When you “look at” my character, Zayne, in Achaea, a text MUD, this is what it says…
He is a human. Shoulder-length, blonde hair that infrequently sees a comb. The trimmed beard is clearly intentional, the surrounding stubble another proof he has little use for vanity. Dark eyes that keep to themselves but are aware and busy. His face is both alert and troubled – a look of being ready for anything but also a distractedness – as though potentially more important duties far away call to him. While his head is not in the clouds – no dreamer this one – it is not fully here, either.
It’s not only my character, but a subtle reference that, even if I’m logged into the game, I do have a real life job to do and may become distracted from the game at any time.