[u][b]UPDATE UPDATE UPDATE[/b][/u]
A new rule has been added to the OP!
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[indent]If you are inactive for a week without notice, your character will be struck through on the character roster. If you continue to be inactive after being struck through, your character(s) will be removed from the character roster after 7 more days. While you're welcome to come back, you must reapply. If your character is struck through, but you explain why you were unable to post, your character will not be removed from the roster, on the condition that you will post in the IC in the near future. Of course, this is a case-by-case and I understand that people have obligations outside of roleplaying. I'm very flexible about this, but I'm not going to let this roleplay die because someone randomly disappears.[/indent]
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This [i]will[/i] be enforced, and if you disappear, there's a chance that your spot will be taken by someone else, and your character may be rejected if there is a surplus of roleplayers participating in this.

TL;DR
If you can't post or you know you won't be able to for a while, please please please just quickly say that you will be busy and unable to post. While there are always exceptions, try. Please. Please. Please.

On that note, on Wednesday, I'm going to be heading to New Orleans (25 hour bus ride on my birthday... yay...) and I most likely will be unavailable from the 26th-30th.