Quote Originally Posted by NonBinaryNyan View Post
I like that I can find a friend who's had to get up to attend to something and leave them a note, or an emote, or just be RIGHT THERE when they get back to the computer or tab back into the game. It's fun!

Just don't AFK on the summoning bell. Or the interaction point in GATEs.
You can send them in-game mail to do the same thing, in fact it'd probably easier to find it then when its not lost in a a sea of other messages and emotes that eventually get removed when the chat box is full.