The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Keke They/he]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

“My name is Rebus. I’m here to recruit you - for what depends upon if you destroy for its own sake, or for a purpose.” 

“I think creativity and ingenuity are needed - supposedly you’re the best for this job.” 
Rebus looked thoughtful. “Not truly.” 
“The reason we’re up here is that the nanomachines don’t have a way to tell the difference between inorganic substances without slowing down a lot. But I suppose I can set up a barrier and take us down.” The platform began to descend, and the air took on a blurry look for a moment as the utility fog got into place, clearing again once it was set. 
Heir was fine - he’d written the first part, thought of the description saying never mind, and then in a flight of fancy personified it. 

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“A Protagonist and an Antagonist each can exist without the other, but should someone significant oppose them they shall then possess the other Plotblade. But here, there’s a great unbalance between good and evil - should one of the few evil people truly dominate the Thread’s plot, they earn Antagonist, and then numerous heroes all scramble for Protagonist. Only one can have it, and if none rise above the others nobody receives it, and everyone is defeated - except the last person, who becomes the Protagonist, probably wins, and is left as the last remaining person in the Thread. Or perhaps not, but I consider it too much of a risk to ignore.” 

"recruit me to... destroy stuff? Sounds fun but..m what and why and how are we destroying?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Unsure. I am not able to access that information."

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

@Bird Furious what about Shoe and Beosta? We were trying to find plot for them, right?

She took his hand again and walked beside him.

Sheldon woke up on her shoulder and chirped softly.

 

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OOOO GOOD IDEA YEAH SHOE AND BEA 

They headed to the woman's apartment and knocked. She opened the door, looking somewhat confused. 

Symbol tapped Sheldon's head gently. 

3 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“My name is Rebus. I’m here to recruit you - for what depends upon if you destroy for its own sake, or for a purpose.” 

“I think creativity and ingenuity are needed - supposedly you’re the best for this job.” 
Rebus looked thoughtful. “Not truly.” 
“The reason we’re up here is that the nanomachines don’t have a way to tell the difference between inorganic substances without slowing down a lot. But I suppose I can set up a barrier and take us down.” The platform began to descend, and the air took on a blurry look for a moment as the utility fog got into place, clearing again once it was set. 
Heir was fine - he’d written the first part, thought of the description saying never mind, and then in a flight of fancy personified it. 

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“A Protagonist and an Antagonist each can exist without the other, but should someone significant oppose them they shall then possess the other Plotblade. But here, there’s a great unbalance between good and evil - should one of the few evil people truly dominate the Thread’s plot, they earn Antagonist, and then numerous heroes all scramble for Protagonist. Only one can have it, and if none rise above the others nobody receives it, and everyone is defeated - except the last person, who becomes the Protagonist, probably wins, and is left as the last remaining person in the Thread. Or perhaps not, but I consider it too much of a risk to ignore.” 

"I... I'd gladly try." 

"Mmmm. I'd guess characters watch more often than Narrators do." 

Rose looked somewhat green. 

That was good. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

7 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

OOOO GOOD IDEA YEAH SHOE AND BEA 

They headed to the woman's apartment and knocked. She opened the door, looking somewhat confused. 

Symbol tapped Sheldon's head gently. 

hehehe okie

@Dragonheir? wdyt :3

Also Heir I responded to some of your stuff on the last page btw

Tam waved.

"Hey . . ."

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Sheldon squeaked and bit her finger.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

5 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

@Bird Furious what about Shoe and Beosta? We were trying to find plot for them, right?

 

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They could work - Rebus was trying to avoid redundancy because non-unique combatants become less important, and hence less effective. If Shoe has a different style from Cricket, though, having two Ennullers won’t be a problem. 

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4 minutes ago, Hawks said:

"recruit me to... destroy stuff? Sounds fun but..m what and why and how are we destroying?"

“Well, either I train you to use your powers better and you help take down people trying to destroy the universe - I like the universe, you see, as I live here - or I give you a few toys - mega-lasers, grey goo, and a teleporter - and you can go wreck havoc because I asked you to. That one takes more explanation - do you know what Plotblades are?” 

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"I... I'd gladly try." 

"Mmmm. I'd guess characters watch more often than Narrators do." 

Rose looked somewhat green. 

That was good. 

“Great! Where do you want to meet to hammer out details? And can I stay with Snow?” 
“Yeah. I wish I could see the sunrise - not just a sunrise that might be kinda like what other people are imagining.” 
Rebus deliberated, then turned the walls opaque. After a moment of darkness, they were in a small room with a few chairs - minimalist, monochrome, and futuristic, as is typical from Rebus. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

They could work - Rebus was trying to avoid redundancy because non-unique combatants become less important, and hence less effective. If Shoe has a different style from Cricket, though, having two Ennullers won’t be a problem.

That's the thing- he just need Ennuller training in the first place still, but I was thinking that Cricket and Rebus could help with that

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2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Yeah. I wish I could see the sunrise - not just a sunrise that might be kinda like what other people are imagining.” 

Picture time?

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[Through the Living Heir he/him]

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That's the thing- he just need Ennuller training in the first place still, but I was thinking that Cricket and Rebus could help with that

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Picture time?

They likely could. Rebus walked over to Shoe and Beosta, though the party was starting to end. 

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[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

hehehe okie

@Dragonheir? wdyt :3

Also Heir I responded to some of your stuff on the last page btw

Tam waved.

"Hey . . ."

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Sheldon squeaked and bit her finger.

"What can I do for you?" 

"You came from somewhere else," Bat accused. 

Her eyes darted around. "I... I don't know what your'e talking about." 

Bat paused, trying to think how to proceed. 

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She gently pulled Sheldon into her opposite palm, absently watching the sunset with Rebus. 

3 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

They could work - Rebus was trying to avoid redundancy because non-unique combatants become less important, and hence less effective. If Shoe has a different style from Cricket, though, having two Ennullers won’t be a problem. 

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“Well, either I train you to use your powers better and you help take down people trying to destroy the universe - I like the universe, you see, as I live here - or I give you a few toys - mega-lasers, grey goo, and a teleporter - and you can go wreck havoc because I asked you to. That one takes more explanation - do you know what Plotblades are?” 

“Great! Where do you want to meet to hammer out details? And can I stay with Snow?” 
“Yeah. I wish I could see the sunrise - not just a sunrise that might be kinda like what other people are imagining.” 
Rebus deliberated, then turned the walls opaque. After a moment of darkness, they were in a small room with a few chairs - minimalist, monochrome, and futuristic, as is typical from Rebus. 

"I suppose he could come here. And sure." Mr. Whitlock beckoned Snow over, who scurried to sit on his father's lap. He grabbed his father's shirt, shy again. 

"It's red," she said softly. "With striking gold in the clouds." 

That felt a little more familiar. She just... probably wouldn't be feeling very good at all as long as she was around a strange Narrator. 

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

They likely could. Rebus walked over to Shoe and Beosta, though the party was starting to end. 

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They were on a path up to the castle. 

Beosta drew her crossblade, suspicious. 

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7 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

They likely could. Rebus walked over to Shoe and Beosta, though the party was starting to end. 

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Shoe grabbed his ax, but also waved in case nothing was wrong.

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Oh really? Sweet-

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5 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"What can I do for you?" 

"You came from somewhere else," Bat accused. 

Her eyes darted around. "I... I don't know what your'e talking about." 

Bat paused, trying to think how to proceed. 

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She gently pulled Sheldon into her opposite palm, absently watching the sunset with Rebus. 

Tam remembered something.

"It's okay, Xanther already told us."

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He sneezed a tiny sneeze.

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2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Shoe grabbed his ax, but also waved in case nothing was wrong.

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Oh really? Sweet-

Tam remembered something.

"It's okay, Xanther already told us."

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He sneezed a tiny sneeze.

She frowned. "He did?" 

Bat paused, then nodded. "He said to take us there." 

"Oh. Huh.... where's your token?" 

Bat looked blank. "--uh, hang on. Lemme find it." He rifled around in his bag, stalling to try to think of something.

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Symbol petted him. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

She frowned. "He did?" 

Bat paused, then nodded. "He said to take us there." 

"Oh. Huh.... where's your token?" 

Bat looked blank. "--uh, hang on. Lemme find it." He rifled around in his bag, stalling to try to think of something.

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Symbol petted him. 

Whatever it was that she girl wanted to see suddenly appeared in Bat's bag.

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He bit at her hand hungrily.

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1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Whatever it was that she girl wanted to see suddenly appeared in Bat's bag.

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He bit at her hand hungrily.

He pulled out a small glass-and-gold marble that hadn't been there before. "Here." 

The girl made no move to take it. "Give me a second to grab something." She vanished back into her apartment. 

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"Yipe." 

She gave him some blood worms. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

4 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He pulled out a small glass-and-gold marble that hadn't been there before. "Here." 

The girl made no move to take it. "Give me a second to grab something." She vanished back into her apartment. 

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"Yipe." 

She gave him some blood worms. 

Tam waited.

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He ate them happily and seemed to smile up at her when he was done.

He kinda wanted to swim, so he did his best to flop his way over to her pocket-aquarium.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 hour ago, Bird Furious said:

She took his hand, then yawned. 

 

He nodded to Rebus. "Where are we going?"

41 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“My name is Rebus. I’m here to recruit you - for what depends upon if you destroy for its own sake, or for a purpose.” 

“I think creativity and ingenuity are needed - supposedly you’re the best for this job.” 
Rebus looked thoughtful. “Not truly.” 
“The reason we’re up here is that the nanomachines don’t have a way to tell the difference between inorganic substances without slowing down a lot. But I suppose I can set up a barrier and take us down.” The platform began to descend, and the air took on a blurry look for a moment as the utility fog got into place, clearing again once it was set. 
Heir was fine - he’d written the first part, thought of the description saying never mind, and then in a flight of fancy personified it. 

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“A Protagonist and an Antagonist each can exist without the other, but should someone significant oppose them they shall then possess the other Plotblade. But here, there’s a great unbalance between good and evil - should one of the few evil people truly dominate the Thread’s plot, they earn Antagonist, and then numerous heroes all scramble for Protagonist. Only one can have it, and if none rise above the others nobody receives it, and everyone is defeated - except the last person, who becomes the Protagonist, probably wins, and is left as the last remaining person in the Thread. Or perhaps not, but I consider it too much of a risk to ignore.” 

"What if . . . there was Balance? One person, equally aligned, with Antagonist and Protagonist. I mean . . . they would be bound to inaction, but wouldn't that would make sure no Blade was claimed?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam waited.

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He ate them happily and seemed to smile up at her when he was done.

He kinda wanted to swim, so he did his best to flop his way over to her pocket-aquarium.

The woman came back with her hair pulled back, holding a satchel like Bat's. She closed the door softly. 

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She opened her pocket and tucked him inside. 

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He nodded to Rebus. "Where are we going?"

"What if . . . there was Balance? One person, equally aligned, with Antagonist and Protagonist. I mean . . . they would be bound to inaction, but wouldn't that would make sure no Blade was claimed?"

OOOOOO ITS GIVING DARYGLADE :33333 

anyway

*cough*

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

The woman came back with her hair pulled back, holding a satchel like Bat's. She closed the door softly. 

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She opened her pocket and tucked him inside. 

Tam smiled softly at Bat.

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He splished into the water happily and swam around for a time.

3 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

OOOOOO ITS GIVING DARYGLADE :33333 

 

?????????/ :3

[Keke They/he]

36 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Well, either I train you to use your powers better and you help take down people trying to destroy the universe - I like the universe, you see, as I live here - or I give you a few toys - mega-lasers, grey goo, and a teleporter - and you can go wreck havoc because I asked you to. That one takes more explanation - do you know what Plotblades are?” 

"first of all, I dont need anything. Im one of the strongest demons coming third to only the king and queen of hell. So i can cause havoc without help. And as for your... plotblades?no i dont know what they are."

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1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam smiled softly at Bat.

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He splished into the water happily and swam around for a time.

?????????/ :3

He smiled gratefully back. 

The woman led them to the door that i forgot how they opened how did they open it 

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That made Symbol happy. 

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

58 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Unsure. I am not able to access that information."

Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

@Bird Furious what about Shoe and Beosta? We were trying to find plot for them, right?

She took his hand again and walked beside him.

Sheldon woke up on her shoulder and chirped softly.

 

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1 hour ago, Dragonheir said:

Chord giggled again. “You have know idea - I think I’m a personality emulation interfacing with the player here via nanotech. A speaker would be far easier, but the man has a flair for the dramatic. Anyway, I’m here to offer you a job, since apparently you’re the best in the business when it comes to building things out of Nullite. I haven’t really been told what the job is or the hours or payment or anything - I dunno, maybe it’s secret or something? But yeah, it involves Nullite, and probably nanotech.” 
Rebus sat down next to her, looking at the gardens once again in silence. 
That was understandable. At least she had something to stand on now - though considering the fact that she’d just seen the material melt rocks, that wasn’t a good idea. “You can stand now, by the way - the platform can’t replicate.” Oh. Never mind. You Authors, never telling me anything. “And I did check to make sure there weren’t any people around here - this is probably the best way, unless you want me importing atmosphere.” Nothing to say for yourself - either of you? I might go on strike or something! You wouldn’t want that, now would you? 

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57 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“My name is Rebus. I’m here to recruit you - for what depends upon if you destroy for its own sake, or for a purpose.” 

“I think creativity and ingenuity are needed - supposedly you’re the best for this job.” 
Rebus looked thoughtful. “Not truly.” 
“The reason we’re up here is that the nanomachines don’t have a way to tell the difference between inorganic substances without slowing down a lot. But I suppose I can set up a barrier and take us down.” The platform began to descend, and the air took on a blurry look for a moment as the utility fog got into place, clearing again once it was set. 
Heir was fine - he’d written the first part, thought of the description saying never mind, and then in a flight of fancy personified it. 

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“A Protagonist and an Antagonist each can exist without the other, but should someone significant oppose them they shall then possess the other Plotblade. But here, there’s a great unbalance between good and evil - should one of the few evil people truly dominate the Thread’s plot, they earn Antagonist, and then numerous heroes all scramble for Protagonist. Only one can have it, and if none rise above the others nobody receives it, and everyone is defeated - except the last person, who becomes the Protagonist, probably wins, and is left as the last remaining person in the Thread. Or perhaps not, but I consider it too much of a risk to ignore.” 

40 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

They could work - Rebus was trying to avoid redundancy because non-unique combatants become less important, and hence less effective. If Shoe has a different style from Cricket, though, having two Ennullers won’t be a problem. 

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I’m Heir’s writing voice! He put me in these spoiler boxes after I threatened to go on strike. Though he’s still writing, so I guess it wasn’t even a very good threat. 

“Well, either I train you to use your powers better and you help take down people trying to destroy the universe - I like the universe, you see, as I live here - or I give you a few toys - mega-lasers, grey goo, and a teleporter - and you can go wreck havoc because I asked you to. That one takes more explanation - do you know what Plotblades are?” 

“Great! Where do you want to meet to hammer out details? And can I stay with Snow?” 
“Yeah. I wish I could see the sunrise - not just a sunrise that might be kinda like what other people are imagining.” 
Rebus deliberated, then turned the walls opaque. After a moment of darkness, they were in a small room with a few chairs - minimalist, monochrome, and futuristic, as is typical from Rebus. 

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That's the thing- he just need Ennuller training in the first place still, but I was thinking that Cricket and Rebus could help with that

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Picture time?

35 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

They likely could. Rebus walked over to Shoe and Beosta, though the party was starting to end. 

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Hello Friends! I'm Dragon's Writing voice. Only recently emerged! I'm growing, though!

 

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2 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He smiled gratefully back. 

The woman led them to the door that i forgot how they opened how did they open it 

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That made Symbol happy. 

Didn't they just ram it open? idk 

It was opened however they opened it before.

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It made Sheldon happy, too.

He looked around the little seabed for something nice he could give her.

. . .

A few minutes later, he'd collected a nice little pile of shiny shells and colorful rocks.

He went to keep looking.

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Hello Friends! I'm Dragon's Writing voice. Only recently emerged! I'm growing, though!

 

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Awwwwwwwwwwwwww he's so cute and tinyyyyyyy :3

 

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Didn't they just ram it open? idk 

It was opened however they opened it before.

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It made Sheldon happy, too.

He looked around the little seabed for something nice he could give her.

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A few minutes later, he'd collected a nice little pile of shiny shells and colorful rocks.

He went to keep looking.

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Awwwwwwwwwwwwww he's so cute and tinyyyyyyy :3

 

 

 

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HEY! IM GROWING

 

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HEY! IM GROWING

 

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GOOD! Ill have you know, I have instated 3! THREE! Entire Plotlines recently (one of them is for someone else, but...) AND! I keep on getting more ideas!

 

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That's nice.

 

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19 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Didn't they just ram it open? idk 

It was opened however they opened it before.

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It made Sheldon happy, too.

He looked around the little seabed for something nice he could give her.

. . .

A few minutes later, he'd collected a nice little pile of shiny shells and colorful rocks.

He went to keep looking.

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Awwwwwwwwwwwwww he's so cute and tinyyyyyyy :3

 

 

 

She frowned at that. "You tried to go through here." 

Bat blushed. "Well, yes, but... that was before..."

"Okay," she said suspiciously. 

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Aww...

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

She frowned at that. "You tried to go through here." 

Bat blushed. "Well, yes, but... that was before..."

"Okay," she said suspiciously. 

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Aww...

Tam just chuckled.

"He didn't exactly tell us how to get it . . . so we tried to figure it out ourselves . . . sorry 'bout the mess."

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Indeed :3