Text Punctuation

In the Hopeless Series, there is dialogue that may be confusing to some users. Particullary those who do not understand what it means during dialogue.

Ellipses
Ellipses represent a small pause in speech after a character says something. The longer the elipses, the longer the pause. For example:

[Short Pause] Flowerfox: I can't... I can't believe this happened again.

[Long Pause] Nassana: Hey, it's nice to see you all! Wait a minute.................... Where is Xann?

This may also be used when no character says anything during a conversation. This will usually make things awkward.

Narration Speech
While narration used sparingly, this is still an absolute requirement to the dialogue. Narration is represented within the Act descriptions, the beginning and the ending failure/win conditions. However, the need for narration within dialogue has been increased to explain what is happening within that scene, for example:

Sharples: WHAT ARE YOU--

[Gurret pushes Sharples to the floor and has a gun pointed towards his head]

Interruption Speech
This can be used for many instances. It's when a character is interrupted by something, for example another character or hearing something in the distance or another action that forces the character to stop I.E being punched in the face, for example:

Nassana: I think we shou-

Flowerfox: No, I know what you're thinking. We shouldn't do that.

If two characters talk at the same time, this applies under Interruption Speech. There will be a dash before the characters name to imply that both of those character are talking at the same time.

-Sharples: THIS IS INSANE.

-Kait: ARE YOU CRAZY?!

Sensory Communication
Gurret can only speak through touch. Only the characters that are touching Gurret will be able to hear him. If a character like Gurret is talking with another character and then the touch is disconnected, asterisks will be used to represent the disconnection, as in Gurret is still talking; But the person who stopped touching Gurret will no longer be able to hear Gurret. In this example, C.D is touching Gurret and listening to what he says. Gurret is running towards another character which means C.D is going to be disconnected with Gurret mid-dialogue.

C.D: So tell me, how did you and Nabur meet?

Gurret: N-Nabur? Where?! Oh... Oh I see her now, I'm so going to *******

[Gurret runs towards Nabur]

Special Speech
This is a new feature Sharp has decided to introduce into the series. This includes punctuation such as "!" and "?" or both together. For example, if a character is surprised upon quickly, their speech would look something like this:

Flowerfox: ?!