House of Cards OOC

I've had more fun here than I have at any other game. Even so, all good things must come to an end. I feel like I've done everything I can do with my HoC characters and I don't feel a great interest in starting up a new one. It's time for me--and them--to leave (or at least drop from sight).

Sophie Berthier-Fitzgerald remains happily married to that peacock Adrien (who she loves to pieces). She continues to enable Sitara's efforts to become the first modern day Deck pirate, fret over Cadogan, get the museum up and running and to mend broken fences with her sisters. She'll remain derpy and blushy and surprisingly capable. She'd planned on challenging to Ten. Up to anyone if she achieved that or not. She remains wife, mother, sister and adopted sister and above all Diamond.

Drew Montgomery remains as master of horse, handyman and sometimes spy. He continues to court Blythe and plans on taking a Paper Moon style road trip with Eileen soon.

Tess continues on as your animals' favorite vet (okay, I know that's an oxymoron) while slowly and carefully convincing Cadogan it's okay to have a relationship with one hand and fending off her father's crazy with the other.

Katya, ah, Katya. I always said Katya took her position to seriously to up and leave or resign. (As she says it, she expects to leave feet first.) OTOH I don't really want to kill my character. I thought (with mod approval) she could stay on as an NPC Queen until such time as a new one gets apped in. If so, she'll remain your perpetually smiling Spade Queen.

I will link to my musebox on Sophie's journal (post locked to those who are in her circle). I am more than willing to play them occasionally for fun, in memes, AUs, House of Crack, etc. I'll still be around hither and yon (including AIM). I've made a lot of great friends here and aim to keep them. Thank you everyone for all the wonderful memories. ♥♦♣♠

It is physically painful for me to do this, but I think it's come to be that time. My interest in HoC has faded away, and I don't think it's productive for me to remain. I came in over a year and a half ago, and things were different then. But, naturally, as things evolve, some people will thrive on the change, and others will fall away. We've had several leave, and several more join. Now it's my turn to go.

Pierre moved to Spades (that was never actually written because the people I needed to make it happen were, by no fault of their own, unavailable; it was, however, approved by the mods, so I'm going with it). He's buddied with Ethan, and is there to do pretty much whatever is required of him. Yay for being a Seven again.

Amy will continue to work her way up the ranks, and do everything she can to make her brother, her Papa, and her boyfriend proud. She's eight months and three days sober today. :) For family and Suit.

Silas, at 43 years old, is retiring from King and going to focus on being a grandfather and getting better. His Queen, Ace, and Jack have his full support, and he's available to the other Kings (and has every intention of maintaining his dates with the other Suits' Face Cards, FYI) as usual. It's just from the rank of Ten rather than King, now. Life will improve. He'll teach history or English, maybe both. It'll be good.

As for me, well. Those of you who have my number are still welcome to call, text, whatever. My AIM is always on, even when I'm mobile, and of course I'm available in chat, email, whatever. If you ever want to play with my million and twelve muses, poke at me and I'll happily help out. I just don't feel like I should be here squatting a Face Card position when I can't maintain it; after all, I'm typically at the front of the line to bitch about inactivity (or, at least, I used to be).

So long and thanks for all the fish, guys. It's been a fun year and eight months. :)

Love,
Kels

Unfortunately, I'm going to have to drop Ivona and little Juliette. Life for me is a bit sporadic, and the girls are just more than I can handle right now. (And I never do seem to be able to keep female Cards, what is this crazy??)

Ivona can slip back into NPC status, brought out if needed, and Juliette and Dutch simply...vanished one day. Maybe they went off with the former Queen of Clubs and the other Joker, idek. Point is, she and her big horsie aren't anywhere to be found anymore.

<33, Emma

As interesting as Dillon can be to play, with my new job (and particularly my new commute) I can't keep up with eight characters now. Hopefully I can keep up with seven, but I might need to drop someone else by the end of the month.

Whoops, bet I scared you a little. Sorry to give you a false alarm, but. I'm gonna have to drop Karisa (itsybitsyrigby). It sucks because I fucking love her, but it's hard to make AC with her, and I don't like being That Guy. So off she goes. Wish her love and light and good things. :(

-Kelsan

Hi guys,

Just a quick note to let you know I'll be on hiatus for a while (28 March - 9/10 April). Also, I'm dropping Archie for the time being since I don't have enough spare time or energy that writing the mad scientist requires. ._.

Lasse will be working at the Ivy or dreaming up gardening/landscape projects, sneaking around with Michael and enjoying life as he normally does. If you need anything from me, feel free to e-mail.

See you in April~

<3

--Ling

Hey guys. Life has been pretty lifelike for a while now for me, and if I don't lighten the load somehow I'm not going to be able to manage. Caleb's been pretty quiet for a bit now, and I think we're both better off if I climb out of his head and let the man work.

He'll still be around the Deck for your basic doctory needs (also playing chess and teaching his favorite budding mad scientist, and having movie nights with Silas, and shamelessly using Briony for her cooking skills, et cetera), but I can't handle four characters right now. Hopefully that changes, as I'd love to bring him back!

For the time being, Eden, Mano, and Tobi are all staying right where they are. :] Thank you all for being so patient with me for the last few months!

I figure most everybody knows by now, but I've decided to drop Davin (which is why we had the Avery-and-Davin-breakup thread, so Avery wouldn't be stuck to an NPC). He never entirely 'meshed' for me and I figure I gave it long enough and he can just...be on a long business trip for a while and then assumed to be back on Deck, doing his job. That is all.

I'm sorry to be doing this; I love everyone here and all my characters.

But sometimes they just don't gel. I've tried Cooper and Jubilee twice. I suspect Cooper will always be a Club which is why I have so much trouble playing him as a Heart (I have trouble playing Hearts in general). I haven't been able to find the proper voice for a changed Jubilee. I know there are people who've expressed interest in playing a Joker, so I don't want to take up a slot when someone else can have it.

So, Cooper (heartstrine) and Jubilee (jestincase) are officially dropped.

Just a note that I am dropping Pete (maystillcrow) since he never really properly 'gelled'. He's still going to be NPCing around doing his freelance reporter thing and being Elisha's lackey eyes and ears PA and stuff. But yeah. That is all! Carry on!

PS: Scared you making this post with this journal, didn't I?

So, I've been mulling this over for days, though it seems that it's been real life the one to give the last push. As much as it pains me to say this, I'm dropping Judith from the game, and thus leaving the game itself. I have reached a point in my life in which work basically overrides everything else. I have the master course classes, german classes, my pre-thesis, practice and if that weren't enough, I'm the playwright of a play that will be released in two festivals next summer and probably will end up working in just another play as an actress or in the costume department.
Besides, I've been lagging lately too much to even fulfill the activity check requirements and  I do feel it is not fair to monopolise a rank that is so important and would be put to better use by someone else. As for Judith? She and Tristan have gone to live closer to Ceiro so they can visit him more frecquently.
Still, I do hope this is not a "goodbye" but better a "see you soon", under this guise or another.
It's been a good time. A great time. and I will never look at playing cards the same way.
The biggest of hugs
Clara
♥♦♣♠

I really hate to do this because I LOVE House of Cards and everyone in it. But real life has been getting a bit hectic. Work has been killing me and on top of that I've been having problems at home. I can't devote the attention I want to the game and Raiden knows that I want to.

So if anyone still wants to interact with her outside of the game I'll more than likely still be throwing her at sixwordstories, memebells or ssws.

Thank you for giving me a wonderful place to play.

My loves... it pains me to say this, but it's time for me to go.

I keep making giving reasons about life taking over my everything, and those are true. But there are too man emergencies. And, at this point, I have no idea when those emergencies are going to end. Honestly, I don't even remember which people I've told about which emergencies - which I feel says something about the sheer number involved.

This is unfair to both you and me (mostly you, but allow a bit of self-pity, if you'll be so kind), and it's time for me to own up or woman up. I'm owning up, because I can't do it anymore. I can't even try to do it any more. So I'm dropping.

We will be working some lovely plotty thing out that will unfold in the main com, should you desire to follow it, and I will finish up an threads I still have hanging as emergencies permit. I will also stalk both the main com and the crack com, and probably end up posting in memes - because even if I don't have the time or energy for a game, I can't leave you all forever. What would I do with out you?

Please take this with my love and my sincerest apologies, as I have nothing better to give.
<3

(This includes David (spysinspades) and Jinx (heartshy) )

Hello lovelies. I'll be posting Carmella's coronation later in the week so she is still technically a Nine of Clubs.

Alas as I have brought in my queen, I must drop another card to accommodate her. I wanted to end castsalight's time in the game on a high note, with her winning her challenge to Four of Clubs. Even if Carmella had not been selected as Queen of Clubs, I felt Margo's story had developed as far as it could in the game. She is moving into Town with a friend, Nola Christie a physiotherapist from the Spades. Together they are going to start MELD (Motivating and Enlightening the Deck), a NPO to encourage the disabled on-Deck. Carmella's sister, Dru is also a part of this initiative. Keep an eye on my journal for further details.

Margo is still involved with the Daily Trump in a freelance capacity, so feel free to refer to her in passing conversation. She may get a column one of these days but for now she is just taking her photos. I would be more than happy to bring her back to do some tagging if you need her.

Karin, thank you for enabling Margo in the first place. You will PM me when in need of sisterly support, hmm?

I've been fading for some time as you guys have all known with my unresponsive tagging these, frankly, months and my general lack of presence in everything forever. After thinking on this and chatting to others about it on the side, I've come to a desicion: It's been a blast RPing with you all, it really has been, but I do think it is time for me to stop being such a load on you all and leave the game.

Andrea (this journal) will still be on Deck -- NPCly still doing stuff in the background and anything you guys want her to do. Anything is fine with me to be honest. :T

Danielle (lightsthejewels) is the same! She'll continue to be in Information Management and be her usual self until December rolls around and she takes her usual vacation time off. She'll come back on her usual time however and will resume work once more, circle of life and hakuna mata and all that neat little facts.

If you need the two of them for something just feel free to NPC it. I'm down with anything. You've all been a blast to RP with and I'm so sorry it has taken this long for me to reach this conclusion and made it harder for you all. Really! I hope this game keeps on trucking and take care, everyone! You guys have been the best experience of roleplaying I've had in some time. <3

Melly~

So, this... was bound to happen sooner or later. To keep it short and to the point: I am leaving the game.

Which feels odd to do, since I founded it and it feels so very weird to drop out of your own game that now no longer is your game -- you know what I mean.
It's been a year and five months (and five days) since the founding, and it's been an amazing time. I got to meet so many new, amazing RPers, I made friends with many of you, I had so much fun and it's been a fantastic experience from the beginning up until now.

But recently, it has become clear that my interest has been far from what it used to be. Far from what it's supposed to be, since as a mod, I ought to be more invested than the majority of players, and not less. And altogether, that's not the kind of attitude that makes a good mod in any way.

Athena, who was my first and now's my last character in the game, will be leaving the Deck due to getting treatment for an illness. She'll keep contact with David, of course, as well as any of your characters who've been friends with her.

I hope this game lives on, I hope it remains fun for you all, and I genuinely hope to cross RP-paths with some of you again eventually.

Until then, have all my love and shine on, you beautiful Diamonds and Hearts and Clubs and Spades!

-- Rekla

I'm sure that this comes as a surprise to absolutely no-one but it's still good to make these things official.

Because of life, slight loss of voice and the fact that Gabe is about to lose his whole reason for being in the deck in the first place I'm going to bow out from this game. Gabe is going to keep chasing that dream of his that made him return to the Deck, and since it's leaving so is he. 

I love all of you, I am deeply sorry for being such a flake and for my incredible slowness everywhere, it just wasn't clicking for me this time I guess. I thank you all for your patience and the fact that you played with me.

Stay beautiful and have a great time!

<3

Just one, though. :)

I've been steadily and quickly losing the drive to play Kat (pureaudacity) and so...she is dropping back down to NPC-ville, planning fabulous events for all the Diamonds everywhere.

I hate to do this, but I've been thinking about this for a while and have finally decided that it's time to let sineoccasu go back to being an NPC. His voice has been fading ridiculously fast, and forcing it isn't the point of pretendy funtimes. He'll still be living in the Deck, bumbling around getting paint on things and worrying about Säde (and being Hadyn's roommate, if EJ likes).

That's all!

Qi

Okay, guys.

I'm afraid that, after much consideration, I have decided that I need to leave HoC. It has been an absolute blast but between a non-existent RP-drive and yo-yoing health I need to take some time to regroup and it's not fair for me to continue to drag everyone down with my inability to commit to things.

So here is what will happen:

Tegan will be handing in her resignation, picking up her sister and moving in with Dafydd.

Nicholas will be getting a phone-call that means he is, once again, having to pack up and leave the Deck.

Thank you all for everything, I wish you and the game all the best.