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Hello, my purely cosmetic non-catchable butterflies.

It's been a wonderful run on this messageboard. I know I've always been off-and-on, but I've actually been around for many years. When I first showed up, Obama was still trying to get folks to sell clunkers for cash. My first story was about Stelpur, Yenklet, Mudstaff and Tom, a group of misfits venturing into the Wilderness and becoming wrapped up in a vast oppressive conspiracy. It was called Ancient Memories, and it was the first novel I ever wrote. I never did finish editing it. I probably never will; it was a beautiful mess, and there's not been anybody here to read it in years.

It's a shame. A part of me always thought we'd be here, or at least some record would be. But as Archive.org is specifically barred by Jagex from protecting our weird little piece of history, piece by piece and grain by grain we have been worn away. Ancient Memories was lost to the Page 51 Monster. So are many other stories I was proud of. Now the forums are being shut down, and the rest will soon be erased, and my strange little passion project of pouring ink into the void will soon be swallowed up forever.

I will miss this silly, broken website, with its 2,000-character post limit that once helped me structure my stories and now helps me structure my final farewell.

With that being said, I regret to inform you all that this is the end.

I am going.

I am leaving now.

Goodbye.