The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She shrugged and sighed.

Mm . . . who else could it be?

No.

False.

Wrong.

*hugs*

-

True. Very true. 

I really think it's them... 

-

Hehe

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Bird Furious said:

True. Very true. 

I really think it's them... 

-

Hehe

*sigh*

You're wrong and that's that

I don't know, Bat . . . it doesn't- well, actually, why do you think it's them? Let's start there.

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

10 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Aphrodite tilted her head. "That's a strange bit for a kiss--- er, curse." 

She narrowed her eyes. “A what?”

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

*sigh*

You're wrong and that's that

I don't know, Bat . . . it doesn't- well, actually, why do you think it's them? Let's start there.

I should know, so there 

Because it seems... curious. Or... naive or something. 

2 minutes ago, Kajsa said:

She narrowed her eyes. “A what?”

"A curse, dear," she said blankly. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Bird Furious said:

I should know, so there 

Because it seems... curious. Or... naive or something. 

You've been wrong before

About . . . Narration? Maybe . . .

She shifted onto her back and rested her head against him.

To be fair . . . there are a lot of people who don't know about Narration.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

You've been wrong before

About . . . Narration? Maybe . . .

She shifted onto her back and rested her head against him.

To be fair . . . there are a lot of people who don't know about Narration.

Yeah, because I'm dumb 

Yeah, but... I dunno. The timing is just... weird. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

Yeah, because I'm dumb 

Yeah, but... I dunno. The timing is just... weird. 

So you admit you're wrong, then

She shrugged. A little, I guess.

Edited March 19, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

9 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"A curse, dear," she said blankly. 

Corysande glared at her. 

[echo74 she/her]

30 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Uh, alright."

He moved a few feet closer to Lillian.

". . . Hey. You feeling okay?"

"Ow... what happened?"

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, echo74 said:

"Ow... what happened?"

"Uh . . . Enrick can tell you. I'll be right back."

He went and brushed away a bunch of the shatter glass from nearby. There wasn't much of a point to it . . . but he wasn't really sure what to say.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

10 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

So you admit you're wrong, then

She shrugged. A little, I guess.

No, I admit I've been wrong before, which proves my current point. 

He hugged her. Love you. 

8 minutes ago, Kajsa said:

Corysande glared at her. 

"Have some respect, dear," she snapped. "I'll make you fall in love with a rat unless you apologize."

[echo74 she/her]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

"Uh . . . Enrick can tell you. I'll be right back."

He went and brushed away a bunch of the shatter glass from nearby. There wasn't much of a point to it . . . but he wasn't really sure what to say.

Lillian rubbed her head. "Okay... are you-- are you okay?"

Enrik hopped on her shoulder.

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

No, I admit I've been wrong before, which proves my current point. 

He hugged her. Love you. 

"Have some respect, dear," she snapped. "I'll make you fall in love with a rat unless you apologize."

enrik???

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

No, I admit I've been wrong before, which proves my current point. 

He hugged her. Love you. 

"Have some respect, dear," she snapped. "I'll make you fall in love with a rat unless you apologize."

So how do you know you're not wrong right now? You can still me smart if you're wrong sometimes

She hugged him back, smiling.

I love you, too.

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Feisty

1 minute ago, echo74 said:

Lillian rubbed her head. "Okay... are you-- are you okay?"

Enrik hopped on her shoulder.

"Yeah. I'm fine."

[echo74 she/her]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

So how do you know you're not wrong right now? You can still me smart if you're wrong sometimes

She hugged him back, smiling.

I love you, too.

-

Feisty

"Yeah. I'm fine."

"Do you know what happened? I think I hit my head or something."

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, echo74 said:

"Do you know what happened? I think I hit my head or something."

"Uh- yeah, you did. How does it feel?"

[Existential]

1 hour ago, Bird Furious said:

Eleven first!"

She nodded. “Eleven first.”

[TwinStorm He/Him]

6 hours ago, NameIess said:

"Rebus is fine, as the new Narrators go. He seeks power worthy of him, and while he is involved in the plot he is in a villainous role, which is much healthier for the plot than acting as a protagonist." Nameless held up a finger. "However, neither he nor Tam nor you hold a candle to Bacon. That man is quite nearly a perfect Narrator. If all were like him, this Thread would be a better place."

"No." Moni said softly. "I haven't been okay in... a long time."

--

The king turned back to Simon. "Playing games? Is that what you think I do? My city is under attack, and you have information about the cause of the attack!"

"He wants your treasures!" Jacob exclaimed. "Malevolence, our master. He sent us to deliver an ultimatum. Surrender the treasures of your kingdom, or be destroyed. We know nothing more than that, I swear!"

The king spun on Jacob, glowing eyes narrowed. "You... speak the truth."

--

A kindly voice spoke from behind Cricket. "I'm afraid Rebus can't reach you here. Not safely, at least. You'll have to wait before going on a quest to destroy Malevolence."

Unintelligible took it, never taking his eyes off of Malevolence.

The villain in question took a long sip of his tea. "Very well. I'll tell you what I can." He cleared his throat, then continued in a casual tone. "In the immediate future, I seek to claim a certain artefact of great power. A crown that grants one the power of a Narrator. I am doing so by laying siege to the city of the king that holds said crown, with the aid of my withergeist rabbits. They tear reality around the city. Soon it will be entirely surrounded by the void, isolated and alone. If there is no outside interference in the city, my conquest will be inevitable." He shrugged ruefully. "Although I doubt a lack of interference is very likely, especially since I'm telling you about this plan. Anyways, that's my short term plan. Longer term, I plan to find some way to control the withergeist rabbits. As of now, they help me only because they think I am useful and want me to stay alive. I've heard from certain sources that bonding a withergeist will allow me to control other withergeists, which is why I asked you about the process. However, you've confirmed that the process requires a willing withergeist, and the rabbits have proven reluctant to bond me. I think they do not wish to be controlled again."

Malevolence took another sip of tea. "Long term, I want to claim the ultimate power of evil and become the greatest Antagonist this thread has ever seen. Is there anything else you wanted to know?"

"That's . . ." he took a deep breath.  "Listen . . . I'm sorry. You shouldn't be here."

--

Lane sighed. What else could he do?

--

"Who are you, exactly?" Cricket thought.

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Of course you don't," he sighed.

I'll just give the others a little time to catch up and respond up to this point . . .

@TwinStorm @Bird Furious @Dragonheir

Okay, so basically at this point, Cory came in and confessed that she and her sisters were cursed to be mortal.

"Delaney? Lillian's sister?"

Ares growled. "Who were you, then? Before?"

[xinoehp512 he/him]

On 3/14/2025 at 2:46 PM, Dragonheir said:

Alright. Any ideas? 
“Yeah. Activating.” The reflections were indeed activating, becoming more animate. And they looked nervous, like someone about to rip off a bandaid - knowing there’s going to be pain, and that you can’t not do it or it’ll get worse. 
Rebus gritted his teeth. “This is why I don’t lie - it makes everything more confusing. But it doesn’t matter; you’re still deflecting responsibility that should be yours. I don’t know why I ever thought it was a good idea to work with you.” 

Alright… How shall we do this? We kinda forgot them because of other stuff. 
The Machination doesn’t actually need me - part of the point of the decentralization is that other Authors can run Machination characters without needing my input.

The orb continued hovering there, as that was for the moment all it could do. “I shall adjust my supposition.” 

Some time later, a crew of ennullers finished clearing away the last of the char.

The orb was placed ceremoniously inside of the tree.

19 hours 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."

 

Another ennuller stepped forward, extending his hand to project a force field in front of himself.

19 hours ago, NameIess said:

--

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

The wind blew some leaves into a shape resembling a thumbs-up.

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

11 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"Have some respect, dear," she snapped. "I'll make you fall in love with a rat unless you apologize."

She sighed and muttered a half-hearted apology. 

[echo74 she/her]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Uh- yeah, you did. How does it feel?"

"Bad," she said. "Are you hurt anywhere?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

13 minutes ago, echo74 said:

Lillian rubbed her head. "Okay... are you-- are you okay?"

Enrik hopped on her shoulder.

enrik???

Hehehe

Prolly not 

13 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

So how do you know you're not wrong right now? You can still me smart if you're wrong sometimes

She hugged him back, smiling.

I love you, too.

-

Feisty

"Yeah. I'm fine."

Because. 

He blushed, feeling warm and happy. 

-

Hehe I mean she's a Greek goddess  

4 minutes ago, Dabi said:

She nodded. “Eleven first.”

He smiled. "We should be almost there." 

2 minutes ago, Kajsa said:

She sighed and muttered a half-hearted apology. 

"Good. Remember, dear, you're not irreplaceable," she said sweetly. 

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

2 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"Good. Remember, dear, you're not irreplaceable," she said sweetly. 

“Neither are your mortal side lovers,” she shot back. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

15 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

Ares growled. "Who were you, then? Before?"

uhhhh the Lillian thing was a different plot

11 minutes ago, echo74 said:

"Bad," she said. "Are you hurt anywhere?"

"No. I can't get hurt easily, remember?"

7 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Because. 

He blushed, feeling warm and happy. 

-

Hehe I mean she's a Greek goddess  

Hmph. Agree to disagree, then.

*hug*

She felt the same.

So. Machination?

-

Fair

3 minutes ago, Kajsa said:

“Neither are your mortal side lovers,” she shot back. 

Oh snap

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, Kajsa said:

“Neither are your mortal side lovers,” she shot back. 

"That's it," she snapped, and then actually snapped. 

"Congrats. You're now in love with the repulsive monkey outside." 

Corysande didn't feel anything. 

Yet. 

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Hmph. Agree to disagree, then.

*hug*

She felt the same.

So. Machination?

 

Oh snap

Ok

Machination. Yes. Yeah, sounds good. 

-

HAH

Literally 

[echo74 she/her]

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

uhhhh the Lillian thing was a different plot

"No. I can't get hurt easily, remember?"

Hmph. Agree to disagree, then.

*hug*

She felt the same.

So. Machination?

-

Fair

Oh snap

"Oh. Right."

She felt awkward.