The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

31 minutes ago, Immortal Platypus said:

well that's what TLT basically was, but now Glass and Haly have established dictatorial control and need reasons for things  (I'm kidding (mostly))

That makes sense. I hadn't thought of that before. *hugs* 

Reasons just make things feel justified and idk, it just felt like reasons were normal when I jumped in

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

43 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

“What did you do?”

"Same thing I did before," she growled.

37 minutes ago, Immortal Platypus said:

well that's what TLT basically was, but now Glass and Haly have established dictatorial control and need reasons for things  (I'm kidding (mostly))

I wouldn't say it's obvious. HtTYD is pretty fire.

 

But continuity

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Same thing I did before," she growled.

But continuity

"Tam!" He stopped moving and dumped her back on her feet. "Go back. Undo it." 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

5 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"Tam!" He stopped moving and dumped her back on her feet. "Go back. Undo it." 

She snorted and started down the tunnel again.

"No! I don't trust you not to drink the antidote!"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She snorted and started down the tunnel again.

"No! I don't trust you not to drink the antidote!"

"I will! I'm not gonna die before I become the Protagonist," he insisted. "Go. Just go! I don't want you to be..." 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

"I will! I'm not gonna die before I become the Protagonist," he insisted. "Go. Just go! I don't want you to be..." 

She snorted.

"Be what? In danger? Not myself? Bat, if you can do whatever you want to yourself as long as you think it's necessary, then I can, too."

She grabbed his hand and tromped down the hallway again.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

8 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She snorted.

"Be what? In danger? Not myself? Bat, if you can do whatever you want to yourself as long as you think it's necessary, then I can, too."

She grabbed his hand and tromped down the hallway again.

He didn't move. 

"I'm not erasing my personality," he growled. "Tam, go back. Right now." 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He didn't move. 

"I'm not erasing my personality," he growled. "Tam, go back. Right now." 

"I'm not going that, either. Come on."

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"I'm not going that, either. Come on."

"Tam," he growled. "We've wasted at least two minutes by now. I can't let you change who you are. Go back." 

[Immortal Platypus]

1 hour ago, Bird Furious said:

That makes sense. I hadn't thought of that before. *hugs* 

Reasons just make things feel justified and idk, it just felt like reasons were normal when I jumped in

I don't care that much  you guys are more active, so it matters a lot more to you. 

we usually had reasons for things, but they didn't have to be too well thought out. They usually were, just because that's how most of us are, but they didn't need to be. Sometimes a simple "it is what it is" would be plenty  

1 hour ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Same thing I did before," she growled.

But continuity

boooring 

Spoiler

 

Suddenly, pineapples rained down on both Bat and Tam. Because.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

15 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

Xanther smirked. "I see you can't take a little personality. My dear boy, you need to hint at something, or everyone will be completely taken off guard when apparently they have to pay attention to something. I'm trying to help you, though I suppose, if you can't take the truth, I'll just go freeze your Protagonist in Carbonite and make you find someone new." He paused. "Actually, I wouldn't. He's no threat to me anyway, so it hardly matters that you're distracting me." 

Snow giggled. "Hi," he said again, shyly. 

"That's good to hear. Even if I'm not sure I believe you." 

"Huh," she said. "So... when do I get mine?" 

“Personality? I wasn’t intending to attack you. Regardless, I already have a plan. I may follow your advice and include more foreshadowing, but I suspect this is not the stage I need help with. I will contact you again, if you are needed. Good day.” Rebus pivoted and strode away, for the very reasons Xanther had laid out. 

“Hi again!” The cylinder played. 
“I do follow through with my promises.” 
“When the Dreamsmith returns, or when someone else steps up. But the power boost I can give should suffice for the moment.” 

5 hours ago, Immortal Platypus said:

Well, they would probably either try to kill him or lock him up like the Witherlord, and I doubt he could escape from that.

The Prismite was ejected from the drone with considerable force as the drone approached the field.

Nope, he’s not that skilled. 
Rebus had expected as much (interestingly, that seemed to represent a thermodynamics violation, since as soon as a threshold was crossed more energy than that took seemed to have been applied). 

4 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Wow!" says Bacon. "That sounds like a lot of work." He chewed his smore thoughtfully. "So, what did that last sentence mean?"

“Well, much of the time knowing what he means is unnecessary. In this case, he was supposed to have been hurled, but hurtled instead, hence being made to parkour through typos - he says it’s my fault.” 

3 hours ago, epl2 said:

"I do wish." 

Rebus closed his eyes, and released a wave of something. Before it could be seen in detail, though, time had stopped and everything was words. All the Thread’s posts, in real time, were visible in real time to the two of them. 

54 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

"Same thing I did before," she growled.

But continuity

Rebus liked this turn of events. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

8 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"Tam," he growled. "We've wasted at least two minutes by now. I can't let you change who you are. Go back." 

She whirled on him.

"Oh, you can't, huh? Well, I shouldn't have let you drink that. But here we are."

She glared at him.

"I fix it when we leave."

5 minutes ago, Immortal Platypus said:

I don't care that much  you guys are more active, so it matters a lot more to you. 

we usually had reasons for things, but they didn't have to be too well thought out. They usually were, just because that's how most of us are, but they didn't need to be. Sometimes a simple "it is what it is" would be plenty  

boooring 

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Suddenly, pineapples rained down on both Bat and Tam. Because.

She growled and slapped them away.

[Immortal Platypus]

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She whirled on him.

"Oh, you can't, huh? Well, I shouldn't have let you drink that. But here we are."

She glared at him.

"I fix it when we leave."

She growled and slapped them away.

  They came back and pelted her. Hard.

3 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Personality? I wasn’t intending to attack you. Regardless, I already have a plan. I may follow your advice and include more foreshadowing, but I suspect this is not the stage I need help with. I will contact you again, if you are needed. Good day.” Rebus pivoted and strode away, for the very reasons Xanther had laid out. 

“Hi again!” The cylinder played. 
“I do follow through with my promises.” 
“When the Dreamsmith returns, or when someone else steps up. But the power boost I can give should suffice for the moment.” 

Nope, he’s not that skilled. 
Rebus had expected as much (interestingly, that seemed to represent a thermodynamics violation, since as soon as a threshold was crossed more energy than that took seemed to have been applied). 

“Well, much of the time knowing what he means is unnecessary. In this case, he was supposed to have been hurled, but hurtled instead, hence being made to parkour through typos - he says it’s my fault.” 

Rebus closed his eyes, and released a wave of something. Before it could be seen in detail, though, time had stopped and everything was words. All the Thread’s posts, in real time, were visible in real time to the two of them. 

Rebus liked this turn of events. 

TLT? Follow thermodynamics? nah.  

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

4 minutes ago, Immortal Platypus said:

I don't care that much  you guys are more active, so it matters a lot more to you. 

we usually had reasons for things, but they didn't have to be too well thought out. They usually were, just because that's how most of us are, but they didn't need to be. Sometimes a simple "it is what it is" would be plenty  

boooring 

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Suddenly, pineapples rained down on both Bat and Tam. Because.

Bat swore at the pineapples. What was with pineapples? 

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Personality? I wasn’t intending to attack you. Regardless, I already have a plan. I may follow your advice and include more foreshadowing, but I suspect this is not the stage I need help with. I will contact you again, if you are needed. Good day.” Rebus pivoted and strode away, for the very reasons Xanther had laid out. 

“Hi again!” The cylinder played. 
“I do follow through with my promises.” 
“When the Dreamsmith returns, or when someone else steps up. But the power boost I can give should suffice for the moment.” 

Nope, he’s not that skilled. 
Rebus had expected as much (interestingly, that seemed to represent a thermodynamics violation, since as soon as a threshold was crossed more energy than that took seemed to have been applied). 

“Well, much of the time knowing what he means is unnecessary. In this case, he was supposed to have been hurled, but hurtled instead, hence being made to parkour through typos - he says it’s my fault.” 

Rebus closed his eyes, and released a wave of something. Before it could be seen in detail, though, time had stopped and everything was words. All the Thread’s posts, in real time, were visible in real time to the two of them. 

Rebus liked this turn of events. 

Xanther gave a simple two-fingered salute and went off to find the library. He was quite put out to find that Symbol had burned it to ash already. 

Snow giggled again. "What's your name?" 

"So far, you do. And I highly appreciate it." 

"Sounds good," Rose said eagerly. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

5 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus liked this turn of events. 

owowwwwwwwwwwwww

1 minute ago, Immortal Platypus said:

  They came back and pelted her. Hard.

But the didn't, because continuity

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

2 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

She whirled on him.

"Oh, you can't, huh? Well, I shouldn't have let you drink that. But here we are."

She glared at him.

"I fix it when we leave."

He snarled, then turned and ran down the tunnels. Though not attempting to outrun Tam, he did. The adenol pushed him to run faster, faster, to find some way to use all that energy in his veins. 

1 minute ago, Through The Living Glass said:

owowwwwwwwwwwwww

But the didn't, because continuity

But they did, because Authors  

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

He snarled, then turned and ran down the tunnels. Though not attempting to outrun Tam, he did. The adenol pushed him to run faster, faster, to find some way to use all that energy in his veins. 

But they did, because Authors  

She angrily chased after him as fast as she could.

Boooo.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

Just now, Through The Living Glass said:

She angrily chased after him as fast as she could.

Boooo.

Hehe. 

After just a little while and no turns, Bat arrived at a thick metal door with a latch lock. He opened it and jumped out...

Into the room they'd just left, crumpled door and all. 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Just now, Immortal Platypus said:

TLT? Follow thermodynamics? nah.  

Rebus supposed that was true. In fact, he would have some problems if it did. 

1 minute ago, Bird Furious said:

Xanther gave a simple two-fingered salute and went off to find the library. He was quite put out to find that Symbol had burned it to ash already. 

Snow giggled again. "What's your name?" 

"So far, you do. And I highly appreciate it." 

"Sounds good," Rose said eagerly. 

Rebus thought that an “Author” would know that the books themselves had not been the information medium. 
“I don’t have one. Do you think Chord is a good name?” 
Rebus smiled at her, then looked out at the gardens again. 
“Great! Come with me.” Since Rose would still also be where she was, Rebus teleported the two of them. They floated above a forest, mountains on the horizon. No people were to be seen. 

3 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

owowwwwwwwwwwwww

Is that ow ow, or o wow? 

[Immortal Platypus]

13 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Bat swore at the pineapples. What was with pineapples? 

Xanther gave a simple two-fingered salute and went off to find the library. He was quite put out to find that Symbol had burned it to ash already. 

Snow giggled again. "What's your name?" 

"So far, you do. And I highly appreciate it." 

"Sounds good," Rose said eagerly. 

They swore back at him with curses like "Storms," "Scud," and their personal favorite, "Son of the Sands!"

12 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

owowwwwwwwwwwwww

But the didn't, because continuity

There was actually no continuity in the way of them coming back  

11 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

He snarled, then turned and ran down the tunnels. Though not attempting to outrun Tam, he did. The adenol pushed him to run faster, faster, to find some way to use all that energy in his veins. 

But they did, because Authors  

I appreciate it  The pineapples followed him, practically bellowing their curses.

2 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus supposed that was true. In fact, he would have some problems if it did. 

Rebus thought that an “Author” would know that the books themselves had not been the information medium. 
“I don’t have one. Do you think Chord is a good name?” 
Rebus smiled at her, then looked out at the gardens again. 
“Great! Come with me.” Since Rose would still also be where she was, Rebus teleported the two of them. They floated above a forest, mountains on the horizon. No people were to be seen. 

Is that ow ow, or o wow? 

The vast majority of everyone would.

Edited May 1, 2025 by Immortal Platypus

[xinoehp512 he/him]

4 hours ago, Hawks said:

she scrunched her face confused "perpetuating... i just... help people. And keep cade undercontrol."

"Help how? Monster vanquishing? Soul rescuing? Food delivery?"

2 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

Aww pshhhh  

He hesitated. 

Scuddit, he was wasting precious seconds…

”Okay. Uh… it’ll be okay. You go back to my cabin, okay? Or to the party. And I’ll come once I’ve done some poking around.”

She shrugged. “Maybe it will.”

YOU’VE SEEN IT??

Hehehehe :3 

zuko is my baby

so is Iroh I love them both

Bacon sighed. "Well, if you insist."

He proceeded to suck on Symbol's arm. Absolutely no blood flowed.

2 hours ago, Sequence said:

"Oh, wonderful!" Sequence clasped her hands together with a smile, looking around her surroundings.
"I'm deeply sorry for missing the start of the party, I know that I promised to help prepare and host..." Sequence rubbed her temples gently.
"I've just been so busy out of it recently... But! I am here now, and I'd be happy to help where I can!" She said brightly.
"By the way, lovely to see you again, Bacon," she added with a smile.

"Likewise," said Bacon with a nod.

8 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Personality? I wasn’t intending to attack you. Regardless, I already have a plan. I may follow your advice and include more foreshadowing, but I suspect this is not the stage I need help with. I will contact you again, if you are needed. Good day.” Rebus pivoted and strode away, for the very reasons Xanther had laid out. 

“Hi again!” The cylinder played. 
“I do follow through with my promises.” 
“When the Dreamsmith returns, or when someone else steps up. But the power boost I can give should suffice for the moment.” 

Nope, he’s not that skilled. 
Rebus had expected as much (interestingly, that seemed to represent a thermodynamics violation, since as soon as a threshold was crossed more energy than that took seemed to have been applied). 

“Well, much of the time knowing what he means is unnecessary. In this case, he was supposed to have been hurled, but hurtled instead, hence being made to parkour through typos - he says it’s my fault.” 

Rebus closed his eyes, and released a wave of something. Before it could be seen in detail, though, time had stopped and everything was words. All the Thread’s posts, in real time, were visible in real time to the two of them. 

Rebus liked this turn of events. 

"Your fault, eh?" Bacon observed him with a closer eye. 

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

2 minutes ago, Immortal Platypus said:

There was actually no continuity in the way of them coming back  
The vast majority of everyone would.

In fact, since they’d existed for a long time, continuity was on their side. 
That being said, the parts of thermodynamics most people broke weren’t usually the same that Rebus did. Even Narration was supposedly free energy that made an open system. 

2 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

"Your fault, eh?" Bacon observed him with a closer eye. 

The young man seemed pretty average. Dressed in 21st century hiking clothes, he was fairly tall, with brown hair, light skin, and glasses. He’d glance at his phone on occasion, as if he was getting countless notifications and wanted to make sure none were urgent. Actually, he seemed much more normal than the party guests around him. 

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

18 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“Personality? I wasn’t intending to attack you. Regardless, I already have a plan. I may follow your advice and include more foreshadowing, but I suspect this is not the stage I need help with. I will contact you again, if you are needed. Good day.” Rebus pivoted and strode away, for the very reasons Xanther had laid out. 

“Hi again!” The cylinder played. 
“I do follow through with my promises.” 
“When the Dreamsmith returns, or when someone else steps up. But the power boost I can give should suffice for the moment.” 

Nope, he’s not that skilled. 
Rebus had expected as much (interestingly, that seemed to represent a thermodynamics violation, since as soon as a threshold was crossed more energy than that took seemed to have been applied). 

“Well, much of the time knowing what he means is unnecessary. In this case, he was supposed to have been hurled, but hurtled instead, hence being made to parkour through typos - he says it’s my fault.” 

Rebus closed his eyes, and released a wave of something. Before it could be seen in detail, though, time had stopped and everything was words. All the Thread’s posts, in real time, were visible in real time to the two of them. 

Rebus liked this turn of events. 

"Oh... oh this is interesting... not at all what I expected." 

After watching the Thread for some minutes, Taeidin took some stones and began stacking them on top of one another. He observed the final result and noted that Rebus could end his Thread Awareness. He also noted that this was the first time his findings appeared in the posts if he did not talk about them. 

"I should have assumed that would happen. Take me back, please." 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

47 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Hehe. 

After just a little while and no turns, Bat arrived at a thick metal door with a latch lock. He opened it and jumped out...

Into the room they'd just left, crumpled door and all. 

Tam puffed up behind him, confused.

44 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus supposed that was true. In fact, he would have some problems if it did. 

Rebus thought that an “Author” would know that the books themselves had not been the information medium. 
“I don’t have one. Do you think Chord is a good name?” 
Rebus smiled at her, then looked out at the gardens again. 
“Great! Come with me.” Since Rose would still also be where she was, Rebus teleported the two of them. They floated above a forest, mountains on the horizon. No people were to be seen. 

Is that ow ow, or o wow? 

Yes

42 minutes ago, Immortal Platypus said:

They swore back at him with curses like "Storms," "Scud," and their personal favorite, "Son of the Sands!"

There was actually no continuity in the way of them coming back  

I appreciate it  The pineapples followed him, practically bellowing their curses.

The vast majority of everyone would.

Well too bad

40 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon sighed. "Well, if you insist."

He proceeded to suck on Symbol's arm. Absolutely no blood flowed.

. . . what

[Keke They/he]

43 minutes ago, xinoehp512 said:

5 hours ago, Hawks said:

she scrunched her face confused "perpetuating... i just... help people. And keep cade undercontrol."

"Help how? Monster vanquishing? Soul rescuing? Food delivery?"

"in any ways... do you need any form of help Bacon?" sera asked curiously

Cade sighed loudly "are you seriously asking if you can HELP him?!"