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Player cap: 21/30
Players are allowed one character in the game to start, and may app a second character after being active for at least two consecutive months with their first. Please check the taken list to make sure the character is available before applying.
APPLICATION
PLAYER INFORMATION
Name: player name
Preferred pronoun(s):
Contact: plurk, discord, pm (default)
CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: western order (firstname lastname)
Canon: wiki link appreciated if available!
Canon point: include any notable injuries/abnormal state of being
Age: both actual age and apparent age if there is a discrepancy
Personality: Please answer the following questions:
» What traits do your character admire in a person?
» What do they dislike most about themself?
» What discrepancies are there between their inner self (who they feel they are) and their outer self (how they present themselves to others)?
» Who are two influential people in their life (can be positive or negative)?
» What do they get excited about?
» What is something they are very bad at?
» What is one thing they would tell their younger self if they had the chance?
» How do they want to be remembered?
Powers/abilities: either link to a wiki page or write out as succinctly as possible. may include magical powers, species-specific abilities, mundane skills, etc as you see fit. please note that all characters will be nerfed upon arrival, but can regain powers through bonus activity.
Inventory: characters may arrive with the clothing and items (including weapons) on their immediate person, excluding anything alive. for characters with hammerspace, please choose up to five items. anything magical will be nerfed upon arrival, but can be regained through bonus activity.
Sentimental item: please choose one small (i.e. portable) item the character did not have on them at their canonpoint and which belongs to a different character from their canon. briefly explain the character's feelings towards the item and/or its owner.
Gemstone: please choose one primary color and one secondary color, and optionally describe the gemstone in terms of pattern, size, amount of polish, etc. it should be no larger than the palm of one's hand.
Lost memory #1: briefly describe a memory that the character will lose, which may be an event, a person, a concept, etc and does not have to be a major memory. explain the effect this loss will have on the character's beliefs, personality, etc.
Lost memory #2: same as above.
Altered memory: briefly describe a memory that will be altered, both the original memory and what's changed in it. explain the effect this alteration will have on the character's beliefs, personality, etc.
Sample: samples must be within the last 12 months, with a minimum of five comments from your character.
Please use the subject header "PLAYER | CHARACTER | CANON" and post the app in the comments below.
Also, for your copypasting convenience:
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powers/abilities: Nothing supernatural. Has aforementioned affinities for literature, mood-setting, and sharp objects.
inventory: Default school uniform (red book not included), the sentimental item (below), and one (1) knife—the one she uses later to stab herself. Despite being drawn as a simple kitchen knife, this is an unintentional error; Act 1 describes the following:
sentimental item: A page from Parfait Girls, a children’s manga—and Natsuki’s favorite. Although the other club members tend to dismiss manga and Natsuki’s interest in it, Natsuki’s route makes it clear that she holds it close to her heart; other friends have condescended to her for it, and she stores it in the literature club’s schoolroom because her father might respond poorly. (According to glitched Act 2 dialogue, “My dad would beat the shit out of me if he found this.”) A page being creased is enough to make her cry, on an already-frustrating day.
Yuri is largely dismissive towards manga as a medium, and from her canon point this has not improved. Although she cares about Natsuki, they’ve reached no close understanding as they do in other Acts. That said, Yuri would recognize the artwork & manga paneling anyway, and subsequently be inclined to keep it close.
gemstone: Polished lavender, with monochrome waves matching those of the knife. Roughly oval in shape, and about half is smooth; the rest is gouged haphazardly, like a cutting board that’s seen better days. Bright emerald bleeds through each slice.
lost memory #1: Typically, Yuri is insecure & self-conscious to an almost exaggerated degree. The first lost memory will be the idea that she’s always struggled to talk to people. This will see more of her confidence at the forefront; the anxiety will remain without a clear foundation. In a setting like this, it’s not difficult to attribute tension to other causes—and because her history was only ever loosely defined, Yuri will figure she lacked peers for other, less self-blaming reasons. The memory of saying otherwise will be unaffected; that monologue will feel like an oddity. She’ll think she’s always been self-assured, and that any social struggles she faces are the result of current circumstances, not a lifelong theme.
lost memory #2: Yuri will forget the player character’s identity. She’ll recall being obsessed with someone who joined the Club, but that person’s name, face, and other identifying features will escape her. Thinking of him will be like trying to recall someone in a dream; only deja vu remains. Alongside Natsuki having canonically forgotten an entire argument, Yuri will know for certain that her own memories can’t be trusted, and her overarching sense of paranoia will be higher than ever. However, Yuri will also (mistakenly) assume that the altered memory is a clue towards this mystery person’s identity:
altered memory: In Act 2, the original Vice President of the Literature Club, Sayori, has been retconned from existence. There’s a small detail in which a poster of Sayori’s death (warning: hanging body, blurry & not graphic) appears in the background; none of the characters acknowledge it. As this only appears briefly on one day, it’s most likely a meta-“glitch,” not something that changes from the characters’ in-world perspectives.
That said, the in-world and meta-narrative lines in DDLC get increasingly blurred. Yuri’s altered memory will be that, in the scene where she pulled the player character towards the closet, she saw the poster. As a result of her canon point, she doesn’t recognize the person hanging whatsoever; and as a result of the second lost memory, she won’t recall who she was talking to by the closet in the first place. She’ll wonder if, somehow, these people were the same. Her sudden arrival in the Achates setting will also feel like a natural continuation of the nightmare her life has turned into.
sample: with Armin on the TDM
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Things done. Tyvm for encouraging further technological gaslighting