Adding asterisks to text just makes the action and the words spoken seem connected. Or at least more so than doing an /em, and then typing out what your character wants to say. Rarely is it used (outside of LS) purely to convey an emote.
So instead of it being used like this:
Niami: *yawns* That nap was too short. *looks for coffee*
As you can see it's a bit more realistic to read/interpret it in a single line since those actions/words are spoken almost simultaneously. Doing an /em, then a /say, then an /em again breaks it up, makes it seem choppy and unnatural.
In Crystalline the LS provided a limited visual around the person carrying it, so we can tell if someone waves or nods. Within the LS chat we'd use the ** to display actions with or w/o words.
So instead of it being used like this:
Quote:Niami: *yawns and looks around for the coffee*Most of the time it's used like this:
Niami: *yawns* That nap was too short. *looks for coffee*
As you can see it's a bit more realistic to read/interpret it in a single line since those actions/words are spoken almost simultaneously. Doing an /em, then a /say, then an /em again breaks it up, makes it seem choppy and unnatural.
In Crystalline the LS provided a limited visual around the person carrying it, so we can tell if someone waves or nods. Within the LS chat we'd use the ** to display actions with or w/o words.
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