"how many grandparents does fallen have ... i've heard that excuse atleast 5-6x already ...
~ Cloud"
"atleast"... Grow up, seriously...its called a reason, not an excuse, and whatever it is that makes you tick, must be pretty low, to be making comments like that... because as a point of fact, I've only ever left IC because of a death in my family that happened once before... or because of the health of a family member, so just kindly keep it to yourself next time you would like to speak about something to which you have no clue. This round I joined 8 days after BOR(after a 4 month hiatus from IC), then worked my way up a little bit in our low-ranked family and then my grandfather ,(my dad's dad), passed away this past Thursday Oct.16th, at which point I left my house at 1AM to go to the hospital to meet my dad and some other family, then we spent almost 6 days in my dad's hometown while funeral arrangements and so forth occurred and I just got back yesterday... (not that you needed to know any of that, but I just thought I'd help you better understand how much of a disrespectful prick you are sometimes)...but all in all, as you so eloquently put it, its just "an online text-based game", so really I forgive your ignorance either way and hold no grudge against you, in fact, I pity you.

ERmmm,and for reference, I happen to have (had) 4 biologically related grandparents and 4 step-grandparents, 1 of each(respectively) are no longer with us...
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To the people in IC that have been my friends over the years and who have contacted me already, I thank you for your condolences and best wishes... they are very much appreciated in this time of grief... 
AOD~EOD~TDO~