The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[Jaywalk he/him]

Nowhere was disturbed. How had they discovered his secret identity?

[Lunamor she/her]

Nowhere decided to try and erase the memories of all who had seen him.

[Jaywalk he/him]

But not before Marsh strangled him, slamming his body to the floor next to Star.

[Lunamor she/her]

Marsh was not in a good mood.

[Jaywalk he/him]

Star seemed unresponsive, tears pooling around her head, matting her hair to the stone of the floor.

[BringerofShadows she/her]

Narrator Shadow wanted a bowl of popcorn. Watching people suffer was a hobby of hers.

[xinoehp512 he/him]

The air flicked. A shade of Tom Joebob appeared.

"You don't believe me? Really? Even now?"

He laughed, flickering.

"What if I show you?"

A window appeared. Inside it, a family sat eating dinner. There were three children, with ages ranging from 3 to 13. AJ sat at the head of the table with a woman- not Star or Thought - laughing and eating the meal. He was happy.

[Lunamor she/her]

Narrator Luna was still waiting to be rescued.

Pleeeeeease???

Edited March 20, 2019 by Lunamor

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Star was indeed quite unresponsive. The cell door was open. Even wounded as she was, Thought was skilled enough in combat to pass Marsh and escape. But then, she had no reason to. AJ would come. She knew that. She muttered his name. She would do so until he arrived and she was safe in his arms. Or until she died. Whichever came first. She heard Tom's words of course. They tore at her heart. It's not real, she promised herself, it's not real.

Edited March 21, 2019 by Shard of Thought

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Tom kept laughing. "What if I make it real?"

He snapped his fingers. In an instant they were there, watching them from the sidewalk outside AJ's suburban home.

[Lunamor she/her]

@beantheboy12, I think Star really needs your help.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Star squeezed her eyes shut. "Stop it," she sobbed. "Stop it, stop it."

[Lunamor she/her]

“Why are you doing this, Tom?” asked Lunamor from the void.

[Jaywalk he/him]

Through the window she could see AJ, laughing and joking with his children.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

"Whatever I did to you," Star whispered, "I'm terribly sorry."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Tom Joebob laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed and laughed.

He opened his eyes and called into the void. "It is no worse than what she has done to me."

He turned to her. "Sorry? Sorry won't cut it. Not anymore."

Edited March 20, 2019 by xinoehp512

[Lunamor she/her]

“Which is what?”

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

Star fell to Tom's feet. "I will do anything. Free me from this horror, I beg you."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Tom's face was a mask of sorrow. "It is too late, Tamika. I heard your words. You cannot change who you are."

He turned away. "Your memories were destroyed, as his were. Who you were is gone. That woman... that is what I wanted."

Edited March 20, 2019 by xinoehp512

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

"It's not real," she insisted. "It's a lie and he'll come for me."

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Tom spun around angrily. "It's real! It's ALL REAL!!"

He fell to his knees, his face overcome with grief. "Why? Why have you forsaken me so? Why was I not good enough? Why...?"

He trailed off, sobbing.

[Zephrun’s Imperium they/he]

"What did I do to you?" Thought asked softly. Her abilities as a Sliver allowed her to feel the severity of his man's emotion. 

[Jaywalk he/him]

Jaywalk’s robe was stained with streaks of blood. Bozo sat beside him, revolver clutched between his paws.

”What shall we do?” Bozo asked.

”There’s nothing we can do,” Jaywalk replied. “Tom has powers beyond my comprehension.”

[xinoehp512 he/him]

Tom lay still. "I loved you, once. You took that, and you threw it away. To be with him."

He jerked his thumb towards the house.

"Even after all I did for you. I took your Shard, and rescued it. I restored your memories, or tried to."

Grief covered his face. "They were altered. They made you hate me. You... you punished me, made me drink what I swore I would never drink again. You used the Key to make it permanent. And now... And now..."

He stopped, unable to continue.

[Jaywalk he/him]

“Go, Bozo,” Jaywalk said. “Help the poor girl.”