The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

Just now, Hawks said:

he teleports toa. Planet and does the thing and does itbon another planet idk im dying inside

Rebus was glad about the first part. 
Heir was worried about the second part - can I be of any help? 

[Keke They/he]

1 minute ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus was glad about the first part. 
Heir was worried about the second part - can I be of any help? 

Cade does this process alot

unless he wants to tutor me in algebra at nighttime 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

5 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

Rebus waved, and as soon as Cade blinked or looked away, he was gone. 

Rebus had thought he was still asleep, though the point was still valid. 

Oh, he was asleep.

But yk

That doesn't have to matter :3

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

3 minutes ago, Hawks said:

Cade does this process alot

unless he wants to tutor me in algebra at nighttime 

That was good - for Rebus, at least. 
Uh, honestly I would, but YouTube is probably more comprehensive and easier to access than I. 

4 minutes ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Oh, he was asleep.

But yk

That doesn't have to matter :3

Rebus kept waiting, for he knew his Author was about to eat dinner. 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

8 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

"From your Author?" said Bacon, alarmed. "Burn it!"

"Whatever do you mean? Surely a squirrel is a squirrel."

"Right then. One moment, please."

Bacon retired to the restroom to wash off the glitter. When he returned, he was as sparkly as ever. In fact, the glitter seemed to have multiplied.

"How tragic! Where is this poor soul?"

*microwave finishes*

*at last, SOUP*

"Wait, why? What do you mean?"

[Keke They/he]

38 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

That was good - for Rebus, at least. 
Uh, honestly I would, but YouTube is probably more comprehensive and easier to access than I. 

Rebus kept waiting, for he knew his Author was about to eat dinner. 

ahem Cade does it more idk.

*shrug*

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

46 minutes ago, Hawks said:

ahem Cade does it more idk.

*shrug*

We can just say he’s doing it offscreen - though Rebus had expected Cade to plant it on planets as Pyk and Asher traveled. 

59 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

"Wait, why? What do you mean?"

The young man roasting marshmallows, who was presumably nearby since they were both talking to Bacon, and neither had walked away or teleported, noted, “a lot of people are scared of Authors, probably for good reason. Manipulation, godlike powers, and all that. Basically Narrators but worse. From what I’ve overheard, you indeed probably don’t want to mess with that thing - generally a savior complex is a problem.” 

[TwinStorm He/Him]

1 hour ago, Dragonheir said:

We can just say he’s doing it offscreen - though Rebus had expected Cade to plant it on planets as Pyk and Asher traveled. 

The young man roasting marshmallows, who was presumably nearby since they were both talking to Bacon, and neither had walked away or teleported, noted, “a lot of people are scared of Authors, probably for good reason. Manipulation, godlike powers, and all that. Basically Narrators but worse. From what I’ve overheard, you indeed probably don’t want to mess with that thing - generally a savior complex is a problem.” 

"Well, if it helps me saves lives . . ." Cricket replied stubbornly.

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

8 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

aw hi

Sheldon ate a baby turtle-sized pineapple.

It was quite delicious.

Bro was cooking his soup for two days

Finally! Tam thought, waiting to see what would happen.

-

Adorable. Almost as adorable as her convenience store sandcastle :3

Shoe was dreaming about muffins. Beosta was there with him, of course.

The city beyond it was incredible. 

The sky was shiny--- well, the top of the cavern was coated with a shiny metal that had a sky-like effect. There was no visible sun, but a tiny, almost-too-bright-to-look-at orb sat on a spire at the top of every single building. The buildings themselves, at least in this area of town, were made with sweeping architecture and no particular theme. One building stood, large and grand, made of glimmering white concrete. Another swept low to the ground like a splash and seemed mostly constructed of metal and glass. Somehow, though, there was a very cohesive feel to the entire area. Like it should and did function as a single city. 

Bat felt dizzy. This was nothing like back home. 

So this was what they'd all been missing... 

-

Hehe. Yeah. 

The Beosta in the dream, though, had red hair and strange, pointed teeth. She'd also get a wicked grin on her face when Shoe wasn't looking. 

6 hours ago, xinoehp512 said:

Bacon saluted, vanishing in a puff of bacon flavored smoke.

"You don't happen to have glitter remover, do you?" asked Bacon hopefully.

Worth

I mean, it's SOUP

She offered him a small device that looked like a glue stick. 

4 hours ago, Dragonheir said:

“I didn’t say it wouldn’t be. Oh - don’t break these things unless you want a pretty significant explosion; they’re powered by antimatter, though they are quite durable.” 

Actually, I’ve been pulling how Chord should work from a YouTube video someone showed me - they made a piano that could move its keys, and figured out how to make it talk. “Yup! Do you like any songs?” 
Rebus kept walking, looking around at the mountain(?). After a moment, he spoke again, “I understand if you wouldn’t want to be away from your family, so I created three different options - plus, of course, declining. Firstly, you could continue to live here, but work in my laboratory - the technology I have is advanced enough to provide nigh-instantaneously transportation. Secondly, you and your family could come live nearby to my laboratory - again, advanced technology means you could have basically whatever you needed. I’ve been trying to give it out and improve living standards, but people are reluctant for some reason. Thirdly, you could have most of my schematics and test materials here - there are some that I want to classify, of course - and send in any progress or prototype designs you can’t make here. As for payment, I can do a lot of things - advanced technology, once again. I doubt you’d actually have a use for a bunch of pure gold, or a diamond the size of a house, but occasionally people have asked me for them, and that is a thing I can make with little trouble. I’m not trying to bribe you or anything - honestly dealing in material goods stops making sense once you have space travel and cascade production - but I can probably deliver whatever you ask.” 
Rebus would have tears in his eyes, but as usual he didn’t do that automatically. “And I’ll be with you - and waiting for you here, protecting the two of us so we can do this.” 

Rebus chuckled. “What about ‘requires a layer of nanomachines a foot thick’ did I not articulate? I can do levitation and telekinesis via utility fog, ‘iron skin’ which will actually be far stronger via nanomachine armor, lightning via electro-lasers or tesla coils, energy blasts via normal lasers or an approximation via utility fog, acid spit via either manufacturing acid or self-replicating nanomachines, healing via nanomachines, enhanced physical abilities via nanomachines, barriers via utility fog, any kind of conjuration via molecular assembly… anyway, most of the powers you might want can be duplicated through utility fog, molecular assembly, and enhancement nanomachines - and I also have lasers, antigravity, teleporters, and any sort of normal technology.” Rebus wasn’t actually sure who he was talking to, so he decided that he explained similar information to both Beosta and Rose. 
No, actually. I’m not done being with Symbol. I’m sure you’re very altruistic and all, but I’m actually quite selfish, and don’t care too much if you’re saving the world. If you tell me what you’re doing to her, she might simply let you - and I’ll go with her. Otherwise, unless you’d like to be sent a mentally hazardous message, go away. 

Rebus sighed, since he’d literally just made an entire planet into potential sleeping locations. But he stayed awake through the entire night, though completely immobile in parade rest. Maybe Shoe would want to retroactively talk to him - Beosta could stay asleep. 

“Yes. A squirrel is a squirrel, and I am me. If I was a squirrel, I would still be me, unless I wasn’t me, in which case I would be a squirrel, but I wouldn’t be a squirrel. S’more?” 

Aw, sick. 

"Can you play Spring?" 

-

He nodded thoughtfully, letting the thoughtful silence stretch thoughtfully before he spoke. 
"To begin with, I would prefer to work here when possible," he articulated thoughtfully, in a very deliberate manner. "For a first payment, I would like to secure my family's future, so perhaps the locations of some diamond mines I ought to invest in. After that, normal hourly wages or a salary would suffice, which I could perhaps spend occasionally on some of your technology and commodities." He paused thoughtfully. "Have you any excellent colleges?" 
He was a very thoughtful man. 

-

Symbol hugged her knees a little tighter. "I already feel human enough," she whispered. "I don't know if I'm ready. Rebus, if... if something goes wrong... if I go wrong... fix me? Please?" 

-

"Iron skin and electric shocks," Beosta decided. 

-

"Fire?" Rose asked hopefully. 

-

I'm just giving her some trauma, Lady Bug replied sweetly. Exactly what she wanted. I'll be cutting off most of her abilities in just a moment, and I won't ask for your permission. 

1 hour ago, Dragonheir said:

We can just say he’s doing it offscreen - though Rebus had expected Cade to plant it on planets as Pyk and Asher traveled. 

The young man roasting marshmallows, who was presumably nearby since they were both talking to Bacon, and neither had walked away or teleported, noted, “a lot of people are scared of Authors, probably for good reason. Manipulation, godlike powers, and all that. Basically Narrators but worse. From what I’ve overheard, you indeed probably don’t want to mess with that thing - generally a savior complex is a problem.” 

5 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

"Well, if it helps me saves lives . . ." Cricket replied stubbornly.

A tiny little marble with tiny little wings flew over and bumped into the marshmallows. 

"Hi," she said sadly. 

 

Edited May 6, 2025 by Bird Furious

[TwinStorm He/Him]

8 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

The city beyond it was incredible. 

The sky was shiny--- well, the top of the cavern was coated with a shiny metal that had a sky-like effect. There was no visible sun, but a tiny, almost-too-bright-to-look-at orb sat on a spire at the top of every single building. The buildings themselves, at least in this area of town, were made with sweeping architecture and no particular theme. One building stood, large and grand, made of glimmering white concrete. Another swept low to the ground like a splash and seemed mostly constructed of metal and glass. Somehow, though, there was a very cohesive feel to the entire area. Like it should and did function as a single city. 

Bat felt dizzy. This was nothing like back home. 

So this was what they'd all been missing... 

-

Hehe. Yeah. 

The Beosta in the dream, though, had red hair and strange, pointed teeth. She'd also get a wicked grin on her face when Shoe wasn't looking. 

She offered him a small device that looked like a glue stick. 

Aw, sick. 

"Can you play Spring?" 

-

He nodded thoughtfully, letting the thoughtful silence stretch thoughtfully before he spoke. 
"To begin with, I would prefer to work here when possible," he articulated thoughtfully, in a very deliberate manner. "For a first payment, I would like to secure my family's future, so perhaps the locations of some diamond mines I ought to invest in. After that, normal hourly wages or a salary would suffice, which I could perhaps spend occasionally on some of your technology and commodities." He paused thoughtfully. "Have you any excellent colleges?" 
He was a very thoughtful man. 

-

Symbol hugged her knees a little tighter. "I already feel human enough," she whispered. "I don't know if I'm ready. Rebus, if... if something goes wrong... if I go wrong... fix me? Please?" 

-

"Iron skin and electric shocks," Beosta decided. 

-

"Fire?" Rose asked hopefully. 

-

I'm just giving her some trauma, Lady Bug replied sweetly. Exactly what she wanted. I'll be cutting off most of her abilities in just a moment, and I won't ask for your permission. 

A tiny little marble with tiny little wings flew over and bumped into the marshmallows. 

"Hi," she said sadly. 

 

"Hey." he said, nodding to the marble. "How's it going?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

11 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

"Hey." he said, nodding to the marble. "How's it going?"

"I'm Spren..."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

26 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"I'm Spren..."

He frowned. "Is that your name, or what?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

10 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

He frowned. "Is that your name, or what?"

"My name," she said sadly. "But I'm not wanted where I was supposed to be..."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

7 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

"My name," she said sadly. "But I'm not wanted where I was supposed to be..."

"Where are you supposed to be?"

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

4 minutes ago, TwinStorm said:

"Where are you supposed to be?"

"With... with someone else." 

She sounded like she was about to cry... if she could cry. 

"But nobody wants me......"

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

3 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

The city beyond it was incredible. 

The sky was shiny--- well, the top of the cavern was coated with a shiny metal that had a sky-like effect. There was no visible sun, but a tiny, almost-too-bright-to-look-at orb sat on a spire at the top of every single building. The buildings themselves, at least in this area of town, were made with sweeping architecture and no particular theme. One building stood, large and grand, made of glimmering white concrete. Another swept low to the ground like a splash and seemed mostly constructed of metal and glass. Somehow, though, there was a very cohesive feel to the entire area. Like it should and did function as a single city. 

Bat felt dizzy. This was nothing like back home. 

So this was what they'd all been missing... 

-

Hehe. Yeah. 

The Beosta in the dream, though, had red hair and strange, pointed teeth. She'd also get a wicked grin on her face when Shoe wasn't looking. 

Tam hmphed.

-

Too bad he wasn't looking, then.

Shoe turned into a shoe.

3 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

"I'm Spren..."

AW SPREN

2 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

"With... with someone else." 

She sounded like she was about to cry... if she could cry. 

"But nobody wants me......"

Tam wanted her. She liked her now, whether she acknowledged it or not.

[Through the Living Heir he/him]

2 hours ago, TwinStorm said:

"Well, if it helps me saves lives . . ." Cricket replied stubbornly.

“It’s a sword. Sure, it’s a sword that can teleport to your hand, but it’s still a sword. You, on the other hand, can stop time, or at least movement.” 

10 hours ago, Bird Furious said:

Aw, sick. 

"Can you play Spring?" 

-

He nodded thoughtfully, letting the thoughtful silence stretch thoughtfully before he spoke. 
"To begin with, I would prefer to work here when possible," he articulated thoughtfully, in a very deliberate manner. "For a first payment, I would like to secure my family's future, so perhaps the locations of some diamond mines I ought to invest in. After that, normal hourly wages or a salary would suffice, which I could perhaps spend occasionally on some of your technology and commodities." He paused thoughtfully. "Have you any excellent colleges?" 
He was a very thoughtful man. 

-

Symbol hugged her knees a little tighter. "I already feel human enough," she whispered. "I don't know if I'm ready. Rebus, if... if something goes wrong... if I go wrong... fix me? Please?" 

-

"Iron skin and electric shocks," Beosta decided. 

-

"Fire?" Rose asked hopefully. 

-

I'm just giving her some trauma, Lady Bug replied sweetly. Exactly what she wanted. I'll be cutting off most of her abilities in just a moment, and I won't ask for your permission. 

Heir did not know what that song was but Chord certainly did. “Yup!” 
“Excellent. I can likely find diamond mines, and of course money is no problem - I know of a few colleges, and they’d certainly be able to teach you things, though as I said outside the Eternal Mountains your ability to construct things with Nullite is unparalleled by any except possibly the Ennullers.” 
Rebus put his hand on her shoulder. “I will fix you if you need me to. I promise.” 

 

Rebus nodded. “I can do four different kinds of electric shocks, actually - contact, tesla coil, arc, and electrolaser.” He demonstrated each - contact required touching something, the tesla coil made lightning branch off of it, arc was one thing of lightning between two points, and an electrolaser was a line (because apparently you can use a laser as a wire). 

Meat bounded past in the distance - evidently returning home - and could be heard calling, “Me! Galileo Galileo…” before his voice receded again. 

 

“I can certainly do that. Not that it’s any more helpful than lasers in most circumstances, but it’s often more fun.” 
If you take her from me, there’s nothing stopping me from destroying you. Rebus was still talking in a mock-pleasant voice. 

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

On 5/3/2025 at 10:04 PM, Through The Living Glass said:

Utility sighed quietly.

"It would seem so."

To Cep, Taeidin speaks. 

"This is a dead end. Maybe... do you know where you first appeared?" 

@Kaladin Stormcursed

[Bird Furious she/her/un/important]

7 hours ago, Through The Living Glass said:

Tam hmphed.

-

Too bad he wasn't looking, then.

Shoe turned into a shoe.

AW SPREN

Tam wanted her. She liked her now, whether she acknowledged it or not.

Well, hmph yourself, Tam. 

-

Beosta cackled and turned into a wolf so she could eat the shoe. 

-

Reading that, Spren felt something she’d never felt before. 

Spren was angry. 

25 minutes ago, Dragonheir said:

“It’s a sword. Sure, it’s a sword that can teleport to your hand, but it’s still a sword. You, on the other hand, can stop time, or at least movement.” 

Heir did not know what that song was but Chord certainly did. “Yup!” 
“Excellent. I can likely find diamond mines, and of course money is no problem - I know of a few colleges, and they’d certainly be able to teach you things, though as I said outside the Eternal Mountains your ability to construct things with Nullite is unparalleled by any except possibly the Ennullers.” 
Rebus put his hand on her shoulder. “I will fix you if you need me to. I promise.” 

 

Rebus nodded. “I can do four different kinds of electric shocks, actually - contact, tesla coil, arc, and electrolaser.” He demonstrated each - contact required touching something, the tesla coil made lightning branch off of it, arc was one thing of lightning between two points, and an electrolaser was a line (because apparently you can use a laser as a wire). 

Meat bounded past in the distance - evidently returning home - and could be heard calling, “Me! Galileo Galileo…” before his voice receded again. 

 

“I can certainly do that. Not that it’s any more helpful than lasers in most circumstances, but it’s often more fun.” 
If you take her from me, there’s nothing stopping me from destroying you. Rebus was still talking in a mock-pleasant voice. 

That’s okay because it was made up. Snow giggled with delight. 

“Oh, not a college for myself. For my daughter.”

She smiled sadly. “Thank you.” She looked down at her feet as the sun cleared the horizon. “I really should be going,” she whispered. But… scud, she was scared. Just because she’d opened this chasm in front of her feet didn’t mean she wanted to jump into it. She had no clue what was down there. 

“Contact shock,” Beosta decided. 

She grinned. “Exactly.”

Lady Bug laughed in a rumbly manner. Well, then. Aren’t we tough and protective. I don’t understand why you bother pretending like this. 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

7 minutes ago, epl2 said:

To Cep, Taeidin speaks. 

"This is a dead end. Maybe... do you know where you first appeared?" 

@Kaladin Stormcursed

"Sorta...it was in a forest by a beach near where ah was before ah came here...ah wonder how we get back?" Cep scratches his head. "Maybe..." he takes the invitation from his pocket. "Ah wonder if tryin' the reverse'll take me back. Yeh wanna come?" He offers his arm to Taeidin.

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

3 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

"Sorta...it was in a forest by a beach near where ah was before ah came here...ah wonder how we get back?" Cep scratches his head. "Maybe..." he takes the invitation from his pocket. "Ah wonder if tryin' the reverse'll take me back. Yeh wanna come?" He offers his arm to Taeidin.

"Sure." 

Taeidin grabs his arm. 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, epl2 said:

"Sure." 

Taeidin grabs his arm. 

Cep unfolds the invitation. The scene around them dissolves, and they find themselves in a forest, just outside a cave. "It worked!" Cep exclaims. He points past the cave. "It should be right over here..." After about a minute of walking in that direction, he stops in an area of the forest that doesn't really seem different from any other area. "Right here. Can yer rocks tell yeh anythin' perchance? Anywhere we might find clues or summat?"

[Through The Living Ash he/him]

5 minutes ago, Kaladin Stormcursed said:

Cep unfolds the invitation. The scene around them dissolves, and they find themselves in a forest, just outside a cave. "It worked!" Cep exclaims. He points past the cave. "It should be right over here..." After about a minute of walking in that direction, he stops in an area of the forest that doesn't really seem different from any other area. "Right here. Can yer rocks tell yeh anythin' perchance? Anywhere we might find clues or summat?"

Taeidin folds his arms. 

"This is a very random place. Let me check... maybe there's a town or something near here." 

He kneels on the ground, picking some small stones and arranging them in a complex pattern. After a minute, he stands up. 

"There should be one pretty close over that way," he says, pointing. 

[Through The Living Glass She/They]

49 minutes ago, Bird Furious said:

Well, hmph yourself, Tam. 

-

Beosta cackled and turned into a wolf so she could eat the shoe. 

-

Reading that, Spren felt something she’d never felt before. 

Spren was angry. 

She glares at you again.

 -

Shoe hopped away.

-

Both Tam and Tam's Author wondered why she was angry.

 

Edited May 6, 2025 by Through The Living Glass

[kpShadowFox He/Him]

is the, what was it called, food brigade or smth still around?