the epistolary+ meme

[loregasm]

sincerely yours,



If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a written word has to be worth ten thousand spoken ones. Right?

Every thread starts with a written (or typed) conversation. Where it goes from there is up to you.

HOW TO PLAY:
- Comment with character. State your preferences - shipping permissions, what your character might write letters/notes/etc about or be written to about, any other pertinent information.
- Comment to others. Play whatever first comes to mind, or RNG .
- Prompts 1-4 aren't medium-specific; they can be letters, emails, PMs, or any other form of text communication.
- Have fun and play nice!

PROMPTS:

1. Pen pals. Usually an arrangement between two strangers to improve foreign language skills or cultural awareness, but the internet has opened up a whole new world of text-based, long-distance friendships, too. Can be assigned or voluntary.

2. Business correspondence. Friendly social calls are nice, but right now it's expertise you're calling on. That doesn't have to be the end of it, though! Maybe you'll keep talking after the job's done.

3. A big fan. You think you know the person you're writing to pretty well, but they don't know you. Better write this carefully so you don't sound creepy.

4. Far from home. Writing to keep in touch with people you can't see in person - how romantic! But letters can take a while to get to their destination, so there's no telling what's happened since this one was sent.

5. Post-its. Popular with housemates and coworkers, a sticky note with a quick message can be helpful in a pinch...or a vehicle for passive-aggression. The key is to not be there when they read it.

6. Texting. The short and fast version. Instantaneous messages make texting a little more like holding a face-to-face conversation, except...not face-to-face. It's also pretty easy to hit the wrong person with a careless text.

7. Ad posting. One character put up an ad - in the newspaper, on a local bulletin board, on street signs or power line poles. The other is answering it. Was this call for help practical, or bizarre?

8. Forums. Slow conversations done fast. Threads, if not the entire forum, usually revolve around a specific topic, and opinions can run loud and stubborn - flame war, or nerd jam session?

Comments

CHARA | Undertale

[abouttime]

[Okay with everything except 2, 3, and 7. Number 5 looks fun.]

5 :V?

[dustless]

On a box of chocolate in the fridge:

no.

yess

[abouttime]

[Written in messy handwriting with sweeping strokes:]

Why not.

[dustless]

Beacuase you have lots alredy

[Somewhat questionable spelling. Also cramped enough some letters might be hard to discern from other.]

[abouttime]

[Frisk's spelling mistakes have been erased and corrected. Their own handwriting stands in contrast against Frisk's.]

Who's it for?

[dustless]

[Written a little more neatly--clearly they were concentrating:]

I don't know. I think it's being saved for later.

[abouttime]

What do you mean, "you don't know?"

[dustless]

It woudn't be here if it was just yours. You'd have it Already.

[abouttime]

I don't know what you're implying.

[dustless]

I'm confused now.

[By now, the notes are spilling onto the surrounding foods.]

...just don't eat all of it. Or Toriel migt figure stuff out.

[abouttime]

[If Frisk were to open the box, a single piece would be missing.]

I'm not going to eat all of it.

[dustless]

The way you talked about Chocklate Chocolate I thougt maybe

[There's a scribbly little sketch of a candy bar disappearing into a fanged mouth. Poof.]

[abouttime]

Believe me, I'd love to, but then mom would ground me.

[dustless]

[Next time, the post-its are cleared away. So Toriel has less evidence of the crime. The next one is stuck to the fridge door.]

Maybe we can put our $$$ together. get a big gient GIANT bag.

[abouttime]

They sell chocolate in boxes, not bags. Well, the good kind, at least.

But yes. That sounds like a great idea.

[dustless]

The bags fill of funsize bars are good too! just not fansy.

[A drawing of a store and two children with chocolate floating over their heads.]

[abouttime]

[Frisk's grammatical errors are being consistently corrected by them from here on out. There is no getting away from their roundabout way of teaching.]

Quality over quantity.

[dustless]

[The next post-it just has as many drawings of brand-name chocolate bars as they could manage to fit.]

[abouttime]

[A few more obscure, prestigious brands have been added. Most of them specialize in dark chocolate.]