IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR ORIGINAL CHARACTER APPLICATIONS, THOSE ARE OVER HERE.Applications are always open, and accepted on a weekly basis, over the weekends. All applications will be on separate comments, with the header as follows:
Character Name || Canon || OU/AU || Reserved or Not ReservedAdditionally, as a mod can claim to having severe app-anxiety, we also allow those of you who are nervous as hell to post apps publicly to email them to us instead! In the subject line, put 'Character Application', so we can find you amongst all the spam. The first line of the email would be the same format as above, followed by the shenanigans below. And our email is
meridianmods@gmail.com!
ClarificationsPLAYER INFOName: (Self-explanatory, whatever you want us to call you)
Main Journal: (Your journal, not your character journal)
Contact Info: (Email, AIM, Plurk, etc. Anywhere you'd be comfortable with us contacting you)
Played Characters: (Characters you currently have in the game, along with their versions)
AC Reminders: (While we don't expect this to be an issue, people are forgetful. And that's okay! During Activity Checks, when there are three days remaining, if you have not responded and you're not on hiatus or anything similar, we will send you a reminder through your method of choice. If you want reminders, put what means would be the most effective to get them to you - email, aim, plurk, LJ message, etc - along with the name. If you'd like to opt out, then just leave it blank, put an N, remove this part, call us names, whatever you like!)
CHARACTER INFOName: (Your character's name)
Age: (Their age. If their physical age differs from their mental age, this is the place to mention it!)
Species: (Are they a human, a robot, a ghost, a giant purple dinosaur?)
Series: (The TV show, video game, anime, cartoon, movie, book, comic book, webcomic, or nightmare your character comes from. If there's more than one version of your character's canon-- and these two versions are
sufficiently different, specify which one you're taking them from.)
OU/AU: (We would hope you know this if you've gotten this far. This game allows for Alternate Universe characters, so here is where you'd specify that!)
Canon Point: (Where are you taking them from? After their first big adventure, after their death, after their pet hamster runs away, post-series?)
History: (You're allowed to link to a wiki for the history of OU characters! For AUs, we won't ask you for a specific amount of words or paragraphs.
However, we want a good understanding of your AU. Just remember our mindset is 'longer is better', within reason. We want you to write enough for you to prove that you've really worked out your AU history well, but we won't ask you to just pad it either.)
Personality: (Again, like history. No mandatory limit, but longer is better.
Especially here. The personality section is one of the two main ways to show us you know your character. Sell it to us. Prove to us that you understand your character.)
Powers: (Anything that's worth knowing.
Anything at all. Can your character fly, teleport, leap tall buildings in a single bound? Does their singing attract small woodland creatures? Tell us about it! In the mod comment back to your app, we'll give you the breakdown on what powers are kept, changed, or removed, so no need to worry about writing which powers would and wouldn't work in the city.)
Weaknesses: (Again, absolutely anything that's worth knowing. Is your character deathly allergic to nuts? Does even looking at teddy bears and flowers make them fall away in a dead faint?)
Possessions: (Just a list of items the character will have when they show up.
This includes weapons. Include a short description of each item and its abilities, if any. This is mostly for weapons though, since they'll fall under the same regulation as powers.)
Marking Location: (In response to your app, you'll be told
if you are marked or not, but you're free to choose where your marking is, should you be marked. Self-explanatory, really.)
Miscellaneous: (Anything else you think is relevant!)
First Person: (A sample written in the first person. Action is allowed, yes, as there are no communicators in this game, but what we're looking here is for your character's voice!
Similar to history and personality, but the guidelines are
much more lenient. Ten sentences is the recommended, but even as low as three is acceptable. We understand that some characters don't talk much, some almost mute with how little they speak. Hey, maybe they're actually mute! The point is that you convey your character, and if you can do it in three sentences, then hell yes!)
Third Person: (A sample written in third person. Show us your prose! Minimum 200 words.)
And there you have it!
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Oh! Well, this is... I-I guess this is okay, too. I would have thought that would have been the end for me! But to be somewhere else is... strange?
[Fidgets a bit, adjusting her skirt back to almost-presentable and doing the same with her hair. Only looking slightly frayed in the long run.] A second chance is good once in a while, don't you think? It means you can try again! Make less mistakes! Positive thinking, everyone!
... [Then a sigh, wilting a bit to squat down on the second level's floor, staring at the city.] I miss it already.
Third Person:
A deafening thunder crashing outside easily drowned out the light 'clink' sound, made when a single mug was placed on a desk. A talent of its own would be finding even the slightest space on the woodwork not covered in piles of pages. Some written on, some half-filled then torn up or crunched into a ball and thrown, or just scratched out in a rage. More still were unwritten, or only a few lines, information lacking.
Like always, too lost in his thoughts to notice his coffee is finished. Probably wouldn't until it's already cold and needs to be remade. Moron.
The next flash of light is enough to distract him, growling a bit at being derailed from his internal thoughts. And the blonde girl across the desk merely smiles, leaning against a wall with her own mug. “Do you hate the rain, Lord Kazumi?”
The expression is almost annoyed, but still civil. Still mad at his lost thought train. So sad, huh. “No. I only hate being interrupted.”
“Oh?” A light laugh, “I prefer the rain! It means no one comes over at all. A day with just the two of us is nice sometimes, don't you think?”
“... I suppose.”
Pleasant smiles everywhere, even though the true intent beneath both is a very simple 'I hate you'. Silence reigns for a few minutes until both mugs are empty, and the girl takes the boy's. Pausing at the door before retreating. “Oh, yes! I'll be leaving early today! I hope that's okay?”
His next words go in one ear and out the other, not even listening. The same words as always, how he never gave permission for that and that skipping out on her job is irresponsible and the same old as ever. So she turns around again, all smiles and sunshine. “I found where Mister Yata went! I was thinking of paying him a visit!”
Silence. And a minute later, he just turns back to his work. No 'stay safe' or 'enjoy yourself', not even a 'no stop skipping work you insufferable bitch'. That's fine though, because the relationship between was never civil to begin with. 'Stay safe' itself would be the most incorrect. Since, after all, the girl was more than capable of taking care of herself. Unless, of course, the words were meant for the person she was visiting.
But the sentiment would always be too late for them. So sad, huh.