Mia, I understand and don't understand why you are so paranoid about this.
First of all, I have no intention of making Ash overpowered that she can't be beaten, nor is the same going to happen to the Witch (Mostly because you wont be fighting her half the time). I NEVER force people to do what they don't want to do, I will always ask and get opinions on the matter, this is what I did with Kel when useing the spell that was used on Ash on her.
Second of all, Real Life can and always will be a pain in the utter backside, no matter what you do. There will always be those moments where you just can't log on because you're to busy sorting out stuff in Real Life. Know that not everyone will be on 24/7, not everyone can be on for as long as you may want them to be. I know you, Mia, I know you probably don't have a lot of Real life issuses, but some of us still actaully do, and we are trying to deal with them, myself included.
Do you think i like keeping Krei sitting there waiting for who knows how long until I am able to log in again? No, I don't, infact it makes me feel bad that we didn't finish the event sooner rather than A LOT LATER. But, now we are starting to deal with it via journal, which is fine, but really Mia, relax, not everything is butterflys and rainbows.