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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.
Eudora Patch | The Umbrella Academy | Reserved
Name: Ophelia
Contact: PMs to the journal are fine
Current Characters: Cho Takahashi
Name: Detective Eudora Patch
Canon: The Umbrella Academy
Canon Point: S1E4
CRAU Timeline/Game(s): n/a
World Description: n/a
Character History: here
CRAU History: n/a
Personality: Patch is the eternal optimist. Even Diego, who has super ridiculous levels of difficulty dealing with feelings or any sort of complex emotion is drawn to that in her, saying that the thing he likes most about her is her ability to see the good in people. Some might think that spending years as a police officer would diminish that. Far from it. It's the driving force behind her career choice. She wants to be the one cleaning up the streets because she wants the chance to help criminals rehabilitate themselves when possible, instead of throwing their whole lives away on stupid mistakes.
She's also incredibly stubbourn, which is in part what allows her to keep that optimism. When she decides she's going to do something, she does it. he sticks with thing, she follows through, no matter what it is or how hard it may be, no matter what unexpected challenges get thrown in her path, she does not relent. Even when she maybe should. Though, the flip side of that is that she's one of the most determined people you will ever meet. There is no problem that she can't overcome, given enough time. She truly believes this. It's been her experience in life that she can do anything she sets her mind to. She is smart and driven and utterly relentless. Good luck trying to keep her down with anything less than a bullet.
She has a very clearly defined moral compass. She knows what she thinks is right and what she thinks is wrong, and she's not willing to cross the line. It's too deeply ingrained in who and what she is. She can't separate herself from it, and even if she could, she would not want to.
Her confidence extends to every area of her life. It's what allowed her to deal with Diego and his emotional shortcomings for such a long time. Whatever he was going through, whatever poor decisions he made when it came to handling his feelings, it couldn't shake her sense of self. She knows she is smart, capable, beautiful, strong, and kind. No one will convince her otherwise. Her parents raised her to know who she is and what she's worth, and she does them proud on both counts. This can make her almost painfully blunt if she's not careful. It's taken a lot of work for her to soften her demeanour enough to be able to get people to trust her, and to deal with more sensitive individuals. It's not easy. It's something she works at every day. She knows it's important, though. Just because you aren't sure of yourself, that doesn't mean you deserve anything less than her best. Considering that she works so often with victims and traumatized witnesses, it's something she's constantly attempting to improve. She wants to be able to relate to everyone, no matter how much work it takes.
CRAU Development: n/a
Powers/Abilities: Is putting up with Diego's shit for as long as she did a superpower? Cause it seriously should be.
Inventory: The clothes on her back, badge, gun, wallet, and the normal crap that a person has in their pockets. She's didn't die with much on her.
Anything Else?
[ The satellite phone feels like a radio in her hand, which is strangely comforting. It's also why she sticks with the audio broadcast option. ]
This is Detective Eudora Patch. I'm sure I'm not the only one with questions. This must be very confusing and a little bit scary for a lot of us. The important thing to remember is that we're not here alone, we're not going through this alone. We can make it through this, together. We just need to take care of one another.
if anyone needs someone to talk to, or wants to explore but is afraid to do it on their own, I'm at--
[ She looks around, finds the name of what looks like a bar one storefront down, and repeats it, along with her best guess of how one would find the place. ]
I'll be here for a while. If you need something, please reach out. Don't try to deal with what's happening on your own. You don't have to.
Prose/Brackets Sample: here - The first thread is from several years before her canon point, so that might not be acceptable. The second one is an accurate representation of her canon point, and the only deviation from canon in that one is her surviving the gunshot, which means that every moment up until her death remains the same.
Accepted.
▶ Join the communities:
▶ Add yourself and your character to the Taken Characters page.
▶ (Optional) Introduce yourself and your character at the introductory CR & Plotting Meme or tag in at the monthly event log.
▶ (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.