This is my official leave as Leo.
To be honest, leaving Leo is probably one of the hardest things I'll do in my writing career. This character is one of the best I've ever had the pleasures of creating and has unveiled an entirely new side of my writing talent and mind that I never knew existed. I've always wanted to roleplay a character like Leo, an artificial intelligence, but he's surpassed any expectations I ever had for doing so and made the experience so worthwhile.
I've never had a character that was so solid, strong, and sure of himself turn so quickly into something that longed to be organic, human, and explore the unknown. Needless to say, his character progression is something I never expected and I'll never be more proud of myself for what happened with him.
I'll be keeping this blog up so I can look back on what memories I had with him, because there's no way I'll ever be able to let go of this character completely. Part of my heart is Leo now.
There are many reasons why I'm leaving. One of them is the fact that I have no idea what is going on with Dover and what has been decided about his character. Either way, Leo would not be able to function without the Dover that I built him around and it would be entirely too out of character for me to keep him alive in my canon and try to live without the person that turned him into something he never thought he would be.
I don't know what will be decided about Leo and Dover now that we're both gone, but in my mind Leo probably dismantled himself if something fatal happened to Dover.
Another reason (and I mean the rest of this to no offense, I'm just stating my opinion in hopes that maybe some things will be straightened out for the rest of you so you can continue to enjoy this group) that I'm leaving is because things are so chaotic here now. I feel like the comas, deaths, sicknesses, and destruction got so out of hand and everything is so far gone from the group I joined almost four months ago.
It's hard to keep up with what's even going on now because so many decisions are made by different people there was a period in time when the level of authority (in my opinion, mind you) had completely been broken. If someone wanted a character to go into a coma or die or get sick, I felt like it happened without any real authority weighing the options or how it would affect the group as a whole.
Basically, I've been lost for quite some time now and I feel like it's complete chaos.
I've tried and struggled to keep up and be a part of this, but I just couldn't and decided to just worry about Leo and Dover.
The final reason I've decided to officially leave is because there is a big respect problem here. When I joined, everyone got along great and there were no real problems, but as of late I have noticed many rude comments and arguments, talking about other people in a distasteful way, down-talking others opinions and interests, and general negativity. This isn't directed at anyone in particular, but it's just what I've noticed and has turned me off to even conversing in the out of character chat. While I've never had anything happen to me personally, seeing things happen to other people bothers me and I can't really tolerate being around it.
I genuinely hope that this can be repaired so you all can continue this magnificent journey and finish out the roleplay strong.
But it goes without saying that I had a great time here and was honored to be the baby of the old A.I. batch. Some of you have changed my outlook on character development, interaction, and writing forever, and I'll never forget it.
Thanks for having me here, and perhaps I'll see some of you around in other areas of the roleplay world.
I'm so thankful for the opportunity I had here.
-Leo/Eli.













