Okay I've got a question now.......
Since Dave is back around does this mean that when my characters meet him and he leaves that the next time that he comes online they will have no recollection of him? The ones that forgot but don't see him anymore do they now remember everything?
Sorry to do a little chop busting but I've had to quit playing or lay off playing characters for various reasons that were involved in other character's plotlines. Asking folks to TOTALLY forget your character I think was a rash decision especially when you have him come back onsite not long after asking that. You really put us players on the spot by asking this kind of thing. Okay how might you have put us on the spot? How IC are they going to now suddenly forget the character period? Those three hour talks never took place? What if in one conversation your character had an impact on another character that caused something to change? Are those actions now to change as well? Character interaction is cause and effect. Everything the characters do has some effect on their environment. Though most of us did ignore this because at one point or another we have all wanted to quit playing some character or another or just start fresh with them. I believe the best bet would have just not signed in for awhile with that screen name and had a reason thought up for his absence when you decided it was time to play him again.
Just my two cents......
Jason