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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 |
Tiera | Pokemon OC | Paranormal AU
Contact:
Invited by: Dante
Other Characters: None
Character Name: Tiera
Canon: OC (Pokemon tabletop)
(cw for both canon and au history: child abandonment)
Canon History: Tiera's world is basically a medieval fantasy world, but with Pokemon. Pokeballs exist, but people also use apricorns to make all sorts of other, such as magical spellbooks with Pokemon on the pages, or tattoos holding Pokemon within. (Tiera herself uses feathers embued with apricorn energies.) The Legendaries are known to exist, and are still considered gods. There are seven kingdoms in the world with their own politics, as well as the Forgotten Kingdom, a former kingdom of artists which was supposedly destroyed by the gods for the crime of hubris. Even now, people descended from that place are often viewed with a combination of fascination and suspicion.
Tiera herself was found abandoned as a baby by a flock of wild Hoothoot and Noctowl, who dwelled in the Emerald Forest, along with a Cyndaquil egg. She and the Cyndaquil, when he hatched, were raised among them, her natural channeling abilities helping her to understand her new family deeply. For a long time, she grew up with them, enjoying her life in the forest, but slowly grew curious about humanity. Eventually, she took her "twin," the Cyndaquil-now-Quilava who had hatched alongside her, as well as her two younger "siblings," a pair of Hoothoot.
Eventually, she came to a village and ended up meeting Jann, a store owner who found her hunting Rattata that were trying to get into his trash. He ended up making her an offer: Continue helping him with pest control, and he would let her live there. She at first saw this as a simple contract like the ones between Pokemon and Trainers, but as time went on would slowly start to see Jann as a father figure, and he would start to see her as a daughter. She would also start helping out in the shop more and more, instead of simply hunting pests.
While not everyone accepted her, things were mostly peaceful until the day Zekrom crashed into their village, killed in a fight with Reshiram, and everything was thrown into chaos. Tiera and Jann escaped, and Jann immediately started making plans to leave, since as someone with strong Forgotten ancestry, he was likely to be viewed with suspicion by the more superstitious people. They ended up forming a loose alliance and traveling in a caravan together, fighting off wild Pokemon who were now becoming more aggressive and a bandit attack before reaching the city of Cordrio.
Canon Personality:
-Loyal: Once someone wins Tiera's affections, they're almost certain to have a friend for life. She will always take them into consideration when making her plans, and will always want to make whatever choice gives the best outcome for all of them. If they are in danger, she is certain to come rushing to the rescue. She would, in fact, burn down the world for the people she loves. For now, this mostly applies to her family/flock, who are the most important people in her life. While she's willing to make and honor temporary alliances, if push comes to shove, she will abandon them for her family unless they've won her over some other way.
-Focused: Tiera takes her responsibilities seriously. While she was helping Jann in the shop, she would pretty much never be distracted. She's also quite the good lookout when she needs to be.
-Smarter than she looks: Despite her simple vocabulary, Tiera knows much more than her vocabulary can convey. She's actually fairly good at doing addition and subtraction fast, due to working in Jann's shop, and also has very neat handwriting from helping write labels and signs for the shop. She's also good at reading people as well, and knows a lot about the wilderness and surviving within.
-Curious: Tiera is always eager to learn more about the world and everything that happens in it. The differences between human and flock culture are fascinating enough to her, even if she doesn't always fully understand all of it.
-Leaderly: Tiera is considered the leader of her smaller flock, and she takes that seriously. She's fairly good at planning group tactics, and considering the larger picture of the whole battlefield. As long as she knows their abilities, she will likely be able to figure out how to best put them to use. However, this also means she tends to try and claim the position of leader when in a group, and rarely defers to others by default-she usually needs some kind of show of strength/competition to be willing to do so.
-Feral-minded: Tiera still has a bit of a hunter's mindset, which Jann never fully trained out of her. Instead, he taught her to obey the laws of civilization within the bounds of civilization. Thus, outside of that she has a tendency to jump towards violence as a first solution. She keeps many small birdlike quirks that aren't particularly troublesome to deal with. She also still struggles to interact properly with humans at times when not following the script of serving a customer.
-Musical: Tiera strongly enjoys singing, at least partially because she can channel various abilities through it.
AU History:
-Was slightly older when she was abandoned in a forest
-Raised by some unusually intelligent owls, along with several friendly wind spirits, leading her to have a very strong connection with the supernatural from birth
-Eventually wandered into a nearby town with her two "sibling" owls, where she ended up being found by Jann and bonding with him after a while of being skittish
-After Jann got her to come with him to a Department of Child Services, he eventually ended up officially adopting her and enrolling her in school
-He's still a shopkeeper and she helps out occasionally, but not really as a full employee
-Jann and her moved to Kaisou a couple years ago because of a natural disaster back home, Jann has old friends here who helped them get settled
AU Personality Differences:
-More socialized around humans and less feral-minded due to having attended school, although she's still considered mostly the "outcast" and "weird kid"
-As a consequence of the above, also less likely to abandon temporary alliances and less willing to burn down the world for love
-More willing to defer to others without a fight and less focused on being the leader in every situation
-Actually more nonverbal, due to having assistive technology for communication
Element: Wind
Purchased Powers:
-Full animal communication (birds only, works best with owls and other birds of prey)
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REVISION REQUEST
This really isn't something that's possible in the modern Earth setting. The animals on Earth itself are of normal animal intelligence level. Meaning owls are smart, but they wouldn't be smart enough to raise a human child.
That said, one tweak we could do is say that she fell into a spirit gate that led her to a realm with creatures that you describe. And then her wandering into town was more "she came out of a spirit gate that opened up". Any owls that are with her would have to be normal owls though.
Would that be acceptable?
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-Was slightly older when she was abandoned in a forest, where she wandered through a spirit portal into the Spirit Realm
-Raised by a flock of friendly wind spirits as well as several mundane owls who lived in symbiosis with them, leading her to have a very strong connection with the supernatural from childhood
-Eventually wandered out of a temporary portal into a nearby town with her two "sibling" owls, where she ended up being found by Jann and bonding with him after a while of being skittish
Welcome!
Welcome to the game!
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 Tiera'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.
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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