Probably meant to indicate an unremarkable element of the background. I can’t think of a suitable term that would extend the roleplaying game metaphor; “extras” is about as close as I can get, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen it used in a gaming context.
But every time you talk about following rules or relying on teachers, I get that same feeling, like it’s bound up with this one last thing that’s stopping you, one last thing that puts your PC self to sleep and turns you into an NPC again...”
Wallpaper would be one step below NPC, presumably. But yeah, it’s mixing metaphors a bit.
Probably meant to indicate an unremarkable element of the background. I can’t think of a suitable term that would extend the roleplaying game metaphor; “extras” is about as close as I can get, but I don’t think I’ve ever actually seen it used in a gaming context.
Wallpaper would be one step below NPC, presumably. But yeah, it’s mixing metaphors a bit.