I wonder how many of you got excited when you saw this notification in your email. I am sorry, I usually hate it when authors do notes like that too, but I think this is a better way to close things off.

Well, this is it. This is me saying fare thee well, this story will not be updated in the future. I know a lot of people wanted to continue reading the story, but I am not going to continue writing it. I know, I know, we're all very crushed of the fact.

So, reasons, right? Well, one: university is a lot of work, which I'm not very happy about, but who would be.

Two: AC III is coming out in a month. Enough said there.

Three: I'm just done. I've spent years on this story, and my mind just doesn't stay in the same place for too long. The fact that I have stayed dedicated to it for so long is kind of amazing all by itself. And I've even finished this project, too- Irony of Eden has a nice little 'complete' score in the description. And to be honest, I no longer have any idea as to what I'm doing with this story, which is the reason for such a long delay, and why I am ending it now.

But do not despair! You can still stalk my deviantArt and Tumblr accounts, if you'd like. While I haven't been doing much writing, I am still regularly drawing and updating those accounts. You can always find me by my username, which is unique to me.

With that out of the way, I'd like to publicly thank my beta, sphinx81, who has transformed this story very early on, and stuck with it to completion and the attempt at a sequel. Many hugs and chocolates to you, darling, there are not a lot of people who could continue investing time in someone else's story for so long.

Of course, thanks go to all of you that have been reading and leaving reviews, whether you're a veteran or newcomer reader, or the silent user that stalked the story alert. All of your support has never failed to put a smile on my face, and boy did I need it sometimes.

Which brings us to one last small notice:

I would like to repeat my dedication to Laurie Moore, who died two years ago while I was still writing the last part of IoE. She left a painful absence in my life that I still haven't filled, and won't be able to for a long time. It's hard to believe that it has been two whole years- it feels a lot shorter and a lot longer at the same time.

Well, this is it... Feels like I should apologize, but I'm not going to. We've had a good ride.