"It's not instantaneous, but it's fast enough that it seems that way. The other person has to check their email to read what you wrote, though. The chat messages are more or less in real time."
"Sure, we can get you set up. You can even make one account for everything, so you don't have to memorize a bunch of passwords." She looks at Paladin thoughtfully. "Well, you want something you can remember, for both the username and password. It helps if you choose a descriptive username so people know who is emailing them. Mine is my name, but, um... well, you can try Paladin and see if it's taken. The computer will tell you if that name is already taken by someone else."
"You can find other card games online... I don't play games on the Nexus terminals, but I used to play some games at work, to kill time while I was waiting for an analysis to finish."
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Date: 2016-12-09 11:27 pm (UTC)"Sure, we can get you set up. You can even make one account for everything, so you don't have to memorize a bunch of passwords." She looks at Paladin thoughtfully. "Well, you want something you can remember, for both the username and password. It helps if you choose a descriptive username so people know who is emailing them. Mine is my name, but, um... well, you can try Paladin and see if it's taken. The computer will tell you if that name is already taken by someone else."
"You can find other card games online... I don't play games on the Nexus terminals, but I used to play some games at work, to kill time while I was waiting for an analysis to finish."