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Okay so application is a very strong word and not entirely accurate, but it's a term we all know so bear with me. This is the page where you officially submit your character information for the game! Apps will not really be judged on its contents but more making sure everything fits into the setting of the game. If you want more information on the setting, please check out the FAQ!
How do I join the game?
This app page is currently open! Apps can be submitted by players at anytime. Apps are reviewed by the mod on Sundays.
To join the game, the only big thing is you'll require an invite from another player. Players can invite up to 2 people per month. Just be sure to list their name and have the person confirm that they did invite you either by contacting the mods directly or commenting to your app. Apps that do not have a invitation confirmation will not be looked at by the mods. If a confirmation does not come within two Sundays of the app's submission, it'll be automatically rejected.
A new player must be in the game one full month from their app acceptance date before they can invite another player (meaning if their app was approved on September 18th, they can invite people starting October 18th). This is so the new player has a chance to get acclimated to the game and community enough to assist any friends they later invite to the game.
Players who were in the game but who dropped/were swept will not need an invite to rejoin the game for up to one month after their drop date. After that month, they will require an invite to rejoin.
Once you submit your app, you'll get a welcome comment confirming that everything is a-okay. The only times I'll ask for revisions is if there needs to be a fix with power purchases or possessions.
Is there a player cap?
There is a player cap! Kaisou allows a total of 75 players. Should we ever reach cap, apps will close until openings become available.
PLAYER SLOTS: 46/75 filled.
What kind of characters do you allow?
Most things! Canon characters, Original characters, CRAU, AU characters - the list goes on. Double characters are also allowed so long as the doubles are notably different from one another (examples: MCU Peter Parker and Into the Spider-verse Peter Parker would be fine as they are two clearly different interpretations of the character. Alternatively, a canon version of a character and an AU version of the same character would be fine as long as the AU causes a notable difference in the character). Customizable protagonists and characters from canons with different story routes are allowed, and any characters with differing story routes would be considered AUs from one another.
The only requirement for a character is that they do require a consistent canon history. This is because many of the plot events and mechanics deal with memories and connections to their previous life (or current life if an OU). If you wish to app a mascot character that doesn't have a specific canon background (a vocalid, clippy, the trix rabbit, etc) - you are welcome to write an OC that's inspired by the character with a clear established background to work from. Characters who have multiple canon iterations (like Link from Legend of Zelda or Sonic the Hedgehog) will need to pick a single iteration to pull their canon background from. Characters must also have been properly introduced (not just a quick cameo) in their canon for at least one month at the time of apping.
How many characters can I play at a time?
You can play up to four active characters at a time! Only two of these characters are allowed to be Original Universe and there is a player cap of 25 OU players.
OU PLAYER SLOTS: 24/35 filled.
At the start of each month, we will make sure there are at least 2 OU player slots open whether it be through drops, or adding extra slots. But to keep from one cast from dominating the limited OU slots, there is a OU cast cap of 6 characters per cast. There's no cap on AUs from the canon at this time, just OUs!
Casts near Cap:
Final Fantasy XIV - 6/6, OUS CAPPED
How frequently can I submit an app?
There is no time restraint on the first two characters you app. If you join the game with the intent of playing two characters, you can app them both immediately or wait it out! However after you app your second character, you will require to wait one month between each new character app (so if you app your second character on March 2nd, you will need to wait until April 2nd to app a new character).
What type of characters can I play in this setting?
You have three options for characters!
- Normal Modern AU: These characters have lived normal lives in a modern Earth setting, completely oblivious to anything strange up until their entry into the game. Anything in their backstory should be events that could reasonably happen in the real world. Upon acceptance, Normal AUs will be allowed to pick one free regain (canon regain or an elemental power) worth up to 3 points that will come into effect after they join the game.
- Paranormal Modern AU: These are characters who have grown up in a modern Earth setting, but throughout their lives have experienced supernatural occurrences. These characters will get 3 extra points when they app to use for powers that the acquired at some point in their lives (if they so choose). Characters are also allowed to be apped as possessed status. Please refer to the FAQ for more information on that!
- Original Universe Characters: Characters who hail from their original world and find themselves waking up in this world. These characters will not lose any memories, and are allowed to have any items that would reasonably be on their person when they arrive. They are allowed to retain one ability that's been weakened to beginner levels, otherwise they've been completely depowered.
Applications
Please fill out the corresponding application and comment below! Subject should be "PLAYER NAME | CHARACTER NAME | APP TYPE".
| Normal Modern AU | Paranormal Modern AU | Original Universe |
Dirk Strider | Homestuck | Paranormal Modern AU
Contact:
Invited by: Maggie
Other Characters: N/A
Character Name: Dirk Strider
Canon: Homestuck
Canon History: Here!
Canon Personality:
Dirk Strider is, more than anything else, self-obsessed. Not necessarily in a bad way, just...not necessarily in a good way either. He's self-assured at the same time as full of self-loathing. He can be self-centered, whether that means failing to consider others or blaming himself for things that really have nothing to do with him. He's self-aware, all too conscious of both his own impressive skills and worst faults.
Just a whole lot of "self", really. It's kind of a theme here.
Dirk has the title of "Prince of Heart", wherein the Heart aspect is representative of souls and identity. Dirk very strongly tied to his aspect on a conceptual level. Alternate selves – whether it's dreamselves or alternate timeline selves or whatever – are pretty common in Homestuck to begin with, but Dirk is particularly tied to his. More than that, he feels haunted by them – he sees himself from every angle, which gives him painfully clear perspective. He sees everything he hates about himself from the viewpoint of anyone who has to deal with him. He feels his faults are only amplified by his "splinters", every version of him making the same mistakes in fun new ways. More than once he likens his own self to an ocean that he's struggling not to drown in. He can't escape from himself – not even cosmic superdrugs can manage to change or influence him. For better or worse, he's always himself.
It's not all bad, but even some of his best traits are just a matter of perspective. He's good at taking charge and getting shit done, but that also makes him frequently pushy and controlling. He's smart – too smart for his own good, really. He always thinks he knows best in the moment. It doesn't help that he's extremely hyper-competent in a comic known for fuckups and comedies of errors – he often is right, at least in an objective sense, and between that and his domineering manner, he can often steamroll others during decision-making. It's great when shit needs to get done, but his failure to handle others' feelings properly often leads to interpersonal messiness. It's only in hindsight that he ever seems to recognize that he doesn't actually know best, and that belated recognition of how he hurts people is just another thing to hate about himself. He always manages to keep a cool head, to the point of seeming distant and aloof – "taciturn to the max about everything", as one of his friends put it – but in truth his aloofness is just a struggle to express himself borne of lifelong isolation. And despite all that, he does care for the people he's close to, deeply and fiercely. But he can come across as needy or desperate – to himself, at least. Other people are more likely to interpret it as overbearing or just being crazy intense, but as always, he recognizes and understands his own behavior all too well, and he's more critical of it than anyone else.
He really is crazy intense, though. Dirk takes everything to an extreme; he can't just like something, he has to be an expert in it, to the extent of writing academic papers that he has peer-reviewed by the AI version of himself that he created. He can't start any project without getting wildly carried away with it. And he's prone to weird power plays in his attempts to control everything. Even in his relationship with his love interest, Jake, he goes about everything in what Jake describes as "a really long term and esoteric courtship process that is bizarre but somehow makes perfect sense in his mind" and leaves Jake feeling like them getting together is sort of inevitable due to how Dirk is "just so relentless and aggressive about everything".
The saga of Brobot is a painfully clear example of all that Dirk is. A robot (styled after Dirk himself) built as a simple wrestling partner for Jake instead became a constantly-lurking assailant frequently beating the shit out of Jake in the name of toughening him up and keeping him on his toes. And while there was a "novice" setting, it's implied that the wrestling in that mode became more like cuddling, which was likely an indirect romantic overture from Dirk while also being a passive-aggressive jab at the idea of needing a novice setting at all – layered, as all things Dirk tend to be. Dirk brushed off Jake's complaints about the robot, and even Jake had to admit the sense in it. But that's just typical of conflicts with Dirk – his pragmatism overrides everyone else's feelings, no matter how valid those feelings are, and he's convinced he's right up until everything blows up in his face because people don't live in a world of pure logic. And eventually, when Jake needed some uranium to power a machine, the robot-Dirk ripped its own uranium heart out and smashed it to pieces for Jake's use.
Yeah. Objectively helpful, but a maybe tad dramatic. Par for the course with all versions of Dirk.
AU History:
Dirk has never had stable family or home life. From as early as he can remember, he was bouncing from foster home to group home to foster home. Placements were difficult and often short-lived for him as an aloof, too-smart-for-his-own-good kid with trust issues and difficulty emoting, so he struggled to make or maintain many interpersonal connections growing up.
Being able to see spirits didn't help matters. He learned quickly not to talk about that part for fear of seeming insane on top of scarily intense and stoic.
Most of Dirk's formal education came from online schooling since he moved around so much, and he dove even harder into his own informal studies, obsessively soaking up knowledge and teaching himself programming and robotics. It was a good distraction from everything else difficult in his life – social struggles, seeing things other people couldn't – and the hard sciences felt real and tangible in comparison to the supernatural bullshit. He proved to be extremely gifted academically and was able to skip a few grades' worth of material, and started applying to colleges early in anticipation of aging out of the system anyway. Better a dorm than another awkward home situation for his last year or two as a minor, and he'd be better set up to support himself anyway. He grew up primarily in Texas, but aimed to relocate in college to be closer to some online friends – the most consistent relationships he'd ever had.
Having nailed a full-ride scholarship to major in robotics and engineering, Dirk's moved himself out to Kaisou, where – for better or worse – he can't just ignore the spirit world shit.
AU Personality Differences:
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Purchased Powers:
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