The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Bird Furious said:

He shoved one more time, then growled in frustration. 

She sighed and walked over, taking his hands.

"Bat, seriously, look at me. Just for a few seconds."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

She sighed and walked over, taking his hands.

"Bat, seriously, look at me. Just for a few seconds."

He swallowed, dropping his gaze down to the floor because his eyes were suddenly burning with tears. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He swallowed, dropping his gaze down to the floor because his eyes were suddenly burning with tears. 

She hesitated, then sighed sadly and wrapped him in a hug.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She hesitated, then sighed sadly and wrapped him in a hug.

He hugged himself inside her hug and squeezed his eyes shut very tightly. 

"I gotta figure it out," he mumbled. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

6 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He hugged himself inside her hug and squeezed his eyes shut very tightly. 

"I gotta figure it out," he mumbled. 

"No, we gotta figure it out. I know you're trying to be the Protagonist, but you can still get help. Okay?"

She kissed him on the cheek and buried her face in his neck.

[Immortal Platypus]

24 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Symbol grinned and grabbed a chunk of the rock, moving to the doorway. She shoved it into the keyhole of the doorknob or whatever was there, Narrating it to fit the shape of the lock around it until she was able to turn it. 

Again, lemme know if this works 

He shoved one more time, then growled in frustration. 

There was no visible lock for her to put the rock into.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

1 hour ago, Immortal Platypus said:

if my understanding of emulsifiers is correct (and I think it is), shaping could not be an emulsifier. An emulsifier is needed to cause the reaction, but once it's done, it's relatively stable (this wouldn't necessarily be the case here, it just is generally). The shaping power could not be generated from the reaction, as the reaction couldn't occur without the emulsifier. 

The closest thing we have to a Mordite-Luxite alloy is probably the Plotblades, as they consist of all four Essences. Personally, I don't see how it would be mechanically possible to alloy Mordite and Luxite (or Prismite and Nullite for that matter). They just don't share anything that could unite them. The other two qualities should be relatively easy to satisfy, however. See below.

It was just a normal rock, so it was the shape of a dragon now.

Breaking and entering would be quite difficult. It was Eof's house, after all. perhaps try your triangulation.

honestly, this probably works the best of the proposals I've heard. There would need to be some sort of emulsifier, and it wouldn't be quite pure Chaos, but that would explain how it stays in existence at least temporarily. It would be kind of like how the Darkalloy is basically very watered-down Nullite (with much more Dark compared to Order), Smokite would be basically watered-down Prismite (much more Chaos compared to Light). This would satisfy requirements 1 and 2, and I don't think satisfying requirement 3 is canonically possible. 

I would just much rather it be a Mordite-Luxite alloy because I think that would be possible. And, just like Chaotic Order, a reaction's output could be the reaction itself. Thats why you need a shaper to make the smokite. You need the beginning reaction, and then it can partially sutain itself.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

49 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"No, we gotta figure it out. I know you're trying to be the Protagonist, but you can still get help. Okay?"

She kissed him on the cheek and buried her face in his neck.

He rested his head on her shoulder. After a long moment, he hugged her back. 

48 minutes ago, Immortal Platypus said:

There was no visible lock for her to put the rock into.

She made the stone very, very thin and tried to slide it between the door and the wall. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

He rested his head on her shoulder. After a long moment, he hugged her back. 

She rubbed his back gently.

"You're not alone in this, okay?" she sadly softly.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She rubbed his back gently.

"You're not alone in this, okay?" she sadly softly.

“I know. I… I know.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“I know. I… I know.”

She nodded and hugged him tighter.

"Ready to give it another try?"

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

19 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus, being a metaphysicist, followed the rambling - but unfortunately his Author understand the context enough to comment. “The Authors are physical people in what is - as far as I know - the real world. They live on a planet called Earth, which would seem very ordinary to us - magic is not real there, and they have a moderate tech level. As for how they control us, I’ll give an example: one sunny day, a tree named Harold decided to take a walk. If you proceed to say what Harold sees on his walk, and maybe invent someone to encounter and talk to him, it would be a pretty good demonstration of what the Authors do.” 

Rebus checked to make sure the period was statistically significant, then walked to a nearby rock and lifted it. Eof could see the future, after all… If he was on their side, underneath there should have been a key. Was that Eof? It might have been someone different… 

Rebus decided to void the contract he had made, since it was getting in the way without actually doing anything. He’d still honor the agreement, though - the actual agreement, not the word-twisted version. “Well, my goal is to prevent my destruction, and by extension the destruction of the Thread. By extension, my main focus at the moment is on the Plotblades of Antagonist and Protagonist. You, too, are helping Bat to grow into the latter role - if he acquires it, I acquire Antagonist. If I acquire Antagonist, since I’m not an omnicidal monster, the Thread becomes a safer place.” 

Rebus understood the feeling. Maybe…  but no, that was ridiculous. Or perhaps it might not be… he would consider the idea - perhaps it might solve all their problems. But he wanted Symbol to know that he didn’t fake things, even if he was doing them for more than one reason. “I don’t dream. Thinking about it, I wish I could.” 

Taeidin sits down and begins to think. After a while, he speaks. 

"So, it would have to be a second dimension of time... but it would have to connect in a lot of points. Oh, like a sinusoidal! And for the interactions to work, it would mean a fifth force! Would it have a carrier... no, I don't think it would; it would be like gravity. But the other ones wouldn't permeate through. Not very useful to manipulate, but neat, nonetheless." 

17 hours ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

A tall figure appears nearby. "Wassup Cep."

Cep stares. "Whoa. Tha's freaky. But also soo cool!!" He starts pacing around and muttering to himself.

The figure snorts. "Well, that didn't take him long. Guess I'll just let him process." He then turns to Rebus and waves. "Hullo."

 @epl2 I assume you're still here to see this?

 

Taeidin jumps as the figure appears. 

"Who are you?"

Edited April 30, 2025 by epl2

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

35 minutes ago, epl2 said:

Taeidin sits down and begins to think. After a while, he speaks. 

"So, it would have to be a second dimension of time... but it would have to connect in a lot of points. Oh, like a sinusoidal! And for the interactions to work, it would mean a fifth force! Would it have a carrier... no, I don't think it would; it would be like gravity. But the other ones wouldn't permeate through. Not very useful to manipulate, but neat, nonetheless. 

Taeidin jumps as the figure appears. 

"Who are you?"

The figure waves. "Hey. I'm his author." He points at Cep, whose mumblings are getting faster.

[Immortal Platypus]

8 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

I would just much rather it be a Mordite-Luxite alloy because I think that would be possible. And, just like Chaotic Order, a reaction's output could be the reaction itself. Thats why you need a shaper to make the smokite. You need the beginning reaction, and then it can partially sutain itself.

I need you to explain how it would be possible for those to alloy. as an example, Darkalloy is able to be alloyed because it's reactants all have the "Dark" attribute. Also, (at least in this case) a reaction's output cannot be the reaction itself. if it was, it would be perpetually stable, as the reaction would perpetually happen, making more of it. 

8 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

He rested his head on her shoulder. After a long moment, he hugged her back. 

She made the stone very, very thin and tried to slide it between the door and the wall. 

It seemed to be fully flush with the wall. 

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

12 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

The figure waves. "Hey. I'm his author." He points at Cep, whose mumblings are getting faster.

Taeidin blanches for a second, then recovers. 

"Oh - like an avatar of the Author?" 

Taeidin nudges Cep. 

"Hey, that means you could ask him about the voices and your memory." 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, epl2 said:

Taeidin blanches for a second, then recovers. 

"Oh - like an avatar of the Author?" 

Taeidin nudges Cep. 

"Hey, that means you could ask him about the voices and your memory." 

The figure shakes his head. "Gice him a minute. He's starting to understand some of the voices—'cause some of them are me whispering what to do."

Cep's muttering starts to quiet. Then he looks up, and he looks surprised and somehow lighter. "They‐ they're gone! Some o' the voices jus' stopped! An' ah can hear...tha's you, isn't it?" He says, looking toward the figure.

"Yep!" The figure waves. Now that yeh've got that figured out, I'm gonna get out of here before I break someone's brain." The figure dissolves into smoke that quickly disappears.

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

7 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

The figure shakes his head. "Give him a minute. He's starting to understand some of the voices—'cause some of them are me whispering what to do."

Cep's muttering starts to quiet. Then he looks up, and he looks surprised and somehow lighter. "They‐ they're gone! Some o' the voices jus' stopped! An' ah can hear...tha's you, isn't it?" He says, looking toward the figure.

"Yep!" The figure waves. Now that yeh've got that figured out, I'm gonna get out of here before I break someone's brain." The figure dissolves into smoke that quickly disappears.

"So, are the voices different now?" Taeidin asks Cep. 

[Mags she/they]

On 4/28/2025 at 1:19 PM, Through The Living Glass said:

Utility was just watching the dog.

She pulled him into a hug and teleported them.

-

. . . Oh.

Oh.

He pet it softly.

On 4/28/2025 at 1:35 PM, Bird Furious said:

The wolf was now in two places--- ahead of them, trying to lead them, and next to Utility. The wolf with Utility nudged his leg happily. 

Folen grinned, seeing utility with the wolf. "Looks like you wanna follow the puppo! I think the weird noises were from this direction, anyway. We can follow the veins later."

He started off in the direction the wolf was trying to lead them.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

10 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She nodded and hugged him tighter.

"Ready to give it another try?"

He sighed. 

“Yeah.”

1 hour ago, Immortal Platypus said:

I need you to explain how it would be possible for those to alloy. as an example, Darkalloy is able to be alloyed because it's reactants all have the "Dark" attribute. Also, (at least in this case) a reaction's output cannot be the reaction itself. if it was, it would be perpetually stable, as the reaction would perpetually happen, making more of it. 

It seemed to be fully flush with the wall. 

Symbol frowned. “Now that’s just boring.” 

29 minutes ago, Mag said:

Folen grinned, seeing utility with the wolf. "Looks like you wanna follow the puppo! I think the weird noises were from this direction, anyway. We can follow the veins later."

He started off in the direction the wolf was trying to lead them.

After a little while, they arrived at a little cave in a noodle. The cave sloped downward. 

[Mags she/they]

3 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He sighed. 

“Yeah.”

Symbol frowned. “Now that’s just boring.” 

After a little while, they arrived at a little cave in a noodle. The cave sloped downward. 

"Is this your home, puppy?" Folen asked as he peaked inside.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

1 hour ago, Immortal Platypus said:

I need you to explain how it would be possible for those to alloy. as an example, Darkalloy is able to be alloyed because it's reactants all have the "Dark" attribute. Also, (at least in this case) a reaction's output cannot be the reaction itself. if it was, it would be perpetually stable, as the reaction would perpetually happen, making more of it. 

It seemed to be fully flush with the wall. 

Oh yeah, no I have no idea. Maybe they are both extremes? Like, extremes attract?

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

27 minutes ago, Mag said:

"Is this your home, puppy?" Folen asked as he peaked inside.

*snickers*

@Through The Living Glass :3 

She barked. The other her bounded into the little cave. It was fairly small and cozy, covered with blankets the same color as her fur. 

In the corner sat a gangly child with a messy mop of dirty brown hair, carefully braiding a new blanket while leaning against yet another copy of the wolf. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

44 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He sighed. 

“Yeah.”

After a little while, they arrived at a little cave in a noodle. The cave sloped downward. 

She stepped back and took his hand.

"Alright. Maybe there's a hidden switch or lever or something? They've gotta get down without powers somehow."

She looked around for a place where something like that could be hidden.

okay why a noodle I don't understand

9 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

*snickers*

@Through The Living Glass :3 

She barked. The other her bounded into the little cave. It was fairly small and cozy, covered with blankets the same color as her fur. 

In the corner sat a gangly child with a messy mop of dirty brown hair, carefully braiding a new blanket while leaning against yet another copy of the wolf. 

Utility blinked.

"Hello?"

SHUSH

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

13 hours ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

A tall figure appears nearby. "Wassup Cep."

Cep stares. "Whoa. Tha's freaky. But also soo cool!!" He starts pacing around and muttering to himself.

The figure snorts. "Well, that didn't take him long. Guess I'll just let him process." He then turns to Rebus and waves. "Hullo."

 @epl2 I assume you're still here to see this?

 

“Hello.” Rebus didn’t think there was much else to say. 

13 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

"I tried burning the door down already," she said. 

Xanther shrugged. "You need to be scarier. I'm sorry to say it, my dear boy, but you truly do not seem menacing. You're a pigeon on a rooftop yelling about how you're going to sink your fangs into everyone in the city. Be more archetypal. Be more menacing, at least to your Protagonist!" He folded his arms. "Or at least a version of yourself. You're falling into the same trap Platypus fell into recently, and the same one my Author constantly finds herself in." 

"Truly create," she repeated, then chuckled. She picked a leaf off a bush and rubbed it between her fingers. "In a dream." 

“Well, I was thinking more along the lines of antimatter explosives. Perhaps we should check if I can get nanomachines through.” 
“If a pigeon came up to me, bared fangs, and walked away, I would never look at cities the same again - because pigeons seem so harmless the juxtaposition makes them all the more threatening. But that is beside the point - menace and intellect here are at cross-purposes. To attack someone for no reason, or to threaten them pointlessly, undermines my image as someone intelligent and honorable yet ruthless and manipulative. But you are right in that I should do something - remind people I exist and am plotting.” 

“In a dream you don’t think about your actions. You do things simply because. And you believe your reality.” 

13 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Yeah. That is kind of the point of Mordite-Prismite. To have VERY similar properties to smokite. Because it is smokite.

Mordite-Prismite is the two Chaotic metals. Prismite is probably easier to acquire to Luxite, too. 

12 hours ago, Immortal Platypus said:

Breaking and entering would be quite difficult. It was Eof's house, after all. perhaps try your triangulation.

honestly, this probably works the best of the proposals I've heard. There would need to be some sort of emulsifier, and it wouldn't be quite pure Chaos, but that would explain how it stays in existence at least temporarily. It would be kind of like how the Darkalloy is basically very watered-down Nullite (with much more Dark compared to Order), Smokite would be basically watered-down Prismite (much more Chaos compared to Light). This would satisfy requirements 1 and 2, and I don't think satisfying requirement 3 is canonically possible. 

Rebus flew the little drone around, narrowing down the location that the compass was pointing to. 

3 hours ago, epl2 said:

Taeidin sits down and begins to think. After a while, he speaks. 

"So, it would have to be a second dimension of time... but it would have to connect in a lot of points. Oh, like a sinusoidal! And for the interactions to work, it would mean a fifth force! Would it have a carrier... no, I don't think it would; it would be like gravity. But the other ones wouldn't permeate through. Not very useful to manipulate, but neat, nonetheless. 

“The fabric of reality is, in fact, incredibly useful to manipulate. Observe.” Rebus turned gravity upside down in a localized area and turned the air into breathable rock. 

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

Just now, Dragonheir said:

“Hello.” Rebus didn’t think there was much else to say. 

“Well, I was thinking more along the lines of antimatter explosives. Perhaps we should check if I can get nanomachines through.” 
“If a pigeon came up to me, bared fangs, and walked away, I would never look at cities the same again - because pigeons seem so harmless the juxtaposition makes them all the more threatening. But that is beside the point - menace and intellect here are at cross-purposes. To attack someone for no reason, or to threaten them pointlessly, undermines my image as someone intelligent and honorable yet ruthless and manipulative. But you are right in that I should do something - remind people I exist and am plotting.” 

“In a dream you don’t think about your actions. You do things simply because. And you believe your reality.” 

Mordite-Prismite is the two Chaotic metals. Prismite is probably easier to acquire to Luxite, too. 

Rebus flew the little drone around, narrowing down the location that the compass was pointing to. 

“The fabric of reality is, in fact, incredibly useful to manipulate. Observe.” Rebus turned gravity upside down in a localized area and turned the air into breathable rock. 

1 hour ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Oh yeah, no I have no idea. Maybe they are both extremes? Like, extremes attract?

I have no idea. I originally planned for Smokite to be something completely different. I have no idea how to do this.