The Longest Thread (Misadventures)

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

3 hours ago, Ookla the Married said:

“Epic powers rely on the consent of beings that are difficult to understand, let alone manipulate.” Malevolence said thoughtfully. “As for Honorblades… given recent developments, I believe I could create synthetic blades capable of granting surges, with access to one of the Honorblades as a template.” He pulled a jar from his pocket and placed it on the ground. “This should be enough to create a portal to Trisolaris, although running the portal will require more. Dragon’s blood is acquired from dragons. Dragons from certain worlds, at least. I have a rather large supply, and can connect you to my suppliers.”

Malevolence found himself pulled through 10 dimensions to appear back outside the ship. In front of him was Sandy, holding a Bondsmith honorblade.

"This one comes from a place known as the Battle for the Sandwich," he said. 

3 hours ago, Ookla the Married said:

I have a rather large supply, and can connect you to my suppliers.”

The sophon continued speaking through the drone. "We would like that."

[TwinStorm He/Him]

5 hours ago, Ookla the Married said:

“Epic powers rely on the consent of beings that are difficult to understand, let alone manipulate.” Malevolence said thoughtfully. “As for Honorblades… given recent developments, I believe I could create synthetic blades capable of granting surges, with access to one of the Honorblades as a template.” He pulled a jar from his pocket and placed it on the ground. “This should be enough to create a portal to Trisolaris, although running the portal will require more. Dragon’s blood is acquired from dragons. Dragons from certain worlds, at least. I have a rather large supply, and can connect you to my suppliers.”

It is in response to him, but he wouldn’t have been able to know what Malevolence was thinking.

“Yes, but I would not want to walk into the Sage first.” Lyric frowned. “I may have an idea.”

—

The computers seemed to be rebuilding firewalls and analyzing system damage. Balitan’s head jerked, and he turned to look at Rebus. The scientist still shared an eerie resemblance with Malevolence, but his face looked drawn and weary, eyes unfocused.  “I discovered a new method to isolate Chaotic darkness from the Void. Efficiency… tripled, at least.” Balitan’s voice was distant, and his eyes remained unfocused as he spoke. “Then… Malevolence. I saw him, he… broke in somehow. Said… something. I don’t remember anything after that. Woke up… databases compromised. He got everything. Research. Information on Nameless. Stores of the isolated metals.” Balitan pressed a hand to his face. “Still… fuzzy.”

It’s Mordite! All that stuff does is kill, or create unhealing wounds.

alright thanks

Moni? Cricket ventured, sending a message into the void.

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

General question if anynody can answer: if I want Asharak to go about claiming a Spacial Distortion Plotblade or something similar, how might I do that?

Also somebody currently has Vengeance, right? Who?

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

28 minutes ago, Ookla the Kansan said:

General question if anynody can answer: if I want Asharak to go about claiming a Spacial Distortion Plotblade or something similar, how might I do that?

Also somebody currently has Vengeance, right? Who?

What is a Plotblade?

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, Ookla the Tachyon said:

What is a Plotblade?

Uhhhh so

I don't recall the exact definition

But they're made from old Thread magic and represent literary tropes, themes, and other random stuff

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

7 minutes ago, Ookla the Kansan said:

Uhhhh so

I don't recall the exact definition

But they're made from old Thread magic and represent literary tropes, themes, and other random stuff

Oh alright.

[NameIess]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Tachyon said:

What is a Plotblade?

There was a guy called Plot, he was killed, and his essence became the Plotblades, swords embodying plot aspects.

2 hours ago, Ookla the Kansan said:

General question if anynody can answer: if I want Asharak to go about claiming a Spacial Distortion Plotblade or something similar, how might I do that?

Also somebody currently has Vengeance, right? Who?

Spacial distortion isn't a particularly plot-related thing, so there might not be a Plotblade of Spacial Distortion. But Asharak could find a Plotblade with powers that affect space, such as something like 'Arrival in the Nick of Time' (Nick of Time or Nick for short, maybe?) There's other travel-related tropes if that wasn't what you were thinking, I'm just too dumb to think of one off the top of my head.

(Although, the Plotblade of Journey could have a lot of effects over space now that I think about it)

In any case, You, the Author can decide what trials your character should face to claim the Plotblade. It could be a quest to claim the Plotblade, (like a journey to claim Journey) it could involve defeating the Blade's current owner, (who you can make up, if no one's got the Blade right now) or it even could involve your character just getting the Blade from nowhere, although that's not always the best for character development. (I may have done this a few times, although in my defense, I maintain that the Priest is a cool character and I always sort of had a backstory for Endings).

I should make a Plotblade guide, since people seem to ask about them a lot.

8 hours ago, Ookla the Obfuscated said:

“This could still be a test…” Jack mused, then shook his head. “What is your idea?” 

"I could try music. In the forest, I could always find my way with a song." Lyric looked around. "I'm not sure it would work here, but... well, it might be worth a try."

8 hours ago, Ookla the Obfuscated said:

Rebus frowned - the fact that this could happen despite his technology meant there was plot-relevance to it. “Malevolence broke in… Knowing him, he caught the tracers as well - how much of a setback is this? Luxite is the problem, both in terms of Malevolence possessing it and us losing it - everything else he could acquire another way.” As for the new process… Rebus reached out his awareness, examining Balitan’s soul on a sudden hunch. 

Balitan's soul was free of any contamination that Rebus could sense, but it seemed dull, not as full of life as an average person's.

Balitan blinked, looking up at the screen. "The... equipment is all still intact. Luxite... we'd gathered only a small amount, I've been... detection technology not quite advanced enough for optimal efficiency." As Balitan spoke, color returned to both his soul and his body. He straightened in his chair, and when he spoke next, he sounded more like himself. "What little we had, he took. I wouldn't say it's enough to be dangerous, however. The Mordite and Nullite, I'd be more worried about. I had... quite a lot of Nullite here, and a lesser but still significant amount of Mordite." He cleared his throat, entering a command into the computer, pulling up a screen showing data on the lost stores. "However, I'm more worried about the theft of data. Malevolence is intelligent enough to put to use what we've learned, and begin isolating all the metals for himself. More importantly, he wiped all our logs. Any data I don't have memorized is gone, unless your nanobots can recover it. This will set my research... quite a ways back." Balitan sighed. "I had hoped to be able to share this research soon. These isolation techniques could change the Thread!"

5 hours ago, Ookla the Tachyon said:

Malevolence found himself pulled through 10 dimensions to appear back outside the ship. In front of him was Sandy, holding a Bondsmith honorblade.

"This one comes from a place known as the Battle for the Sandwich," he said. 

Malevolence blinked. So. Dimensional manipulation. Intriguing. He blinked at Sandy, then squinted at the Honorblade. "May I bring it back to my lab? My idea, if it works, will require some time and experimentation."

5 hours ago, Ookla the Tachyon said:

The sophon continued speaking through the drone. "We would like that."

"Very well. It may take some time for me to reestablish contact, but I will see what I can do." Malevolence nodded. "Of course, there is the matter of my payment for doing so."

4 hours ago, Ookla the Wanderer said:

alright thanks

Moni? Cricket ventured, sending a message into the void.

Cricket heard a crackle not unlike that of television static, then Moni's voice answered. "Yes? What is it?"

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Married said:

There was a guy called Plot, he was killed, and his essence became the Plotblades, swords embodying plot aspects.

Spacial distortion isn't a particularly plot-related thing, so there might not be a Plotblade of Spacial Distortion. But Asharak could find a Plotblade with powers that affect space, such as something like 'Arrival in the Nick of Time' (Nick of Time or Nick for short, maybe?) There's other travel-related tropes if that wasn't what you were thinking, I'm just too dumb to think of one off the top of my head.

(Although, the Plotblade of Journey could have a lot of effects over space now that I think about it)

In any case, You, the Author can decide what trials your character should face to claim the Plotblade. It could be a quest to claim the Plotblade, (like a journey to claim Journey) it could involve defeating the Blade's current owner, (who you can make up, if no one's got the Blade right now) or it even could involve your character just getting the Blade from nowhere, although that's not always the best for character development. (I may have done this a few times, although in my defense, I maintain that the Priest is a cool character and I always sort of had a backstory for Endings).

I should make a Plotblade guide, since people seem to ask about them a lot.

"I could try music. In the forest, I could always find my way with a song." Lyric looked around. "I'm not sure it would work here, but... well, it might be worth a try."

Balitan's soul was free of any contamination that Rebus could sense, but it seemed dull, not as full of life as an average person's.

Balitan blinked, looking up at the screen. "The... equipment is all still intact. Luxite... we'd gathered only a small amount, I've been... detection technology not quite advanced enough for optimal efficiency." As Balitan spoke, color returned to both his soul and his body. He straightened in his chair, and when he spoke next, he sounded more like himself. "What little we had, he took. I wouldn't say it's enough to be dangerous, however. The Mordite and Nullite, I'd be more worried about. I had... quite a lot of Nullite here, and a lesser but still significant amount of Mordite." He cleared his throat, entering a command into the computer, pulling up a screen showing data on the lost stores. "However, I'm more worried about the theft of data. Malevolence is intelligent enough to put to use what we've learned, and begin isolating all the metals for himself. More importantly, he wiped all our logs. Any data I don't have memorized is gone, unless your nanobots can recover it. This will set my research... quite a ways back." Balitan sighed. "I had hoped to be able to share this research soon. These isolation techniques could change the Thread!"

Malevolence blinked. So. Dimensional manipulation. Intriguing. He blinked at Sandy, then squinted at the Honorblade. "May I bring it back to my lab? My idea, if it works, will require some time and experimentation."

"Very well. It may take some time for me to reestablish contact, but I will see what I can do." Malevolence nodded. "Of course, there is the matter of my payment for doing so."

Cricket heard a crackle not unlike that of television static, then Moni's voice answered. "Yes? What is it?"

Ahh ok thanks.

Yeah I like that name, I kinda had the other as more a questioning placeholder since I was having trouble thinking of tropes.

Do you happen to remember who holds Vengeance?

[NameIess]

5 minutes ago, Ookla the Kansan said:

Ahh ok thanks.

Yeah I like that name, I kinda had the other as more a questioning placeholder since I was having trouble thinking of tropes.

Do you happen to remember who holds Vengeance?

Platypus holds Vengeance. @Ookla the Inactive

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

10 minutes ago, Ookla the Married said:

Malevolence blinked. So. Dimensional manipulation. Intriguing. He blinked at Sandy, then squinted at the Honorblade. "May I bring it back to my lab? My idea, if it works, will require some time and experimentation."

"Do you think you can hold it?"

A normal person would immediately go and run towards the nearest sandwich.

10 minutes ago, Ookla the Married said:

There was a guy called Plot, he was killed, and his essence became the Plotblades, swords embodying plot aspects.

Spacial distortion isn't a particularly plot-related thing, so there might not be a Plotblade of Spacial Distortion. But Asharak could find a Plotblade with powers that affect space, such as something like 'Arrival in the Nick of Time' (Nick of Time or Nick for short, maybe?) There's other travel-related tropes if that wasn't what you were thinking, I'm just too dumb to think of one off the top of my head.

(Although, the Plotblade of Journey could have a lot of effects over space now that I think about it)

In any case, You, the Author can decide what trials your character should face to claim the Plotblade. It could be a quest to claim the Plotblade, (like a journey to claim Journey) it could involve defeating the Blade's current owner, (who you can make up, if no one's got the Blade right now) or it even could involve your character just getting the Blade from nowhere, although that's not always the best for character development. (I may have done this a few times, although in my defense, I maintain that the Priest is a cool character and I always sort of had a backstory for Endings).

I should make a Plotblade guide, since people seem to ask about them a lot.

Ahh okay.

Edited December 8, 2025 by Ookla the Tachyon

[NameIess]

58 minutes ago, Ookla the Tachyon said:

"Do you think you can hold it?"

Malevolence nodded, holding out one hand. "Undoubtedly. And worry not, I shall return the Blade unaltered once I am done."

[KaladinsSenseOfHumourSpren He/Him]

2 hours ago, Ookla the Married said:

Malevolence nodded, holding out one hand. "Undoubtedly. And worry not, I shall return the Blade unaltered once I am done."

Sandy gave him the Honorblade.

[Immortal Platypus]

10 hours ago, Ookla the Married said:

Platypus holds Vengeance. @Ookla the Inactive

what's up?

[NameIess]

10 hours ago, Ookla the Tachyon said:

Sandy gave him the Honorblade.

Malevolence flinched as soon as he touched the Honorblade, feeling the compulsion take hold. He breathed in, then out, slowly held up one arm, tapped his wrist, and a sandwich appeared in his hand.

Malevolence stared at the sandwich, muscles in his arm twitching. “I feel a great desire to eat this sandwich, yet somehow, I cannot bring myself to do so.” With effort, he lowered the sandwich-holding hand. “I will begin my studies immediately.” He tapped a few more buttons, and the Honorblade disappeared in a crackle of lightning.

3 hours ago, Ookla the Inactive said:

what's up?

@Ookla the Kansan wanted to know who wielded Vengeance.

[KnightSkye Reforged They/Them]

On 12/4/2025 at 11:01 PM, Ookla the Married said:

Malevolence's eyebrows lifted slightly as his drones relayed their analysis of the SIM. "Interesting." He murmured softly. "I shall have to acquire a piece of that material for myself."

His drone began sending a greeting signal to the Trisolaran ships.

Malevolence snorted. "You are correct. Rebus is the Antagonist." He paused, then grinned. "For now." he swung Darkseeker in an arc around his head, ending with the head of the axe pointed at Cricket's chest. "Bring nightfall." He intoned clearly.

Light vanished, leaving Cricket in total, abrupt darkness. Sound vanished likewise, leaving Cricket able to hear his own heartbeat, but not the sound of his breathing.

"Do you like it?" Malevolence's voice was projected directly into Cricket's mind. "I started work on this shortly before visiting the Dreamsmith. Inspired by Nullite and its applications, the technology utterly eliminates all electromagnetic radiation, soundwaves, and even many magical wavelengths. Of course, I can see perfectly, thanks to my bond to Darkseeker." A mental image of Malevolence sneering filled Cricket's consciousness. "All that to say, I will not be bullied by your threats, Cricket. I do not fear you or Rebus. Both of you are cowards, too afraid to take the bold steps needed to reach your goals. If you would oppose me, then do so now. Otherwise, continue your vendetta with Rebus."

Unintelligible through the portal, which opened up in front of the gate that guarded the entryway into the manor. He crossed to the gate quickly, examining it. "It's locked!" He glanced at Cadewyn. "Think that Plotblade can cut through it?"

"So... the Sage reveals his hand." Lyric shivered. "I suppose this was a trap all along. I am sorry to have led you here."

 

Cadewyn shrugged. "Probably will." He drew Resolution and blue flames spilled down the blade from his hand. He swung at the lock, striking it right on the bolt.

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this!

On 12/6/2025 at 2:05 PM, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

Dax straightened up a little and jack poked up walking over standing protectively next to dax wings twitching. "I dont mean to start a fight. I merely want to protect this planet and lab. I know your honest but it is not in this places good fortune to make any deals. Even if i did I would have to talk to the Board. Anything taken into custody of this lab cannot be removed without a vote. This prevents corruption." He said calmly, voice steady but soft, as if he couldn't raise it if he wanted to. 

Kyo tapped Jack on the shoulder, "Who is this guy exactly?" he whispered.

On 12/7/2025 at 10:55 AM, Ookla the Obfuscated said:

Rebus did not move as the cage came down - Narration-nullifying technology was interesting, reminiscent of the Nullite devices used by Bat and Rose, but not truly a threat. His eyes widened, though, as he realized the bars of the cage were Mordite. 

“Impressive, but you’re-” Rebus coughed, hacking up black phlegm and ruined nanomachines. Cracks spread out from his mouth, bleeding a silver liquid. Antagonist had disappeared, and Rebus coughed again, color and life draining from his shattered face. “Ow,” he said, mouth unmoving as speakers picked up the slack for his dying lungs. 

Jack shook his head, still walking. “If we keep going the same direction, we can’t not find the edge.” 
-

Rebus’s enhanced eyes took in all of the text, though until it was described his actual knowledge of its contents wouldn’t catch up. “Balitan?” He said, walking closer. “What had occurred?” 

"Oh damn!" Kyo jumped a bit as the cage came down.

 

He watched the following events, and Dax warily.

Sorry it took so long to get back to this.

[Keke They/he]

2 minutes ago, Ookla the Knight said:

Cadewyn shrugged. "Probably will." He drew Resolution and blue flames spilled down the blade from his hand. He swung at the lock, striking it right on the bolt.

Sorry it took me so long to get back to this!

Kyo tapped Jack on the shoulder, "Who is this guy exactly?" he whispered.

"Oh damn!" Kyo jumped a bit as the cage came down.

 

He watched the following events, and Dax warily.

Sorry it took so long to get back to this.

It’s ok!

jack grabbed Kyo and pulled him back a bit. “He is rebus. THEE antagonist. He manipulates people into getting what he wants and blurred? He acts like rebus but not cause of how the author wanted but.. well we know blurred is the embodiment of chaos.. and well, if the embodiment of chaos acts like rebus.” He didnt finish. 

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

2 minutes ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

It’s ok!

jack grabbed Kyo and pulled him back a bit. “He is rebus. THEE antagonist. He manipulates people into getting what he wants and blurred? He acts like rebus but not cause of how the author wanted but.. well we know blurred is the embodiment of chaos.. and well, if the embodiment of chaos acts like rebus.” He didnt finish. 

Hawks what's Erryin doing rn

[Keke They/he]

50 minutes ago, Ookla the Kansan said:

Hawks what's Erryin doing rn

laying unconscious strapped onto a table they can’t currently escape from

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

2 minutes ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

laying unconscious strapped onto a table they can’t currently escape from

You want a hand out?

[Keke They/he]

1 hour ago, Ookla the Kansan said:

You want a hand out?

Huh?
dont interfear with plot. Plot plot if happening rn

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

1 minute ago, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

Huh?
dont interfear with plot. Plot plot if happening rn

K then

[Keke They/he]

44 minutes ago, Ookla the Kansan said:

K then

[Kansas Stormcursed he/him]

Just now, Ookla The Kintsukuroi said:

I wanna bring Dark Cep innn

[Keke They/he]

22 hours ago, Ookla the Kansan said:

I wanna bring Dark Cep innn

NOT YET

 

@Ookla the Obfuscated

hawks appears next to the newest cop of rebus that they made so this conversation wouldn’t interrupt any plotlines.

”REBUUUUUSSSSS” they.. i ? Wait what.. what … what would i use. First person or third person….. cause im saying this but im writing me saying it to… never mind. They grab his shoulders. Although they had to float to actually be in eye contact. “I have soooooo much i gotta talk about”

Edited December 10, 2025 by Ookla The Kintsukuroi

[NameIess]

On 12/9/2025 at 11:48 AM, Ookla the Knight said:

Cadewyn shrugged. "Probably will." He drew Resolution and blue flames spilled down the blade from his hand. He swung at the lock, striking it right on the bolt.

Cadewyn's vision flashed black, and a force shoved him back from the gate. When his vision cleared, it revealed a gate with a broken lock, as well as several broken bars around where Resolution had struck. However, where the physical bars had broken, bars of solid darkness took their place.

"That's... interesting." Unintelligible stepped through softly rustling grass, walking up beside Cadewyn and frowning at the bars of darkness. "I suppose it means we're in the right place. Do you think you could get through that darkness? Or... Wait. Ryver, can you make a portal to get us past the gate? There might be defenses against it, but I have a feeling they'll be easier to bypass than the gate."