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1. What do you go by collectively? *(a system name, a shared username, group pronouns... etc)*

The Tesseract System, they or it to refer to the system / us collectively.

2. How should people refer to you? *(should people address individual members whenever possible, or would you rather be referred to collectively, etc)*

If you know who's fronting, please use their name. If you're crediting us for something, (name) of the Tesseract System would be good.

3. What terms do you prefer for referring to yourselves as individuals *(headmate/alter/system member/...)*, or as a group *(system/collective/household/...)*? Is there any other terminology for yourselves or aspects of your experience that you use and want people to know, or that you dislike and want people to avoid when talking about you?

We usually use headmate or "the others". Never alter or personality, but any other term is probably fine. System and collective both work as group terms. Maybe even gang gang. /silly

4. Who in your system are people most likely to interact with? *(names, pronouns, short Twitter-esque bios, etc)*

The main fronters are Peridot and Acht, but you may come across Gangle rarely.

5. Will people be interacting with any child members? How should they treat them? Is there anything they should know when interacting with them?

We don't have any littles, so don't worry about that.

6. Are there any system members who are nonverbal or otherwise have difficulty communicating? What should others expect when speaking with them? *(having other system members translate, can speak normally over text but will need accommodation over voice, etc)*

None of us have communication issues, afawk.

7. What should people do if they don't know who's at front?

Just ask! "Who's fronting?" or "who am I speaking to?"

8. Is it okay for people to ask if they can talk to someone who isn't at front at the moment?

If it's urgent, then yes. Otherwise, we might take some offense.

9. If someone talks to one of you, will other system members be aware of the conversation? Will they be actively watching, or just able to remember it later?

All of us share memory, so we will all know about any given conversation, if we even remember it (bad memory in general...)

10. Adding onto the above - if multiple system members will be aware of a conversation, will they want to chime in? If someone wants to speak to a system member one-on-one, what expectations can they have and how should they communicate this? *(for example, it may not be possible to block everyone out but they can try to pay attention to something else and not interrupt)

Generally, we don't involve each other when we are having a conversation with someone, in order to make sure no one is confused. So you'll always be speaking to one of us one-on-one for the most part... unless you WANT to try speaking to more of us at once.

11. How out are you? What should people do when talking to people who don't know you're plural? *(do you have a "singletsona" name and pronouns they should use; can they talk about knowing someone who's plural in nonspecific terms, without naming you; etc)*

If you know us IRL, just use our nickname we probably already told you, and he/him pronouns, to people we aren't out to. If you only know us online, you are encouraged to use our individual names and percieve us as different people at all times in all online spaces.

12. Do you have any internal communication difficulties, memory issues, switch triggers, etc that others should be mindful of?

We have very good communication with each other, but we have bad memory and may be forgetful of both insys and outsys stuff sometimes. We don't have any switch triggers we know of, so don't worry about that.

13. Your stance on being asked questions? *(about personal experience, preferences, plurality in general, etc)*

Please ask 500,000,000,000 questions. We love answering questions.

14. Is there anything else others should know?

We are EXTREMELY silly people.