This is a static copy of In the Rose Garden, which existed as the center of the western Utena fandom for years. Enjoy. :)
#1 | Back to Top03-18-2009 07:24:06 PM
Adieu-- for the time being.
I really didn't want to muck up any other threads with this, so I thought that this would be the best course of action.
For me, IRG was a strong catalyst to some amazing people. I never want to lose the beautiful things I have gained here. But like any good thing, I think I've had my share. I joined IRG within a month of it's creation, and now, we're in 2009. I feel like I've been here for a lifetime! Oh, what a life that could have been.
But lately, nothing feels right to me. My life, online and otherwise, just feels so blurred, and I'm starting to feel as though my entire being has shifted. It's all out of place to me.
I will probably be back at some point, crying on my knees like the coward I always was. But... for the time being, I thought it would be good for me to give a formal goodbye to repay everything IRG has given me.
-Kate
ah, man does not exist; ah, within the darkness; ah, the sound of the waves
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#3 | Back to Top03-18-2009 08:06:31 PM
- OnionPrince
- Covert Diarist
- From: Nagoya
- Registered: 10-28-2007
- Posts: 876
Re: Adieu-- for the time being.
I'm sorry to see you go, Dollface. 
It won't be the same around here without you. Just take care of yourself, okay? Do what you need to do; we'll welcome you with open arms whenever you decide to come back.
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#4 | Back to Top03-18-2009 08:28:03 PM
- BlackRoseVixen
- Snowdrop Lover
- From: USA, Arkansas
- Registered: 12-24-2007
- Posts: 1815
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Bye, dollface You shall be greatly missed. Hope things work out for you soon.
The Saionji Support Squad: Believing in True Friendship Since 2006.
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#5 | Back to Top03-18-2009 08:54:45 PM
- Esmenet
- Tenjou Tilter
- From: Illinois
- Registered: 12-04-2008
- Posts: 83
Re: Adieu-- for the time being.
Aww. I hope things go well for you. We'll miss you!
The bird is struggling out of the egg. The egg is the world. Whoever wants to be born must first destroy a world. [The bird is flying to God. The name of the God is called Abraxas.]
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#6 | Back to Top03-18-2009 09:31:26 PM
- NajiMinkin
- Hacker Ringleader
- From: The Incredible Edible Egg
- Registered: 06-23-2007
- Posts: 2537
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I don't know what this forum will be without you, dollface, but that's not to say it won't go on. You've been here since I first started and you've never been anything less than a sweetheart who always had something interesting to say. And I know I'm not active and we don't communicate a lot, but it's always been really great to see you around.
Just make sure you've got people who treat you as good in person as we treat you here.
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#7 | Back to Top03-18-2009 09:55:05 PM
- Baka Kakumei Reanna
- Atlantean Singer
- From: Wisconsin
- Registered: 07-31-2007
- Posts: 572
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Oh man, sad. But either way, I hope you end up happy and find what it is you're looking for.
We see things not as they are, we see things as we are.
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#8 | Back to Top03-18-2009 10:16:21 PM
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Take care of yourself. Come back if you can, and remember you're awesome. 
"The only reason to write is to write for love. Write for passion. If you have the privilege of being able to write, then don't do it for any other reason." - Stephen Sondheim
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#9 | Back to Top03-18-2009 11:41:13 PM
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We love you, dollface! With you gone, the rose garden has lost a very, very pretty maroon colored rose. We've already lost a purple rose, and also yellow, red, green, and possibly blue if Coco doesn't come back soon 
If you need someone to talk to, though, don't hesitate to contact any of us via aim. I hope you still have my aim userID: garbadia
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#10 | Back to Top03-19-2009 03:15:32 AM
- Katzenklavier
- Wondrous Sexual Eggplant.
- From: Back of your thoughts.
- Registered: 09-13-2008
- Posts: 1120
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The Shioririty will miss you, dollface. I always enjoyed reading your posts -- you're thoughtful and interesting, and seem very kind as well. I hope you do eventually return, although not in tears.
We must go forward, not backward. Upward, not forward. And always twirling, twirling, twirling towards freedom.
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#11 | Back to Top03-19-2009 03:25:10 AM
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You don't have to say goodbye, hon, we're always here to welcome you back with open arms.
It takes forty-seven New Zealanders eight months to make just one batch of 42 Below Vodka. ...luckily, that leaves one of us free to be Prime Minister.
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#12 | Back to Top03-19-2009 04:05:35 AM
- Asfalolh
- Knight of Gates
- From: Barcelona (Catalonia)
- Registered: 10-23-2006
- Posts: 2005
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We'll miss you, dollface! Take care.
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#13 | Back to Top03-19-2009 04:37:27 AM
- Nanami's Rose Groom
- Rose Assignee
- From: Czluchow, Northern Poland
- Registered: 04-07-2007
- Posts: 1717
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...o.0... This has to be a bad dream... I need a wake up slap now
Goodbye. You don't know how we'll be missing you
"Get back to the surface, where the sunlight is so dazzling"
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#14 | Back to Top03-19-2009 04:42:42 AM
- dlaire
- A Whole Orange
- From: Poland
- Registered: 04-08-2007
- Posts: 2322
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Goodbye, it was very nice to meet you. We will miss you!
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#15 | Back to Top03-19-2009 09:13:41 AM
- SleepDebtFairy
- Revolutionary
- From: Washington DC
- Registered: 10-16-2006
- Posts: 2096
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Re: Adieu-- for the time being.
It won't be the same. I hope you're able to sort out things in your life and maybe one day return. Good luck.
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#17 | Back to Top03-19-2009 10:36:36 AM
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I'm not saying good-bye, not because I don't like saying good-bye but because I hope you'll return.
Till then, take care of yourself!
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Believing in True Friendship Since 2008.
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#18 | Back to Top03-19-2009 10:48:07 AM
- lex
- Master Dominus of SRS BZN
- From: in absolute splendor
- Registered: 11-27-2007
- Posts: 1784
Re: Adieu-- for the time being.
As others have said, we'll miss you and your interesting posts, hopefully everything will sort itself out for you. Until then, take care of yourself and we'll see you around 
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#19 | Back to Top03-19-2009 12:46:04 PM
- Razara
- Marionette Mistress
- From: Wuzzy Happy Akio Town (What?)
- Registered: 10-17-2006
- Posts: 4694
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Ah, IRG! Of all the goodbye forms filled with goodbye posts that I've come across, it's here that for the first I've broken down into tears before I could finish reading the post itself.
dollface, I would never want to force you to stay. I know that time away from the things we love is almost always for the best. But if you ever feel tempted to return, please feel more than encouraged to give into that temptation.
I strongly hope that we'll see you again soon!
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#20 | Back to Top03-19-2009 03:10:42 PM
- Lightice
- Azure Paleontologist
- From: Finland
- Registered: 10-21-2006
- Posts: 1255
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Pity - I always found your opinions interesting, even in the occasions I disagreed with them. Ofcourse I can't say to know what you're going through, but having a little anchor or several doesn't hurt in life's troubles. Feel free to come back any time, and not be ashamed for it.
Hei! Aa-Shanta 'Nygh!
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#21 | Back to Top03-19-2009 03:34:38 PM
- Kaelyndra
- Pained Growlithe
- Registered: 04-18-2008
- Posts: 557
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Well, I for one can say it was awesome to get to know you through IRG even if I haven't known you for as long as some of these peeps, it was long enough to know you're a darn awesome young woman.
I'm certain you'll figure out whatever it was that blurred life for you, or find a new course of action in your life that works even better.
I hope to see you around in the future whether it may eventually again be IRG or some other place. Take care!
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#22 | Back to Top03-19-2009 06:44:15 PM
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You're kidding!
I'll miss you, doll. You really livened up the place. I always thought you would make a good mod if we needed another. and good luck dealing with these strange and difficult feelings. When and if you come back, you'll always be welcome.
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#23 | Back to Top03-19-2009 07:33:58 PM
- Raven Nightshade
- Someday Shiner
- From: Louisiana
- Registered: 12-17-2006
- Posts: 2925
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Goodbye is for people you'll never see again.
I'll just say, "See you later, dollface." Because I know you'll be back.
Sometimes I wonder if I'm ever gonna make it home again.
It's so far and out of sight.
I really need someone to talk to and nobody else
Knows how to comfort me tonight.
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#24 | Back to Top03-19-2009 07:35:12 PM
- Hinotori
- The Notable Death Mantis
- From: Soviet Ohiostan
- Registered: 10-23-2006
- Posts: 1335
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I always enjoyed reading your posts. You'll be missed. >:
Hinotori made this post, and then went back and changed it later. Such is life.
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#25 | Back to Top03-19-2009 07:50:37 PM
- Imaginary Bad Bug
- Revolutionary
- From: Connecticut, USA
- Registered: 10-16-2006
- Posts: 2171
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Hope to see you again, dollface. I've always enjoyed reading what you have to say.
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