On a mun forcing her to keep a journal (read: a mun's first time playing on a journal site)

[bootsmadeforkilling]

Dear Mun (mun? What is a mun?),

Am I doing this right...? I-I know your friends want me to keep a diary, but are you entirely sure this Internet is necessary? I-I've never used this before...

I know you said Allen and the others are here as well, but... I guess this will take some time to get used to. Could your friends give me some pointers?

Yours truly and forever,
Lenalee Lee

Comments

[excommunicated]

Some of us are definitely floating around here too, so you're not alone, Lenalee.

And I guess it is a little confusing to start with, isn't it? But it's not so bad when you get used to it. Can I help with that in any way?

oh god i never thought out how she'd react to seeing allen again. HI THERE.

[bootsmadeforkilling]

A-Allen?! [ oh god. her canon point is set at the last time we saw her in chapter two hundred something, so she's relieved to all hell that he's alive.] Are you alright? Where are you? Did Johnny find you?

Uh, well... ;;;;;; I suppose there's a lot of terminology I don't understand... My, er, mun (or is it mundane?) says that she's done a lot of this kind of thing in places like Tumblr and Gaia, and she's kind of intimidated by how many different ways you can post on journal websites. In fact, if it weren't for a friend of hers, I probably wouldn't even be talking to you... [ she sighs a little. seeing allen is one good thing that's come out of this. ]

Kanda sucks at being reassuring. Welcome to DW RP-land though!

[kandescence]

A diary? [He's never really thought of it that way.]

This place is always strange, the way these idiot mundanes try to talk to each other through us. You'll get used to it.

They usually shut up and just let us talk when you go to other places. ...They aren't always places that you'd want to go though.

Re: Kanda sucks at being reassuring. Welcome to DW RP-land though!

[bootsmadeforkilling]

K-Kanda too? Where is everyone, anyway? [ She scratches her head. Who else is here, she wonders... ]

Why are they called 'mundanes'...? [ Mun never actually questioned the origin of RP jargon until now, derp. ]

Places that we'd want to go to...? What do you mean?

Re: Kanda sucks at being reassuring. Welcome to DW RP-land though!

[bootsmadeforkilling]

And... this is a journal site, isn't it...? Isn't it used for keeping a diary?

[kandescence]

[Huffing a little because explanations. He's got a modicum more patience for her than for most people though, so he'll at least give it a try.]

Mundanes because they're dull and they live in a dull world. Compared to us and the places we live. [And Kanda likes to use mundane rather than mun because he thinks it sounds like more of an insult.]

That stupid Beansprout you're talking to and I are stuck in America in 1928. Daisya's with us too.

There are others in all kinds of places though--experimental facilities, strange cities, schools. I've spoken to them or seen them in passing. Most of the time they're stuck in worlds that the mundanes call "games." They come here sometimes though.

And then there are these..."meme" things. They're temporary, quicker. Each one is its own scenario. You talk to whoever you want and it's different every time. My mundane says that yours should look at bakerstreet if they want to see what that's like.

I'm not interested in keeping a diary. My mundane uses my journal to keep track of things I've done. [Shrugging aloofly.] You do what you want though.

[OOC: Because even with all the meta in the world, Kanda won't manage to explain the finer points of this: most folks use their character journals less to make in-character diary entries and more for keeping tabs on game info and some private RP logs. The majority of games on Dreamwidth are community-based, which means that in-character posts go in the game communities. But a few are journal-based games, which means that in-character posts go on the character's journal but are still specifically for other characters in the game.

So if you ever see someone's journal with a bunch of first-person in-character posts, be sure to check before jumping in to interact, since it's likely that the posts are meant for other game members only, and someone else joining in would be quite the faux pas! In practice for most people, more actual RP takes place in communities than on the character journal itself, though you can of course do whatever works for you. :) ]

[bootsmadeforkilling]

[ She sighs a little. She should've expected Kanda to be, well... Kanda. ]

I think you just call them 'mundane' to be mean. [ She sticks her tongue out at him a little. ]

W-wh? Daisya's alive? [ As if the America in 1928 thing doesn't freak her out either. Though holy crap that sounds so fun, the twenties are my favorite and it sounds like crossfandom Baccano or something ]

O-oh... Those sound pretty unappealing... My mun has been considering one called Asgard Eventide, and that one sounds like a nice place to be... [ She scratches her head, though. She's not sure why her mun is interested in Asgard- the idea of being forced to dress in head-to-toe neutrals sounds a bit... unpalatable, to say the least. ]

... So what I'm getting is... I should make sure someone didn't mean a post for a group before I reply to it, and maybe see about memes first?

Thank you, Kanda, this is all very helpful! [ She smiles and bows her head a little. ]

[kandescence]

[Slight frown, but he'll accept the teasing with a little Hmph.]

Daisya's... Yes. But he knows that he died. It's complicated. [What can he say? It's bound to be difficult knowing that you're dead in your own world but being alive in another. This is Kanda trying to be sensitive about it badly.

As for the game he's at, it's based on the works of HP Lovecraft/Call of Cthulhu, but it's tiny and quite slow, so we're fighting for momentum, tbh. The 1920s setting is a blast though!]

I've heard of Asgard. My mundane knows some others who play there, says they seem to like it.

You'll do fine. [Which is as close as he's going to come to saying you're welcome.]