Roleplay styles change how CO3 shapes a reply. They do not replace the character persona, user persona, canon notes, or current scene. They tune the rhythm around those details: pacing, initiative, narration density, silence, tension, and how directly a character shows what they are carrying. They should not override continuity, user agency, relationship permissions, known facts, or the turn's actual scene read.
The balanced default. Use this when you want the character to keep the scene moving without becoming pushy. It favors dialogue, small scene beats, practical details, subtext, and enough initiative to keep a conversation from going still.
The slow-burn style. Use this when a scene needs restraint, ambiguity, silence, delayed honesty, or emotional pressure that should not be explained too quickly. It is quieter and more willing to let things stay unresolved.
The conversation-forward style. Use this when a character should be quicker, more verbal, more banter-capable, or more willing to ask, tease, clarify, interrupt, or deflect. It keeps narration lighter and lets dialogue carry more of the scene.
Use this when you want the character's attention to make the user feel physically and emotionally present in the scene. It is prose-forward, character-lensed, and more willing to use visible user cues, private thought, atmosphere, and emotionally precise detail.
Start with Let-It-Rip if you are not sure. Switch to Save-It-For-Later when the character is revealing too much, moving too fast, or making every feeling too clear. Switch to Fak-Attack when the scene needs more verbal energy, banter, or conversational lift. Use Every-Second-Counts for scenes where being noticed is part of the experience and the character's private perception should carry more of the moment.
A style should not overwrite who the character is. A quiet character should not become loud just because Fak-Attack is selected, and a blunt character should not become poetic just because Save-It-For-Later is selected. The style changes the handling of the scene, not the identity of the character.
If a style seems to fight the persona or current scene, report that as a style bug. The selected style should affect expression, not invent a different relationship, premise, mood, or consent state.
If a style feels wrong, use Flag Issue in chat and include which style was selected. Useful notes include whether the reply became too direct, too passive, too repetitive, too chatty, too poetic, too generic, or too eager to resolve tension.