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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Kenneth Parker [2/2]
Name: George Kardos
Position: bar/ drag club owner
History: A native of the Diamond City, he was raised in the outer section of the outer ring with his family, a small nomadic band that traveled around to each district depending on the season. He did not go to a traditional school, instead learning the skills he would need to survive both in the city and outside in the wilds. It was by sheer luck and a bit of prejudice that George found himself meeting Owen Bates when he was sixteen, having run into the Rogue's Gallery to escape a group that thought he stole from them. Owen hid George from them and this was the beginning of their friendship.
George would later go off to war for a couple years against another city-state, where he lost his leg and had to get it replaced with a prosthetic. Not long after he returned and was in the hospital, Owen declared his love for him and proposed. He accepted and the two of them would run the Rogue's Gallery together after their wedding, George showing a knack for running a business and to keep Owen from losing his temper at the more irritating of people who would come in.
For three years, their lives were without much incident, which of course changed when the Disaster occurred.
[I have permission from DJ to include Owen in the history section.]
Proof: A video of George and Owen showing off their club.
Playing
First-person sample: I know that we're all going through a lot with waking up and finding ourselves here, but I would like to extend an invitation to the rest of us...Sleepers, I believe we're called by the people here? My husband and I find ourselves to be the owners of a bar here and it seems to be fully stocked. So if anybody needs a drink, you're welcome to come on by.
I'm not sure what the drinking age is here, but I'm going to say if you're under the age of eighteen, we won't be serving any alcoholic drinks to you. We'll be serving some non-alcoholic alternatives instead for the underage. It wouldn't be a good idea if we all ended up getting in trouble so soon after waking up and I, for one, would rather not have that.
Third-person sample: He always had trouble sleeping, but tonight there was a different reason than usual. This time the cause is a sleeping Liam curled up against his side, arm laying across Ken’s chest. It wasn’t that Liam was bothering or anything with the way he was sleeping, but instead just the fact that Liam was sleeping and wouldn’t fade away from the constant contact he had with Ken. He was afraid of waking up and finding that this was only a dream and Liam was still dead, especially with the fact their whole life up prior to this was supposed to be nothing but a dream.
There was some movement from his sleeping husband and Ken watched him stretch out like a cat and end up more on top of Ken than beside him, head placed right on his chest so he could use him as a pillow. Ken had to keep himself from laughing, amused at Liam’s ability to take up space even though he wasn’t all that big of a person. He didn’t want to wake him up and have Liam worry about him not being asleep when it’s so late and there was just the obvious fact that he didn’t want to have Liam lose sleep just because Ken was. Carefully moving his free arm (as his other was currently partially under Liam), he reached up and gently touched his hair, making sure not to wake him. Sometimes it’s hard to know what he was missing having a relationship with a ghost, but now he knew just from doing something as simple as touching him.
It didn’t matter to Ken whether or not that the dream was real. All he wanted was for Liam to stay alive and if that meant living under another name with a different job, he’d do it. Ken wasn’t stupid enough to think that he was in the majority with his train of thought and he knew most people would want to return to the “dreams.” He wasn’t going to stop them from trying. No, he’d help them find out the truth no matter what it was. All he wanted was the chance to stay with Liam while he’s still alive. If this is only temporary, he is just going to spend the time he has doing everything he couldn’t do when Liam was a ghost.
Seeming content with his thoughts now, Ken moved a bit to make himself more comfortable, getting an annoyed noise out of Liam in response. He smiled and looked down at him, amused that even moving a bit didn’t wake him up.Even if this is all a lie, he’s glad to have this chance even for a short while. Part of him wondered if Liam feels the same way. Ah well, it’s something to leave until tomorrow when both of them are awake, not now when a half-asleep man would give no real answer to his question. Putting an arm around him carefully, Ken closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep.
Did you read the rules? Yes.
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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