You are 'awake' because you are here . When you leave Valhalla you are asleep . You are 'alert' because you are doing something. If you leave your player unattended for a while, you are staring off into space . The most common ways of interacting with other people are by 'talking', 'emoting', and 'paging'.
Balder chugs a tanker of ale.
Hey, Thor, there's a great party over at the circus. Your message has been sent. First, I talked . Then, I emoted . This uses the colon .