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: Revisions
Age: Mentally, T'Pol has memories of almost seven decades, but Delilah's only been around for almost four of them. She's about thirty-six, thirty-seven.
Personality: T'Pol was never an overly social person, even after learning to cope with being around so many humans. She had plenty of time in the Academy to observe them, though, and that was how she learned to interact. She mimicked emotions, learned to express small amounts of them on her face so that humans would see her as less 'other' and 'alien' - and thus less of a target. She never went as far as some other aliens in Starfleet: she would mimic humans, but she would not become them. She's a scientist: observation comes naturally to her, especially when it means her survival. She doesn't take many chances where that's involved.
Finding herself to actually be human will be stomach churning for her. 'Delilah' may have always been human, but T'Pol knows herself to be Vulcan, and there will be very little doubt in her mind which life is the real one, at least at first. She will, however, be pretending very, very hard that she is this human named Delilah Bristow, and that that's all she's ever been. T'Pol doesn't see artifice as a game, like some, but it is a way to ensure her survival, and that's all she really cares about in the end.
History: Sorry! I forgot to cut out the tail end in the history. She is going to be from just after Archer makes her First Officer, as I plan to do a few canon updates to mess with her head. xp
Powers: Hmmm, do you think later on it could be that the touch telepathy actually saps some strength/hearing/etc from others? It would be a kind of call back to ancient Vulcan mind-lords, who were telepathic, telekinetic, and just generally terrifying sons of bitches. But if not, I'd rather just stick with the touch-telepathy, either works!
Sample: She wondered if she was a masochist. In retrospect, it would explain her decision to leave the only home she had ever known for Starfleet. Her first year on Earth had been the worst: all her studies, of Earth, of Starfleet, had done nothing to convince the Terrans that she belonged there. Worse yet, they didn't think she was capable of the work that laid ahead of her.
Those were the insults that stuck in her ribs, grinding at her carefully composed calm. She knew the prickle of pride, remembered it from her childhood, and as those early days stretched on she felt less and less desire to repress it. She was better than they gave her credit for, a better scientist, a stronger officer. But showing up a Terran in classes was unwise: it was a lesson she learned the hard way, early on. Her jaw had been swollen for days.
Hazing was another central aspect of Starfleet. For most, it ended after they survived their first year, and they would turn around and take out their anger, their scars and humiliation on the next class. For non-Terrans, though, it never ended. And as she continued to excel in her school, things got worse. There were very few alien officers; most knew better than to reach for high positions. It was better to blend in, to keep your head down and your mouth shut. You became less of a target.
She considered that when they made her a commander. Not even Soval had risen so high, and she couldn't quite resist the temptation to tip her chin up, the subtlest show of pride she could manage. Forest wasn't careful when he pinned the new pips to her collar, but she ignored the prick of the pin against her neck. Pain was passing; she'd just proven that a Vulcan was just as - if not more, she told herself - capable as a human. And it felt good.
accepted!
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Re: accepted!