The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

Oh, that was a good question. He looked around. 

Here— scud, sorry about that. He pulled away and took her hand. It’ll slow down, but won’t stop. Don’t let it psych you out. 

She just smiled and hopped off the trolley with him, only stumbling slightly when she landed.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

She just smiled and hopped off the trolley with him, only stumbling slightly when she landed.

He paused to make sure she wasn’t hurt, then walked up to a wide, pillar like building. There was a mirroring one on the other side of the trolley tracks. A decent amount of people were making their way inside at any given moment. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

He paused to make sure she wasn’t hurt, then walked up to a wide, pillar like building. There was a mirroring one on the other side of the trolley tracks. A decent amount of people were making their way inside at any given moment. 

She wandered in with him.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

9 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She wandered in with him.

It felt almost like an office building, but with space between the cubicles that stretched up to the ceiling. And the cubicles were enclosed; they were really more like unanchored rooms. Small ones, though not as small as a normal elevator. 

A woman at a desk was positioned where they entered. 

“Top, please?”

She glanced up, then looked again and frowned. “They warned me ‘bout you.”

”I won’t break anything,” he promised. 

She eyed him. “Big space between a true promise and a broken infrastructure.”

”I won’t,” he promised. 

After a moment of what looked like painful deliberation, she sighed and handed him a small steel rectangle with the letters ‘46’ embossed. “Jus’ wait over there till I call your number.” 

“Thank you,” he said with a smile, and led Tam over as she’d indicated. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

It felt almost like an office building, but with space between the cubicles that stretched up to the ceiling. And the cubicles were enclosed; they were really more like unanchored rooms. Small ones, though not as small as a normal elevator. 

A woman at a desk was positioned where they entered. 

“Top, please?”

She glanced up, then looked again and frowned. “They warned me ‘bout you.”

”I won’t break anything,” he promised. 

She eyed him. “Big space between a true promise and a broken infrastructure.”

”I won’t,” he promised. 

After a moment of what looked like painful deliberation, she sighed and handed him a small steel rectangle with the letters ‘46’ embossed. “Jus’ wait over there till I call your number.” 

“Thank you,” he said with a smile, and led Tam over as she’d indicated. 

She leaned up against and rested her head on him.

You're pretty infamous 'round here, aren't you?

'Kay, 'night!

Edited February 22, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

She leaned up against him.

You're pretty infamous 'round here, aren't you?

'Kay, 'night!

He smiled sheepishly. I have to be. I really could single-handedly upend the entire system in a day if I wanted. I’m amazed she let me through, honestly.

[Existential]

1 hour ago, Halcyon The Only said:

They injected him with several different drugs. His whole body went completely numb, and his muscles stopped responding. He couldn’t twitch, couldn’t blink, couldn’t move at all.

-

Five whimpered and wrapped her arms around herself again. 

Great. He thought 

-

"Don't worry. You'll see him soon enough. We'll see if he sees you though" she cackled

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

On 2/20/2025 at 10:45 AM, Ancient Elantrian said:

"I didn't! I just want to leave now! DIE! Oh my gosh what the flip is going on."

Meat wilts, literally. “It stop to how know don’t I.” 

On 2/20/2025 at 11:13 AM, Sequence said:

Sequence nodded, looking a bit more relaxed. "Well, I just understand that my friend here," she placed a hand on Unintelligible's shoulder, "is quite worried about your activities and the treatment of your Machination, and because I trust him greatly, I wanted to have this meeting with you. And while your methods certainly could be a bit less intense, I certainly think that what you are doing could be much worse. Plus, I'm sure there are members of your Machination who are quite grateful for the opportunity they've been given." 
Sequence turned a bit to look at Unintelligible. "Hopefully this clears things up a bit?" She asked.
@NameIess

“I would agree with all you’ve said. Do you require anything more, or may I get back to running my organization?” 

On 2/20/2025 at 12:05 PM, NameIess said:

Nameless raised an eyebrow. And why would you think Narrators don't use Prismite just as anyone else would?

“It may be Authorial placebo, but every one of my clone bodies has a Prismite core, which I have never seen reduce. But when I gave that Prismite to you two, it was used up quite quickly.” He gestured to the diminished state of the Prismite Balitan had been using earlier. “I’ve also never heard of a Narrator running out of power permanently, which suggests there’s some external source of Narration - perhaps the Thread itself - that is transferred to and stored within our souls.” 

On 2/20/2025 at 1:32 PM, Halcyon The Only said:

“It certainly wouldn’t look stately.” She frowned. “Though perhaps may come in handy. I shall consider this.”

“I should probably get some glasses myself, for the image.” A pair of glasses coalesced onto his nose. “And actually, I may need these depending upon what happens.” 

On 2/20/2025 at 6:16 PM, xinoehp512 said:

So you are a computational core? asked the Ennuller with some interest.

“I am a computer interfaced with an Ennuller core. Neither portion would function without the other, I believe.” 

[Through the Living Shadow he/him]

On 2/19/2025 at 9:56 PM, Thee insane said:

she shrugged. "Not the first time. Prolly won't be the last." Her personality was... alot different this time. She barely seemed to... remember pyk....

side effect of dying. Alot of your feeling get ... killed ya know. Sorta what happened before when she was tone/emotionless..... im sorry but that has to happen. It's how it works. There's a whole logic and thing behind it on time and all of it. Gotta follow the rules. Even if I made them. 

Lol

Pyk frowned. “Are you sure? You seem… distant.”

[KnightSkye Reforged They/Them]

19 hours ago, Halcyon The Only said:

She led him to a heavy-duty elevator that descended for a long, long time into a large, open hangar sort of space. There were many heavy duty doors around the edge. 

"Do you know which of these they used?"

[Keke They/he]

2 hours ago, SpiritOfWrath said:

Lol

Pyk frowned. “Are you sure? You seem… distant.”

she shrugs. "I'm fine"

[TwinStorm He/Him]

On 2/21/2025 at 9:40 AM, NameIess said:

Moni woke up with a splitting headache, eyes squeezed shut. She felt the odd buzzing sensation that she always did when the Authors didn't quite know where she was, and decided not to open them, but hoped the Authors would soon figure that out.

@TwinStorm

The Shade grimaced at her, as she hang up side down in the middle of the steaming tent. "We're almost there, little Avatar. Then Surtur will judge you."

On 2/21/2025 at 7:33 AM, Halcyon The Only said:

“No,” the guards said. “We can hurt her, if you want, or you can come.”

She grinned. “Stay as long as you like, dear.” 

-

“Full name?”

She grabbed her sword. 

“Okay. East!”

He nodded, and started walking down the road, as the wind gently whispered to them and the sun set. Help... Please... came the voice, from the wind.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

10 hours ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He smiled sheepishly. I have to be. I really could single-handedly upend the entire system in a day if I wanted. I’m amazed she let me through, honestly.

Dang, that's . . . kinda crazy.

[NameIess]

3 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“It may be Authorial placebo, but every one of my clone bodies has a Prismite core, which I have never seen reduce. But when I gave that Prismite to you two, it was used up quite quickly.” He gestured to the diminished state of the Prismite Balitan had been using earlier. “I’ve also never heard of a Narrator running out of power permanently, which suggests there’s some external source of Narration - perhaps the Thread itself - that is transferred to and stored within our souls.” 

A few things may have led to this misconception. First, the Narrativium in your core is substantially more dense than that in the dream crystal you gave to Balitan. Second, your clones are, unless specifically cut off, linked to one another, and will share energy. Third, you are correct in assuming that there’s an external source of Narration. Ambient Chaotic Light energy can be commanded by Narrators, and the Thread is filled with it. Beyond that, they subconsciously absorb it over time, replenishing their strength.

38 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

The Shade grimaced at her, as she hang up side down in the middle of the steaming tent. "We're almost there, little Avatar. Then Surtur will judge you."

Moni sighed. “What does Surtur want to judge us for?”

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

10 hours ago, N̶̝̦͝u̶͇̠͒́l̷̺͇͔̩̯̆͜l̸̾̿̓̚ said:

Great. He thought 

-

"Don't worry. You'll see him soon enough. We'll see if he sees you though" she cackled

What followed seemed to him quite strange, most likely. His sight stopped functioning halfway through as they messed with his eyes, took them apart, put them back together… but at least he didn’t feel any pain. 

-

She sobbed. 

4 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“I should probably get some glasses myself, for the image.” A pair of glasses coalesced onto his nose. “And actually, I may need these depending upon what happens.” 

She nodded approvingly. “It fits.” She returned a new monocle, but upon closer inspection, it only floated near her eye, rather than touching it. 

“Ah, here we are,” she said, standing as they arrived at a very normal looking cliff. 

2 hours ago, KnightSkye said:

"Do you know which of these they used?"

 

She shrugged and knocked on the first one. There was no answer. 

50 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

He nodded, and started walking down the road, as the wind gently whispered to them and the sun set. Help... Please... came the voice, from the wind.

“Come on,” Rose said eagerly, and jogged in that direction. 

12 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Dang, that's . . . kinda crazy.

He nodded, blushed, and put his arm around her. 

They waited for several minutes. The woman called out seemingly random numbers— five, sixty two, twenty three, forty. Eventually she called forty six and Bat reluctantly let go. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

He nodded, blushed, and put his arm around her. 

They waited for several minutes. The woman called out seemingly random numbers— five, sixty two, twenty three, forty. Eventually she called forty six and Bat reluctantly let go. 

Doesn't seem like there's much order to the system, she noted.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

8 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Doesn't seem like there's much order to the system, she noted.

There is. He led her down the rows of rooms. The numbers don’t mean anything but where the elevators are. We use the token to work it and it drops back down. Here’s the forties. 

They turned down the aisle. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

There is. He led her down the rows of rooms. The numbers don’t mean anything but where the elevators are. We use the token to work it and it drops back down. Here’s the forties. 

They turned down the aisle. 

Ohhh . . . that makes way more sense.

She looked around.

There sure are a lot of these. Do you know how long it took to build this place?

Edited February 22, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Ohhh . . . that makes way more sense.

She looked around.

There sure are a lot of these. Do you know how long it took to build this place?

He shrugged. I dunno. A while. It’s been expanded several times, and there’s talk of reorganizing the system to make it more orderly.

He opened the door embossed with 46. The interior wasn’t carpeted, but there were benches along the outside. Bat pressed one of the two buttons and put the token into a slot, then sat down on the bench. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Halcyon The Only said:

He shrugged. I dunno. A while. It’s been expanded several times, and there’s talk of reorganizing the system to make it more orderly.

He opened the door embossed with 46. The interior wasn’t carpeted, but there were benches along the outside. Bat pressed one of the two buttons and put the token into a slot, then sat down on the bench. 

She sat next to him and rested her head on his shoulder.

[KnightSkye Reforged They/Them]

20 minutes ago, Halcyon The Only said:

She shrugged and knocked on the first one. There was no answer. 

How thick are the doors? If they are steel, and over, say, 2 inches thick his heat vision wouldn't work, but less than that he should be able so see some amount of body heat.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She sat next to him and rested her head on his shoulder.

He blushed, beaming, and put his arm around her. 

The elevator moved slowly at first, but eased into a rather speedy speed. Also, there were no birds in it, which is kind of sad. Wouldn’t it be nice to have birds in the elevator?

Spoiler

 

1 minute ago, KnightSkye said:

How thick are the doors? If they are steel, and over, say, 2 inches thick his heat vision wouldn't work, but less than that he should be able so see some amount of body heat.

They’re pretty thick, yeah. 

She kept knocking until one of the doors eased open to reveal an ashen-faced male intern. He squeaked. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

He blushed, beaming, and put his arm around her. 

The elevator moved slowly at first, but eased into a rather speedy speed. Also, there were no birds in it, which is kind of sad. Wouldn’t it be nice to have birds in the elevator?

  Reveal hidden contents

 

*confusion*

Wait, how high are we going, exactly?

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

*confusion*

Wait, how high are we going, exactly?

To the top level. 

The ride was over quickly. The elevator eased off the speed and came to a halt. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

Just now, Halcyon The Only said:

To the top level. 

The ride was over quickly. The elevator eased off the speed and came to a halt. 

Tam stood and took Bat's hand.

Huh. I hadn't realized we'd walked so far down.