applications

[inthenightmods]

APPLICATIONS


PLAYERS: 46 / 70
(please note that this count is only updated when apps begin; the taken page is the most up-to-date list.)

canons at cap: N/A
canons approaching cap: marvel (6/7)

Applications are currently CLOSED.
In the Night's application system operates every other month. They will next open on May 22 at 12:01 AM EST!

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Hello, and welcome to In the Night! We're excited to have you, but before you apply, we ask that you familiarize yourself with the following:

• Make sure you look over the premise, rules, and FAQ pages.


• Be sure to check the taken page to make sure the character you want to app is not already spoken for.


• Current players apping second/third characters may app at any time during the application period, as they already occupy player slots.


• Applications will no longer be screened, but in the event that we receive more apps than we have available player slots, we'll inform the players that didn't quite make the cut-off. They'll be able to re-app in a future app cycle without consequence.


• App cycles begin at the end of the month, with applications always opening on the 22nd. Please check the calendar for exact dates. Judgments and questions will be handed out once applications close, and new characters will arrive in the game on the first day of the following month.


• There is currently a total game cap of 70 players, and a cast cap of 7 characters per cast. Each player may play a maximum of 3 characters.


• You are limited to 1 app per player per month.


• In the Night does not have a reserve period and there are no app challenges.


• We do accept proxy apps! If you won't be around when applications open, you're welcome to have a friend submit the app for you. As we ask that apps be written in separate journal entries and linked to this page, this should be as simple as dropping a link! We only ask that your friend include a note in the comment that it's a proxy application, just in case we need to contact you before the app is processed.

Application instructions/process:

• Make sure you fill out the application completely.


• The only section you are exempt from is the CRAU section, provided you are not playing a CRAU character.


• You are free to rearrange the sections of the app if you wish (everything under the world description, that is).


• You may provide links to wiki pages for the history and world sections, but if these are not informative enough, you may be asked to do a small write-up of your own.


• When posting apps, please post them to your character's journal and link them in the comments below. All comments on this page are initially unscreened, but you may lock your app to only be visible to the mod journal (@inthenightmods) if you wish. If you aren't sure how to do this, let us know and we'll walk you through it!


• The subject line should contain Name | Canon | New Player/Current Player.


• We require both log and network samples. One of these samples must be from our game's TDM, and one must be a thread with replies. One thread can meet both qualifications.


• We do not ask for revisions, we simply ask questions. Think of it as more of a dialogue than a correction. We may ask for clarification on certain points or ask for more information, but we generally won't ask you to change something.


• If you receive questions on your app, you must respond within 48 hours. Failure to do so will result in a rejection.


• If you want examples, please see the mod characters and sample apps in the comments.


• If you post your app after the player slots have been filled, we will keep you in a temporary queue to fill any player slots that become available between apps opening and our activity check closing, which happens at midnight on the last day of the month. In this event, we will contact you directly!


• The application (with guidelines) is in the box below:

<span style="font-size: 24px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;">PLAYER INFO</span> <blockquote><b>Player Name:</b> <b>Player Contact:</b> <b>Character(s) In-Game:</b> </blockquote> <span style="font-size: 24px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;">CHARACTER INFO</span> <blockquote><b>Character Name:</b> (Include aliases if they will be used in-game. For consistency's sake, please use the Western format of given name followed by surname.) <b>Age:</b> (Include how old they look if they are immortal or involved in other time shenanigans.) <b>Canon:</b> <br /><b>World Description:</b> (A wiki link is fine in the case of canon characters. For original characters, stick to 1-2 paragraphs.) <br /><b>History:</b> (Again, a wiki link is fine for canon characters. With original characters, try to stick to 1-2 paragraphs.) <br /><b>CRAU:</b> (You may delete this line or put NA if not playing CRAU. If you are playing CRAU, please describe your character's time in their other game, and how it changed or affected them. Remember that you may not stack more than one game's worth of CRAU.) <br /><b>Death:</b> (Briefly describe how your character died. If your character dies in canon and this is already included in the history section, then a few words will suffice.) <br /><b>What are your plans for this character in-game?</b> (These don't have to be concrete, and you're not locked into these ideas, but we at least encourage players to give this some thought. This could be your plans for character development, any plots your character may want to be involved with, etc. There are no wrong answers here, including "I'm not sure". We're more interested in your thought process.) <br /><b>What aspects of this game and/or its setting are you most interested in having this character engage with?</b> (Again, no wrong answers here. Consider this a little survey for mod purposes.) <br /><b>How does your character generally get along with other people?</b> (Note that characters who don't get along with people aren't going to be automatically rejected for it. We're simply encouraging applicants to think about how their characters will fare in a social situation.) <br /><b>What is your character's mental state upon entering the game?</b> (This could be related to their death, the canon they left behind, suddenly arriving in Beacon, etc.) <br /><b>Skills/Abilities:</b> (Some powers may require nerfing. Please see the FAQ for more information.) <br /><b>Flaws/Weaknesses:</b> (Please include not only personality flaws and physical weaknesses, but any phobias your character might have, and any people in their life that would count as a weakness. This information may be used for events.) <br /><b>Personality:</b> (Once again, 1-2 paragraphs will suffice. This section should simply cover the basics, and anything you feel is important that was not covered by the questions above. What sort of things do you keep in mind while playing this character? That's the stuff we're looking for.) <br /><b>Items:</b> (Remember that your character can only take what was on their person at the time of their death. Magic items may require nerfing, and all items/clothing will be in the condition they were in at death.)</blockquote> <span style="font-size: 24px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Century Gothic', 'Helvetica', sans-serif;">SAMPLES</span> <blockquote><b>Log Sample:</b> <a href="LINK">Link</a> <b>Network Sample:</b> <a href="LINK">Link</a> </blockquote>


RECEIVED APPLICATIONS
*players indicated with an asterisk are new to the game
APPLICATIONS FOR NEW PLAYERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AFTER THE CAP HAS BEEN REACHED
Current New Player Applications: 10/24

CHARACTER	CANON	JOURNAL	PLAYER
Fitz Kreiner	Doctor Who	rereremembered	Keri*
Ephrim	Friends at the Table: Seasons of Hieron	sunsbreath	Mawi
Jessica Jones	Marvel	underachievement	Pink*
Haein Seo	Original Character	unwieldy	Yuul*
Ventus	Kingdom Hearts	reposer	Jai*
Pudding Charlotte	One Piece	flangirl	Daz*
Angel	Borderlands	girlcorrupted	Tam*
Senri	+Anima	bear_necessities	Ket*
Getaway	Transformers IDW	discountstarscream	Lady*
Shouto Todoroki	My Hero Academia	swellter	Blythe*
Ardyn Izunia	Final Fantasy XV	immortalaccursed	Psi
Megara	Disney	bigtoughgirl	Carlee
Audrey Flowers	The Magicians	hedgeflowers	Chase*

QUICKNAV
comms	|	network • logs • memes • ooc
pages	|	rules • faq • taken • mod contact • player contact • calendar • setting • exploration • item requests • full nav

Comments

Daylight vis Lornlit | Original | Reserved

[sunborne]

❝ He is the Union of Two Worlds. The One Who Sets the Star Ablaze. The Holy Fire's Favoured. The- ❞ / ❝ Umm... Mister? 'Daylight' is fine. There's, like, no way that'll fit on my I.D.B bracket. ❞

[inthenightmods]

Hello and thank you for your interest in In the Night! Before we make a decision regarding your app, we'd like to ask some follow-up questions.

• What is the nature of arc energy? Is it magic, some kind of alien energy source, or something else?


• We appreciate you taking the initiative to nerf Daylight's abilities! We'd like to further suggest a bit of nerfing to his force field generation ability, though. Specifically, we're interested in altering it so that Daylight and others with him wouldn't be too impervious to things like risks that might come up during an exploration. We're fine with letting him have the shield so long as its not able to be used too frequently and/or can't hold off a barrage of attacks for an indefinite amount of time. Would you be alright with limiting this ability? If so, we're happy to let you determine the exact restraints. (It sounds like you already had something in mind re: the ability wearing him out like it did with his mother, which would be fine with us!)

Please respond to this comment with your answers! You'll have 48 hours to do so before your app is automatically rejected.

Keep in mind also that our asking for clarification/elaboration is not indicative of an incomplete or poorly-written app; we just want to know a little more about your character. As with the app, we ask that you keep your answers concise. Thank you!

[sunborne]

Not a problem, mods! Thank you for asking these questions.

Arc Energy
Arc energy is the Galateions' life/energy source. It's a lot like electricity, but much more volatile in use and much more prone to exploding in a shower of sparks and zaps that can cause serious harm to those who happen to be within its range. Arc energy is generated when Galateions or other mechanoids consume arc fuel - which is made by creathil crystals, a rare component in Daylight's universe at his point of time - and they break the fuel down into energy through their filtering systems. It's why Daylight's use of arc energy manipulation is dangerous to use since he's basically using his life source when in combat.

Force field generation
I'm more than happy to scale down this ability! (And I'm not gonna lie - After I pressed submit for my comment, I suddenly had a lot of ideas on how to scale down this power 0.5 seconds later. /o\) So I would like to scale down the ability in the following ways:

- Daylight will be unable to use this ability indefinitely. Like his generation/manipulation of arc energy, he will be limited to using this five times a day. If he tries to use it more than that, it'll be considered wearing himself out. To explain what happens when this occurs: If Daylight wears himself out from reaching his limit of generating/maintaining the field or the field is broken, Daylight cannot use his ability to generate/manipulate arc energy for the rest of the day. If he tries to do so, his systems will automatically register this attempt as a systems bleed out, causing the arc energy to backfire/basically explode on him.

- Due to the fact the force field can only be used five times a day, it also only lasts for a definite amount of time. It'll only be up for three (3) minutes and become progressively weaker as time winds down. So for the first minute, it'll be immune to most physical attacks like blows, cannon blasts, shots and so on. Two minutes in, shots from weapons like guns or arrows can get through, though their impact is dampened by having to get through the field. Three minutes in and any physical blow can cause the force field to cave in and dissolve. If the force field is broken by an outside force and not brought down by him, that will wear him out.

- The ability to send/move around his force field to others will be scaled down from five hundred feet to one hundred feet. The setting of the game is in the night and he won't be able to see much without the much needed light sources, hence this.

- Finally, I'll remove his ability to bring up multiple other shields to other individuals. So he's only able to bring up one shield that can protect up to two people in it, so he'll have to choose where the shield goes and to whom.

If you need me to further scale and nerf this ability, I'll be happy to do so!

And a quick question
- Would it be alright for me to add these revisions into the comment section of my application entry or add an edit to my app that reflects the changes made? I'd like to track the changes I've made, especially for his force field generation.

ACCEPTED

[inthenightmods]

Thank you, and we are pleased to tell you that you've been accepted to In the Night! Welcome aboard, Melly. Now...

Please complete the following within the next week (or else we'll have to sweep you).

• Reply to this comment with the journal you'll be using for this character (And let us know if you would like us to unscreen your app!)
  
• Subscribe to inthenightmods
  
• Join the game communities: networkinthenight, logsinthenight, & oocinthenight (You may also join memesinthenight, though that one's optional)
  
• Add your character to the taken page
  
• Add yourself to the player contact page (We'll need to grant you access before you can do this)
  
• Register your character's network username
  
• Give your character a place to stay

You may also want (though are not required) to do the following.

• Follow inthenightmods (You are also welcome to add us, mippins & leucrotta, if you wish!)
  
• Join the game Discord server (You can find the invite link on the player contact page)
  
• Introduce yourself in oocinthenight
  
• Check out the current calendar
  
• Read up on the game history

Your character will arrive in Beacon with the intro log on July 1, and your tag on the game comms will be daylight vis lornlit (melly). We look forward to playing with you!

Also, feel free to edit your app if you like! Thank you for asking.

[sunborne]

Thank you, mods! This is the journal I'll be using for Daylight and I'm alright with my application being unscreened.