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applications.
Applications are currently: OPEN.
As of April 2021, Redshift is a sandbox game! We still have apps for some degree of quality control, but the form has been simplified to streamline the process for new players. Here's how it works:
▶ New Players joining us after April 2021 will need to submit an application for their first character coming into the game by using the appropriate form below. This is so we know who you are, and so we can make sure your character will be a good fit for our players!
▶ Returning/Current Players who have been with us since before April 2021 or are coming back to us only need to claim their character using the form below to bring in new characters. New players may do the same after two months.
▶ Returning/Current Players who have been with us since before April 2021 or are coming back to us only need to claim their character using the form below to bring in new characters. New players may do the same after two months.
Application Guide.
▶ Submission Format: All applications must be posted to this entry, and must fit within one comment with a subject line in the format of "CHARACTER NAME | CANON | RESERVED/NOT RESERVED." While applications should not be linked in the entry, players may link to an alternate source such as a wiki for the character's history and powers; for original characters, the world history may also be linked from an alternate source such as an entry on the character journal.
▶ Accepted Character Types: Fandom Characters, Original Characters; CRAU is welcome and encouraged. Please see the Rules & Game Standards page for more in-depth explanations of appable, non-appable, and case-by-case characters.
▶ Application Verdicts: Applications will receive a verdict of ACCEPTED, REVISIONS, or DECLINED. Revisions must be submitted within 48 hours of the revision request being sent out. If this is impossible due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the mod team. Declined applications can be reworked and resubmitted during the next application cycle. If an application is declined 3 times, it cannot be resubmitted.
▶ App Challenges & Reserves: Redshift will not have application challenges, but if you would like to apply for a character that is on reserve, please submit the application with "not reserved" noted in the subject line, and your application will be considered if the reserved application is declined or not turned in by the end of the application cycle. Applications will be processed on a first-come-first-served basis.
▶ Character Limits: Players may have a maximum of 3 characters in the game; the option to increase the number of character spaces may become available at a later date. A player may submit up to two applications at a time.
▶ Samples: Linked samples should be from a publicly accessible source, and no more than 1 year old. Screencaps or transcripts from locked sources are not acceptable as samples, unless the character is being apped as a CRAU from a locked game, and in these cases permission from the other participant(s) in the thread must be obtained and submitted as screencaps along with the sample. All samples should represent the character as they are being applied for; for example, samples cannot come from an AU setting or break the fourth wall (Dear Player, etc.) As long as they meet this criteria, samples from other games, museboxes, memes, other websites (Tumblr, Insanejournal, etc.) or any other source are acceptable. For CRAU samples a link from the character's original game would be preferable, in the form of a link to their tag on the relevant communities, or specific thread links.
Submit an Application.
To submit an application or claim a character, please fill out the information in the appropriate text box below, and paste it in a single comment in response to this entry. Applications should not be linked, though portions of them may be if a bulky history or world section would put them over the character limit for one comment.
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Name: Sydney
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Current Characters: Kabal, Deputy Pratt
Name: Genji Shimada
Canon: Overwatch
Canon Point: Post Recall. There's a good timeline breakdown here. He is 'current' to the game canon.
Character History: Link
Personality:
Genji is the silent and deadly cyborg ninja in Overwatch. In his youth he was a carefree playboy who shirked responsibility and spent his time getting drunk and laid and doing whatever he wanted. While that came to an abrupt end when his brother Hanzo cut off his arm, legs, slit his throat and left him for dead - some of that personality still remains. He can be carefree and happy go lucky, but due to his existence as a cyborg he's also full of deep-seated resentment and bitterness.
He claims to have come to terms with his status as not fully human nor machine through meditation and his time with Zenyatta at the Nepal monastery of the Shambali. Yet he still has moments of self doubt where he hates what he is and is filled with self loathing. He used to be an attractive party boy, yet now when he looks at himself he sees only the metal that's been grafted to his face to repair the damage, and the pieces of machinery that are now an undeniable part of him. He can't overlook the scars and trauma that live underneath his armor, and because of them he has become a far more private and reserved person. Where he used to be open and friendly and charismatic, he's now traumatized enough to keep people at a distance and it would take time to earn his trust.
There's a sullen and self-deprecating streak in him, that causes him to be withdrawn and dismissive. Even after time spent in meditation and reflection to become more at ease with who he is and less bitter, there's still the constant reminder that he's no longer who he was and no amount of peaceful contemplation will correct that. Though when he starts to spiral into moroseness he's fairly adept at calming himself down and trying to be tranquil and harmonious, as Zenyatta taught him.
In the time when he isn't dwelling on the past and what he's become he can be cheerful and childlike. He's a fan of Pachimaris and ramen and going to the arcade. He can go from wise parables about honor to talking about his high scores at the latest video game.
When he warms up to people he's friendly and loyal and acts much younger than 35. It will likely take him a while to be comfortable enough to remove his visor and let people see his face (let alone any other piece of his armor), especially since that will ruin his cool image the moment he smiles. His interpersonal skills aren't the greatest, but he can be incredibly endearing when he tries to be.
He's also a little bit of a showoff who will do kickass ninja moves for no reason just because he can. What good is the ability to double jump if not to use it to get things off high shelves or to avoid stairs?
Powers/Abilities: Link - clicking the circle icons will change the image to see all his main abilities. The end of the Swift Strike video shows how his shurikens reload through his arm. He can also:
Double jump
Climb walls
Wall run
Inventory:
Default armor, wakazashi, his main sword: Ryu Ichimonji, 24 shirukens, and this Pachimari Charm.
Only some of his armor is grafted to him (his right arm, legs below the knee, and then panels along his spine, jaw, chest and throat), the rest of it could come off, but he very rarely takes all of it off at once. The parts that are attached to him could technically be removed but it would be incredibly complicated and likely very painful.
Anything Else?
Sōmen - Spirit Dragon
Genji has an ancestral spirit dragon that is summoned when he unsheaths his main sword Ryu Ichimonji.
For the purposes of RP this basically functions like a familiar that he can absorb back into himself. It's about the size of a cat when it's out and can interact with the environment. When he's using it for his Ult power it becomes a larger transparent form that circles around him and increases his damage.
Personality wise it's basically a kind of dumb pet. It can't talk but thru their spirit bond it can share emotions with Genji. Basic things like: happy, distraught or scared. It doesn't need to eat but it will if offered food. It'll never be more than a few feet from Genji, and if forcibly taken away it would vanish back into him. It comes with an annoying pachimari squeaky toy because that's what a ninja needs.
Prose/Brackets Sample: TDM Post
Accepted.
▶ Join the communities:
▶ Add yourself and your character to the Taken Characters page.
▶ (Optional) Introduce yourself and your character with an entry to the OOC Community, and please hit up the mod post about October's introductory log, and request items for your character.
▶ (Optional) Join Redshift's Discord server by clicking this invite link.
▶ Activity Check Link: Please submit all activity for this character in the character's thread on the activity check post.
▶ For your character's experience upon arrival, please see the Arrival Page.