Well, I was offered a chance to take a demotion (when I became van Leigh, destroyer of ships), and I was honestly going to take it. Then I remembered that, if something is worth doing, it has to be done right; so if I was to take a step back and abandon my duties I could as well resign and leave an open spot for someone talented. Obviously I did not.
But I wasn’t exactly on administrative leave, I was on the third-in-command spot of a rival RP.