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A strange book has been found. It looks like a storybook, judging from what little legible contents it contained. Among the various blocks of gibberish text, smudged writing, and blank pages, there seems to be chronicles of events that have most certainly occured in the Illusionary world. So perhaps this is a book of history? After all, the history of that world is bizarre enough to put fairytales to shame.

What's even stranger is that there are pages only certain individuals seem to be able to read. What could the book be saying about the world's past? What stories could it possibly tell? And those strange pages…is the book trying to hide something? Why would a book like this end up in our hands anyways?


Note: This plot point will not affect your concepts at all. To put briefly, it is merely an explaination. You do not have to consider it in your concept.


Rules

-X- DO NOT whine, beg, insult, poke-till-big-purple-bruises, or harass other contestants. Manners are always important.
-X- Speak as you normally would and act at least somewhat rationally. Please don't abuse abbrieviations, "N00b Speech," l33t, etc.
-X- PLEASE read this thread and the main shop's front pages before entering. Composing something completely contrary to the information given to you will just make you look...ignorant's the euphamistic way of putting it.
-X- You may show your entry to others and ask others to critique it for you, but they MAY NOT, in ANY CASE, write it for you.
-X- You enter for yourself. Period.
-X- You may enter only once for each slot offered. However, you may enter for as may different slots as you wish, but you can only win one of those.
-X- PM the entry to this account.
-X- If you don't win, please don't be a sore loser. Stick around; there's always a next time!
-X- All shop rules apply.
-X- All Gaia ToG apply.

The nutSHELL
When: Now till Feb. 4th
Where: Right here!
How: Read the rest of this page, and you'll know!
General Info & Entry Form


So, you must be wondering, how exactly does this work? Well, if you read everything, you shouldn't need to ask this question any longer! Unless Ever does a really really bad job at explaining.

There are four available slots for this flatsale. You may enter for as many of these slots as you like, but you can only win one of them. Each has different given information and different Reveries offered, so please be sure to read the Slots post before blindly making a decision.

The entries will be judged by at least 2 judges based on points. The details have yet to be worked out.

Each slot will be judged seperately. That means your entries in different slots will not affect one another, and we will only look for the best entry in each slot. If anyone takes the highest amount of points in more than one slots, we will pick which one he/she will win.


Now, to enter this flatsale, all you need to do is fill out the form below. Too easy? Don't forget that the prompt answer is included in there! After filling out the rest of the info, just pick a prompt you would like to answer to, and answer it in a story-format RP entry!


Name: (Illu's name here)
Number: (Which one are you entering for?)
Gender: (Depends on which one you are entering for, of course)
Personality: (A paragraph or so would suffice. A bit more is fine. A short story is perhaps more than our workload can support at the moment.)
Three Traits: (Three traits you can't live without on your Illu. You can include more, but if you do, we might drop something from the list)
Backstory: (Veryvery basic. No novels; a page in MSWord would be more than enough, but originality and quality will be weighed heavily.)
Prompt #: (Which prompt are you answering?)
Prompt Answer:

And we give extra points for a quality guardian profile.


[b]Name[/b]: (Illu's name here)
[b]Number:[/b] (Which one are you entering for?)
[b]Gender[/b]: (Depends on which one you are entering for, of course)
[b]Personality[/b]: (A paragraph or so would suffice. A bit more is fine. A short story is perhaps more than our workload can support at the moment.)
[b]Three Traits[/b]: (Three traits you can't live without on your Illu. You can include more, but if you do, we might drop something from the list)
[b]Backstory[/b]: (Veryvery basic. No novels; a page in MSWord would be more than enough, but originality and quality will be weighed heavily.)
[b]Prompt #[/b]: (Which prompt are you answering?)
[b]Prompt Answer[/b]:



Example Form
Name: Aurelius
Gender: Female
Personality: SHE TELLS HER FRIENDS SHE BLEEDS BLACK AND CRIES DURING CLASSES
Three Traits: EMO HAIR, EMO EYES, AND EMO CLOTHES!
Backstory: She was born. She was emo. She died.
Prompt #: Why is Aurelius emo?
Prompt Answer: BECAUSE THAT'S THE WAY OF LOOOOOOOOVE

Hopefully, yours will be lots better ^^;


Of course, you shouldn't have an Illu that overlaps with another unless you have the permission of the player. That means, keeping with the Aurelius example, you cannot have someone be one of her murderers. You cannot have her messiah-god NPC, Croatoan. You cannot have anyone that might become an NPC- that means no one who worked at her lab. It's also unlikely she had a significant rival, because she was the premiere scientist of her world during her time.

To make sure nothing crosses any lines, please consult our directory. It is not 100% complete, but it should be able to give you at least some help.

Character rips are bad- we don't want to see Balthier from Final Fantasy XII. However, you could have a CHARACTER from Ivalice. Although, technically, that world wouldn't be Ivalice, but rather more of a paralell universe. The entire Illusionary world (commonly referred to as the Old World, the world that all the Illusionaries came from), in fact, is made up of countless different worlds that are connected, yet not quite joined. this means that your Illusionary's past can take place in any of these worlds, and anything can happen in these worlds. Bottom line: the history is entirely up to you, with virtually no restraints!

If you would like your concept okayed to make sure it does not overlap with any existing ones, feel free to PM this account. Hardly anything is more disheartening than being told something you've worked on for hours is invalid.

Should you happen to win, the fee is 15k. We'll be more than happy to discuss a payment plan if you need it.
The Slots


Slot #1
This slot will be done by Evermore, the resident artist at Illusionaries. Because she is lazy would like to see what you can come up with, and is really swamped over with other arting at this exact moment anyways, this slot will have no premade Reveries. However, do note that this is not a complete custom; therefor, Ever will be taking quite alot of freedomes with their appearances.
If you win, you will get to choose the gender (male, female, androgenous, none, whatever) and the basic appearance.

For samples of her work, either go look at existing Illusionaries, or you can visit her deviantArt account.

TWO winners will be chosen from entries for this slot.



Slot #2
[X]
This is the Reveries you will be entering for, should you choose to try your luck with slot number 2. This one is a female done by Vocalization, our guest artist for this flatsale.


Slot #3
[X]
Again, the image linked to above is the Reverie that this slot will be featuring. This one is male; the artwork will also be done by Vocalization.


Slot #4
[X]
Done by Vocalization; gender of your choice.
The Prompts


Pick one of the following prompts and write your response! Responses should be in story format, just like if you are writing a journal entry. (I.e. DO NOT write something like *flips open book* OH LOOK STUFF! *falls to the ground*)



Prompt 1
Stage: Reverie
You, as the guardian, have just discovered the book. While flipping through it and marveling at the sheer amount of illegible writing, you keep seeing a single page with a language you understand on it- but every time you try to open to that page, the book flips past it. How do you get to the single legible page? Do you even want to? And- optionally- once you get there, what does the book say?



Prompt 2
Stage: Toddler
When your lovable little monkey is a toddler (at last! No more diapers~) they begin to have a bit of a mouth... that is to say, someone’s taught them to curse! How do you solve this and teach your child that such language is just plain BAD? And what do you do to the offending person?



Prompt 3
Stage: Teen
With your child remembering more and more about who they were every day, they are sometimes a little moody. From their point of view (either first person or third person limited omniscient), describe an argument between the guardian and their charge- what is it over? How is it resolved?
The Entries



Slot #1:
The_Lonely_Bunch
Keirro
Flamefire123
Hikari_of_Genesis
Disinclined
Ieeko Takeru
Noel-chan


Slot #2:
SSBrosM
Noel-chan
The_Lonely_Bunch
Cerena


Slot #3:
SSBrosM
Keirro
Flamefire123
Ieeko Takeru


Slot #4:
Keirro
The_Lonely_Bunch
Ieeko Takeru
Noel-chan
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Silverah's Pardner

Stellar Lightbringer

This is Vo's post. >O BELIEVE IT

And here are samples. BELIEVE THAT TOO.

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And a note: Vo totally is a whore for doodling her ideas of your kid in their next stage. She doesn't know why, but she does it. So you're likely to get random sketch arts of your kid from her.

Alright, she's going back to doodling slot number 3 as a female and a teen.
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edit: first nonstaff posty! xd
*clings to thread* ninja
Rylerion
*clings to thread* ninja


=O
*stuffs it in his pocket and wanders away, humming*

Kaiyumi's Princess

Melodious Star

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would that be...lint, then?

*pokes teh Melody*

Silverah's Pardner

Stellar Lightbringer

I AM NO STAFF! >(

I am guest artist 8D
Does Vocalization have a DA site 'r anything?

It's more like a knick knack I suppose...

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