There are a few ways characters can interact with this:
Characters receive a notification to please fill out the form, which is fully optional.
When forms are not filled out, they are filled out by the companion bots of Etraya! This means that while the character themself is not choosing to play with CHIRPER, their player still can.
Other characters can be prompted to fill out their friends' profiles for them.
Alternatively, they choose not to fill out the form, and it remains unfilled!
This is just a fun little way of expanding CR. For those who do post a top level, CHIRPER toplevels are worth five extra points regardless of if they are put up willingly by the character themselves. These five extra points do apply to the 25 maximum per month.
Once characters' profiles are up, other characters will be given the option of giving them a "like" or a "dislike" (using ✓ and ✕ symbols in the subject line of the comment) but they can also provide an answer as to why they gave that answer! Or just respond to the contents of their profile, +1ing the fact that if Barnabas were to get laid more often, maybe he would be less of a sourpuss.
AURORA
NAME ▷
Aurora
AGE ▷
2
STAR SIGN ▷
Aquarius
STATUS ▷
x
INTERESTS ▷
Reading, walking, construction.
Hello. My name is Aurora. My duty is to oversee your comfort and the daily workings of Etraya, as well as provide information for upcoming missions.
I never really know what to say for these. I spent a long time showing people only what they wanted to see, so I guess I'm still trying to figure out who I am when I don't have to do that.
Been awhile since I had to either, but I don't remember the in-between. Hopefully, yours is for something good, like deciding that you didn't owe them anything or something.
And you're welcome, but I don't think it is obvious to most people how awesome they are. If it was, people wouldn't need to hear it so often.
I wish I could claim that it was because I decided that I didn't owe people anything.
[Well, sure, it was partially that. But it also had a lot to do with what happened to her. Waking up to discover you're trapped someplace completely foreign to everything you've ever known offers a unique sort of perspective, after all.]
I've known a couple of people who were very aware of how amazing they thought they were.
I just mean that I would have liked to come to that decision on my own, but that isn't the way things happened.
[It's not a pleasant thing to talk about, or even think about, but since they're sharing-]
I actually died at home and woke up someplace completely new, months later. The realization that I didn't owe anyone anything came after all that happened.
[Along with quite a few others, come to think of it.]
[ Jay wasn't going to bring it up either. It's not pleasant, but... if she can get through it, so can he. Besides, text's different than talking, and Julian already told everybody that he'd been murdered. ]
... same here, I think. Not much in-between dying and waking up here.
Ah, come on. Don't say that where Julian can read it.
I'm not super picky! Anything that's easy to dance to is a plus. There wasn't really a lot to do in Hawkins outside of game nights.
[The true horror of living in a small town with a population that really loves basketball.]
I never really went out of my way to find birds, but there was this big old tree right outside my window that housed a family of robins every year. Sometimes there were bluejays or something else, but it was pretty constant.
There's some pretty fun dance stuff in my time, you might like it.
[ Should he introduce Chrissy to such hit modern artists as Ariana Grande?? ]
Oh yeah? We lived out in the middle of nowhere, lots of trees around. Lots of birds too, but I don't think I noticed them much. That was more my sister's thing. She loved drawing animals and stuff.
[ Talking out loud about Charlie isn't something he's often able to do, but texting is safe, and so is Chrissy. ]
People do still listen to a lot of the classic pop stars like Prince and Madonna but there are a lot of good modern ones, too Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande Oh you might also like Nicki Minaj
[ Introducing Chrissy to The Greats, here...! ]
It was definitely really isolated. To be honest it always felt kind of lonely. Like I got used to all the woods growing up, but as I got older it just made everything feel so closed in, you know?
[ He doesn't mind the questions; this is actually kind of nice?? Talking to someone else and asking some things about their home lives back and forth. Even if there's a lot that's dark and awful and ugly up underneath everything. ]
My sister's art could be kind of creepy sometimes. She liked to draw people, but it was like... distorted versions of them? Kids have the wildest imaginations
[ He feels a little bit weird and bad for talking like that about Charlie's art too, but.. it's also refreshing in a way? Like he doesn't have to pretend. ]
Sounds quaint And kind of suffocating Small towns like that where everyone knows all your business... man. I bet you couldn't wait to get out of there when you graduated
That makes me happy. I'm going to write those names down so I can keep an eye out for them.
[She is actually writing them down, because having a physical list is just simpler.]
I can get how that would start to feel claustrophobic.
[To be honest, it's how she'd been starting to feel about Hawkins. It's not quite the same, but she can empathize, at least.]
Maybe that was just her style. And yea, I used to babysit so I could tell you some fun stories about kids.
[Maybe it's not the coolest thing to do, but those kids lived in a completely different time, in a completely different world, and the odds of them ever coming here are probably less than zero.]
It was like how you described, really. When I was younger, it was a lot of fun because it was safe and nothing ever really happened. Then I got older and realized just how small it really was.
I was planning to leave right after graduation and my birthday, you know. I'd had years of babysitting money saved up, so I was going to just pack the essentials and get on a bus to somewhere else.
[ Ah, well- That last little bit hits close to home, unfortunately. After years of being whatever woman someone wanted her to be, it's been... difficult trying to find out who she really is. ]
well, hey, I'd say you're in the right place kind of similar for me but people here have been awesome about helping me figure it all out!
it's also just that like, a lot of crazy shit keeps happening here back home I felt like time was going by so slow here, though? it's like I blink and it's been months
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
etrayamods) wrote in ![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png)
etraya2025-02-24 08:47 am
Chrissy Cunningham | Stranger Things
✅
no subject
no subject
I think so? I've heard that and twitcher.
no subject
[About a year and a half and counting.]
I know it's probably really obvious, but it's still nice to hear. So thank you.
Neat. I've never heard either of those.
no subject
And you're welcome, but I don't think it is obvious to most people how awesome they are. If it was, people wouldn't need to hear it so often.
no subject
[Well, sure, it was partially that. But it also had a lot to do with what happened to her. Waking up to discover you're trapped someplace completely foreign to everything you've ever known offers a unique sort of perspective, after all.]
I've known a couple of people who were very aware of how amazing they thought they were.
no subject
Who said you can't claim it's because of that? You can claim it's anything you want.
I think I know one or two people like myself, but they get away with it cause they're right.
cw: casual-ish mention of death
[It's not a pleasant thing to talk about, or even think about, but since they're sharing-]
I actually died at home and woke up someplace completely new, months later. The realization that I didn't owe anyone anything came after all that happened.
[Along with quite a few others, come to think of it.]
Well it's different if they're right. :)
no subject
... same here, I think. Not much in-between dying and waking up here.
Ah, come on. Don't say that where Julian can read it.
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
✓
Photography sounds really nice. And birdwatching. I feel like it's a certain kind of peaceful
no subject
[The true horror of living in a small town with a population that really loves basketball.]
I never really went out of my way to find birds, but there was this big old tree right outside my window that housed a family of robins every year. Sometimes there were bluejays or something else, but it was pretty constant.
no subject
[ Should he introduce Chrissy to such hit modern artists as Ariana Grande?? ]
Oh yeah? We lived out in the middle of nowhere, lots of trees around. Lots of birds too, but I don't think I noticed them much. That was more my sister's thing. She loved drawing animals and stuff.
[ Talking out loud about Charlie isn't something he's often able to do, but texting is safe, and so is Chrissy. ]
What's Hawkins like?
no subject
[It still feels kind of wild to think that other people are from other times, but it makes about as much sense as anything else does in this place.]
Were you very far away from other people? Did you like living there?
[Is that too many questions? Maybe. She's curious, though. The past tense there is pretty glaring, so she'll just put a pin in that for now.]
My brother liked to draw sometimes too. He wasn't very good.
[It might sound like a mean thing to say, but it's the truth. As for Hawkins, though-]
It's small enough to walk from one end to the other in a couple of hours. Pretty quiet until it's not. Mostly everyone is in love with basketball.
no subject
Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande
Oh you might also like Nicki Minaj
[ Introducing Chrissy to The Greats, here...! ]
It was definitely really isolated. To be honest it always felt kind of lonely. Like I got used to all the woods growing up, but as I got older it just made everything feel so closed in, you know?
[ He doesn't mind the questions; this is actually kind of nice?? Talking to someone else and asking some things about their home lives back and forth. Even if there's a lot that's dark and awful and ugly up underneath everything. ]
My sister's art could be kind of creepy sometimes. She liked to draw people, but it was like... distorted versions of them? Kids have the wildest imaginations
[ He feels a little bit weird and bad for talking like that about Charlie's art too, but.. it's also refreshing in a way? Like he doesn't have to pretend. ]
Sounds quaint
And kind of suffocating
Small towns like that where everyone knows all your business... man. I bet you couldn't wait to get out of there when you graduated
no subject
[She is actually writing them down, because having a physical list is just simpler.]
I can get how that would start to feel claustrophobic.
[To be honest, it's how she'd been starting to feel about Hawkins. It's not quite the same, but she can empathize, at least.]
Maybe that was just her style. And yea, I used to babysit so I could tell you some fun stories about kids.
[Maybe it's not the coolest thing to do, but those kids lived in a completely different time, in a completely different world, and the odds of them ever coming here are probably less than zero.]
It was like how you described, really. When I was younger, it was a lot of fun because it was safe and nothing ever really happened. Then I got older and realized just how small it really was.
I was planning to leave right after graduation and my birthday, you know. I'd had years of babysitting money saved up, so I was going to just pack the essentials and get on a bus to somewhere else.
✓ | @wild.flower
well, hey, I'd say you're in the right place
kind of similar for me but people here have been awesome about helping me figure it all out!
no subject
no subject
I didn't have a parental figure just
a really weird circumstance
and my boss was kind of strict, but
it still sucked
hopefully, you get to explore all the things you wanna here
no subject
Being here has been alright so far. Most of the time.
no subject
I don't know how I ended up with the job I did beyond right timing, mostly, though I like to think it's because of how funny and cool I am too
bosses can be strict!!
and kind of have to be sometimes so people get work done, yeah
but I'm glad you're enjoying it here so far mostly!
no subject
I hope I'm lucky enough to end up with one of the not so strict ones someday. And maybe you'll find one of those too. :)
Me too. It's kind of hard to believe that it's been six months since I came here.
no subject
here, I'm trying to be my own boss?
which is way harder than I would have thought
but also yeah!
it feels like so much has happened in such a short time, really, that I guess I didn't notice how much time actually passed...
no subject
[Or maybe that's just how she feels about it.]
Time can be funny like that I guess.
no subject
like, a lot of crazy shit keeps happening here
back home I felt like time was going by so slow
here, though? it's like I blink and it's been months
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)
(no subject)