applications

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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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ACCEPTED

[groundrules]

Thank you for your application!

ADMIN

Join eastbound, lostcompass, westwhere and comment to the TAKEN LIST within 72 hours of your acceptance note. A gamppide OOC intro / CR meme and plotting post goes up on 14 August.

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.

While Eastbound is fantasy-horror geared, if you OOCly have a common trigger that is likely to make you very uncomfortable in gameplay (ex: spiders), please flag it here. Best effort will be made to content warn and avoid pictures of it in event write-ups.

Take a look at our optional custom codes to help you set up a character inbox or permissions post.

While some participation is expected, your character is exempted from full activity requirements this month.

NOTES

That’s absolutely fine on light test drive meme retcons. Speak with your thread partners if you’d like to completely erase a thread!

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. It can read out translations of messages written out in native tongues.

…you can either come up with your character’s network username, or comment here if you prefer to receive a mod-assigned punny one.

INTRO

Your character joins the party during its sojourn at the House of Manouk. He may travel with them onwards, when they escape back into the real time of Akhuras… to a place of sweet, sweet respite.

There will be certain opt-in quests available in this period — if you change your mind and ultimately want a taste of plot, you can sign up for them shortly!

Please note: the Merchant has his ways of procuring information about his protegees. Given Wen Kexing’s… turbulent past, upon return to Akhuras and his official accession to the party, the Merchant will send along a gentle note:

Master Wen,

Greetings. I should hope this letter finds you in fine health, excellent disposition, and not hunched over, pulling your dagger out of one of my recruits.

Know that I am acquainted with your name, your reputation and your appetites. But I believe we can all choose to engage in the spirit of elegance and enjoy a certain degree of amnesty. That implies no hostility, no ill intent and no open violence with our allies. We can hold each other to that.

In fact, I expect it, on pain of personal disappointment to otherwise.

My humblest welcome,

A merchant

There is no need to respond.

[wifedup]

YOU KNOW WHAT, i kinda wanna see what punny username the mods would come up with so hit me.

[groundrules]

Given his background?

effort in vein

knife to meet you

abwhorent

[wifedup]

ABWHORENT. wow. that's beautiful.

i'm absolutely using that but i do wanna know, is it a game mechanic where it's chosen for him or does he get to choose it himself? either way is super funny. and also do i get to change it down the line or is it a hard stuck thing?

[groundrules]

These devices are often second-hand and respelled, so they can come with legacy names that your character receives. You can have him buy or steal a new device at some point and rename it then! Some characters have multiple devices (and usernames) as a result of that.

[wifedup]

he's gonna be like wow they got me down super well and then immediately try to amass more devices ( unsucessfully, the username is the greatest warning sign )

thanks!!!

[groundrules]

Excellent plan, buddy!