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

obligatory brotherly threadjack

[spaghettimonster]

ARE YOU TWO GOING TO COVER THE FRIDGE IN THESE?!?

best

[goatmother]

Do not worry, Papyrus. We will not in-fridge on your space.

<3

[spaghettimonster]

YOU'RE STILL IN-FRIDGING ON MY FRIDGE!?!
SANS HAS AN ENTIRE ROOM TO HIMSELF! YOU COULD COVER HIS DOOR IN THESE NOTES!!!
THEY WOULD MAKE A GOOD WARNING LABEL.

[goatmother]

[Oh look, now Pap has a note on his door.]

You're right, perhaps we need to chill.

[spaghettimonster]

[Nobody mind the screeching from his door, or that it echoes down at least a block.]

DOES THIS LOOK LIKE SANS' DOOR? I DON'T THINK THIS LOOKS LIKE SANS' DOOR! LOOK DOWN HERE!!!
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[It's the label that says PAPYRUS' ROOM.

Meanwhile, another note has appeared on Sans' door.]

PERHAPS YOU GUYS NEED TO NETFLIX AND CHILL!!!

srynotsry

[showsomespearit]

[There's a new note on the banister next to the doors, in a different, far sloppier handwriting.]

I don't think he knows what that means, guys.

never be sry

[spaghettimonster]

[Next to that one, to make sure nobody misses it.]

IT MEANS "WATCH NETFLIX AND CHILL"! I KNOW WHAT IT MEANS!!!
PEOPLE JUST OMIT THE "WATCH" PART SOMETIMES.

["I need help with a puzzle, audible wink" might know exactly what he's talking about.]

[bonedoggle]

oh my god, papyrus!

[Guess who found the post-it notes.]

[spaghettimonster]

[Guess who'd taken refuge in his room to hide from the post-it notes? Papyrus pokes his head out his slightly-ajar door.]

WHAT ARE YOU UPSET ABOUT?

[bonedoggle]

"netflix and chill", really?

[spaghettimonster]

A BETTER USE OF YOUR TIME THAN POST-IT NOTES!

I EXPECT KITCHEN MESSES TO BE LIKE... BREAD CRUMBS. GREASY PANS. SPILT MILK.... NOT PUNS SPLATTERED ACROSS THE WALLS!!!