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Applications
APPLICATIONS
Since the game is in the closing process, applications are permanently CLOSED.
Reserves are currently CLOSED.
Please be sure to review our FAQ, rules, and taken page!
Player Cap: 38/60
Please note that reserves only hold the character for you to apply with. Should all player slots be filled before the end of the scheduled application round, applications will close at that time. Due to the limited number of player slots, revision requests will be given a 24 hour window for re-submission.
To submit your application during an open round, copy and paste it directly in a comment here. If your application exceeds the character length, please only use one top-level and reply to it with as many comments as needed.
Please title your comments in the following format:
CHARACTER NAME | CANON | RESERVED/NOT RESERVED
Player
Name:
Age:
Contact:
Preferred Pronouns:
Other Characters: If this is your second character, please list your first here.
Character
Name: Please include any known aliases as well.
Age:
Memory Option: (1, 2, 3 -- see HERE for more information).
Established Status: Y/N. If yes, please state for how long (up to five years, more information can be found here) and detail briefly what they've been doing since they've come to Overjoyed. Please note that no memory regains will be possible prior to game-start: this option is only available to allow you to better establish your character and their potential organizations/business/etc.
Canon:
Canon Point:
Citizenship: Please review the settings guide and job guide, as not all characters will have citizenship. This will be very important for plot events and will not be easily changed once accepted, so consider your options carefully.
Job: See our jobs, FAQ, and culture pages for more information. Who they work for--whether it's The Company, The RAC, or another option, will have a significant impact on their daily lives. The most important thing to bear in mind is that the job should make sense for the character--we probably wouldn't have Gundam Wing's Heero become a pastry chef (though that would be its own level of awesome), and likewise, Ash Ketchum probably isn't suited for biomedical engineering.
* Level: For characters who are applying as members of the RAC, please state the level you believe is the most logical starting point for them. Keep in mind that no one begins higher than a level 4.
Abilities: For an overview of how your character's canon powers can translate to Overjoyed, please review the FAQ, powers guide and/or hit up the brainstorming meme where a mod will be happy to work with you. In short, we will only be nerfing those abilities deemed game-breaking, but will require that magical abilities translate into more scifi iterations of themselves. Additionally, you will need to classify your abilities between minor and major and explain why you chose that classification. Minor abilities will be available from day one, but major abilities can only be regained through AC purchases.
This section should also include any standard physical or mental abilities that are noteworthy about your character.
Personality: We expect this section to be thorough and as comprehensive as possible. While we understand that the nature of an AU-bending game will skew a canon personality, we ask that you refrain from heavy use of headcanon and, in the instances where you do use it, provide your logic and reference canon to back it up. Things to consider in this section: How do they react to conflict? What are their strongest traits and their weakest points? In their worst moments, what are they like? How about when they're at their best? We want to see well-rounded characters--no one is perfect and no one is completely flawed.
CRAU: Yes or no. If yes, please provide a brief summary of the world setting they're coming from, the developments and/or formative experiences that occurred during the time they were there, and a link to the game's main navigation page.
AU History: This is the section where you will blend the world setting with your character's original history. Because we realize that this isn't the easiest task, we want to make it as painless--and as fun--as possible. If you're struggling for ideas, please don't hesitate to hit up the brainstorming meme. Your history does not need to mirror canon precisely--some things just won't translate well at all, but try to stay as true to the original path as you can. The people tasked with rewriting your character's memory would try to align it as closely to true experiences as they could.
Original History:
If canon: A wiki link is sufficient as long as it covers the pertinent details and pertains to the specific universe in which you're pulling your character from (anime, manga, game, etc).
If OC: Please provide a detailed account of their life and general world setting of their original universe. If possible, try to limit this section to no more than 1000 words, but know that this is more of a general guideline for your moderators' sanity than unbending rule (so if you feel that you need to write more to convey important details, we understand).
Inventory: Items that your character had on their person at the time of leaving their universe will be permitted, though some may change form when entering Overjoyed to suit the environment (i.e., if you had a magical pocketwatch, it would probably look slightly different now.) For application purposes, please list any items within their possession at the canon point you'll be taking them from, and describe any changes the items will undergo.
Samples: Please provide either (A) a sample written within the game verse or (B) two threads, only one of which may be network, wherein at least one is set within game verse (i.e., tdm).
Miscellaneous Notes: Is there anything you would like the mods to consider that didn't quite fit into the above sections? For original characters, please note your PB here. Otherwise, feel free to add anything pertinent that didn't quite fall into the above categories.
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Though resentful of his father, the way the man mistreated those of lower status, Sion grew up adoring of his elder sister and brother, sharing a close bond with them even after being sent to a military academy. The institution, founded by the Nine, was meant to foster and to mold future leadership for the Company, and Sion, though just twelve years of age, recognized enlistment for the opportunity that it was: a chance to change circumstances. Circumstances, not only for himself, but for all those who had been mistreated because of lesser birthright; people like his mother. If he were able to endure the challenges presented to him at the academy, he would graduate and transition to a position with power enough to help all those in desperate need of aid—to achieve this goal, he would sacrifice anything.
And so, time passed. Sion wrote of his time at the academy to both his half-siblings, falling out of contact only when it became known that he was an excellent candidate for a new, cutting-edge branch of research, and was ordered to partake in an experiment which took as much as it gave: one year's worth of testing and monitoring as he received injections of synthetic DNA, the process painfully slow and arduous as he became something both less and more than human.
Still, he wrote not a word regarding the matter to either Ravus or Lunafreya, learning that in his absence, their father had passed, "a suicide" which had also taken the life of the woman his half-siblings called mother. Even in perfect isolation, Sion wasn't fooled, and held onto the same suspicions both Ravus and Lunafreya so too called their own—their father wasn't a kind man, his trading empire built on the backs of others, the routes valuable and easily claimed by vultures. Though bereft of grief, Sion knew the death of his father to be the result of the Nine's machinations, and found strength, his cause reaffirmed, and his conviction renewed: the Quad could not continue on, not in this way, where the Nine could do as they pleased, caring nothing for the lives of others.
Eventually, Ravus enlisted in the military alongside Sion, though upon Sion's eighteenth birthday, they were parted for a second time—graduating from the academy, Sion took a role as a Company Enforcer stationed is Westerley. Westerley, where his mother might have made a life for herself. Where he was able, Sion spent his days in search of the mother he'd never known, though he swiftly became defined by his work, efficient and indiscriminate in his dealings on the Company's behalf. A compassionate man at heart, Sion buried his feelings, forfeiting his sense of self in order to garner higher ranking within the Company, promotions finding him not only because of his time in the military, but on account of his family name.
His father's name, who he hadn't expected to thank years later, when the man was dead and buried.
The present finds Sion entrenched in Company matters, his most recent promotion landing him the role of administrative director of a number of ground enforcers in Westerley. Now, he bides time as he maintains a balancing act: accruing power and influence within the Company while building ties with the resistance slowly on the rise.
CRAU: Nope!
Original History: @ the LOLH wiki!
Inventory: His
party clothesKing's robes, a gilded broadsword, and a letter, bloodied from combat, carrying the plea of two Westies: We trust you, please help us.Samples: 1/2! And a third, outside of game, if needed!
Miscellaneous Notes: Please let me know if anything (history/powers/ect) needs tweaking! c:
ACCEPTED
Congratulations! You've been accepted into Overjoyed.
We’re so excited to have you join our community. Before we can get started, please do the following:
- Request to join the following communities: Logs · Network · OOC · Memes
- Friend the mod account, thenine, and respond to the player contact page.
- Reply to the taken page.
- Fill out the job registry.
- (Optional) Follow the mod plurk here to stay up to date about upcoming plots, community discussions, and more!
- (Optional) Put your application, IC contact/inbox, and permissions post in your journal, then introduce yourself to the OOC community!
- Second Round Applicants: You've caught us in a bit of a transition period! The new chapter/plot will launch on January 10th. In the meantime, you're free to create pregame CR or play around with the current setting and get your character established until the next plot installment. Thanks so much for joining us!
All characters will start with a balance of 100 bonus HP. This balance can be used towards AC bank purchases, but may not be used for satisfying monthly AC requirements.If you have any further questions or comments, please don't hesitate to reach out to us by PM or on the contact page.
Once again, we’re so happy to have you, and thanks for joining us!
Yours,
Overjoyed Mods