[quote=@whizzball1]
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Here's a different idea, then: if someone is speaking with a set of characters that are in a different area, you can put the markings to say "this person is separate." So Ruby would put them on, but Violet, Techi, and Meredy wouldn't need to. The markings don't even need to be consistently placed, just every now and then so that everybody knows.
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There needs to be consistency. The initial concept was to assume the character was where they said they were until otherwise stated, but Ruby jumped in and made it sound like she was there.

[quote=@Galaxy Raider]
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Exactly. With it, someone can ask where someone is IC instead of OOC. My only qualm was with potential eavesdropping by characters who would abuse it, or for us players using it as a reason for chars to know information that said chars shouldn't have a reason to know.
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I don't think we'd do that, but we could always bring back the ().