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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.
Kabal | Mortal Kombat | Not Reserved
Name: Sydney
Contact:
Current Characters: n/a
Name: Kabal
Canon: Mortal Kombat
Canon Point: End of Mortal Kombat 11 after Liu Kang defeats Kronika and the sands of time rewind, but before he goes all the way back to the beginning of time.
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): n/a
World Description: n/a
Character History: MK Wiki. Note: Ignore the Biography section at the top of this page, as the two blurbs written there contradict each other. Mortal Kombat (2011) is the version I'm using.
CRAU History: n/a
Personality:
Kabal is selfish, greedy and lazy. He started out in the Black Dragon, a mercenary organization that sold weapons to both sides of a war and would do anything to make a profit no matter how illegal or amoral. Money is his main motivation, but he'd backstab anyone else if it benefited him in some way. The rest of the Black Dragon are people he works with in order to facilitate getting money, he doesn't actually like any of them, and particularly hates Kano, their leader. While he talks about wanting to take over the Black Dragon he's very much a follower and not a leader – he's too self-centered to have anyone obey him and long-term strategy is not his strong suit.
After a falling out with Kano, he joined the NY police force as a way to put his skills to use and go legit. He's shown protecting his partner Stryker, but he's antagonistic and sarcastic constantly. This wasn't a complete change of heart for him as he's still looking out for himself and doesn't act how a police officer is expected to. He'd rather avoid conflict and take the easy way out then charge into battle and risk injury to himself.
He curses, he's snarky, he makes smart-ass comments whenever he can and is very self-aware. After being burnt he makes jokes about looking like beef jerky and being the fastest chunk of bbq alive.
While he's definitely not a good person, he does have empathy and sometimes makes decent choices and can play at being the hero. But deep down he's still very selfish and could be easily convinced to do just about anything if the price was right.
Friendships aren't something he values, and instead has a bunch of acquaintances who he can get things out of, though sometimes he'll help them out in return.
Other warriors killed and revived as undead revenants have mental breakdowns or massive amounts of PTSD when reverted back to human. Kabal doesn't care. What he did as a revenant is unpleasant because Shinnok and Kronika aren't people he wants to be serving, but a fight is a fight and he got something out of it, so it's all the same to him. For being so selfish, he's also easy going and even tempered. He's never portrayed as angry because ultimately he simply doesn't care enough about anything to put forth the effort of being mad.
He's not a schemer nor does he plan ahead. None of his motivations are subtle and he will flat-out admit that he doesn't have a shred of decency or selflessness. His laziness is a big hindrance to him moving up the ranks but it's also the reason that he can be convinced into doing the 'right thing' by the good guys. Whatever is easiest is what he'll be doing. If he could get paid to fight all day instead of doing anything else he absolutely would. Other things involve work and planning and he hates both those things. Beating people up is way easier.
To sum up he is lazy, selfish, and amoral, but he's also charismatic, witty, and easy to get along with.
CRAU Development: N/A
Powers/Abilities:
Hooksword Fighting: He's adept at fighting with sharpened hook swords, and is incredibly agile and fast. Here's what they look like.
Speed: He has superhuman speed augmented by Outworld magic from when Shang Tsung healed him after being burnt to a crisp.
Teleportation: He can run so fast that he pops out the other side of the stage in MK. How this would work in a game setting is that he can start running, disappear for a few seconds and show back up a short distance away. It needs to be line of sight, and around 50ish feet at the most. He can't go through walls, but he could run through hindering terrain like boxes or fire. He does need a running start for this so he wouldn't really be able to do it in a normal indoor setting.
Inventory:
Hookswords, two masks (the half mask with teeth, and his default full mask), all the clothing he's wearing here, his Black Dragon jacket, a couple of filter canisters for his respirator, wallet with his police badge and a small pocketsized toolkit (screwdriver, pliers etc.) for working on the respirator.
Anything Else? Kabal's mask is part of a life-support respirator that keeps him alive, without it he'd be unable to breathe properly and would pass out after about ten minutes and eventually die. It helps him breathe and purifies the air, so it would give him moderate protection from airborne poisons or toxins, but it's not a proper filtration system nor is it airtight to his face.
Prior to the sands of time rewinding, Kabal was an undead revenant who was resurrected after his death by the sorcerer Quan Chi to serve the Elder God Shinnok. The revenant process strips them of their humanity and turns them into greedy monsters, but since that's how Kabal is normally, nothing much changed for him. The one headcanon change I'd like for him is that when the sands reverse at the end of the game he becomes human again – mostly because otherwise he wouldn't eat or sleep. Let me know if that's not okay and I can play him as a revenant.
Well this sucks. I know I'm just saying what everyone is thinking but it needed to be said. There. Took one for the team. You're welcome.
Anyway.
Who has more information than Mr. In-flight safety video man from when I showed up? Like you know.... food. Food would be good. There's a vending machine full of rotting junk and I didn't even know tortilla chips could mold so that's saying something.
Bar seems fine though. So I guess it's not all bad.
Back on point, if you know anything useful, now's the time. Sharing is caring.
Prose/Brackets Sample: TDM post
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