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Since the circumstances are somewhat different to simply putting someone on a test drive, the application form linked to this event is different too. Rather than focusing on personality and background information, we are going to focus on play style and in-character behaviour.

If you wish to apply for a character that you are playing in the fourth wall, please fill in the below application and post it on this post. The subject line should contain your character name and canon.

<B><I><BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG></B></I><br /><b>Name:</b><br /><b>Age:</b> If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18!<br /><b>Personal Journal:</b><br /><b>E-mail:</b><br /><b>AIM/MSN/etc:</b><br /><br /><B><I><BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG></B></I><br /><b>Name:</b> First, Last (Western order)<br /><b>Canon:</b> Name only.<br /><b>Age:</b> Real / Apparent, if applicable.<br /><b>Timeline:</b> At which point of the canon were they taken from?<br /><br /><b>Appearance/Chosen PB:</b> Only applicable for original characters.<br /><b>Items with character at canon point</b>: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions.<br /><b>If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?</b>: This is only to be used if are already playing another character from the canon you are applying for. For example, if you are apping Mario and you already play Princess Peach in the game, <b>how will you handle their interactions without playercesting?</b> Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for.<br /><br /><b>Personality:</b> You may link this. If there is no wiki available or the wiki is not very detailed, you may supplement it or supply a bulleted list of positive/negative traits with brief examples or connections to canon events (ie - Brave [canon event which shows bravery]. For 'canon OC' characters (those with very little canon), headcanon may be applied. Please indicate headcanon with italics.<br /><br /><b>Background:</b> You may link this. If there is no wiki available or the wiki is not very detailed, please give us a brief overview of your characters background. For 'canon OC' characters (those with very little canon), headcanon may be applied. Please indicate headcanon with italics.<br /><br /><b>World Information:</b> Only applicable to original characters. Tell us about your characters world and their place in it. There is a two paragraph minimum for this, as there is no other way for us to find out about your OC's origins.<br /><br /><b>Abilities:</b> This can be linked or given in a bulleted list.<br /><br /><b>Samples:</b> For fourth wall character applications, we require links to at least three threads which took place during the event, to a length of at least ten of your comments each. These can be in any format, style or tense, but MUST show us that you have a good grasp of your character.

PLAYER
Name:
Age: If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18!
Personal Journal:
Method of contact: 

CHARACTER
Name: First, Last (Western order)
Canon: Name only.
Age: Real / Apparent, if applicable.
Timeline: At which point of the canon were they taken from?
Items with character at canon point: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: This is only to be used if are already playing another character from the canon you are applying for.

Personality: You may link this. If there is no wiki available or the wiki is not very detailed, you may supplement it or supply a bulleted list of positive/negative traits with brief examples or connections to canon events (ie - Brave [canon event which shows bravery].

Background: You may link this. If there is no wiki available or the wiki is not very detailed, please give us a brief overview of your characters background.

World Information: Only applicable to original characters. Tell us about your characters world and their place in it. There is a two paragraph minimum for this, as there is no other way for us to find out about your OC's origins.

Abilities: This can be linked or given in a bulleted list.

Samples: OPTION A: We require links to at least three threads which took place during the event, to a length of at least FIVE of your comments each. These can be in any format, style or tense, but must show us that you have a good grasp of your character.
OPTION B: TWO samples, both of which take place within the game setting. These must show us that you have a good grasp of your character's behaviours and internal thought processes.

We will be accepting fourth wall character applications until 11:59 PST on Sunday, March 19th. After this, you will be required to fill in the expanded form.

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alaric saltman l the vampire diaries l not reserves

[daydrinker]

PLAYER
Name: Brandon
Age: 28
Personal Journal:
E-mail:
AIM/MSN/etc: manipulative

CHARACTER
Name: Alaric Saltzman
Canon: The Vampire Diaries
Age: 35, though he looks like his age, but, he is a vampire
Timeline: 6x2 "Yellow Ledbetter"

Appearance/Chosen PB: N/A
Items with character at canon point: The clothes on his back, which include a dark green v-neck, dark grey jeans, and a pair of boots. Plus the keys to his office, car, and apartment in Whittemore, Elena's letter she wrote herself for why she had her relationship with Damon compelled away, and finally, a bag of psych books he'd been using
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?:N/A

Personality: wiki

Background: wiki

World Information: N/A

Abilities:

Before becoming a vampire, Alaric had no supernatural-slash-extraordinary powers. He was human. But, he had a knack for creating weapons used to defend himself against vampires and werewolves. This is true of his wrist-stake launcher and vervain/wolfsbane bombs. He also crafted vervain jewelry. And he's got a green thumb for vervain having tended his own garden. Alaric had also taught himself self defense. He's still a great shot with a cross bow and a gun.

Now, as a vampire he has...

☓ enhanced speed, ontop of that, the ability to "appear" behind you/in rooms super quietly.
☓ appearing in a flash, essentially.
☓ the ability to jump really high
☓ enhanced strength
☓ enhanced senses (sight, smell, taste and especially hearing, vampires can hear conversations from across a room)
☓ when the fangs come out, his eyes go black, red-black veins protrude outward (this also happens when he's hungry)
☓ the ability to compel a human not on vervain - this is making eye contact and getting them to do something/say something/forget that anything happened whatsoever
☓ he can manipulate a persons' dream state, especially when they're weakened, this is easier with humans, though, he hasn't had time to cultivate this power, it's just in his arsenal
☓ through the character of lexi, it's been illustrated that some older vampires can fabricate illusions. Lexi causes Stefan to think he's been starving for years, while Damon wastes his time manipulating fog and sending a crow places. he hardly ever uses this. again, he's owhere near this level of discipline, nor does he care enough but, just making a note of it to be thorough
☓ a vampire can never age, and they heal faster from injuries
☓ his blood can also heal a human's injuries
☓ if he feeds you his blood and you die, you wake up in transition to become a vampire

Being a vampire also means there are weaknesses...

☓ a vampire needs to be invited into a dwelling
☓ a vampire can't walk into the sunlight, but alaric has a ring that lets him walk in the sun, without it, he burns
☓ fire, a stake through the heart, sunlight, and a werewolf (or hybrid) bite are all lethal to vampires.
☓ vervain weakens a vampire if ingested or injected. it also burns. (but it also keeps an original vampire from being able to compel them)
☓ being stabbed by anything wooden is excruciating but not fatal, this is the same with wooden bullets
☓ feeding on animal blood makes a vampire weaker than say if they fed on human blood (which damon does, usually from a bag depending on canon point)
☓ older vampires are stronger but hybrids do seem to be the exception

According to canon, however, Alaric is a separate kind of - unkillable original vampire. His life force was tied to that of Elena's. When she died, he died. So, that happened but he's back. Only a white oak stake can kill him.

Samples:

sample one.

[ He spends days in the library, sometimes all day, because unlike other libraries this one isn't organized. When he returns, a book he'd found isn't there. He's taken to taking the books with him, screw that it's a library, he may not even bring it back this time. He thinks if he looks hard enough something about this city will make sense. Cities have history. Everywhere has history.

Some days he gets caught up on an autobiography from someone he's never heard of who couldn't exist, not openly. But, the psychometric pyromaniac who became a fireman is too good to put down. It's not long before he realizes some of the nonfiction and fiction come from all different worlds.

It's really the thing that's hardest to wrap his head around. Another world. But, it tracks. Nothing matches and the closest thing that the architecture might come to is an updated Edwardian England, what with the clock tower. Everything but the obelisk, anyway, and he keeps his distance from the Obelisk.

He begins to build his own personal library from the library and if a librarian gives him grief, he doesn't hesitate to compel them. It's something he doesn't like doing. Of all the vampires in Mystic Falls, he uses his compulsion the least. But, when it's necessary and he's in a foreign land like this, he has no qualms using it. The only other time he'd used it (when not brought back by Esther, after) was to compel Damon from Elena's mind - and that's moot now considering she's from just after becoming a vampire. So, the local librarian becomes his best friend. She smiles now when he takes books in bags with him. You may notice that she's even taken to tidying up and trying to start a system. Not that the won't take months. But, it's a start.

His main point of focus is getting Elena a daylight ring. He knows there's magic out there that can be practiced without being witch. And he knows how Emily Bennett made them. And if he can't tap into that magic, then there has to be something out there for her. She shouldn't need to be stuck inside all day and every day.

Alaric will find answers. ]

sample two.

[ If he didn't need to drink to curb the cravings, he'd still drink. Jenna's alive. Elena's not from when he remembers her from, and apparently, on something called "The Barge," Elena had a girlfriend. The idea that an Elena could be in another isolated world is brain breaking. Cross-dimensionally. All that said, most nights he can be found at The Black Stallion. It's very much his taste, and prefers it this way. Apparently, it used to have a cowboy theme and he thinks the new look is much improved. He doesn't even need to see the old look, the new look is an upgrade.

In solidarity with a gesture Damon made when he was on the Other Side, he keeps the seat to his right empty, and doesn't hesitate to be less than nice about it if somebody asks. It's Damon's seat.

Breaking what happened to Damon, to Elena, won't be easy. Jenna being here and not dead isn't easy. Being here, while a blessing in some ways, isn't easy. So, he drinks. Often. He drinks because if he finds a way home, there's no telling when they return to if they can. Is he sending Jenna back to her untimely death? Gone before her time? Is he sending Elena to Silas, to Jeremy dying, to the Travelers -- he doesn't know. And Alaric doesn't like not knowing.

He has an even higher tolerance than he used to (and that's saying something) so he runs up quite the tab most nights. At this point, he should work for the bar, but he was always studious. Tending bar wouldn't exactly thrill him. It's much more Damon's style. Or, that would be owning the bar.

He encourages Elena's drinking, if she feels like it, especially to curb the cravings. They're not exactly home. And it's not as if he ever paid attention to the drinking age. ]

plus his TDM thread

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