The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

11 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

"What-" Cep scratches his head. "What other brain?"

"I don't know." 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, epl2 said:

"I don't know." 

"Huh. Ok then," Cep says, turning to look at the woman, who is still standing where she was. "Ah reckon she probably thinks me more crazy now, but ah suppose we may as well see what information we can get outta her. We already got mah name and that she's mah wife, so we're off to a good start."

He starts walking toward her, then pauses and turns back to her. "Er- probably best if yeh talk ta her. Ah reckon she thinks yeh a little less crazy than me, on account of yeh still havin' yer memories an' such, as far as she knows."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

hmmm that's what I thought but-

Well too bad

Oh, uh, sure.

She smiled.

Thanks.

-

He seemed to be trying to give her the shell.

Spren rose to hover just above her shoulder. 

-

She paused. "Is... that for me?" 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

Spren rose to hover just above her shoulder. 

-

She paused. "Is... that for me?" 

She smiled and walked back to the hallway entrance.

-

He blinked up a her, waiting for her to take it.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She smiled and walked back to the hallway entrance.

-

He blinked up a her, waiting for her to take it.

Bat's storyline would maybe continue soon. Maybe.

-

"Oh," she whispered, taking it. "Thank you, Sheldon." 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Bat's storyline would maybe continue soon. Maybe.

-

"Oh," she whispered, taking it. "Thank you, Sheldon." 

Tam sighed and sat down.

Then waited for as long as she needed to.

-

He nibbled her finger happily.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

22 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

“Woukd you refresh me on withergeists? I’ll take care of them before I get back to recalling my past.” She sounded rather glad for a potential distraction.

"Spirits of destruction and corruption. They don't like light much. Generally a good idea not to let them touch you."

22 hours ago, Hawks said:

"oh uh. Well Ashton was like my brotherm.. he helped me survive on the streets after Ben died. And well he took care of me and he helped me regardless of how annoying I was and he *sniffs* he cared about me when no one else did and. And I hope he goes to heaven" she says and sniffles again before crying a bit and standing up. 

Bacon applauded. "An excellent eulogy. I'm sure he'd be happy to know you're under capable protection."

21 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

The Render pivoted back and forth, looking at the speaker with its vague face. “I would be best served by light and sharp. Obsidian, I hear, is very good at cutting.” 

Sounds good to me, though I’m unsure how often I will have cause to use it. 
Rebus, wearing sleek armor (greyscale color blocks, with purple tron lines) walked up to Sequence. He was smiling, but not nicely. 

“Yup. I’ll be fine, but I need to spin to talk, and the machine needs winding up to spin.” 
That was good for Rebus - actually, he thought that he’d tangentially mentioned it already. He brought up a hologram and began typing, though he didn’t have to. 
Rebus caught one, and stood motionless looking at it for quite some time. 
Rebus was happy about that - he’d set up the test momentarily. 
I, subsequently, would do my very best to destroy you. If she’s gone for good, I’m not even sure what lengths I would go to. 
Wow! That’s really good - I should practice my own drawing. You don’t have to, but I could use a non-AI image of Rebus. 

“Well, you become more of a squirrel than I would, I expect.” 

 

Bacon waved his hand. "But we're talking about you. Your curiosity. Your innate desire to discover the nature of the form of the squirrel. I could turn you into one right now, you know! Aren't you at least a little curious?"

21 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

 

Rebus walked forwards. “You are meddling in forces few understand, and fewer should be messing with. Unfortunately for you, so have I.” He put out his hand, and with a bang of displaced air summoned a torch - patches of light and darkness dancing across the “flame”. 

Yessss? Rebus thought sweetly. 

The withergeists hissed and flew away from Rebus into the crowds.

21 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

I do want you back, Tam said softly.

Outside.

A cupcake hit her in the head, throw by a penguin.

Shoe found that . . . really, really creepy.

Um . . . hey. So . . . upgrades? Fighting?

Bacon wandered outside, looking for Shoe and Beosta.

5 hours ago, Sequence said:

Sequence gasped, stumbling backwards for a moment before hastily regaining her footing and summoning Conflict, who took the form of a long, crooked, wooden staff with a brilliantly shining orb entangled in the roots at the top.
"Oh, come on! These parties are supposed to be peaceful!"

"You seem awfully calm about it!"

"Oh, hi Rebus! I like your armor, by the way." Sequence smiled sweetly.
"But um, perhaps we could talk after these... creatures are dealt with?"

Bacon shrugged. "Honestly, I'm surprised we got fifty whole pages in without anyone trying to disrupt the party."

[Keke They/he]

1 minute ago, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon applauded. "An excellent eulogy. I'm sure he'd be happy to know you're under capable protection."

"thanks" 

A glowing blue letter appeared infront of bacon 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon wandered outside, looking for Shoe and Beosta.

They were sitting together on the grass.

2 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon shrugged. "Honestly, I'm surprised we got fifty whole pages in without anyone trying to disrupt the party."

A cupcake hit him in the head.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

14 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Spirits of destruction and corruption. They don't like light much. Generally a good idea not to let them touch you."

Bacon applauded. "An excellent eulogy. I'm sure he'd be happy to know you're under capable protection."

Bacon waved his hand. "But we're talking about you. Your curiosity. Your innate desire to discover the nature of the form of the squirrel. I could turn you into one right now, you know! Aren't you at least a little curious?"

The withergeists hissed and flew away from Rebus into the crowds.

Bacon wandered outside, looking for Shoe and Beosta.

Bacon shrugged. "Honestly, I'm surprised we got fifty whole pages in without anyone trying to disrupt the party."

"And you defeat them with... Plotblades? Light?" 

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

43 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon shrugged. "Honestly, I'm surprised we got fifty whole pages in without anyone trying to disrupt the party."

A cookie jumpscares bacon

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

18 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Nope

Still Heir Rebus

Um . . . apart? Okay . . .

You okay with that? he asked Beosta. @Bird Furious

The storming shard ate my entire post this morning! 
Rebus teleported Beosta, Shoe, and presumably Cricket ( @TwinStorm) into vaguely liminal arenas - blurry walls seeming to slowly fade from existence - and gave them and Beosta this speech. “This room is made of nanomachines, and can’t really hurt you. Your test is to avoid dying as long as possible, though some phases will have other lose conditions. Begin.” Rebus was engulfed by the grey ground, and disappeared. Figures began forming from the ground, moving slowly closer. 

17 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

"Do you have a soul?" 

Hopefully. A fellow Author would like to interject that there was no shame in low-effort summaries, as a long time succumber to such tactics. 

ALMOST. IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THAT. VERY CLOSE TO MAYBE BEING LIKE THAT>
*sobbing*

You got smth to say, lil Rebus man? ^_-

I won't be forgotten, she assured him. Plotline or no. I may slumber, but I am not so insecure as to let that scare me. 

I think it'll bee fun. We'll see if it happens. And don't judge me if it's awful cuz your expectations are prolly wayyyy too high. Cuz I don't draw well generally. But thanks  

“I don’t know. Do you have one?” 
Rebus’s first project for him was a method for efficiently maintaining and growing the Chaotic Order reaction, with early prototypes looking like engine designs. He also gave Mr. Whitlock his notes on Nullite nanotech (supposedly magnets didn’t work right on them, which was why Heir thought the Eternal Mountain’s tech level was so weird) and Prismite isolation (he used this opportunity to tactfully state he was a Narrator). 
*comforting pat* Rose is above, by the way. 
Merely frustrated at being ignored - ironically in favor of myself. 
You haven’t felt real time, have you? That feeling may very well change your mind. But I am offering a willing test subject - me - if you let me be with Symbol. 
My baseline is what I can do, so there is truly no pressure.  (I do not draw often, so I am not skilled) 

6 hours ago, Sequence said:

"Oh, hi Rebus! I like your armor, by the way." Sequence smiled sweetly.
"But um, perhaps we could talk after these... creatures are dealt with?"

“Certainly - the attack hadn’t happened until after what I said was written. I’ve been wanting to examine a withergeist in detail - though you shouldn’t fear me attempting any sort of bond, given that I happen to live in the universe.” 

50 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon waved his hand. "But we're talking about you. Your curiosity. Your innate desire to discover the nature of the form of the squirrel. I could turn you into one right now, you know! Aren't you at least a little curious?"

The withergeists hissed and flew away from Rebus into the crowds.

“I’m not sure you could.” 
Rebus didn’t care about the withergeists - Symbol and Sequence certainly had them handled. He moved forwards - breaking the sound barrier - and struck the man with the Chaotic Order torch. This is supposed to amplify the withergeist bond and corrupt the guy into a normal withergeist after a moment. He hasn’t tested it, though - generally the material amplifies the result of interactions between magic or people, causes emergent phenomena (abiogenesis, cancer, rainbows, problems), and facilitates combinations between things, including its own creation. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

6 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

The storming shard ate my entire post this morning! 
Rebus teleported Beosta, Shoe, and presumably Cricket ( @TwinStorm) into vaguely liminal arenas - blurry walls seeming to slowly fade from existence - and gave them and Beosta this speech. “This room is made of nanomachines, and can’t really hurt you. Your test is to avoid dying as long as possible, though some phases will have other lose conditions. Begin.” Rebus was engulfed by the grey ground, and disappeared. Figures began forming from the ground, moving slowly closer. 

“I don’t know. Do you have one?” 
Rebus’s first project for him was a method for efficiently maintaining and growing the Chaotic Order reaction, with early prototypes looking like engine designs. He also gave Mr. Whitlock his notes on Nullite nanotech (supposedly magnets didn’t work right on them, which was why Heir thought the Eternal Mountain’s tech level was so weird) and Prismite isolation (he used this opportunity to tactfully state he was a Narrator). 
*comforting pat* Rose is above, by the way. 
Merely frustrated at being ignored - ironically in favor of myself. 
You haven’t felt real time, have you? That feeling may very well change your mind. But I am offering a willing test subject - me - if you let me be with Symbol. 
My baseline is what I can do, so there is truly no pressure.  (I do not draw often, so I am not skilled) 

“Certainly - the attack hadn’t happened until after what I said was written. I’ve been wanting to examine a withergeist in detail - though you shouldn’t fear me attempting any sort of bond, given that I happen to live in the universe.” 

“I’m not sure you could.” 
Rebus didn’t care about the withergeists - Symbol and Sequence certainly had them handled. He moved forwards - breaking the sound barrier - and struck the man with the Chaotic Order torch. This is supposed to amplify the withergeist bond and corrupt the guy into a normal withergeist after a moment. He hasn’t tested it, though - generally the material amplifies the result of interactions between magic or people, causes emergent phenomena (abiogenesis, cancer, rainbows, problems), and facilitates combinations between things, including its own creation. 

Wait, what?

He grabbed his battle-ax.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Wait, what?

He grabbed his battle-ax.

Combat test - what were you expecting? You will be fine, though if you ‘lose’ limbs or eyes the simulator can make you unable to touch or see anything with that body part. 
The figures seemed zombie-like, shambling towards him in a group. There were a lot of them, though. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

Combat test - what were you expecting? You will be fine, though if you ‘lose’ limbs or eyes the simulator can make you unable to touch or see anything with that body part. 
The figures seemed zombie-like, shambling towards him in a group. There were a lot of them, though. 

He swore (politely, of course) and started swinging his ax through them.

Edited May 8, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

6 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

He swore (politely, of course) and started swinging his ax through them.

They were fairly easy to cut through (though there was certainly some resistance), and dissolved back into the ground after a few moments. But there were more, coming up behind him, shambling towards him, appearing in the distance. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

They were fairly easy to cut through (though there was certainly some resistance), and dissolved back into the ground after a few moments. But there were more, coming up behind him, shambling towards him, appearing in the distance. 

He got out his Bottomless Muffin Bag™ and released a wave of muffins in an enormous circle around him.

Edited May 8, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

14 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

He got out his Bottomless Muffin Bag™ and released a wave of muffins in an enormous circle around him.

The “zombies” began to climb over them, walking over those of their fellows that had slipped on the muffin pile. 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

1 hour ago, Hawks said:

"thanks" 

A glowing blue letter appeared infront of bacon 

Bacon wondered which letter it was. He hoped it was J- he had an inexplicable fondness for that one. 

Expectantly, he read the letter.

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

They were sitting together on the grass.

 

"How goes the party?" asked Bacon. "You haven't been accosted by baked goods, perchance?"

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

A cupcake hit him in the head.

"Ow," said Bacon. Then he ate it.

1 hour ago, Bird Furious said:

"And you defeat them with... Plotblades? Light?" 

"Light, mostly." Bacon demonstrated by firing a laser, but missed, instead evaporating the drink display.

1 hour ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

A cookie jumpscares bacon

"Aaa," said Bacon, his mouth still full of cupcake. 

39 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

The storming shard ate my entire post this morning! 
Rebus teleported Beosta, Shoe, and presumably Cricket ( @TwinStorm) into vaguely liminal arenas - blurry walls seeming to slowly fade from existence - and gave them and Beosta this speech. “This room is made of nanomachines, and can’t really hurt you. Your test is to avoid dying as long as possible, though some phases will have other lose conditions. Begin.” Rebus was engulfed by the grey ground, and disappeared. Figures began forming from the ground, moving slowly closer. 

“I don’t know. Do you have one?” 
Rebus’s first project for him was a method for efficiently maintaining and growing the Chaotic Order reaction, with early prototypes looking like engine designs. He also gave Mr. Whitlock his notes on Nullite nanotech (supposedly magnets didn’t work right on them, which was why Heir thought the Eternal Mountain’s tech level was so weird) and Prismite isolation (he used this opportunity to tactfully state he was a Narrator). 
*comforting pat* Rose is above, by the way. 
Merely frustrated at being ignored - ironically in favor of myself. 
You haven’t felt real time, have you? That feeling may very well change your mind. But I am offering a willing test subject - me - if you let me be with Symbol. 
My baseline is what I can do, so there is truly no pressure.  (I do not draw often, so I am not skilled) 

“Certainly - the attack hadn’t happened until after what I said was written. I’ve been wanting to examine a withergeist in detail - though you shouldn’t fear me attempting any sort of bond, given that I happen to live in the universe.” 

“I’m not sure you could.” 

 

 

"Really?" Bacon pulled out a trombone and played a squirrel transformation melody.

39 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus didn’t care about the withergeists - Symbol and Sequence certainly had them handled. He moved forwards - breaking the sound barrier - and struck the man with the Chaotic Order torch. This is supposed to amplify the withergeist bond and corrupt the guy into a normal withergeist after a moment. He hasn’t tested it, though - generally the material amplifies the result of interactions between magic or people, causes emergent phenomena (abiogenesis, cancer, rainbows, problems), and facilitates combinations between things, including its own creation. 

The man stepped backwards, falling into the Void, and vanished. Evidently he had delivered what he had come to deliver.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

The “zombies” began to climb over them, walking over those of their fellows that had slipped on the muffin pile. 

He growled and started swinging the ax again.

. . . Wait-

He pulled out his other ax and started again.

1 minute ago, xinoehp512 said:

"How goes the party?" asked Bacon. "You haven't been accosted by baked goods, perchance?"

"Ow," said Bacon. Then he ate it.

They vanished just as he arrived.

It was chocolate.

But filled with glitter.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

1 minute ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Really?" Bacon pulled out a trombone and played a squirrel transformation melody.

The man stepped backwards, falling into the Void, and vanished. Evidently he had delivered what he had come to deliver.

Several nearby things, including the small volcano, turned into squirrels. “See? It didn’t work.” 
Rebus was rather annoyed, though it seemed maybe that man was a Fallen and not a simple foolish withergeist bonder. He rounded on the closest withergeist, surrounding it with a translucent prison. In the center of the bars lay a portal to a star, though the heat and pressure was blocked by force fields, and the light was blocked by the bars - should they be damaged, the light would increase until the withergeist stopped trying or was incinerated. 

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

He growled and started swinging the ax again.

. . . Wait-

He pulled out his other ax and started again.

The two axes worked, but there were more and more zombies. Had the bodies not dissolved, he would probably be buried by this point. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

44 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

The two axes worked, but there were more and more zombies. Had the bodies not dissolved, he would probably be buried by this point. 

As he kept going, he started breathing heavily and getting tired.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

As he kept going, he started breathing heavily and getting tired.

More and more ‘zombies’ swarmed him, clearly going to continue until he ran out of energy. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

More and more ‘zombies’ swarmed him, clearly going to continue until he ran out of energy. 

He was honestly kind of freaked out at this point.

Still, he kept going, movements becoming more and more sluggish as the minutes passed.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

55 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

He growled and started swinging the ax again.

. . . Wait-

He pulled out his other ax and started again.

They vanished just as he arrived.

 

Bacon sat down where they had been and vanished as well.

55 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

It was chocolate.

But filled with glitter.

Bacon closed his mouth, valiantly containing the pernicious substance within him.

52 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Several nearby things, including the small volcano, turned into squirrels. “See? It didn’t work.” 

 

 

Bacon hmmed. "I thought you were suspicious."

52 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus was rather annoyed, though it seemed maybe that man was a Fallen and not a simple foolish withergeist bonder. He rounded on the closest withergeist, surrounding it with a translucent prison. In the center of the bars lay a portal to a star, though the heat and pressure was blocked by force fields, and the light was blocked by the bars - should they be damaged, the light would increase until the withergeist stopped trying or was incinerated. 

The two axes worked, but there were more and more zombies. Had the bodies not dissolved, he would probably be buried by this point. 

The withergeist shrieked as it dissolved the barriers and was incinerated.