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WHAT TO KNOW

Applications are ALWAYS OPEN, and will be processed as they are received. They must be posted in the comments, NOT linked to.

Before applying, read the rules & setting page and this post in their entirety. Use the potential applications page or the FAQ if you have any questions about the process. There is also a sample app and an explanation of how we process apps if those interest you. The wanted characters list may also be helpful.

In general, however, we would rather have a shorter, better written application than a longer one, every time. That said, length is one of the least important factors in our applications. We look primarily at the voice samples, then the personality section and writing sample. The voice samples are by far the most important section, and we prefer that these be thread links, because they give us a sense of how you play the character rather than simply how you write an application for the character.

The application page from the former site can be found here.

MISC. RULES

We do allow challenge apps, but we wait the duration of the reserve for the other app to come in before processing them against each other.

Applications or parts of applications (such as the initial comment containing contact information) will be screened on request.

There is a one week grace period for dropped characters during which applications for them will be held pending. The former player can choose to pick up those characters at any time during that week without re-applying.

If you are asked for a revision, you have one week to submit them before your app will be automatically declined. You must resubmit your app in its entirety if that happens. Always feel free to ask us to clarify what we're looking for on revisions; we won't bite.

If you are rejected, we encourage you to re-apply. We like seeing players that have taken our critique and worked on improving their portrayal. The exception is a character rejected on the grounds that they would be difficult to impossible for others to play with. Playability is an important factor.

Our plagiarism policy is as follows: the first offense will be met without consequence. The second offense results in a one month ban from apping. Subsequent further offenses will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis but most likely incur longer bans, up to and including indefinite bans.

APPLICATION IN DETAIL

Your name:
Your journal: A sock is fine, or a commonly used character journal if you don't have a personal one. Just please be consistent with your identity for ease of reference.
Contact: AIM/plurk/email/etc., whatever you prefer to be contacted.
Other characters played at Passing:

Character name:
Character fandom:
Version: V1, V1.# or V2+ should be the only options.
Canon point: What point of their timeline you're taking them from.
Importing development from old game? If yes, where from?
Background: Link to the Wiki entry on it, or if the series has its own wiki, the character's page. A comprehensive fan site is an acceptable substitute. If you cannot find one of these that works well enough for us to get a good grasp of your character from a third party, please write out the standard 'history' section for this on your own. Please include this even if applying for an AU version of the character. OCs need the history section written out as well, obviously.

In general, though, this should be a link whenever possible and not a written history. We use it to compare an unbiased third party account against your represented version of the character. If you include a written history, we will ignore it completely and look up whatever is available for that character on Wikipedia ourselves.

Changes from canon, if AU: What it says. Detail here how the AU world is different from canon, or what events have happened in their previous game that have lead them to be different.

Personality: The meat of the application, and self-explanatory. We want to see that you understand what makes them tick. If AU, try to include explanation for where and why the character has changed from canon.

Abilities: What are they particularly good at, or if they do have superhuman powers, what are they? A bullet point list will suffice.

Writing sample: At least 200 words of your own writing in third person prose, preferably about the character you're applying for. Samples about others are allowed, in any setting. This is to gauge your writing style and technique, not your grasp of character. That's the next section.

Voice sample: You may either write 200 words of your character speaking to himself, or you may link to threads, or you may request to thread with a mod character.

Regular voice sample: If choosing option one, the standard first person sample rules apply. The word count applies only to spoken words, not action in brackets, and since 200 words is a lot for some quiet characters, more than one different samples are allowed.

Linking to threads: If you are linking to threads, make sure they are lengthy ones that demonstrate your understanding of the character. We don't need a million of them, but remember that this is as a substitute for a sample, and we will evaluate it the same way. Threads that took place in other games, museboxes, or

dear_mun are all fine.

Threading with a mod character: You may also request to thread with a mod character - please do so in the body of your application when you submit it, rather than contacting a mod privately. The first available mod will respond back as soon as possible and discuss with you who your character would be best suited to play off of of their characters, and then you will agree on a time to sit down and crack out a thread.

These will be 'quick log' style in brackets and not prose to make them go faster and keep the focus on dialog. These do not have to be masterpieces of wonder, but your application will not be judged until you have finished the thread (at least 20 comments on your part), so think carefully before choosing this option. The mods will make every effort to respond to your tags quickly.

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Your name: Bookie
Your journal:

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Contact: aim: bookworm1208
Other characters played at Passing: N/A

Character name: Yoshiya ‘Joshua’ Kiryu
Character fandom: The World Ends With You
Version: V1
Canon point: Post-secret ending
Importing development from old game? No.
Background: http://twewy.wikia.com/wiki/Joshua

Changes from canon, if AU: N/A

Personality:
Joshua is, as Neku so eloquently puts it, a ‘jerkface.’ He’s arrogant, condescending, and really doesn’t seem to give a damn about anyone. He is clever, and uses it to manipulate people. Most of the time they don’t realize they’ve been used until it’s over. This is partly because he rarely gives a direct lie- he just knows what conclusions people will jump to if he says the right things. He can play innocent until the final moment, even though most people can tell before that he’s at least up to something.

When he’s not being cryptic, he’s usually teasing (spending a decent amount of time during the game semi-flirting with the main male character), but he himself is very hard to rile. This attitude in general makes him seem very condensending, which in ways he is, but part of it is just that he’s not great at communicating on a personal level. It’s stated that’s been alone most of his life (and presumably, death) and he’s never really had many friends. He is completely capable, if usually not willing, to communicate on a professional level, but when it comes to friendship he’s a bit out of the loop. When it comes to people in general, prior to his Game with the Conductor he was very cynical, and was growing bitter with the people and their waste of talent in his city. However, after dealing with Neku, he has become more open and more willing to see the good in others. (Even if he still acts like a jerk.)

The select few that manage to get past the exterior don’t get much in terms of a nicer personality. In fact, it usually leads to more teasing and more pushing. Joshua’s way of getting people to change isn’t to gently push, but more forcibly shove and force them to face the things they don’t want to. It helps that he’s such a jerk that people usually want to prove him wrong. However, he will work to protect the people he cares about, even though as the Composer he can’t spend time with them like a normal person.

Overall, Joshua is kind of a jerk, especially to people he doesn’t care about. However, he’s got a soft spot for people he cares about and really does understand that people as a whole are worth it.

Abilities:
As Composer, Joshua has a lot of powers, some of which are probably left out. In his RG (teenage) form, he can use his cellphone to drop large objects on people’s heads, and summon beams of light while levitating. When fighting with Neku, he can also use fusion attacks, using either large objects, fire and ice, or the freaking moon. As the Composer (his older form), he has the power to bring people back to life and to change forms (both into a teenager and a little ball of light). In both forms he can also ‘scan’ people, or read their current thoughts. Since many people (lower in rank) in the series can, it is assumed he also has wings and a noise form, but neither of these are confirmed.

His cellphone has its own abilities. It can take pictures of the past, imprint ‘memes’ on to people (force a word into their head), and track people’s power.

Writing sample:
Today, Joshua had decided to take a stroll around the streets of Shibuya. These was odd for a variety of reasons. One, Joshua did not stroll. He wasn’t terribly fond of physical activity except under some very specific circumstances, and him taking walks around a crowded city wasn’t exactly common. Two, he wasn’t the type to procrastinate. He usually just got his work done, and that was that. Right now, however, he frankly just didn’t feel like it.

Three, and possibly the most distinct oddity, was that said walk was in the RG.

It was rare that the Composer ventured outside of his direct domain. There were many reasons behind that- younger form, more limited powers (slightly, but still limited), having to deal with the hassel of the living. Mostly, however, it was because there wasn’t much of a connection there. The dead and the living- there was a fairly obvious line, and Joshua just smirked knowingly as people ran through the crossing, jabbering on their phones as if that was the most important thing in their lives, with no idea of the Game under their noses.

So that left an obvious question- why? He could make excuses all he wanted, but Joshua knew the real reason. Nostalgia wasn’t something he liked to admit to, especially with his own ‘life’ being so far behind him. But that life wasn’t the reason today.

He passed by the statue of Hachiko, watching from a distance and hidden well in the crowd as a group of teenagers (plus one younger girl) met up. One was Joshua’s main interest, the headphoned boy rushing towards the already assembled group, bending over to catch his breathe before smiling up at his friends. Neku had ‘thought’ quite clearly at him that he’d wanted to see Joshua, and that his former partner didn’t have to completely vanish from his life.

Well, it was a good thing Joshua had never really intended to leave him alone, then.

Voice sample: Here. Still going, but I think it’s got enough to show how I play him.

(Also, sorry, forgot a subject line the first time. :|;)

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