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hadrielhelp2017-08-30 10:44 am
hadrielmods) wrote in hadrielhelp2017-08-30 10:44 am
APPLICATION
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Received Applications
Thank you for your interest in the game! Before you get started writing that super awesome app, you should check out our FAQ and Rules page. Now, onto the nitty-gritty:
1. Apps are open on the 1st-7th of every month.
2. You may apply for up to 2 characters per app round.
3. Reserves and Applications are judged on a first-come, first-serve basis.
4. [Edit 11/30/2016] Applications are now capped at 20 apps per cycle. The received application page will be updated when we are nearing or have hit the cap. Any apps submitted while the received application page has less than 20 names on it will be considered valid.
5. You may apply for a character without a reserve.
6. Please copy the textbox in its entirety and fill out every field that applies to your character.
7. Respond to this post with either the full app in the comments, or a link to the app in a character journal.
8. Your comment title should be in the format of Character Name | Canon Name | Reserved/Not Reserved.
9. Apps must be complete at time of posting. If we find that a posted app does not have all required sections filled out, then the player will be notified and will have 24 hours to complete any blank sections. Any apps with missing sections after the 24 hour period will be rejected.
10. All comments are screened, we will not unscreen comments without player permission.
11. Our app process has three possible outcomes.
► Accepted: Congratulations, you've been accepted into Hadriel! Please read the acceptance notice carefully and follow the instructions therein.
► Revisions: Happens to everyone. We'll ask for revisions on any particular section if we need clarification or feel like there's not enough information to make a decision. We allow three days for revisions before the app is automatically rejected.
► Rejected: We will reject applications if we feel like the character breaks one of our app rules (listed in the FAQ section), if sections of the app are missing, or if we feel that too many revisions would be required to accept it. We will reject applications after the third revision request.
12. If your app has been rejected, you may reapply for that character in the next app round.
13. All app notifications will go out at the same time, after applications close.
14. The intro log will be posted on the 10th of each month.
Personality Update!
Personality Update
Being captured and broken by Jacob has done terrible things to Pratt's personality and sense of self. Emotionally he's lost and floundering, submissive and almost cowardly. He was never a fan of confrontation, but now that's been enhanced into trying to avoid any situation where he might have to act independently. Instead of fight or flight he has a binary system based on Weak or Strong - is the person he's interacting with 'strong'? Then he'll be submissive to them. If they're 'weak' he might be aggressive at first, but it's unsustainable. He'd back down quickly, without someone behind him he wouldn't have the confidence to really impose his will on anyone.
Even though he's obsessed with strength, he himself is incredibly weak, not only physically but mentally. Without Jacob around he has to think for himself, and it's not going so well. Between his normal cadence of being calm and silent there's also moments where he's teetering on the edge of a breakdown, keeled over and holding his head as his internal thoughts fight with everything Jacob has implanted in his mind. He's not the same person he was before, and he never will be; irreparably damaged from the conditioning, from being broken down again and again until he's not sure who he is anymore. He's definitely a follower rather than a leader, he'll never be one to take charge unless he's in a situation where he feels like he's the only strong one. And even then he'd rather someone give him orders and think for him than have that sort of responsibility.
Without Jacob around to give him commands, he's going to have to dig deep and try and recall what the old Deputy Pratt was like, but it'll be rough. The torture he endured has done a great job of fracturing his self confidence and making his memories seem distant and almost like they belong to someone else. He used to be a joking smartass who tried to avoid problems and joined the police force for the sole purpose of getting laid. And while there's a bit of that still around, the conditioning is still too fresh for him to feel up to joking about much of anything.
In non-Jacob related things, he's a fan of animals - he liked the Judges that Jacob made out of the local wolves. He understands and relates to them better than he does to people - he doesn't have to explain himself to a wolf. After being fed dog food and human meat he's becoming a vegetarian and will probably be nauseous if ever confronted with chunks of meat again. He spends a lot of time sitting around staring at the wall, trying to sort out his thoughts which makes him seem depressive and aloof, but he can warm up to people and he'd honestly rather be doing anything else than being lost in his own mind.
He'd love to get back into the routine of being a deputy again and recover some sense of normalcy in his life. The more occupied his mind is the less he'll dwell on Jacob's conditioning and the less likely he'll be to have a complete breakdown. He needs to keep himself busy so he's not hearing Jacob's voice in his head 24/7. He does earnestly want to help people and be a useful member of society, he just has trouble beating down the voice in his head telling him he's worthless and weak.
However; when stressed he'll be a nervous wreck, panicking and not knowing what to do. He has to make his own decisions again, and he can only assume what Jacob would want him to do which will cause him to freeze and be tentative. This usually leads to him doing nothing at all, frozen and waiting for something to happen. He'll also babble about strength and culling and weakness because the words bring comfort to him now - even though he desperately wishes they didn't.
He believes in Jacob's doctrine and thinks that Joseph is right, but he's constantly fighting those beliefs, trying to push them down because deep inside he knows that he didn't used to believe that. And it's not that Jacob opened his eyes to some new truth, he starved him for weeks while reciting it at him and Pratt wasn't strong enough to resist. He hates himself for his weakness, for succumbing to being broken in the first place. Self-loathing and a need to prove he's not a pathetic waste are constantly at war which can make him somewhat moody. You're never sure which Pratt you're going to get at any moment: twitchy paranoid mess, Jacob's submissive drone, sarcastic but endearing jerk, or truly helpful and trying so hard to be normal old Deputy Pratt.
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