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? |
Malcolm Reed | Star Trek: Enterprise [2/2]
Name: Gavin Stark
Position: police officer
History: Born in the central city a few minutes after his twin brother Vincent, Gavin is technically the younger brother. (Didn't help that in those few minutes, the clock went past midnight, so technically they were born on different days...) While Vincent was the bad boy of the family, Gavin was the polar opposite, very studious, obedient, and trying to make his family proud. To help pick up the slack for his brother, one might say that Gavin worked twice as hard as any kid should have, especially since his parents laid their hopes and dreams on him as Vincent was clearly a bust. The oppressive culture of the city and his pressuring family wore on him, and though he took solace in his older sister Vivian, who he would stay in contact with, it slowly became more difficult for him to get through day by day. Once he graduated high school, though, Gavin dropped everything and left as fast as he could, on the verge of a nervous breakdown.
Most people that left the city tended to drift toward Diamond City, and Gavin was no exception. Finally free from the controlling influence of his family and the city, he could finally attempt to relax and find his place, though given his repressed nature and where he hailed from, it was, at times, a little difficult to fit in. Still, he soldiered on and used what money he still had and could earn taking on odd jobs to put himself through university. The military influence in his life won out in the end, but instead of joining any sort of army, he trained with the local police force, pairing together his strong moral code and his enjoyment of weaponry. Though he was bright enough and clever enough to do potentially anything with his life, even be a big businessman, Gavin felt that this position would help him give meaning to his life. It worked out pretty well. Until an assassin with his face showed up in the same city. [worked out with Hawk and "Vincent Stark"]
Proof: Video from Vivian, his big sister
Playing
First-person sample: I certainly don't think it very polite to yank people out of their sleep and be told that everything they thought they knew was a great big lie. I'm no doctor, by any means, but I'm fairly certain that isn't how dreams work. Why dream every single day, from the mundane to the exciting, and what of dreams within this so-called dream?
Rest assured, I know quite well who I am. I did not dream up a completely new identity. Call me Gavin if you will, but I don't expect I'll be staying very long.
Third-person sample: Naturally, the situation surprised Malcolm. Unsettled, even. But he attempted to keep his calm. There were any number of explanations for this. Most likely some kind of mass kidnapping. But the new names? Some kind of facility on another planet--an experiment? It wasn't much of a prison, but with no immediate way to get back, there didn't seem much need for it to be one.
What was truly worrying was how everyone he'd seen appeared to be completely human. Not a single alien species among them. The pieces didn't fit. The last he'd known, he'd been on the ship dragging the remains of Enterprise back to Earth. On his way home. This certainly wasn't Earth, or at least, nowhere on it he knew of. The gravity was normal, and the atmosphere seemed about right as it could in a cave setting. So if this was some alien assault, then who? If this was some human operation, then where? Other important questions included 'why', 'how', and 'when', but he had little more idea about those than the first two questions.
After time travelers, psychically controlled ships, genetic mutations for just about everything, and nearly invisible ships, one more improbable thing wasn't terribly difficult for him to take in. Before the war, this sort of thing would have practically felt like every other Friday evening.
Though he knew his ship wasn't about to swoop in for a rescue operation, surely the Captain (if he wasn't already here somewhere) would be raising hell about sending a team of MACOs to rescue any of his missing crew. There wasn't much Malcolm could immediately do to rectify his situation himself, but he knew everything started with simple observation. If he could gather any sort of useful information, then he'd already be well on his way to formulating some sort of escape plan for himself--and everyone else just as confused as him.
Did you read the rules? Yep~
Revision
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Your application is good! We just have a few questions about your app before we can decide to accept or decline. Please expand on...
City proof
Could you elaborate what, exactly, this video would contain? It doesn't need to be an intricate explanation or anything.
Re: Revision
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. ♥
BONUS 7. In honor of the game opening, please head over to the player plot post share your ideas!
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