Most fanfic authors write with normal keyboards.

"Have you guys been feeling the signs too?"

The fics they write do not affect the characters in any way, and most of the time, they do not notice that it was written.

"Yeah, I think an author with a *keyboard* is writing another fic."

However, some authors write with *keyboards*. Fics written with *keyboards* cause the characters involved to have simultaneous, life-like dreams in which they are in the fic when it's published. The characters can also sometimes feel when one is about to go up.

"Any clue who it is?" "It feels like it's coming from See's"

Authors with *keyboards* can write two kinds of fics: open and controlled.

"Are you sure? She usually comes and asks us before she posts it."

Controlled fics are when the author controlls every aspect of the fic: the plot, the dialogue, and the action, and the characters are powerless to do anything against the script.

"Maybe she's busy." "Yeah, I'm sure she'll come by before she posts it."

Open fics are kind of like a program, where the descriptions the author writes are the code, and the dialogue is the result.

"I just hope she picks a less life-threatening plot. Remember the last time someone wrote with a *keyboard*?" "Don't remind me."

Authors with *keyboards* should keep careful watch over them. Because if someone gets a hold of your *keyboard* and puts you in a fic with it, the board won't catch the fact that you're in a humiliating and/or dangerous fic. And when that happens, God help us.