Love, Your Staffers

[Professor Albus Dumbledore]

Hey guys! -waves- Alva here.

So, you're probably wondering what the heck possessed us to do this whole project, and just why we'd go through all the damnably long process in order to get it out. In all honesty, it's simple. Once Izzy and I get an idea in our heads, we just can't stop. Especially if it means it's for you. Come on, you all should know by now how much we love the site and how happy we are that you've sticked through with us all this time, so this is one of the ways we have of repaying you for it. Sure, it took us hella long to get it out, and many of you were ready to throttle us with all the hints we dropped over at the c.box -coughNAJOOJcough-, but we hope you think it was worth it. You've got no idea how many frustrated hours Izzy and I spent trying to get everything working and stuff, and for what? For you. Yeah, the dudes that keep ISS alive with their brilliant posts and equally brilliant characters. Not even in our wildest imagination did we think we'd get here. This 2009 ISS's second birthday is coming up, and I can truly say that I had never heard of a site that had stayed strong and steady for so long. There are countless others who drop dead and don't even make it through the one year mark...but thanks to you guys, not only was that possible, but we're now going for the two year mark! Can you blame us for wanting to give you guys a little something? Hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoy being here (:

Yay, Izzy’s turn! *Waves*

Alright, so, I could sit here and bore you with all my mushy, gushy, “I love you guys” speech…and that’s exactly what I am going to do. =P You have no idea the amount of effort that has gone into this strenuous project, but every single second of it was totally worth it now that it’s all done. We do these sort of things not just because we’re suicidal, but because we love you guys so, so much. I’m not sure you have completely understand how much love I hold for this site and all it’s members, but I know you can empathize a little bit. ISS is my home away from home. I call us a site family because that’s really what we are. Have you ever seen a RPG site a.) have such a wonderful community of members, b.) actually make it past the one year mark and be headed towards it’s second birthday, c.) have such intricate and enjoyable threads both regular and note, d.) have a freak’in yearbook, e.) have so many active characters, and equally diverse… and basically I could run through the alphabet another twenty times if I didn’t think I’d have you telling me to shut up by the end of it, ha ha. Thank you guys so much for putting up with this long, and not killing us with our excessive hint-dropping in the cbox, and letting us just have fun serving you. It’s the best job on the planet. No. Joke. Love you, guys! Always. :{D

[Professor Albus Dumbledore]

Yearbook 2.0

You’re nuts, I’m nuts, we’re nuts – it’s a beautiful thing. I can not describe to you the massive onslaught of thoughts coursing through my head through mere words alone, but I will try. ISS is my second home. I believe it’s safe to say everyone here know that’s by now. The fact that we are now in graduation is just…unfathomable. And yet at the same time, it’s here, it’s now, it’s happening. The only character I have that’s actually graduating is Rabastan, and while I’m very aware he’s just a portion of my imagination to most, he is very real to me. He’s my Rabby Baby. And he’s graduating. Being a high school senior myself, this is something I’ll be able to relate well too. He’s growing up and he’s moving on. Just like ISS. This site is remarkable – and it isn’t because of me or Kabby, or Skar, even. ISS has stayed as strong as it is because of you. All of you. Without the members, me and Kabby would be running a dead site. What fun is that? I’ve watched all of you grow up right alongside your characters, with your personal lives and your many IC ones. You guys are some of the greatest people I know. I’m blessed to have ISS in my life and consequently know all of you. We really are making history here, and I can’t wait to see what else happens further along down the road. ISS is a phenomenon in and of itself; every day I’m grateful that I get to be apart of it. Just because we’ve finally hit this mile marker of graduation does not mean ISS is over. We aren’t going to let this place fade away. We have new things in store, lots of things to keep the site busy. If anything, really, we’re only just getting started. ISS can only get stronger from here. Thank you for trusting myself and Kabby enough to lead you guy’s right into the chaos of it all. I appreciate you more than you could ever understand, as horribly cliché as that may sound. You’re my family, ISS is my home. I love you guys, forever and always.

♥ Izzy

First of all: Wow. Wow wow wow. I can't even being to think of the words to properly convey how proud I am of this place. Not only did we recently celebrate our two year anniversary but now there's this. Graduation. It still seems surreal that our characters are all moving up a year and that some of them are leaving hogwarts. Cue the waterworks, much? This is just crazy, people. Crazy because I don't think I've ever seen another site even come close to accomplishing what we've accomplished and crazy because I still can't believe that I'm a part of something as amazing as ISS - can hardly believe that something so amazing even exists. No, really. I know everyone's probably heard it a lot, how this is such a special place the likes of which does not exist anywhere else but it's completely true. The amazing and wonderful closeness among the members of the site is something that I've never seen on another site and something I'm grateful for every day. We all have our own lives and our own families outside of ISS but I think it's safe to say that as well as all that, we're still one big family ourselves. One big family of amazingly talented writers - any of which I could easily see getting published in the future 'cause that's just how good you all are =D I love each of you guys so so much and I just hope that you enjoy the amazingness that is graduation. Dumbledore congratulated the graduating class of 1977 and now I'd like to congratulate you guys on over two years of keeping this place alive and of course because of grad itself. We made it! Be proud of yourselves, gosh darn it, you all deserve to be! Love always <333

♥ Kabby