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Applications v.2
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THIS IS AN OLD POST. IF YOU WISH TO SEE THE CURRENT APP PAGE, PLEASE GO HERE.
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!
To see the previous app page, you can find it here.
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 the first and third weekend of the month, ending at 6pm EST on Sundays (so if you submit an app at 9pm on Sunday it won't get read until the following relevant weekend). Please check the calendar to see when apps will be processed next.
To join the game, you'll require an invite from another player. Players can invite up to 2 people per month. To invite someone, have the person apping list the name of the person inviting them, and then the inviter should comment to their app confirming the invite. Apps that do not have a invitation confirmation will not be looked at by the mods. If a confirmation does not come within two app processing weekends 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. Sometimes revisions will be requested if there is a need to fix with power purchases or possessions.
Is there a player/cast cap?
There are a couple caps! The first cap ia an overall player cap. Kaisou allows a total of 75 players. Should we ever reach cap, apps will close until openings become available.
The second cap is on the number of players with an OU (original universe) character. To make sure OU characters do not dominate the game, there is a current limit of 35 OU players. At the start of each month, we will make sure there are at least 2 OU player slots open so new players get a chance to app an OU. Finally, to keep one cast from dominating the limited OU slots, there is an OU cast cap of 6 OU characters per cast. There's no cap on AUs from the canon at this time, just OUs!
PLAYER SLOTS: 33/75 filled.
OU PLAYER SLOTS: 14/35 filled.
Casts near or at Cap:
Final Fantasy XIV - 4/6, NEAR CAP
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 an overall OU player cap as mentioned above. As of September 2023, you may only play 2 characters from the same canon.
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 third character). This wait time applies even if you drop a character.
What type of characters can I play in this setting?
At this time, brand new players have the option of choosing between Normal AU, Paranormal AU, and Original Universe. Players who have been in the game at least 3 months also get the option of apping characters from the Black Order or POKEGO factions. Details for each category are below:
Normal Modern AUs
Normals AU are exactly what it says on the tin: they're normal people. These characters have lived entirely normal lives on modern day Earth. Up until the day they joined the Libra app (aka when they join the game), they've been completely oblivious to anything strange about the world. Even if something paranormal-related did happen to them, their memories remember it as a more mundane event (for example if they got attacked by a monster, they'll remember it as a dog attack) - and it's only once they join the app may they remember how those events occurred. For the most part, their AU backstory should consist of things that could reasonably happen in a modern day Earth setting.
Upon acceptance, Normal AUs will be allowed to pick two free regains (canon regain or an elemental power) that can be worth up to 3 points each. These regains will ICly come into effect after they join the game.
Paranormal Modern AUs
Paranormal AU characters are characters who also grew up in modern day Earth, but have experienced supernatural occurrences throughout their lives. Their experiences with the supernatural can vary wildly as long as it fits into the setting of Kaisou. Maybe they've been raised by a family aware of the supernatural, or they started as normal people and ended up crossing paths with the paranormal at some point in their lives. They may even be involved with a player-run faction (aka any faction that's not Zodiac, Black Order or POKEGO), or a new faction that you made up yourself!
These characters will get 6 extra points to be spent on elemental powers (aka Kaisou original powers) they obtained during their AU backstory. These points cannot be used for canon regains (though you are welcomed to purchase elemental powers that are similar to their canon powers, or pick something entirely new!). These points can be used for monster traits, but you need to include some explanation for why they are a monster (were they cursed? An experiment? Are their parent a monsterfucker?) and they will need to be at least half-human.
Paranormal characters can also be possessed. You can read more information about on the possesion info page.
Original Universe
Original Universe characters hail from their original world and find themselves arriving into this world through the Spirit Realm. They will not lose any memories of their canon lives, and are allowed to have any items that they could reasonably carry on their persons upon arrival without any enchantments (in other words, no cheating with a mary poppins bag). If they were carrying a magical bag, the bag will split open in the Spirit Realm and all the contents will come spilling out on the ground, forcing your character to grab only what they can carry.
Power wise, OUs can do one of the following options for their retained options. Feel free to consult the regain page for clarity on the point values.
- 3 abilities that have the power equivalent of a 1-point regain (very low level power)
- 2 abilities that have the power equivalent of a 2-point regain (medium level power)
- 1 ability that has the power equivalent of a 3-point regain (advanced level power)
Retained abilities can apply to any magical items they have with them EXCEPT for anything that'd increase their inventory or would be considered otherwise gamebreaking. Any other abilities or items that don't have their powers retained will be completely depowered and will require regain points to gain back.
Black Order/POKEGO AU
PLEASE NOTE: Due to this character type requiring a thorough understanding of the game setting, this option is only available for players who have been in Kaisou for at least 3 months
As of April 2023, players are limited to only have ONE character from each faction at a time (meaning you can have one Black Order member and one POKEGO character, but not more than one in each faction).
Black Order/POKEGO characters are AU characters who started either as Normal or Paranormal AU characters. However, unlike the other AU types who only begin regaining canon memories once they join the game, these characters began remembering their past lives and regaining canon abilities at an earlier point in their life - usually after a traumatic or high stress incident. Sometime shortly after they began remembering their past lives, they were approached by one of two factions:
THE BLACK ORDER: A secretive group devoted to protecting and preserving the Spirit Realm, particularly any realms that are considered sacred, by dispatching agents known as "Guardians" to manage supernatural incidents of note. While it varies from member to member, the Black Order aren't exactly known for being a chill group. Some Guardians join willingly while others were "strongly persuaded" to join. While you don't need to be religious to be part of the Black Order nor does it adhere to a particular religion, it is said to be funded by numerous religious denominations around the world. Thanks to that, Black Order Guardians will enjoy free housing (within reason, no mansions) and a comfortable salary to live on - though some may get a daytime job/go to school to keep up a persona. The Black Order itself is run by a mysterious council of leaders, who give orders to their Guardians to fulfill. Thanks to the constant unusual activity in Kaisou, they have decided to send members to Kaisou and join the app in order to investigate what's going on.
POKEGO: A group devoted to the research and understanding of the Spirit Realm. All in all, they tend to be less hardcore than the Black Order and all members join willingly, though sometimes it's by means as a way to avoid joining the Black Order. POKEGO is less structured than the Black Order, with the group actually being made up of several different cohorts that focus on different areas of study related to the Spirit Realm (such as flora, fauna, gate locations, gods, etc etc). For a long time they held a positive reputation in paranormal circles, but that recently took a serious hit thanks to Professor Willow and his faction's deeds. Thanks to that, a lot of sponsors (including Zodiac) have pulled out and funding has really dried up. This means POKEGO researchers will have to find their own housing and find ways to make ends meet (in other words, you're broke). These days, the remaining members of POKEGO are working towards rebuilding their organization and repairing the bridges that have been burned.
Characters apped will either be in the role of Black Order Guardian or POKEGO Researcher that's been sent to Kaisou to help investigate the situation, and will join the Libra app in the spirit of cooperation with Zodiac (and to keep an eye on everyone). It's up to you if the character had already lived in Kaisou for some time, or is completely new in town. While both of these groups are made up of people who remember their past lives, before the events of Kaisou it was well understood among these group that regaining past memories was an extremely rare occurrence (like 1 in a few million rare), that memories of their past lives were to be kept hush-hush from outsiders - and anyone who refused to comply with the rules would have their past memories erased and powers sealed. So some may not be entirely sure how to feel about these Zodiac app users that have a lot less rules to follow. Typically POKEGO/Black Order characters should be at least 16 years of age. If you wish to app a younger one, they will be considered a trainee and special accommodations will need to be made (aka you need to talk to the mod about it).
Due to their special situations, Black Order/POKEGO characters can start with 16 regain points for their pre-purchased powers (versus the 6 that paranormal AU get). These regain points can be used for both Kaisou elemental powers AND canon regains. Black Order/POKEGO characters may also be possessed, which works the same way as Paranormal AUs.
As of April 2023, POKEGO characters will be allowed 1 free pokemon that's up to horse size (and isn't a legendary) upon apping. This Pokemon will be completely depowered, but for 1 point you can unlock up to 4 of the abilities that are available for the Pokemon at Level 1 in the games. Any abilities beyond that would cost the same rates as if those abilities were on a player character. Additional pokemon would cost the same rate as a magical animal companion (aka based on size and they'd start with their level 1 abilities).
FINALLY, PLEASE BE AWARE THAT DUE TO THEIR FACTION'S REPUTATION, BLACK ORDER AND POKEGO CHARACTERS (ESPECIALLY POKEGO) ARE LIKELY TO HAVE A GOOD DEAL OF NEGATIVE CR FROM OTHER CHARACTERS EARLY ON. Please be prepared to deal with this should you choose to app from these factions. Even if your character is a nice person, they will likely have to work extra hard to gain the trust of those around them.
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 | Black Order/POKEGO AU |
Jusis Albarea | Trails of Cold Steel | Black Order AU
Contact: Ryuuto#5079 @ Discord
Invited by: Meeeee
Other Characters: Will Solace, Yuri Leclerc, Gwayne Bellveil
Character Name: Jusis Albarea
Canon: Trails of Cold Steel
Canon History: CS1, CS2, CS3, CS4, Jusis
Canon Personality: 🐎 Looks like a tsundere, talks like a kuudere
🐎 Jusis is usually a pretty calm and chill dude...when not around Machias, admittedly. That being said, he can come off as very cold and anti-social.
🐎 He's very soft around horses and children. His real friends will also get to see that soft side of his more often.
🐎 Jusis is very loyal to anyone who earns his trust and friendship. Being born in a noble family, he's had to learn that people will try to befriend him for the benefits of having a Great Noble friend, so he keeps people at arm's length.
🐎 He's literally ride or die for Class VII and just about nothing will sway him from them.
🐎 His relationship with his family is, in a word, complicated. In several words, it's a complicated mess of emotions ranging from neglect to emotional manipulation, usually from his father. He thought his older brother was super cool until Rufus betrayed him for the Chancellor seemingly without hesitation, and that completely rocked his entire world in CS2.
🐎 He's very proud of being a noble, but absolutely despises those who abuse their position and their people. Jusis views this as very short-sighted, and believes that nobles need to conduct themselves as protectors of the people they have responsibility over.
🐎 Fighting is a form of flirting, just ask Machias and Rean.
AU Name: N/A
AU Birthday: January 20th (Headcanon)
Faction: The Black Order
AU History: Jusis was born to a single mother who worked at her brother's restaurant in a small town in Dusseldorf, Germany. It was a struggle sometimes, but he would look back on those days very fondly. They lived close to the restaurant, so Jusis would bring books to read there while his mom worked. The other staff would visit him at times and kept an eye on him. Jusis even had a few friends he could hang out with when his mom knew she'd be working longer than normal. By the time he started middle school, he thought he had a pretty good life.
Until it wasn't. In the middle of the school year, he and his mom were visited at their apartment by a couple of people in suits. His mom seemed resigned, but put on a brave face for her son and allowed them to escort the pair to a car with tinted windows. They were brought to the airport where a private jet was waiting for them. Jusis hadn't been sure what to think of it all at the time, and his mom didn't really know how to explain it to him. In the end, she told him that they were going to meet his father in Berlin, but she didn't know why.
The first time he ever met his father was in his office at the top floor of Kreuzen Corp. His father, Helmut Albarea, was the CEO. Jusis would never forget how his father barely even looked at him before having Rufus, apparently his older half-brother, entertain "the brat" while "the adults talked." Rufus, at least, was good enough with children that Jusis took an almost immediate shine to him. That would be very important for him, as his mom broke the news hours later that they would be living with Helmut from now on as a family. Rufus was there to help coach him in how to present himself to the public, at least enough so that his first public appearance on international television wasn't a disaster. He was able to smile convincingly enough for the camera, even if all he wanted was to go home and pretend that he wasn't a major corporation's CEO's son.
His 'debut' to the world alongside his mom was all a show to bring more positive press, as well as to silence some rumors that had been circulating around that time. A fact Jusis would never know about until high school. He kept his distance from kids his age as he transferred into a new private school, especially when he very quickly found out that the majority only wanted to be his friend because of who his father was. Jusis's loneliness was something he ignored in favor of doing as well as he could in his classes, and avoiding any 'social events.' About the only thing he genuinely loved was the equestrian club he joined. He learned how to take care of horses, tack, how to ride for sport and for leisure. His father hadn't cared in the slightest, but his mom and half-brother encouraged him to keep up with it since he enjoyed it so much.
It was during the summer of his junior year of high school that his world was once again shaken to its foundation. Since professing an interest in pursuing law like Rufus, he was allowed to shadow his older brother and learn from observation. On one such day, Helmut came down to have Jusis follow him for the day, as there was something he was required to learn in order to work for Kreuzen. On that day, he learned that the supernatural was real, tangible, and his father was... using (read: abusing) it to either strike down the competition or simply to further his personal goals. It didn't matter if it was animals or people. If it could give him an advantage, he'd use it until it was no longer useful. One of them was a kid around his age, being kept as leverage over some sort of opponent of Helmut's. Jusis wasn't entirely certain. All he could honestly remember was going back to his room numbly, and having a breakdown that resulted in reliving a memory that felt like his, but also didn't. A memory of another boy his age being held in a cell, and helping to break him out with a group of other teens his age and escape.
After that day, Jusis withdrew into himself and applied himself even more to his studies. Whether the memory was real or not, he couldn't stand the thought that his father was not only getting away with it, but his brother seemed to be either ignorant of what he was protecting with the law or aiding and abetting it. He didn't want to think about the latter, so he didn't. Jusis sent out applications to prestigious law schools both in Germany and abroad during his senior year, though it worried his mom and brother with how hard he was working himself. While on winter break, he overheard his brother and father discussing their more covert business, and how they wanted to start working with some group called Krusnik. Jusis didn't stay long enough, though, since there was too high of a risk of getting caught to hear more. Still, it broke his heart to learn that Rufus was in some way condoning what their father was doing. Another memory broke through that day, when someone disturbingly like his older brother betrayed him and aided in burning down a small town in a mountain region. To help clear his head, he left home and went for a walk in Berlin.
During that walk, he was approached by someone with features he couldn't remember. At first, Jusis thought they were completely nuts when they started talking about how they know that he was starting to remember his past life. They promised him that the next time something strange happened, they would be back with an offer that he couldn't refuse. Understandably creeped out by the whole encounter, Jusis took himself back home in a roundabout way in order to hopefully throw anyone off his trail. Whatever those weirdos were, he didn't want them anywhere near his mom.
As it happened, near the end of the school year, another strange thing did occur to Jusis. When he came home from school one day, he found a sword in his room. On asking his mom about it, she told him that he'd always had that sword, which he most certainly never did. He had no idea how to use the thing, but it felt familiar in his hand regardless. Not long after graduation, he was approached once more by a shady person. They weren't taking no for an answer this time. Either Jusis joined The Black Order and lend his power to help their cause, or he was their enemy and no better than his father. Reluctantly, bitterly, he agreed to join the Order.
Out of pure spite, and in a desperate attempt to get as far from his father's side of the family as humanly possible, Jusis decided to study abroad. He managed to convince his father that it would be for their best interest to have him go to their branch in the USA. Since Rufus was set to inherit the business, it only made sense to have Jusis study elsewhere and have a finger on the pulse across the pond. Helmut agreed, and he immediately applied, and was accepted into, Duke University. Jusis was able to convince his mom to move with him, since he had no plans on returning home and he knew that his mom was absolutely miserable here. After some time thinking about it, she agreed. Fortunately and unfortunately, Helmut didn't really care where she went so long as she remained married to him. So, she would stay in one of the Albarea vacation homes.
Jusis devoted himself wholly to studying law with the intent to become a prosecuting attorney. After six, long, grueling years of blood, sweat, and tears, he graduated with honors and passed the bar exam. He began working at a police force as part of a firm unaffiliated with the Albareas, but he swiftly found out that he had to be just as careful with who he befriended here as he did back in Berlin. Some tried to persuade him to neglect key evidence or holes in their case in order to get a conviction. Some even tried to use bribery to sway him to their way of thinking. Most of the work he did was good enough to offset the bad, but Jusis couldn't help coming away jaded and a little disheartened. Still, with this as his persona, he was able to use The Black Order's funding to help get his mom more financially independent so that she could get a home all of her own. At the same time, more weird, supernatural things occurred to him and a few more memories of the friends he wished he had were remembered.
He was around 29 when the Order approached him about a new job. One where certain strange incidents kept occurring in a town called Kaisou. They wanted him there to keep an eye on things and report back his findings. Jusis couldn't really say no, so he agreed and sent in his two weeks notice to the firm, and then applied to the prosecutions office in Kaisou.
AU Personality Differences: 🦄 His mom being his only real support in a massive hellhole that is the Albarea family has helped tremendously in keeping himself from being too bitter. He'll move planets for her if she asked.
🦄 Jusis is still very unsure of his brother's stance. He holds onto the hope that Rufus is simply going along with it until he replaces Helmut. His feelings for his brother are complicated as a result, but he knows he still loves his big brother.
🦄 He's a lot more tired, that's for darn sure.
🦄 Taking a break is for people with healthier coping habits and friends.
🦄 He has a burning hatred for his father. Calls him father to his face and in the public eye, but Helmut when he's safely in private.
🦄 Where Jusis in canon believes that nobles should be more than what they are, this version of Jusis has a more intimate and long-term view into what victims have to go through in the criminal justice system, so he says eat the rich I'm tired.
🦄 That crippling loneliness when he was a teen in Cold Steel 1 is now even worse as an adult! He just ignores it even more.
🦄 Though he now believes that the memories he's remembering are real, he still has moments of doubt and sometimes thinks he's finally cracked from the pressure he's under.
Element: Light
Purchased Powers: Jusis's ARCUS (1 point), Mistral MQ (allows him to cast Spark Arrow, Breath, Air Strike, and Aerial; 3 points), Dunamis MQ (allows him to cast Golden Sphere, Fortuna, and Cross Crusade; 3 points), magical fencing sword (3 points), summon a basketball size amount of light (2 points), summon a horse light-spirit companion (4 points)
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At some point recently Jusis received orders to investigate the situation in Kaisou. Today, they will be sent an invite to join the Libra app in order to help with their mission. It's up to them if they wish to disclose their affiliation with the Order, but other Order members will know their identity. All Black Order members are issued a uniform - tailored made and customized to fit their personal aesthetic - that they can wear as much or as little as they like. You are welcome to have them make a network post, or just start tagging around! December'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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