The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[xinoehp512 he/him]

2 minutes ago, Shard of Thought said:

But you've seen it. I'm broken, worthless, and outdated. They'll never accept me. And, storm it, I can never stop myself from fighting. 

Narrator Pheonix shook his head. Don't believe that, he said loyally. If you have problems, fix them. I know you can.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Star closed her eyes, tears rolling down her cheeks. She didn't believe him. It felt good anyway. They'll never forgive me. 

[Snipexe he/him]

Quietly in the shadows, a figured watched. Small, not much to reckoned with, someone just enjoying the fight. They moved quickly, just a shadow on the wind, darting this way and that. They came to rest next to the shattered light, the broken one, shard of light. That was what their people called her. It pushed itself, hard, forcing even a small portion of itself into the light, and a tiny voice croaked out, “You may be broken, hated and abandoned. But so is everyone. How you act afterward is what defines how strong you really are.” With those final words, they shredded into nothingness, the light of reality far to strong for them.

Edited May 7, 2019 by Snipexe
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[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Star knew in her heart that she was evil. There was a spark of hope that someone could fix that for her. But it was dying. 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Pheonix got down on one knee and looked her directly in the eyes.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Star held his fiery gaze for a second, then looked away. "I can't," she whispered. "He's gone..."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Narrator Pheonix shook his head. "You've dwelt on that for long enough, Star." There was pain in his voice. "Can't you move on? Let go?"

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

"I'm trying. But I can't forgive myself. I can't stop hurting people. I don't want to wake up. I deserve this."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

"In the words of a wise man: 'Accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it.' You've made mistakes. But we all have made mistakes! At least you're still a Narrator."

[Snipexe he/him]

Another figure leaked out from the shadows, from the blackness of these very bolded words, and then another and another, the darkness slowly bleeding from the words  themselves 

they fight hard, their souls slowly burning from the shadows, in the calm before the storm, they whisper, We need you, no matter who you are. You protect us, give us strength. Without narrators like you, we are but words on page, no life given. You gave us that, and don’t let your self forget it. Then they gather into one large mass, writhing chaos, unreadable, unknowable, until three simple words form:

WE FORGIVE YOU

Then they fade back to the black from whence they came.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

6 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

"In the words of a wise man: 'Accept the pain, but don't accept that you deserved it.' You've made mistakes. But we all have made mistakes! At least you're still a Narrator."

Star wrapped her arms around Pheonix, weeping. Her crown melted away, and her Shardplate was replaced by a purple blouse. 

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Pheonix embraced her back, holding her tightly. "We believe in you, Star," he whispered into her ear. "I believe in you."

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

8 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

Pheonix embraced her back, holding her tightly. "We believe in you, Star," he whispered into her ear. "I believe in you."

Star didn't want to face the rest of them. She had done terrible things. But the warmth she felt now could almost make her believe it was okay. "Thank you so much," she said.

Edited May 7, 2019 by Shard of Thought

[Truthless of Shinovar he/him]

Truthless read through the thread, and began to celebrate. Star had (probably) began her path to former glory, to become a narrator everyone knew and loved, the beloved director that kept things running in the land of The Longest Thread, and not the tyrannical leader that she had evolved into.

Holy cow! That was really cool! Great writing, I'm glad that some measure of order has been restored to TLT, if there was ever such a thing to begin with.

Edited May 7, 2019 by Truthless of Shinovar

[Jaywalk he/him]

Not for long, buddy.

Time in the void resumed. “Star,” Jaywalk said. “It’s time to finish what we started.”

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Star shook her head. "I won't fight."

[Jaywalk he/him]

“I know,” he said. “But it’s time I fixed what I caused.”

He reached out his arms, and then his mind, splitting the void in two

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Star cocked her head. "What are you doing?"

[Snipexe he/him]

[+Doomstick he/him]

What happened overnight?

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Not much. Well, that's a lie. Just read it - it's worth it and it won't take long. 

[+Doomstick he/him]

From where?

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Probably just the page before. 516. 

[+Doomstick he/him]

Wow!

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

It's wonderful. I'm scared of Jay though...