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Applications

Applications Are Always Open!

❧ Where and How to Send it: Email your app to thusia.mods@gmail.com.

Format your subject line as follows: Application | (Canon) | (Character Name)

If it's a reapp: Re-Application | (Canon) | (Character Name)

Please do not send text files, word files, or links to applications. Put the application directly into the body of the email.
❧ Character Availability for Apping and Reapping: Be sure to check our Taken Characters list to see if your character is available. We allow up to two versions of each character straight through. Third versions are only allowed as reapps from Good Ends.

If you wish to reapp one of your dropped characters, head over to the Reapping section over at the FAQ to see how it works. Don't worry, it's very easy!
❧ Notes on Turn-around Times and Revisions: Apps will be reviewed throughout the week and responses are sent out on Friday every week. You may have one app in queue at a time, and must have at least introed your last character before you can submit an app for a new character.

We'll only ask for revisions once per app, so please be thorough in your response. Replies to revisions will be given as they are reviewed. Please allow up to three days for this.

If you are rejected you may app again the next week with a revised app. If you are rejected three times for the same character you can no longer apply for that character.
❧ Character Limits Per Player: There is no limit on the number of characters a person can app. However, after successfully apping five characters, there are additional guidelines which must be followed when apping more.

Sample Applications:
Canon Character: Yuri Lowell
Canon Character from a Previous Game: Ticky Mikk (Slick)
Original Character: Akimoto Natsume

You can find more assorted answers to your apping questions here.

Formatted Application: Google Doc (just copy and paste it to the body of your email)

❧ Application Walkthrough
OOC:
Name:
Personal LJ or DW:
Email:
Other Contact: (Gchat, AIM, Plurk, etc, whatever you might like to be contacted on.)
Characters You Play/Have Played in Thusia: (Do we know you?)

IC
Character Name:

Canon: (If your canon has multiple sources, be specific.)

AU/OC/Previous Game: (Please note it if your character is AU, OC, and if they are coming in with previous game experience.)

Age: (As in actual years lived.)

Appearance: (A few sentences will do. Include an image if you like. If your character's physical age is different than years lived, mention it here.)

References Link: (Someplace we can peruse info about your canon)

Arrival Route: (There are two Arrival Routes! "Choice" route or "No Choice" route. Please pick one.

"Choice" is to agree to come to Thusia after they died in their own world. First a force catches their soul and starts pulling them gently toward a destination. A feeling or a voice interrupts that pull and gives them a choice whether or not they wish to keep being pulled to "a world that is empty and needs saving" and if they agree, they will wake up in Thusia with a vague knowledge of the situation and know that they agreed to be revived in a different world.

"No Choice" is to be brought to Thusia without being given a choice. The character will wake up in Thusia after they died in their own world without any knowledge of how they got there and only aware that they were dead.)

Cause and Impact of Death: (Remember, the cause of death cannot be a castmate unless you are using a canon death. It is fine to pick a mundane cause, or for your character to simply not remember, if working out a reasonable death scenario for them is difficult.

As for the impact of their death: how does your character feel about the Arrival Route you gave them? How does your character feel about having died and never being able to return home? Are they okay with being alive again? How will they react? A short paragraph is sufficient.)

Character Info: Word Limit: 400-1,000 General Apps | OC/AU Apps: 400-1,500
(This is a summary of your character's history and personality. You may either divide them up and address them separately, or combine them together, whichever is easier for you! However, please keep a few things in mind:

1) We are more interested in personality than history. A 60:40 ratio at least and probably an 80:20 at most. We also prefer if personality not be dependent on reciting interactions from canon, but rather occasionally using those to back up your own extrapolations on personality.

2) If you are separating the categories, you do not need to go through the canon step by step. We mostly care about your character's origins, their place in the canon, and a brief summary of defining moments that might have seriously impacted their personality.

3) If you are apping an original character we expect this section to be fleshed out a little heavier, both on character description and world info, but you still don't need to be exhaustive. If we have questions, we'll ask you!

4) When in doubt, check the sample applications for a solid idea of what we are looking for.

This section is very important! And the one we most often ask for revisions on, so please reread and review the above points before submitting.)

Previous Game Info: Word Limit: 1,000
(If you're apping a character from a previous game, please tell us about the game they were in, the changes they underwent, how it affects their personality now, and any major CR they have.)

Abilities (after Powercap): (How will your character be limited by the game so they aren't a crazy powerhouse that can kill every monster in two days? Tell us which of your characters abilities will be pared down and how far.

This doesn't need to be really detailed! Stuff like "Only strong enough to punch a shark in the face and win instead of being able to punch a house off it's foundations" or "She can only use five fireballs a day instead of fifty" are legit explanations.

You also do NOT need to tell us about abilities not being affected unless for some reason you think this is a special case.)

Items Brought In: (Your character may bring in two items that would have been on his or her person. Items must be small enough to be carried by said person. They can both be weapons, or neither be weapons, whatever! Your character also arrives with the clothing on their backs. However, if the clothing on their backs is something like armor or a robe of +10 tree burning, it must be counted as one of their items or left behind.)

Samples:
You must do one of any of the following four:

Provide 3 threads of you playing the character elsewhere.
--Comment spam threads must have at least 15 comments by you, prose must have at least 7.
--Please provide context for the threads.

Write a character monologue (internal or external) on a subject of your choice.
--Suggestions: Their death, the gods of Thusia, their kidnapping to Thusia, killing someone else, fighting day in and day out...
--Should be a couple hundred words.
--Note: A monologue is a single character speaking for a length of time, they can be speaking to themselves or an audience, but there isn't a verbal exchange (it's not a dialogue). An internal monologue is a character talking to themselves, in their head, an external monologue is spoke out loud, whether to an audience or not.

Write a third person sample on the subject of your choice.
--Should be three to four hundred words.

Fill out the survey below ICly.
--The character lying is acceptable if it's IC.
--But if the character would just dot it's not a good choice to go with.

Note that if we ask for app revisions we may ask you to provide additional samples.

Unformatted Application:

OOC:
Name:
Personal LJ or DW:
Email:
Other Contact:
Characters You Play/Have Played in Thusia:

IC:
Character Name:
Canon:
AU/OC/Previous Game:
Age:
Appearance:
References Link:
Arrival Route:
Cause and Impact of Death:
Character Info:
Previous Game Info:
Abilities (after Powercap):
Items Brought In:

Samples:
You must do one of any of the following four:
-Provide 3 threads of you playing the character elsewhere.
--Comment spam threads must have at least 15 comments by you, prose must have at least 7.
--Please provide context for the threads.
-Write a character monologue (internal or external) on a subject of your choice.
--Suggestions: Their death, the gods of Thusia, their kidnapping to Thusia, killing someone else, fighting day in and day out...
--Should be a couple hundred words.
-Write a third person sample on the subject of your choice.
--Should be three to four hundred words.
-Fill out the survey below ICly.
--The character lying is acceptable if it's IC.
--But if the character would just dot it's not a good choice to go with.

Survey:
Introduce yourself in a few sentences.

Describe yourself physically.

What was your childhood like?

Who is most important to you, and why?

What's your biggest pet peeve?

Do you consider yourself an optimist or a pessimist? Why?

Where, or how, did you learn your most important skills?

Do you think world peace is possible?

Do you tend to argue with people, or avoid conflict?

What turns you on the most?

Anything else you'd like to say?

Email your app to thusia.mods@gmail.com.
Format your subject line as follows: Application | (Canon) | (Character Name)

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