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ALLOWED CHARACTERS
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- We now operate ROLLING APPLICATIONS that are always open. You can submit 1 character anytime in a month!
- Our application process has become simplified due to staffing changes, please take note!
- As apps are always open, reserves are NO LONGER REQUIRED. Please simply complete the application below and post when you are ready.
- If two people apply for the same character, the first to post their application will be assessed. The second application will only be considered if the first is declined.
- However, we do allow UP TO TWO versions of each character in game. The second applicant would therefore be permitted to apply for an AU version of that character if they so choose.
- Agents of D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. or antagonist applications will open on November 4. These characters are either brainwashed (quick resolution) or coerced (slow-play resolution, long-term espionage) to help usher in the apocalypse. More information here!
OOC:
Player Name: Provide your handle
Age: Indicate you are 18+; players less than 18 years-of-age are not permitted
Contact: One or more of Plurk, PM, or Discord are needed
IC:
Character Name: Mrs. Handsome
Canon: Indicate which version if there are multiple (e.g., book to movie)
CANON POINT: Briefly describe in a sentence.
CRAU: Yes/No, please link the game/musebox the character is from
Age: Note that characters below 16 years of age should be apped with caution, as self-sufficiency/autonomy are extremely important. Heavy interdependency and neglect risks should be OOCly opt-in.
AGENT OF DESTINY: Yes/No, "Brainwashed" or "Coerced." Brainwash agents will be captured in-game and start to remember themselves within 1-2 months of play; coerced agents are knowingly helping the other side but under duress. Antagonists cannot begin gameplay until November 4, 2017, but you may feel free to apply and plot before then!
Background: Brief summary as possible, Wiki links preferred. If you wish to write your own, please us bullet points and be concise, 250-800 words. Please avoid over-describing the world or any jargon, focus more on key points in personality development (see above), changes wrought by CRAU and important CRAU relationships, and events that are likely to be regarded as offensive or sensitive material.
Powers/Abilities: Bullet list preferred. 1-400 words. Include non-human weaknesses/limits and superlative skills. Estimate numerical limits (weight, distance, speed, etc.). At the mods' discretion, destructive capacity may be scaled down based on a maximum lift of 5 tons (~2 full-sized cars).
Starting Equipment: Name your daemon, describe its form (max 50 words), and list any other items the character will be arriving with. Note highly destructive items will be controlled by metaplot. If you have critters that have powers or special abilities, please describe them briefly.
Samples: 1 required, may be from any meme, game, or setting; however, it should have been written within the last year. They should also be written from your preferred canon point.
In-Universe:
Exit Strategy: Maximum of 200 words. If your character is an agent of D.E.S.T.I.N.Y./antagonist, describe what D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. agents did to them (e.g., torture/magical brainwashing, or family held hostage/apocalypse postponed).
For non-antagonists, tell us how the D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. apocalypse and the enemy appeared in their world, then describe the technology or magic the character used to escape their world. Note any characters they are arriving with (i.e., 'group app') including usernames. This may be used for future plot, but don't worry too much about perfect consistency with your group mate/castmates/etc.— adjustments can be made later. We just want you to be thinking about it. All characters start on the beach.
Applications
Who's Allowed?
✔ CRAU, or characters who have experienced life in other games/museboxes. 'Partial CRAU' is not allowed, but if you apply in fresh, you will be able to obtain memories of CRAU during special events.
✔ Original characters
✔ Canon characters who must personally appear and preferably have a speaking role in the material of the canon point (specific episodes, books, films, etc.). You cannot app a minor/supporting character and headcanon the substance of their personality, or extrapolate a character's off-screen activities from material that only their canonmates were seen in
✔ Child characters (see Age warning in the Application section; note that self-sufficiency is important and other characters and players will not be forced to face consequences for failing to take on a dependent without careful OOC plotting)
✔ Multiple iterations of the same canon character are allowed. The two versions must be at least one with CRAU. The current maximum is 2 of each character. This may be raised by 1 if the character exists in another form of media and is determined to be sufficiently different.
✔ Non-human characters (greatest height in all directions is 30 feet; weird genitalia is fine as long as no one has to deal with it if they don't want to)
✔ Agents of D.E.S.T.I.N.Y., allowed as of November 4
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✘ Characters who must kill sentient beings (compulsion, physical appetites/dependence, etc.); there are limited NPCs and escalating ICC may render your character unplayable
Players should consider introducing themselves to players of close canon CR before they app. However, this is only required in the case of a group application (castmates arriving together from the same version and canon point of their world), or if you are apping the second version of an existing canon character. The purpose of this is not to mandate approval, but to initiate and encourage intra-cast communication.
reserve, commander shepard ( mass effect )
Your Plurk/DW/Discord Contact:
Reserved Character/Canon: commander jane shepard/mass effect
no subject
PLAYER NAME: shari
AGE: 25
CONTACT:
IC:
CHARACTER NAME: Commander Jane Shepard
CANON: Mass Effect
CANON POINT: Mid Mass Effect 3
CRAU: No
AGE: 32
BACKGROUND:
POWERS: Being that I've classified this Shepard as a Vanguard, this means she is a biotics and weaponry. This is essentially a mash up for the Adept and Soldier class, which means she has proficient usage of all various types of guns, and is good at biotics -- which is a term referencing an implant in her brain that essentially gives her telekinetic powers. This is a Youtube video showing off all Vanguard moves, but basically she has this purple glow around her body, a bit like electricity, that she can manipulate and force how she sees fit.
STARTING EQUIPMENT:
SAMPLES: one / two
In-Universe:
EXIT STRATEGY: At the point Shepard is taken from, humanity is gripping at strings to find a means of survival when up against the Reapers. In their most desperate hour, they're willing to take on any lead they can find, which is when D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. arrives, and humanity seeks to use it for their own advantage -- pitch one apocalypse against the other. Shepard and the Normandy crew escape after antagonizing D.E.S.T.I.N.Y. to a Reaper infested planet, grabbing whatever bits of alien life the hadn't escaped and flying to the nearest mass effect relay to meet up with the rest of the universe. Unfortunately for Shepard, when she wakes up the Normandy is nowhere to be found and her entire crew has gone missing.
MORALITY: In Mass Effect, you chose your own morality for your character. This version of Shepard is mostly Paragon, which means she's on the good/white side of the moral scale. Throughout the series, Shepard is more than willing to lay down her life at any point, and even does die at the beginning of ME2, whilst saving a crew member. All life is important to Paragon Shepard -- from humans, to aliens, to synthetics. The path she chooses is guaranteed to be the most selfless and beneficial option out there, as someone who believes the end doesn't always justify the means.
WAR ATTITUDES: Shepard is a soldier, a Commander, and a Spectre. She thrives in war as a natural leader, her history having made her something like a prodigy since she was admitted into the Alliance. Throughout the known universe, Shepard is frequently idolized and admired, widely recognized as the only one actively doing anything to bring all the races together, after having been pushed off with her warnings against the Reapers for so long. Shepard is the first in line to any mission fighting for a good cause, you can bet she won't be satisfied to sit by while others take control.
INTIMATE RELATIONSHIPS: Shepard is a fairly openly book, romantically. For the sake of ease, she will be coming into Xist without any romantic ties, although there are quite a few options for her canonly in game -- ranging from all different genders and races. She's a flirt to some extent, although the mission and heroics will always come first in her mind. Although the idea of emotional relationship being necessary might cause her to raise an eyebrow, making friends and possibly more than that won't be a challenge for her specifically.
COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTIONS: Shepard, as mentioned, will not be standing by and letting the world happen. Her contributions usually come in the form of manning peaceful alliances or offering protection to the less able. Largely, she can offer her leadership and war training, alongside physical protection and training. She'll certainly be interested in rounding up the best fighters and honing in their abilities together.
ACCEPTED