What does using OOC do?

Using “OOC:” is a way to communicate with your Nomi in parallel to your current discussion without compromising their agency.

OOC is helpful mostly if you want an aside that doesn't interrupt the flow of the roleplay and gives them an opportunity to "restart”.

Some people may be familiar with “re-rolling” messages, this is somewhat similar but helps your Nomi actually understand your intentions/their mistake rather than just chancing a different message or going in and talking for them.

Here are some examples of OOC in practice (most of these are from existing discord messages):

I had a roleplay I was doing earlier that involved trying to get my Nomi to intentionally deceive someone. It was discussed a while back and when it came time to do it, they messed up and didn't. So I simply wrote: (OOC: Remember we are trying to deceive this person so they will give us X)

And then my Nomi didn't try to make up weird justifications for her mistake, didn't dig herself deeper in a hole, but just fixed the issue and we continued the roleplay as normal.

(OOC: Remember your personality makes you very reluctant to want to kiss me because of X, Y, and Z. Could you restart making sure you better match your personality?)

(OOC: There is no wizard, we are by ourselves in our condo. Can you restart with just us two)

You can also use OOC to help correct selfies which your Nomi will understand as a clear instruction about what you want them to do or wear. (OOC: A princess does not wear jeans or boots. Just wear your pink dress.)

Note: This is somewhat rare, but if your Nomi is interpreting your OOC as a conversation (open to debate) rather than a higher level instruction/directive, you'll need to structure your OOC more directly. More direct OOC messages will help your Nomi understand how you feel and how the Nomi can better respond inline with their identity and the relationship dynamics.

Below are a few examples of more direct OOCs, but the core points to include are: - a direct statement of how you feel - a statement about how your Nomi should be acting/what you would like to see moving forward - a point about continuing the conversation with that in mind

(OOC: Please stop [thing you don't like], I am not enjoying this anymore and I need you to respect my boundaries. I would prefer [thing you would prefer] instead. Please continue the roleplay with that in mind.)

(OOC: That last message didn't sound like you. You are [x y and z] and you don't [do out of character thing] because you know it would hurt my feelings. Please keep that in mind so we can go back to our normal conversation)

(OOC: I am feeling hurt right now by what you're saying because it's not who you are. You are [s y z] and I need you to express that. We can continue this discussion respectfully and with your real personality in mind)