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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.
Hayato Gokudera | Katekyou Hitman Reborn! | Not Reserved
Name: Robin
Contact: PM or Plurk
Current Characters: N/A
Name: Hayato Gokudera
Canon: Katekyo Hitman Reborn!
Canon Point: End of Chapter 282: Gokudera is being pulled from the end of the Ten Years Later Arc. After a trip to the future, he should be returning to his own time.
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): Gokudera spent 21 months on Amoi, in a game called Tanagura, where he was deemed a mongrel simply by his hair color, placed in the slums, and could have returned to his home world if he could only earn enough bytes (the currency) to do so. Gokudera experienced a lot of discrimination, stepped in to stop some hate crimes, and generally spent most of his stay looking for his family, and helping as a nurse in a clinic in an area predominantly run by other mongrels.
World Description: N/A
Character History: Here and here
CRAU History: Gokudera was property twice on Amoi, and lived comfortably as such until his first Pet Contract expired. The second loss occurred when his owner left the game. Considering Tanagura was a sex-game, Gokudera had to get close to many different people, and he actually learned to get along with others for his own benefit and happiness. He worked in the slums of Midas, so saw his fair share of death and illness regularly. He'd been abducted by the Black Market to have his organs harvested, fought back and broke out many captives, and grew attached to some Elites who all eventually left the game. He'd fought back against law-enforcement to protect bystanders in a riot, and attempted to take down the Elites' malfunctioning, high-tech (robotic, if I remember correctly) authorities when they went berserk in the golden city of Tanagura. Gokudera did his best to keep out of politics in the game (mostly because plot information was rewarded OOC as AC Rewards), because he wanted to rely on his boss. Sawada Tsunayoshi was on Tanagura briefly and took seemingly no political action. He also provided his right-hand man with no direction other than to help others and take care of himself. Tsuna's goal was to get every one of his friends back home.
Personality: Based on first impressions, Gokudera Hayato is a grumpy teenager who just wants to be left alone. He’s got an explosive temper, and regularly brandishes dynamite and threats before working out constructive solutions to his problems. He’s often smoking cigarettes, slouching, and keeping to himself. Though he tries to ignore or avoid most people who approach him, Gokudera is fairly competitive, and gets into wildly immature arguments easily. He's easy to offend, and has next to no patience for anyone older or younger than him.
Depending on who Gokudera meets, it is usually a challenge for him to relate to them and find common ground in conversation. If he can find some way of benefiting from it, he will search for more in interactions rather than small talk. It is important for him to weed out people who could help or harm his family. After all, having spent five years homeless and trying to prove himself, he expects most people are also acting on something to prove. There’s always some suspicion of an ulterior motive, and Gokudera is always trying to be a few steps ahead.
Gokudera does not make friends easily. The people that he is closest to are the ones that challenge him, intrigue him, or earn his respect. Gokudera is only rough on the outside as a means to protect himself. After trying to make a respectable mafioso of himself and only being mocked by other families, Gokudera is nothing short of defensive. He wants to appear as perfect for his ideal job as the Tenth Vongola’s right-hand man as possible, and will stop at nothing to achieve that.
He is rarely seen in the manga being alone, and when he is, Gokudera is calm, brooding, and always plotting his next steps. He is constantly building himself, and looking for ways to improve. Gokudera isn't necessarily a good person all the time, though he is reserved and can be courteous when the situation calls for it. There are moments of kindness and tenderness, when he finds someone or something helpless that needs attention. He was deprived of affection so much in his youth that he craves it, even when he can no longer be on the receiving end. He can get along well with others when he's in a good mood, too.
Gokudera is bubbling with eagerness to explore the unusual and mysterious. There is an instance when he tries to exorcise a demon, and he appears somewhat superstitious, jumping to wild conclusions at times, but it seems he mostly has a vivid imagination. During an interview, he tries to educate another character about aliens and UFOs. He’s strange and embarrassed to talk about it, likely because his hobby as “Mystery Hunter“ has nothing to do with the mafia, and he’s bashful about something so personal.
At his core, Gokudera is a loyal and caring friend who is hyper-critical of himself and eager to be depended on. He lives on his own, has a part-time job, and does excellent in school. From the canon point I’m taking him from, Gokudera has learned to act on his role as his boss’s friend by taking better care of himself. He’s also learned how to work better with other members of the family.
CRAU Development: After a year in Tanagura, Gokudera began believing he was a native to the planet of Amoi. He became more angry with Elites, and would tend to avoid them given how he'd seen the only ones he'd like leave him. Growing attached to anyone became dangerous to Gokudera on Amoi, and so in the later half of his stay in the game (9 months), he reverted to his lone-wolf tendencies. His personality didn't change drastically, but he did grow more guarded against Elites (anyone with black, brown, purple, blue, or green hair).
Gokudera had been made aware of the brainwashing of transplant citizens via another character's network post, and was advised to keep a journal. When he started to have memories that led him to believe he was an Amoi native, he reached out to his castmates, read through his journal, and learned to doubt his memories. He does not believe he is a native to Amoi, and will not upon his arrival on Anchor, but he will slip up as his real memories from Earth take back over.
Also, considering Tanagura was a sex game, Gokudera learned to tolerate other people. However, after being thrown in jail, drugged, and interrogated for being close to an Elite, he became more careful around them. He readily avoids and/or flinches if there's a possibility of cross-caste touching.
Powers/Abilities: Gokudera has dynamite on him, but he also has an entire weapon system that utilizes his Dying Will Flames
Inventory: Dynamite: probably like 8 sticks and four mini-bombs. He can make more, but he seemingly pulls them out of nowhere in canon.
Vongola Storm Box Weapon *which houses his Sistema C.A.I.*
Cigarettes and a zippo lighter
A robotic-leather half choke collar that operates as Gokudera's Pet Ring
The Vongola Sky Ring hanging off his pet ring
A pill bottle filled with meal-substitute capsules
A laser pocket knife
He won't have a change of clothes, but know that he usually wears too many accessories to count (I can if you need me to. It's actually laughable).
Anything Else? Considering Gokudera's CRAU is from a sex game with a dangerous black market, and his canon has him growing up on the wrong side of the mafia, CR with Gokudera can contain mentions of dark themes! Here's a list of Content Warnings to those themes that could be mentioned: Underage Sex, Mentions of Dub-Con, Underage drug use, Torture, Human Trafficking, Organ Trafficking, and Child Abuse/Neglect
It... doesn't feel at all like anyone else came from Amoi. No one's mentioned Elites or mongrels, or any of the struggles of life against that oppressive system. Oh well. He's got to get his priorities in order. First things first as the audio recording starts.]
Has anyone met a man named Sawada Tsunayoshi? [There, if family is about, they'll have to answer a question like that. If no one else has heard, that he's probably safe and sound in Namimori Japan... still without his right-hand man, but still safe. He's got to focus on that. The Tenth can take care of himself.]
If you haven't... thank you for your time. [Ending the feed there.]
Prose/Brackets Sample: Here
Accepted.
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