I'm baaaaaaaack.... from my trip through the Valley of Death... literally LOL. (invert that for the correct California based National U.S. Monument)

Body language? Edmundo, try playing a bit with the Smilies.... actions bounded between astericks... and the subtle "whisper/action" that you can get by typing

"/me" followed by whatever you want yourself to convey. You can create the chat-equivalent of body language....