Geyos (atys)
Let's clear this. What in "Geyos thinks that" don't you understand ? Is it Geyos, think or that ? Let me clear this : nobody (on atys) can read another toon thought.
Then it does not belong into the around chat in my opinion.
For me it's simple: Everything that I say or describe in the around channel during an RP scene can be heard or seen by other characters. So all others can read my mind? No. Reason? No one can read mind, so my thoughts do not belong into public (= around channel!). Either I speak it out or I keep it to myself like real thoughts.
Thinking emotes seem to be unfair to me.
Derryn thinks Salazar's feet are very smelly today.
Derryn thinks Daomei could shave her legs.
Derryn thinks Geyos should remove that ugly bogey hanging out of his nose.
And you can't defend because: You can't read my mind. This is no direction I want to see in RP.
I also think it is very important to separate between ooc and ic. Ooc during RP scenes is clearly annotated with ( ). And it's good that way because it's a clean and simple method.
And for conflict free communication without misunderstanding, this separation is very important. I think misunderstandings and difficult situations are programmed if descriptive emotes are used for ooc purposes.
For the sake of easy communication:
Ooc and ic must be clearly distinguishable.
The around channel reflects all that could be heard and seen by a good observer.