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 Hello and thank you for coming to my Teasers folder.

   I will go straight to the point, if you allow me.

   These teasers are to show you what kind of roleplay we do at IRC.  We
have a room at FurNet.org, where folks come and go, and some stay.

   Let me explain to you what IRC is.

   Internet Relay Chat (IRC) are a group of networks where people talk to
one another without being moderated by big companies like google or
facebook.  These networks are usually full of savvy people that know a lot
about computers, internet, and generally computer related things.  Many of
these users create rooms to discuss one thing or another, depending on the
room's theme.

   In my case, I roleplay at IRC with my friends, who roleplay as my pets.
I get for them artwork, a roleplay environment and there is a new movie at
the topic every Thursday.

   In return, I get to roleplay as a Mistress/Master.  Most of the time I
choose my main, Christel Shard, my favorite character.  She's currently a
herm hyena, and she likes to talk and play with all her pets.

   This, though, does not mean I mistreat them.  I take care of them, by
talking, or advising on real life stuff, or we roleplay.  As the main
character, Christel always appears unexpectedly, meaning I can connect at
any given time if I can connect, because I got real life studies I must
attend to.

   My time zone is Atlantic time (00:00) and I usually connect from 12 pm.
to 2 pm.  I may stay longer, depending on my studies and the things I got
to do in real life, so, other than those hours, I won't be online.

   Now, why am I explaining this to you?

   The main reason is that I want to roleplay with you, my readers. 
Roleplay does not mean only sex stuff, or otherwise known as yiff.  As you
can see in some of my teasers that I've been uploading, sex isn't
everything in FurNet.  Whatever you might have heard about furries, the
truth is that we lead a leisure life-style, not judging anyone as we talk,
roleplay and otherwise have fun.

   Since I'm a mistress/master (and pretty dominant, I'm told) I'd like to
offer you the opportunity to be my pet.  Understand the difference between
Slavery and Petdom.

   Being a pet means you have restricted free will, which basically means
you can talk or roleplay with whoever you choose, either at my room, or the
many rooms that are at FurNet.  The restriction comes when you roleplay
with me, since I will make you do the following:

   - Roleplay in 3rd Person.  This is very important when my friends and I
roleplay, because the result is much nicer than first or second person, and
it looks like you're reading a book instead of roleplaying.

   - When in room, I will encourage you to talk!  Talk about anything,
really, I don't mind the subject unless it is a hate speech, politics or
putting down one of the users of the room.

   - Respect all players, whatever the roleplay is or whatever they type.

   - Good language skills are required, as well as grammar and vocabulary.

   - Keep in mind that we are an international room.  Ask politely to
clarify things that you don't understand, and if someone says: "I'm going
to bed" or "I'm busy", respect them.

   - Very important: REGISTER YOUR NICK!  That way we will be sure who are
we talking to.

   Quick Crash Course on how to connect to
IRC.FURNET.ORG/#Shard_Family_Manor

   First you need to choose an irc client, like ChatZilla or AndroIRC. 
ChatZilla is real easy, and since it is for computers, and cross platform,
all you will need is FireFox or the ChatZilla Standalone.

   You can get Chatzilla for FireFox here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chatzilla/

   Alternativelly, there are portable versions of ChatZilla for Linux and
Windows.  On Mac, you can use ChatZilla too, through FireFox.

   If you don't want to install (or cannot install) software in your
machine, you can take a look at this:
http://alternativeto.net/software/chatzilla/?platform=online

   Now, we got chatzilla:

   We open chatzilla and we will find a window with three basic parts:

   Options: On the upper left corner of ChatZilla, you will see a downdrop
tab that is tittled Chatzilla.  There we are going to go later, but I want
you to be aware of it.
Main Chat screen: Most of the screen is taken up by that box, where you

will see the content of the chats.

   Typing box: On the bottom part of the screen, just bellow the Main Chat
screen, there is a cursor blinking.  You will be able to type your text
there.  By pressing enter, you will send the content of what you typed to
the people in the room or in the private messages.

   Now we type:

   /server furnet.org

   And we press enter.  That way, the /server command is followed by the
irc chat you want to connect.

   So, if we type:

   /server irc.furnet.org/#Shard_Family_Manor

   And press enter, you will appear at my room directly.

   I recommend you to use first /server furnet.org though, because it will
allow you to do command stuff, without entering any room yet, thus giving
you privacy.

   Remember what I said about registering your nick?  If you register a
nick, you will be able to join rooms with status authomatically when you
enter the rooms.  Besides, you would not like someone else taking your
nick.

   So, nick means nickname, which basically is the way to identify yourself
in the network.

   Ok, we type in the Typing box:

   /nick foo

   This will change your current nick to "foo".

   Note that if you receive this warning:

   This nick is already registered.  Type: /msg nickserv identify
yourpassword to identify yourself, otherwise we will automatically change
your nick.

   It will mean that username is already taken and registered.

   So, to register your nick:

   /nick foo /msg nickserv register foopassword foo@email.com

   foopassword can be your own password.  Make sure it is something you
easily remember.  foo@email.com is your email.

   Next, you will receive an email at your foo@email.com address.  Follow
instructions on the email and you will be able to fully register your nick.

   Once done with the confirmation, go to ChatZilla -> Options.  Go to tab
Furnet and go to autocomplete tab.

   Click on "Add" at Autocomplete tab and type:

   /msg nickserv identify foopassword

   Click on Apply and then on OK.

   Next, to chat, we need to join a room.
Type: /join #foo

   You will appear in #foo room when you press enter.

   So, to join my room or any other you want, you can also click on the
names of the rooms with the command /list

   And that's pretty much it!  You would have joined FurNet.org, a place
for furries to have fun and chat.

   Christel Shard, April 3rd, 2016.