The IM Meme

[sanctuarysoul]

⇥ THE IM MEME ⇤



✔ Post your character.

✔ For this, you can either leave your comment blank or post with "[screen name here] has signed on". Feel free to make your screen names as ridiculous or as serious as you'd like.

✔ Either choose one of the options below or roll the RNG to choose for you.

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1 ↻ Under the Influence
Whether it's drugs, alcohol or just delirium from sleeplessness, you're out of sorts. What better time to talk to people?

2 ↻ Rant
Something completely pissed you off today. Open up your messenger and vent about it to a friend!

3 ↻ Confession
Have something to say to someone but can't quite work up the courage to tell them face-to-face? This is your prompt.

4 ↻ Secret
Some secrets are easier to type than speak out loud. Maybe you just typed it in the IM window and sent it accidentally, or maybe you've finally worked up the nerve to tell someone something that you've kept to yourself for too long. Either way, there's no time like the present!

5 ↻ BEST. IDEA. EVER.
Whether it was a genuine EUREKA! moment or the product of too much sugar/alcohol/caffeine/what-have-you, you're convinced you just had the GREATEST IDEA IN THE HISTORY OF EVER. Time to share your brilliance with those on your friends list!

6 ↻ Long-distance Smut
Maybe it's one of those nights and you're missing your significant other, but aren't able to communicate with them any other way. Maybe you just hit the "random" button, hoping whoever is on the other end is just as riled up as you are. Or maybe you got the screen name of a willing partner from a "casual encounters" website. Either way, this is your smut prompt!

7 ↻ Argument
Did someone do something so unbelievable that you can't wait until you see them in person to let them have it? Here's your chance!

8 ↻ Gossip
Did you see what Alice was wearing yesterday? Those shoes with that top? What about who Danny brought to the party? Oh, and did you hear the rumor about that girl from the thing? Talk about it all in the relative privacy of your IM window.

9 ↻ I LOLed and Thought of You
You just found something hilarious that reminded you of a particular person. Share and laugh until morning about something only the two of you get.

10 ↻ Free space
Do whatever you want, man! It's a free chat service!

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✘ Different fonts and color changes are encouraged. Learn how to do that over here! Rainbow text generator is here and a custom color faded text generator is here (Yahoo IM used to let you do that).

✘ As far as screen names, you can format them to be all one word, give them spaces and proper caps, or even all caps if you want. If it's something like Skype, you can even change your display name at will, so have fun with that!

✘ Both voice and video chat are available for anyone that wants to use them.

✘ There is a possibility that your character is so riled up from rage/nervousness/excitement that they type in the wrong screen name and get a complete stranger.

✘ This IM service also has a random feature, so feel free to try your luck with it.

✘ Be excellent to each other.

Comments

Steve Rogers | Captain America | MCU

[warbonds]

SteveRogers41 has signed on

[OOC: Voice testing, please be gentle!]

10!

[mechatronic]

[Oh look, Steve's venturing into the brave new world of the internet. That's adorable.]

StarkNaked: welcome to the interwebs, captain.
StarkNaked: a/s/l?|

[warbonds]

[It takes him the better part of a minute to reply. He's still a seek-and-ye-shall-find typist: forefingers pressing one key at a time as he manages to find them.]

SteveRogers41: Tony? Is that you? And what's an asl?

[mechatronic]

[Don't you worry, Steve; be assured that Tony probably has various little projects going on to keep him occupied while you're navigating the keyboard.]

StarkNaked: yep.
StarkNaked: wow.
StarkNaked: yeah, you're an extra special kind of noob around here.
StarkNaked: you're going to need translations of translations to make sense of anything.
StarkNaked: but hey, you're online, so congrats. that's actually an achievement.
StarkNaked: i really mean that.
StarkNaked: anyway.
StarkNaked: asl. it means age, sex, location. it's a question for you.
StarkNaked: well, actually, it's usually a proposition, but i'm sure we'll get to that.|

[warbonds]

[Whoa, okay, hello suddenly scrolling chat window.]

SteveRogers41: Wait, slow down. Okay, yes I'm online (I guess). I just read the papers that came in the box and did what it said on this screen. And I'm at home and you already know the other answers. You're not really naked, are you?

[mechatronic]

[That's what happens when you type like a snail, gramps. Deal with it.]

StarkNaked: what?
[Goodness, there's actually a moment of pause here. For all of three seconds.]
StarkNaked: oh.
StarkNaked: right. username.
StarkNaked: no. not right now.
StarkNaked: but i could be.
StarkNaked: yeah, i suppose getting connected works a bit like ikea furniture these days.
StarkNaked: tab a goes into slot b and all that.

[warbonds]

SteveRogers41: Wasn't a request. I just can't tell how much these computers know about the person using them. Or how much they do on their own. Is ikea something I should know about?

[mechatronic]

StarkNaked: just as well. not that you'd know either way.
StarkNaked: you haven't won webcam privileges yet, trust me.
StarkNaked: and how much the computer knows depends on how much you tell it.
StarkNaked: or let it find out.
StarkNaked: actually, no. scratch that. computers have the potential to know everything and anything, so it's not about what the computer knows it's about what other people can know about you via your computer.
StarkNaked: ...you know, i think i'll give you something to make that not happen.
StarkNaked: and don't worry about ikea. it's just a place parents go to release their kids into the wild for a few hours without getting arrested for it.
StarkNaked: we took a safari trip to one once. it was a pretty terrible experience, all in all. wouldn't bother, if i were you.
StarkNaked: the alps are nicer this time of year anyway.

[warbonds]

[All right, from this he's gotten that Ikea is a wilderness holiday spot that's popular for family vacations. And furniture. Admittedly, he's not sure how exactly the furniture fits in, but he's guessing clarification on that point wouldn't be the most productive course to steer the conversation.]

SteveRogers41: All right. Is a webcam some sort of camera? Like surveillance? I've seen how much people in this time like that sort of thing. No one seems to respect privacy much anymore. And are you saying that anything I tell a computer could be read by anyone else with a computer? Could they read what we're typing right now?

[mechatronic]

[You need a real teacher about contemporary life, Steve. Someone who isn't Tony.]

StarkNaked: it's adorable that you think privacy is something to respected.
StarkNaked: and yeah, it's a kind of camera. lets other people see you on their computer screens.
StarkNaked: if someone's good enough with computers, sure, they could see whatever they wanted on yours.
StarkNaked: so i could, sure.
StarkNaked: but i'm the best, so no spoilers there.

[warbonds]

[Deliberately not touching that privacy comment because getting into an argument over it when he has to deal with all this cumbersome typing is not Steve's idea of good timing. Some of his "old fashioned" ideals are things that he still very much believes in though, and that's one of them.]

SteveRogers41: And the humblest, too. So what are you going to give me?

[mechatronic]

[Rain-check on the argument about privacy. Gotcha.]

StarkNaked: well normally i don't get asked that until there's been an evening of dinner, dancing and drinking involved. or the drinking part at least. i'm flattered.
StarkNaked: but back on the topic of computers, i'll just install some security stuff to keep your privates private. i bet you don't even have a basic firewall up, so we'll take care of that stuff in no time.

[warbonds]

SteveRogers41: Since I don't know what a firewall is, I'd have to say probably not. Also, you know that's not what I meant.

[warbonds]

SteveRogers41: You do know that, right?

[mechatronic]

[There's a significant pause between replies on his end. Suspense is easy to exploit over text in moments like this and Tony knows it. Of course, it's a history thing and Tony is aware of the rather prudish time Steve is from... But it's still pretty funny to see poor Steve's nerves showing through the slowly emerging text.]

StarkNaked: well i can see you've got no sense of letting a guy down lightly. ouch. that's cold, cap.
StarkNaked: :(
StarkNaked: that's a sad face by the way.
StarkNaked: :'(
StarkNaked: that one's a crying sad face.

[warbonds]

[Nice try, Tony, but he's old fashioned, not gullible. It's just that with you he's not willing to leave much anything to chance.]

SteveRogers41: You're not crying. I know you're not. :) (That's a happy face, I assume.)

[mechatronic]

StarkNaked: i'm so proud of you right now.

[warbonds]

SteveRogers41: Because I figured out how to type a colon with a parenthesis? Or because I can tell when you're trying to wind me up, even by text?

[mechatronic]

StarkNaked: can't i have both? i tend to like both.
StarkNaked: either-or isn't really my style.

[warbonds]

SteveRogers41: That's actually not that surprising given how accustomed you are to getting your way.

[mechatronic]

StarkNaked: it's good to have standards and expectations.
StarkNaked: gives a sense of direction for where to throw money if the standards and expectations don't quite meet.

[warbonds]

SteveRogers41: So in other words, you figure that if you're rich enough you can have your cake and eat it too.

[mechatronic]

StarkNaked: how else would i want my cake? i don't just want to look at it.

[odinsons]

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[warbonds]

[Still painfully slow with the typing.]

SteveRogers41: Thor, hello! I hadn't expected for so many people I know to be on here. I'm still trying to get used to how it works.