APPLICATION
➤ The Sanctum is a game that accepts the following:
• Canon Characters
• Original Characters
• Fan Characters. Provided they have NO relationship to the characters already established in canon. For example, a Homestuck Fan Troll would be alright but the character cannot be directly related to say: Karkat.
• Fan based AUs - such as modern adaptations, genderbends, etc. We also allow canonmashes - combining two existing fandoms together as AUs (For example: A Hunger Games AU of Sansa Stark). We advise to strongly consider how the events of those particular universes would affect your character.
• Silent Protagonists.
• Characters with CR/Memories from other games.
• Characters who are native to the setting. ( AUs and OCs )
• Any combination of the above.
➤ You will be allotted THREE DAYS for revisions. Failure to do so will result in an automatic decline. Applications that have been declined will also have to wait ONE MONTH before reapplying.
➤ Applications and samples can be both linked or pasted into the comments.
➤ Because of the delicate nature of some events that occur within game, you must be over 18 years old to apply.
➤ When posting your app, we prefer it in the body of the comments, and with the character's name, canon, and whether they were reserved or not reserved in the subject line.
➤ Go ahead and re-use an old app to fill in the formatting below. Applications submitted with alternative formatting will not be processed.
➤ Everything else will be detailed within the application, feel free to ask us questions should the need arise.
OOC INFORMATION
Name: Your handle/name.
Contact Information: PMs, e-mail addresses, plurk, aim, etc. whatever method you prefer so we can reach you.
Personal Journal: if applicable, not required.
Age: You must be over the age of 18, you feel uncomfortable giving out your age an "Over Eighteen" will suffice.
Characters Played: State anyone else you're playing in game.
IN-CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Your characters full name.
Fandom: Please be specific! For example: If applying from the Marvel Cinematic Universe please state which movie. If you're applying for an original character, place: 'Original Character' in this field.
Age: A rough estimate will suffice.
Canon Point: The point in your characters history before they wake up in the Sanctum.
Original Universe or Alternate Universe? Any variations - such as game-memories, and modifications ( genderbending, modern adaptations, etc ) will have to be stated.
Is this character immune? Do you want this character to actually be immune to the Dystrophy virus or not? It will be assumed by all in game that they are until proven otherwise. The majority of the Immune are, but anyone native is not.
Personality: The personality featured here must reflect on the samples. What we look for mainly is an understanding of your characters motivations and thought process. Please focus on the strengths as well as weaknesses of your character. This section can also be in bullets.
Background: This is a mix of your characters setting + history section. Links to wikipedia will suffice for fandom characters. Bullet points are a-ok. AU Characters will have to state any significant changes in their history from the original canon variation. This section is required for original characters.
Other Notables: Anything else?
Inventory: The characters have the ability to receive some items in their room, with them when they wake up. Please limit this to SMALL items, personal valuables and clothing. If you're including pets/familiars/etc, feel free to add them here. Note that the mods have a long and proud tradition of stripping weapons and powerful items of said powers and replacing them with nerf guns and/or other toys. Trolling is common. The more specific the item requests are, the more specific the trolling.
SAMPLES
NETWORK SAMPLE : Can be links from dear-mun, meme, musebox or previous game threads. What we are looking for is your grip on your characters' voice.
LOG SAMPLE Can be links from dear-mun, meme, musebox or previous game threads. What we are looking for is your grip on your characters' voice. This can be prose based or brackets. What we're looking for is how your character would physically interact with others.
CALLSIGN APPLICATION
For the time being Callsign applications are OPEN, but limited to players who have
been in-game for more than three months.
APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN.
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REVISIONS REQUEST
Thank you for your interest in the game! Your application has been reviewed, and we would like to request some revisions in the following areas:
We would like to see a better delineation of Jensen's personality, the app predominantly describes game mechanics and actions rather than discussing his motivations for said actions, and a little more detail on how he's fallen into the morally grey area and what conflicts he might have with it, as well as a reflection of how he feels about being augmented without his consent.
Note: both links in the application meant to outline his augmentations don't work, the first links back to the application itself and the second links to a locked entry. We cannot deliberate on augmentations we know nothing about and would appreciate a bulleted list or access to the journal entry in question if at all possible.
If you have any questions or would like any sort of clarification on what we would like to see, please don't hesitate to ask!
Thank you again for your interest.
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Adam's moral ambiguity can be linked directly back to his childhood. In game we learn that his mother was mentally unstable enough to where she was deemed ineligible for adoption which was part of the reason they, more or less, stole Adam as a baby. Part of her mental state was thinking it was alright to start dragging Adam out of school to go on fun little day-trips, which taught him at a young age several things. Firstly it taught him that the established norm (staying in school) was something that was flexible. And secondly, he developed a protective personality out of concern for his unstable mother. This is all explained canonically, read by the player in the notes of a private investigator that was hired to do a background check on Adam.
This leads Adam to seek out a career in which he could fulfill that protective role, that of a police officer. He excels in his career and eventually joins the SWAT team. However, his moral ambiguity asserts itself when he comes across a situation of either following his commander's orders or not -- Adam chooses not to follow his superior's orders, and instead quits the force. His friend on the force is forced to do the actions instead and it ruins his life. In this particular situation we see that even before augmented or faced with the situations he is in the video game, Adam does what he feels is best despite what others feel or what's good for them.
As far as his augmentations go, his most line from the game is "I never asked for this." The only reason he was augmented, was because of a clause in his work contract that said his boss could do all kinds of augmentations he wanted on Adam. Furthermore, he only needed one limb replaced but his boss decided to cut off all four to replace them with the augs he wanted Adam to have. Adam was not conscious for most of this surgery. Waking up to find you are a paraplegic with prosthetics would be, needless to say, very difficult. When the game begins Adam has been out on physical therapy for six months -- in his apartment we find books about learning how to use his new prosthetics. The whole procedure was very callous and cold, and there was no humane transition between having his body changed in such a traumatic way into machinery.
We learn late in the game that the only reason Adam was even hired there, was because his ex-girlfriend Megan was experimenting with his DNA which was engineered to be compatible with augmentations. The whole process from beginning to end was never genuine, Adam never had a choice in it, and he was manipulated. His whole life he was more or less a lab experiment. All of this defines a sense of injustice in him and resentment toward his augmentations. His parents weren't genuine, his girlfriend wasn't genuine, his boss wasn't genuine, and therefore affects any relationships he encounters. His whole life has been manipulated and he's learned not to trust people or trust that people will care for each other, or even know what's best for one another.
ACCEPTED + NOTE
Thank you for your interest and application to the Sanctum. Your application has been reviewed and is accepted. Adam Jensen has been assigned housing in DISTRICT 3, HOUSE 5.
There are just a few things you need to complete:
01 :: Reply to this comment with the journal you plan on using.
02 :: Join the following communities:
SANCTUMSLOGS ( LOGS )
SPACEZOMBIES ( OOC & CRACK )
03 :: Fill out the form at THE TAKEN LIST.
04 :: Once your character has been accepted and given access to the communities, feel free to introduce yourself at SPACEZOMBIES.
05 :: Optionally, you can leave your contact details at the PLAYER CONTACT LIST after access to the mod journal is given.
06 :: Fan the ModPlurk @
07 :: Check out the most recent CR MEME!
NOTE: Adam's augmentations will be removed and some of them replaced by Bifrons (tm) brand upgrades. Civilian models for the arms and legs though he will still have the mounts for the arm blades. The blades themselves look and have the same balance as they should but are made of Brothers at Arms funfoam safety latex for realistic live action roleplay! All of the fun of simulated violence, none of the blood and dismemberment.
IT HAS BEEN 105 days since the last negligence lawsuit.
Likewise the cranial implant will have been replaced with a Bifrons brand data archive and a social uplink, aka Bifder! For all the hot singles that need a partner, Bifder fulfills your dating needs. Hacking will be difficult to impossible until Adam learns the coding language of the year 3000.
His cigarettes have been swapped out with the standard Bifrons Blu Electronic Nicotine System or BENS, though the lighter is unscathed. The 9mm is swapped out for a nerf pistol. In addition to all this he also finds: a Robocop figurine (the original not the 15th remake), an I <3 Detroit pin, the bullet from his head in a locket, and a Jensen Ackles signed autograph.
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