Aww shucks guys, you know they don't bother to to explain stuff as IC anymore.
Like Neko and some Devs have commented, RP is solely the responsibility of players. They aren't concerning themselves with it. However, some day when some parent is threatening a lawsuit because their kid was propositions by a hooker ICly about bondage stuff, I think it might merit taking a greater interest. But whatever...
The last example of an IC explanation was the crystal eclipse right before the release of Steel Blue. I thought it was rather nice at the time, but I guess with a reduced Dev team, they don't really have time or resources for such things anymore. Shame many of the devs that used to care and went out of their way for such things are gone. Oh well...