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APPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS

✗ Applications are processed weekly, every weekend. The cut-off time for the submission of applications is 11:59PST on Saturday.
✗ Before applying, please read the FAQ and Rules pages.
✗ Please submit your application with the journal you plan to use if you have one made already. If not, another journal is fine, but we prefer your intended journal so it makes for an easier time in granting access to the mod journal and the contacts page.
✗ For very long applications, we would ask you to please separate them into various comments so that they will not take up too much of the page.
✗ Please title your application as { [CANON/CANON OC/OC]CHARACTER NAME || Series Title || reserve/no reserve || X of X } in the subect header
✗ IMPORTANT: Our application form was edited on September 07, 2015. Please use the revised form.
✗ If you are looking for an example of what an application should be like, please refer to the application here for an example of a canon character application, and here for an original character application.

✗ Canon Application

<BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG>
Name:
Age: If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18!
Personal Journal:
E-mail:
AIM/etc:
 
<BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG>
Name: First, Last (Western order)
Canon: Name only.
Age: Real / Apparent, if applicable
Timeline: At which point of the canon were they taken from?
Items with character at canon point: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: This is only to be used if are already playing another character from the canon you are applying for. For example, if you are apping Mario and you already play Princess Peach in the game, how will you handle their interactions without playercesting? Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for.
 
Personality: We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality where available. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional.
 
Background: Here is where we would like to see information about your character's history and their place within their canon. This can be written if you wish, or you can link to any wikis and relevant resources.
 
Abilities: Is your character an accomplished carpenter? Can they shoot laser beams from their eyes or travel through time? If they possess any abilities, learned or otherwise, they need to go in this section.
 
Network/Actionspam Sample: This is the format that will be used in rubycity_rp and must be in action form (brackets). We are looking for a minimum of 6 to 10 lines that give us an idea of how your character speaks/acts. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.
 
Prose Log Sample: This is the format that will be used in rubycity_logs and must be a minimum length of 250 words. This sample must be in prose format (paragraphs, no brackets) and should show character reactions/introspection. It does not need to be in game's setting, but it must demonstrate your character as you are apping them. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.

✗ Canon OC Application

<BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG>
Character Name: First, Last (Western order)
Canon: Name only
Age: Real / Apparent, if applicable
Timeline: At which point in the canon were they taken from?
Items with character at canon point: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: This is only to be used if are already playing another character from the canon you are applying for. For example, if you are apping Mario and you already play Princess Peach in the game, how will you handle their interactions without playercesting? Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for.

Personality: We are expecting at least THREE well-written paragraphs minimum, with references to canon examples of your character’s personality if available. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional.

History: Three well-written paragraphs minimum, detail our your characters’ history.

Abilities: Is your character an accomplished carpenter? Can they shoot laser beams from their eyes or travel through time? If they possess any abilities, learned or otherwise, they need to go in this section.

Relationships to Canon Characters: If any, if not applicable please put N/A.

Network/Actionspam Sample: This is the format that will be used in rubycity_rp and must be in action form (brackets). We are looking for a minimum of 6 to 10 lines that give us an idea of how your character speaks/acts. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.
 
Prose Log Sample: This is the format that will be used in rubycity_logs and must be a minimum length of 250 words. This sample must be in prose format (paragraphs, no brackets) and should show character reactions/introspection. It does not need to be in game's setting, but it must demonstrate your character as you are apping them. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.

✗ OC Application

<BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG>
Name: First, Last. (Western order)
Age: Real / Apparent, if applicable
Appearance: The sorts of things included in this section should be the character’s height, build, clothing style, hair, accessories. As well as their general posture and mannerisms as well, like quirks or vocal tics.
Chosen PB: First come, first serve. Please check the taken PB page. You are also welcome to use your own or commissioned art, or icons that do not depict your characters face but facets of their personality as well.
Items with character at canon point: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions.

Personality: This should be self explanatory. However, when discussing personality please include why they have particular personality traits, how this effects their lives and interactions. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional. The minimum will be three well-written paragraphs, but you should be able to write more.

World Information: Please go as in depth as you can about the world. There is no wiki or website for us to reference, and we need to know as much as we can about the place your character comes from so that we can understand the character when reviewing the application.

History: Your characters’ history in their world. Be sure to be detailed. This section should be a minimum of three paragraphs.

A note for CR AU applications
Ruby City does allow previous game history/CR to be brought over on a case by case basis. If you want to include this in your application please add additional sections for PERSONALITY DEVELOPMENT and PREVIOUS GAME HISTORY beneath the Personality and Background/History sections.

In these additional sections we would like to see a brief outline of your character's previous game history and how it potentially impacted on and altered their canon personality.

✧ N A V I G A T I O N ✧

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Insert something witty here

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join

rubycity_ooc,

rubycity_rp and

rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at

rubycity_ooc

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"Sane is boring."

"was I meant to feel happy that my life was just about to change?"

A middle C vibrates at 262 Hz, no matter what the universe.

Thank you for your application. We would like to see some clarification on some of the inventory of this character before we continue.

Could you please give some further detail on the effects/details and limits of the below spells, connected to items listed in the inventory;

- Mind Blank Spell
- Mirror Image Spell
- Teleport Spell
- Arcane Lock Spell
- Knock Spell
- Plane Shift Spell
- Charm Person Spell
- Dimension Door

We look forward to seeing your response within 72 hours.

Edited 2017-03-19 04:54 (UTC)

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Of course.

Again, any items that would otherwise make him too powerful or too game breaking to play can be removed if it's asked. I have no problem with bringing him in without any major magical artifacts.

Mind blank: The subject is protected from all devices and spells that detect, influence, or read emotions or thoughts. Makes the mind look blank to anyone who would attempt to read it.

Mirror Image: Several illusory duplicates of you pop into being, making it difficult for enemies to know which target to attack. The figments stay near you and disappear when struck.

Teleport Spell: This spell instantly transports you to a designated destination, which may be as distant as 100 miles per caster level. Interplanar travel is not possible. You can bring along objects as long as their weight doesn’t exceed your maximum load. You may also bring one additional willing Medium or smaller creature (carrying gear or objects up to its maximum load) or its equivalent (see below) per three caster levels. A Large creature counts as two Medium creatures, a Huge creature counts as two Large creatures, and so forth. All creatures to be transported must be in contact with one another, and at least one of those creatures must be in contact with you.

Arcane Lock: An arcane lock spell cast upon a door, chest, or portal magically locks it. You can freely pass your own arcane lock without affecting it; otherwise, a door or object secured with this spell can be opened only by breaking in or with a successful dispel magic or knock spell.

Knock: The knock spell opens stuck, barred, locked, held, or arcane locked doors. It opens secret doors, as well as locked or trick-opening boxes or chests. It also loosens welds, shackles, or chains (provided they serve to hold closures shut). If used to open a arcane locked door, the spell does not remove the arcane lock but simply suspends its functioning for 10 minutes. In all other cases, the door does not relock itself or become stuck again on its own. Knock does not raise barred gates or similar impediments (such as a portcullis), nor does it affect ropes, vines, and the like. The effect is limited by the area.

Charm Person: This charm makes a humanoid creature regard you as its trusted friend and ally (treat the target’s attitude as friendly). If the creature is currently being threatened or attacked by you or your allies, however, it receives a +5 bonus on its saving throw.

The spell does not enable you to control the charmed person as if it were an automaton, but it perceives your words and actions in the most favorable way. You can try to give the subject orders, but you must win an opposed Charisma check to convince it to do anything it wouldn’t ordinarily do. (Retries are not allowed.) An affected creature never obeys suicidal or obviously harmful orders, but it might be convinced that something very dangerous is worth doing. Any act by you or your apparent allies that threatens the charmed person breaks the spell. You must speak the person’s language to communicate your commands, or else be good at pantomiming.

Dimension Door: You instantly transfer yourself from your current location to any other spot within range. You always arrive at exactly the spot desired—whether by simply visualizing the area or by stating direction. After using this spell, you can’t take any other actions until your next turn. You can bring along objects as long as their weight doesn’t exceed your maximum load. You may also bring one additional willing Medium or smaller creature (carrying gear or objects up to its maximum load) or its equivalent per three caster levels. A Large creature counts as two Medium creatures, a Huge creature counts as two Large creatures, and so forth. All creatures to be transported must be in contact with one another, and at least one of those creatures must be in contact with you.

As the Plane Shift spell implies leaving the current plane, the item that gives it can either be removed before arrival, or considered non functioning.

If anything listed is considered too powerful, the resulting items may also either be considered removed or non functioning.

The reason behind keeping the hat, eyepatch, boots, cape and swords is more of a visual preference, as these are items he can be recognized by on sight with in the book. If these items also cause an issue in the game mechanics, consider them depowered.

TLDR: I'm really sorry if his hoarding tendencies are giving the mods a headache and if it would be easier, all magical items can be considered powerless upon arrival for the sake of the game.

Thank you kindly, mods! Y'all are wonderful. ♥

Can I assume that his quantum abilities as discussed in that section of his app, with the proposed nerfs therein, are available to him from here on out? I just realized I was a little bit vague on asking about that - I'd like to opt in to having them if they're available to me, but I'm willing to work with whatever you think is best!

They are available, yes! You're free to have them available as per the nerfs in your application.

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NOTE: Regarding items and abilities, it's fine for him to keep all of them with the exception of the following:
- Teleport Spell will be functional, but maximum travel distance will be quartered to 25 miles.
- Charm Spell will be fully functional, but we would like to see a permissions/opt out post on Jarlaxle's journal to ensure that if people want to avoid that, they can.
- Plane Spell will be nonfunctional while in-game.

PLAYER
Name: Mandy
Age: 30
Personal Journal: tyriangalley
E-mail: drunkencynic@gmail.com
AIM/etc: plurk: tyriangalley, Discord: wildeanwolf#8743

CHARACTER
Name: Alexander Hamilton
Canon: Hamilton: an American musical
Age: 49-50
Timeline: Just after his death at the end of Act 2
Items with character at canon point: early 19th century-style clothing, a long black greatcoat, a pair of glasses
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: The thing to know about Alexander Hamilton is that he will probably fight everyone, including himself, in order to get things done properly. This makes a hell of a lot of sense when you consider where he’s coming from, poor and growing up an orphan in the Caribbean. He is amazingly intelligent and well-read, having taught himself most of what he knows and picked up the rest along the way, in college or during the war or even working, when he was younger. He was already stubborn before his mom passed away, and leaving him and his brother alone only served to make him more determined to make something of himself and rise up out of his terrible situation. To that end, he studied countless hours, primarily self-taught, and as we know, eventually wrote his way to America and to the revolution. This tenacity also helped him gain a spot as Washington’s chief aide-de-camp, though he was still intent on fighting in the war and making a name for himself in that way.

Hamilton is also determined to prove he’s worthy of what he’s got, since he had to work so hard to get it. In canon, he volunteers endlessly for a command, despite being refused time and time again by George Washington. Eventually, he gets it, proving that he is in fact worthy of what he’s worked for AND as good as he says he is. This need to prove himself also makes him ….to put it mildly, a bit hyper-sensitive to criticism. If someone disparages him in any way he finds particularly offensive, he will more than likely challenge them to a duel. (At one point he challenged the entire Republican party to a duel because he had a bad day.)
All of this constant having to prove himself has made it rather difficult for him to be able to turn his work ethic off. He has been known to write 5 essays in a week at various points, throwing himself into tasks to distract himself from pain or just because he always needs something to work on, to leave behind so he will be remembered. He has a tendency to work himself into exhaustion or at least until he’s sufficiently distracted, leading him to sometimes neglect his children and wife in favor of getting work done.

During his -- more exhausted moments, he also tends to make decisions without thinking them through, whether they be completely awful ones or ones that somehow end up working in his favor. He would certainly rather have his opinion known instead of staying in the background vacillating over points and minutiae. To put it bluntly, Alexander is loud and charismatic as hell and doesn’t care who he offends so long as he gets his point across, whether it be political enemies or commanding officers.
That charisma of his also comes in handy when making speeches -- and, of course, talking to ladies (and a few gentlemen). Alexander happens to be a huge flirt -- less so now than when he was younger, but there’s definitely a reason he was referred to as a ‘tomcat’ by his friends and adopted family during the revolution. He even flirts with his sister-in-law; they share the same opinions on a lot of things and respect and appreciate each others’ intelligence. Their relationship is so close that some people would find it a bit odd, but Hamilton doesn’t care. He loves his wife more than anything, despite his many mistakes, and his sister-in-law knows that as well as he does.

Aside from all the noise and pissing people off, love is a very important part of what makes Hamilton ..well, himself. When he loves someone, it’s not going to be lost or set aside. He is very selective about who he loves because he’s lost so much, he wants to be sure he’s putting his heart in the hands of someone who will take care of it and him. When he falls for someone, he falls HARD, even if he may make mistakes along the way. (He IS only human, despite appearances.) He is absolutely devoted to his wife and children, part of the reason he works as hard as he does is so they will be well-provided for, so he doesn’t let them down like his father let him down. The people he loves (even grudgingly) tend to balance him out, encourage him to calm down a little and think things over every once in a while. Sometimes he even listens to them! (Alright, so that’s mainly happened as he’s grown older.)

All of this passion has to go SOMEWHERE, and -- well, usually it’s directed into his writings or into debating/otherwise yelling at people. Hamilton is not known for admitting he’s wrong, but if he thinks you’re wrong, he will absolutely let you know it. Probably with lots of clever insults. He very rarely stops thinking, writing, or even talking, whenever he’s silent it’s usually because of some major catastrophe that he will absolutely refuse to talk about. If Hamilton hates you, you’re sure to know it because he won’t be shy about it at all. ‘Shy’ is hardly in his dictionary. He is complex, loud, intelligent, and kind of obsessive, but for the most part, he’s a decent person who gets a little carried away sometimes.

Background: Wikipedia’s synopsis of the musical: ”https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical)#Synopsis .

Abilities: Polymath and general pain-in-the-ass, fantastic writer and orator, lawyering skills. He can definitely speak French and English fluently, probably less fluent in Hebrew, Latin, and Greek, and almost certainly understands whatever form of Creole they spoke in his time on Nevis. He’s also got amazing financial skills brought on by being a shop clerk and eventual secretary of the treasury. He’s got a good head for military excursions and tactics, as well, having served as Major General of the US Army shortly after Washington assumed the presidency. Also, somehow, he has the ability to work for days on things with very little sleep, though that may just be copious amounts of caffeine.

Network/Actionspam Sample: http://rubycity-ooc.dreamwidth.org/647195.html?thread=19836187#cmt19836187 -- I can provide something else if this doesn’t work, too.

Prose Log Sample: http://synodiporia.dreamwidth.org/131101.html?thread=51565853#cmt51565853 -- If this doesn’t work, I can provide something else. :)

Edited 2017-03-23 23:38 (UTC)

App here!

Reapplying, Touko would keep her previous memories of RC! Thanks for the consideration!

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You must be our wannabe Buddha wrapped up tight in spandex. You must be Odin on the worldtree. You must be Scott Pilgrim at the end of the film.

Fingers crossed!

Edited 2017-04-02 01:51 (UTC)

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Time passes, people move...Like a river's flow, it never ends.

Thank you for your application! We would like to see a few clarifications before we can accept you into the game.

There are two items in the inventory section, Ocarina of Time and Goddess's Harp, which are not described in a way that make sense out of canon context. Please elaborate on these two items and their powers so that mods can make a judgment of their game-appropriateness.
Please describe Zelda's time travel abilities in detail. While we're largely very permissive with OP characters, we do need details of any time travel abilities to ensure that they aren't game-breaking. If you feel they might be game-breaking, please detail how you'll scale them down playing Zelda in-game.
We would like to see a rewritten personality section, as the one presented reads more like a history section rather than a personality. We'd also like to see more depth regarding Zelda's current traits, how she thinks and how she acts rather than what has happened in her life.
We would also like to see a new prose sample that displays introspection and reactions rather than just reminiscence.
Finally, please submit these revisions with appropriate spacing between paragraphs for ease of mod review and to facilitate our quick response.

We look forward to seeing your response within 72 hours.

http://mistressurd.dreamwidth.org/2137.html

The app may say 2015 on it but I edited it recently to add a few things and add new examples.

Thank you for the critique. I'm afraid I've had some trouble with getting it all sorted in time, but if you don't mind I'll reapply soon with the changes suggested.

Not a problem! You're welcome to reapply at any time, and we look forward to seeing your app.

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APPLICATIONS

Fuuka Yamagishi | Persona 3 | Reserved

ACCEPTED

Jarlaxle Baenre | Forgotten Realms | Not Reserved

Elizabeth "Lisa Lisa" Joestar | JJBA | No reserve

[CANON] Robert Lutece || Bioshock: Infinite || Reserved!

REVISIONS

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

Re: REVISIONS

no subject

no subject

ACCEPTED + note

[CANON] Alexander Hamilton || Hamilton: an American musical || reserved || 1 of 1

Touko Fukawa | Dangan Ronpa | No Reserve

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

Loki Laufeyson | Marvel 616 | Reserved

Belldandy | Aa Megamisama | Not Reserved

ACCEPTED

ACCEPTED

Zelda | The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time | Not Reserved

REVISIONS

Urd | Ah! My Goddess! | Not reserved

Re: REVISIONS

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