Today I have sent this letter to the Caledon Forums:
Dear friends and neighbors,
I have today come to the conclusion that I can no longer support Caledon’s military activities. While the original goals are nothing but laudable, and many of you have poured untold hours of heart and soul into the activities of the current situation, I have chosen to visit abroad with my cousin Mr Paderborn until Caledon returns to a state of peace.
Perhaps it may be that I will find a way to contribute to the larger cause by taking some humanitarian role, and I may return from time to time for functions that are purely social in nature.
I look forward to the day when Caledon becomes once again a place of uncomplicated peace and contentment, and I return to my home in Tamrannoch, and to my lakeside cabin in the Highlands.
Yrs, etc.
Miss Hermione Fussbudget
(My typist also has some additional remarks on role-playing.)
Seems to me that even a “virtual war” where no one will really be injured or killed, causes virtual damage to communities, as well as makes light of war in real life.
My avatar Bromo Ivory will firmly stands for this – and would go further to suggest that further non-grief action might be appropriate. (A candle-lit vigil by the memorial that Hermione built?)
And with this “Caledon-Neualtenberg War” a phrase sticks in my mind: “What if they had a war and nobody came?”