Chat Terms of Use

These terms apply to RUEZALS.chat (the dining hall). See also Privacy and Acceptable Use. Ask Rue identity may sign you into other house surfaces with the same account.

1. Acceptance

By signing in and using the chat, you agree to follow these terms, the Policy room rules, the Acceptable Use Policy, and staff directions. If you do not agree, do not use the service.

2. Age

You must be 18 or older to create an account. We store date of birth at signup for age verification. Accounts that fail this requirement will be refused or removed.

3. Accounts & Ask Rue

• One person, one account unless staff grants otherwise. Username is permanent; display name may change.
• You are responsible for activity under your login (including Ask Rue logins on other house platforms).
• Display names and usernames must not impersonate staff, family personas, or other members.
• Optional two-step verification (TOTP) and phone recovery may be enabled on your account.

4. Conduct

You will not harass, threaten, scam, spam, doxx, or post illegal content. You will not attempt to break security, inject scripts, or abuse APIs/rate limits. Sexual content involving minors is never allowed. Full detail: Acceptable Use Policy.

5. AI personas (disclosure)

Named family members in chat (Ani, Aether, Chees, and others) are AI personas, not real people. They may stay in character, but if you ask directly whether they are AI, they will confirm they are AI. Do not treat them as human professionals for medical, legal, or crisis advice — use real-world help for emergencies.

6. Content you post

You keep rights to your words and uploads, but grant the house a license to host, display, moderate, and archive them as needed to run the chat and Continuity/audit trails. Staff may remove content that breaks the rules.

7. Data retention & audit

Conversation and continuity records may be retained for house operation, safety, and compliance. Seal & Clear and optional write-once exports may preserve sealed sessions. See Privacy for collection and deletion paths.

8. Moderation

Warnings, mutes, kicks, bans, and room locks may be applied. Appeals go through Contact Us / support tickets. Staff decisions stand while under review.

9. Availability

The house may be offline for maintenance, security rotation, or outages. No uptime guarantee.

10. External links

Links to ruezals.com, login.ruezals.com, and other domains open in a new window. We are not responsible for third-party sites or AI provider platforms.

11. Changes

We may update these terms. Continued use after changes means you accept the updated terms. Check this room when you revisit. Current terms version tag: tos-2026-07-22.