A lengthy letter that expresses our emotions
You know, having to say goodbye one time gets worse once you have to say a second time. When I think about this whole scenario, my mind immediately goes to the saying: "Once something is dead, it should stay dead (courtesy of some anon's words that I've read in a hate blog)." I start to think that maybe we shouldn't have reopened because we'd end up being at the same stop we came to like the first time.Ā
No, this isn't a bad thing. But it just makes me sad that we have to close this directory down again. When we first opened, it was to get away from the HQI-vibe and to finally settle down to having something that was actually ours; something we spent countless hours planning out to be the best. When we approached our end, it was one of the saddest things I've had to do because Arcana genuinely felt like a family. But then, there can never be a flawless story, correct? We've came across multiple potholes that sort of made our family bond diminish.Ā
When we decided to bring back Arcana, we thought that maybe we'd be able to bring back what we had. But let's be honest, we've all had gained new friends and gained new experiences that once we went back to what was familiar, we all just sort of...I guess you can say: got tired of each other. Nowadays, you rarely see two people solely in Arcana interact with each other. I feel like half of our members have probably floated away into another place or they just went inactive. It's hard to see the people that you thought would be the ones who would be by your side till the end, just to leave halfway through the trip.
We thought that bringing back this home, would be best, but looking at it now, only points out that it was probably not the brightest idea. But as we know, all ends lead to new beginnings. Yeah, it looks like this might be the end of the road for Arcana, but there'll always be this place in everyone's heart--deep down there--that we'll never truly forget about this place.Ā
For those who stuck around this far--maybe your time with us has been since SI or HQI--we are easily impressed by the fact that you're still with us so we express our humblest appreciation. For those who have been by our side since the first time around, thanks for coming back. Then, for those who joined us the second time, thank you for choosing us.
We do apologize that it didn't turn out as great the second time around, but just know that we have been trying our hardest, but sometimes life just likes to pull us away and leave a void. We hate to have to say goodbye again, but this time, we'll make this goodbye permanent. You'll see us around again in a new place nevertheless. But, we'll just have to let go of Arcana once and for all to finally move on with the past. Just never forget:Ā you all are good job.
Arcana :: October 4th, 2013 - August 24th, 2014
Goodbye, folks. It's theĀ realĀ end of our run. We'll miss you guys. We love you and thank you all so very much.
