I've had a wonderful time here, and really enjoyed playing with you all, but I'm afraid that Damned just needs more time and effort than I've been putting into it. (Hijikata deserves a more involved player, for that matter.)
Thus, I'm finally doing what I've been debating with myself for a while, and dropping him. Extra special apologies to Zalia, Kaze and Tad, since he's kind of leaving the History Club in the lurch.
I don't have the heart to kill him off, so since I haven't posted to any of the buses yet, he'll just have disappeared sometime between the end of night and the Doyleton trip.
I'll still be around on AIM and my own journal
gardenfox, and I may return here in the future if I get a new burst of roleplaying enthusiasm; in the meantime, I hope to see you all around, and thank you for many fun months of gaming!