[@Dervish][@Undine]

I hear what your saying and I totally agree. I don't want to discredit either of you or come off as rude, but again I really must apologize for my need for a short hiatus. Like I said before, I know it's not very fair to those who have been active and communicative. Ever since our first drop out in the very early days of the RP, I've been trying to get over this salty taste in my mouth. I'm usually much more organized both in the IC and OOC. With everything that's been going on, I've been seriously slacking. I'm honestly ashamed at how passive I've been as the GM of this roleplay. This week long hiatus is all I humbly request so I can regather my thoughts and get the ball rolling more smoothly than it has been. I'll most definitely be getting more strict with my posting time limit as I have in past roleplays. 

I can't figure out why I was trying to be so lax about that rule this time around (I always usually a little more lenient in December, since that tends to be finals season for many people who are in school, but it got out of hand this time). While it is evident that stuff like that does affect interest, I still take it more personally than I should when I'm constantly messaging someone to post, they let a month slide by and ignore my messages while they respond to other roleplays... and then they say "Well, it's been a month now and I've lost interest." Especially when I've made it quite clear that if someone is ever feeling stumped on what to post, I'll do whatever I can to help fix it story-wise. But that is neither here nor there....

All I can say for now is I'm sorry. It will only be a week. I wouldn't do it if I didn't think it absolutely necessary and I would really appreciate a little bit of patience while I recoup. As it stands now, me and Jenno have been talking about moving forward without replacements for the time being. We'll puppet the characters. So there's no need to worry about the hiatus going on longer than I said it would. If anything, it will be shorter. Just give me a little time. It will be worth the wait. 

[@Kaithas] No worries. I know how the holidays usually are. Your guys' characters are in individual scenarios for the time being, so there hasn't been a huge rush for you guys at the mansion to post. Just try to get it up as soon as you can so Jenno can put up a response. He was wanting to wait until everyone at the mansion posted, but I'll likely have him start responding individually.  

[@lydyn] [@NightFlight] Thank you, I appreciate it.