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.)
Did you read the rules? |
Owen Carter (OC) - 3/3
Powers: Owen will discover that he can turn into a panther, as becoming a werepanther is the one thing he wanted most before 'waking up' from his dream, in order to make himself more useful at protecting those he cared about. Unfortunately, he won't get all the other benefits of being a were-creature - no improved healing, heightened senses, or enhanced strength. He'll be able to turn into a panther and will have to adjust to being a panther before that is even of much use to him, but over time, his panther-self will have the senses, agility, and eventually, instincts of a panther. Practice makes perfect, and all that. (Though he'll also be awful cuddly for a panther. >_>)
Skills: Owen's skill consist mainly of the things he did in his various professions. Pick-pocketing, medieval-era brewing, bartending, keen business sense, bookkeeping, printing by way of a movable-type print machine. He also has very good social skills, and can usually manage to figure out how to play up to a person's interests.
City
Name: Julian Mitchell
Position: Brewer - Runs Mitchell Brewery and Distillery (MBD), formerly Ivory Tower Ales.
History: [tw; child abuse, teen abuse]
Julian was born to a military mother and her domestic partner. The two later had a military wedding when their boy was three. The family was relocated often due to his mother's career, and he's spent time just about everywhere. Because of this, he had few friends growing up.
Leading into his teens, he started hanging out with anyone who'd have him - this was, usually, the troublemakers of society. He got into trouble so often his father started trying to beat sense into him, starting at the age of twelve. The beatings grew more and more severe as Julian refused to submit to the ruthlessness, and at the age of fifteen, during one of his mother's longer postings, he wound up hospitalized due to his injuries - two cracked ribs and a broken arm, and a lot of bruising. His father claimed he'd gotten mixed up with drugs, and since traces were found in the kid's system, the doctor's believed him.
They did, however, inform the police, who showed up to question him at the hospital. Clearly this boy had some sort of involvement in illegal activities, and they tried to convince him to talk. When he kept refusing, they took him into the station, where he demanded they contact his mother.
When they found out who his mother was, at that time an officer in the special forces, they were quick to get in touch with the military to have her informed of the problem. She couldn't get away for at least a month, and the military sent someone to investigate on her behalf.
It wasn't until she returned home to see what was going on that Julian co-operated, and told her what had actually happened. In a rage of fury, she attacked her husband, beating him to near death before the other officer was able to restrain her.
Julian's father was taken away to be prosecuted. Julian never heard from him again. His mother was reprimanded through the military, but retained her position. Unfortunately, this left Julian without a legal guardian. He was entered into military school shortly before his sixteenth birthday, against his wishes but with his mother's blessings.
Things didn't improve much for him. Sure, he didn't have a father beating him at every opportunity anymore, but he hated his school, and spent more and more time goofing off, and looking for ways to push authority. He took up drinking and smoking, found himself a few lovers, and was constantly punished for a variety of things, including theft, vandalism, disturbance, and was generally considered a bad influence. His mother tried to talk sense into him, but he was having none of it - he resented her. She'd left him to an abusive father and then abandoned him to this hell. It was all her fault.
He was enlisted on his eighteenth birthday. Still the troublemaker, his superiors were especially harsh on him, piling chores and exercises on him so that he had very little free time. When he did get time off, he spent it drinking and fucking. At least he wasn't getting into trouble. And he did take his lessons seriously, if only because it was kind of cool learning the arts of war, and he felt like it made him a badass.
At twenty, Julian managed to escape, having grown tired of the war game. He started traveling the lands until he made his way to the Diamond City, where he took up an assumed name, Jake Sanders, and lived a poor life as a beggar until he managed to land an under-the-table job doing deliveries. He didn't ask questions, and followed orders, and his new boss, after testing him with some special deliveries, started setting him up with more difficult operations. While Julian never asked, he assumed they were illegal dealings, but kept doing them because the money was good.
He started experimenting with brewing, since alcohol was expensive and he wanted to get as much of it as possible while spending as little as possible. As it turned out, his recipes were rather well received by friends, and eventually his boss got wind of it, and had him deliver some of his goods to their base of operations. Finding he enjoyed the ales 'Jake' managed to produce, he set Julian up with a brewery to start a business, with all shared of it owned by his boss. Julian tried to refuse, since if the business did well, his face would get out, but his boss insisted (with force/threats) and he had no choice but to agree.
He did his best to keep out of the spotlight, running things from the background, but during a commercial run, someone managed to snap pictures, and they got out. The military eventually tracked him down and arrested him, locking him up for desertion complete with a formal dishonorable discharge. Julian didn't argue. Most in prison left him alone, though he made 'friends' with a few of his boss's other men when they were informed he was in. Mostly they kept tabs on him to ensure his silence, which he had no interest of breaking.
However, during his incarceration, his boss wound up being taken out by police who had a plant in his illegal activities. Since the brewery wasn't directly owned by the criminal, and was a legal business, it didn't get closed. Instead, with legal council, Julian was able to claim ownership of it, using his assumed name as a business name, which wasn't unheard of, while also convincing the jury he had no knowledge of the illegal activities and was just a brewer. The military could have refuted the claim, but Julian's mother managed to smooth talk her superiors into letting her son be.
He spent the rest of his prison term supervising his business through telephone calls or visitations. Since he wasn't considered a threat, his lawyers managed to hook him up with more lenient visitation rights, though all belongings were still searched before each visit, and the visits were monitored. This allowed him to discuss business and even sign papers when needed.
Once he was released, he went back to work. He continued to drink and smoke, but he had a business, and was content let management continue with most of the work while he oversaw things, signed papers, and focused on the recipes, though he did put through a name and label change for the company. He paid close attention to quality, making many trips to test the products the company produced, and his business expanded to meads, then later to rum, and put a lot of effort into promotion.
His mother kept in touch. It had been ages since he'd felt any sort of hatred towards her, and he'd come to recognize that she couldn't have known what kind of a man his father would have become. Yet having never really known her, he felt something of a detachment, and mostly put up with the attention because of some vague sense of duty to a parent. He refused to even look for his father, whom in turn has never made an attempt to contact him before the disaster struck.
Proof: A recording of a commercial he took part in to promote his ales after being released from incarceration, the legal documents declaring his business as his.
Playing
First-person sample: How's this?
Third-person sample: And this.
Did you read the rules? Aye.
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!