The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[TwinStorm He/Him]

22 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“You could, yes. Of course, I wouldn’t be dead and you’d get kicked out of the party, so it would be rather pyrrhic.” 
—

Rebus nodded approvingly, though the actual benefit of Atreides’s actions was questionable, since they had been offscreen. “Well done. Did you ever receive the army I gathered for you to command?” 

Cricket cursed. "What do I do then?" he muttered to himself.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

48 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

Cricket cursed. "What do I do then?" he muttered to himself.

“What do you do? You give up, and I win, or you keep fighting even though everything you do drags you deeper, and I win. Since you are not the type to give up, it seems…” Rebus smiled, Antagonist’s glow seeming to echo his arrogant confidence. “Shall we set the terms of our duel?” 

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

I have been wanting to get back into TLT, but i dont want to be dependent on another big character for my plotline to continue (but i guess I am also not on the shard too.... *deep thoughts*)

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

8 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“At the moment, dealing with the golden general would be beneficial. As for the long term, should you wish to remain as alive as we can be, I would recommend spurring activity. Anything that involves other people will likely involve more than one Author, and anything that involves more than one Author will generally remain onscreen.” 

"Dealing with how? And do Trisolarans count as people?"

[ChipsAHoid He/Him]

14 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“Your death would not deny me much, but if you wish to surrender I will spare you.” Rebus said, Antagonist materializing in his hand. 

The general first needed to know terms for surrender. If they were unfair he may as well go down fighting. If there was a good reason to accept, he may as well survive and do the same some later day in a fight he could win.

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

Alright guys you convinced me

new character because my old ones are who knows where.

Blank Page descended into The Longest Thread.

"Well, hello there. Been a while since I heard about this from my author."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

21 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“What do you do? You give up, and I win, or you keep fighting even though everything you do drags you deeper, and I win. Since you are not the type to give up, it seems…” Rebus smiled, Antagonist’s glow seeming to echo his arrogant confidence. “Shall we set the terms of our duel?” 

Cricket hesitated, but nodded. It was time to die. But if he died, Rebus was coming with him.

Edited November 3, 2025 by TwinStorm

[KnightSkye Reforged They/Them]

On 11/1/2025 at 6:40 PM, Kansas Stormcursed said:

"Anytime." He nods. "I seek...information."

"Ah, I see. Well, I likely won't be able to help with that, seeing as I know so little myself. I'm sorry." he hesitated, "Do you think I could just... ask @NameIess to brings me to the door way and that would work? Or do I need to find something to offer Subversion?"

[Keke They/he]

On 11/1/2025 at 1:14 AM, Ink and Embers said:

Ixa tugged at one of the vines growing nearby. At the slight rockslide that followed, they quickly changed their mind. Unstable.

The air was eerily still, like dust that had been settled for decades - it only needed a little movement to start a storm. The only sign of movement other than the pair was the river, and that ... well, reportedly that wasn't safe either. 

"So, what's the story with you and the river?" Ixa said as they prodded at some of the rubble.

She chuckled. “Well i was minding my own business and then this random girl appeared, she said something about a quest i had to go on? And my friend came with me. We jumped in the river cause it was like a portal and then i appeared here without any of the others.” She looked around and found a decent sized tree. “We can make a lil tent here.”

On 11/1/2025 at 7:17 PM, Dragonheir said:

Rebus cocked his head. “Rebel is dead. I killed him a long time ago. But I know you care about her - if you accept my modification of our stakes, I shall disable the remote detonator.” 

Rebus nodded, striding towards           with the expectation that Erryin would follow. 
-

He’s been wearing futuristic armor with similar aesthetics to his previous clothing - white, black, and grey armor plates; glowing lines, purple rather than orange, outlining things; and a cape, more elaborate than usual for the party, which parallels the coat in his old outfits. Antagonist, taking the form of a crown (or a halberd if he needs it to fight), is the other development - it has pretty much the appearance its vibes would suggest, with sharp points and a dark glow. 
-

The pineapple did not do anything more, merely sliding off the sword and falling to the ground. Pretty much what I expected - I’ll pass off further torment to Wrath. 

“Haly - Bird Furious, more recently - has been mostly absent as of late, so it shall be some time before she could be found.” 

Individual nanomachines within the green air sickened, the contagion adapting and spreading outwards. They began to fry, at first, erupting with antimatter that would kill even a sickness this strange. Perhaps even that would be adapted to, in time, but as it was, the sickness began to stop short, interfering with the nanomachines but not killing them completely. And Rebus laughed as though something hilarious had been said, laughing and coughing - something he was supposed to not need to do - and laughing again. “You don’t understand, do you? You’ve given me a nearly perfect bioweapon with the buy-in to back it up, then added in an excuse to not kill people instantly and two different plot hooks to boot.” 

Here, yes, there was no danger. Physical danger, at least - speaking too long with Rebus had effects reaching beyond mere injury. 

Rebus grinned, and Antagonist’s dark glow intensified, seemingly in approval of the idea Rebus had just come up with. 
“That is not necessarily a good thing,” Jack muttered, but he followed Lyric into the mall. I only just made the name connection. 

Rebus was willing to bet that the battery would never make it to the vault, or at least be embezzled from beforehand. He considered actually doing so, but decided against it - there was nobody he particularly wanted to propose the wager to. 

“Ah - I’ve heard of that place, though I have never been. As for me, I shall start from the beginning - I am Dr. Rebus Honesty Clarke, and I am a Narrator. In addition to granting me a variety of powers, this means I know the truth - as far as I can tell - about reality: we’re all made up by a group of people called Authors.” Rebus waited for that to sink it - for the belief or lack thereof in that statement would drastically alter the subsequent direction of the conversation. 

erryin quickly followed. 

                  saw them and his deep black forms mouth area seemed to smile. “Oh erryin and rebus. Nice to see you two. Say erryin, does Cep know your actively working along side rebus?”

erryin froze mid step at his words. “Eh…”

—-

oooh ooooooooho ok ok.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

11 minutes ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

"Ah, I see. Well, I likely won't be able to help with that, seeing as I know so little myself. I'm sorry." he hesitated, "Do you think I could just... ask @NameIess to brings me to the door way and that would work? Or do I need to find something to offer Subversion?"

"If you simply wish to travel within the Thread, you should be able to just request access to the connecting realm; outside of the Thread, though, requires aid feom myself or another who knows easy ways out."

6 minutes ago, Hawks said:

She chuckled. “Well i was minding my own business and then this random girl appeared, she said something about a quest i had to go on? And my friend came with me. We jumped in the river cause it was like a portal and then i appeared here without any of the others.” She looked around and found a decent sized tree. “We can make a lil tent here.”

erryin quickly followed. 

                  saw them and his deep black forms mouth area seemed to smile. “Oh erryin and rebus. Nice to see you two. Say erryin, does Cep know your actively working along side rebus?”

erryin froze mid step at his words. “Eh…”

—-

oooh ooooooooho ok ok.

Well this should be fun to watch

[Keke They/he]

Just now, Kansas Stormcursed said:

"If you simply wish to travel within the Thread, you should be able to just request access to the connecting realm; outside of the Thread, though, requires aid feom myself or another who knows easy ways out."

Well this should be fun to watch

Ikr

         Is freaking ruthless… r… *devious smile*

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, Hawks said:

Ikr

         Is freaking ruthless… r… *devious smile*

Cep isn't gonna interfere because he too wants to see how this goes.

[Keke They/he]

Just now, Kansas Stormcursed said:

Cep isn't gonna interfere because he too wants to see how this goes.

Yeah,../

RUTHLESSNESS IS MERCY UPON OURSELVES

your the worst kind of good cause your NOTEVENGREAT

[Ink and Embers Any pronouns]

2 hours ago, Hawks said:

She chuckled. “Well i was minding my own business and then this random girl appeared, she said something about a quest i had to go on? And my friend came with me. We jumped in the river cause it was like a portal and then i appeared here without any of the others.” She looked around and found a decent sized tree. “We can make a lil tent here.”

"Oh, good idea."

Ixa reached for a bag that they didn't have, before looking at Via. "Uh.. I don't suppose you have a tent with you? Any specifics of the quest? I ... came..."

Their hair seemed to dissipate into mist slightly as they trained off. 

[Keke They/he]

1 hour ago, Ink and Embers said:

"Oh, good idea."

Ixa reached for a bag that they didn't have, before looking at Via. "Uh.. I don't suppose you have a tent with you? Any specifics of the quest? I ... came..."

Their hair seemed to dissipate into mist slightly as they trained off. 

Via actually did have a tent. “I do, i insisted on being prepared before we left-”  Via frowned as she trailed off. “Are you ok?”

[NameIess]

On 11/1/2025 at 12:49 AM, Sequence said:

Sequence leaned down and peered into the cage with a frown. "Perhaps... But, my wound was inflicted by... Everyone's power, and that isn't exactly chaotic-dark. It's... probably worth a shot, though." She looked back up at Unintelligible, a bit of hope in her eyes. "Thank you, again..."

Unintelligible met her eyes and grinned. "Of course." He started to say something, then paused, staring into Sequence's eyes. He coughed, breaking his gaze from hers.  "Um, would you like to come interrogate the witherabbit with me?"

On 11/1/2025 at 9:17 PM, Dragonheir said:

“That is not necessarily a good thing,” Jack muttered, but he followed Lyric into the mall.

The pair of adventurers passed through the doorway and ended up at the beginning of a massive multistory walkway populated by inactive escalators, empty kiosks, and boarded up shops. It was rather dark. There was a large skylight running the length of the hallway, but someone had painted over it for some reason or other. In fact, considering the amount of times the words "Run now before it's too late!", "The gift is a lie!", "No fear, no life!" and other similarly gloomy and terrifying messages had been graffitied on the walls, there had been a lot of painters in here at some point (they all seemed to favor the same reddish-brown paint color, too).

Lyric was unaffected by all of these obvious red flags. He took in the sight with an awed expression. "Wow! This place is very different from the forest!" He squinted, trying to look further down the walkway. "Say, I don't think I asked this, but do you have a soul? Being a mechanical man, and all."

On 11/1/2025 at 9:17 PM, Dragonheir said:

Rebus was willing to bet that the battery would never make it to the vault, or at least be embezzled from beforehand. He considered actually doing so, but decided against it - there was nobody he particularly wanted to propose the wager to. 

It was lucky for Rebus that he hadn't made that wager, for the battery entered the vault in an unembezzled and timely manner, after which the drone installed it in a new security module Malevolence was in the process of constructing. It wouldn't do for Malevolence to be caught lying to his temporary allies, after all. Besides, where else would an Ennulling battery be put to better use than in the vault built to contain the most dangerous secret in the entirety of TLT?

6 hours ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

"Ah, I see. Well, I likely won't be able to help with that, seeing as I know so little myself. I'm sorry." he hesitated, "Do you think I could just... ask @NameIess to brings me to the door way and that would work? Or do I need to find something to offer Subversion?"

As if summoned by the mention of her name, Subversion appeared. "What, you want to leave TLT already? But you just got here."

17 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Alright guys you convinced me

new character because my old ones are who knows where.

Blank Page descended into The Longest Thread.

"Well, hello there. Been a while since I heard about this from my author."

Subversion appeared. "Hello! Are you a literal blank page, or is that just your name?"

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

17 hours ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

Alright guys you convinced me

new character because my old ones are who knows where.

Blank Page descended into The Longest Thread.

"Well, hello there. Been a while since I heard about this from my author."

SOMEONE INTERACT WITH MY CHARACTER HES COOL T^T

3 minutes ago, NameIess said:

Unintelligible met her eyes and grinned. "Of course." He started to say something, then paused, staring into Sequence's eyes. He coughed, breaking his gaze from hers.  "Um, would you like to come interrogate the witherabbit with me?"

The pair of adventurers passed through the doorway and ended up at the beginning of a massive multistory walkway populated by inactive escalators, empty kiosks, and boarded up shops. It was rather dark. There was a large skylight running the length of the hallway, but someone had painted over it for some reason or other. In fact, considering the amount of times the words "Run now before it's too late!", "The gift is a lie!", "No fear, no life!" and other similarly gloomy and terrifying messages had been graffitied on the walls, there had been a lot of painters in here at some point (they all seemed to favor the same reddish-brown paint color, too).

Lyric was unaffected by all of these obvious red flags. He took in the sight with an awed expression. "Wow! This place is very different from the forest!" He squinted, trying to look further down the walkway. "Say, I don't think I asked this, but do you have a soul? Being a mechanical man, and all."

It was lucky for Rebus that he hadn't made that wager, for the battery entered the vault in an unembezzled and timely manner, after which the drone installed it in a new security module Malevolence was in the process of constructing. It wouldn't do for Malevolence to be caught lying to his temporary allies, after all. Besides, where else would an Ennulling battery be put to better use than in the vault built to contain the most dangerous secret in the entirety of TLT?

As if summoned by the mention of her name, Subversion appeared. "What, you want to leave TLT already? But you just got here."

Subversion appeared. "Hello! Are you a literal blank page, or is that just your name?"

Finally someone! Thank you.

"No, just my name. I am a personification of my Author's writing ability."

Edited November 3, 2025 by CoderDrag0n8

[NameIess]

3 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"No, just my name. I am a personification of my Author's writing ability."

"What do you look like?" Subversion asked. "What color are your eyes?"

[KnightSkye Reforged They/Them]

4 minutes ago, NameIess said:

As if summoned by the mention of her name, Subversion appeared. "What, you want to leave TLT already? But you just got here."

"I want to be able to move about the worlds of the Thread freely, and I got the impression that the way to do that was via the Door way."

6 hours ago, Kansas Stormcursed said:

"If you simply wish to travel within the Thread, you should be able to just request access to the connecting realm; outside of the Thread, though, requires aid feom myself or another who knows easy ways out."

Well this should be fun to watch

Ryver turned to glance back at Cep, "Connecting realm?"

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

1 minute ago, NameIess said:

"What do you look like?" Subversion asked. "What color are your eyes?"

"I am a being made entirely of words. If you look close enough at any individual part of my body, you will see a large collection of words making it up. My eyes... Are black. Here, they are the color of bolded words."

[NameIess]

2 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"I am a being made entirely of words. If you look close enough at any individual part of my body, you will see a large collection of words making it up. My eyes... Are black. Here, they are the color of bolded words."

  "How interesting!" Subversion squinted, trying to read the words that made up Blank Page. "Are the words your thoughts? Or just random? Or are they your core personality attributes?"

6 minutes ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

"I want to be able to move about the worlds of the Thread freely, and I got the impression that the way to do that was via the Door way."

"Oh, no. The Doors are a separate Thread. There are places where you can move between worlds freely, portals and the like. Or I can give you a magic device that will allow you to move between them freely." Subversion held up a golden necklace. "It's yours, if you promise to do me a favor later."

 

Edited November 3, 2025 by NameIess

[KnightSkye Reforged They/Them]

1 minute ago, NameIess said:

  "How interesting!" Subversion squinted, trying to read the words that made up Blank Page. "Are the words your thoughts? Or just random? Or are they your core personality attributes?"

"Oh, no. The Doors are a separate Thread. There are places where you can move between worlds freely, portals and the like. Or I can give you a magic device that will allow you to move between them freely." Subversion held up a golden necklace. "It's yours, if you promise to do me a favor later."

 

He reached for it then paused. "What sort of favor? And when?"

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

2 minutes ago, NameIess said:

  "How interesting!" Subversion squinted, trying to read the words that made up Blank Page. "Are the words your thoughts? Or just random? Or are they your core personality attributes?"

"Oh, no. The Doors are a separate Thread. There are places where you can move between worlds freely, portals and the like. Or I can give you a magic device that will allow you to move between them freely." Subversion held up a golden necklace. "It's yours, if you promise to do me a favor later."

 

"Well, mostly random. I believe that they are the representation of me in other's thoughts. Of course, I have the greatest influence over myself, allowing me to do this," Blank Page says while shapeshifting. "And I can also do this," He says, and a few words and letters fly out of his body and form into a sentence floating in midair.

「 Subversion felt a force pushing up, almost as if gravity was beginning to shift. However, before the force could do anything, it dissipated. 」

As this sentence was forming in the air, reality went along with sentence, as if the sentence was shaping reality itself.

"The more impactful it is, the harder it is to force into existence. However, little things like small feelings or small force changes that almost immediately revert are fine." He paused, then finished, "There is something else, but it is... less influential."

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

19 hours ago, ChipsAHoid said:

The general first needed to know terms for surrender. If they were unfair he may as well go down fighting. If there was a good reason to accept, he may as well survive and do the same some later day in a fight he could win.

Chips

You're stuck in a shell of disintegrating yellow luxin

Named's agreed to work for Rebus

 

[NameIess]

1 hour ago, KnightSkye Reforged said:

He reached for it then paused. "What sort of favor? And when?"

"If I told you that, it would spoil the fun!" Subversion held the necklace out tantalizingly. "All you have to do to operate it is envision the location you want to be at, and it will take you there. That will work across dimensions, but if you want to travel with a group, you tap the gemstone and speak the name of a world and, and it will open a portal. If you ask nicely, I may even throw in an informational pamphlet that will give you a list of somewhat important worlds."

1 hour ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

"Well, mostly random. I believe that they are the representation of me in other's thoughts. Of course, I have the greatest influence over myself, allowing me to do this," Blank Page says while shapeshifting. "And I can also do this," He says, and a few words and letters fly out of his body and form into a sentence floating in midair.

「 Subversion felt a force pushing up, almost as if gravity was beginning to shift. However, before the force could do anything, it dissipated. 」

As this sentence was forming in the air, reality went along with sentence, as if the sentence was shaping reality itself.

"The more impactful it is, the harder it is to force into existence. However, little things like small feelings or small force changes that almost immediately revert are fine." He paused, then finished, "There is something else, but it is... less influential."

"So you're somewhat like a Narrator, but weaker?" Subversion asked. "I wonder if you're more or less vulnerable to Narration than an average character."