[quote=thewizardguy]
Hey, could I have everyone's attention for a moment? I know the IC might not be the best place to put this, but I want to make sure you guys see it.I'm sure you all know of how Spirit has been retreating more and more from this rp. I myself have worried my ass off about this, as Tiny might know. Recently I talked to Spirit only to discover the reason she pulled back, being that she felt unneeded, unmissed, and unneeded. We're all a bit awkward, socially, and Spirit certainly is no exception, which is why she couldn't say this in person, and I myself failed to discover this until just recently.Now, I'm the speech guy. I'm supposed to work my words, and make people feel better, but I can't work magic. I feel responsible for all of you, but I'm not the only person in HCL, and I'm not the only friend Spirit has. As such, I just want to ask you guys to set aside that awkwardness socialness for a moment. Screw the tiptoeing around, not sure if you're getting too close, or being slightly creepy, or if someone might not like you, and all that crap that makes our lives so hard all the time. This place was made, orignally, as a roleplay, but I believe it's become more than that. It's become a place, I hope, where we can be as weird as we want and as awkward as we want, and nobody will make fun of us. Because we all know what it feels like to be an outcast, to be lonely, to think nobody REALLY likes you. I want that to stay true for everyone, not just for Spirit, but also for Angel(/Noah), Tiny, Shion, Asura, Fox(or Crow. Whatever I should call her), Creed, Ven, and everyone else who might come here, to find a small place on the internet to be at home. Personally, I feel guilty for those small moments where I forgot I hadn't seen Spirit in weeks, where I'd been distracted or immersed in something else. That moment Angel says she's been gone for a day and I realize I didn't notice. We all have those moments, when we aren't as much of a friend as we want ourselves to be. But we all have our failings, and we've all made mistakes. Let's not make another one by failing to make every single one of us feel wanted.I hope I managed to put that into words. Because the feelings I'm feeling, I can never really put those in letters, put them down black on white. I'm just hoping that somehow they'll get through.
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My hat's off to you sir. Thank you for informing me about the current issue at hand. I can say for certain your feelings have gotten through.