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Thread Review (Newest First)
Posted by Shifter55 - 10-16-2025, 08:07 AM
Ortho
Black vinegar
Return to the Origin: Will the Shrimp Fry?
Posted by Lilium Mortem - 10-16-2025, 03:05 AM
NAME: Hallow
MEAL: Boxed mac & cheese with hot sauce and bacon bits
ITEM: P* C* A*
Posted by SHIVERS - 10-16-2025, 12:54 AM
NAME: Relay
MEAL: Tofu Banh Mi
ITEM: P* C* A*
Posted by - 10-15-2025, 06:09 PM
Name - Fission
Meal - Tantanmen
Item of curiosity's spark - Return to the Origin: Will the Shrimp Fry?
Posted by ThreadLurkingComorant - 10-15-2025, 05:20 PM

[Image: Swansong%20Final%201-1.png]
[image description: Our protagonist and perspective character, standing in a ominous castle hallway. His clothes are tattered, worn, stained in blood. His face is cut off by the frame. He has fought many battles.]
 


For the past god knows how long you've spend your days fighting through towers that tear the sky, each one punctuated with the ambiance of a hallway before its respective lord casually rips you a new one. 

Break rooms, last bastions of rest and light that gnaw you with anxiety for what's to come next.

Increasingly taller pillars that make the world look smaller.

That make it more obvious that you are no longer the same as the world you're leaving behind with each conquest. 

You stopped being what many would consider human a long time ago.

You doubt you're still a good person.

You absolutely cannot return to a good night's sleep ever again. 

You exist to kill the world that hates you. 

"You doing alright kid?"

Your mentor behind you checks in on you, his voice kept you company on this journey longer than anyone else.

Much as I can be... 

"'bout the answer I expected, yeah... take a breather."

Doing that.. 

"If you're on the verge of hyperventilating, it's not really a breather."

You're right. 

"Just a few more to go."

Feel like I've heard that a lot by now... You know what happens next? Like, after all this? 

"Never made it this far before so... no. Shit as me smoking a pack a day lately."

Should really stop.. 

"I know.." 

Does it bother you?

"Yeah, good amount. Half of me says that's plenty, my soul can relax knowing I did this much. But don't really believe that til I see it all through to the end."

Scares me...

 

[Image: Swansong%20Final%201-2.png]
[image description: The mentor looking back at the protagonist. His lens are cracked, his smirk is cocky, you see him mostly in silhouette, Behind stands the decaying previous room, horrific gazes watching though the cracks. The world is ending in front of everyone.]
 

"It should, nothing about this is right."

All this fighting, the killing.. it never feels good but it doesn't really hurt anymore. You get me?

"Yeah, a lot."

Used to throw up, used to cry. Now I just.. don't. I used to feel bad for the other guy but.. a lot of the time it feels like they had it coming, you know? For putting us all through this at all.

"You're still restless about it, yeah? Feels wrong that it doesn't feel wrong anymore."

Guess so.

"Then you still got your heart intact."

Mmmm.. are you really gonna stick it out? Like.... I dunno.

"What do you mean?"

Everyone who got us this far's either had to drop off cause they couldn't keep going or well..

"Yeah I know."

At some point you too, right? You leave or you die?

"Haven't hit my wall just yet."

The last few of these got close....

"If I leave you on your own now, your odds are worse. 'sides, know you'd get lonely fast."

I don't want you to die just because-!

"Then I won't."

You can't fucking promise that!! Too many people said the same thing and-!"

"And I'm still here after everything. I'm washed up, old, still somehow got that in me. You know why?"

No...

"Cause your mom would kill me if I didn't push through."

Mm.. 

"You want to survive as long as you can? Worry about someone else as much as yourself. Make some miracles."

You're so weird sometimes... 

"Gotta be. Strange world, stranger people... you wanna do a little meditative work before we go on ahead? Kill some nerves?"

Yeah please..

"Alright... I want you to remember from where you came."

_______________

This is not a interactive project, The beginning of the end is locked in place. 

This is a story of a cursed world and the child destined to take it with them. 

However, your blessings are welcome no matter how small. 

Let's keep things simple.

Name the Ferryman.

 

[Image: Swansong%20Final%201-3.png]

[image description:  Our protagonist, young and intense. He is a cartoon anthro rabbit. He is dressed in a coat with a baseball cap marked with some offmodel alchmey symbol, hair messy. He is drawn incredibly angular. His eyes are red in a otherwise monochrome piece of art. It appears to be a mugshot on a poster, the words "WANTED" are bold and red. There's ominous cryptic text in the background.]




Offer them a tribute of their favorite meal.






Which of these items sparked their curiosity?

P* C* A* - A Romance novel following the consequences of a couple who were never meant to meet, banned from a number of schools including yours.

The Crowned Land - A historical fiction piece centered around a Knight and her plight to kill the 7 Dragons in order to free her people. May be taking artistic liberties.

Return to the Origin: Will the Shrimp Fry? - A speculative book about how the future of bioengineering may be sea life, often considered crackpot conspiracy despite claims of "insider knowledge"



When mind and body are attuned, the child's adventure will begin. 

The world's end starts on the day after Darkest Night, when the most spirits are said to walk the Earth. 

You are this world's euthanasia, you will walk the path of most suffering. 

Kill it out of kindness.

Until the time comes, please stay safe.