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Charm that offers three services to heavy online users. \u201cGrace\u201d helps your avatar move more naturally by using live motion capture dancers, \u201cWit\u201d ghostwrites jokes for your feeds, texts and chats if you have no sense of humor, and \u201cCharm\u201d is for the shy, helping you conduct relationships of all kinds. As the company says: \u201cBeing you is harder than you think!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/70899728\" width=\"640\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Players participate by pretending to be customers who briefly describe problems &#8212; whether it be upping their game skills to avoid social rejection, requesting a proxy to attend awkward family video calls, or needing help tele-firing a loyal employee &#8212; and then by reviewing how Grace, Wit &amp; Charm\u2019s solutions helped their make-believe character (or didn\u2019t). During the special, April 2021, Grace, Wit &amp; Charm Open House the curtain is lifted and players get to know some hard-working Character Enhancement Agents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">By collaborating in the playspace of this imaginary company you are helping build a collection of short fictions &#8212; a group portrait of our mediated lives.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_cta][et_pb_cta title=&#8221;If you&#8217;re new to Discord&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Call To Action&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#2e0927&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; text_orientation=&#8221;left&#8221; use_border_color=&#8221;off&#8221; border_color=&#8221;#ffffff&#8221; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; button_letter_spacing_hover=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; button_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;on&#8221; button_letter_spacing__hover=&#8221;0&#8243; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Discord<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0is a social media platform originally for games, that has become wildly popular for general use. 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You can post images or short videos. &#x1f60b;And, you can react to other people\u2019s posts by clicking on the message and selecting from one of the available emojis. If someone else has reacted with an emoji, click on it to show you agree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To join our Discord, you follow the invite link above, which will take you to the web version of Discord. 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And maybe heighten things just a dash for comic (or dramatic) effect. Each challenge is written by a fictional character, <\/span><b>each challenge is a micro-story<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Be sensitive when creating your character, especially if they come from a background different than yours. Aim to make them a unique individual (not a type), with surprising skills and interests, just like a real person! 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