Just last week, Cyprus-Rhodes announced its new messaging website, cypruscenter, would be opening today. The whole university must have signed on at the same time, because it crashed the school server the first day. The second day, it was all back to normal. Rebecca had been on earlier, so had Cappie and Casey. No one interesting was on right now, with the exception of Ashleigh, but she would probably spend an entire conversation attempting to get me to rejoin ZBZ, so I ignored her. I signed on as student_of_titian, a name that evolved from a painting from last week's fine arts class. Just as I signed on, someone with the screen name, smoothtalker54, signed on. I felt compelled to talk to him, as the mystery of his identity fascinated me. I began my conversation:
student_of_titian: hi
smoothtalker54: hello
student_of_titian: who are u?
smoothtalker54: i can only tell u that i am new 2 cru and that i'm on the football team
student_of_titian: why the secret identity?
smoothtalker54: i'm popular with ppl at cru…if i told u who i was, everyone would want to b my friend
student_of_titian: i won't tell ne1, trust me
smoothtalker54: i still can't tell u
Though he was stubborn about revealing his name, I continued to talk to him.
student_of_titian: i can tell u that my name is jordan, i am new 2 cru as well
smoothtalker54: and from ur screenname, i take it u r an art student
student_of_titian: u r correct
smoothtalker54: sacred and profane love is a fave painting of mine
student_of_titian: r u in fine arts?
smoothtalker54: no, i am not
student_of_titian: then how do u know that painting?
smoothtalker54: i hang w/the art students on occasion…i recently depledged kappa tau
student_of_titian: why is that?
smoothtalker54: i'm not a party person
student_of_titian: oh, i c
Then, the pieces came together. This smoothtalker54 character was new to CRU, he is a popular football player who depledged KT recently and hangs out with art students. I was talking to Andy!