Hi.

I've come to know many of you here over the years, and there are a lot
of you I've never met. I bring you this message, be it old or new to
your ears, it's from my heart.

It's the things you've had but couldn't keep that make a lasting memory.
It's holding that hand but losing grasp that makes that person so much
stronger in your mind. It's the dwelling of a saddened heart that stops
the ticking of the finest clock. It's the fear of jumping, of letting go
that binds in our solitude. Mourn not for those we know we've lost, but
praise those that bless our sides.

In the pursuit of our dreams, of happiness, of love... the path often
becomes entangled by the undergrowth and no longer is the way clear.
Often times it just takes a good hacking, and the path once again opens
up. There is, however, that rare occasion when the path becomes so
choked, so confused, that its chance for redemption is slight. I've
never been particularly successful here, never done anything
extraordinary, but I have made a few friends, and lost a few more. Of
that, I am most proud. Not proud am I of any guild ranking I've ever
held, for it's never been above 1. Nor am I proud of any aide position
that I've held. I celebrate my happiness, my success, in the companions
I have met and befriended throughout my days here.

To all of you... my friends... I bid you farewell as I prepare to leave
these lands. It may seem rather sudden to some, rash to others, and
quite expected to a few... but the fact remains, I am no longer happy
here. I've tried to hold on, to find something to grasp. Inevitably, I
will fall again, and I'm tired of pulling others down with me.

So with all this longwinded babbling, adieu my friends, may your lives
be long and prosperous, and may you find your way through the dark.

With a heavy heart,
Allo.


P.S. I will occasionally come around to check messages and/or the news,
so if you'd like to say hello... or goodbye, feel free. I love you all,
even those we've come to hate, even those we're told to hate. We're all
here because we love to live... and we love to succeed. Goodbye.

Penned by my hand on the 13th of Miraman, in the year 387 AF.