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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 |
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Invited by: Quinn
Other Characters: None
Character Name: The Shadow Lurking Behind You
Canon: OC
Canon History:
On an alternate Earth an extremely long time ago before even the dinosaurs, there was two powerful occult civilizations, the sea civilization (think jellyfish people) and the land civilization (think particularly adventurous horseshoe-crab-like people who decided to try out the whole air breathing thing). While they might have lacked the limbs to wield tools, practicing magic back then was absolutely simple, and anyone could reweave reality and even venture into other realms of reality such as the Dream Realm. One of the nightmare beings haunting those civilizations in dreams was The Shadow Lurking Behind You, an representations of the terror of ambush predators.
But Shadow developed an absolute fascination with those civilizations' art and while she would still terrorize people with nightmares of surprising predators much of that was more to help keep those dreamers alert and thus alive. She indulged her curiosity, learning a great deal about art, the occult, and people. Then the two civilizations had the lovely idea to destroy each other in magical wars so reality-shattering that all trace or memory of those civilizations disappears, leaving the only faintest memories in the survivors that there used to be a land civilization and a sea civilization.
As a result, Shadow bummed around in the Dream Realm until the rise of the dinosaur people. She loved this civilization, too, participating heavily in its art culture. But a particularly disgruntled dinosaur person ascended to a higher state of being and used that power to destroy the dinosaur civilization too. That angered Shadow so much she somewhat managed to figure out how to assassinate said ascended being with a bomb made out of millions of volunteering pissed off dinosaur ghosts.
It was at this point that one of the major facets of reality itself, Weave the raw force of stability and order, started cracking down because of this and other major reality upheavals across the universe, creating a stable set of physics that would not be easily altered by magic. And agencies empowered by Weave started popping up across the universe, dedicated to prevent occult people from majorly fucking things up again.
By the time humans rolled around, reality was pretty stable. Sure, there were secret occult societies around and there were even more weird rumors of strange stuff than in our real world, but overall the everyday experience of a human wasn't that different from our world.
Shadow was content lurking in dreams and popping out to pretend to be a normal human and participate in society, particularly society's art. As such, she has pretty much been just low background noise throughout human history, her main fame being in the occult art culture. A few of her alias that she used in various art movements are particularly famous. Other than that she mostly wasn't a major history maker, though she did help bail many people out of terrible circumstances like slavery and genocides.
Then the Weave-empowered agencies managed to ascend a triad that would act as guardians of reality to disallow any excessive damage to reality. This resulted in the end of those agencies' missions to suppress magic and the unveiling of magic to the public. Shortly after, a man she had been mentoring (while trolling) would ascend to become known as the Great Knower, freely providing occult knowledge to anyone interested.
Shadow was happy to no longer need to pretend to be human but overall things didn't change much for her other than being able to publicly use magic and reveal her nonhuman nature. She simply continued carrying on doing art and messing with people, just more openly.
Canon Personality:
As someone who has lived through two magical apocalypses and lost countless loved ones throughout the ages, Shadow nevertheless remains able to maintain her passions and is generally friendly if rather willing to troll people. Fundamentally she has a stubborn love for life that's helped her live that long. That isn't to say that the many losses she's experiences don't sting and she has moments where she gets sentimental and sad but such moments never last long. She continues to enjoy her nature as a nightmare being, taking pleasure in scaring people, though she's updated her nightmares to reflect somewhat more modern fears. She has a sometimes strange sense of humor, like sneaking into a friend's apartment and leaving a huge hunk of delicious mammoth meat in their fridge... while stealing their yogurt (hey, it's pretty good yogurt). And she has an undying general curiosity and a passion for art.
AU History:
As a child, Tyra Davis developed a rapid love for art that has stayed with her for her whole life. She was always doodling and sketching, sometimes at the detriment of her grades though her love for learning helped her maintain acceptable grades. One thing she learned was to shut up about the things she could see, though eventually she started making the occasional joke about seeing the invisible.
After graduating she went first to art school then decided to get a teaching degree so she could instill her love of art into students. She was able to get a job as an art teacher at one of the local schools, where she's been working since.
In art school, she met a guy, George, who could see the same things as her. She got along rather well with him, to the point where she ended up marrying him. They had a happy enough marriage complete with a child, Amari. But then George poked too deeply into the supernatural and his corpse was found in a reservoir, unnaturally aged.
She continued to poke into magic, but more cautiously than her deceased husband. As a result, she was able to acquire a shadowy serpent as a magical companion. This proved surprisingly popular with Amari, who would regularly play with said serpent.
Her second and third marriages had less traumatic endings, being basically amicable divorces and she's still on good terms with her ex-wife and surviving ex-husband. Still, this left her less willing to rush into marriage, if nothing else for the sake of Amari who is now in high school.
Nowadays she continues to work as an art teacher and artist while keeping in loose touch with the magical community. Her nonbinary child is doing well in school, aside from the occasional bulllying which Tyra resolved by having her shadow snake accompany them to school to scare said bullies until they stopped. Said snake's ability to hide in shadows largely prevented discovery even by those who could see magical things and the one kid who managed to discover it thought it was a cool idea.
And then Tyra got a weird app on her phone.
AU Personality Differences:
The biggest difference is that Tyra hasn't experienced the sheer weight of history that Shadow has. She doesn't have nearly as many experienced tragedies, making her less prone to the occasional melancholy moment, though she does get sad when she thinks of her deceased husband. She also doesn't have the innate desire to scare people, even if she continues to be a huge troll.
Element: Shadow
Purchased Powers: A medium-sized shadow spirit companion, a pitch black snake that can hide in shadows. 3 points.
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Welcome!
Please take the following steps before you get started:
Additionally, if you want to make a personal inbox for your character, feel free to do so!
The Libra app will now download onto Tyra's phone unexpectedly. You are welcome to have her make a network post, or just start tagging around! February's event log can be found here.
Her snake has been approved! Slither forth shadowy friend.
You now have 4 points that can be spent on any Regains for the month. These regains will ICly take effect after the Libra app appears on the phone.
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