The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

22 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Exploring. If that through the curtain’s heaven, there’s gotta be a Hell, and frankly I’m curious.”

Whoops didn't see this

"Do you know for sure?"

[TwinStorm He/Him]

4 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Perhaps, perhaps not. I should not condone attacking the Thread, so I would remind people what you stand for and continue whatever slow burn you’re working on. Just keep Malevolence a dragon and not a starscream. He’s committed three successive betrayals for one plan; I personally trust him less than I could throw the result of whatever physics the Authors are arguing about right now.” He holds up a small hologram of the rabbit after it ate all the Plotblades. “This, though, is especially a problem. It’s trying to summon the Witherlord, and already has access to chaotic darkness. It is also is consumed entirely by hunger, and has no sense of debts or favors.” 
 

 @SpiritOfWrath @TwinStorm, would you two like to continue the Plotblade quest? I think there was an elevator… 

uh sure why not

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Oh. Okay."

She turned the stove off and dumped the eggs into a bowl, leaving them on the counter. Then she walked back to Bat's room.

"Hey," she said, peeking in, "I made some more scrambled eggs, if you want any. They're way better then Rose's, so . . ." She grinned.

@Halcyon The Only since you wasn't tagged

Cricket sat back, emotions still swirling. He didn't know what came next. He had had vengeance, but nothing was right. He was still just as conflicted, just as worried, not about hunters, but about... himself. He didn't belong there anymore, they didn't need him. He was just... there. An oddity.

1 minute ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Sure!

Did y’all go on the elevator

“I… I heard you were here to overthrow the Tyrant… claim his Blade.”

"What!? I never said that!" 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, TwinStorm said:

Cricket sat back, emotions still swirling. He didn't know what came next. He had had vengeance, but nothing was right. He was still just as conflicted, just as worried, not about hunters, but about... himself. He didn't belong there anymore, they didn't need him. He was just... there. An oddity.

NUH UH 

grr

angy

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

NUH UH 

grr

angy

THAT'S HIS VEIW NOT MINE

ITS IMPORTANT TO HAVE INTERNAL CONFLICT

[xinoehp512 he/him]

On 1/24/2025 at 5:22 PM, Dragonheir said:

Rebus nods. “I’ll hope he learns neither of those things, and keeps wasting his time trying to get there on his own. If you don’t need anything, I should get going. There are some problems that need dealing with, and the fallout from them could be problematic if I have too many clones active. If you do need something, I can - and should, probably - drop the research clone for the time being.” 

"Oh! There was something I needed." Bacon paused, thinking. "Or was there...? Oh dear."

On 1/24/2025 at 5:33 PM, NameIess said:

Subversion frowned. "He is? How so?"

There is a mark of darkness on all those afflicted. 

On 1/24/2025 at 6:23 PM, Thee insane said:

"Hey bacon!" She shouts from her racing dragon. "You should join us!"

Bacon shrugged and conjured a winged hippopotamus.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, TwinStorm said:

THAT'S HIS VEIW NOT MINE

ITS IMPORTANT TO HAVE INTERNAL CONFLICT

YEAH I KNOW

BUT ALSO

NO

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, TwinStorm said:

uh sure why not

@Halcyon The Only since you wasn't tagged

Cricket sat back, emotions still swirling. He didn't know what came next. He had had vengeance, but nothing was right. He was still just as conflicted, just as worried, not about hunters, but about... himself. He didn't belong there anymore, they didn't need him. He was just... there. An oddity.

"What!? I never said that!" 

“I heard you were seeking the Blade! The Blade… you must take it from him! And with it, his place!”

This is also based off of Dark Souls, but much less - just a vague idea based on the cycle of kindling the flame.

[TwinStorm He/Him]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

“I heard you were seeking the Blade! The Blade… you must take it from him! And with it, his place!”

This is also based off of Dark Souls, but much less - just a vague idea based on the cycle of kindling the flame.

"I'm not a king! I'm just a regular person!" he paused. "I think."

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

3 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Sure!

Did y’all go on the elevator

2 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

uh sure why not

Rebus searches the bosses for souls or whatever, then tosses the corpse of the skinny one at the elevator. 

1 minute ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Oh! There was something I needed." Bacon paused, thinking. "Or was there...? Oh dear."

Rebus steeples his fingers, thinking. “I think you mentioned something…” He takes an egg-sized device from his pocket. “This is a teleportation beacon; activate it if you remember so I can help.” 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 minute ago, TwinStorm said:

"I'm not a king! I'm just a regular person!" he paused. "I think."

“It is said that the lowest of the low will take the place of the Tyrant, continue the cycle.”

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus searches the bosses for souls or whatever, then tosses the corpse of the skinny one at the elevator. 

Rebus steeples his fingers, thinking. “I think you mentioned something…” He takes an egg-sized device from his pocket. “This is a teleportation beacon; activate it if you remember so I can help.” 

can’t say I haven’t done that

aaaahhhhhh

The body flops over.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

“It is said that the lowest of the low will take the place of the Tyrant, continue the cycle.”

can’t say I haven’t done that

aaaahhhhhh

The body flops over.

What about 30 strength though? 
Rebus shrugs and hits the elevator button. 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

Just now, Dragonheir said:

What about 30 strength though? 
Rebus shrugs and hits the elevator button. 

I meant like, over to the elevator…

They are sent up the elevator, and at the top, they see a conflux of power in a room, orbiting around one thing. 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

5 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

“It is said that the lowest of the low will take the place of the Tyrant, continue the cycle.”

can’t say I haven’t done that

aaaahhhhhh

The body flops over.

"Oh, well, how do we know I'm the "lowest of the low?"" he asked, nervously.

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

I meant like, over to the elevator…

They are sent up the elevator, and at the top, they see a conflux of power in a room, orbiting around one thing. 

Atreides approached slowly.

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

2 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

"Oh, well, how do we know I'm the "lowest of the low?"" he asked, nervously.

Atreides approached slowly.

“Pardon, sir, but you have no titles. Only the Tyrant can give them.”

 

The power started to solidify into the form of a blade as he approached.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

4 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

I meant like, over to the elevator…

They are sent up the elevator, and at the top, they see a conflux of power in a room, orbiting around one thing. 

3 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

Atreides approached slowly.

Ah. 
Rebus walks next to him, trying to see the core of the vortex. 

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

Ah. 
Rebus walks next to him, trying to see the core of the vortex. 

It was the vague shape of a sword.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

4 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

It was the vague shape of a sword.

One sword?

Spoiler

Rebus’s character archetype is probably two different things melded together. So I want to have him combine two blades into one, preferably with as much flair as possible. That’s not necessarily needed, though, especially if there is only one blade here. 

Edited January 26, 2025 by Dragonheir
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[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

One sword?

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Rebus’s character archetype is probably two different things melded together. So I want to have him combine two blades into one, preferably with as much flair as possible. 

As he approached, it focused, forming two long, skinny blades, one upside down near the other. They started to show color as they focused, but it wasn’t decipherable.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

3 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

As he approached, it focused, forming two long, skinny blades, one upside down near the other. They started to show color as they focused, but it wasn’t decipherable.

Rebus walks forwards, trying to determine if both, one, or none are his. He stays half a step behind Atredies, though, thinking that he’s unlikely to backstab Rebus for a blade when he planned to give one away. 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

19 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

“Pardon, sir, but you have no titles. Only the Tyrant can give them.”

 

The power started to solidify into the form of a blade as he approached.

"Oh. Okay, well, if I can't get a title, I can't kill him."

Atreides grinned at it.

19 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Ah. 
Rebus walks next to him, trying to see the core of the vortex. 

9 minutes ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

As he approached, it focused, forming two long, skinny blades, one upside down near the other. They started to show color as they focused, but it wasn’t decipherable.

4 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus walks forwards, trying to determine if both, one, or none are his. He stays half a step behind Atredies, though, thinking that he’s unlikely to backstab Rebus for a blade when he planned to give one away. 

Atreides searched for the blade.

[Through the Living Wrath he/him]

4 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus walks forwards, trying to determine if both, one, or none are his. He stays half a step behind Atredies, though, thinking that he’s unlikely to backstab Rebus for a blade when he planned to give one away. 

So what were yall planning exactly with the blades?

 

Just now, TwinStorm said:

"Oh. Okay, well, if I can't get a title, I can't kill him."

Atreides grinned at it.

Atreides searched for the blade.

”No, for only one without a title can slay him.”

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Just now, SpiritOfWrath said:

So what were yall planning exactly with the blades?

This is a well of unkeyed Plot; it keys to an already existing attribute of you when you bond it. So yeah, this seems good… (though I’m unsure how Atredies is thinking he can get Savior Complex…) 

Spoiler

Rebus’s two blades (which he will then combine) should be a wickedly curved dagger and a long dueling rapier with lots of embellishments. They do have plot elements, but RAFO (and you likely will find out).

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 hour ago, TwinStorm said:

Cricket glanced up, realizing what has happening. "Are you really that petty?" he said, with a hint of disgust.

“Petty?” She snorted. “I just wanted to set something on fire, dummy.”

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam sighed.

"When you said you were going to burn them, I thought you meant outside."

She Narrated away the smell of the burnt inedible-ness.

Then she got a cutting board and started chopping up some green onions and tomatoes, as well as a small yellow onion. She cracked a dozen eggs into a bowl, added a quarter cup of water, and mixed the chopped greens in before adding them to the pan she'd gotten earlier, then added some salt and pepper, as well as a little bit of oregano.

"You two want some?" she asked Rose and Cricket.

Yes, I wanted to write that out. And yes, it's delicious.

"Oh- those were her eggs, not mine . . ."

That sounds amazing

”Yeah, yeah, showoff.”

1 hour ago, TwinStorm said:

"Oh. Sorry about that, then." he said to Rose, embarrassed.

@Halcyon The Only

He grinned, getting up and helped himself to some of the food.

She gave him a thumbs up and did the same. 

1 hour ago, Dragonheir said:

“Perhaps, perhaps not. I should not condone attacking the Thread, so I would remind people what you stand for and continue whatever slow burn you’re working on. Just keep Malevolence a dragon and not a starscream. He’s committed three successive betrayals for one plan; I personally trust him less than I could throw the result of whatever physics the Authors are arguing about right now.” He holds up a small hologram of the rabbit after it ate all the Plotblades. “This, though, is especially a problem. It’s trying to summon the Witherlord, and already has access to chaotic darkness. It is also is consumed entirely by hunger, and has no sense of debts or favors.” 
 

 @SpiritOfWrath @TwinStorm, would you two like to continue the Plotblade quest? I think there was an elevator… 

“I do not worry about his betrayal.” She summoned him a glass of wine, then took another sip of his own. “I should be quite pitiful if I had to worry about his betrayal. The rabbit does pose a problem, though not for much longer. I will go parley soon.” 

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Oh. Okay."

She turned the stove off and dumped the eggs into a bowl, leaving them on the counter. Then she walked back to Bat's room.

"Hey," she said, peeking in, "I made some more scrambled eggs, if you want any. They're way better then Rose's, so . . ." She grinned.

@Halcyon The Only

Bat jumped. He set down the tattoo needle— his tattoos were just about completely refinished. “Okay.” 

Dontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutit. 

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Whoops didn't see this

"Do you know for sure?"

“Nope. I’ve gone a long ways and not found one. Got my own theories now.”

1 hour ago, TwinStorm said:

uh sure why not

@Halcyon The Only since you wasn't tagged

Cricket sat back, emotions still swirling. He didn't know what came next. He had had vengeance, but nothing was right. He was still just as conflicted, just as worried, not about hunters, but about... himself. He didn't belong there anymore, they didn't need him. He was just... there. An oddity.

"What!? I never said that!" 

Rose flicked a bit of egg at him from across the table. “Stop looking like that,” she told him. “Why do you look like that, anyway?”

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

15 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

That sounds amazing

”Yeah, yeah, showoff.”

It is

She grinned. "Thanks."

15 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

Bat jumped. He set down the tattoo needle— his tattoos were just about completely refinished. “Okay.” 

Dontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutitdontthinkaboutit. 

He seemed to be doing that a lot this morning. Jumping whe she talked to him.

". . . Do you want me to bring you some while you finish those? They look great, by the way."

15 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

“Nope. I’ve gone a long ways and not found one. Got my own theories now.”

"Crazy. Okay. What if . . . they're both through the waterfall?"

Edited January 26, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

6 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

It is

She grinned. "Thanks."

He seemed to be doing that a lot this morning. Jumping whe she talked to him.

". . . Do you want me to bring you some while you finish those? They look great, by the way."

"Crazy. Okay. What if . . . they're both through the waterfall?"

He smiled. “Thanks. You don’t have to— I can just come get some. I’m almost done.” 

—

“I’d thought of that. It’s possible, but I’m not so sure.”