Bird Furious

Even better! :3 She nodded. ”Same!” The dragon flew in a spiral. “You idiot,” she hissed. “You IDIOT!” He wagged his finger. “Ah, naughty child.”

Symbol tried to escape the room, but she still couldn’t teleport. She growled, trying to evaporate the walls or something. @xinoehp512 Rose shrugged. “I… I guess. Sure. I’ll keep training.” The dragon reappeared. “I knowwwww. I’m inpatienttttt. Oh, and I have camp next week, so try not to do anything crazy without me~” Lady Bug seethed at him, then realized she had the wrong Rebus and teleported to the one who’d sent Symbol away. Xanther appeared in her place. “My dear man, did you have to blow up my mountains?”

She looked very betrayed. Rose frowned. "I... I guess." A glowing gold Eastern dragon about the size of a pencil flew around his head. "You should do something dramatic and get their attention. Stormcursed just posted like nothing happened. Hehe." A bucket of lemonade was dumped on Rebus' head. The dragon, bucket, and lemonade all vanished. Lady Bug appeared in a spray of confetti. "You," she seethed.

Bat closed his eyes. So this was it, then. He hadn't been enough. He'd never be, now. At least he'd had a good run. 2876 to 4110. 1234 pages. Scud, had it really been that long? He'd lived for more than a quarter of the life of the whole thread, only to die here. Had it been worth that living? Enough to balance out the way he died? You'll remember me, won't you? He called to the universe, out to the stars he could barely see, and to those who lived beyond them. You'll remember who I was? My name, at least? Even though he died a failure? He wished the post would end already. How much longer would he be forced to exist in this limbo? How long could a post last? Probably as long as his Author wanted. He supposed he had to just wait. He felt like he should do something special with this extra time, just to commemorate the occasion--- after all, people only died once. But what was there to do? He looked down at himself, then up at Rebus, trying to think. Nothing moved, or at least that's how it felt. He considered running away before he turned completely into nanomachines, but somewhere deep inside him, he realized that would break the strange spell he seemed to be under. Well, he wouldn't make that mistake. If he was going to die, it would be on his terms. He sat cross-legged on the floor, despite most of one leg being nanomachines, and thought hard. Only one thing came to him--- nanomachines wouldn't do. He would not become tools to this man who had taken Tam out of the narrative, planned to rule the Thread, and was now killing him. He stood up again, feeling strangely renewed. Funny, that he should feel the most alive right before he was going to die. Maybe, just maybe, Dylan Thomas had it right. Maybe he should have tried harder, found some clever way out. Or maybe that time was now. At any rate, he knew there would never be a better time to die. Bat dissolved into a shower of blinding light--- a cloud of flickering fireflies. They drifted outward, into the rock around them. Several of them drifted into Rebus and the others surrounding, vanishing into nothing. One singular firefly winked out of the Thread altogether.

OH NO DON'T *hugs*

Aw ranryu

*noms*

“And how,” Rose said. She frowned. “Why Antagonist? Didn’t you want to make a task force to help the Thread against evil?” @Dragonheir ”No! No, I don’t WANT to be! Where’s Rebus?” Beosta frowned. “I can try connecting to him.”

Bat glared up at Rebus, then doubled over coughing, blood spattering his hand. It didn’t matter. He was bleeding out already, and it was just a matter of time. Besides, Tam was gone, and despite her Author’s assurances, he got the feeling she wouldn’t be back for a long time, if ever. There was no point to earning Protagonist anyway. Everything was fictional. Everything he was trying to save… none of it mattered anyway. “I guess you should,” he rasped. “So why are you waiting?” Rose frowned, crouching defensively. “Wait— wait! Rebus, what are you doing?” He wasn’t going to leave her…? She didn’t know what would happen if he left her. Rose stared. Symbol screamed, fighting it, but there was nothing she could do. Beosta nodded.

He got her, but she stumbled away and shot at him with her laser.

*grabs and hugs*

… wasn’t I the one who nommed you why are you asking for my help … Hi?

Symbol sent calming things to his mind. Yeah, Bat was doing that to Symbol. He told Rebus that because Rebus kept threatening him.

I'm sorry T~T

OH HELLO DO ALL THE NOMMING

WAIT WHAT Bat slammed back into the wall. The Nullite in his system burned away. He was left with some severe damage, and the sudden godlike feeling was gone. He croaked, desperately trying to recapture it, reach out and hold the universe in his hand again, but he could barely stumble to his feet. Rose attacked instantly. Beosta shot sharp blades at the bad guys. Symbol took a long, deep, desperate breath. The oppressive force lifted. "Rebus," she croaked, grabbing for him.

“Yes,” she agreed. “Perhaps a—“ Symbol suddenly froze in place, face twisting in pain. She gasped for air. She tried to Narrate it away, to protect herself, but the feeling remained and grew worse. She croaked The utility fog dissolved as it touched him. “I will,” Bat replied. This power… something buzzed in his veins. This was intoxicating. Was this how Rebus felt? Like he could pound the world to dust and be no worse off? He grinned. “You’re killing her.”

Oh. Well, maybe his feathers look a lot like the ones for the birds who bullied me........

*noms* *noms the person below*

Symbol shrugged and looked up at the stars. "I suppose. Still." "I..." He felt the sudden impression that there was, indeed, something he could do. The realization slammed into him, surrounding him, filling the air he breathed. The impression of a woman, lost, and the thin cord that bound her to the mortal realm. "I'll kill her," he said softly. "I'll kill Symbol." Beosta would not have taken kindly to that. Beosta thought illusions were cheating.

"Or likes to think she does." She pulled her knees up to her chest and Narratively stopped herself from shivering. Bat went cold. "You can't," he whispered. "I'll... I'll....."

Nom nom~