand, timed so perfectly it almost appeared inside the Mordite blade as he blocked it. "Should it? It should come inevitably, known to all but still not prepared for. You were far more impressive when they trusted you despite not trusting you than right now, when you only pose an actual threat to me because my nanotech is apparently alive." Rebus swept his Blade at Malevolence, beginning two-handed then suddenly letting go and lunging. 

She watched. 

1 minute ago, TwinStorm said:

"Well, that's a shame." he said. "RELEASE ME!" he screamed. "FIGHT ME!"

Then surely you have tales of my feats? I am Achilles, slayer of Hector."

He looked at her, smiling sadly. "Thank you. I..." he looked like he wanted to say more, but settled for another smile.

Rose stood up, feeling ashamed but somewhat better. 

[Existential]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Aden shrugged. “I’m doing some research. I don’t suppose you know anything…?” 

If you want, he can remember some random passwords or something if that fits with his character somehow 

if not I can make Aden hack it so no pressure 

“Thought so,” he grumbled. “Narrators forbid I get to make a choice of my own once in a while.” He opened his door, slammed it, plucked her off onto the chair and flopped into his bed. 

-

“Good.” She beamed. 

She watched. 

Rose stood up, feeling ashamed but somewhat better. 

"I might know something. But it only pertains to me specifically. My experiment was my name. So maybe you could access something with that, I dunno." 

I gotchu kinda dw

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

16 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Thought so,” he grumbled. “Narrators forbid I get to make a choice of my own once in a while.” He opened his door, slammed it, plucked her off onto the chair and flopped into his bed. 

-

“Good.” She beamed. 

She sighed and curled up on the chair, making sure she was facing him.

-

She smiled back. "That's great!"

"We're just waiting on Ria, now."

Edited February 10, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

"I might know something. But it only pertains to me specifically. My experiment was my name. So maybe you could access something with that, I dunno." 

I gotchu kinda dw

He frowned. “Mmkay. Good to know.” 

also his number was 227 which idk if hed know that but jsyk 

[Existential]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He frowned. “Mmkay. Good to know.” 

also his number was 227 which idk if hed know that but jsyk 

cool, thanks

"I'm not helpful, I know" he chuckled out

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

1 minute ago, NameIess said:

Balitan backed away from the mostly-solid Narrator. "I don't know that this is a good idea.

I was thinking of more... exotic subjects. You mentioned withergeists earlier?

"Perhaps I do not want to appear impressive right now." Malevolence spun his blade around to knock aside Rebus's lunge, then stepped inside his guard for a pommel strike to the Narrator's face. "Perhaps I am merely biding my time with these unimportant matters until I can carry out my own plans."

Rebus shrugs at Balitan. "He knows things, and is pretty much powerless currently." He then sits down and steeples his fingers, thinking. "I suppose we could probably find a withergeist - it'd also give us some Morditite to scan. We also can track down the Convenient Person or one of the Machination quasi-Ennullers." 

Rebus took the hit, and his nose began to leak smoke, evidently broken by the Morditite. He dismissed his blade and grabbed Malevolence's arm, grip strength enhanced by nanites. "You're failing, by which I mean your swordplay is impressive. We are alike, in many ways."

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

20 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

Then surely you have tales of my feats? I am Achilles, slayer of Hector."

She stared at him for a second, then frowned. "Achilles? Like that Greek god with the bad heel?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

6 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She sighed and curled up on the chair facing him.

-

She smiled back. "That's great!"

"We're just waiting on Ria, now."

He closed his eyes, feeling anger bubble up to his throat. He took a deep breath and forced it back down. 

“Can I have some wine or something?”

He’d never drunk before, but these stupid emotions weren't doing anything for him. He was snapping at Tam, for goodness’ sake. 

-

Ria came back. 

“Come with me,” she told Five, who got up to follow her. “We have to fet a scan.” 

Once she was in the machine in the other room, Ria turned to Irie. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”

4 minutes ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

cool, thanks

"I'm not helpful, I know" he chuckled out

“Naw, don’t worry about it.”

[Existential]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He closed his eyes, feeling anger bubble up to his throat. He took a deep breath and forced it back down. 

“Can I have some wine or something?”

He’d never drunk before, but these stupid emotions weren't doing anything for him. He was snapping at Tam, for goodness’ sake. 

-

Ria came back. 

“Come with me,” she told Five, who got up to follow her. “We have to fet a scan.” 

Once she was in the machine in the other room, Ria turned to Irie. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”

“Naw, don’t worry about it.”

Starlight turned to hear migrating voices. "Sounds like they moved Five. You wanna...?" he asked Aden

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He closed his eyes, feeling anger bubble up to his throat. He took a deep breath and forced it back down. 

“Can I have some wine or something?”

He’d never drunk before, but these stupid emotions weren't doing anything for him. He was snapping at Tam, for goodness’ sake. 

-

Ria came back. 

“Come with me,” she told Five, who got up to follow her. “We have to fet a scan.” 

Once she was in the machine in the other room, Ria turned to Irie. “I’ve never seen anything like this.”

Her head shot up.

What?

-

"What is it?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

Starlight turned to hear migrating voices. "Sounds like they moved Five. You wanna...?" he asked Aden

“Sure.” He stood up, moving his tech pad under his arm. 

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Her head shot up.

What?

-

"What is it?"

“Please?” 

-

“I’ve never even SEEN half these toxins,” she said. “The sheer amount of fear and pain amplifying toxins… and there’s a mellower in there somewhere. Plus a slow acting poison. I’d guess they have her the antidote every day, but I’m going to have to reverse engineer it before she dies.” 

“But there’s still so MUCH… none of it’s gone away yet. Like it hasn’t been eight hours since they had her.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

4 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Please?” 

-

“I’ve never even SEEN half these toxins,” she said. “The sheer amount of fear and pain amplifying toxins… and there’s a mellower in there somewhere. Plus a slow acting poison. I’d guess they have her the antidote every day, but I’m going to have to reverse engineer it before she dies.” 

Bat, no! Drinking will only make you feel worse . . .

Plus he's technically underage

-

". . . That's not good. Not good at all . . ."

[Existential]

7 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Sure.” He stood up, moving his tech pad under his arm. 

“Please?” 

-

“I’ve never even SEEN half these toxins,” she said. “The sheer amount of fear and pain amplifying toxins… and there’s a mellower in there somewhere. Plus a slow acting poison. I’d guess they have her the antidote every day, but I’m going to have to reverse engineer it before she dies.” 

Starlight wandered into the room right after she finished talking. "Hey doc, how's it looking? for both of us, I mean" he said, cheerfully-ish

it might be a thing to not make him angry and withhold the truth from him, but idk up to you

Edited February 10, 2025 by N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Bat, no! Drinking will only make you feel worse . . .

Plus he's technically underage

-

". . . That's not good. Not good at all . . ."

“I don’t care right now.” 

there are no laws in TLT  

“But there’s still so MUCH… none of it’s gone away yet. Like it hasn’t been eight hours since they had her.”

1 minute ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

Starlight wandered into the room right after she finished talking. "Hey doc, how's it looking? for both of us, I mean" he said, cheerfully-ish

it might be a thing to not make him angry and withhold the truth, but idk up to you

Ria grimaced. “Honestly, Five may be looking at a blood transfusion… I’ve got your results here. Looks like you have a LOT of implants.”

[Existential]

2 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“I don’t care right now.” 

there are no laws in TLT  

“But there’s still so MUCH… none of it’s gone away yet. Like it hasn’t been eight hours since they had her.”

Ria grimaced. “Honestly, Five may be looking at a blood transfusion… I’ve got your results here. Looks like you have a LOT of implants.”

He sighed. "So bad?" he asked. "And two more things, why are my implants failing, and is she dying?"

Edited February 10, 2025 by N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“I don’t care right now.” 

there are no laws in TLT  

“But there’s still so MUCH… none of it’s gone away yet. Like it hasn’t been eight hours since they had her.”

Well, I care, Bat, and I'm not going to make any for you.

I did say technically

-

"I mean . . . it has only been eight hours."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

He sighed. "So bad?" he asked. "And two more things, why are my implants failing, and is she dying?"

“I don’t know. I’ll look at the implants more in depth, but that’s  what I came up with.

”As for Five…” she bit her lip. 

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Well, I care, Bat, and I'm not going to make any for you.

I did say technically

-

"I mean . . . it has only been eight hours."

He scowled at the ceiling, then hauled himself off the bed. “I’m going for a walk.” 

The door slammed behind him. 

-

“Stull… I find it hard to believe they’d pump anything more than this into ANYONE.” 

[Existential]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“I don’t know. I’ll look at the implants more in depth, but that’s  what I came up with.

”As for Five…” she bit her lip. 

He scowled at the ceiling, then hauled himself off the bed. “I’m going for a walk.” 

The door slammed behind him. 

-

“Stull… I find it hard to believe they’d pump anything more than this into ANYONE.” 

"Spit it out, Ria." he said with a sense of urgency