Author's Note: Hello everybody. Thank you for signing the soul-stealing contract; I sincerely appreciate your cooperation. This is created almost entirely due to my boredom.
Now to get down to things!
This is a submit-your-own-character fic (about half the characters will be SYOC, the other half will be mine) about the world of Gone, in which a secondary dome comes down to cover the town of Karamat. Located in the mountains of Colorado, next to Karamat Reservoir, Karamat is a small, pristine mountain town where everyone knows everyone and crimes are unheard of. However, Karamat's main source of jobs is at the Matthew Wurst Center for Troubled Kids, an "alternate source" of therapy for kids that have committed crimes, both nonviolent and violent. This is included in the Dome with about thirty more kids (minimum age is thirteen), so there will be some insane kids running around. Karamat has a King Soopers store, a Shell gas station with a minimart, a Natural Grocers, and a store called Frank's Gardening Supplies. It also has a nail-painting salon, an ACE Hardware, a Subway, a Lifetime Fitness gym, and a store called Zoe Dipper's Writing Nook, which sells writing supplies. Comment if you think a different business needs to be added/ subtracted- I'm trying to come up with a realistic and interesting line-up. The town is about fifteen minutes away from a larger town where they can normally buy more supplies, but the dome will prevent that from happening. The town normally has about 1000 residents, but after the dome (age 14), there will be 120 kids left over. It has its own, K-12, school (sorry for the massive infodump), but a lot of the kids attend a different high school, so ninth grade and up is pretty empty.
Without further ado, I bring you the CHARACTER FORMS:
DOME CHARACTER
(Use for everyone under the Dome)
Name: Also include a nickname if your character has one of you want them to have one.
Age: If they're fourteen, include their month/day birthday if you can.
Place of Residence: (Karamat/ MWCTK/ Out-of-Town)
Parents: Their names, jobs, and a few traits about them.
Relationship with parents:
Any siblings?: Names, ages, if they're in the Dome.
Relationship with siblings:
How many friends?: Also names if they're in the Dome.
Why are they in MWCTK?: (If MWCTK)
Did they "do" it?: As in, are they guilty of the act that got them sent to MWCTK?
Why were they visiting?: (If out-of-town)
What are they like socially?: (Everyone)
What do they look like?:
Are there any defining traits?: e.g. "has autism"
What do they like?: e.g. chocolate ice cream
What do they dislike?:
What are their hobbies?:
What role would they ideally play in the story?:
What is their personality:
Other:
OUTSIDE CHARACTER
(Use for adults, scientists, and everyone not in Karamat)
Name:
Age:
Connection to the Dome:
Where they live:
Job:
What are they like socially?: (Everyone)
What do they look like?:
Are there any defining traits?: e.g. "has autism"
What do they like?: e.g. chocolate ice cream
What do they dislike?:
What are their hobbies?:
What role would they ideally play in the story?:
What is their personality:
Other:
RULES
I can take about twenty characters for various roles, but not all of them will be major.
NO MARY SUES.
Characters less than about four will have less coverage because seriously, who expects three-year-old Bobby to go kill the villain with a gun?
Please don't copy existing characters from Gone. This includes "Please bring back Caine he's so awesome!". It also includes filling out an application for Caine. Basically, just don't mention Caine.
Don't name any characters Sam, Caine, Brianna, Dekka, Computer Jack (regular Jack is OK though), Drake, Lana… You get the picture, right?
Make your characters interesting, but please no characters so flawed they would have died already. Don't make them allergic to hydrogen. Just don't.
If your character is accepted, I'll message you. If you have something you want your character to do, message me. But I will use all characters however I see fit.
No little Johnnys who had two parents killed by Saw, his foster parents murdered in a gang fight, five life-threatening conditions, a chopped-off left arm by a serial killer, a tortured brother, and who is in constant pain due to x condition. In other words, no chronically troubled characters before the story even begins.
FOOTNOTES:
MWCTK is Matthew Wurst Center for Troubled Kids.
The Dome is the same as what the Perdido Beach Anomaly/ FAYZ was, but now that it's happened twice, it's a general phenomenon.