For me, there's always a lot going on behind almost everything my character says, even in common chatter.
Like maybe they're just making small talk about what they do for a living - but because his actual career is in something secret, he's having to tell lies about where he's been and what he's doing at certain times and places, and make sure he's not saying anything the person would be able to disprove or call his bluff on.
Maybe they're talking about where they're from - and he's having to select very carefully what he tells them, because he's learned that the truth begets more fuss than he would like from Eorzeans and he has to try and work out what's appropriate to share and what's not.
Or maybe the person approached him because "hey, another xaela!" and now my character is having to very carefully navigate obtaining the other person's clan name so he can tell whether he has to be concerned that they're going to try and murder him or not...
It's probably the type of character I picked, but there's always tonnes of behind-the-scenes stuff for me to entertain myself with. That's the case when I'm not interacting with anyone, and it's also the case when someone's interacting with me + essentially giving me prompts to shape what he's thinking about at that given moment.
That said, there are still certain types of RP I avoid... like, for example, restaurant RP. I find "following the script" for such encounters both difficult and unrewarding, and I'm always worried that "person who doesn't understand how restaurants work" probably isn't what the people running those restaurants are after, so I just skip it. xD Thankfully Balmung has a very wide and varied community, and it's not difficult for me to find stuff that does suit me.
Like maybe they're just making small talk about what they do for a living - but because his actual career is in something secret, he's having to tell lies about where he's been and what he's doing at certain times and places, and make sure he's not saying anything the person would be able to disprove or call his bluff on.
Maybe they're talking about where they're from - and he's having to select very carefully what he tells them, because he's learned that the truth begets more fuss than he would like from Eorzeans and he has to try and work out what's appropriate to share and what's not.
Or maybe the person approached him because "hey, another xaela!" and now my character is having to very carefully navigate obtaining the other person's clan name so he can tell whether he has to be concerned that they're going to try and murder him or not...
It's probably the type of character I picked, but there's always tonnes of behind-the-scenes stuff for me to entertain myself with. That's the case when I'm not interacting with anyone, and it's also the case when someone's interacting with me + essentially giving me prompts to shape what he's thinking about at that given moment.
That said, there are still certain types of RP I avoid... like, for example, restaurant RP. I find "following the script" for such encounters both difficult and unrewarding, and I'm always worried that "person who doesn't understand how restaurants work" probably isn't what the people running those restaurants are after, so I just skip it. xD Thankfully Balmung has a very wide and varied community, and it's not difficult for me to find stuff that does suit me.
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