The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, THE DEMON said:

The roomba whirred and the mailbox flicked its flag up and down as if waving

Shoe waved back and sat somewhere.

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Shoe waved back and sat somewhere.

They wandered over and sat next to them

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, THE DEMON said:

They wandered over and sat next to them

He scooted out of the say so his girlfriend could sit down.

@Bird Furious

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

He scooted out of the say so his girlfriend could sit down.

@Bird Furious

The roomba starts whirring in a comprehensible language 

“hellllo theeeree” it whirs, “III ammm Roombob and thisssss is Mailbrad”

Mailbrad opens and closes his ‘mouth’ as if to agree 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

2 minutes ago, THE DEMON said:

The roomba starts whirring in a comprehensible language 

“hellllo theeeree” it whirs, “III ammm Roombob and thisssss is Mailbrad”

Mailbrad opens and closes his ‘mouth’ as if to agree 

Shoe just raised an eyebrow and waved again.

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

They both ‘stare’ confused 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, THE DEMON said:

They both ‘stare’ confused 

Shoe mimed something and basically showed them that he wasn't able to talk.

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

Shoe mimed something and basically showed them that he wasn't able to talk.

“Ahhh okaaay” Rommbob whirred 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 hours ago, THE DEMON said:

In that station a roomba and mailbox were waiting for a train

Beosta was suspicious of the foreign objects. 

3 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She very quickly came back.

"Yes? Are you okay? Do you need anything??"

-

Shoe walked in.

-

. . . Kinda. Most of them do. But there are a couple big ones -like Antagonist or Protagonist- that can't just be found or created, y'know?

-

"Being more involved in creating plots . . ."

He looked at them curiously.

“Yes. No. Yes.” Haly grabbed her. 

-

Bat frowned. “I mean… I guess.”

-

“Oh! Yay!” Haly clapped her hands. 

3 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

He scooted out of the say so his girlfriend could sit down.

@Bird Furious

She did, eyeing the items suspiciously. 

3 hours ago, THE DEMON said:

The roomba starts whirring in a comprehensible language 

“hellllo theeeree” it whirs, “III ammm Roombob and thisssss is Mailbrad”

Mailbrad opens and closes his ‘mouth’ as if to agree 

She stared. 

3 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Shoe mimed something and basically showed them that he wasn't able to talk.

3 hours ago, THE DEMON said:

“Ahhh okaaay” Rommbob whirred 

Livetha connected them. He could now speak mentally with the roomba and the mailbox. 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

On 4/16/2025 at 2:02 PM, Through The Living Glass said:

hmph

"Alright. Who were you thinking?"

*sigh*

I'm sure they'll come back

Rebus smiled and waved. I wouldn’t be much of an antagonist if I wasn’t an obstacle, now would I? 
“I’m not sure, actually. I might bring Sagerian or Everet back, or maybe Capt’n Exposition.” 
I agree, but I hope he’s doing well. 

On 4/16/2025 at 2:57 PM, Bird Furious said:

"It is a problem," Haly mumbled, tapping a pen against her mouth. "And I agree--- we'll have to wait. Which begs the question of what to do in the meantime. I have things with Symbol we could do--- though of course it'll require writing up some stuff, and due to my latent laziness, that might have to wait until evening after my writing hour. Or I suppose I could write up some things during that hour. Honestly, right now we need to kill time." She paused. "And recruit, actually. Recruiting is a good idea. We'll need more of a core group to be truly passionate about the Thread, beyond three people. I'll speak to two of my friends who, if not writers, are on par to become good ones. If we could manage to get them invested... and perhaps attract fringe roleplayers less interested in the meta... Sharders like Hawks, SpiritOfWrath, Echo, and even Sequence. Personally, I'd love to see more GMs around. I run over half of the active storylines, and drive nearly all of them. I worry what will happen when I inevitably leave if we can't attract more GMs. Cookie had promise in that area."

"Agreed. I have what I need for now, though I'll probably have to come back to my Author's ghost works later."

Rose could have hugged Cricket, but didn't want to in front of the Dreamsmith. @TwinStorm

And Nemesis took his soul just as he had the dragon's. Now on to some real prey. After he made some enemies, of course. 

“I’d agree on the recruiting, and I’d be fine GMing things, though I have a similar time problem recently. One issue with more people is the swamping effect of all the posts, though maybe we can shift back to a bit more jump-in nonsense, or even a character nobody has ultimate Authority over.” 
“Excellent. I should find some minor characters so some of my deals will be onscreen, but other than that I believe we’re clear till the party.” 
The castle no longer had eyebrows, and the ghost seethed within its bead.

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

“Yes. No. Yes.” Haly grabbed her. 

-

Bat frowned. “I mean… I guess.”

-

“Oh! Yay!” Haly clapped her hands. 

Glass hugged her tightly.

-

Tam sighed. I dunno. It's weird.

She shrugged. So . . . you still wanting to go for the Plotblade?

-

She smiled.

2 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

She stared. 

Shoe was also extremely confused.

4 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus smiled and waved. I wouldn’t be much of an antagonist if I wasn’t an obstacle, now would I? 
“I’m not sure, actually. I might bring Sagerian or Everet back, or maybe Capt’n Exposition.” 
I agree, but I hope he’s doing well. 

"'Weren't,' not 'wasn't,' Rebus. But yes."

"That could be fun. Everett was with Echo's character, right?"

Same

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"'Weren't,' not 'wasn't,' Rebus. But yes."

"That could be fun. Everett was with Echo's character, right?"

Same

Wait, wouldn’t “was not” and “were not” be pretty close in meaning? Is the “much of” causing the difference? 
Heir thought for a second. “I think that was Jack - Everet was the random guy from that superhero world. But honestly, since Nemesis was messing with Jack I think he’s not with the ghost-whose-name-I-forgot anymore.” 

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

15 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Beosta was suspicious of the foreign objects. 

“Yes. No. Yes.” Haly grabbed her. 

-

Bat frowned. “I mean… I guess.”

-

“Oh! Yay!” Haly clapped her hands. 

She did, eyeing the items suspiciously. 

She stared. 

Livetha connected them. He could now speak mentally with the roomba and the mailbox. 

“Mmm…” Roombob thought Mailbart was ranting on about how when he slept, people would stuff paper in his mouth

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

Wait, wouldn’t “was not” and “were not” be pretty close in meaning? Is the “much of” causing the difference? 
Heir thought for a second. “I think that was Jack - Everet was the random guy from that superhero world. But honestly, since Nemesis was messing with Jack I think he’s not with the ghost-whose-name-I-forgot anymore.” 

They are, but you use "weren't" when talking about yourself in the past tense, and "wasn't" when talking about objects in the past tense. It also depends on what the subject is doing.

"Eleanor, that's right. I . . . don't remember where they were, honestly."

1 minute ago, THE DEMON said:

“Mmm…” Roombob thought Mailbart was ranting on about how when he slept, people would stuff paper in his mouth

Uh . . .

Shoe was really weirded out.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

14 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus smiled and waved. I wouldn’t be much of an antagonist if I wasn’t an obstacle, now would I? 
“I’m not sure, actually. I might bring Sagerian or Everet back, or maybe Capt’n Exposition.” 
I agree, but I hope he’s doing well. 

“I’d agree on the recruiting, and I’d be fine GMing things, though I have a similar time problem recently. One issue with more people is the swamping effect of all the posts, though maybe we can shift back to a bit more jump-in nonsense, or even a character nobody has ultimate Authority over.” 
“Excellent. I should find some minor characters so some of my deals will be onscreen, but other than that I believe we’re clear till the party.” 
The castle no longer had eyebrows, and the ghost seethed within its bead.

“Our main problem is that all of our characters are living in the meta. Perhaps if you could steer Rebus and Symbol towards creating a sort of false reality for other characters for whatever reason, that sort of thing could be beneficial. Or, if you’d like to collaborate with me on Ice’s story, she has gotten little screen time and believes herself to be in a video game. Perhaps we could set up her overseers, as well as some characters within her reality to add drama. To your earlier point, some utter nonsense would be fine as long as it didn’t poison the main plot too much, which, since the main plot characters are all Thread-aware, isn’t a concern. We need more of every level, or the Thread will fall.”

”I can think of several minor characters off the top of my head, if you haven’t any in mind.”

Nemesis smiled at that, then sighed. Life was so purposeless without a nemesis. 

7 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Glass hugged her tightly.

-

Tam sighed. I dunno. It's weird.

She shrugged. So . . . you still wanting to go for the Plotblade?

-

She smiled.

Shoe was also extremely confused.

"'Weren't,' not 'wasn't,' Rebus. But yes."

"That could be fun. Everett was with Echo's character, right?"

Same

Haly hugged her too. 

-

He shook his head and fell back in the sand. 

-

Beosta took his hand. 

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Wait, wouldn’t “was not” and “were not” be pretty close in meaning? Is the “much of” causing the difference? 
Heir thought for a second. “I think that was Jack - Everet was the random guy from that superhero world. But honestly, since Nemesis was messing with Jack I think he’s not with the ghost-whose-name-I-forgot anymore.” 

 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

Haly hugged her too. 

-

He shook his head and fell back in the sand. 

-

Beosta took his hand. 

"You okay?" she whispered.

-

She looked at him sadly and laid down next to him.

Well . . . is there anything you do want to do? Can you think of anything?

-

He smiled at her and waited for the train.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

5 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"You okay?" she whispered.

-

She looked at him sadly and laid down next to him.

Well . . . is there anything you do want to do? Can you think of anything?

-

He smiled at her and waited for the train.

She nodded and hugged harder. 

-

Bat shrugged. “What is there to do? It’s just us and them.”

-

The train finally pulled in. It was a very cute train. 

[THE SEER OF ALL genderfluid]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

She nodded and hugged harder. 

-

Bat shrugged. “What is there to do? It’s just us and them.”

-

The train finally pulled in. It was a very cute train. 

“Humans are weird” Roombob sighs to himself self

”what brings you here?” He asks Shoe and Bat

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

9 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

They are, but you use "weren't" when talking about yourself in the past tense, and "wasn't" when talking about objects in the past tense. It also depends on what the subject is doing.

"Eleanor, that's right. I . . . don't remember where they were, honestly."

Alright. Rebus is talking about a hypothetical present (which, to make matters worse, is narrated in past tense) that would be the case if he’s taken different actions, so past tense might be completely wrong altogether. Anyway, I may go research grammar and get back to you. 
“Somebody at the same time as that plot was in Cheesetown, but I don’t think it was them.” 

7 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“Our main problem is that all of our characters are living in the meta. Perhaps if you could steer Rebus and Symbol towards creating a sort of false reality for other characters for whatever reason, that sort of thing could be beneficial. Or, if you’d like to collaborate with me on Ice’s story, she has gotten little screen time and believes herself to be in a video game. Perhaps we could set up her overseers, as well as some characters within her reality to add drama. To your earlier point, some utter nonsense would be fine as long as it didn’t poison the main plot too much, which, since the main plot characters are all Thread-aware, isn’t a concern. We need more of every level, or the Thread will fall.”

”I can think of several minor characters off the top of my head, if you haven’t any in mind.”

Nemesis smiled at that, then sighed. Life was so purposeless without a nemesis. 

Heir interjected his opinions in between Haly’s sentences. “Agreed… I can see him doing that, though it might count as lying… IcedOutPenguin, correct? I could help with it… Agreed, and agreed. I’ll see if I can put some advertising somewhere - maybe I’ll rebuild my signature.” 
“I can think of plenty of my Author’s characters, but not a pertinent established character written by anyone else. Maybe the mailbox, honestly - I could start a plotline, though I myself shouldn’t participate.” 
Interestingly for Nemesis, Heir had come up with yet another character. And this one was the right power level and temperament for just that! Maybe, at least… 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

19 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

She nodded and hugged harder. 

-

Bat shrugged. “What is there to do? It’s just us and them.”

-

The train finally pulled in. It was a very cute train. 

"I'm sorry," she said quietly.

-

She rested her head on his arm.

Them?

-

He stood and walked towards it, looking at Beosta happily.

17 minutes ago, THE DEMON said:

“Humans are weird” Roombob sighs to himself self

”what brings you here?” He asks Shoe and Bat

Uh . . . the train.

14 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Alright. Rebus is talking about a hypothetical present (which, to make matters worse, is narrated in past tense) that would be the case if he’s taken different actions, so past tense might be completely wrong altogether. Anyway, I may go research grammar and get back to you. 
“Somebody at the same time as that plot was in Cheesetown, but I don’t think it was them.” 

Heir interjected his opinions in between Haly’s sentences. “Agreed… I can see him doing that, though it might count as lying… IcedOutPenguin, correct? I could help with it… Agreed, and agreed. I’ll see if I can put some advertising somewhere - maybe I’ll rebuild my signature.” 
“I can think of plenty of my Author’s characters, but not a pertinent established character written by anyone else. Maybe the mailbox, honestly - I could start a plotline, though I myself shouldn’t participate.” 
Interestingly for Nemesis, Heir had come up with yet another character. And this one was the right power level and temperament for just that! Maybe, at least… 

All good  I suppose I'm not an expert 

"I'm going to change something my signature- maybe add a little picture."

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

I am confused. Can someone give context? I want to join but I just finished page 1 and don't want to read 3961 pages. *grumbles* time to add 20 more notifications a day... (note: am only here bc of Glass and Bird)

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

23 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

All good  I suppose I'm not an expert 

"I'm going to change something my signature- maybe add a little picture."

I’m also not an expert, but I will endeavor to find time and research more grammar and sentence clarity. 
“I just did the same, actually.” 

5 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

I am confused. Can someone give context? I want to join but I just finished page 1 and don't want to read 3961 pages. *grumbles* time to add 20 more notifications a day... (note: am only here bc of Glass and Bird)

Rebus appeared, and waved ‘up’ at the Author. “Hello, and welcome to The Longest Thread, otherwise known as TLT. Most of the pages in the beginning and middle are unimportant - we’ve ended up with a lot of lore, a few magic systems, and numerous established characters, but you don’t need to know that to join. Someone can give you or your characters a rundown later. As you’ve probably guessed, some characters - including myself - can break the fourth wall, and directly see the post content and/or interact with the Authors. Effectively anything goes, but you must bold your text - preferably in past tense third person - in order for it to be canon.” 

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

45 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Alright. Rebus is talking about a hypothetical present (which, to make matters worse, is narrated in past tense) that would be the case if he’s taken different actions, so past tense might be completely wrong altogether. Anyway, I may go research grammar and get back to you. 
“Somebody at the same time as that plot was in Cheesetown, but I don’t think it was them.” 

Heir interjected his opinions in between Haly’s sentences. “Agreed… I can see him doing that, though it might count as lying… IcedOutPenguin, correct? I could help with it… Agreed, and agreed. I’ll see if I can put some advertising somewhere - maybe I’ll rebuild my signature.” 
“I can think of plenty of my Author’s characters, but not a pertinent established character written by anyone else. Maybe the mailbox, honestly - I could start a plotline, though I myself shouldn’t participate.” 
Interestingly for Nemesis, Heir had come up with yet another character. And this one was the right power level and temperament for just that! Maybe, at least… 

“Not IcedOutPenguin. My character, Ice.”

”What kind of character are you hoping for?”

Nemesis wished he knew how to find a tropical beach. 

 

29 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"I'm sorry," she said quietly.

-

She rested her head on his arm.

Them?

-

He stood and walked towards it, looking at Beosta happily.

Uh . . . the train.

All good  I suppose I'm not an expert 

"I'm going to change something my signature- maybe add a little picture."

“Yeah. Them. Everyone else. Rebus and Lady Bug and everyone.”

-

She blushed happily. 

-

“I should too…”

11 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

I am confused. Can someone give context? I want to join but I just finished page 1 and don't want to read 3961 pages. *grumbles* time to add 20 more notifications a day... (note: am only here bc of Glass and Bird)

No context needed. We need more chaos plotlines!  THANSK FOR COMING :D:D:D

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

I’m also not an expert, but I will endeavor to find time and research more grammar and sentence clarity. 
“I just did the same, actually.” 

Rebus appeared, and waved ‘up’ at the Author. “Hello, and welcome to The Longest Thread, otherwise known as TLT. Most of the pages in the beginning and middle are unimportant - we’ve ended up with a lot of lore, a few magic systems, and numerous established characters, but you don’t need to know that to join. Someone can give you or your characters a rundown later. As you’ve probably guessed, some characters - including myself - can break the fourth wall, and directly see the post content and/or interact with the Authors. Effectively anything goes, but you must bold your text - preferably in past tense third person - in order for it to be canon.” 

Don’t be scared. It’s simple. 

A mountain goat yawned. 

[CoderDrag0n8 He/They]

18 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

“Not IcedOutPenguin. My character, Ice.”

”What kind of character are you hoping for?”

Nemesis wished he knew how to find a tropical beach. 

 

“Yeah. Them. Everyone else. Rebus and Lady Bug and everyone.”

-

She blushed happily. 

-

“I should too…”

No context needed. We need more chaos plotlines!  THANSK FOR COMING :D:D:D

Don’t be scared. It’s simple. 

A mountain goat yawned. 

18 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

I’m also not an expert, but I will endeavor to find time and research more grammar and sentence clarity. 
“I just did the same, actually.” 

Rebus appeared, and waved ‘up’ at the Author. “Hello, and welcome to The Longest Thread, otherwise known as TLT. Most of the pages in the beginning and middle are unimportant - we’ve ended up with a lot of lore, a few magic systems, and numerous established characters, but you don’t need to know that to join. Someone can give you or your characters a rundown later. As you’ve probably guessed, some characters - including myself - can break the fourth wall, and directly see the post content and/or interact with the Authors. Effectively anything goes, but you must bold your text - preferably in past tense third person - in order for it to be canon.” 

I would like eto know the magic systems (i'ma sucker for worldbuilding) but alright.

Muinomednap (or Muin) appears. He is an incredibly powerful Corrupter (Similar to shifters). Note: If you want to know more about shifting and other magic systems I might bring up, check out my references blog.

Edited April 18, 2025 by CoderDrag0n8

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

49 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

I’m also not an expert, but I will endeavor to find time and research more grammar and sentence clarity. 
“I just did the same, actually.” 

Fair

"Ah, right, I'll do that now."

43 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“Yeah. Them. Everyone else. Rebus and Lady Bug and everyone.”

-

She blushed happily. 

-

“I should too…”

Well . . . what about them, then? What do you mean?

-

He smiled at her and got on the train.

I wonder where this goes.

-

She nodded and hugged Haly again.

13 minutes ago, CoderDrag0n8 said:

I would like eto know the magic systems (i'ma sucker for worldbuilding) but alright.

Muinomednap (or Muin) appears. He is an incredibly powerful Shifter from Zion and Nalthis. Note: If you want to know more about shifting and other magic systems I might bring up, check out my references blog.

hmmm . . .

What if we just show you the magic systems?

A man suddenly appeared next to him.

"Hello. I'm Utility. Who are you?" he asked, knowing full-well the man's name was Muin.

Edited April 17, 2025 by Through The Living Glass