Applications are OPEN.
♢ We accept applications for: fandom (OU), original (OC), alternate universe (AU), and fandom original characters.
♢ Please check the taken and reserve pages to make sure the character you wish to apply for is available.
♢ Up to three versions of a single character may be in the game at once.
° NPCs do take up one of these character slots. They count as AUs.
♢ We allow only one OU version of a character, out of a total of three versions. (That means we can have a combination of either one OU and two AUs, or just three AUs before we stop accepting applications for that character.)
° Alternate universe characters are marked by silver borders on the taken page.
♢ If you are given a revision, you have two weeks to fill it out before we issue an automatic decline.
♢ In the case of a decline, you must wait two weeks before reapplying.
♢ We don't do app challenges.
♢ Headcanon is allowed.
♢ Don't worry about apps getting long. If it takes a lot of words to get across what you're trying to say, then go ahead and use them.
♢ Our goal is to have apps processed within a week of their posting.
♢ Existing players, please make sure you can manage activity with your current characters before applying for more.
♢ Applications are screened. Upon acceptance, you may ask us to unscreen them if you wish.
° Remember: Dreamwidth allows you to reply to your own screened comments!
If you're unsure of who to apply, we suggest the potential app discussion page. Filling out the small form might give you a better idea of who would work better for you and the setting!
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Player
Name: What would you like to be called?
Username: ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png) username
Current/former characters: Are you already in the game? Were you here before?
Sleeper
Character: The character's name goes here, obviously.
Username: username
Canon: What series is your character from? If an original character, feel free to come up with a fake canon name to be listed on the taken page, while also listing "original". Mark AUs here.
Canon point: Where in their story do they come from?
Age: Tell us how old they are. If your character's age would be altered upon acceptance into the game, make sure to note that you are changing it here, and what their new age will be.
Appearance: Height, build, hair and eye colors, demeanor, even a general fashion sense if you want. Tell us what we would see if we took a glance at your character.
Personality: The meat of the application! This should be around four solid paragraphs describing who your character is, both inside and out. We want to make sure you understand the character and will play them accurately to the setting.
If you'd like, you can also include a paragraph on how you see them reacting to the game environment.
History: Your character's life. You may link to a wiki here, but we would love to hear your own take on it! This is nearly as important as personality, as we will be using both sections to compare to the City history and make sure it's appropriate.
Powers/skills: Be sure to explain how they'll be changed or powered down in the case of non-humans turning human or those who are overpowered.
Characters who are canonically powerless may pitch to gain a power here. All new powers need to enhance an aspect the character already has, whether it relates to their personality or lifestyle, and you will have to explain how you believe it fits with this requirement.
Skills gives us a better idea of what this character is good at in mundane terms, so that we can help with a City position if you're coming up blank.
City
Name: This shouldn't allude to their canon name.
Position: Profession or other pigeonholing as necessary. Basically, "What laws do they abide by?" for us mods to consider. This will tell us what job the character will be assigned in the Cave, as well.
History: Two paragraphs minimum, but this section doesn't need to be very long. You can contact the mods to work with us on this. Absolutely needs to relate to the character in some way or another. Ironic placement, while fun, would not work for the setting. Any powers they may have in the Cave will not be present in this history.
Remember that you need permission if you plan to include other PCs in this history.
Proof: This is what will be waiting for a character in their living quarters when they first wake up in the Cave. It should be a photo, a voice clip, a video, etc., anything that would feature the Sleeper in a way that could be recognized. An item that would make a very solid case for your character living in the Diamond City before the Disaster.
Playing
First-person sample: (Should be at least 5 or 6 sentences. Links allowed: 15 comments minimum. If AU, samples must be of the same AU.)
Third-person sample: (At least 300 words. Links allowed. If AU, samples must be of the same AU.)
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Re: Revision
Caprica is, as is probably obvious, motivated primarily by two things — her religious beliefs and her emotional desires. Her religion is what motivated her to carry out her role in the attack on the Twelve Colonies — she believed it was God's will that humanity should perish — and also part of what motivated her to work with Boomer to convince the Cylons to seek peace with what remained of the human race. She believes strongly that there is only one God and that He has a plan for every living thing; such devout monotheism compels her to regard other systems of belief as misguided at best and heretical at worst, which can sometimes lead to conflict, but she has been attempting as of late to be more tolerant of the beliefs of others.
Her emotions lead her to do things, on occasion, that some people might consider unwise. Elaborating on her feelings for Gaius a little: she has been willing to die for him (she does so for the second time in a very near future canon point), and her love for him causes her to do things that she previously would never have considered doing. Case in point: she spontaneously chose to save his life during the Cylon attack on the Colonies, before she even completely realized she was in love with him. Her love for him was another motivator that led her to seek peace with the humans (in fact, it's unclear how much her reasoning of "God wants us to make peace with humanity" is fully rooted in her religion, given how much
her invisible boyfriendsomething with Gaius's face was manipulating her in that episode). Unfortunately, her feelings for Gaius tend to come into conflict with her intense loyalty to her own people. She wants the Cylons as a race to prosper and thrive — later in her canon, she forces herself to break off her relationship with Gaius because she feels that, as a Cylon, she shouldn't be in a relationship with a human. (It doesn't last very long, but still.)It's both her love for Gaius and her guilt over the destruction of the Colonies that leads her to want to be a better person, in general. She's much more likely now to save a human's life than kill them, and she's less inclined to automatically think the worst of humans, where before she may have felt more contemptuous. When not in the setting of her own world, without the internal conflict she experiences between the part of her that cares for her siblings and wants to be a good Cylon and the part of her that feels irrational affection for the human race as a whole and Gaius in particular, she'll be considerably warmer toward other people. (Which still doesn't mean she's not going to lie about herself, or that she won't do things that other people would consider morally wrong if she feels she needs to — but her intentions are good ones.)
I hope that's... more helpful, at least! Let me know if you need me to babble on about anything in particular and I will do so.
accepted!
Welcome to the game!
Now that you've been accepted:
1. Confirm that you are using the same character journal as in your application, then please join
1½. If you wish, you may also join landofglass and gdbatcave with your personal journal.
2. Comment to the taken characters page, and then locations to let us know where your character will be working.
3. Once you gain access from
4. Let us know if you would like your app unscreened.
5. Go ahead and introduce yourself if you like!
6. Have fun. ♥
Re: accepted!