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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)
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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".

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Larry | Pokemon Scarlet/Violet | Original Universe

[personal profile] exceptionaleveryman 2022-12-27 11:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Kat
Contact: [plurk.com profile] blankblankity
Invited by: Teef
Other Characters: N/A

Character Name: Larry
Canon: Pokemon Scarlet/Violet
Canon Point: After post-game
Birthday: January 5th
History: wiki page

Personality:
-Extremely cynical, and is very open and blunt about this aspect of himself. It’s to the point that he tells a kid that life isn’t all about “being true to himself”.
-Hard working, works three jobs and doesn’t exactly complain about it beyond saying “unfortunately, I work here too”. While it seems as though he dreads having to work so much, he is resigned to the fact that this was his life and didn’t have any real say in it
-Is extremely talented, but seems to show zero passion in it. It’s clear that he’s a good Pokemon trainer for Geeta, the top champion, to have him both a gym leader and elite four member, even though it’s implied that they mutually don’t like each other. However it’s clear he hasn’t have much joy in battling in a long time.
-Generally keeps his emotions to himself, presumably due to his cynicism. He considers a facade his signature move, both for his Pokemon and for himself, and it's clear that he thinks that the only way to make it through life is to try to keep his head down and do the work assigned to him. This is also likely why he has not turned down any of his jobs despite clearly being overworked.
-Has opened up to Florian/Juliana, however, about how he needs to work on regaining passion in his life, and that he can take a break from work every now and again. It will likely be slow going for him to regain his passion for life, however, as he just realized this after likely decades of being emotionally dead

Time of Arrival to Kaisou: (they can arrive anytime up to a year before the start of the game aka January 2021. If they've been around awhile, what have they been up to? Additionally, OU characters will arrive through a labyrinth that will reflect the character's mental space or a significant place in their lives. If you have a specific idea of how you'd like this labyrinth to manifest, suggest it here! Otherwise the mod will come up with a labyrinth based on your app. )
Items: - Wallet (contains IDs, some Pokedollars, and pictures of his pokemon)
Retained Ability: His Komala, with her powers returned. This gives her the moves of
-Yawn
-Sucker Punch
-Wood Hammer
-Zen Headbutt
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[personal profile] droptheious 2022-12-28 01:13 am (UTC)(link)
Confirming invite!
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Morpheus | Sandman (Netflix) | Paranormal Modern AU

[personal profile] exitlightenternight 2022-12-28 10:35 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Vin
Contact: Discord: Vincira#8472 and [plurk.com profile] Vincira
Invited by: Usagi
Other Characters: N/A

Character Name: Morpheus, Dream of the Endless
Canon: Sandman (Netflix)
Canon History: https://sandman.fandom.com/wiki/Dream_(Netflix)

Canon Personality:
- Arrogant/Proud - Morpheus has the nasty habit of looking down upon the mortals he attends to the dreams of. He's learned to respect them more than he used to, but he still sees himself as their superior, as something greater and more important than they are.

- Aloof - Even among people he likes, he tends to have a hard time letting people in. It's easier to run something like the Dreaming if he holds a level of detachment...or so he thinks.

- Temperamental - Angering him is risky at best and dangerous at worse - for a man who tries to keep a cold guiding hand on the Dreaming, he is notorious for swift and often excessive retribution should he be crossed.

- Artistic - Every dream, every nightmare, every scene in the sleeping minds of mortals has been crafted by the Dream Lord's hand. He takes great pride in his work, sculpting from the fabric of unreality beautiful and terrible things.

- Serious - Sense of humor? What's that? Any laughs you get out of Dream are dry to say the least. He comes off often as dour and moody, so devoted to his work that he cannot see the forest for the trees.

- Strange - I mean...have you ever had a dream that made you wake up and wonder why you dreamt it at all? He did that. It made sense to him. He's not bound by human concepts of what is odd and what isn't.


AU Name: Morpheus "Dream" Dante
AU Birthday: October 21st

AU History:

Ever since Morpheus was a kid, he has been plagued by vivid dreams and even more vivid nightmares. It was clear from infancy that there was Something Not Quite Right about the extent to which the child seemed to recall the dreaming hours, but his parents elected not to make much of it unless it got dangerous somehow. After all, they were only dreams, and not even lucid ones at that.

When the dreams were good, it was fun for the little boy...but when they weren't? He got good at keeping himself awake from a young age. Developed a taste for strong black coffee.

He grew in a fair home, despite the strangeness of his night hours - sibling rivalries, too much daydreaming at school, a common enough story. As a teenager, he stopped telling people of his dreams, realizing how they made him sound. Art became his outlet where he had no other - a way to try and process the immense and strange things that would come to him in his sleep. And he was GOOD at it. Amazing how fast you can progress in a skill when you forfeit social interaction for the sake of it.

Soon enough, he was out of school and on his own, getting an apartment in midtown, a job as a library assistant, working towards the day he could be doing art professionally. He's always been aware that there are strange things in the world...after all, with the things he dreams of being as vivid as they are, how could he discount strange things glimpsed between distant bookshelves in the silence? (Besides - trying to find answers about his dreams in the dustier, more esoteric segments of the library was...enlightening.)

His art career was slow to start, his work being deemed often too esoteric to have a market. It proved hard, balancing work with art with how dreadfully difficult it often was for him to sleep properly. He found a little success selling some of his sculptures, but restlessness continued to sing through him. It wasn't enough. He needed to be doing more.

One night, during a serious bout of insomnia, he decided to try to take a drive to clear his head. While out, his lack of sleep caught up with him, and he dozed off behind the wheel. It would have been enough to kill him, the car a twisted cage of glass and steel around his body...if a raven hadn't landed upon the wreckage, offering him a choice.

Miraculously, he survived the accident, and began to create more art than ever before. Since then, he has gained some popularity - under his moniker "Dream" - for his dark, surreal paintings and sculptures, moving into a better studio apartment and doing the occasional art show. The income has been enough that working at the library is more of a sideline, just something to keep stability between galleries.

But the question is...how much of his art now is because he wants to create these pieces, and how much is because he has no choice?

AU Personality Differences:

- Tortured - Having to create art in the service of the demon who saved his life has him ragged - not only are the nightmares terrible to have to revisit for long enough to depict them, but the sheer creative energy it requires rakes him over the coals. It doesn't matter if he's sick, if he's burnt out...he HAS to work. Or else.

- Awkward - Being glued to one's work doesn't make for the most social graces. While canon Morpheus isn't necessarily always the most pleasant, he does carry himself with poise - but this human Morpheus lacks that regality, and tends to spend a lot of time at his own gallery shows hiding in a dark corner nursing a glass of punch.

Element: Shadow
Purchased Powers: General - 3 Points - Basic conversations with animals
General - 3 Points - High Level Telepathy


Possession: Morpheus is possessed by the Goetic Demon Marquis Naberius, an entity with ties to the arts, and to reclaiming or destroying honor. The price of being with the power of this demon is that he must create a piece of art from the things he sees in his nightmares at least once every three days. This art must be up to Naberius's exacting standards, and at least three hours must be spent working each piece.
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[personal profile] suzume_odori 2022-12-28 10:38 am (UTC)(link)
And that's my second invite, PSchooOO-
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Kanade Yoisaki | Project Sekai | OU

[personal profile] composalvation 2022-12-28 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Owl
Contact: [plurk.com profile] OwlKnight or OwlKnight#3531
Invited by: Amity
Other Characters: n/a

Character Name: Kanade Yoisaki
Canon: Project Sekai
Canon Point: post-Mirage of Lights event
Birthday: February 10th
History: Kanade @ Prosekai wiki

Personality: Kanade is a deeply troubled, traumatized girl who nevertheless is extremely kind and compassionate and does her best to help others.

At first glance, Kanade might come off to some as cold or distant; she doesn't often talk more than she has to, and her face is usually a mask of neutrality. When she does show any kind of expression, it's very muted. This, however, isn't because of any kind of stoic or cold attitude - quite the opposite, in fact. Kanade is surprisingly friendly to anyone she meets; she treats her housekeeper, Honami Mochizuki, more like a friend than someone paid to clean for her, asking her for help or advice on more than one occasion. She'll give away a copy of a rare CD from an artist she admires if it's the last one, purely because the girl next to her seems to want it as much as she does. No, it's not stoicism that holds Kanade back from expressing herself. Really, it's just... pure awkwardness. Kanade has spent the past two years alone in her own home, with most of her social contact being online or with the previously mentioned Honami. She's not used to dealing with people or many social situations, and in the rare times when she's outside not running errands, she'll let her friends take charge on what to do.

Tied into this is a deep sense of compassion as well. Kanade is endlessly supportive of her friends, and is a stalwort rock of support for them. Though she knows more often than not the answer is "i don't know", she often asks Mafuyu how she feels or what she might want when they're working on songs, or if they're out as a group. The answer is almost always the same, but she's still determined to give Mafuyu that choice, something she isn't given in other aspects of her life. She's incredibly encouraging of Ena's art as well; she knows that it's one of her friend's biggest insecurities, and she does her best to point out things she likes about all of Ena's pieces. They're not empty words, either! Kanade truly enjoys Ena's work. She's even encouraging of people she just met, like complimenting Ichika's lyric writing even after only reading one draft of one song. Kanade truly cares, deeply and earnestly, and knowing that others are happy is enough to make her happy.

Kanade's shut-in tendencies are, sadly, rooted in deep trauma. Kanade is a profoundly hurting girl, struggling with depression and most likely some level of PTSD from seeing her father collapse from the stress of his job. As a musician, Kanade's father loved to make music that made people happy. Kanade greatly admired him, and took after him in many ways because of this. She developed a deep love and talent for music, even at a young age, and her father would often say she was "loved by music" in return. But her father struggled greatly with keeping up with the current music trends and the demands of his clients, and after many months of stress and fatigue building up, he collapsed and was hospitalized - and has been for over two years now. Kanade completely blames herself for this; she thinks her father struggled so badly because her own musical talents surpassed his, and thus it was her fault that he had to work so hard. She sank into a terribly deep depression after that, and became obsessed with the idea of "saving others" with her music; her father wanted her to keep composing to make others happy, but this twisted around in Kanade's mind to the point where she views it as a curse. She now believes that composing music to save others is the only way to "atone" for her sin, and for two years now, it's more or less her only reason for living.

This is starting to change, though. Kanade still believes she's to blame for what happened to her father, and she still views herself as cursed, but her priorities are beginning to shift. After meeting Mafuyu Asahina, a girl who believes she's "cursed" just as Kanade is, who's as lost and hurting as Kanade feels, she realizes she wants to save her. And while that is still her major goal, she's slowly realizing that it's not just because of her own complex that she's writing songs for Mafuyu. As much as she wants to help Mafuyu find herself, she's also writing songs because she genuinely wants to see Mafuyu smile, to see her happy. It's a much more tangible goal, one that she doesn't have to destroy her mental and physical health over, and she's slowly but surely started to take steps forward into bettering herself so she can continue to help others.

Time of Arrival to Kaisou: Immediately on acceptance
Items: Her cellphone (a totally normal phone, mostly loaded with music)
Retained Abilities: n/a; she has the same ability to enter an alternate world as Mafuyu, but as that was completely nerfed upon Mafuyu's arrival, it'll be completely nerfed for Kanade as well.
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[personal profile] beathollow 2022-12-28 11:29 pm (UTC)(link)
confirming invite!
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[personal profile] exceptionaleveryman 2022-12-29 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
Aaaand I forgot the "time of arrival" thing. Just assume that he arrived upon acceptance!
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Re: Welcome!

[personal profile] exitlightenternight 2023-01-01 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
This is the journal!
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[personal profile] composalvation 2023-01-01 03:49 pm (UTC)(link)
This will be my journal!
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[personal profile] exceptionaleveryman 2023-01-01 05:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Using this account! Thanks!
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Crito | OC | Paranormal Modern AU

[personal profile] psychonductor 2023-01-01 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Jeff
Contact: [plurk.com profile] trepan
Invited by: Nao
Other Characters: N/A

Character Name: Crito
Canon: Original character
Canon History: Once upon a time, there was a lonely goddess. She'd lost the love of her life, and found herself alone in an empty world. Seeking a cure for her heartbreak, she began to make a bird out of clay - but she mis-sculpted and made a person instead. She named this person Crito, and she granted them a blessing to traverse the lands between the living and dead. From iron she forged a small railway leading to the other side and gave them a job: bring in wayward souls - ones destined neither for heaven or hell - to this empty world so she wouldn't be lonely anymore.

Crito took this job to heart and became a psychopomp for stray souls, hoping that one day - through their efforts - they would be able to see Mother smile. However, she soon became distant, and they found themselves in the company of only the dead. Where Crito started out passionate and earnest, they soon became more jaded and irreverent once they realised that Mother cared only for the dead - still doing their job, but with the vibe of a burnt out customer service worker.

Canon Personality:

- Crito, only ever socialising with the dead or their Mother, isn't so familiar with interacting with other people and therefore ignores some of the expectations of social conduct; talking over people, being painfully direct at times, acting on first thought/impulse rather than according to etiquette.
- They can be flippant and irreverent, generally not showing much respect for most and taking little seriously.
- They're dedicated to their duties, however, and take that seriously at least.
- They're playful with others and try to find fun where they can - sometimes at other peoples' expense.
- Despite everything, they have deep and unshakable loyalty to their Mother.
- By way of their upbringing, and having so little meaningful connections with others, they're quite lonely inside.
- Easily bored.
- Detatched from the living/humanity, and jealous of the dead's favour with Mother.

AU Name: Crito Galanis
AU Birthday: 5th April

AU History:
- Crito is an orphan, adopted by Eurynome Galanis as an infant.
- Eurynome's family line is one well versed with magic, involving themselves in matters of ghosts and echoes and taking care of spirits.
- Crito is raised learning magic after discovering they have an aptitude for it. Eurynome raises them to be a "shepherd" for lost souls, guiding echoes and ghosts to rest or keeping them outside of where they can cause harm. Crito does not get much socialisation with anyone else during this time.
- At 21, Eurynome leaves Crito with only the request that they continue to carry out this task for her.
- Wanting to make her happy even in her absence, Crito devotes themselves entirely to this job.
- As a front, however, they sell model trains.

AU Personality Differences: They're less detatched from humanity/the living, now counting themselves as technically part of that number, but they do still see a divide between themselves and most other people. They harbor less jealousy towards others as they are less isolated and there is less favour from their mother towards the dead, but still, they do feel a twinge towards those who don't hang out with dead people constantly. They haven't quite reached the stage of burnout yet, either.

Element: Wind
Purchased Powers:
- General: Single non-human feature (tail, animal ear, horns, small useless wings.): small, useless head wings (1 pt)
- General: Detect if something/someone is magic and general information on element-type and strength (2pts)
- Wind: Can hear things on the wind within 100 yards of you. Must have access to the wind. (3pts)
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[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-01-01 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Confirming the invite~
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[personal profile] psychonductor 2023-01-01 09:32 pm (UTC)(link)
using this journal!!
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flat escardos | fate/strange fake | paranormal modern AU

[personal profile] escardos 2023-01-02 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
Player Name: Tori
Contact: tori#3410 / [plurk.com profile] odasaku
Invited by: Nao
Other Characters: n/a

Character Name: Flat Escardos
Canon: Fate/strange fake
Canon History: here

Canon Personality:
    Happy-Go-Lucky: Flat is a character that can, undoubtedly, be considered to be "happy-go-lucky". He's someone that always has a genuine smile on his face. Unlike most Magi in the Clock Tower, he seems to lack any and all forms of seriousness. Even while in the middle of the Holy Grail War, his top priority is to make friends with all of the Masters and Servants--aka, his enemies. It's this friendly attitude that seems to attract people towards him, as they realize that he truly does not have a single bad bone in his body. He's someone that tends to wear his heart on his sleeve, putting his feelings and intentions out there with little to nothing underneath it.

    Lacking motivation: Unlike most other Magi in the society, something that Flat seems to greatly lack is a drive to do things. Instead, Flat is someone that drifts from interest to interest, absorbing information about all that surrounds him before moving on to the next shiny thing. For the biggest part of the war he didn't even care about obtaining the Grail or even getting a wish from it. He's happy enough with just seeing it, as long as he's able to make some friends along the way.

    Amoral: His morals do not line up with human morals at all, and his world view is far removed from both Magi and normal humans alike. As his parents describe it, it's as if the telescope they had been looking through had actually been a cannon this entire time. He shows that he's capable of murder, even, but does not because he considers that a "waste".

    Loyal: Flat is extremely loyal to his professor, Waver Velvet, and the classroom that he teaches. This is due to how Waver influenced his life, by saving him when Flat was in his darkest moment. This loyalty influences Flat's normally amoral personality, as he has tried to adapt Waver's moral compass as his own, and won't do things that he thinks would disappoint Waver.


AU Name: Technically N/A. "Flat" is his nickname in canon, so it's his nickname here.
AU Birthday: 12/1

AU History:
  • A boy is born to the Escardos family, a Monegasque family that is currently headed entrepreneurs who founded and run various businesses in Europe, ranging from solar energy to cruise tourism companies.

  • Living in Monaco, his parents laud him as a genius. All developmental milestones are reached earlier than expected, and his parents pour their efforts and wishes into his growth, trying to mold him into their future heir. Etiquette classes, language classes, private tutors-- you name it, and he went through it. The child was never allowed to have his own interests or wishes, as he is simply a vessel, filled with hopes for the family.

  • As the child grows, at eight years old, his personality begins to show through the cracks, along with some things that they can't comprehend. The boy talks to the thin air and claims to see things that they can't. Though they take him to a plethora of doctors across the European continent, no one can pinpoint what is wrong with their son, until one of them does: Your child can sense and interact with the supernatural.

  • The Escardos' do not accept this. They shun the boy that they had, until just recently, rejoiced over, and claim that he's sick and wrong. Simultaneously, things go wrong among their many companies. The sales fall and their stocks crash, their profits turning to dust. The reasoning is clear— if the supernatural is real, then this child of theirs is a bad omen. Feeling their terror, the boy grows scared of his own power, but he has no idea how to make it stop.

  • Ready to rid themselves of their cursed child, the Escardos couple send him away. They send him to a boarding school countries far away, where the supposed curse would not be able to reach them. In months, the child is kicked out due to behavioral issues— disrespectful and dangerous, they say. They send him to another one, and the same thing occurs. When they send him to the third one, it's almost not surprising for either the parents or the boy when he gets kicked out for the third time.

  • The boy tries to mend his ways in the fourth school, but finds himself falling into the same patterns each time. To compensate for the differences between how he and the others see the world, he acts out in class, gaining the notoriety of a class clown and a troublemaker. He realizes that there is no way to make his ability stop, and that the most he can do is pretend and copy that which he sees. He takes inspiration from movies, manga, and anime to create the persona that will scare/intimidate others the least; he becomes a slacker and a goof and tells no one about his powers. In doing so, however he makes himself miserable and grows to resent what he sees, because it's the reason that he's in this situation in the first place. His grades dip as he sees himself falling into a depression, but there's no one there to catch him as he continues navigating his school life into secondary school.

  • At 16, his family goes bankrupt, but they use a good chunk of their remaining money to ensure that their son stays the fuck away from them, by sending him to Kaisou City where he finishes his studies. Though the boy— now a young man— appears to be energetic and the life of the party, he is in fact mostly apathetic and simply coasting without purpose. Once he graduates high school, his scores are too low to go to college, nor does he have anything that he really wishes to do as a career. It's only on the Internet that he finds some solace, and he ends up finding interest in talking about pop culture with other people. On the Internet, he names himself "Flat", and slowly gains popularity with others. Popularity among forums and chat servers gives him the confidence to be bold and try out...game streaming! And it's successful!

  • "Flat" Escardos becomes a rather popular video game streamer. He streams every day to a rather wide audience of teenagers and young adults, charmed by his eccentric, comical personality and variety in content that he brings to his streams. He streams mostly games, but will also talk about Internet culture, rare movies, television shows— you name it, he'll talk about it. At 19, Flat has almost fully adopted his Internet persona as his own and become a successful streamer, making a good chunk of his revenue from it. The other seems to be from whatever random commissions he can get and is interested in. He codes, he draws, he mixes music— whatever you want and he finds interesting, he'll do it.

  • Through his internet deep dives, he finds more about the moonlit world. And though he has hardly any contact with his parents , but Flat still feels estranged among normal people due to his differences and unable to connect with the magical world because of his isolation from it for years.


AU Personality Differences:
  • Apathetic: Flat is far more apathetic than his original canon self, due to years of having to pretend to be someone and something that he isn't. His true emotions have been muted under years and years of having to suffuse them in order to act like a more normal person. It's been a long time since he has given someone a genuine, heartfelt smile or laughed a real laugh.

  • Distant: Having been unable to connect with either side of the world, both normal and paranormal, he's far more distant and impersonal with other people. He has his streamer persona when he wants to talk to people he doesn't know, and he has many people that he's acquainted to, but it's rare for him to actually form an emotional connection with anyone.


Element: Light
Purchased Powers:
  • General - Magic signature detection (3 points)

  • General - Super vision (3 points)
fionnuisce: (and lead me straight to your heart)

[personal profile] fionnuisce 2023-01-02 02:43 am (UTC)(link)
whoops there goes my other invite day one <3
escardos: (deux.)

[personal profile] escardos 2023-01-02 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
this is my account! thank you mods <3

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