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— OLD APPLICATION POST —
CURRENT APPLICATION ENTRY CAN BE FOUND HERE.

IMPORTANT!Applications are on a monthly cycle. They run from the 1st thru the 4th of each month. The cycle opens at 12:00AM CST and close at 11:59PM CST. Notices will be sent out all at once at the end of the cycle, and no later than 24 hours after the end of the cycle.

Before applying, please be sure to read the following:

Read the Rules and the Game Information.
Double check the Reserves and Taken Characters lists to make sure the character you're applying for is not on the list. Also check the comments in case the entry has yet to be updated, as well as any pending applications.
Feel free to use the most recent test drive both for practice as well as to use for samples. IMPORTANT! If you submit threads as samples, you must submit the application with that character journal. This is the only way we can ensure that the samples are from you and not someone else.
Linked samples must have been made within the past year.
You may apply for up to two characters per cycle.
Application challenges are allowed. Reserves will have priority, but it's not definitive. We will choose the better application regardless.
Do not plagiarize. If we find that the information provided was directly taken by either another player or source material such a wiki, the application will be rejected immediately. If we find this after processing the application, we will revoke the application and have you removed from the game with potential ban.
Reusing your own applications from other games is allowed. We only ask any original written samples to conform to our game. That is, we don't want to read samples that are set specifically for another game's premise. Note: this does not apply to threads linked from other games used as samples.
If you are rejected, you cannot reapply for the same character until the next cycle. However, you can apply for a different character in the same cycle.
Those accepted must fill out all of the required entries within a week to be considered part of the game. Otherwise, we will consider it a revocation of the application.
Fill out the form and comment to this entry! You can either paste the application directly to the entry or link it from your own journal/musebox.

⌈ PLAYER SECTION ⌉
Player:
Contact: Journal/Plurk/AIM — anything to help identify since someone might share your name handle.
Age: You must be at least 13 years old to apply.
Current Characters: If a new player, just put "N/A"

⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character:
Age:
Canon:
Canon Point:

Background: We do not need a play by play of their life. You can of course provide one, but it's not necessary. A summary of their role in the canon and important events involving their character will suffice. Wiki links are allowed.

Personality: Tell us everything you can about how the character works. What are their quirks, reasons for thinking, habits, and flaws—basically we want to know not only how they act, but also why they act that way. You are free to use canon as examples, but be sure to explain why you are referencing the event.

Abilities: If there are any particular abilities the character has supernatural or otherwise, list them here. Referencing to a wiki list is acceptable. However, if there are any particular abilities that need to be weakened or removed, note them here.

Alignment: Please refer to the Alignment entry to choose which alignment your character would most likely fall under. Include a brief (a couple of sentences max) just to help explain why you think your choice is the best fit.

Other: Anything else you'd like to mention.

⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉
Sample: We have two requirements for the sample:

Character Portrayal. We should see examples of the character's dialogue as well as some introspection or additional narrative to further show how you intend to write the character. This is the most important part of the sample and where most of the weight will be.
Use of Emotions. This is our "game setting" requirement. Essentially we want to ensure that you have a basic grasp of the game's premise, especially with the use of emotions. It can be a small scene, even incidental to the main sample. For apathetic characters or those who do not exhibit emotions easily, an alternative is to describe what the character is doing instead and essentially show how they behave in such a manner. For example, if a character is set in a scenario that would normally provoke an emotional response, what do they do instead? What is their mindset and their reaction instead? This portion doesn't have to be lengthy and can even be a couple of sentences to a paragraph. Also keep in mind that subtle and passive effects count, so you do not have to try and create something exuberant or extreme. A calm wind will work just as well as a raging storm, so feel free to be as simple or creative as you want.

The sample can be "written" in three different ways and you can choose which one will work best for you:

Test Drive. You can utilize our test drive to cover both requirements of the sample. So long as there is enough character portrayal and a scene with an emotional reaction, be it within the prompt or done during the thread, then it will satisfy both requirements.
Link out + Written. You can link to threads/entries from other games, memes, or museboxes to show character portrayal, and then write an additional short scene for the emotion portion of the sample.
Original Sample. You can write a complete sample that shows both character portrayal and a scene involving emotion use. This can be one sample or two separate samples. If you opt to write an original sample, you are welcome to use any prompts from any of our Test Drives, Intro Logs, Task Board, and even past events. You are also free to change things up and are not restricted to any of these prompts. They are just here to help offer ideas.

Format wise, you can use either [ brackets ] OR narrative prose. We do require that the writing at least be coherent, have proper sentence structure, and is mostly grammatically correct (we realize that writing styles can be loose/creative in [ bracket ] form so we're giving a bit more leeway). One last suggestion we have is try to have the character interacting with the environment and try thinking of the sample less of a narrative piece but more like a post or thread prompt you might make in the game. That will help the sample show not only how you will write the character, but also how you will play them in practice.

Questions: If you have any questions, ask them here.

Clean copy and paste form here:

<center>⌈ PLAYER SECTION ⌉</center>
Player: 
Contact: 
Age: 
Current Characters:

<center>⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉</center>
Character:
Age:
Canon:
Canon Point:

Background:

Personality:

Abilities:

Alignment: [Choose from one of the following: Aiada, Daimonia, Elios, Peromei, Piphron, Sosyne, or Thras. Refer to the proper info page for more information and be sure to include a very brief reason why you chose the alignment.]

Other:

<center>⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉</center>
Sample: Remember that the sample needs to show both 1) core character portrayal and 2) some use of emotions, either as an environmental effect or discussing why a character is not feeling anything at all if they are more apathetic or less emotional than most. We highly encourage using the Test Drive, and you can use prompts from the Test Drives, Intro Logs, and the Task board if you need them. Refer to the main application page for links and more suggestions.

Questions:

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

I'm not even a substitute like you. I was born a piece of meat.

Application here

Something something Lubbock

Edited (header pls) 2015-02-07 01:10 (UTC)

pretend I put a link here in the first place

Edited 2015-02-08 01:26 (UTC)

b-but it's not like I'm asking you to read my app or anything

sobbing...

Congratulations! You've been accepted to the game. Just follow the following steps and you'll be officially considered part of the game. Remember you have one week otherwise we will consider it a revocation of the application.

• Reply to this comment with the journal you will be joining with.
• Comment to the Taken list.
• When your journal is added by the mod journal, comment to the Player Contact list.
• Join

empatheias,

crystalnet, and

empatheias_ooc. They are all open membership so no approval required.
• Introduce yourself in our Player Intro post and start playing!

Optional:
• Review the Game Info, Emotions, Amulet, and Island information pages.
• Make sure you understand how the Network works. Remember, Empatheias uses telepathy as communication!
• Feel free to make a "Message Box" type post for any private messages that could be sent via messenger bird.

Please use the Character Introduction Log for your character intro. If you have any questions at any time, feel free to contact us! Have fun :D

empatheias,

crystalnet, and

empatheias,

crystalnet, and

empatheias,

crystalnet, and

empatheias,

crystalnet, and

empatheias,

crystalnet, and

This one right here!

This journal here :D

heyyy this is the journal for Noire!

Thank you! Journal is this one.

Let's do this man

this will be the journal, my hunnies

When Bisley begins to explain fractured dimensions, Ludger and the rest of the party find it pretty hard to believe, even if Ludger finds it less so, considering he's been to each of these worlds that weren't quite his own. His surprise came from the fact that these worlds were destroying their own prime dimension, and if him or his brother didn't destroy them, that everyone would be wiped out. Needless to say, Ludger accepts his job as an agent to stop this from happening, since his brother couldn't work on the job anymore due to being on the run, and of course Ludger doesn't want his dimension to be destroyed. It's with a heavy heart that he decides to destroy the other dimensions to preserve their own. Even if he didn't want to, he had no choice, really. He was the only one with the power to do so, his brother may be in one of the fractured dimensions, and the fact that he had a massive debt to pay off, this being a well-paying job, were all factors in his acceptance. Even if the money was the thing that he least wanted out of this situation. Finding his brother and saving their world were his main priority.

One dimension in particular manages to hit Ludger the hardest. Namely, the one with Victor. Even from the start, Ludger is unsure about Victor. He gives him strange looks the entire time that he's there, especially when he calls Ludger by name, when he didn't introduce himself as such. Then, when they learn about Victor's true identity, Ludger is obviously shaken up by it. Even if he doesn't say it, how pained and upset he is is evident just by how he's breathing. How else would you react to killing yourself and a young girl's father? Even the look on Ludger's face when he does it shows how pained he is, especially once Elle starts crying, and Victor starts humming the Hymn of Proof. Though, he stays strong about it. Even Milla says that he's a strong person, and that she can't imagine what he's going through.

There's always more to how Ludger interacts with the cast. To start with, he helps Elle, a young girl who frames him for kidnapping her when he did nothing of the sort, just to get on a train. Ludger chases her, especially once seeing the train being raided, and protects her throughout the game after that. He quickly warms up to her, becoming her guardian while they look for her father. He takes her journey very seriously, his thoughts on that not shaking, especially once Elle and him make a pinky swear to go to Canaan together, officially becoming partners, and Elle sharing her father's watch with Ludger.

And he would protect her at all costs. This shows in the ending of the game, with how he chooses her to live instead of himself. He risks everything, forcing himself to take on so much power that he turns into a divergence catalyst, just so she can remain in the world instead of him, even if she wasn't even born in the prime dimension. He even chooses her over his brother, who can be picked in the bad ending with much more drastic measures. With Elle, he thinks things through to make sure everything is okay and safe, while with Julius he acts impulsively, protecting his brother no matter what, but not thinking clearly enough on the matter to stop him from making a horrible decision.

This even reflects in his choices at the end of the game. He wants to eliminate the fractured dimensions, but he wants to protect Elle at the same time. He learned that if he used his new power, he would become a divergence catalyst himself, so before letting Elle become it, he forces himself to become one instead. With that, Ludger sacrifices himself for the girl he had promised to protect. This further shows Ludger's inner strength, to destroy so man worlds, and then to go as far as even destroying himself, just to protect the world and Elle both. This is much different than his normal ending, where instead of using his power to become one, he lets Elle become the catalyst instead, and hence, the Fractured Elle is erased from the prime world.

He cares about the other party members as well. Each party member has their own set of issues that they come with, fractured dimensions revolving around them all as well, some of them being more serious than others. An example of one situation is that Muzét wants to get gifts for everyone to help their opinion of her, and while Ludger has the option to walk away and ignore it, he doesn't. He also chooses to help Alvin try to sell fruit, even if he has to lie in the process.

Fractured Milla is the party member he's closest to, yet is still the furthest from. While the party knows of a Milla, Fractured Milla is the only one that Ludger had known. She was also the major source of Ludger's guilt of destroying fractured worlds. Ludger travels with her, a constant reminder of the crimes that he's committed, and she's sure to remind him of that as well. But despite that, Ludger is probably closest to her, over the rest of the party, and one of the main reasons for that is because of how fond of her Elle is.