The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"Yeah, well, I don't know." He reached out and touched the wall, then slowly sat down. "I... I don't know." 

She sat next to him and took his hand.

"Why? What's going on?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She sat next to him and took his hand.

"Why? What's going on?"

“Somebody’s gotta know how to get there,” he mumbled. “We should go talk to her… shoulda done that from the beginning…”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

48 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“Somebody’s gotta know how to get there,” he mumbled. “We should go talk to her… shoulda done that from the beginning…”

She shifted so that she was facing him, then took his head in her hands, a concerned expression on her face.

"Bat," she said softly, "look at me."

Edited May 2, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She shifted so that she was facing him, then took his head in her hands, a concerned expression on her face.

"Bat," she said softly, "look at me."

He took a breath and looked at her eyes. He'd gone pale after taking the antidote. 

[BigBadBagsworth He/him/his]

At the same time, in the Smedryverse, Alcatraz and Bastille, appearing to be in their mid-thirties but in reality having broken aging, were about to try to break through the barriers between Brandon Sanderson universes for the first time (unless it’s happened already on this thread). 

This is my attempt to make a meaningful contribution to this thread without having read 4000+ pages of text. I’m fine if, in the case that this post really doesn’t fit with the plot, deleting it. Someone pls save me and tell me what dafuq is happening.

 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

On 5/1/2025 at 4:23 PM, Dragonheir said:

In fact, since they’d existed for a long time, continuity was on their side. 
That being said, the parts of thermodynamics most people broke weren’t usually the same that Rebus did. Even Narration was supposedly free energy that made an open system. 

The young man seemed pretty average. Dressed in 21st century hiking clothes, he was fairly tall, with brown hair, light skin, and glasses. He’d glance at his phone on occasion, as if he was getting countless notifications and wanted to make sure none were urgent. Actually, he seemed much more normal than the party guests around him. 

"Say," said Bacon. "Have you ever considered what life would be like as a squirrel?"

On 5/1/2025 at 4:57 PM, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam puffed up behind him, confused.

Yes

Well too bad

. . . what

On 5/1/2025 at 5:00 PM, Hawks said:

"in any ways... do you need any form of help Bacon?" sera asked curiously

Cade sighed loudly "are you seriously asking if you can HELP him?!"

"Well, I'm always looking for adventure! Are there any adventurers hiring?"

On 5/1/2025 at 5:37 PM, Bird Furious said:

Xanther had known that. But he didn't care to explain his motives. 

"Yes," Snow said, then giggled again. "Hi, Chord." 

Symbol followed suit, sighing. At least the garden was safe. She could feel her past pressing up against her mind, insistent on getting attention. But the garden was so different from it that she could ignore it for now. Briefly, she wondered if characters thought constantly about their pasts. 

Rose squeaked. "HEY! PUT ME DOWN!" 

Bat grabbed a pineapple and crushed it with his bare hands. 

Symbol's mouth twitched, finding the whole situation hilarious. 

Bat growled. No, no, no! He ripped the remaining door off its hinges and threw it against the wall, then ran back into the tunnel the way he'd come. 

Bacon coughed. "Um. It would seem I am not, in fact, a vampire."

7 hours ago, Sequence said:

"Thank you, thank you. So anyways, how's everyone doing?" She asked.
"How's the party going?"

The shard was doing that glitch where when I'd click on my notifications to bring me to the post that quoted me it would just take me to the top of the page and I'd have to dig around to find the actual post .

Before Bacon could answer, there was a tearing sound. A person with white skin and black hair stepped through a hole in reality, carrying a crumpled invitation.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

9 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Say," said Bacon. "Have you ever considered what life would be like as a squirrel?"

"Well, I'm always looking for adventure! Are there any adventurers hiring?"

Bacon coughed. "Um. It would seem I am not, in fact, a vampire."

Before Bacon could answer, there was a tearing sound. A person with white skin and black hair stepped through a hole in reality, carrying a crumpled invitation.

“That’s good, isn’t it?” She wiped her arm on her dress. 

[Keke They/he]

9 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

Well, I'm always looking for adventure! Are there any adventurers hiring?"

"uh there's a young girl i see around. She is alone right now but I think you've met her once or twice. She needs help. I dont know the full details of her situation. Her name is atlas? She's like ten years old ish? A Narrator? Do you think you can help her?"

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 hour ago, Bird Furious said:

He took a breath and looked at her eyes. He'd gone pale after taking the antidote. 

She watched him for a moment, then sighed and pulled him into another hug.

"Why are you acting like this?" she asked softly. "Is it really just because of the whole Protagonist thing? What's going on?"

47 minutes ago, Radon said:

At the same time, in the Smedryverse, Alcatraz and Bastille, appearing to be in their mid-thirties but in reality having broken aging, were about to try to break through the barriers between Brandon Sanderson universes for the first time (unless it’s happened already on this thread). 

This is my attempt to make a meaningful contribution to this thread without having read 4000+ pages of text. I’m fine if, in the case that this post really doesn’t fit with the plot, deleting it. Someone pls save me and tell me what dafuq is happening.

 

Umm all good, if you want to start your own plot with that. Just try not to spoil any books

38 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Say," said Bacon. "Have you ever considered what life would be like as a squirrel?"

"Well, I'm always looking for adventure! Are there any adventurers hiring?"

Bacon coughed. "Um. It would seem I am not, in fact, a vampire."

Before Bacon could answer, there was a tearing sound. A person with white skin and black hair stepped through a hole in reality, carrying a crumpled invitation.

hmmmmmmmmmm

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She watched him for a moment, then sighed and pulled him into another hug.

"Why are you acting like this?" she asked softly. "Is it really just because of the whole Protagonist thing? What's going on?"

Umm all good, if you want to start your own plot with that. Just try not to spoil any books

hmmmmmmmmmm

“I don’t know. It must be, I guess.”

[TwinStorm He/Him]

On 4/30/2025 at 9:29 PM, Bird Furious said:

He clutched the antidote. "Not yet. I might need it. I have eight minutes; come on!" He ran for the tunnel. 

"Not my old ones, exactly." 

"What would they do?" he asked curiously.

On 4/30/2025 at 9:32 PM, Dragonheir said:

 Tam briefly got goosebumps, just because. 

Rebus grinned viciously. “Ominous is so much better than menacing…” 

On the doorstep was a little grey cylinder, with small ridges in patterns. It looked like the ones his dad had be making… 

“I know who you are. You’re Symbol. You may be a reflection, but you are not a shadow. You’re like me, but you’re also different - and that’s what I like about you. You’re gaining quirks and behaviors, even history, without any need for taking away your knowledge. You’re already feeling pain - pain that is my fault, in a way - and you’re removing it because it hurts. I don’t want you to be someone else, I want you to be you! But if you want to change, I’ll let you. I’ll help you, and I may even come with you.” Rebus gave a sad smile. 
See below for Rose. 

Rebus separated time so they could have several parallel conversations. “Well, my idea I wanted to talk about is a special ops team dedicated to saving the Thread from any threat to it as a whole. I have a lot of technology, and I can give it out and provide training, both with my technology and any power members already have. After that, the members would be able to do with their new equipment and skills as the see fit - even fight against me if they wanted to - but in the case of a true threat, they’d be obligated to assist. I’ve already corresponded with the Ennullers as a freelance group, and I thought that you two would be excellent for a test group - perhaps five in all.” 

"You want . . . me? To join your group? And Rose?"

On 5/1/2025 at 10:08 AM, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon blinked and scrubbed out his ear. "Wow. So that's what profanity sounds like. So, Sera, what sorts of good deeds have you been perpetuating?"

Bacon gasped. "Temptress! I fear lest my partaking saps me of all my humanity!"

"Wow!" says Bacon. "That sounds like a lot of work." He chewed his smore thoughtfully. "So, what did that last sentence mean?"

Oh, I see. It's just a way that Bacon Narrates sometimes, what with being a bard and all.

"No problemo! If you need any new organs, just let me know. I've heard electroreceptors are all the rage."

He blinked, but decided not to question it.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

4 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“I don’t know. It must be, I guess.”

She rubbed his back.

"You sure? There's nothing else that's stressing you out?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

21 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

"What would they do?" he asked curiously.

"You want . . . me? To join your group? And Rose?"

He blinked, but decided not to question it.

"They help heal and make me stronger and stuff." 

17 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She rubbed his back.

"You sure? There's nothing else that's stressing you out?"

He hesitated. 

"No. No, I don't think so." 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

14 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He hesitated. 

"No. No, I don't think so." 

Hmm.

She pulled back and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Alright. If you're sure."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Hmm.

She pulled back and planted a kiss on his cheek.

"Alright. If you're sure."

He nodded, smiled a little, and slowly stood. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

4 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He nodded, smiled a little, and slowly stood. 

She stood as well, noting how pale he was.

"How are you feeling physically?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She stood as well, noting how pale he was.

"How are you feeling physically?"

"Kinda tired," he admitted."

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

5 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"Kinda tired," he admitted."

She nodded.

"Do you want me to help, or . . . ?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

29 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She nodded.

"Do you want me to help, or . . . ?"

“No. No, it’s fine.”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

6 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“No. No, it’s fine.”

"Are you sure? You might need your strength . . ."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

11 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Are you sure? You might need your strength . . ."

“Come on.” He started through the door back to the small settlement. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“Come on.” He started through the door back to the small settlement. 

She sighed and made him feel better anyway.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

On 5/1/2025 at 11:49 PM, Bird Furious said:

Snow giggled and hid behind the chair, wide eyes fixed on Chord. 

Symbol laughed. “Mine either. She makes them up as they go along, really. If you have questions about the backstories of her characters, chances are she’s frantically wracking her brain for those same answers. It seems to have worked out all right for her. So far.”

 Rose squeezed her eyes shut, a primal panic rising in her throat. The same panic drilled into her by her parents and society over and over again. 

Chord laughed again, and Snow could see that the ridges shifted as the cylinder spun, changing so that new sounds would be played each revolution. 

“Well, that’s how a large portion of the Thread is structured, it seems. Do you think my Author knew quite what the Ordered Chaos was supposed to be when I made it?” 
Narration is what she’s scared of? Rebus thought, Even when she’s hundreds of feet in the air and I’m not even using any? Even after she’s danced, carefree, with an Ennuller? Below them, a small patch of grey was spreading outwards, visible between the trees. 

12 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Say," said Bacon. "Have you ever considered what life would be like as a squirrel?"

“Well, I have now. Have you?” 

11 hours ago, TwinStorm said:

"You want . . . me? To join your group? And Rose?"

“I do. You’re a highly skilled fighter not using your full potential and your personality matches well with this sort of organization rather than the Wall itself. Rose, likewise, has untapped skill and matches this sort of task.” 

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

17 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"I have the ability to be everywhere at once, so I can be wherever I need to be."

"Do you know why Cep appeared... um... wherever he did?" 

@Kaladin Stormcursed

[xinoehp512 he/him]

15 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

“That’s good, isn’t it?” She wiped her arm on her dress. 

"I... yes, of course." Bacon coughed again. "Um. I suppose this is just, ah, normal glitter, then?"

15 hours ago, Hawks said:

"uh there's a young girl i see around. She is alone right now but I think you've met her once or twice. She needs help. I dont know the full details of her situation. Her name is atlas? She's like ten years old ish? A Narrator? Do you think you can help her?"

"I don't often think, as a rule! But I'm certainly up for the challenge! What is the nature of the assistance required?"

14 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She watched him for a moment, then sighed and pulled him into another hug.

"Why are you acting like this?" she asked softly. "Is it really just because of the whole Protagonist thing? What's going on?"

Umm all good, if you want to start your own plot with that. Just try not to spoil any books

hmmmmmmmmmm

*beep beep beep*

*opens microwave door*

*tastes food*

*puts back*

*presses 30 second button*

14 hours ago, TwinStorm said:

"What would they do?" he asked curiously.

"You want . . . me? To join your group? And Rose?"

He blinked, but decided not to question it.

"A wise decision! But anyways," he continued, gesturing towards the Plotblade, "what's the story there?"

2 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

Chord laughed again, and Snow could see that the ridges shifted as the cylinder spun, changing so that new sounds would be played each revolution. 

“Well, that’s how a large portion of the Thread is structured, it seems. Do you think my Author knew quite what the Ordered Chaos was supposed to be when I made it?” 
Narration is what she’s scared of? Rebus thought, Even when she’s hundreds of feet in the air and I’m not even using any? Even after she’s danced, carefree, with an Ennuller? Below them, a small patch of grey was spreading outwards, visible between the trees. 

“Well, I have now. Have you?” 

“I do. You’re a highly skilled fighter not using your full potential and your personality matches well with this sort of organization rather than the Wall itself. Rose, likewise, has untapped skill and matches this sort of task.” 

"I have, once or twice, though I've never explored it in detail. Have you ever become a squirrel, then?"