Well, people come and go, I suppose - even mods. I guess she had enough - probably only so many bads fics one can close...
I'm not too sure that she will 'never return', although I don't think she would as a mod - leastways, from what I have read... She might pop in again after a while, but we'll just have to wait and see.
New laptop? Nice. Happy belated birthday!
Oh, I don't think you would know, but I am a mod. No, not on here, but on Serebii forums *insert dramactic doom music here*. Whee.