TLV - Character Applications

[bargemods]

CHARACTER APPLICATIONS

Application periods are open all month, every month.

The Final Fantasy VII Compilation cast is at cap, and FFVII Compilation apps are currently closed.

Please read all rules and guidelines before submitting an application. Be sure to check the Taken Characters list and the Retired Characters list before posting an application here.

NOTES:

1. After applying for a character, we ask that players allow 30 days before bringing their next character into the game. In some cases (warden or cast caps, upcoming major game events) players may approach the mod team and clear submitting an application a few days early, though it will not be approved before the 30 day mark.
   
   
2. If you are applying into an existing cast, please be aware that we may speak to players of characters close to (any version of) the character, and will speak to the players of canonmates of the character for which you are applying. We reserve the right to reject an application if it would render a current character or characters unplayable in the opinion of their player(s). If your app is rejected for this reason, we ask that you respect the decision.
   
   
3. Both samples may be taken from threads on the Test Drive Meme, as long as they are recent and match your application with respect to canonpoint and warden/inmate status. The TDM goes up once per month and is always marked on the Event Calendar. If you would prefer to write yours out and would like some inspiration, check out the Flood Event tag on the OOC community; you're welcome to write a sample based on your character's reaction after one of these events! Here are a few popular choices.
   
   
4. Canons (or canonpoints, in the case of ongoing series) must have been out for at least 30 days before they can be applied for.
   
   
5. If you're reapping a character that you previously dropped and you plan to have them retain their memories of their previous stint onboard, please include at least a few sentences discussing how their previous stay affected them, and noting any relevant changes to their personality, worldview, and motivations. The more significant the changes, the more detail we'd like.
   

WARDEN APPLICATION FORM - CANON CHARACTERS

<b>User Name/Nick:</b> <b>User DW:</b> If applicable. <b>E-mail/Plurk/Discord/PM to a character journal/alternate method of contact:</b> <b>Other Characters Currently In-Game:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Series:</b> <b>Age:</b> This is important; characters must be at least 15, and characters under 18 will be considered only on a case by case basis. If your character is over 15 but under 18, please briefly explain why they have the skill/experience necessary to serve as a warden despite their young age. <b>From When?:</b> At what point in their timeline did they agree to come onboard the Barge? <b>Warden Justification:</b> Why does the Admiral think your character would be useful as a warden here? What do they bring to the table? Regardless of their methods and motivations, do they have the capacity to help an inmate achieve graduation? <b>Item:</b> What form will your character's Warden Item take? <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Generally wardens may keep their powers in full, but anything with the potential to be gamebreaking, or anything that would render a warden more powerful than the Admiral, will need to be nerfed. If you're unsure whether or not your character's powers qualify for nerfs, feel free to contact the mods! <b>Wardening Strategies and Philosophies:</b> How will your character respond to and operate on the Barge at large? How will they view their role as warden, and how will they engage their inmate in their efforts to help them on their path to redemption? What are their wardening strengths and weaknesses likely to be? What sorts of inmates would your character pair best with, and conversely, what sorts of inmates would they not be such a good fit for? <b>Deal:</b> What is your character expecting to get for their effort in graduating an inmate? <b>History:</b> This may be linked or written out. <b>Sample Network Entry:</b> 5-10 sentences of spoken/written monologue, not including narration. This sample should reflect the character's day-to-day behavior and a distinctive voice, and must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in network style. <b>Sample RP:</b> 3-5 paragraphs of prose or brackets RP, with focus on both action and internal thought processes. Must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in log style. <b>Special Notes:</b> Anything else not covered here that you'd like us to know!

WARDEN APPLICATION FORM - ORIGINAL CHARACTERS (sample app #1, sample app #2)

<b>User Name/Nick:</b> <b>User DW:</b> If applicable. <b>E-mail/Plurk/Discord/PM to a character journal/alternate method of contact:</b> <b>Other Characters Currently In-Game:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> This is important; characters must be at least 15, and characters under 18 will be considered only on a case by case basis. If your character is over 15 but under 18, please briefly explain why they have the skill/experience necessary to serve as a warden despite their young age. <b>From When?:</b> At what point in their timeline did they agree to come onboard the Barge? <b>Warden Justification:</b> Why does the Admiral think your character would be useful as a warden here? What do they bring to the table? Regardless of their methods and motivations, do they have the capacity to help an inmate achieve graduation? <b>Item:</b> What form will your character's Warden Item take? <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Generally wardens may keep their powers in full, but anything with the potential to be gamebreaking, or anything that would render a warden more powerful than the Admiral, will need to be nerfed. If you're unsure whether or not your character's powers qualify for nerfs, feel free to contact the mods! <b>Wardening Strategies and Philosophies:</b> How will your character respond to and operate on the Barge at large? How will they view their role as warden, and how will they engage their inmate in their efforts to help them on their path to redemption? What are their wardening strengths and weaknesses likely to be? What sorts of inmates would your character pair best with, and conversely, what sorts of inmates would they not be such a good fit for? <b>Deal:</b> What is your character expecting to get for their effort in graduating an inmate? <b>World Information:</b> Please explain in as much detail as is necessary the reality that your character comes from, being sure to include everything that is not necessarily part of their personal history but that nevertheless still relates/applies to them: the political and social situation where they live, laws of the universe, general levels of tech and magic that your character might be familiar with (even if they're not techy and/or magical themselves), and so on. <b>History:</b> This must be written out fully and comprehensively. Remember that, in the absence of a wiki page or a canon to refer to, this will be the only reference point that the mods or other players will have to your character! <b>Sample Network Entry:</b> 5-10 sentences of spoken/written monologue, not including narration. This sample should reflect the character's day-to-day behavior and a distinctive voice, and must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in network style. <b>Sample RP:</b> 3-5 paragraphs of prose or brackets RP, with focus on both action and internal thought processes. Must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in log style. <b>Special Notes:</b> Anything else not covered here that you'd like us to know!

INMATE APPLICATION FORM - CANON CHARACTERS

<b>User Name/Nick:</b> <b>User DW:</b> If applicable. <b>E-mail/Plurk/Discord/PM to a character journal/alternate method of contact:</b> <b>Other Characters Currently In-Game:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Series:</b> <b>Age:</b> This is important; characters must be at least 15, and characters under 18 will be considered only on a case by case basis. If your character is over 15 but under 18, please briefly explain why they are worthy of inmatehood despite their young age. <b>From When?:</b> At what point in their timeline were they brought aboard the Barge? Keep in mind that inmates must have just died, or were about to die. If your character has no canon death, or if you'd like to pull them from a point well before their canon death, you may headcanon a death that makes sense for the character/canon and doesn't require too many logical leaps or extra steps. Things like "My city-dwelling inmate was hit by a bus" or "My gangster inmate died in a gunfight" would be fine for a headcanoned death, as would "My character is in a life-threatening situation at their pull point that they canonically survive, but for the purposes of the game I'm going to say that they die instead". <b>Inmate Justification:</b> Why does your character require redemption? How can working with a warden on the Barge help them achieve this? Feel free to just give a brief general overview here; we're going to ask for specifics down below. <b>Arrival:</b> Was your inmate character brought in against their will, or did they agree to come to the Barge and graduate instead of dying forever? <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Remember that Inmates will have reduced powers, with dangerous, offensive (as opposed to defensive), and combat-related abilities being removed entirely. Please tell us both what your character can do when their powers are at full strength, as well as what your proposed limits and reductions for them are. <b>Inmate Information:</b> Please lay out the most important things that your character's warden will need to know about them. Remember that permanent wardens will receive a file on their inmate's entire life story, and while we won't require you to write out a full history here (though we'll ask for at least a link to one elsewhere in the app), we'd like to hear about the highlights in your own words! This should include any serious crimes committed, details about the harm they've done to others, and major life events and how they were affected by them. While this wouldn't necessarily be included explicitly in the file, please also touch on their defining personality traits and behavior patterns, their general temperament, their worldview, and how they react to challenges. <b>Path to Redemption:</b> What does your character need to change about themselves, and what sorts of milestones do you envision them needing to reach before they're ready for graduation? How will they react to being on the Barge? How will they react to being wardened? What sorts of wardening styles would they be likely to respond best to, and conversely, what wardening styles would likely be ineffective or unhelpful? What methods can a warden use to get through to them, and what are some ideas for things that might trigger or motivate them to change? <b>History:</b> This may be linked or written out. <b>Sample Network Entry:</b> 5-10 sentences of spoken/written monologue, not including narration. This sample should reflect the character's day-to-day behavior and a distinctive voice, and must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in network style. <b>Sample RP:</b> 3-5 paragraphs of prose or brackets RP, with focus on both action and internal thought processes. Must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in log style. <b>Special Notes:</b> Anything else not covered here that you'd like us to know!

INMATE APPLICATION FORM - ORIGINAL CHARACTERS (sample app #1, sample app #2)

<b>User Name/Nick:</b> <b>User DW:</b> If applicable. <b>E-mail/Plurk/Discord/PM to a character journal/alternate method of contact:</b> <b>Other Characters Currently In-Game:</b> <b>Character Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> This is important; characters must be at least 15, and characters under 18 will be considered only on a case by case basis. If your character is over 15 but under 18, please briefly explain why they are worthy of inmatehood despite their young age. <b>From When?:</b> At what point in their timeline were they brought aboard the Barge? Keep in mind that inmates must have just died, or were about to die. <b>Inmate Justification:</b> Why does your character require redemption? How can working with a warden on the Barge help them achieve this? Feel free to just give a brief general overview here; we're going to ask for specifics down below. <b>Arrival:</b> Was your inmate character brought in against their will, or did they agree to come to the Barge and graduate instead of dying forever? <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Remember that Inmates will have reduced powers, with dangerous, offensive (as opposed to defensive), and combat-related abilities being removed entirely. Please tell us both what your character can do when their powers are at full strength, as well as what your proposed limits and reductions for them are. <b>Inmate Information:</b> Please lay out the most important things that your character's warden will need to know about them. Remember that permanent wardens will receive a file on their inmate's entire life story, and while we won't require you to write out a full history here (though we'll ask for one elsewhere in the app), we'd like to hear about the highlights in your own words! This should include any serious crimes committed, details about the harm they've done to others, and major life events and how they were affected by them. While this wouldn't necessarily be included explicitly in the file, please also touch on their defining personality traits and behavior patterns, their general temperament, their worldview, and how they react to challenges. <b>Path to Redemption:</b> What does your character need to change about themselves, and what sorts of milestones do you envision them needing to reach before they're ready for graduation? How will they react to being on the Barge? How will they react to being wardened? What sorts of wardening styles would they be likely to respond best to, and conversely, what wardening styles would likely be ineffective or unhelpful? What methods can a warden use to get through to them, and what are some ideas for things that might trigger or motivate them to change? <b>World Information:</b> Please explain in as much detail as is necessary the reality that your character comes from, being sure to include everything that is not necessarily part of their personal history but that nevertheless still relates/applies to them: the political and social situation where they live, laws of the universe, general levels of tech and magic that your character might be familiar with (even if they're not techy and/or magical themselves), and so on. <b>History:</b> This must be written out fully and comprehensively. Remember that, in the absence of a wiki page or a canon to refer to, this will be the only reference point that the mods or other players will have to your character. This will be especially important for potential permanent Wardens, who will receive a file detailing your Inmate's life history. <b>Sample Network Entry:</b> 5-10 sentences of spoken/written monologue, not including narration. This sample should reflect the character's day-to-day behavior and a distinctive voice, and must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in network style. <b>Sample RP:</b> 3-5 paragraphs of prose or brackets RP, with focus on both action and internal thought processes. Must be Barge setting specific. You are permitted to link a thread from the Test Drive Meme, as long as it's recent (within 3 months of application date) and in log style. <b>Special Notes:</b> Anything else not covered here that you'd like us to know!

Last Updated: 07/09/2023

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Rosalind Lutece | Bioshock Infinite

[fatalist_physicist]

"The Universe does not grade on a curve. It's strictly pass/fail."

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[bargemods]

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Your application has been received and will be reviewed ASAP!

REVISIONS

[bargemods]

REVISIONS

We thank you for taking the time to apply to Last Voyages. Overall, the moderators like and approve of your application; however, we do have some things we need clarification on before we can provide you with a final approval.

First, apologizes in advance for the delay in processing this; one of the mods had a rough week, but the next turnaround should be much quicker. We really love most of the app, but we'd like to hear a little more about Rosalind's motives and her feelings about her own choices.

In the Personality section, you make it clear that her #1 driving force is intellectual curiosity, but then in her Path to Redemption, you say she has to learn that some things are more important than money. Can you expand a little on what money means to Rosalind? Does she only consider it as a means to an end in terms of furthering her research, or does it have other emotional power over her? As security against need, for example, or as a way to make men take her seriously, or ordinary greed, or some weird cultural value that ties into Bioshock's commentary on objectivism? Does she consider money to be validation for her genius, or feel like she deserves it as an element of her arrogance? TLDR, Why is money important to her, and what will it cost her emotionally to give it up as a priority?

Secondly, her personality says "It was also this machine that tore a baby from her father, enabled a cult leader to function completely without scrutiny, and ruined countless lives." Based on the wiki history, it seems like some of these things Rosalind had a direct hand in (like abducting Elizabeth) and others were just consequences of allowing Comstock access to the benefits of the machine. You've said she feels at least a little guilt about this given that she works to rectify some of it, but we'd like to hear a little more about how she felt about it at the time, and thinks of her own culpability now. Does she grudgingly accept that this is something she had a hand in but mostly blame Comstock, or otherwise rationalize her choices? Did she feel under duress at the time, feel distaste for the tasks but did them anyway to get what she wanted, consider the consequences but dismiss them as unimportant, or lie to herself that they wouldn't be that bad, or not consider the possible consequences at all?

You definitely don't have to answer every one of these questions! They're just a guide for what kinds of internal perspective we are curious about, and we're only really looking for about one more paragraph to clarify this stuff. Feel free to include your own headcanon here, as Rosalind is not a POV character and many of these things might not be explicit; we still want to know how you see her and intend to play her, and why.

Re: REVISIONS

[fatalist_physicist]

Sorry for my delay in replying, it's also been a rough week for me.

I wrote her path to redemption first, and thought I'd make a bigger deal about her desire for protection and comfort in her personality. Which is why they don't match as well as they could. But money is important to her, for a variety of reasons that you did guess at. Primarily it means it she can shunt the busywork of life onto valets and maids freeing her up to do actual work. I think that she was born into an upperclass family so she's used to a fairly high standard of comfort. It is also a substitute for the recognition of her peers. Columbia is well known in her world, but she's very isolated from the scientific community so she has never seen the papers written by other scientists about it, and couldn't collaborate with anyone but Robert which limited her ability to grow as a scientist. It does also mean security and that she doesn't have to marry to survive.

I think that the barge will give her many challenges, and the loss of her comforts will be difficult. Having to do chores and the 'menial' job she'll have as an inmate will be the most difficult changes to her lifestyle. The barge is so different that I don't think the lack of money will be a major issue. I think having access to some of the other characters will probably be worth that sacrifice in her mind.

As for her guilt about stealing Anna/Elizabeth I think it came in stages. I think that she intended for the kidnapping to fail and result in Comstock's death. The portal fluctuates wildly and does nearly kill Elizabeth, giving her the injury that gives her powers. By that point Rosalind would know what kind of person Comstock was, so I think she was trying to be clever and get rid of him without giving up Columbia.

So her initial reaction was more frustration at herself for failing. She would have seen Robert suffer terribly from being in a new universe and I think she would have assumed the same was happening to Elizabeth. She may have thought the baby would die and I think that she was hoping that would be the case to spite Comstock.

But once things settled down a bit and Elizabeth was shown off and used to cement Comstock's power I think that's when the real realization of what she'd done kicked in. It's likely that Robert felt guilty from the beginning, since he's shown to be more emotionally available, so in all likelihood his guilt is probably what triggered hers and helped her see Elizabeth as a person and not just a symbol.

Over the years she would be responsible for containing and isolating Elizabeth and I think this is the thing she feels hurt Elizabeth the most. Booker is shown to be a shit father and I think his awful parenting would help keep her guilt for stealing Elizabeth a little abstract, more along the lines of 'I helped buy a person for an evil man' than 'I ruined this girl's life'. But building Monument Tower and the siphon that limited Elizabeth's powers were direct actions against her. I think that action is the one she feels most guilty for, as far as Elizabeth goes.

But I also think that she coped with it by putting the majority of the blame on Comstock. She wouldn't have done any of these things without his orders and the direct threats to her livelihood and implied threats to her safety.

I think the effectiveness of this thought process varied. On the Barge I think she will feel guilty for Elizabeth's certain exploitation and the damage Elizabeth will likely be made to cause. Comstock has no good plans for the world and she's placed the burden she's carrying on Elizabeth as well. Which is even more cruel than her own scenario, because she at least made the choice to associate with Comstock and Elizabeth didn't get a choice at all.

I do think that this guilt is secondary to the guilt of giving Comstock access to Columbia is the first place, but I also think that she is very proud of Columbia so it's a big internal conflict for her. In the end she thinks very highly of her intelligence and also very poorly of her judgement. In a way every horrible thing Columbia and Comstock accomplish is a testament to those qualities, so her guilt is very caught up in her pride and she can't disentangle them.

ACCEPTED!

[bargemods]

ACCEPTED!
Welcome to Last Voyages! Now that you've been accepted, please use your character journal to do the following:

1. Comment here with your character journal.
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3. Comment to the Approval Post (locked). You will have to wait until you are added by the mod journal before you can comment.
4. Put in for an Inmate or Warden at the Warden/Inmate Pairing page.
5. Comment on the job posting page. Instructions differ for wardens and inmates, read more on that page.
6. Post your Permissions here!
7. Introduce yourself to the OOC Community.

Re: ACCEPTED!

[fatalist_physicist]

this is my journal! Yay!