Agh, I keep putting this off 'cause I want it to change/not be true but I think it's better if I just rip the band-aid off quick. So it's occurred to me over the past year or so that LJ-style RP just doesn't work for me the way it used to; I'm having a harder time finding the time and discipline for regular tagging RP and it's definitely been reflected in my sporadic EOF activity. It's not fair to my characters, the story, or the characters that have story with mine, not to mention you guys. So I think I'm going to take a hiatus and see where I am in six months; if I miss it and find it in me to start some new RP habits I would really love to come back.
I feel awful because I really love the direction we're going in. The decision has more to do with my personal, day to day habits and creative blocks than it does with how I feel about the game. I just have to be honest with myself that for whatever reason, I'm not making the time for it that I should, and as a result, I'm feeling guilty and creatively unfulfilled by my own touch-and-go efforts.
I am fine with retconning Bert/Molly's presence entirely or saying that each of them took off/disappeared/said sudden unprompted farewells at this last stop, depending on what you guys would rather, and I'll reintroduce them if they're both still free after I've had some away time.
Thanks, guys. Let me know if you have any questions etc for me.
"Now and then we had a hope that if we lived and were good, God would permit us to be pirates." -- Mark Twain