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Player
Name: What would you like to be called?
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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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Balthazar | Supernatural | 2/2
Since all the angels in the universe he’s coming are already uber-powerful, even just the lowly soldiers, Balthazar’s power will be cut down quite a bit. Instead of the wide arrange of skills he’s so used to, he’ll only be getting three abilities.
Upon use of these skills, he’ll need to restore his reserves either through excessive sleep or more than your normal three, square meals a day. Using these powers will give him migraines, which will, more than likely, lead him to drinking more alcohol to get rid of them. In which case, he’ll be too hung-over and tired to consider using these powers too many times in a row.
•Teleportation: Instead of traveling around the world in the only a few moments, Balthazar will now only be able to travel from one building to another across the street. Of course, if he does this, he’ll find himself pretty exhausted. Although, traveling from room to room won’t leave him in such a sorry state, doing it too often will find him wanting to crawl into a bottle and never come out. This power will sap him of strength more than anything else, so he’ll have to start saving it for good reasons.
•Supernatural Perception: Like all angels, Balthazar is used to being able to see things humans can’t, such as: sigils, ghosts, demons, reapers, and other angels. It can also be said that this perception can sniff out supernatural entities in the surrounding area. Well, unfortunately for him, it won’t be as simple as just opening his eyes, anymore. Balthazar will have to actually concentrate for supernatural things to become visible to his eyes, and even then, if there’s too much stimuli at once it could cause him a major migraine and probably a nose bleed. Otherwise, though, this power won’t be too draining and might leave him a little more tired than usual at the end of the day.
•Superhuman Strength: Another heavenly trait cut down, but still pretty self-explanatory. Punching through a wall? Okay, no problem. Moving around heavy objects with minimal effort? Alright, that’ll probably get him a little tired. Lifting things obviously heavier than a man his size could handle? Definitely going to have him complaining about his back and how everything sucks afterward. Although, don’t think he’s a pushover otherwise; Balthazar was a strong warrior back home, he knows how to kick someone’s ass in a fight without having to resort to punching them across a room.
City
Name: Alexander Wilton
Position: Obviously, the only choice can be a bartender at the bar! Even if he didn’t work there, he’d still be practically living there, so he might as well be earning his way through life doing something productive. Such as getting other people drunk while he drinks himself into happiness.
Otherwise, I’m not quite sure what he’d do, but I know he’d be really bad at following the laws, either way. Balthazar’s a big brat; if he can’t even adhere to his Father’s rules, what makes you think he’s going to follow someone else’s?
History: At one point, the Wiltons had been a big, happy family with brothers and sisters who loved one another and an eccentric, inventor father who, while a little absent-minded at times, was kind to them. Sun shined out of their collective asses and everything was good. Alexander grew up somewhat distant from the rest of his siblings, being too young to really be on the same level as his four older brothers and being too old to hang out with his younger brothers. Most of them, anyway. Alexander grew up particularly close to one of his younger brothers who he felt was the most naïve amongst the entire family.
Life could’ve stayed that way forever, as far as Alex was concerned, but then The Other Kid came into their lives, led into the house one day by their father. The new kid, even though they probably never meant anything wrong and too new in their family to cause trouble, managed to create an abrupt, gaping chasm in their perfect lives. Suddenly, the oldest two of the family couldn’t see eye to eye, causing siblings to choose sides. The arguing eventually ended with one brother storming out, taking some of the family with him. Alex had stayed the hell out of the whole thing, choosing to agree with neither of the idiots and just wishing everyone would quit fighting. He put up with all the bullshit for as long as he could, watching as everything went to shit around him, brothers and sisters leaving their collective left and right. Despite all this, he stayed. He stayed for a father that eventually became more and more distant, until one day nobody could get a hold of him, having left his company behind without any direction. Alex thinks that’s about the time he started drinking and caring less and less about family matters. It wasn’t until his best friend left (abandoned him, if you asked Alexander which no one did) to go gallivanting around with his news buddies that Alex discovered he had had enough. He gathered whatever money he could, even going so far as to take some from his dad’s stash, and made off into the night without word to anyone else.
From there, Alexander went wherever he wanted, doing whatever he wanted. It was the first time he had felt happy in a long time, now disconnected from a family that was doing nothing except spiraling down a drain. Eventually, though, the money started to run dry and he was forced to find some way to replenish it. Unfortunately, his skills weren’t exactly being advertised for in the local newspaper, so he did what he was good at: talking, drinking, and swindling people out of their money and their possessions. Without really paying attention to where he drifted, Alexander wound up in Diamond City with no plans for the future and damn excited for it. He used the last of his money to wrangle up a crappy apartment and went looking for a way to replenish his funds; whether it be legitimate work or just more thieving.
[permission granted to use Gabe’s history!]
Proof: Apartment lease for a place out in the outer ring, made out to one “Alexander Wilton”
Playing
First-person sample: like a bird on a wire
Third-person sample: like a drunk in a midnight choir
Did you read the rules? AW YEAH SON
Revision
Almost there!
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
While the rest of Alexander's City history is fine, we have to ask that you use a different form of proof for Balthazar. The idea is to show him a situation (either visual or auditory) that would place Balthazar/Alexander in the City.
Revision
City Proof
Video of him touring the city when he first arrived, with him doing snarky commentary. Ends with him arriving at his new apartment.
accepted!
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