If you want to talk out of character (OOC) try to use tells as much as possible. When speaking out of character it is jarring to those around you... even if it is "accepted" by the party to use ooc in party chat it is not accepted by the GM Team. So.. when speaking stay in character as much as possible, use tells when you can not. If something comes up and you need to say something ooc to everybody in the party/around you (like you have to leave suddenly) use // before the comment.