The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Dabi said:

Idk

I’m just eeepyyyyyyy

mm you should bed

[Existential]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

mm you should bed

I can’t

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

4 minutes ago, Dabi said:

I can’t

mmmmmmmm leave

[Existential]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

mmmmmmmm leave

I wanna but I caaant

I’d rather be somewhere else, I’m sure everyone could guess where I’d rather be

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

21 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

He squeaked and hugged her back, confused.

She blushed and pulled away, stepping back. “Sorry. Anyway. Uh… see you.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Dabi said:

I wanna but I caaant

I’d rather be somewhere else, I’m sure everyone could guess where I’d rather be

mm

On your couch playing Spider-Man with Chip?

Just now, Kajsa said:

She blushed and pulled away, stepping back. “Sorry. Anyway. Uh… see you.”

He nodded, still confused.

"Uh . . . yeah. See ya."

[Existential]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

mm

On your couch playing Spider-Man with Chip?

Nooooooooo I think you knooooooow thooooooooo

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Dabi said:

Nooooooooo I think you knooooooow thooooooooo

Ik

Anyway, what's Starlight up to?

[Existential]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Ik

Anyway, what's Starlight up to?

No clue

Haven’t the faintest idea

eepy man with eepy thoughts and a headache doesn’t know what he’s doing

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Dabi said:

No clue

Haven’t the faintest idea

eepy man with eepy thoughts and a headache doesn’t know what he’s doing

hmph

okay

[Existential]

We’Re LoSt In ThE wOoDs, SoMeWhErE iN nEw JeRsEy, AnD wE’rE nEvEr GoNnA mAkE iT tO lA

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

hmph

okay

 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Dabi said:

We’Re LoSt In ThE wOoDs, SoMeWhErE iN nEw JeRsEy, AnD wE’rE nEvEr GoNnA mAkE iT tO lA

 

plot idea?

nah

[Existential]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

plot idea?

nah

I had one actually, imma PM you

[NameIess]

With a crackle of lightning, about fifty pages of reading/skimming, and a dramatic burst of power, all of the characters of Nameless continued doing exactly what they had been doing before, with a few quick Authorial actions to counteract some unfortunate side effects of an extended absence.

On 3/5/2025 at 12:38 PM, Dragonheir said:

“A power well-aligned with myself, my task, and the Thread: emergence. It is a powerful force, and the ability to manipulate it is well worth sacrificing the redundant portions of Narration for.” 

“That can be true without being a reason to forgo it. Magic and technology together are more options than only magic - every bit counts.” 

Rebus wondered where he fit into the projection - he could see himself taking many paths in such a future. 

"I... was more hoping for an in-depth explanation of how this power works and what the basis of its existence is."

--

The captain examined Rebel suspiciously. "Perhaps." He turned, waving for Rebel to follow. "Come on then. This is obviously too great a matter for one such as me to decide. I shall see if the king is not too busy to grant you an audience. If he is, one of his officials shall hear your... sales pitch."

On 3/5/2025 at 12:32 PM, Bird Furious said:

“Demeans the image you think they ought to have.”

"Not necessarily." Nameless said, uncertain as to whether or not he still had an audience. "It could be demeaning to everything else. When written correctly Narrators are far too powerful to be directly involved in the Plot directly, at least not as a matter of course. It forces Plotlines to shift around them, either restricting their Narrative powers for no reason other than Plot, or forcing every character that opposes a Narrator to have a narrow subset of powers that makes them capable of standing up to the practically limitless powers of Narration."

On 3/5/2025 at 5:28 PM, TwinStorm said:

The landscape was drastically different, rocky and red. They appeared to be in a massive valley. "This near Surtur's fortress." Perseus said, fear tinging his voice.

-

"He killed our master, and set us upon you. I know nothing else, I swear!"

-

"Only one man's dying today." Cricket breathed. "You." he said, even as he summoned Savior Complex and lunged at Malevolence.

"Oh. This is going by much faster than I thought it would." Moni said briskly. "All right. So we sneak in, you... kill Surtur and his top cronies, then me, Kion, Faunus, and hopefully Palsu if he's alive can leave while you remain here to make certain no remnant forces come back in to terrorize Ragnorok?" She drooped, and the haunted look in her eyes that had been there ever since she'd seen the murder of the Faceless imitating her hadn't entirely gone away.

--

"Oh for the love of-" Jacob said indignantly. "You know full well why we're here! I'll admit that these aren't ideal circumstances, but we hardly need to keep our purpose secret!" The king turned towards Jacob, and the Hunter froze, mouth moving soundlessly. "You're... rather intimidating." He finally managed to get out.

--

Malevolence laughed, and the drones fired-and Cricket was torn from the vision. "Oh dear." Said a voice. "Omen won't like that. Don't worry. I'll help you out, since it is my fault this stalled so badly."

1 hour ago, TwinStorm said:

She was lying. He didn't know how he could feel it, but he could tell. She was lying, and satisfied with it. He slumped against the wall, confused. Rose didn't make any sense.

"It appears this memory plotline has wrapped up, which is perfect timing. I'm going to seamlessly reinsert you into the trial, so that no one will know anything has changed. Actually, I might just change the timeline so that you never left the trial, and this memory thing as well as the meeting with Nemesis happen after the Trial's natural conclusion. Anyways, brace yourself (if you remember this) for re-insertion in 3, 2, 1... annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd go!

The drones fired, slaughtering the prisoners. Spears of darkness lashed out towards Cricket, seeking his heart. Then everything froze. Omen appeared in front of Cricket as a foggy figure, swirling with anger. "By attacking recklessly, you have allowed Malevolence to slaughter the innocents. You have failed this trial."

Author's note: This is unrelated to the removal from trial. Omen didn't notice that because of the Authorial interference.

On 3/10/2025 at 2:06 PM, Sequence said:

Sequence nodded, then took a deep breath.

"Well, it started with a battle. A few other Narrators and I were fighting against some withergeists, and I was vanquished, my physical form destroyed by the essence of a withergeist." She waved her hand around. "Or, however those things kill you. I found myself in a physical manifestation of my own mind, perhaps as a defense mechanism? I'd done this before, but usually on command. Anyways, this time... the withergeist that had defeated me was there. In my mind. It didn't attack me, it simply... wanted..." Sequence frowned, holding her head in her hands for a moment. 
"Sorry, my memory... is a bit fuzzy. It, uh... It wanted me to accept it into my soul. And at the time, I didn't realize... I didn't realize what that entailed, or what that meant. So I accepted. At first, I was still myself, just with a voice in my head. But as it convinced me to do worse and worse things, I... changed. It consumed me, bit by bit, until all I could think of was destruction. I still had my... memories, I remembered my friends and of fond things, but thinking about them just made me feel... spite, hatred, annoyance."

Sequence slowly looked up to meet Malevolence's eyes. "No power on the Thread, certainly not that power, is worth such a thing." She glanced at Unintelligible. He'd seen her like that first hand, and her choice had quite literally brought his death. She sighed. "Anyways, I believe we had a deal?" She plastered on a remarkably convincing smile, though her eyes were trained on Malevolence with hard scrutiny.

Unintelligible smiled at Sequence supportively, then returned to glaring at Malevolence.

"Indeed we did." Malevolence said thoughtfully. "Thank you for you information. Now... you want to know my plans, goals, and aspirations? How much detail? Immediate plans, or more long-term too? I'll tell you whatever you want to know, although I would appreciate it if you kept details of my most secret plans to yourself."

On 3/10/2025 at 5:16 PM, xinoehp512 said:

One at a time, if you would.

"Fine. Who's next?" Subversion surveyed the class. "Hopefully you're better at resisting than she was. Perhaps I should try manipulating multiple of you at once, simply to provide a better challenge."

--

Somewhere far above in the Authorial planes beyond even Narrators (not literally, since this is still bolded, but shh. Don't tell them that.)

"I think we should end the trial offscreen, or with a simple post." A voice said regretfully. "It has drawn on too long, and all momentum has stalled. I take full blame for this, as my absences and failure to push it forwards are what led to the loss of momentum. I was too busy, I suppose. The bane of all Authors."

@xinoehp512

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, NameIess said:

With a crackle of lightning, about fifty pages of reading/skimming, and a dramatic burst of power, all of the characters of Nameless continued doing exactly what they had been doing before, with a few quick Authorial actions to counteract some unfortunate side effects of an extended absence.

"I... was more hoping for an in-depth explanation of how this power works and what the basis of its existence is."

--

The captain examined Rebel suspiciously. "Perhaps." He turned, waving for Rebel to follow. "Come on then. This is obviously too great a matter for one such as me to decide. I shall see if the king is not too busy to grant you an audience. If he is, one of his officials shall hear your... sales pitch."

"Not necessarily." Nameless said, uncertain as to whether or not he still had an audience. "It could be demeaning to everything else. When written correctly Narrators are far too powerful to be directly involved in the Plot directly, at least not as a matter of course. It forces Plotlines to shift around them, either restricting their Narrative powers for no reason other than Plot, or forcing every character that opposes a Narrator to have a narrow subset of powers that makes them capable of standing up to the practically limitless powers of Narration."

"Oh. This is going by much faster than I thought it would." Moni said briskly. "All right. So we sneak in, you... kill Surtur and his top cronies, then me, Kion, Faunus, and hopefully Palsu if he's alive can leave while you remain here to make certain no remnant forces come back in to terrorize Ragnorok?" She drooped, and the haunted look in her eyes that had been there ever since she'd seen the murder of the Faceless imitating her hadn't entirely gone away.

--

"Oh for the love of-" Jacob said indignantly. "You know full well why we're here! I'll admit that these aren't ideal circumstances, but we hardly need to keep our purpose secret!" The king turned towards Jacob, and the Hunter froze, mouth moving soundlessly. "You're... rather intimidating." He finally managed to get out.

--

Malevolence laughed, and the drones fired-and Cricket was torn from the vision. "Oh dear." Said a voice. "Omen won't like that. Don't worry. I'll help you out, since it is my fault this stalled so badly."

"It appears this memory plotline has wrapped up, which is perfect timing. I'm going to seamlessly reinsert you into the trial, so that no one will know anything has changed. Actually, I might just change the timeline so that you never left the trial, and this memory thing as well as the meeting with Nemesis happen after the Trial's natural conclusion. Anyways, brace yourself (if you remember this) for re-insertion in 3, 2, 1... annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd go!

The drones fired, slaughtering the prisoners. Spears of darkness lashed out towards Cricket, seeking his heart. Then everything froze. Omen appeared in front of Cricket as a foggy figure, swirling with anger. "By attacking recklessly, you have allowed Malevolence to slaughter the innocents. You have failed this trial."

Author's note: This is unrelated to the removal from trial. Omen didn't notice that because of the Authorial interference.

Unintelligible smiled at Sequence supportively, then returned to glaring at Malevolence.

"Indeed we did." Malevolence said thoughtfully. "Thank you for you information. Now... you want to know my plans, goals, and aspirations? How much detail? Immediate plans, or more long-term too? I'll tell you whatever you want to know, although I would appreciate it if you kept details of my most secret plans to yourself."

"Fine. Who's next?" Subversion surveyed the class. "Hopefully you're better at resisting than she was. Perhaps I should try manipulating multiple of you at once, simply to provide a better challenge."

--

Somewhere far above in the Authorial planes beyond even Narrators (not literally, since this is still bolded, but shh. Don't tell them that.)

"I think we should end the trial offscreen, or with a simple post." A voice said regretfully. "It has drawn on too long, and all momentum has stalled. I take full blame for this, as my absences and failure to push it forwards are what led to the loss of momentum. I was too busy, I suppose. The bane of all Authors."

@xinoehp512

Welcome back, Nameless

How are you feeling?

[Existential]

5 minutes ago, NameIess said:

With a crackle of lightning, about fifty pages of reading/skimming, and a dramatic burst of power, all of the characters of Nameless continued doing exactly what they had been doing before, with a few quick Authorial actions to counteract some unfortunate side effects of an extended absence.

"I... was more hoping for an in-depth explanation of how this power works and what the basis of its existence is."

--

The captain examined Rebel suspiciously. "Perhaps." He turned, waving for Rebel to follow. "Come on then. This is obviously too great a matter for one such as me to decide. I shall see if the king is not too busy to grant you an audience. If he is, one of his officials shall hear your... sales pitch."

"Not necessarily." Nameless said, uncertain as to whether or not he still had an audience. "It could be demeaning to everything else. When written correctly Narrators are far too powerful to be directly involved in the Plot directly, at least not as a matter of course. It forces Plotlines to shift around them, either restricting their Narrative powers for no reason other than Plot, or forcing every character that opposes a Narrator to have a narrow subset of powers that makes them capable of standing up to the practically limitless powers of Narration."

"Oh. This is going by much faster than I thought it would." Moni said briskly. "All right. So we sneak in, you... kill Surtur and his top cronies, then me, Kion, Faunus, and hopefully Palsu if he's alive can leave while you remain here to make certain no remnant forces come back in to terrorize Ragnorok?" She drooped, and the haunted look in her eyes that had been there ever since she'd seen the murder of the Faceless imitating her hadn't entirely gone away.

--

"Oh for the love of-" Jacob said indignantly. "You know full well why we're here! I'll admit that these aren't ideal circumstances, but we hardly need to keep our purpose secret!" The king turned towards Jacob, and the Hunter froze, mouth moving soundlessly. "You're... rather intimidating." He finally managed to get out.

--

Malevolence laughed, and the drones fired-and Cricket was torn from the vision. "Oh dear." Said a voice. "Omen won't like that. Don't worry. I'll help you out, since it is my fault this stalled so badly."

"It appears this memory plotline has wrapped up, which is perfect timing. I'm going to seamlessly reinsert you into the trial, so that no one will know anything has changed. Actually, I might just change the timeline so that you never left the trial, and this memory thing as well as the meeting with Nemesis happen after the Trial's natural conclusion. Anyways, brace yourself (if you remember this) for re-insertion in 3, 2, 1... annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd go!

The drones fired, slaughtering the prisoners. Spears of darkness lashed out towards Cricket, seeking his heart. Then everything froze. Omen appeared in front of Cricket as a foggy figure, swirling with anger. "By attacking recklessly, you have allowed Malevolence to slaughter the innocents. You have failed this trial."

Author's note: This is unrelated to the removal from trial. Omen didn't notice that because of the Authorial interference.

Unintelligible smiled at Sequence supportively, then returned to glaring at Malevolence.

"Indeed we did." Malevolence said thoughtfully. "Thank you for you information. Now... you want to know my plans, goals, and aspirations? How much detail? Immediate plans, or more long-term too? I'll tell you whatever you want to know, although I would appreciate it if you kept details of my most secret plans to yourself."

"Fine. Who's next?" Subversion surveyed the class. "Hopefully you're better at resisting than she was. Perhaps I should try manipulating multiple of you at once, simply to provide a better challenge."

--

Somewhere far above in the Authorial planes beyond even Narrators (not literally, since this is still bolded, but shh. Don't tell them that.)

"I think we should end the trial offscreen, or with a simple post." A voice said regretfully. "It has drawn on too long, and all momentum has stalled. I take full blame for this, as my absences and failure to push it forwards are what led to the loss of momentum. I was too busy, I suppose. The bane of all Authors."

@xinoehp512

Hey Nameless! How’s it going?

[NameIess]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Welcome back, Nameless

How are you feeling?

Better. Got pneumonia, but I’m mostly over it.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, NameIess said:

Better. Got pneumonia, but I’m mostly over it.

Yikes . . . glad you're feeling better, at least

[Existential]

2 minutes ago, NameIess said:

Better. Got pneumonia, but I’m mostly over it.

Icky

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

23 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

He nodded, still confused.

"Uh . . . yeah. See ya."

“Bye.”

*sighhhh*
can i get some hugs

i have like an excessive amount of anxious energy rn and i’m feeling ready to like actually crash out

Edited March 19, 2025 by Kajsa

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Kajsa said:

“Bye.”

*sighhhh*
can i get some hugs

He waited outside the palace with Atlas.

*hugs tightly*

You okay?

3 minutes ago, Kajsa said:

i have like an excessive amount of anxious energy rn and i’m feeling ready to like actually crash out

*huuuuuug*

[Existential]

2 minutes ago, Kajsa said:

“Bye.”

*sighhhh*
can i get some hugs

i have like an excessive amount of anxious energy rn and i’m feeling ready to like actually crash out

*hugs*

feel you

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

He waited outside the palace with Atlas.

*hugs tightly*

You okay?

Corysande went with the woman. 

@Bird Furious

uhhhh i’m 

i’m not un-okay

just feeling like i’m gonna crash out

like yk how power grids get power surges

thats how i feel right now

i need to get up and do crap but i just feel paralyzed a little

lots of anxious energy 

Just now, Dabi said:

*hugs*

feel you

thank you  

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Kajsa said:

Corysande went with the woman. 

@Bird Furious

uhhhh i’m 

i’m not un-okay

just feeling like i’m gonna crash out

like yk how power grids get power surges

thats how i feel right now

i need to get up and do crap but i just feel paralyzed a little

lots of anxious energy 

ye 

I feel that a lot 

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

ye 

I feel that a lot 

thanks

and i was gonna be productive but i’ve just been doomscrolling and i can’t tear myself away from this fudging stupid phone

i was gonna remake the net and make it bigger and add some more seashells and stuff and make it better 

i was gonna do a nail set

i was gonna try on some stuff

maybe get a start on e-learning for tomorrow (blizzard coming)

i wanted to draw

but this stupid phone bro i actually hate it so much rn