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APPLICATIONS!

Currently: Open!
Applications are checked roughly weekly unless otherwise stated.

We ask that potential applicants post their application in comments rather than linking. If their application contains explicit references to 'hard' spoilers (character death, unforeseen plot twists, big reveals, he was evil all along etc), players should put the application in their own journal or their character's journal and link it, making sure to mention the presence of spoilers within. For further clarification on our spoilers policy and whether or not your application needs to be linked, please check this page. Thank you for your cooperation!

The comment character limit on Dreamwidth is 16,000 characters so apps no longer need to be split into multiple comments; however this is at players' discretion.

While players are welcome to play multiple characters (five characters maximum are allowed per player!), please only apply for one character at a time, and wait for a decision before submitting another application!

A reminder for those waiting to hear back: Please don't be worried if we skip yours while going through them. It only means we needed a little more time to research!

Please use the form below to apply! If you have any questions, feel free to ask any of the mods.

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Canon Resource Links: Here we would have the links to wikis and other information sites. If none of those seem to provide enough information, feel free to add more about the character here. However, please do not use this section as a full history section unless your canon is ridiculously obscure. General rule of thumb: if there are a good amount of descriptive resources, please just link them and use this section to add in what may have been left out, as opposed to writing an entire history section.

Original Character Background: THIS SECTION IS FOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND CUSTOMIZABLE/SILENT PROTAGONISTS ONLY! In lieu of canon resources, please write for us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs describing the following for your character:
- Their world (OCs): Is it magic? Medieval? Futuristic? An Earth like ours?
- Their history (OCs and customizable/silent protagonists): What have been the key events in their lives to date? What kind of background do they have?
- For customizable/silent protagonists: How are you justifying your portrayal of the character? What is your in-canon evidence? Please explain how, if your character lacks dialogue or a set background, you determined their history and personality.

Personality: Give us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs of how you understand your character's personality. Talk about basic characteristics, any major developments over the course of their canon, their motives, their social behavior, strengths and weaknesses, and anything else you can think of that shows off your knowledge of this character.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: What career path will your character be taking? Breeder, Trainer? Or maybe even down the dark path of becoming a member of Team Rocket? Note: All Rocket members start as grunts. (For right now, only those three positions are available, whether your character chooses to follow their assigned path or not.)
Starter: What starter Pokémon do you want your character to have? Please use the list linked above to choose from.

Samples
RP Sample: The sample must be a thread, with at least five comments from you, that you have made anywhere with this character in the last four months at the canon point you have chosen for said character. Linking to a post or log containing multiple threads will also suffice, as long as at least one of the threads has the required number of comments. This thread sample can be in any format (e.g. network post, prose log, actionspam, Dear Mun post, and so on). While it does not have to be set in Victory Road's setting, you can use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, as long as it's a different thread than one used for the second sample below. What we are looking for here is grasp of your character's voice and a sense of how you operate as a role-player. If we feel that the sample provided is not adequate, we reserve the right to ask for another.

Victory Road Sample: This sample must take place in Victory Road's setting and can be EITHER a written post OR another thread if you would prefer not to write a post. The minimum is 300 words for a prose sample, eight sentences for a network post/actionspam sample, or ten comments total (five from you) in an RP sample. What we are looking for here is how the character responds to the Pokéworld's setting. You can also use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, but you cannot use the same top-level for the first sample above.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Player
Name: Katie
E-mail: themadmaiden
Preferred Contact:

themadmaiden
Timezone: AST
Current Characters in Victory Road: Rebecca "Newt" Jorden, Maya

Character
Name: Brigid Tenenbaum
Series: BioShock
Timeline: BioShock 2 : Post Minerva's Den DLC
Canon Resource Links: Brigid Tenenbaum

Personality:

To understand Tenenbaum’s currently personality you have to understand what she used to be like. In her past, from a very early age, she cared about nothing but science. She lacked empathy and only cared about results. She says that while it would be easy to blame the Germans in the concentration camps for turning her into a monster, she cannot because in truth she found kindred spirits there and not tormentors. Even at the young age of sixteen she had a calm calculated way of thinking. Pointing out the mistakes the German’s made simply because if they were going to do this then they might as well do it right.

It wasn't until years later in the underwater city of Rapture, her long absent or buried conscience finally made an appearance. And it did so in a slow process until one day she could no longer continue with her work because of it.

Guilt and remorse are two driving motivations behind Tenenbaum’s actions and are key to her personality. She created the Little Sisters and the need for them with their ADAM and while it took a while, she eventually realized what a horrible thing she was doing to them. She hates herself for it and refers to her actions as “her sins” and is willing to die or kill to correct them.

Despite her new-found conscience Tenenbaum is still similar to her old self in ways. She is still has a very logical mind that might seem cold to most people. Only the children she looks after seem to get her rare warmth and she’s uneasy with it. Not used to being a mother figure she does her best to work it out as she goes along. She's never been good with social things, normally focusing solely on whatever research or scientific work she was doing at the time. Science is still very important to her, it is just now what she tries to use to fix her mistakes not create more.

Her maternal instinct, when it finally appeared, was strong and fierce and she is highly protective of all of her little ones. Tenenbaum will kill anyone who tries to hurt the Little Sisters no matter who or what they are. The Big Daddies are hard for people with plasmids that give them superpowers to kill and Tenenbaum managed to steal away many Little Sisters without any of those. Her one goal is almost always towards their safety and protection. Now, despite being responsible for ADAM she doesn't show much sympathy for the addicted Splicers or the Big Daddies at first. It isn't until the second game that she shows anything but disgust and hatred towards the Big Daddies, even though they were people as well. This evolves over time. She goes from being willing to leave them all to die, to delving deeper into Rapture to find a supercomputer to help her find a cure for the ADAM sickness once and for all.

She is a very driven person and channels all her energy into solving her problems. When she discovered ADAM no respectable scientific institute would give her the time of day so she turned to smugglers to get what she needed. When she realized she was doing something horrible she worked to develop a way to free the Little Sisters from their condition. She then began stealing away Little Sisters and freeing them. Creating a hideaway from the chaos of Rapture and a place for them to be safe while she worked on fixing her mistakes. Years later, when she hears that children are being kidnapped from the surface she finds a way back to the underwater city and begins to free them once more. No matter what the obstacles in her way, she will not give up until she has fixed her mistakes or has died trying to do so.

Focused on science and learning, Tenenbaum has never payed much attention to simple things like her own appearance or clothing. She’s been known to wear ratty clothing and doesn't care what it is as long as it’s durable. It’s probably a good thing she has to look after the Little Sisters she frees because it means she will at least stop to eat. If only because she needs to get food for them. She also brings them toys and other things to occupy themselves with while she’s working.

Tenenbaum has been heavily influenced by Jack, the protagonist of the first game. He saved all of the Little Sisters he came across, instead of harvesting them and killing them. And through him Tenenbaum began to have hope that there was still good in people. Over the course of the game she was suspicious but eventually learned to trust Jack. She is more hopeful and optimistic about the world thanks to him. When she returned to Rapture to try and save the new Little Sisters, she brought his old wrench along with her as a reminder of him.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Breeder
Starter: Solosis
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: Test drive thread

Victory Road Sample:

[The feed will cut to a woman in a labcoat who is being hovered around by a Solosis. She's fairly serious looking but probably just looks tired. When she speaks, she has a thick German accent.]

It appears I am to be something called a pokemon breeder here. Perhaps my background in genetic will assist in that. Even though I am still finding it hard to believe there is a creature that appears to be of one cell floating around my head.

[Hearing themselves being mentioned said creature will float in front of the gear for a moment to show off before Tenenbaum carefully moves it away from them. There is at least a small smile on her face.]

Yes, yes little one. You are indeed a marvel.

[Once it floats back to her side she'll go back to her more serious expression.]

Now, what I really wish to know is where I can find more information or data about this task. Are there many other people studying in this field? I am not against working alone, however in such a place it seems very unlikely this is not a highly studied field.

Any information would be useful.

...thank you.

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APPLICATIONS

Brigid Tenenbaum | BioShock 2 | Not Reserved

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