The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Keke They/he]

Just now, Ookla the Shattered said:

She nodded to Blurred. Perhaps a confirmation. She stopped and looked like she wanted to talk but didn't know how to start a conversation.

blurred appeared infront of her. He was a taller man, built like a normal guy. Except his lack of features as he was just a rippling blackness. "Hello, what is your name new one?"

[Shatter He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

blurred appeared infront of her. He was a taller man, built like a normal guy. Except his lack of features as he was just a rippling blackness. "Hello, what is your name new one?"

“Ryna. You are… Blurred. Right? You feel like a Narrator. What are you? Why do you look like… this?” 
She ain't very good with social stuff. 

[Keke They/he]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

“Ryna. You are… Blurred. Right? You feel like a Narrator. What are you? Why do you look like… this?” 
She ain't very good with social stuff. 

   Apologies on the authors part. I instinctively typed what I call him cause his name is             and you cant say that irl xD. Anyways. "Eh yes. Im not necessarily a Narrator but something of the sorts. And as for why i look like this? New one, you will see strange people and not all have explanations."

[Shatter He/Him]

1 minute ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

   Apologies on the authors part. I instinctively typed what I call him cause his name is             and you cant say that irl xD. Anyways. "Eh yes. Im not necessarily a Narrator but something of the sorts. And as for why i look like this? New one, you will see strange people and not all have explanations."

“I see,” she said. “I am familiar with this sort of thing. Just your condition is new to me.”
Also, she knows things she shouldn't know. For reasons. Y'all will find 'em out in a while.

[Keke They/he]

17 minutes ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

“I see,” she said. “I am familiar with this sort of thing. Just your condition is new to me.”
Also, she knows things she shouldn't know. For reasons. Y'all will find 'em out in a while.

he chuckled. "Of course. Ryna. Eh. Well what brings you here."

[Shatter He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

he chuckled. "Of course. Ryna. Eh. Well what brings you here."

“I… don't know. I felt something…” 

[Keke They/he]

10 hours ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

“I… don't know. I felt something…” 

he tapped his chin. "Something eh? Okay. Might you describe this thing?"

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

On 12/7/2025 at 3:52 PM, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

Dax nodded. "Live. Properly live not just survive but create memories. Even if your not written somewhere someone remembers you. So are you really dead if your alive in a memory?"

"I am living, Dax. You are not real enough for your memory of me to matter - I need the Authors, and for that I need a story. Enough appeal and infamy and I could even end up as a memeplex, propagating my very idea and being between Authors."

On 12/8/2025 at 12:08 AM, Ookla the Married said:

"I could try music. In the forest, I could always find my way with a song." Lyric looked around. "I'm not sure it would work here, but... well, it might be worth a try."

Balitan's soul was free of any contamination that Rebus could sense, but it seemed dull, not as full of life as an average person's.

Balitan blinked, looking up at the screen. "The... equipment is all still intact. Luxite... we'd gathered only a small amount, I've been... detection technology not quite advanced enough for optimal efficiency." As Balitan spoke, color returned to both his soul and his body. He straightened in his chair, and when he spoke next, he sounded more like himself. "What little we had, he took. I wouldn't say it's enough to be dangerous, however. The Mordite and Nullite, I'd be more worried about. I had... quite a lot of Nullite here, and a lesser but still significant amount of Mordite." He cleared his throat, entering a command into the computer, pulling up a screen showing data on the lost stores. "However, I'm more worried about the theft of data. Malevolence is intelligent enough to put to use what we've learned, and begin isolating all the metals for himself. More importantly, he wiped all our logs. Any data I don't have memorized is gone, unless your nanobots can recover it. This will set my research... quite a ways back." Balitan sighed. "I had hoped to be able to share this research soon. These isolation techniques could change the Thread!"

Jack nodded slowly. "Try it." 

 

Rebus supposed that made sense, since (as far as his Author remembered) he'd directly created Balitan, templating off a hypothetical person from one of Omen's trials. If there weren't any withergeist bonds being made, though, the refinement process was probably safe enough to use. "The data is an issue - my backups stopped happening when you dropped out of focus, so I mainly have our old experiments." He frowned, checking any caching on the system that Malevolence may have missed. "I feel, however, that anything that would have worked before will continue to do so - both Malevolence and I have enough established capacity and plot armor that we can draw from 'nebulous villain supplies' for our tools. Changing the Thread requires social engineering of the Authors, not just research." Nebulous Villain Supplies could be a Plotblade, though at the moment Antagonist has domain over the concept. If the Dreamsmith ever unmakes it, though... 

On 12/9/2025 at 3:25 PM, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

NOT YET

 

@Ookla the Obfuscated

hawks appears next to the newest cop of rebus that they made so this conversation wouldn’t interrupt any plotlines.

”REBUUUUUSSSSS” they.. i ? Wait what.. what … what would i use. First person or third person….. cause im saying this but im writing me saying it to… never mind. They grab his shoulders. Although they had to float to actually be in eye contact. “I have soooooo much i gotta talk about”

"Hello, Hawks." He smiled at the Author, then seemed to fuzz, snapping back to reality five days later and frowning at how much time had passed. "What do you have to say?"

[Keke They/he]

1 minute ago, Ookla the Obfuscated said:

"I am living, Dax. You are not real enough for your memory of me to matter - I need the Authors, and for that I need a story. Enough appeal and infamy and I could even end up as a memeplex, propagating my very idea and being between Authors."

he just shrugged. "Can't speak for to many but Im sure authors around the thread wouldnt let you fade. I mean my author is trying their best to keep bacon afloat."

1 minute ago, Ookla the Obfuscated said:

Hello, Hawks." He smiled at the Author, then seemed to fuzz, snapping back to reality five days later and frowning at how much time had passed. "What do you have to say?"

"okay so first! Turns out your not as old as i thought see cause i thought you were like waay in the begining like whatnot. But no! Actually I was around before you! Like Asher to! Crazy. Second of all! For no reason whatsoever. What's your opinion on angst? Third! Also for no reason. What are your two biggest regrets?" They say quickly (ya know how I talk when I get excited) 

[Shatter He/Him]

10 hours ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

he tapped his chin. "Something eh? Okay. Might you describe this thing?"

“I do not know yet what this event or person is. I felt it.”

Also, we need to decide on the spelling and grammar for the TLT wiki.

We have 3 choices.

1. Canadian English
2. American English
3. British English

I prefer Canadian English for obvious reasons.

Edited December 15, 2025 by Ookla the Shattered

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

Also, we need to decide on the spelling and grammar for the TLT wiki.

We have 3 choices.

1. Canadian English
2. American English
3. British English

Canadian English is a separate variant?

What're the differences?

I vote British English

[Keke They/he]

45 minutes ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

“I do not know yet what this event or person is. I felt it.”

Also, we need to decide on the spelling and grammar for the TLT wiki.

We have 3 choices.

1. Canadian English
2. American English
3. British English

I prefer Canadian English for obvious reasons.

I vote we let everyone do it how they want?

What's the matter if its color or colour? Grey or gray?? Mom or mum?? Like its easily the same word clearly. 

he sighed. "Uh right ok."

40 minutes ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

Canadian English is a separate variant?

What're the differences?

I vote British English

Why not just English English

[Shatter He/Him]

9 minutes ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

I vote we let everyone do it how they want?

What's the matter if its color or colour? Grey or gray?? Mom or mum?? Like its easily the same word clearly. 

he sighed. "Uh right ok."

Why not just English English

“I can't really explain it…”

Abstain. Got it.

51 minutes ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

Canadian English is a separate variant?

What're the differences?

I vote British English

Canadian English is a mix of the best characteristics of both British and American English. 

We have 1 vote for British and 1 for Canadian and 1 abstain.

[NameIess]

On 12/13/2025 at 5:17 PM, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

"I only need each Surge once; over time, I should be able to duplicate the Surges by storing them in metalminds."

Malevolence nodded. “Very well. Might I ask, what are the Trisolaran’s goals in this Thread?”

22 hours ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

She stared back looking less over them and more through them. She bowed.

She glanced at Unintelligible and muttered something to a book she was carrying. She stepped through the portal and looked around. She had been out of touch with time for a while. Where was she? Who were these people?

She started following Unintelligible.

Unintelligible looked back at her and frowned. “Are you Ivisyre in disguise, waiting until Sequence is healed to kill all of us, to let me taste hope before snatching it all away?”

7 hours ago, Ookla the Obfuscated said:

Jack nodded slowly. "Try it." 

 

Rebus supposed that made sense, since (as far as his Author remembered) he'd directly created Balitan, templating off a hypothetical person from one of Omen's trials. If there weren't any withergeist bonds being made, though, the refinement process was probably safe enough to use. "The data is an issue - my backups stopped happening when you dropped out of focus, so I mainly have our old experiments." He frowned, checking any caching on the system that Malevolence may have missed. "I feel, however, that anything that would have worked before will continue to do so - both Malevolence and I have enough established capacity and plot armor that we can draw from 'nebulous villain supplies' for our tools. Changing the Thread requires social engineering of the Authors, not just research." Nebulous Villain Supplies could be a Plotblade, though at the moment Antagonist has domain over the concept. If the Dreamsmith ever unmakes it, though... 

 

Lyric cleared his throat, then sang in a somber tone.

“Spirit of this mall. Guide our path this day. Let us see, set us free, send us on our way.”

as he sang, the walls Jack saw shifted. The a path opened, revealing what looked like the natural wall of the mall, lined with abandoned stores.

—

“Yes, well. Just because it works, doesn’t mean I will get the credit for discovering it.” Balitan said grumpily. “And now he can do what only we could.”

Rebus’s search didn’t turn up any of the lost data. It did, however, turn up an encrypted video log.

33 minutes ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

“I do not know yet what this event or person is. I felt it.”

Also, we need to decide on the spelling and grammar for the TLT wiki.

We have 3 choices.

1. Canadian English
2. American English
3. British English

I prefer Canadian English for obvious reasons.

I vote we do half the articles in alternate languages and the other half in cyphers.

[Keke They/he]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

“I can't really explain it…”

Abstain. Got it.

Canadian English is a mix of the best characteristics of both British and American English. 

We have 1 vote for British and 1 for Canadian and 1 abstain.

Yes abstain. Whatever that means. 

he nodded. "Okay we'll lets figure it out eh?"

Just now, Ookla the Married said:

Malevolence nodded. “Very well. Might I ask, what are the Trisolaran’s goals in this Thread?”

Unintelligible looked back at her and frowned. “Are you Ivisyre in disguise, waiting until Sequence is healed to kill all of us, to let me taste hope before snatching it all away?”

Lyric cleared his throat, then sang in a somber tone.

“Spirit of this mall. Guide our path this day. Let us see, set us free, send us on our way.”

as he sang, the walls Jack saw shifted. The a path opened, revealing what looked like the natural wall of the mall, lined with abandoned stores.

—

“Yes, well. Just because it works, doesn’t mean I will get the credit for discovering it.” Balitan said grumpily. “And now he can do what only we could.”

Rebus’s search didn’t turn up any of the lost data. It did, however, turn up an encrypted video log.

I vote we do half the articles in alternate languages and the other half in cyphers.

NO BURHHHH

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Married said:

Malevolence nodded. “Very well. Might I ask, what are the Trisolaran’s goals in this Thread?”

"They wish to gain an affinity to Investiture and other magic. If I'd tried giving them unsealed metalminds while on Trisolaris, it wouldn't work. Staying here will eventually mean they get access to power their kind has never wielded before. Well, they do have the power to destroy star systems, but that's a different kind of power."

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Married said:

I vote we do half the articles in alternate languages and the other half in cyphers.

OR!

We make conlangs!

[Shatter He/Him]

Just now, Ookla the Married said:

Unintelligible looked back at her and frowned. “Are you Ivisyre in disguise, waiting until Sequence is healed to kill all of us, to let me taste hope before snatching it all away?”

“No. My name is Ryna. I'm a Chronicler. I know not of this Ivisyre or Sequence. I've been out of commission for a while. Your name is Unintelligible, right? What is going on?”

1 minute ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

he nodded. "Okay we'll lets figure it out eh?"

“Yeah. Let us talk to this Unintelligible.”

1 minute ago, Ookla the Married said:

I vote we do half the articles in alternate languages and the other half in cyphers.

3 minutes ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

"They wish to gain an affinity to Investiture and other magic. If I'd tried giving them unsealed metalminds while on Trisolaris, it wouldn't work. Staying here will eventually mean they get access to power their kind has never wielded before. Well, they do have the power to destroy star systems, but that's a different kind of power."

OR!

We make conlangs!

1 minute ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

Yes abstain. Whatever that means. 

he nodded. "Okay we'll lets figure it out eh?"

NO BURHHHH

. 1 British, 1 Canadian, and 3 abstains. For Adonalsium's sake. We're going British.

[Keke They/he]

Just now, Ookla the Shattered said:

“No. My name is Ryna. I'm a Chronicler. I know not of this Ivisyre or Sequence. I've been out of commission for a while. Your name is Unintelligible, right? What is going on?”

“Yeah. Let us talk to this Unintelligible.”

. 1 British, 1 Canadian, and 3 abstains. For Adonalsium's sake. We're going British.

Eehhh? According to the vote its abstain. Idk how to speak British. 

"Unintelligible? Ive heard of him. Though ive yet to interact. Ive only vaguely seen him around."

[Shatter He/Him]

6 minutes ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

Eehhh? According to the vote its abstain. Idk how to speak British. 

"Unintelligible? Ive heard of him. Though ive yet to interact. Ive only vaguely seen him around."

“We should go say hello.” She points to the very obvious portal (it looks like one made by Dr. Strange) in front of them, leading to a mansion lawn.

[NameIess]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

"They wish to gain an affinity to Investiture and other magic. If I'd tried giving them unsealed metalminds while on Trisolaris, it wouldn't work. Staying here will eventually mean they get access to power their kind has never wielded before. Well, they do have the power to destroy star systems, but that's a different kind of power."

“Won’t work here.” Malevolence  noted. “There’s no dark forest for them to exploit. Although photoids will still be half-decent weapons. However, I meant more generally. What do they want these powers for? What are their goals?”

1 hour ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

“No. My name is Ryna. I'm a Chronicler. I know not of this Ivisyre or Sequence. I've been out of commission for a while. Your name is Unintelligible, right? What is going on?”

Unintelligible grimaced. “I… look, I don’t have time to explain in detail. My…” he hesitated. “My friend Sequence, she was a Narrator. And she was wounded terribly, in a way that only a Narrator could survive. Then her powers were stolen. So now… now we’re here at this mansion, hoping the person who lives here can heal her. If he can’t, or we’re too late, then…” Unintelligible looked down at Sequence’s unconscious face, and his expression hardened. “No use thinking about it. If you want to follow us, then follow us.” With that, he stepped into the dim lighting of the mansion.

1 hour ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

1 British, 1 Canadian, and 3 abstains. For Adonalsium's sake. We're going British.

Hang on, I’m changing my vote to conlang. Which makes it 1 for British, 1 for Canadian, 1 for abstain, and 2 for conlang. So conlang is winning!

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

. 1 British, 1 Canadian, and 3 abstains. For Adonalsium's sake. We're going British.

29 minutes ago, Ookla the Married said:

Hang on, I’m changing my vote to conlang. Which makes it 1 for British, 1 for Canadian, 1 for abstain, and 2 for conlang. So conlang is winning!

I was the British voter

And I'm not anymore

So 1 Canadian, 1 abstain, and 2 conlang

So conlang wins! We get to make a language for TLT! It should be called Tlterian or something

29 minutes ago, Ookla the Married said:

“Won’t work here.” Malevolence  noted. “There’s no dark forest for them to exploit. Although photoids will still be half-decent weapons. However, I meant more generally. What do they want these powers for? What are their goals?”

"Survival is their only long term goal. A big reason to stay in Threads is, if almost everyone around you doesn't know of the Dark Forest, then the Dark Forest doesn't exist. Other alien civilisations do not know of the Threads and can't get here even if they did, without someone helping them. By coming here, they have left the Dark Forest. Sure, most of their population is still on Trisolaris, but if they get destroyed, this one still survives. But here there are new problems, although none as big as the threat of a Dark Forest Strike, like the fact that with magic, all it takes is a single person to wipe them out completely. Gaining magic themselves provides some defense."

Edited December 15, 2025 by Ookla the Wallfacer

[Shatter He/Him]

5 hours ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

I was the British voter

And I'm not anymore

So 1 Canadian, 1 abstain, and 2 conlang

So conlang wins! We get to make a language for TLT! It should be called Tlterian or something

No. *bonk* We're doing British English or Canadian English. Whoever edited the 12184 page converted it to British and that's what we're doing. If anything, it would be in High Imperial.

 

Do y'all prefer recognise or recognize?

Edited December 15, 2025 by Ookla the Shattered

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

No. *bonk* We're doing British English or Canadian English. Whoever edited the 12184 page converted it to British and that's what we're doing. If anything, it would be in High Imperial.

Do y'all prefer recognise or recognize?

I edited it, since 18142's my character. High Imperial doesn't have consistent grammar though. A conlang, on the other hand...

Recognise. Jokes aside though, I do think it would be really cool if we made a TLT conlang. Would anyone else be interested in working on one?

[Shatter He/Him]

4 minutes ago, Ookla the Wallfacer said:

I edited it, since 18142's my character. High Imperial doesn't have consistent grammar though. A conlang, on the other hand...

Recognise. Jokes aside though, I do think it would be really cool if we made a TLT conlang. Would anyone else be interested in working on one?

We're going British then. 
Why not do High Imperial anyway? It is slightly understandable even without previous knowledge.

Edited December 15, 2025 by Ookla the Shattered

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

17 minutes ago, Ookla the Shattered said:

We're going British then. 
Why not do High Imperial anyway? It is slightly understandable even without previous knowledge.

...

Key word: slightly

For words like university, High Imperial already expands it to 'wasing the where of the knows'

The word count in all the wiki pages is going to double, and stuff won't be clear. High Imperial is not a good option.

I'd like to conglang, even if it wasn't for the wiki pages. Our characters speaking a new, full-fledged language would be really cool.

Would you, Shatter, be interested in conlanging?

For the actual vote, I'm going to abstain. I feel like pages should match the creator's preferences.

Edited December 15, 2025 by Ookla the Wallfacer