The Temporary Goodbye Thread

An eerie silence swept across the graveyard; no one moved, no one spoke ... no one did anything at all; they were stunned. Everyone stared with shock and awe at the spot where emperor yerssot had stood mere moments before; raz himself stared vacantly into space, hardly believing what he had just done. He ... the emperor's most trusted lieutenant - and apprentice for over 50 years - had just vapourized his master. The evil emperor yerssot - the man who had plunged the KMC into darkness for over half a century - was finally dead.

Eventually, raz turned to the emperor's motionless bodyguards.

"Well?", he asked softly. "Aren't you going to shoot me?"

But still, the emperor's guards did nothing; not one of them withdrew their ray guns, as raz had expected. Indeed, none of them even moved or spoke.

After a few more moments had passed, the head bodyguard stepped forward ... and bowed to raz!

"From the bottom of my heart, I thank you. For years, we blindly followed the tyrant who oppressed us, caring more for our own safety than for that of others. We all learned to ignore our conscience years ago - and we were all cowards. Finally, after all these years, you and Clovie have managed to find the courage that was missing for so long in all of our lives. Shoot you? Oh no, sir; I bow down before you! All hail raz ... the true - and rightful - emperor of the KMC!"

And with that, the other bodyguards also kneeled down before raz, chanting "All hail emperor raz"! "All hail emperpr raz!"

A huge grin crossed raz's face. He turned to face Clovie, only to see that she too had bowed down before him. She smiled sweetly, looked into his eyes, and quietly mouthed ... "thank you".

😑 and he becomes emperor and i get nothing? schmoll

Originally posted by Korri
This thread is so ironic of many members on here.

They build up the whole "oh I am leaving, I love you, I'll miss you" speech and then they don't leave at all, or they leave for a short time and come back.

I guess its just an attention thing.

Hmmm ... might I suggest that you actually read the whole thread first before you make rather snide and nasty comments like this?

First of all, I would just like to ask what I feel is a valid question: why, exactly, are you bringing this up now, 6 months after I came back? That just seems a tad pointless to me.

Second of all, I had VALID reasons for wanthing to leave. If you would bother to read the whole thread, you will see that, at the time that I left, I was worried that this place was taking up far too much of my time. After a good long while {4 months ... hardly a few days later, is it?}, I realised that I COULD balance the KMC and all the other things going on in my life - THAT is why I came back, not because people said they would miss me {though, admittedly, I probably wouldn't have come back if people had bid me good riddance}.

I admit that it was misguided of me to leave in the first place - but I most certainly did not do it for attention or to gain people's affection. That is what many other people have said - and I resent this implication which, I can tell you, is blatantly false.

And my God ... what on earth is so "pathetic" and "overly dramatic" about saying goodbye a day before you leave {that's right - one day - I didn't want to stretch things out}? Wouldn't YOU want people to say bye to you if THEY left? Would you consider THAT a "waste of people's time and energy"?

A shame, Korri. I was a loyal member of the Matrix forums for many a month, and we always seemed to get on well; I really liked you. I didn't think it was like you to come around picking on people like me; I guess I was wrong.

And Clovie ... I thought that YOU of all people might understand why I left. Why didn't you even defend me?

Originally posted by Clovie
And he becomes emperor and I get nothing?

I wasn't finished - I had one more bit of story left to go. This Korri thing distracted me - I'll complete it later.

Originally posted by Ahnold
And Clovie ... I thought that [B]YOU of all people might understand why I left. Why didn't you even defend me? [/B]

Originally posted by Ahnold
I wasn't finished - I had one more bit of story left to go. This Korri thing distracted me - I'll complete it later.

Originally posted by Clovie
I just didn't feel like arguing with her, plus I'm sure she wasn't attacking you, but me. I've made quite a few 'leaving aplications(?)" in the past. Just don't worry.

I understand how you feel; Korri isn't always the most ... understanding. If you really thought that she was referring to you and not me, then no hard feelings 🙂 .

I'm pretty sure she WAS referring to me, though; it is, after all, my leaving thread she posted in.

Originally posted by Clovie
Oh ok 😊

I'll finish it a bit later; I've got some stuff to do right now. Heh - I didn't mean for my short story to turn into such a sweeping epic 😛 .

Originally posted by Ahnold
I understand how you feel; Korri isn't always the most ... understanding. If you really thought that she was referring to you and not me, then no hard feelings 🙂 .

I'm pretty sure she WAS referring to me, though; it is, after all, [B]my leaving thread she posted in. [/B]

Originally posted by Ahnold
I'll finish it a bit later; I've got some stuff to do right now. Heh - I didn't mean for my short story to turn into such a sweeping epic 😛 .

Originally posted by Clovie
But she posted here after my post 😕

But she is more likely referring to me since this whole THREAD is about me leaving and coming back; your post was not related to this issue at all.

Originally posted by Clovie
It's a nice one...though it seems I've seen it before... 😛

In "Star Wars" and "Lord Of The Rings", perhaps 😛 ?

Originally posted by Ahnold
But she is more likely referring to me since this whole THREAD is about me leaving and coming back; your post was not related to this issue at all.

In "Star Wars" and "Lord Of The Rings", perhaps 😛 ?

Originally posted by Clovie
*Chokes* Interesting

Why choking? Was it because the first part of the story was boring? I was setting the mood , Clovie! I went on to lightsabres and ray guns afterwards, didn't I 😛 ?

Originally posted by Clovie
But it is Korri.

What does you mean by that?

Originally posted by Clovie
There was sometihng like that in LotR too? 😑

The end bit with the bodyguards bowing down to raz is kinda like Aragorn bowing down to the hobbits at the end of the trilogy ...

Originally posted by Ahnold
Why choking? Was it because the first part of the story was boring? I was [B]setting the mood , Clovie! I went on to lightsabres and ray guns afterwards, didn't I 😛 ? [/B]

Originally posted by Ahnold
What does you mean by that?

The end bit with the bodyguards bowing down to raz is kinda like Aragorn bowing down to the hobbits at the end of the trilogy ...

i didn't see the last part 😕

I wasn't referring to anyone specifically, i was talking about members in general, i have noticed a trend in the past few months of members deciding to "leave" and create a thread about it

But, when others seem "sad" or "disheartened" that the person in question is leaving they decide to stay or come back, clearly as the whole idea of them leaving is an attention stunt.

This, Ahnold wasn't an attack at you personally, merely an observation and i dont find anything i said in previous posts to be nasty, only true of my opinion.

Oh and Clovie, please dont flatter yourself, i have much better things to do with my time than follow you around this website and make comments about everything you say or do, that is an extremely delusional attitude to have, the fact is i wasn't talking about you at all, yes, i admit i find your behaviour can sometimes be attention seeking and i have stated i find that to be the case previously but i dont sit around waiting for you to say something that i can remark on.

I think i have made myself perfectly clear.

you have. thank you

Originally posted by Clovie
It was about the whole idea 😂

Understandable 😛 .

Originally posted by Clovie
I meant that she happens to follow me across the forum and make comments like that 😑

Ah ... I understand.

Originally posted by Clovie
I didn't see that last part 😕

It should be read before I finish the story!

Originally posted by Clovie
What's vaporized?

An important point to clarify. From http://dictionary.reference.com:

Va·por·ize: To convert or be converted into vapor.

In my story, it's what ray guns do to people 😛 .