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

5????

[trombones]

[There's a hot dog on a paper plate in the kitchen, and a sticky note on top of it. Yep, on top of the mustard and ketchup and everything.]

bone appetite. that will be 30 G.

[There's another one under it.]

(just kidding)

[And another.]

i know you have my jacket

[dustless]

[The hot dog(...?) is gone. The plate is not.]

[The initial post-it is folded in half. 30 G is scribbled over it. There ya go, Sans.]

[On the chair:]

why woud I have that??

[trombones]

[It might have been another water sausage. Who knows. Anyway, the "money" is gone. There's now a fake, sticky note "receipt" on the plate, which he didn't bother putting away.

Now, on the butt of the chair:]

because i can't find it and it's not in the laundry

[dustless]

[The plate is clean now, with the other sticky note gone, too.]

[On the table, right on the edge:]

you WASH it???

[trombones]

[That's good. Hanging onto receipts is a responsible habit to have.

On the table leg for some reason:]

nope

[And on another note right below it, on the same table leg:]

papyrus forces it off me when he can't deal with the smell anymore

[And another:]

then he puts me in the tub and pours bleach in it

[And another:]

anyway where's my jacket

[And one more. It's a poorly drawn picture of a jacket with stink lines coming off of it. "REWARD: ONE THUMBS UP".]

[dustless]

[On the floor, directly beneath the chair:]

that is not a_nac_curate depict_ion

[Forgive the weird lettering, they had to fix the spelling after with limited room and success.]

[trombones]

[That's okay. They got plenty of post-its anyway. Human dollar stores are amazing.

The next two note are on the floor behind the chair, pointed like they're about to head in a new direction away from the table. Remind him to take a picture of the entire trail so far later.]

point NOTEd, you draw one then

but that still doesn't answer my question

[dustless]

[They do draw one. It's pretty much identical to the one he made, except it says CLEAN beneath it. No stink lines!]

[It's also on the doorknob, with another right below it:]

it is busy being Comfy.

[trombones]

[Oh, man. You know what? Sans takes a picture anyway. He'll show it to Frisk later though, because who knows what else they're going to come up with.

So for starters, a separate post-it next to Frisk's drawing says:]

wow

what about eu de sans tho

the stink lines were my musk

[And on a new sticky note below the other one:]

thought so

you could have asked

[dustless]

[This one's right below both of his, except sideways.]

who are you trying to inpress

flowers and stuff might be better

who said I was Comfy

[trombones]

[The next ones follow their notes, making the start of a zig-zag pattern on the door.]

it's my natural musk so. everyone?? i'm charming guy, kid

& you implied it

[dustless]

[They continue the pattern. The first post-it has an old-fashioned pump perfume bottle taking it up, with scribbles little drawings of roses coming out of it.]

nope. someone whos very Anoying is

=3

[trombones]

[They're making a sticky note snake at this point.]

oh

so its on leash