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I've been trying to write this post for several days now. Almost a week by this point. But I can't seem to get anything out as I would like. I am constantly distracted by the personal issues that have been plaguing me for the past several weeks, which have only worsened the past few days. And today, I cleared out my schedule as best I could to sit down and write both this post and the next which would serve as the ending for my arc and set up the next season. I even got a pretty good chunk completed. And then more drama arose IRL. And I've spent the past three hours dealing with the immediate fallout. And I know there's only going to be more coming, so I know I'm not going to have any real ability to sit down and work on not only these posts, but likely have any time for next season, either. 

I absolutely hate this because this RP is actually succeeding. And my biggest gripe about RPing is that every time I make a character and put effort into a story and a narrative the game fails. It's why I have repeatedly "retired" from roleplays many times over the years. And yet now here's one that I like, that is going strong, and is about to enter the second season. I was actually going to be able to finish a story I planned to tell, and I was even reaching out to a couple other players to plan for crossovers next season. 

But, unfortunately, I think I'm going to have to drop. As much as I'd like to stay, as much as I'd like to finally be able to say I finished an arc in one of these games, there's no way I'll be able to with everything that's going on around me at the moment. I can barely manage to find time to do my actual work as it is and as a result, I'm slipping on bill payments now. I'm trying to think of a way around it, to fit in this game now that shit is hitting the fan yet again in my life, but I'm not spotting one. 

So, apologies, but I won't be finishing my story nor joining next season. The good news, at least, is that absolutely nothing I did affects anyone else and my absence doesn't hinder the game in any way. A benefit of writing completely solo content, I guess. 

Good luck to everyone else, though, and have fun with next season. Keep the game alive. 

Ciao

tl;dr: I'm dropping reluctantly, what else is new, and goodbye.
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