The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Jaywalk he/him]

That was his daily morning meditation routine.

Edit: Ninja’d

 

Edited May 20, 2019 by Jaywalk

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

*bursts out laughing*

That ninja was wonderful.

[Lunamor she/her]

As a child a snake had told him he looked ugly and he had never gotten over it.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

He had been an ugly child though. Without a beard, he looked very wrong.

[Lunamor she/her]

He literally had the word “wrong” tattooed on his chin.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

How he got it was a long story. He had gotten drunk and...

[Lunamor she/her]

Accepted a ridiculous dare.

Wait isn’t he a child.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

*shrugs* He's immortal, maybe he hasn't always had a beard.

[Lunamor she/her]

But he’s a child. And got drunk.

The dare was to choose a random number between 1 and 100, and if it was the number the other person had in mind, then he wouldn’t have to get wrong tattooed on his face. Unfortunately, he chose poorly.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

I never said he got the tattoo as a child. I only said he looked ugly as a child.

The one who dared him was Nialliv. Who was also drunk at the time. 

[Lunamor she/her]

I said that he looked wrong as a child because he had wrong tattooed on his face as a child.

He guessed i as his number.

Edited May 20, 2019 by Lunamor

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

No, you never said it flat out, though it is implied. Hmmm...

Funny enough, Nialliv's number was "e".

[Lunamor she/her]

Tom had to go get his tattoo from Butt Venture.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Who was a surprisingly accomplished tattoo artist. He had been employed by the Ministry way back when to give all the Obligators their tattoos.

[Lunamor she/her]

He had made quite a living doing so. For a while, at least. Turns out trying to put giraffe dung in your ink is a bad idea.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

He had been kicked out very quickly after that. It had been headline news in Luthadel.

[Lunamor she/her]

“Crazy Man Pours Buckets of Dung on Inquisitors’ Heads”

The news wasn’t always too accurate.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Actually, Butt being fired was the first time they had tried doing newspapers. But due to the lack of profit made, they never printed newspapers again. A few nobles were really ticked about it. 

[Lunamor she/her]

The loss of the media prevented them from having an easy way to control the skaa. And gossip.

Edited May 20, 2019 by Lunamor

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

A few minor houses actually pushed for more news and actually tried to fund printers, but they lacked the support to actually make it happen. 

[Lunamor she/her]

So they decided to make a giant board in the middle of Luthadel with all of the news of the day.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Until someone *cough* Kelsier *cough* immaturely defaced it.

[Lunamor she/her]

He gave everyone mustaches.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Kelsier had been only ten years old at the time and found the prank hilarious. Marsh was unamused. 

[Lunamor she/her]

His prank inspired all of Luthadel to grow mustaches, as they thought it was a new fashion trend.