RP

[zillah975]

So, I've made a toon on Emerald Dream who has joined an RP guild. Guild chat is IC, but there's not (so far, at least) the kind of random IC chatter with terrible spelling and anachronistic "lol"ing. There's an OOC chat channel too, thank goodness, but anyway, Guild chat is hearthstone chat, by which they mean that characters' hearthstones allow them to speak to other guild members like on a party line. So this morning I was online leveling my wee level 10 hunter, and guild chat had been sort of quiet except for one guy (the guy who congratulated me on my Represent achieve when I equipped the guild tabard) who said "Hail Winterfelle members! I have exited victorious over Archbishop Benedictus!" To which I replied, "Huzzah!" because "Grats!" would be OOC, right? Right. It made me grin.

So there I was, killing murlocs at Stone Cairne Lake in pursuit of the fates of Malakai and Rolf, and I started sharing my findings in guild chat.

This was surprisingly entertaining! Usually when I'm questing, guild chat is random stuff about how we want cookies, or someone's having to work late, or does anyone want to do randoms? But this was, like...

Me: I must say, the Murlocs at Stone Cairne Lake do not give up their fins easily.

B: I never cared for Murlocs.

Me: Nor I. I must give them some grudging respect, though. They are fierce.

B: And their young make excellent companions!

Me: Hmm. I've found a campfire still burning.... Footprints heading west.

Me: Oh no. Footman Malakai has met a bad end. I fear the murlocs may have taken the other.

B: You must send word.

Me: I will, but first I must search for Rolf. He may yet live.

[a few minutes go by]

B: I have joined strangers of the Alliance in a battle against the Echo of Baine.

B: The heat of the lava is melting my bands.

Me: I shall pray for your safe victory!

B: Light Bless you for your support, Lillylu!

[more minutes]

B: Baine is slain!

Me: Light be praised! And you are well, I trust?

B: Light has shined upon me, but others in our party have fallen in victory.

Me: But in honorable battle. Take comfort in that.

B: For the King! For the Alliance!

[minutes pass]

Me: Ah, wretched murlocs! They've slain Rolf as well!

B: *sigh* Alas, Rolf served well.

and so on.

That's a lot more fun. It's making me feel like my wee lowbie quests actually have some meaning! some significance! Idk, I'm enjoying it. I hope it's not an anomaly or that just me and B both happened to be into it and everyone else in gchat was side-eyeing us but not wanting to say anything.

Any other RPers here? How do you do it?