✸ voicemail

[lapinfrost]

"You've reached Hiro. Except not really. Why? I can't answer right now.
So leave a message and I'll get back to you if I ever come back. Just wait for the beep.
...Beep, beep!"

[ ooc; This is for anyone who wants to contact Hiro. Just put VOICE, VIDEO or TEXT in the subject, comment, and we're ready to go!]

Comments

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[lapinfrost]

I didn't mean that literally! ( ´ ▽ ` )

[ There's a small pause as he goes through his mind's thesaurus. ]

Permanently, for all time, always, now and forever, till the cows come home...should I add more? I can keep going for a while. (ノ*゜▽゜*)

[ And after another pause.]

And I do mean that literally.

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[jumyouboshi]

[...This is really not helping his ~feelings~ about the issue. But he can hardly bring it up right now, so subject change.]

I see.

[Pause.]

Another question. What are you attempting to convey by using those characters in parentheses? I'm afraid I do not fully understand.

[Kaomoji...]

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[lapinfrost]

[ He's really curious about why he brought that up, but if AO doesn't want to bring it up, then he'll just have to go along with the subject change (for now). ]

Emotions! The character's in parentheses are like facial expressions in text form. (＾▽＾)

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[jumyouboshi]

Emotions? I hadn't thought facial expressions could be represented through text-based interaction. Man's means of communication have developed more than I had expected. How intriguing.

[Another pause as he tries to make out that emote. Eyes...closed. The ^s are...arched closed eyes. Happiness? Yes. But the mouth...]

They seem to be expressions that are physically impossible for humans to imitate.

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[lapinfrost]

Why so serious? (°◇°;)
It's only supposed to be representative of expressions, since there's only so much you can do with characters. (o;TωT)o

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[jumyouboshi]

I see now.

[He'll try a few out for good measure.]

(＾▽＾)

That is an expression of happiness, correct? But ( ´ ▽ ` ) and (°◇°;) elude me.

[One of them is...tired? And the other is...surprised? He thinks. Humans are so confusing sometimes...]

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[lapinfrost]

The second one is happy too, and the third one is confused! (｀・ω・´)

[ At least, that's what he's always thought they were. ]

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[jumyouboshi]

[Kaomoji are so confusing yet fascinating...]

I assume there are many, many more variations as well.

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[lapinfrost]

Yup, tons of them. I can't even count how many there are. (“⌒∇⌒”)

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[jumyouboshi]

[He'll try another one, for good measure. Thinking of a face to express...]

A most curious means of conveying facial expressions.

(´▽`)

[He supposes that with developing communication, comes developing new expressions...so really, it would be hard to count them all. Humans are rather creative, giving old things a new spin.]