Curtains Close (a farewell)

Firstly, I would like to apologize for my prolonged absence this past month and change. Several events have conspired to steal away what little time and motivation I reserved for posting on this site. My spare time and energy are going to be focused on other pursuits for the foreseeable future, so I don't know when I'll be able to make a return to the AFW. With a great sadness and a heavy heart it is that I have to then bow out of the squared circle and take my leave of you all. I extend my most sincere apologies to anyone with whom I was working on a story-line. I feel absolutely terrible about having to orphan the ridiculous number of threads that I had in the works, but it would be foolish of me to try to keep up here with as unreliably as I have been able to update. I hope to someday rejoin you all, but I can't even say that this is a certainty. My life is going through many changes, a wedding not being the least of them, that has greatly altered my landscape.

I had said it once, and I truly meant it, that when I found the AFW it felt like a homecoming. This was a place populated by people who, in one way or another, shared the interests I couldn't always express in my off-line life. It is for this reason that it especially pains me to leave you all, but all good things must come to an end, and so too must my time here. I have been fortunate to find such an amazing group of role-players and I hope that those of you who were closest to me find this thread and that it finds you well. I hope that this site persists for many years to come so that others can be as fortunate as I was in coming here and spending far too many hours feverishly typing away.

As I leave I want to say, to those among you who doubt your writing skills or role-playing talents... in the words of Kris Kristopherson "Don't let the bastards get you down." Looking back on the beginning of my time role-playing, on a chat based fantasy RPG site (I regret never getting around to FnF, but I simply had too man neglected characters already), we all come up rough in the beginning. I cringe when I think back to my first character and the quality of my writing in those days. Keep on playing. The games are never over. I will miss you all and I hope that if I ever manage a proper return that many of the friends that I've made will still be here, and still remember me. So, for now, goodbye and good gaming.

-Lily Belle

Good luck lily belle and you will be missed

Good Luck man! We wish you all the best!

You'll be missed and...we'll leave the door open for you if you ever want to come back ^^

Good bye and good luck!

Real life can be scary sometimes, and if you ever need a hug, you know where to find us.

Godspeed in all your future endeavors~...and of course...

I will always miss you Lily! I will wait for the day you hopefully return. Working with you helped give me the confidence to work on my writing and be proud of my characters. I wish you luck in the future, and hope for the day that you return to us!

Will miss you

Guess we gonna miss you all. Good luck with your new life!!

Hope to see you around, bud.