The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

10 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

lol

He coughed, trying to force the cookie down. "I . . . maybe talk to Rebus? He mentioned a Plotblade?"

"My Author does not think that is wise. But you may do whatever you wish."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"My Author does not think that is wise. But you may do whatever you wish."

"Why not?"

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

"Why not?"

"He is trying to become the Thread's number-one villain, and so whatever he has planned for you cannot be beneficial. At least in the long run."

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

56 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

lol

He coughed, trying to force the cookie down. "I . . . maybe talk to Rebus? He mentioned a Plotblade?"

42 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"He is trying to become the Thread's number-one villain, and so whatever he has planned for you cannot be beneficial. At least in the long run."

Rebus, who had never left, shrugged. "Utility is telling the truth, though not all of it. I shall do the same - in fact, true lies are very bad for me. I began this for three reasons: I refuse to let Malevolence beat me, the Thread is overflowing with love plotlines and on-off villains that get killed after like ten pages, and my own self preservation, both because I need to be interesting, and because I live in the universe and would rather it not be conquered or stagnant. What I need to become is not necessarily a villain, but rather an antagonist. Admittedly, I'm probably also some manner of sociopath, but I've been taking steps to minimize actual harm while being all the more threatening and evil because of it." He smiled sweetly. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She pounded on the door.

"Don't make me break this down again!" she threatened with a smile.

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How far do you want to go? 

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I agree . . . is your hand okay?

 

"Thank you," the man muttered again.

He didn't say anything more.

The water started. 

“I’m not using the curtain,” he yelled. “So I wouldn’t recommend that!”

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She thought about that. “How about—“ 

A giant bird flew down from the sky, turned into a human, and knocked her off her horse. 

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Spoiler

“Yeah… you try touching it. I’ll fix you if something happens…”

2 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

The boy regarded him nervously, but opened the door a little wider and held out a frosted cookie in his small hand.

"I . . . I made it in- in school today," he said quietly.

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

1 hour ago, Dragonheir said:

“How? Why doesn’t she teleport away from you, then?” Jack would have winked, but he wasn’t sure how to turn off only one eye. 
Rebus switched it up, having the red figure move around more, first circling her then retreating up a ramp. 
“I dunno. Why do you have a sword?” 

“Contract,” Keys grumbled, pushing her hair out of her face. 

Symbol surveyed the area and picked a route parallel to the red figure’s path. She prowled along the route, somewhere below. 

“I’ve always had it.”

27 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus, who had never left, shrugged. "Utility is telling the truth, though not all of it. I shall do the same - in fact, true lies are very bad for me. I began this for three reasons: I refuse to let Malevolence beat me, the Thread is overflowing with love plotlines and on-off villains that get killed after like ten pages, and my own self preservation, both because I need to be interesting, and because I live in the universe and would rather it not be conquered or stagnant. What I need to become is not necessarily a villain, but rather an antagonist. Admittedly, I'm probably also some manner of sociopath, but I've been taking steps to minimize actual harm while being all the more threatening and evil because of it." He smiled sweetly. 

“Ooo, fancy,” Nemesis said. “What about nemesises? Are there any more of those?”

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

2 hours ago, Spark of Hope said:

He blinked. Good as it was, he was still worried he wouldn’t be able to leave after this. 

They ate. Hades took them up a few floors and shower Orchid, Holt, and Kohei their respective rooms. 

@Bird Furious @Through The Living Glass @Spark of Hope

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

8 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

The water started. 

“I’m not using the curtain,” he yelled. “So I wouldn’t recommend that!”

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She thought about that. “How about—“ 

A giant bird flew down from the sky, turned into a human, and knocked her off her horse. 

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“Yeah… you try touching it. I’ll fix you if something happens…”

AWWWWWWWWWWWWWW

hehehe

She sighed and kicked the door once for good measure, then went to see if she could find him a spare set of clothes.

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He cried her name and quickly turned his horse around.

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Spoiler

She raised an eyebrow at Bat.

What do you think?

 

2 minutes ago, kajsa said:

They ate. Hades took them up a few floors and shower Orchid, Holt, and Kohei their respective rooms. 

@Bird Furious @Through The Living Glass @Spark of Hope

. . . huh

so they showered?

. . .

okie

 

OH SHOWED??

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

4 minutes ago, kajsa said:

They ate. Hades took them up a few floors and shower Orchid, Holt, and Kohei their respective rooms. 

@Bird Furious @Through The Living Glass @Spark of Hope

Orchid refused to leave Holt. 

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

hehehe

She sighed and kicked the door once for good measure, then went to see if she could find him a spare set of clothes.

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He cried her name and quickly turned his horse around.

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She raised an eyebrow at Bat.

What do you think?

 

. . . huh

so they showered?

. . .

okie

 

OH SHOWED??

The train was full of all kinds of weird stuff. 

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Beosta was unconscious. The woman turned back into a bird and flew away with her. Another bird swooped down and grabbed Shoe in his talons. 

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Spoiler

Bat bit his lip hard. “I don’t want you to… I’ll do it.”

“I may not be able to Narrate you.”

 

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

. . . huh

so they showered?

. . .

okie

 

OH SHOWED??

yeah showed oops

Just now, Bird Furious said:

Orchid refused to leave Holt. 

Hades frowned but didn’t protest. Corysande wanted to, especially since she knew she wouldn’t get to choose where she slept tonight. But it couldn’t hurt anything… right? Holt wasn’t like that, and neither was Orchid. 

“Good night,” Hades said cheerfully.

Corysande tried to smile at her friends. 

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i’m sorry that this is their dynamic and i know it’s not exactly true to mythology but uh
i already set it up soooooooooooo

 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

13 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Orchid refused to leave Holt. 

The train was full of all kinds of weird stuff. 

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Beosta was unconscious. The woman turned back into a bird and flew away with her. Another bird swooped down and grabbed Shoe in his talons. 

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Bat bit his lip hard. “I don’t want you to… I’ll do it.”

“I may not be able to Narrate you.”

 

That made him feel really weird.

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She found some clothes for him and herself, then. Yay.

She set them outside the bathroom door and started cleaning all the sauce up.

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He yelped but let it take him.

Beosta!?

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Spoiler

But-

. . . Well, she was trying to listen to him more.

She bit her lip.

. . . If you're sure.

6 minutes ago, kajsa said:

yeah showed oops

Hades frowned but didn’t protest. Corysande wanted to, especially since she knew she wouldn’t get to choose where she slept tonight. But it couldn’t hurt anything… right? Holt wasn’t like that, and neither was Orchid. 

“Good night,” Hades said cheerfully.

Corysande tried to smile at her friends. 

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i’m sorry that this is their dynamic and i know it’s not exactly true to mythology but uh
i already set it up soooooooooooo

 

Holt smiled sadly back at her.

". . . See you in the morning."

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Holt smiled sadly back at her.

". . . See you in the morning."

“N-night.”

She panicked as Hades led her away. 

-

About twenty minutes later, there was a knock at the bedroom doors. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, kajsa said:

“N-night.”

She panicked as Hades led her away. 

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About twenty minutes later, there was a knock at the bedroom doors. 

Holt went and answered it.

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Holt went and answered it.

There was a maid. She had cozy pajamas for him and Orchid, complete with even a pair of slippers. 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

33 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“Contract,” Keys grumbled, pushing her hair out of her face. 

Symbol surveyed the area and picked a route parallel to the red figure’s path. She prowled along the route, somewhere below. 

“I’ve always had it.”

“Ooo, fancy,” Nemesis said. “What about nemesises? Are there any more of those?”

“Ah. I was released from mine once my father discovered I had emotions. Though if you are bound to him, he should cease manhandling you.” 
The red figure swept its sword towards her from above, seemingly uninterested in actually hitting her. Then several more figures materialized at the edges of the arena, one more red and several green. Rebus turned to face the green ones as they walked towards him. “The greens are faster and have some powers - they’ll fight me unless you engage them, and you can clap at any point to pause and make all the opponents fight me.” 
“Well, I have never had it. I’m supposed to represent you as helpless but peaceful, or something - I didn’t leave the city until Bat returned with Tam and Cricket. I fell in love with the latter, and the three work to protect our little beach village.” 
“I have a good number of nemesi - that’s exactly the role that needed filling. I suppose many of my enemies would be better thought of as rivals in various areas - perhaps you and I could reach a friendly rivalship, actually - but I do serve as a nemesis to Tam and Bat. I also believe there’s another Nemesis around - the Greek goddess.” 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

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Why can’t we just have one G rated  

17 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

That made him feel really weird.

-

She found some clothes for him and herself, then. Yay.

She set them outside the bathroom door and started cleaning all the sauce up.

-

He yelped but let it take him.

Beosta!?

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But-

. . . Well, she was trying to listen to him more.

She bit her lip.

. . . If you're sure.

Holt smiled sadly back at her.

". . . See you in the morning."

She stayed small and slept in a drawer. 

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He came out in his towel, snatched them, changed, and booted her off cleanup duty so she could shower. 

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She was unconscious. 

No mind communication!

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Spoiler

He took a deep breath and touched the circlet.

Nothing happened.

”It’s… buzzing,” he said. 

 

8 minutes ago, kajsa said:

There was a maid. She had cozy pajamas for him and Orchid, complete with even a pair of slippers. 

Orchid absorbed the outfit and her clothes shifted to it. She giggled, then flew up to perch on the light. 

6 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Ah. I was released from mine once my father discovered I had emotions. Though if you are bound to him, he should cease manhandling you.” 
The red figure swept its sword towards her from above, seemingly uninterested in actually hitting her. Then several more figures materialized at the edges of the arena, one more red and several green. Rebus turned to face the green ones as they walked towards him. “The greens are faster and have some powers - they’ll fight me unless you engage them, and you can clap at any point to pause and make all the opponents fight me.” 
“Well, I have never had it. I’m supposed to represent you as helpless but peaceful, or something - I didn’t leave the city until Bat returned with Tam and Cricket. I fell in love with the latter, and the three work to protect our little beach village.” 
“I have a good number of nemesi - that’s exactly the role that needed filling. I suppose many of my enemies would be better thought of as rivals in various areas - perhaps you and I could reach a friendly rivalship, actually - but I do serve as a nemesis to Tam and Bat. I also believe there’s another Nemesis around - the Greek goddess.” 

“Nah,” Nemesis said. 

Keys sighed. 

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“That won’t be necessary,” she assured him, parrying. She ran up a set of steps. “After some practice, it might be interesting to give them limited Narration, or at least control of the utility fog.”

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“Peaceful… hah. That’s… I wonder what that would be like.” She shook her head and moved to speak with the clipboard-gray-lines Rose.

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Nemesis looked at him blankly. “Friendly… uh, okay. I’m just waiting for that immortal and that other tree dude! I want their souls!”

Edited April 3, 2025 by Bird Furious

[Through the Living Hope]

1 hour ago, kajsa said:

They ate. Hades took them up a few floors and shower Orchid, Holt, and Kohei their respective rooms. 

@Bird Furious @Through The Living Glass @Spark of Hope

He muttered thanks respectfully. 

50 minutes ago, kajsa said:

yeah showed oops

Hades frowned but didn’t protest. Corysande wanted to, especially since she knew she wouldn’t get to choose where she slept tonight. But it couldn’t hurt anything… right? Holt wasn’t like that, and neither was Orchid. 

“Good night,” Hades said cheerfully.

Corysande tried to smile at her friends. 

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i’m sorry that this is their dynamic and i know it’s not exactly true to mythology but uh
i already set it up soooooooooooo

 

Kohei’s dad hadn’t given him the Talk yet so he was a bit confused. 

28 minutes ago, kajsa said:

“N-night.”

She panicked as Hades led her away. 

-

About twenty minutes later, there was a knock at the bedroom doors. 

“Yeah?” 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

23 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“Nah,” Nemesis said. 

Keys sighed. 

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“That won’t be necessary,” she assured him, parrying. She ran up a set of steps. “After some practice, it might be interesting to give them limited Narration, or at least control of the utility fog.”

-

“Peaceful… hah. That’s… I wonder what that would be like.” She shook her head and moved to speak with the clipboard-gray-lines Rose.

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Nemesis looked at him blankly. “Friendly… uh, okay. I’m just waiting for that immortal and that other tree dude! I want their souls!”

“You do not seem to be a very nice person. How did you acquire a contract if you did not build the contracted?” 
In fact, this had been the plan all along. Green spikes of utility fog telescoped at Rebus, the branching support structures they were pushing off of glowing as well. Rebus jumped, pushing off of an orange platform to get higher than he should have, then knocking one of the spikes into the ground and briefly running across it. 
“If you don’t have anything better to do, you can pick me and find out.” She noted. 
This version of Rose was pacing slightly, or perhaps prowling, but stopped as Rose turned to her. “Do you need something?” 
“Ah. I do hope you have an end goal with this - souls are rather important for the continued functioning of magic, the mind, and the immune system.” 

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

1 minute ago, Spark of Hope said:

He muttered thanks respectfully. 

Kohei’s dad hadn’t given him the Talk yet so he was a bit confused. 

“Yeah?” 

A maid appeared with very soft and cozy and floofy looking pajamas for him. And a pair of matching slippers. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

“You do not seem to be a very nice person. How did you acquire a contract if you did not build the contracted?” 
In fact, this had been the plan all along. Green spikes of utility fog telescoped at Rebus, the branching support structures they were pushing off of glowing as well. Rebus jumped, pushing off of an orange platform to get higher than he should have, then knocking one of the spikes into the ground and briefly running across it. 
“If you don’t have anything better to do, you can pick me and find out.” She noted. 
This version of Rose was pacing slightly, or perhaps prowling, but stopped as Rose turned to her. “Do you need something?” 
“Ah. I do hope you have an end goal with this - souls are rather important for the continued functioning of magic, the mind, and the immune system.” 

“I stole her soul! I’ll release her once I get one of the other two!”

could you describe the arena again real quick? 

Symbol tested the red one a little more, landed some good hits, and ran to engage a green one. 

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“How did you become this?” 

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“Oh— yes! Of course! Of course I do… yup. End goals, whee.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

29 minutes ago, kajsa said:

There was a maid. She had cozy pajamas for him and Orchid, complete with even a pair of slippers. 

He accepted them, confused.

26 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

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Why can’t we just have one G rated  

She stayed small and slept in a drawer. 

-

He came out in his towel, snatched them, changed, and booted her off cleanup duty so she could shower. 

-

She was unconscious. 

No mind communication!

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He took a deep breath and touched the circlet.

Nothing happened.

”It’s… buzzing,” he said. 

huh

He didn't disturb her.

-

She finished the kitchen and went into the bathroom.

-

. . . is someone talking to him, or . . . ?

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Spoiler

Buzzing?

 

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

He accepted them, confused.

“Good night,” she said. “Pull this if you need anything.” She gestured to a little bell pull by the door. 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

He accepted them, confused.

huh

He didn't disturb her.

-

She finished the kitchen and went into the bathroom.

-

. . . is someone talking to him, or . . . ?

-

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Buzzing?

 

He finished cleaning the other things. 

-

It was the bird speaking. 

Spoiler

“Yeah, like… like… like it’s alive.” He picked it up. 

 

[Through the Living Hope]

12 minutes ago, kajsa said:

A maid appeared with very soft and cozy and floofy looking pajamas for him. And a pair of matching slippers. 

“Thank you.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

6 minutes ago, kajsa said:

“Good night,” she said. “Pull this if you need anything.” She gestured to a little bell pull by the door. 

He nodded, still confused.

[kajsa ㅇㅅㅇ she/her]

Just now, Spark of Hope said:

“Thank you.”

“My pleasure. Pull this if you need anything.” She gestured to a bell pull by the door. 

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

He nodded, still confused.

She left.