It's been fun, gang, but I've come to the realization that RPing just isn't for me. It catches my interest for a few months, then I want to hop out of it and do something else... and even if the culture on InsaneJournal is that much different from Dreamwidth, taking a six month-long hiatus in this hobby for no apparent reason is understandably frowned upon.
You were all wonderful, each and every one of you. I'm sorry if writing around Stone's departure is something of a burden on any one of you, but I figured that it'd be better to make an actual goodbye thing instead of just being like "BYE BITCHES!"
Actually, that's a huge big lie; I wanted to just kind of fade away and let AC slay the Stone Dragon, but thanks entirely to Maaya's input, I decided to make it grander and leave some closure for her and those she's made friends with.
I'd like to think that someday, years from now, Rosestein comes back to Emillion, and shows what a badass, confident woman she has become. But that'd be up to you and the mods if it could be mentioned offhandedly sometime. She's grown so much from being a small character who told me to lick a payphone's money slot in a feverish dream--a dream that even now, I can recall the fragments of.
I'd like to thank Quest and Jay, our mods, and Quest once more for even bringing Emi up to me in the first place and helping me begin to actualize Rosestein. Everyone who's had an interaction with Stone, negative or positive, I'd just like to say thank you for writing with me, and sorry she was a huge bitch at first! To those I planned things with but it never panned out, I'm sorry. I realize now what that was: me trying desperately to save my interest from fading, but it couldn't be saved, it's apparent now.
Lastly, I have some parting gifts.
1. I've made a few additions to The Very Best of Josh's Writing Process.
http://stone-solid.insanejournal.com/549.html2. I've slightly updated Rosestein's biography.
http://stone-solid.insanejournal.com/405.html3. I've sung you Kiss Me Good-bye by Angela Aki. No, seriously. Hope it's not too shitty.
http://vocaroo.com/i/s11sjIhO8S4YThanks for being so understanding and lovely. Later days! ♥
EDIT: Also, to whoever edited in the "player notice" tag--THANK YOU! I didn't even know that was a thing. >_>