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I'm sorry. I
I'm sorry. I really am. I get how this is. I remember reading these threads from other CBers and feeling really sad. but I'm just going to say it.
CB, I'm leaving.
I love it here- or I did, anyways- and you have all given me such good times, but I feel like it's dead. The CB I used to know is slowing down, or I'm just growing up. I was going through a pretty rough time in my life when I found this, I was moving and had no friends, so I think this made me feel, well, connected. Happy. Wanted. But now I have friends and this place just doesn't seem the same. I don't feel like I know anybody here. I tried to connect, but it never really happened. I think the time has come to move on.
TARDISrider leaned against on of the tables, or threads, in the CB. The large convention center with people milling and chatting. Commenting on threads and hurring up to the huge round tables to RP. But nobody noticed Rider, Ditty and Taxicab, standing at one of their few threads.
Rider stroked Taxi's head. Ditty eyed the doors. "You think it's time to go?" She asked softly. Rider closed her eyes as a burst of laughter exploded from somewhere in the center.
"Yeah," she sighed, rubbing her eyes. "Yeah, maybe." She glanced at Ditty. "Thanks for being an awesome AE. Sorry I didn't use you much." Ditty smiled.
"You want to announce it?" She suggested. Rider scoffed, but Taxi nodded at her. Rider gathered breath deep into her lungs.
"I'm leaving!" She shrieked. "You all have been awesome and-" More laughter from another RP. Nobody even heard her. Rider leaned against the table.
"And, I've had good times here..." She trailed off, her voice weakening. One person smiled at her sympathedically, before being yanked into another conversation. Ditty shrugged.
"Well, whacha gonna do?" Rider smiled wryly.
"Bye, then," She muttered to whoever may be listening. Nobody was but Taxi And Ditty. Rider straightened her back, turned towards the huge double doors, and shoved them open. Bright sunlight flooded the convention center.
"Oh!" Said the person at the nearest thread. "You're leaving? Too bad. Have fun out there!" Then somebody else started talking. Rider stepped outside and stretched, slipping her pen out of her pocket. She spun the pen in one hand as she strolled down the city streets. Skyscraper websites, little blog buildings, YouTube channel stands, all crowding the busy sidewalk. Ditty nodded towards one of the blog shops.
"I heard you might be looking into one of those?" She suggested. Rider spun the pen.
"Yeah, maybe. But for now, let's just..." She didn't finished. She examined the pen, that could do so much, only some plastic and ink. "Let's just see what happens." She turned back one more time at the CB, wondering about heading back, but then turned to face the city, the whole huge world. "Let's just write," she whispered.
Like I said, I'm going to miss you all. Thank you for helping me through the times when I had no friends. Goodbye.
submitted by TARDISrider, age 982, Gallifray
(June 1, 2016 - 4:27 pm)
(June 1, 2016 - 4:27 pm)
What?!!?!?!?!?!!?? I know we didn't know each other very well, but I guess if you want to go then we can't stop you. I just hope you can come back and check in sometime. Well, Goodbye.
(June 1, 2016 - 5:35 pm)
top. Goodbye again.
(June 1, 2016 - 5:36 pm)
Goodbye, TARDISrider!
And please don't think that no one cares about you. We all do. Really.
(June 1, 2016 - 5:39 pm)
*sobs*
I can't say anything else. I am on the verge of crying. Promise me you'll be here 2/14/19? And you'll check in every now and then? And you'll listen to Fortune days by The Glitch Mob? Okay, JK on the last one, but ...
Good luck.
I pray you'll find another shelter.
(June 1, 2016 - 6:30 pm)
(June 1, 2016 - 9:28 pm)
TARDISrider, you probably don't know me, but when I first joined I thought you were super cool, even though I didn't know you. I always looked for you on threads while I was first trying to get friends because you seemed really nice and I wanted to get to know you. But I could never find you. I'm sorry, I really wanted to know you. But you're leaving now, so I guess I never will. Farewell, TARDISrider. I'll miss you.
(June 1, 2016 - 10:24 pm)
Oh, Rider, I'm so sorry. We all have those moments when we feel like no one cares if we're here or no, and feel like we have no friends here. Trust me, I've had plenty. But if you feel like you need to go, do. I'm sorry you have to make that choice, and I wish you would stay, but I understand. Pop in once in a while, okay? You will always have a Booksy here, happy to see you, and ready to wave hello and stop to chat.
(June 1, 2016 - 10:31 pm)
You don't know me, but I have definitely felt your presence on CB. You will be missed. It's sad when a CBer leaves, but we get it. I wished you'd stay, but I understand you don't want to. I'm glad you found friends, and I wished I could have gotten to know you better while you were here. Your writing at the end was amazing, and I hope you check in from time to time. You will be missed.
(June 1, 2016 - 10:53 pm)
Farewell! Good luck out in the world! Hope to see you again!
~Kate-the-Great
(June 2, 2016 - 2:21 am)
NOOOOOOOOOO!!!
(June 2, 2016 - 5:07 am)
WAITWAITWAIT!!!
OK, you can leave if you want, but not before you feel like everyone here cares about you!!!!
We're all really sorry that it seems like we don't pay attention to you, but the truth is, everyone here loves you!! (Not in a weird way
(June 2, 2016 - 5:37 am)
I guess we all grow up eventually.
Goodbye. I'll miss you but... I understand the feeling that the place doesn't really suit you anymore.
(June 2, 2016 - 6:02 am)
(This following is from Seth. I can't post it on Kyngdom because it isn't a RP, so I'll post it here. Goodbye, TARDISrider. I'll miss you).
Laria, if you really are leaving for good, I'm going to miss you. A lot. I admit, it was fun seeing you around B.I.G., just like we were in Cypher again!! Thanks for not killing me. That meant a lot. Thanks for the Birthday card too. I didn't know you remembered. I know I'll have fun with Giniva spying and blowing things up and taking selfies, but I won't forget about you ;)
Seth
P.S. I fixed my pen. I can write with it now, but it starts smoking when I try to do anything else with it.
Rose bud: What's this about never connecting?
(June 2, 2016 - 7:31 am)
Thank you all so so much, and yes, I promise to check in every once in a while.
(June 2, 2016 - 8:03 am)
She stands there, surrounded by other CBers. She giggles at the comments some of them say, and try to add a few of her own. She is new, but feels like she knows everyone.
Suddenly, she sees a figure yelling loudly. The person announces she's leaving.
The girl admits to herself that she hasn't noticed the CBer much, but even so she can tell much from her.
"NONONONONONONONO," she cries, trying to push through the crowd. A few other people attempt to reach out, but the figure is now too far away.
The girl races from the building, and finds herself in the internet city. I gasp at the CBer's creativity.
"But of course people care about you!"
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The way I word this probably won't make much sense...
(June 2, 2016 - 8:18 am)