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phantasmods) wrote2018-01-17 08:32 am
phantasmods) wrote2018-01-17 08:32 am
APPLICATIONS
Applications are currently closed and will open at 12:01 AM PST on February 22nd.
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IMPORTANT: Be sure to post your app with the journal you intend to use for the game!
Post your applications to this entry in the following format: First comment should contain the OOC information section only. Successive comments should be posted in reply to that comment, as many as you need. Moderator responses will be appended to the last comment of the application.
A reserve is not required to app! Please note that while the total cap for characters per player is four, you can apply a maximum of two characters per application cycle.
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Player name: Nick
Player age and gender: 26, they/them
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Character name: Ignis Scientia
Character canon: Final Fantasy FX
Canon point: Post-Chapter 13, after Noctis got monched and it all went to hell.
Physical Description: A beautiful and fancy boy, who got a little bit crispy. 22, 6’ even
About the Character:Ignis’s duties started at a young, young age. He was only a child when he made a promise to King Regis Lucis Caelum to watch over his son, Noctis, and stand by him always to make sure he would grow to be a king that could take his father’s place. Noctis’s well-being was placed in Ignis hands, and it was a responsibility he would take to wholeheartedly.
Always, he would do his best to go above and beyond. Ignis is above all else a man who takes his duties and responsibilities very seriously. Slack isn’t exactly a word in his vocabulary, and he holds himself (and others) to a standard that’s perhaps just a little too high. Though this always comes from a good place - while Noctis lives on his own, Ignis steps in to ensure the prince can focus on his studies while staying abreast of royal affairs, taking notes in meetings for him while also cooking for him and cleaning his apartment. He never seems to disparage his role as Noctis’ caretaker, as it’s simply just an extension for who he is. Taking care of Noct - and the others in his royal retinue by extension - is how Ignis cares. He has a nature for nurturing. He tries for years to perfect a recipe Noctis only half remembers, because he knows it has some importance for him and it wasn’t a burden for him even if he wasn’t really fond of cooking before picking it up to make sure the prince was eating properly.
Ignis’ compassion extends to the others. He cares just as much for Gladio and Prompto, even if it’s Noctis he would lay down his life for. The two of them are just as much his family, and he cares for and appreciates them all deeply. He trusts them wholly, and knows how important they are to Noctis. Gladio is someone he’s known for years and who he can trust to always be steadfast and to protect them all, while Prompto is perhaps the friend Noctis’s always needed. Their rapport is irreplaceable and valuable. After all, it’s with them that Ignis soft side can shine. Or, at the very least, the side that’s not so serious and stuffy all of the time. They get the brunt of all of his jokes, as Ignis’s humor is…
Well. It’s an acquired taste.
Beyond just being the resident Pun Master of the group, Ignis is the Smart One. He was quiet and studious as a child, and that carried over into his adulthood. Maybe because he had to be in order to be Noctis’ advisor, but regardless he is the one who takes care of the group’s finances and plans as they make the trek from Insomnia to Altissia. He has a keen, tactical mind, able to think on the fly and carry one with plan b’s and plan c’s. Ignis is largely unflappable, standing firm even in the news of Insomnia falling and the empire destroying the Crown City to get to the Stone. It means a change of plans and a new journey ahead of them, but he’s quick to plan for it and seek out what he can to ensure their new quest to save the world from the Scourge goes well.
It’s very rare that Ignis can’t think of a solution to a problem. He’s incredibly clever, and while he will always fall back on what Noctis decides to do, he isn’t who he is by chance. Sometimes, though, he’ll realize the only course of action is to accept offers from shady Imperial Chancellors so the plot can be advanced, and that’s never a good feel. Sometimes, he’ll get visions of Noctis being told by a god that he must die in order to clear the Scourge.
Altissia was a turning point for Ignis, as it was with most of them. Going in it was obvious that things weren’t going to be easy - between the threat to Lunafreya, having to acquire the blessing from Leviathan, and the Imperial army being ever present and having to tango with the local government, Altissia was where everything could very easily fall apart - and it did. While nothing up to then had been easy, Altissia brought upon a new level of challenges and made Ignis wonder, for the first time, if fighting would be worth it. It started with the destruction of the city, between the Imperial forces, Leviathan, and Titan, and ended with Ignis blind and uncertain for the first time in his life.
During the rush to save Noctis, Ignis ran into Lunafreya’s Messenger companion, Pryna, who was dying. The Messenger gave Ignis a vision of the future - a vision of the prophecy Noctis would have to fulfill because he was the Chosen King, that Noctis would need to ascend to the throne and give his life to defeat the Accursed. Who, it would turn out, was his ancestor, a man who had been spurned by the gods. (Funny, how that worked out.) Still, that vision wasn’t enough to stop Ignis, nor was it enough to get him to lose his level head. The only thing that would - after confronting Ravus and trying to console him over the loss of his sister and trying to reason with him - would be Ardyn Lucis Caelum.
Because fuck you, Ardyn, you don’t get to attempt to kill the light of his life and then offer him a place by your side. What is wrong with you? Who does that? You’re lucky Ignis only got a smidge of power from putting on the Ring of the Lucii.
Regardless of the thought processes of biohazards, Altissia and the road thereafter was a turning point for Ignis. He had to adjust to life as a blind man, handle the knowledge that Noctis’ journey would end with him dead, and more uncertainty than you could shake a stick at. It was, all in all, kind of a shitty time. The group was falling apart, grief and stress compiling together with the need to carry on, with the need to get the Crystal back, while constantly being played with by a centuries old monster. The loss of Prompto and all of the fighting and tension would have been bad enough if they weren’t also passing through the destroyed Tenebrae and entering a world overflowing with daemons. It would just be a sign of the times, but it was, in a way, exactly what Ignis would be expecting. That kind of happens when you get a vision of the future.
All in all, Ignis is a man who gets things done when and how he wants to. He has a streak of compassion a mile long, despite being hesitant to trust at first glance. He’s analytical and reserved, but he has a tendency to tease and make terrible puns. Above all else, though, he is a man who is dedicates himself wholly and completely to his duties and his loves. Nothing is more important to him than Noctis and his friends, so much so he will risk his own life with nary a second thought. His convictions are more important than himself, go beyond himself, and while he can seem to just be Every Sitcom Mother stitched together, he will burn the world down if he has to.
Character abilities:
•Tactician: Ignis has (or...had) a keen awareness and a brilliant mind, able to analyze an enemy’s potential weakness, and how to best exploit that weakness, in a matter of seconds.
•Combat skills: But he’s not just good at strategy! Like all of Noct’s retinue he’s a skilled combatant, with his expertise mainly being in the use of polearms/lances and daggers.
•Recipeh: He’s a talented chef, able to come up with recipes on the fly using ingredients that maybe he….shouldn’t? But everything he makes is delicious and, more importantly, nutritious.
•Magic: Thanks to his connection to Noct, Ignis can use the royalty’s special fancy magic known as elemancy. Elemancy is simply absorbing and channeling the elements (in this case fire, lightning, and ice) for several different uses. The most commune use is crafting them into spells, but Ignis also uses elemancy to enchant his weaponry.
•Armiger access: Ignis can store items in the super fancy royal hammerspace and summon them at will, as long as Noctis is…around and not being blocked by some Niflheim tech.
•Responsible: This shouldn’t be as noteworthy as it is, but this is the world we live in.
Inventory:
•Crownsguard fatigues, consisting of a jacket, pants, shirt, and shoes as all good outfits do, accessorized with driving gloves, a belt, glasses, and a skull necklace
•Weaponry* - a set of matching daggers, and a lance.
•Cooking set* - the full works. A folding table, propane stove, pots, pans, knives, cutting board.
•Ingredients* - a wide array of spices, vegetables, and meats from all around Eos.
•A smart phone.
•Walking cane.
*These are stored in the Armiger.
Samples: Option one, top level edition
Option two, might actually be a fever dream edition
ACCEPTED
Additionally, if you use a secondary journal for icon space or other purposes, please respond to this comment with it so that we can get it included!
For your participation in the Test Drive, your character also receives the following items of loot;
-> The contents of someone's junk pen drawer, mostly ballpoints and various pencils, with a few colored pencils, a brown Sharpie, a dried black Sharpie, and a yellow highlighter. Roughly 35 items in all.
-> An oversized (and this here means "nearly a gallon") of strawberry-scented conditioner. About a third of the bottle is used.