applications

[groundrules]

APPLICATIONS

Eastbound is primarily an invite-only game — each existing player can currently invite up to one person per month, or get in touch about further invites. Existing players can hold two characters in game. A third character can be applied, if players can prove they have met activity requirements for two consecutive months with their existing two characters and have stayed engaged with the game. If you don't have an invite, somehow stumbled upon this neck of the woods, and you’d like to stay, drop the mod journal a line — we'll try to figure it out.

As of Oct. 1, cast/game caps are off. Please note, as of Dec. 1, Eastbound only has 3-4 months of gameplay left.

WHAT CHARACTERS CAN BE APPLIED?

YES: canon and original characters, if they have a solid and consistent personality and background. Characters brought in after they've died are a-okay. For characters taken from a time point just as they're in the process of dying, please read below on meeting medical requirements.

NO (at this time): real people, original characters set in a canon environment, characters from canons or canon instalments that have been released for less than one month, characters with imported development from other games (CRAU), alternate universe, or gender-swapped versions of canon characters.

Children or characters with very specific medical/magical/environment needs: appable, but please make a note of how your character will ICly meet their requirements and stay alive. Likewise, if you are applying for a character taken just as they're dying, provide a suggestion for how they can be kept alive on arrival (this might be easier in some app cycles than others). You can bend the world a little to make miracles happen (ex: a substitute for the medication your character needs to survive can be found for a high price at certain apothecaries, etc.)

Characters that were dropped or swept by activity checks: yes, but they’ll come back without their previous memories, if they are applied in by a different player.

APPLICATION FORM & INSTRUCTIONS

EXISTING / RETURNING PLAYERS

<b><Small>PLAYER NAME</small>:</b> <b><small>CONTACT</small>:</b> <b><small>CHARACTER</small>:</b> <b><small>CANON</small>:</b> <b><small>CANON POINT</small>:</b> <b><small>BACKGROUND</small>:</b> link out or write no more than two-three paragraphs...! <b><small>PERSONALITY</small>:</b> bullet points a-okay, or written out. You can also link out to it, if you agree to what's on your wikia. <b><small>SAMPLE</small>:</b> a written sample or one or more threads to show your character's personality. <b><small>NOTES</small>:</b> you know the ropes, jot down if your character has any world-breaking powers or accommodations you need for them!

NEW PLAYERS

<b><Small>PLAYER NAME</small>:</b> <b><small>CONTACT</small>:</b> <b><small>REFERRED BY</small>:</b> Who invited you, please? c: <b><small>CHARACTER</small>:</b> <b><small>CANON</small>:</b> <b><small>CANON POINT</small>:</b> <b><small>BACKGROUND</small>:</b> written or linked history both fine. Bullet points also a-okay. If no information is available in English, please write this out in short. <b><small>ABILITIES | POWERS</small>:</b> Include any relevant power restrictions, so you don’t break our playground. <b><small>PERSONALITY</small>:</b> make sure this ties back to the character’s time point and background. <b><small>SAMPLE</small>:</b> one or more samples to showcase the nuances of your character’s personality. Submit at least one prose sample of five comments or more. You can link memes, PSL or other game threads, provided they took place within the last 12 months. You can also write a single prose sample in the game or character canon setting, if you think you can cover good introspective ground that way, or a top level with enough variety to show how the character engages in various scenarios. <b><small>INVENTORY</small>:</b> No world-breaking items. For living or magical beings, or anything colossal (think... Gundams...) please let's talk beforehand! <b><small>SUITABILITY</small>:</b> Eastbound is a plot-heavy game that typically features sleuthing, action and the undead. How is your character likely to deal with all that (and the game bear)? <b><small>NOTES</small>:</b> Are there any particular accommodations your character will need? How do you propose to handle that?

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Comments

[yeahmagnets]

Hello!
Yeah, I can definitely ditch the headcanon stuff. Most of it is just expansion on things that are talked about in the show, but the only things that were completely headcanon were Jesse's undiagnosed ADHD and his parents not allowing him to go to art school. Also that he was specifically kicked out of his house because he failed out of college (when he went to live with his aunt).

That being said, the ideas weren't plucked out of thin air. There is a lot in-show that points to his interest in visual arts while growing up (old sketchbooks/drawings of his that are looked at in detail), the way his parents fawn over his younger brother Jake (an overachiever) while snubbing Jesse make me believe there is a specific path they would have liked him to follow which he didn't,and some of his mannerisms/habits align with symptoms of ADHD (executive functioning issues, impulsiveness, fidgeting, easy to distract, difficulty with focusing on certain things, etc.) He did leave his parents' house to live with his Aunt Ginny and he also only attended college for one week at DeVry doing data entry. It's just that they don't specifically say he went to live with his aunt because his parents kicked him out for that specific reason.

That being said, I'm totally cool with sticking to things that are specifically discussed in show. I usually use headcanon to fill in the holes/round out the gaps in their stories, but I have no problem with leaving some things out. A lot of his past is unlikely to come up in scenes or dialogue anyway and is largely just for my own brain :).

ACCEPTED

[groundrules]

Thanks so much for being so understanding and for the clarifications! Happy to have him on the provision of removing the purely headcanon bits. Hopefully this doesn't constrict your playstyle too much, and please be in touch if you find that it does — we'll figure something out. Otherwise:


ADMIN

When you have a second, have a last read through the game rules and comment to the TAKEN LIST.

Join eastbound, lostcompass, westwhere. Feel free to make an OOC intro post on lostcompass, if you want!

Alternatively, a CR meme and the plotting post of our next log event will be up tomorrow, 31 March.

All game updates are posted on lostcompass, but you can also follow eastbound. You’ll get a private message with an invite to the informal game discord server, once you comment to the Taken List.

If you’re not already served on that front, we have some custom codes to help you set up a character inbox or permissions post. Both are entirely optional — feel free to customise at will!

Your character is exempted from activity requirements this month!

NOTES

Your character receives a shiny new pocket watch pendant with a mirror inside, which serves as a translator and communicator for written, video and audio interaction.

INTRO

Since quite a few folks in the application batch wanted or were open to a plottier intro, we’ll have a part in the upcoming travel Arc log that’s exclusive to new entrants, covering their arrival. Stay tuned!

[groundrules]

Heya! Just checking you got your acceptance comment, since notifs can be quite something — thanks!

[yeahmagnets]

Hi there! I saw the comment a little bit late. I've been dealing with some family things the past few days--I have a family member in the hospital right now, so I haven't been on dreamwidth much this week, but I fully plan on being active in the game. It's just been a rough week life-wise. I'm going to do all the adds and things tonight. Thanks for checking in :)

[groundrules]

Oh Gosh, please don't worry at all — focus on your relative, really hope that they're okay and on the road to a smooth recovery! Mostly checked in because half my own dw notifs go missing — but this is absolutely not a primary concern right now, all the best!