Also, Niciel ([@Scarifar]) [i]might[/i] have noticed Teknall harvesting a bunch of Valley of Peace mist. He's sneaky, but there's only so much you can do to hide something like that. She might not have noticed, although she does have a fairly solid surveillance network which probably could have detected a disturbance of the sort where a whole bunch of air is vacuumed up.

[@Bright_Ops], we'd love it if you could stick around and keep playing. If catching up is your only concern, then reading the summaries should be adequate for the most part, and I have a list of recent major events (i.e. most posts since Turn 10 with significant consequences beyond the personal sphere) with links in the Zero'th post of the IC which should catch you up on the current state of affairs pretty quickly.

And I haven't forgotten you. If you were still around when I got up to it, I have a post which could very much benefit from having a chat with Death, although that's still some distance in the future so don't count on it being any time soon.

Of course, if you still feel like you need to drop out, that's fine too. Sometimes we find we've gone in over our heads, or real life catches up to us and we don't have time any more, or we've lost interest, or something like that, and that's okay. If you wish to leave, that's up to you, and you'll be welcomed back if you return.