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APPLICATIONS [REVISED 07/16/13]
APPS WILL BE PROCESSED EACH WEEKEND.
Please feel free to make a RESERVE.
CHARACTER COUNT IS AT: 6/125
Basic Application Rules and Reminders:
- This is a panfandom game. That means that any character from an anime, manga, comic, live action movie, television series, book, etc., is allowed. Characters from official Canon AUs (meaning playing from an official alternate universe of a canon, like one of the many done by DC Comics) and Original Characters may also be apped, but no Canon OCs (meaning you cannot app an OC from the Naruto canon. If you would like to play a character from this series, please select one that already exists). The exception is if you are apping from an RPG-style game canon, such as World of Warcraft or Runescape.
- No game or canon may be apped from without an easily accessible English translation/wiki. For video games, the official English version must already have been released for at least one month. The one month apping delay also goes any brand new series or canon.
- Transplant/Game CRAU Characters with memories from other games are allowed, but if the character has been in multiple games only ONE game's memories can be used. Fandom AUs are not allowed at this time (but might be in the future). The only other AUs that are NOT Canon that are permitted are Daedalus Setting Game AUs (playing an AU version of a character as if they have always lived in the Daedalus Universe). These are special permission apps and cannot be done unless you are already playing a character in the game.
- Only 2 Versions of any character are allowed in the game at this time. Meaning you can have a Dick Grayson from the DC Comics New 52 (DCnU), and a Dick Grayson from Young Justice (YJ/Earth-16), but not also a Dick Grayson from Batman the Brave and the Bold (BatB). Game CRAUs are considered a separate version of the character than the standard Original Universe that would be apped directly from the canon itself. Your app should be labeled based on which universe your character is from. All Official Canon AUs are considered their own separate official universes and should be labeled as such. The "AU" designation is for Fandom AUs or canons with two distinct universes, one that is the Primary Universe and one that is the Alternate Universe. Game CRAUs are always labeled “CRAUs.”
- No Fandom AU is allowed that is merely transplanting a character into the setting of another canon. Using a similar setting is allowed, but it cannot be a direct copy of any other canon. That is to say, you can make your character a modern day mutant, but you can't put them into a Marvel Comics/X-men universe. Which of course, means no randomly having your character know characters from other universes (unless other players are apping those characters from joint Original Fandom AU where they all know each other).
- These is currently no character cap for any fandom, but if it does seem like there is an excessive amount of one fandom over all of the others (such as 20 characters from one canon), this may have to be reevaluated.
- A player can have 2 characters from the same canon, but they cannot be close enough in relation to each other that deep, close CR would be expected. You must be able to justify why these characters would not interact with each other except in maybe seeing each other in passing or being in the same room at the same time.
- Each player can only apply for 1 character at a time. You can only play 3 characters at any given time without special permission.
- This is not a “communicator-accessible” roleplay game, meaning all interaction between characters will occur without the aid of communicators/phones/computer networks/etc. Please remember this when making your samples.
- Characters can be apped without being reserved, but if there is a reserve for that character by another player, your app will not be reviewed until their app has been submitted or the reserve has expired.
- Apps must be SUBMITTED TO THIS POST, not just linked to on your character's journal. This rule may change in the future, but it stands for now.
- Before submitting an application please make sure you have read over all of the game information as linked on the navigation page.
- All apps should be processed within 48 hours after apps close (no more than a week after the app has been posted if it is an extended app cycle). If you receive revision requests you have 72 hours to respond. Our decision will take no more than 48 hours after your response. Should anything occur to make any of these processes take longer than they usually should, you will be informed promptly.
Header Format (meaning the header of your first comment)
CHARACTER NAME (WESTERN STYLE) | FANDOM | OU/CRAU/AU/Universe Label | Reserved/Not Reserved
Player Information
Player Name:
Contact: Email, AIM, Plurk, Personal journal, etc
Other Characters In Game:
Character Information
Character Name: (Western Order)
Fandom/Canon/Setting: Please provide a link to the character's canon (aka, wiki or official pages with a large amount of information.) If you are apping an OC, a link to a journal page for the canon and setting is also allowed, or you can provide it here on the app itself. This description should include a detailed overview, all information directly important to the character you are apping and how they fit into the world. Any relevant information that could come in while your character is in play should be explained.
If you are apping a Fandom AU that is not set in the original canon setting, please provide both a link or write-up for the original canon and a write-up of the new setting that the AU is taking place in. For example, if you are apping Uchiha Sasuke from a space cowboy AU, then you need to provide a link or write up of the Naruto canon setting AND include a write-up of the AU world. The same requirements for an OC setting applies to Fandom AUs. This is NOT the character history section. This is entirely about discussing the setting in which your character’s canon is taking place.
Timeline: When in your character's canon are they being taken from? (Just a very brief summary is needed.) If you are apping a CRAU, when in their game’s canon are they being taken from?
Character History: If your character is a Canon/Fandom character (or from an official Canon AU), a link to a detailed history page/wiki is accepted. If you are applying an Original Character, please provide a detail explanation of your character’s history. 4-8 paragraphs would be preferred to give a strong idea of what your character's history is like, how they are connected to their world, and how both have influenced who your character has become. If you already have their canon history written out somewhere easily accessible, please provide a link to it, but be aware we will watch for any altering after apps have closed.
In the case of a Fandom AU, please provide a fully written out history section with all important details and events with all major changes from the original canon detailed and color-coded to signify what has been added or altered. If you are changing everything make sure to detail how. 4-8 paragraphs would be preferred to give a strong idea of what your character's history is like, how they are connected to their world, and how both have influenced who your character has become while also included any major changes that you have includ This part will be judged severely because making "slave AUs" and things like that just for the sake of heaping trauma on your character will not fly in this game. Players are expected to have thought all of this out and make a good case for it in the app itself.
Game Canon History: If you are applying a character that is being transferred with memories from another game, please explain which game you are transplanting from and the basis/premise of that game. Then in detail explain the history of your character in that game, important events that have influenced their development up to the exact point they are being taken from in that game’s canon history. If you are not apping a CRAU/Game Transplant, then this section can be deleted.
Personality: Please give a detailed description of your character's personality, behaviors, and motivations. We want to understand what your character is about and why they behave/think/feel the way they do. References to where in canon they have displayed the traits you explain here are very much preferred. If you are apping a Fandom AU the personality section must describe in detail the character's goals, motivations, behaviors, development and how their new background or changes in canon events have influenced/altered them in any way from their original canon personality/direction.
Please include one paragraph explaining how your character will deal with the emotional, psychological, and physical strains put on them from being in Daedalus Penitentiary where they might be faced with bullying, torture, experimentation, gang violence, isolation, extortion, coercion, and other negative situations.
If you are applying a Game Transplant please include an extensive explanation on how the events in the previous game have affected your character, physically, psychologically and emotionally. Fandom AUs and Game CRAUs will be judged with higher scrutiny as despite the events that have altered them from their original canon selves, they should still be the same character at their core. Apps that cannot show this will receive revision requests or be out right rejected.
Abilities: Please describe any and all special abilities, extra skills, knowledge your character has that might be of use to them in the prison. Special abilities should be explained in detail. If it is not in this app, it is not considered one of their abilities in game. Because all characters with special abilities are restricted to at most 50% of their power (and for particularly high-powered characters, probably less than that) please provide in your own words how you believe these restrictions would manifest for them.
Stock: Your character will find all non-lethal items/non-weapons that were on their person at their canon point has been left in a plastic tote on their bed, including clothing (no matter how bloody or damaged). Please detail here what would be.
Room: You can request which cell block you want your character to be placed in here. If numbers are too uneven we do reserve the right to select a different block. If you have a particular reason for wanting that cell-block, please say so here. Initial Roommates selections (if any) are up to us, but your character can move later on if they like. E-Block is not available for selection at this time.
First-Person Sample: Please provide a sample of your character speaking or thinking in first person. We want to get an idea that you understand your character’s "outer voice." This can be written in an "[action]" style, but should have at least five sentences of your character speaking to someone or thinking out loud in first person. You may also copy and paste a sample from another game, dressing room, Dear_Mun, etc, or provide a link to a roleplaying thread that has them speaking in at least three comments.
The samples cannot be “text”-based as this game does not have such a system and we are aware that how someone speaks out loud is not usually how they write or text. The only exception to this is if you character is mute and thus cannot speak verbally. A post or thread showing their body language or one including them speaking through text is allowed in this case.
Another route for this sample is to think of a situation in which your character might be interrogated by the Investigations Department and have them respond to questions in that format. You can choose a question of your own for them to answer, but here are some possibilities:
2. How do you think someone who has been convicted of a crime should serve out their sentence?
3. Do you believe criminals are born or made? Explain.
4. What do you believe is the most effective form of rehabilitation for a criminal?
5. You have been mentioned in an ongoing investigation involving the trafficking of prohibited contraband to different blocks of Sector 3 and evidence was found in your cell that supports this suspicion. Care to explain yourself, Inmate?
Third-Person Sample: Please provide a sample of your character's actions, behaviors, introspective thoughts, etc. This sample should also provide a detailed insight into your character’s thought process and their "inner voice." This should be written in a "prose" or "log" style of writing. You can choose to write a sample about them waking up in the Processing Block of District 6 and being transferred by guards to their cell, a sample set in their canon or previous game, a sample as if they have already settled into the prison, etc. You may also copy and paste a sample from another game, dressing room, etc, as long as it is set in your character’s canon.
We do not accept third-person samples that are not set in the game setting or your character’s canon setting. In the case of a Fandom AU the third person sample must be set in the AU setting/timeline you have created for your character.
Tag Label: What tag would you prefer to use for your character in this game. All tags should be set up as [canon] character name (ou/au/crau/universe label). Examples: a tag for Daniel Rand aka Iron Fist of Marvel Comics primary universe could be written as: “[marvel] danny rand (616),” where as a tag for Dean Winchester of Supernatural from the Five Years Later AU episode could be: “[supernatural] dean winchester (fyl).” Any character from a canon with only one universe should use "OU." If someone else has already apped a character from your character's universe into the game, then please use the label style they already have in place. This new ruling will go into effective immediately. If the tag you request is already taken, the mods will select one for you.
Mature Rating Awareness: This is an 18+ game and by submitting this app you are saying that you are indeed 18 years of age or older and that your character is at least 16 years of age physically and mentally. Now what are your thoughts on kumquats?
Form
[EXAMPLE APP #2] Miranda Lotto | D.Gray-man | OU | Not Reserved
Player Name: Kathrine
Contact: spkathrine[@]gmail.com/
Other Characters In Game: None!
Character Information
Character Name: Miranda Lotto
Fandom/Canon: D.Gray-man
Timeline: 207th Night, while sitting with other Order members in the medical wing of the Black Order Headquarters
Character History: Miranda Lotto History
Personality:
Miranda has the lowest self-esteem of almost anyone ever. Because of constant failings at everything she does, she believes she's not good for anything and that she'll only make things worse or fail by trying (she was fired from one hundred jobs in her hometown). Even so, Miranda never gives up, because she believes that there must be at least one thing in the world that she can be good at, some person that she can prove herself to and have them be happy that she was there. If she can’t be good at anything, at least she can keep trying because otherwise she has nothing left for her. After meeting Lenalee and Allen, she accepts being an Exorcist as her calling and goes to train at Headquarters because she wants to make a difference, and prove to herself that she is more than who she once thought she was. Miranda never wants to go back to being that woman who hid away in her home drinking away her sorrows and growing steadily more jaded and bitter at the world. She is an Exorcist, she has purpose, and she has friends. These are the things that drive her—her strengths and her weaknesses.
Miranda's Innocence, Time Record, takes a large toll on her body, and her emotions, because she uses it whenever she can to take away the injuries of those around her during a fight, especially her fellow Exorcists, but when she deactivates it, all of their injuries come back, on top of the ones they have newly received. She knows that she is essentially healing them so they can continue to fight and get hurt even more, which makes her wonder if her Innocence is a blessing or a curse at times. Miranda can't stand the thought of letting them be injured that way, not only because she cares about them, but also because she sees it as a failure on her part that her Innocence isn't powerful enough to take away their injuries permanently. To her, it makes her more useless and a less important part of the team. It's even worse if the person or people will die once she deactivates her Innocence, because she blames herself for their deaths, even though she didn’t cause their wounds.
Still, Miranda doesn’t believe there are many things that she is good at, so she will strive to do her best with what options are open to her. If she can protect her friends in whatever minor way she can, she will do so. If she has to put her life in danger to achieve a goal that will benefit them or some innocent person, she will. She’s a giver. Willing to keep giving and giving of herself even when she doesn’t believe that she has much worth giving. She apologizes often for the slightest of mistakes and social missteps. She can be pessimistic and negative, but often turns these negative moods onto herself rather than on anyone else. Miranda is also a chronic worrier. It's like an anxiety disorder, because she gets herself really worked up worrying over every little thing she says or does and also about the people she cares about. But it doesn’t stop her from wanting to believe in the good in others, to the point she is more likely to trust a stranger she just met than to assume they are a danger to her, despite the fact she knows that in her world anyone could be an Akuma out to kill her.
In the time since she became an Exorcist, Miranda has come a long way from the self-loathing, bitter, lonely, miserable person she once was. She is more assertive, willing to stand up for herself and express her feelings, and doesn’t fall into dark moods as much as she used to, but she doesn’t see for herself just how far she’s come. The fact that she leaves her hands bare at times now when months ago her palms were constantly covered (and months before that she never would have gone without gloves covering them entirely), shows she’s less self-conscious and more comfortable in her own body. Any mention of something like this by someone else will send her into a full on stammering fluster. She’s still clumsy and erratic and goes off on strange tangents in her thoughts without meaning to, but she is changing. It’s a work in progress and Miranda isn’t afraid to put in the effort.
Ending up in a prison like Daedalus would be very upsetting for Miranda. She feels very guilty about accidentally kidnapping everyone in her hometown and holding them against their wills for over a month, but she has hoped that everything she has done since becoming an Exorcist would make up for that. A prison where the corrections officers so blatantly abuse their authority and other inmates look at her as someone they can use or abuse would put her on edge constantly. She’s working on being more assertive but a place like Daedalus is another beast entirely. Miranda can take abuse and keep getting back up, but she might grow more and more paranoid. It will make her toughen up and have to learn to survive on her own.
Abilities:
Time Record -- This is Miranda's Innocence which looks like a huge disc with glowing lines strapped to her arm, and it has the power to stop time, rewind it, and to "turn back the clock" on people and objects. She can take away a person's injures and keep them locked inside of Time Record, or return an object to its prime condition, but all of these effects end once Time Record is deactivated. Miranda's Innocence is an Equipment Type, but also also a support/defense type, since she cannot use it to attack anyone. Because of Time Record is not a weapon, it should be left in her possessions, but it would be nerfed to where using it would tire her out much faster (say three days instead of five) and the size of the Area of Effect would be only the size of one of the Cores instead of an entire District.
Insomnia -- Yes this is an ability! Miranda can go days without sleeping, which helps her Innocence work at its best, because she can keep it activated for longer periods of time. Since it is not an actual superpower or skill and more her lacking the ability to sleep, I do not believe it would be affected by the game’s restrictions.
Stamina -- Miranda has a lot of stamina for a rather new Exorcist. Time Record eats up her energy, but she can go days without rest, and still have it activated. Because of the fact Time Record would drain her energy faster, I think her stamina being cut in half and she would be likely to only last three days at best with it turned on instead of up to 10 days.
Stock: Miranda’s stock would be her Exorcist coat, her uniform, her satchel of first aid items
and extra hair ribbonsand Time Record.Room: A-Block!
First-Person Sample: [Interrogation-Response] 3. Do you believe criminals are born or made? Explain.
What? [She is rather surprised by this question, but the expression on the Officer’s face makes her feel like this is being taken very seriously.] Um…W-Well, I don’t know. I don’t think that anyone ever is just well born to commit a crime. People aren’t like that. There’s—um—usually a reason why they did it and you can’t just…take everything out of context. You have to think of why they did it. If you don’t, then you can’t really rehabilitate them?
Third-Person Sample: [Canon-based]
Miranda barely flinched at the iodine against her cheek or the bandages being wrapped around her arm. It was only a burn, it would heal. Not all of the others were so lucky with as one of the Finders had broken an arm—and some had not returned at all. She clenched her hand and the nurse frowned at her.
“Please stay still, Miss Lotto,” she chided, gently. Miranda blushed and apologized under her breath, but didn’t move again. It wasn’t helping anyone to make things harder for the nurses to do their work, even if it did sting a little.
She let her eyes roam the room, taking in all the people that were being tended to. So many of them were here. Back from one mission, moving on to the next. It was as if they rarely had the time to do anything together anymore. They were frayed at the edges even as they tried to hold everyone together at the core.
And some people were still missing. It was an emptiness she tried to ignore. This was her family. And even if some were gone far and wide, spread thin and away, they were still her family.
The bandage was placed on her cheek and she finally leaned back, giving a smile and a nod of thanks. “Thank you,” she said. She reached up, smoothing her fingers over it.
“It’s the least I can do,” the nurse replied with a smile. “You Exorcists do so much.”
It’s not true, she thought. They didn’t do nearly enough. They couldn’t. But she smiled instead. “Thank you.”
The gate opened and Timothy was thrust through, looking exhausted and as hungry as the rest of them. He was just a child. So young. Too young. It’s not—
--She kept that thought to herself as well. It won’t help. General Klaud looked to her and Miranda sat up straighter, more on edge. She knew that look even if the words had not yet been said. “Miranda, you’ll depart with me in five hours. Get ready.”
“Ye-Yes!” she nodded, hands clenching on the seat beneath her even as her hair tickled the bandage on her cheek. This was all she could do. It might not have been enough, but it is all she had. She had to move forward with everything in her. A friend had taught her that.
Mature Rating Awareness: I have no idea what a kumquat is.
ACCEPTED
Your application for Miranda Lotto has been approved! Their cell assignment is [A224], which you can add to the rooming assignment document. Please feel free to familliarize yourself with their floormates and the how inmates arrive.
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