InsaneJournal

Current mood:	confused
Entry tags:	announcement from mod, important discussions

Due to Some Confusion!
An explanation about the 'journals'! Since some of us are new to this kind of RPG.

They are not journals. Yes, this may blow your mind. Yes, we use them similar to online journals, but what are they really? Online journals (unless you're a rarity) are not used like typical journals. They're communication devices.

They come in whatever form would fit your character's perception of the world - so yes, for the more modern folks who would understand it, they're probably coming off as some messaging board or online journal system. For everyone else? Who knows?

For Alice Elliot, it's a book that writes itself in the different handwritings of each character (when she makes a post and they start responding.)

For someone else, it may be a high tech communication device that transmits and records voices.

It's simply a communication system. It is not really a journal. A [private] entry will be considered something made just for oneself, that other characters can't read. But you could also, say, write a letter and wrap it up for safekeeping under your pillow and mark it [Private//Letter] or something to note that.

When a character writes something, or communicates in any way in first person that isn't directly in front of someone, you use the journals somehow. That's really how it goes. Feel free to ask questions though!

EDIT: Another creative way to use the system would be, for example, if Lucifer left an 'orb' for someone. When the person went into their room, the orb would activate and the character would hear Lucifer's message. So feel free to get wacky with it!