To Our Friends, An Apology.

[Kai]

I'm sorry everyone. Life got in the way, things fell by the wayside, and we let you down. I spent even more time away from here after it got really dead purely because I was so anxious to come back because I knew we had disappointed you all. I expected somehow we would have the same amount of time, energy, creativity, and enthusiasm for this that we always did. That's not possible for me anymore, I can see that was just a fantasy now. Narifia and I intend to keep going because we're too attached to the story and characters to let it die. We want to see where it goes. We'll just post bit by bit and eventually get somewhere. I don't expect anyone else to follow us at this point.

Ace, Samaki, Summer, if you ever come back and decide to join us again you're welcome, but I won't pretend that this is going to be an active forum anymore. With just Narifia and myself it doesn't matter if we go months without a post because we're busy with work/school, or if our muse deserts us for weeks at a time. There's nobody else depending on us and we know the other will be back eventually. We can't manage around multiple people's schedules and we were foolish to try.

My apologies,
Kai

[Narifia]

Kai pretty much said it, but I figured I should post an apology as well. I didn't want to let everyone down. I love this place, the characters we've created, and the memories we've made here. It's just like Kai said... I hoped that I could run this place just like I used to when I was a kid, back when I had all the free time in the world and not a responsibility to care for. I tried to juggle this and my real-life endeavors, but it just became too much. College and my teaching internship demanded a lot more out of me than I ever anticipated, and I started falling behind my peers, and disappointing myself. I had to make a decision to not only put Paths on hold, but to basically keep the computer off so I could get school work done. The distractions and temptations to goof off were just too great. I didn't even talk to people on MSN/Skype or Facebook for a really long time. I think Kai got worried a few times when I'd been gone for a month or more without so much as a peep.

Anyway, I looked back at this place after months of keeping away, and I was hit with nostalgia and sadness. I'm sorry again to have let everyone down. I had to make a choice in my life, and it wasn't an easy one. But it's just like Kai said, we're not totally giving up on this place. Even if we only get to make a couple of posts every few months, that's at least something, and it means something to the two of us because we're so attached. I hope everyone comes back eventually, I really do. But I completely understand why you guys might give up on this place. We can't keep it active like we want it to, and that's not fair to you. So, even if we have to do it alone, we're going to try to continue on at whatever snail's pace we can manage. You're all definitely welcome to come back--I'd really love it if you would. But there has to be an understanding that it can't be active all the time, as much as we'd love for it to. If someone gets super busy with life and has to go away for a few or more months, we all need to be ok with that.

I know that's a lot to ask of anyone, which is why I don't blame everyone if no one comes back. You have a right to want an active roleplay. But if any of you do decide to come back... I'd be eternally grateful for the support, understanding, and patience.

Here's to an uncertain future and the (slow) adventure of roleplay.

- Narifia

[Aceiro]

This place has been a home for me on the internet for the time I was here. I will always come back in and see how everything is going without a doubt. We all have crazy lives in the real world and though slow, an rp is still an rp, and with the amount of time that was put into the story plot and development of this site it would be a shame to see it all go to waist. Ill be on probably stopping in when time and life allows it