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APPLICATIONS

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RESERVES | APPS

Before you submit your application, please review the Applications and Reserves section of the info / faq page, as there are additional rules regarding malleable protagonists, CRAU characters, fandom OCs, canon caps, player caps, and other important things to note.

Applications will be processed in the order they are received and after the application cycle closes. We will only accept as many players as we have player slots, however, we will review all applications submitted during the cycle. Application cycles are not first come first serve, and instead will be judged on clarity of the app and samples.

Application revisions will have three days to submit adjustments. If not submitted in time, they will have to wait until the next application cycle to resubmit.

Application rejections will have to wait until the next application cycle to resubmit unless otherwise specified in the original rejection.

You may either post your application in a comment to this post, or link to it from your character journal.

Please use the following format for your comment in the subject line:
CHARACTER | CANON | RESERVED / NOT RESERVED

There is a limit of 2 characters initially maximum that can be played. (You can redeem additional character slots by way of the rewards page.) As with reservations, you may apply for 2 characters at a time.

Proxy applications are not accepted.

We do not accept application challenges.

We do not accept duplicate characters.

We only accept applications for 1 malleable protagonist in a cast. Malleable protagonists may not have preexisting relationships with other characters from their canon aside from base storyline. (Exceptions will potentially be made for CRAUs and handled on a case-by-case basis.)

Fandom OC characters are accepted, but may not have preexisting relationships with other characters from their canon. (Exceptions will potentially be made for CRAUs and handled on a case-by-case basis.)

CRAU characters are accepted, however, must not be so removed from their original canon state that they are unrecognisable. CRAU characters who carry a multitude of prior games may only carry over memories, relationships, and experiences from their most recent game.

APPLICATION FORM

Player:
Contact:
Age:
Current Characters: If applicable.

Character Name:
Character Canon: If applicable.
Canon Point:
Age:

Crime: All characters are accused of a crime upon their arrival, and it's printed on their indestructible parchment. This crime can be fitting of your character or ill-fitting. It can be a crime they've committed or a crime they would never commit. Consider that Expiation's definition of crimes may not mirror reflect what we think of when we consider crime in the real world. Feel free to think a little out of the box and more abstract. Fiction versus reality here doesn't so much make a difference. Please choose one crime, bearing in mind that there may be occasions in which the crime chosen could affect how a character interacts with certain events or situations.

Background: You may provide a link to a wiki, for canon characters. If your wiki has limited information, or your character may not have much canon behind them, you are expected to write supplemental details without leaning too heavily into headcanon. For OCs, you don't need to provide an overly verbose background, just enough to give an accurate portrayal of the world they come from and definitive experiences that are important to their character. For CRAUS, please specify additional information about what they are carrying over from their prior game. This can also be limited to definitive experiences and relationships.

Personality: Although this game heavily relies on the analysis and reflection of a character, we don't expect a dissertation. Please provide information on your character's motivations, how their relationships and experiences have affected or shaped them, and other related information. You may use character dialogue to further showcase this, but it's not expected. If you find it easier to use bullet point formats, feel free to do that. Please do not exceed 800 words.

Abilities: If your character has any special abilities (magic, weapon skills, and so on), please list them here. Remember that world-breaking abilities will be diluted.

Inventory: A list of inventory that your character is carrying on them can be put here. Characters will not have access to an infinite hammer space, so please only list things that would make sense for your character to be physically carrying.

Samples: Two recent samples from the last year are required and must adequately convey a character's voice. In a thread, we prefer at least five comments from you. At least one sample must be from the current TDM post. Other threads may be taken from bakerstreet, other games, or other memes.

During application review, not only will we be judging for characterization, but also longevity and completion of threads. Not all threads have to be finished before being submitted, but the mod team would like to see an effort in furthering the thread if it's not completed.

Questions: If you have any questions for the mod team, please include them here and we will address them during the processing of your application.

Player:
Contact:
Age:
Current Characters: If applicable.

Character Name:
Character Canon: If applicable.
Canon Point:
Age:

Crime: All characters are accused of a crime upon their arrival, and it's printed on their indestructible parchment. This crime can be fitting of your character or ill-fitting. It can be a crime they've committed or a crime they would never commit. Consider that Expiation's definition of crimes may not mirror reflect what we think of when we consider crime in the real world. Feel free to think a little out of the box and more abstract. Fiction versus reality here doesn't so much make a difference. Please choose ONE crime, bearing in mind that there may be occasions in which the crime chosen could affect how a character interacts with certain events or situations.

Background: You may provide a link to a wiki, for canon characters. If your wiki has limited information, or your character may not have much canon behind them, you are expected to write supplemental details without leaning too heavily into headcanon. For OCs, you don't need to provide an overly verbose background, just enough to give an accurate portrayal of the world they come from and definitive experiences that are important to their character. For CRAUS, please specify additional information about what they are carrying over from their prior game. This can also be limited to definitive experiences and relationships.

Personality: Although this game heavily relies on the analysis and reflection of a character, we don't expect a dissertation. Please provide information on your character's motivations, how their relationships and experiences have affected or shaped them, and other related information. You may use character dialogue to further showcase this, but it's not expected. If you find it easier to use bullet point formats, feel free to do that. Please do not exceed 800 words.

Abilities: If your character has any special abilities (magic, weapon skills, and so on), please list them here. Remember that world-breaking abilities will be diluted.

Inventory: A list of inventory that your character is carrying on them can be put here. Characters will not have access to an infinite hammer space, so please only list things that would make sense for your character to be physically carrying.

Samples: Two recent samples from the last year are required and must adequately convey a character's voice. In a thread, we prefer at least five comments from you. You must use at least one sample from the current TDM. We will not accept text threads as samples.

Questions: If you have any questions for the mod team, please include them here and we will address them during the processing of your application.

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Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Thanks for your application. We felt that your personality section for Elizabeth was short on details, and would like to see some elaboration. You describe her as "playful, bubbly, cheerful, impulsive, and highly murderous," but don't mention those for most of your application; therefore, we would like to see a few additional paragraphs that describe these attributes, as well as how they influence her actions and outlook.

Please note that you have 3 days to submit your revisions. If you miss this timeline, you will have to wait until the next application cycle (June 2024) to resubmit.

Elizabeth is a playful personality simply because she acts that she is playing a gigantic game, not in a fourth wallish way, but in a way that once she leaves the velvet room, that she has the freedom to treat things as trivial. She wanders into the TV realm fight out of boredom, and sees the tournament as a game, not the life or death situation it is. She can crash right in, play the game, have fun and see what these new persona users are up to with no real thought into consequences. In the second tournament, she finds Rise dull as she does not have the tools to play with everyone till Rise's persona evolves to one capable of combat. In the movie theater realm she sets up a sentai team of Velvet attendants because honestly, it is more interesting than simply fighting the protags to see which is stronger. On the dates with her guest, she sees what she considers to be torments and challenges, and plays along simply to experience the fun of the failure of humanity to follow the rules like running up the escalator, sliding down the slide on her feet, or trapping herself in the jungle gym like a prisoner.

Elizabeth is bubbly and cheerful simply in opposition to the ordeal given to her and her guest. Her guest is challenging the ordeal of death, one that really there is no good end to. Still rather than react with the gravitas of it, she asks her guest on dates, runs around attempting to bribe fountain spirits for wishes that she never bothers to think of what the actual wish is, asks nonsensical questions of her guest's classmates, loudly plays the piano badly, and charges up a down escalator. On the ordeal of Erebus, she doesn't have much to do, and could simply have waited it out, but she spends her time cheering on Aigis. In the School Festival pocket universe, rather than getting upset at the disappearance of Igor, she takes the opportunity as a chance to wear a pink dress and play at being a nurse while forcing her brother to craft things for the party.

If it is a decision that is not about the Velvet Room, her guest, or her own place in the universe, Elizabeth moves forward with the gusto of someone who has a tuba playing the trumpet charge in the background. Her offering of 1,000,000 yen to the fountain spirit to get a wish that she didn't bother to think of what she'd want to wish for. Seeing a club and instantly deciding to start dancing. Being trapped in an pocket universe and rather than thinking of a plan to get out deciding she wanted to wear something new and be a healer or quest giver. Seeing a gathering of persona users under the guise of a tournament to find the most "manly of men" and going not, what created this place, or why is it here, but going "I CAN BE THE MOST MANLY OF MEN!" Even deciding to pull SEES out of time for an all night dance contest on a whim.

As for murder, Elizabeth has grown up in the sea of the soul, fed on the games that the powers of the universe play so she doesn't exactly understand how not to be murderous. She has to have it explained that the police want their targets for the wanted list alive. Frequently the quests she sends her guest out for involve body parts. A gathering of persona users under mysterious situations, obviously a chance to fight her heart out. Even her trying to understand her own self required challenging her guest to a fight where she used her Pixie to 9999 them in a 3 digit health universe if they didn't play by her exact rules. Even after she left the Velvet Room to try to save the soul of her guest, she resigned herself to having to murder Erebus every year or so till she understood humanity enough to make them stop feeding the titan.

🌟 Welcome to Expiation! 🌟

Thank you for applying. Your application has been Accepted!

To get started, please complete the below steps:

↪ Respond to this comment with the journal for your character.

↪ Join the following communities. (Please note the last is optional.)
     🌟 expiationooc — OOC Community
     🌟 expiationnet — Network Community
     🌟 expiationlogs — Log Community
     🌟 expiationmeme — Meme Community

↪ Setup an IC inbox on your character journal.
↪ Setup an Application or Info Page on your character journal.
↪ Setup your Player / Character(s) AC thread on the Activity Check page.

↪ Comment to the Taken Character page using the applicable form, which will include links to the above, and additional information.

↪ Note that TDM threads may be carried over into game canon at player discretion, and serve as an 'introduction log' for characters.
↪ Once accepted into the communities, you are free to make entries on the communities and tag around.

↪ Consider introducing yourself and saying hello on our OOC Intro entry.
↪ If you're keen, pop into our player-run discord server, say hi, get to know us. We post memes, pet pictures, food, and generally have a nice time.

↪ If you need to contact the mods for any reason, you may do so via the Mod Contact page or DM. Although announcements (such as AC) will be posted to the OOC community, they will also be posted to expiation.

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