This is it, duckies!

The final sandbox for the game can be found at thegoldenshore, and you can start posting as soon you like~ There's a FAQ here for any questions you might have, and please let us know if we missed anything ( Read more... )

[Hooray! Did everyone enjoy their promptu swimming lesson?

... no?

Oh.

Well then.

At least there's land though, right? The weather's lovely too, a balmy ninety degrees with the sun shining brightly over the warm sand of the beach.

A sign is stuck at the edge of the beach. It reads "WELCOME TO THE GOLDEN SHORE! A new beginning!" There's a ( Read more... )

[After several of the passengers had broken the emergency glass panel in the Captain's command deck, the Elegante slowly, slowly begins to move again. But it's not a smooth journey. In fact, she seems to vibrate and shake as she lurches along, and with every inch further every passenger will feel more tired, more shaken and exhausted, as if their ( Read more... )

[TEAM A: OPERATION HOW DO I STEER THIS THINGAs noted on Meth's communicator, at the end of the now unlocked crew quarters is a steel elevator. It only has one button, which takes the passengers down, down, down into the very bowels of the now silent ship ( Read more... )

[The End is always weakest while consuming, while gorging itself on a world full of life or even a tiny morsel. But now, as it focuses on the single creature that it had ever truly struggled with, the only self-aware entity who had the absolute temerity to survive, it clings to Redd stubbornly, refusing to give up this prize ( Read more... )

[Bubbling and pulsing, the mass seems to be taking far, far more damage than it had at any point before ( Read more... )

[Too many saw through the End's illusion. Or perhaps it had been too weakened by Redd's brutal attacks.

Its influence wasn't affecting the passengers nearly enough, and apparently new tactics are called for. The Great Man himself is bleeding but still grinning furiously. And yet with so much of his magic directed to that shield, the End itself ( Read more... )

[As Redd orders his crew to throw themselves to whatever fate awaits them in that evil red fog, he holds his breath, eyes bright and wide ( Read more... )

[The battle is underway, but the field is too even. There are casualties on both sides (well, if you can count casualties with an enormous mass of something utterly indefinable), but unfortunately for the denizens of the M.S. Elegante, their opposition adjusts with every new blow, growing more agile and dodging a little better with each shot that ( Read more... )

[With all passengers fully armed and ready, Redd resumes his position at the aft of the boat, standing atop the escalator with his arms spread.

He faces the red mass headon.]

FIRE, YOU BASTARDS!

[The mass contracts, then releases thousands of spiny tentacle-like appendages aimed directly at the passengers ( Read more... )