APPLICATIONS

[rubycitymods]

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
<B><I><BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18! <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>E-mail:</b> <b>AIM/etc:</b> <B><I><BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> First, Last (Western order) <b>Canon:</b> Name only. <b>Age:</b> Real / Apparent, if applicable <b>Timeline:</b> At which point of the canon were they taken from? <b>Items with character at canon point</b>: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions. <b>If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?</b>: 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, <b>how will you handle their interactions without playercesting?</b> Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for. <b>Personality:</b> 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. <b>Background:</b> 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. <b>Abilities:</b> 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. <b>Network/Actionspam Sample:</b> 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. <b>Prose Log Sample:</b> 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
<B><I><BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18! <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>E-mail:</b> <b>AIM/etc:</b> <B><I><BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Character Name:</b> First, Last (Western order) <b>Canon:</b> Name only <b>Age:</b> Real / Apparent, if applicable <b>Timeline:</b> At which point in the canon were they taken from? <b>Items with character at canon point</b>: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions. <b>If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?</b>: 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, <b>how will you handle their interactions without playercesting?</b> Depending on your answer, you may be refused the character you are apping for. <b>Personality:</b> 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. <b>History:</b> Three well-written paragraphs minimum, detail our your characters’ history. <b>Abilities:</b> 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. <b>Relationships to Canon Characters:</b> If any, if not applicable please put N/A. <b>Network/Actionspam Sample:</b> 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. <b>Prose Log Sample:</b> 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
<B><I><BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18! <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>E-mail:</b> <b>AIM/etc:</b> <B><I><BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> First, Last. (Western order) <b>Age:</b> Real / Apparent, if applicable <b>Appearance:</b> 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. <b>Chosen PB:</b> 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. <b>Items with character at canon point</b>: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions. <b>Personality:</b> 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. <b>World Information:</b> 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. <b>History:</b> Your characters’ history in their world. Be sure to be detailed. This section should be a minimum of three paragraphs. <b>Abilities:</b> 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. <b>Network/Actionspam Sample:</b> 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. <b>Prose Log Sample:</b> 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.


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 ✧

Comments

CANON | Cogsworth | Disney's Beauty and the Beast | No reserve

[timelesslypunctual]

PLAYER
Name: Ri
Personal Journal: resplendentri
E-mail: cheetah1090@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: JoyBringer5002 @ AIM

CHARACTER
Name: Cogsworth
Canon: Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (animated canon)
Timeline: After Maurice is taken as the Beast’s prisoner, but before Belle comes to the castle.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a

Personality: Cogsworth is the chief steward/major domo of the Beast’s castle. As such, his job (before the unfortunate incident that left him in his present state) was to manage (and micromanage) the Prince’s affairs. It fell on his broad shoulders to keep the castle running smoothly, and he demonstrates a strong sense of decorum and propriety. As a human, he kept a pocketwatch ever present on his jacket, as it was his duty to keep the castle running on time and on schedule. An example of his micromanaging tendencies is right in between “Something There” and “Human Again”, when he assigns all of the servants to make the castle gleam in order to facilitate a more romantic atmosphere for Belle and the Beast.

He is the stop having fun guy. He is the one responsible for telling all of the other servants what to do, and he does his job with gusto. It’s entirely possible that once upon a time, he actually did so effectively, and the other servants listened to him. However, the time spent under the spell has made many of the other objects/former servants complacent in their roles in the household, and Cogsworth’s power over them has weakened significantly. The only other servants he seems to have any kind of rapport with are Lumiere, Mrs. Potts, and Chip (mostly through Mrs. Potts).

His relationship with Lumiere could possibly be best described as brotherly. Even “bromantic”. His tense, severe personality is a perfect contrast to Lumiere’s free, laissez-faire nature. Even still, if he has one weakness to his personality it’s that he falls easily to the allure of flattery. Whereas he can become quite prickly and obstinate when confronted head to head, he caves easily when appealed to by use of either flattery or otherwise exploiting his interests, for instance immediately following “Be Our Guest” when he rebuffs Lumiere for suggesting giving Belle a tour around the castle, but relents as soon as Belle turns the question into an admiration of his own wealth of knowledge.

Although Cogsworth may show signs of intimidation and submit easily to the will of those who outrank him, he is far from a coward. When push comes to shove, he is a useful ally to have in your corner, as demonstrated by how he entered the fray in the battle for the castle and saved Lumiere’s life. At the canon point I’m taking him from, he hasn’t seen a human being aside from Maurice for ten years. Over the years, he has not been immune from the very complacency which has made the other objects all sluggish to respond to his authority, and at this canon point Belle has not yet arrived to turn the whole of the castle on its head. He will therefore be stubborn and obstinate and set in his ways, and particularly easily offended by those who may insist that he wasn’t every bit as human as the rest of them.

First Person: [He prefers to use the voice function, so that he can merely turn it on, set the watch down, and then pace about and dictate. It’s much easier than finding something to prop it up against were he to make a video, or using tiny metal hands to attempt to make a text post.

Too bad, too, because as he paces back and forth, he gestures wildly with his little metal arms.]

Well now, it seems that someone thought that they were being cute. Funny, perhaps? Oh ha ha, let’s all have a good laugh at poor old Cogsworth, he’s too short to reach doorknobs. Let’s close the door while he’s asleep and shut him in! Yes, that’s a splendid idea!

[He stops pacing and clears his throat.]

It may come as a surprise to some of you, but I’m less than amused. Whoever was responsible for this childish prank can just step forward and fix it posthaste, before I get truly angry! Did no one teach any of you any manners? Really!

[Sotto voce, more to himself.] I didn’t even have to put up with treatment like this back in the castle! Of course, it does make a difference when the doors can open and shut themselves...

Third Person: Cogsworth wasn’t sure where he was, or what was going on. The floor beneath his wooden feet rumbled, sending shivers through his body and making his gears rattle. He’d heard of these kinds of tremors in the earth before, but he didn’t think that they usually happened in France. When he looked up, he saw that the room he was in had windows, and more importantly that what was outside of those windows was moving past at an alarming rate. Soon enough, the view outside was obscured by what seemed to be a dense fog. To someone used to carriage travel at best and not even that for quite some time, the rumbling was a distinctly unsettling sensation.

Soon enough, the vibrations slowed down their frequency, as did the speed of the vague shadows moving past the window. Cogsworth wrung his hands and paced this way and that.

“Alright. First things first, I need to find out whatever this thing is, and whether it will take me back.” He scoffed. “I’m going to have words with whomever owns it, that’s for certain. Really! The nerve, taking a man from his home and putting him in this...this thing!” The more he paced, the more worked up he got, a frustrated ticking following his actions until finally the steel monstrosity rumbled to a halt underneath his feet, throwing him off balance. He shook his head and righted himself, staring up and out of the windows, until with a long, drawn-out creak, the doors slid open. He glanced around the room and felt a shiver go down his back. He waddled to the edge of the door, peering down at the seemingly vast gap between the behemoth and solid ground.

He had to leave the room. Somehow. He backed up a few steps and took off at a run, sucking in a breath and holding it as he jumped as high and as far as his little legs could carry him. He tripped and nearly fell through the gap, landing instead on his face on the cold, hard ground. “Eurgh...” he groaned, pushing himself up and peering around.

“Now then...where on earth am I?”

REJECTED

[rubycitymods]

We as a team feel that your perception of this character is not in keeping with his canon, based on a number of factors that comprise the bulk of your application. We feel as though your personality section exaggerates and makes assumptions about the character based on a series of punchlines that center around national stereotypes. SatW is a very punchline-driven comic, and while this does not preclude darker interpretations of the characters there has been little evidence to support such a drastically grim interpretation.

REVISION REQUESTED

[rubycitymods]

While we're happy with your app as a whole, we would like to request a revision on your first-person sample so as to gain a better understanding of how well you grasp the character's personality and mannerisms.

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.


PLEASE BE AWARE: THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ENTERING AN EVENT.

For more information, check the event post here! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Have fun!

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.


PLEASE BE AWARE: THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ENTERING AN EVENT.

For more information, check the event post here! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Have fun!

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.


PLEASE BE AWARE: THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ENTERING AN EVENT.

For more information, check the event post here! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Have fun!

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.


PLEASE BE AWARE: THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ENTERING AN EVENT.

For more information, check the event post here! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Have fun!

Re: REVISION REQUESTED

[crowsicle]

Would a link to a musebox entry be okay? If so, here: http://cinderbox.dreamwidth.org/655.html

If not, I can edit the sample in my app, I just have to wait until I'm not on my phone.

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.


PLEASE BE AWARE: THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ENTERING AN EVENT.

For more information, check the event post here! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Have fun!

CANON | Eridan Ampora | Homestuck | No Reserve

[allisnotlost]

Right here!

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.


PLEASE BE AWARE: THE CITY IS CURRENTLY ENTERING AN EVENT.

For more information, check the event post here! If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. Have fun!

CANON OC | Cronus Ampora | Homestuck | Reserved

[justnevwerevwen]

PLAYER
Name: James
Personal Journal: vastexpletive
E-mail: floridiancheese@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: itsasekrit1993


CHARACTER
Character Name: Cronus Ampora
Canon: Homestuck
Timeline: After his talk with Kankri
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: Cronus is the second worst character in Homestuck by far.

Alright no, but he's pretty horrible. At first glance, he might not seem like the worst person you could meet. In fact, he even seems rather nice! Claiming to be a sensitive artist, Cronus is a nice, well meaning kind of guy. He understands your problems and can sympathise with them and is just overall there for you. No ulterior motives or anything!

That's what he wants you to believe, at any rate. The truth is that this is all very much an act, and the dude is actually pretty scummy. He's clearly only nice to get close to people and to lead into making inappropriate advances on them more often than not. Cronus is somewhat obsessed with filling his quadrants and having sex. It's clear that he wouldn't admit to it, but he is rather desperate in this regard and it shows through his interactions with people.

The thing about him is though, it's not his fault! It's other people's faults. He is very much based on the 'nice guy' stereotype, and he lives up to that by blaming other people for not wanting to be with him. He alluded to this multiple times throughout his appearance in the comic, and not only that but he also made inappropriate advances on Mituna captor, before proceeding to heavily victim blame and make Mituna feel bad for it. In fact, this conversation also revealed what a manipulative bastard and jerk Cronus can be. Not only is he a jerk, but it also showed what an ableist he is by the way he blamed Mituna and insulted him over his mental problems.

Really, his conversation with Cronus made a lot of things clear. Like the fact that he just has no personal boundaries what so ever and doesn't see anything wrong with violating people's personal space. As mentioned above, he even went as far as to make Mituna feel bad for being uncomfortable about it. And, going back to a point above, it also revealed more about how he tries to manipulate people through drama and lies to try and garner pity; the biggest example being threatening to commit suicide.

Cronus is a very dramatic troll in that regard. He plays up his feelings in a way to try and get people to sympathise with him. Most interactions with him involve talking about his feelings in a pretty dramatic fashion. Additionally, he also claims to be humankin; a human born in a troll body- specifically a 1950s human greaser. Whether or not this is genuine or a ploy to get people interested in him remains to be seen, though it seems fairly genuine given his discussion about it with Kankri, who enabled this behaviour.

He is also rather egotistical, another of his negative traits that he tends to hide under his ~nice guy~ facade. He claims that his blood colour is not a big deal to him, but the opposite is pretty obvious given the way he talks about it. The truth of the matter is he puts about as much stock in blood colour as most snobbish highbloods do and really does expect to be treated better for it. TL;DR he is a privileged jerk with no respect for other people, who really needs a punch in the nose.

History: Harry PotterCronus is the pre-scratch version of the Orphaner Dualscar and, like all of the pre-scratch trolls, was born on the planet called Beforus, the pre-scratch version of the Troll planet Alternia. Whereas Alternia was a ruthless and violent place, Beforus was much more peaceful in comparison and the blood caste system not nearly as bad. However, Cronus is still a rather privileged high blood at any rate.

According to Aranea Serket, Cronus was once a wizard, believing himself to have been born to defeat an evil wizard as 'the angels foretold'. It's said that he had a lot of faith in magic and that he was very dedicated to the job of being a wizard and defeating this evil one. It was said that he believed this wizard tried to kill him, though the spell backfired and left Cronus with the two scars he has on his forehead instead.

However, at some point in his life he lost his faith in magic completely. No one seems to know why, and Cronus certainly doesn't seem to volunteer the information readily. It can be assumed that since Ahab's Crosshairs is found in a chest near him, he switched his focus from magic to marksmanship as his main source of fighting.

He and a group of other trolls would then go on to play sgrub, with Cronus as the Bard of Hope. Of course they ended up losing the game and having to scratch it, though this wasn't done right away and they spent far longer in their null session than they actually needed to, during which there was a lot of romance drama. Cronus wasn't really a part of any of that, however, considering the fact he is a complete and utter failure at filling any of his quadrants.

In the afterlife of the dream bubbles, Cronus still wasn't successful in that regard. Certainly not after learning of humans and realizing he's humankin. Which is a thing he definitely did. In fact it's safe to say that Cronus has gotten worse at filling quadrants in death, having had the opportunity to try and perfect his nice guy facade and attempt to perfect his 1950s greaser persona., as well as his music. Which seems to be rather inappropriate and very offputting, if Meenah is any indication.

Strengths/Weaknesses: As shown by his personality, Cronus is a manipulative douchebag. This might not work on everyone, but if it does it can be quite effective. His weaknesses tend to outweigh his strengths however. His personality as a whole is a huge weakness, making it difficult to become close to people and get what he wants. Mainly, getting laid.
Abilities: Not much is really shown about Cronus's abilities. A chest a few feet away from him has Ahab's Crosshairs, which would indicate that he's proficient in the art of shooting a gun. Also he is the best at romance. Only not really.

Relationships to Canon Characters: His biggest relation would be with the other violet bloods; Eridan Ampora and Dualscar. Even then it's not a very close relation other than the fact that they are sort of related in the confusing sense that Cronus is the pre-scratch version of Dualscar, who is Eridan Ampora's Ancestor.

First Person: This post has several threads that hopefully meet the requirements!

Third Person: You would think that suddenly being dragged away from the only place he knew for years would have been an inconvenience. Something to be annoyed or angry at. And maybe in a way it was an inconvenience. But honestly? The perks definitely outweighed everything else.

How long, exactly, had he been stuck in that dream bubble with the same old people? Way too long, in Cronus's opinion, now that he was somewhere new. With so many possibilities. And what was even better was he was surrounded by humans. He was with his own kind! That part was pretty damn exciting, if he were honest. Especially since he was still dealing his confusion over the whole humankin thing. It would help with that and he was eager to learn more about them.

But honestly what really had him excited was the fact no one knew him in this strange place called Ruby City. If he played his cards right, he would certainly have better luck here than he did back in the dream bubble. He just had to be careful, he realized. But obviously it wasn't going to be an issue, because who wouldn't like him?

That's right. You couldn't not love him. Just look at all the swag he had. At least that's what he told himself. And he believed it, too. But only time would tell if he would ever actually have any luck here like he wanted to believe he would.

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.

[CANON OC] Soma Asman Kadar || Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) || reserve || 1 of 2

[twentysixthprince]

PLAYER
Name: Ally
Personal Journal: ally_music
E-mail: spike_black@web.de
AIM/MSN/etc: kogepankon

CHARACTER
Name: 26th Prince of Bengal Soma Asman Kadar
Canon: Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler)
Timeline: After Chapter 74

If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?:

Neither Soma nor Undertaker ever interacted with each other in canon. They met once during the fake funeral of Sebastian, but didn’t show interest in one another. Should this ever change I’d choose to let them stay strangers.

Personality:

Soma used to be a self-absorbed, ignorant young man, quick to blame others for his problems. The reason he became this way was because of the neglect he received from his parents during his childhood. As one of 26 children, his father simply showed no interest in him and his mother tried to get his father’s attention. It left him lonely and under the care of a female servant, Meena, to whom he grew attached to, she was like an older sister to him. When she was “kidnapped” by an English Lord, he went as far as to travel to England with his servant Agni, with whom he shares a deep bond of trust, to get her back.

The prince didn’t change until he came to England and met Ciel Phantomhive, who he would later consider his best friend. After the prince had even lost Agni - if only temporary - and Ciel’s butler Sebastian forced him to face the truth, that Soma himself actually was the reason for all his problems and that it was his fault alone that he was being left by everyone important to him, he started to change. Soma then decided to work hard and accomplish things on his own to become a better man and be of use for his friends.

What didn’t change about the seventeen year old prince of Bengal is his naïve, cheerful and childish nature. Soma has shown kindness long before he came to England: when he met Agni and saved him from execution by declaring him his servant and thus granting him a new life. Having been sheltered from the world outside of Bengal and India he knew little about the world until he had traveled to England. A good example for his naivety is that he believes about everything he is told by Ciel, not noticing that he is being lied to by the boy. Another aspect of his is that he can be rather stubborn and annoying at times.

When he demands someone’s attention then he will be persistent until he is given said attention. He had done so with Ciel during the Curry Contest Arc and others as shown during the Public School Arc. The prince cares a lot about his friends and what they think of him. During the Noah’s Circus Arc he even tends the sick Ciel, ending up completely exhausted afterwards or doing the boy a favor in the public School Arc. It can be said that Soma would set the whole heavens and earth in motion in order to help them. Should there be something that’s bothering him he would speak his mind, even if it is unasked for, as shown in the most recent chapters. He would even state his opinion towards Sebastian, no matter how much the butler scares him – that is if he can hide behind Agni or Ciel.

[CANON OC] Soma Asman Kadar || Kuroshitsuji (Black Butler) || reserve || 2 of 2

[twentysixthprince]

First Person:

[When Soma steps out of the train he looks around curiously. This certainly isn’t England anymore, nor is it any of the places Agni and he have traveled through before. And he was more than sure that not even a moment ago he has been at Weston College in his bed, deep asleep.]

Hello? Is anyone there?

[A watch falls out of one of his pockets as he takes a few more steps forward. He kneels down to pick it up and fumbles it until it’s switched on. The prince blinks at that and turns it a few times, once holding it close to his face.]

What’s that for a strange watch? I’ve never seen one like that before...

Third Person:

It hadn’t taken too long until the prince had decided that he didn’t like this city. When he had been in London Agni had still been with him and he could see Ciel whenever he wanted. Here? Here in this City he was bored, there was nothing to do at all. Soma sighed and let his head rest on his hand, frowning slightly.

“This place is the worst...” he mumbled. Soma was a social individual; he needed someone to talk to at least, this wasn’t how he was used to live! In England he had something to do at least, but in this city there was nothing he could do! For now he had to try to entertain himself by walking around.

That is until he might meet someone while he was walking around. Hey, perhaps they were willing to have a small conversation with him or even play a game of chess. Soma was sure he could make some friends here if he tried hard enough.

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.

Killian Jones (Captain Hook) | Once Upon A Time | Reserved

[ticktockticktock]

A man unwilling to fight for what he wants deserves what he gets.

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

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

If you have a plurk account, please add the rubycitymods plurk to be included in future updates, information and feedback. We are on plurk at rubycitymods.

Canon | Norman Babcock | ParaNorman | Reserved

[brokethecycle]

PLAYER
Name: James
Personal Journal: thegogglesdonothing
E-mail: wudaistarwind at gmail dot com
AIM/MSN/etc: Jamadadayo

CHARACTER
Name: Norman Babcock
Canon: ParaNorman
Timeline: Post-Movie
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a

Personality: Norman likes being under the radar. He doesn't like sticking out and being noticed, because that usually means negative attention on him. His entire modus operandi is to make it through with as little confrontation or social interaction as possible. The unfortunate truth of it all is that, in his town, blending in is impossible. It's sort of an inescapable reality to a kid born with the gift of speaking to the dead. Ghosts, zombies, you name it. Norman is the ambassador between the physical and spiritual plane. The bad news is that it doesn't make you all that popular in school. Or at home. Or anywhere, really. Alienated by most of his town? Yep. Treated as a troubled child by his family? Check. Fiercely bullied at school? You bet.

However, in spite of that, Norman never treats himself like a victim. He doesn't cry about the way things are. Sure, he laments that he never asked to be born the way he was but does he try to deny his gifts? Hell no. He knows that he isn't normal and he has no intentions of trying to pretend otherwise. Even if all he wants, is to duck his head and get through it the best he can, he doesn't try to change himself to suit others. Unfortunately this attitude has led Norman to becoming a loner. Until recently, he saw no real need to make friends, feeling that once they get to know him, they'd just think he was a freak anyway. As such he's come to be very comfortable on his own, and prefers to just rely on himself.

Of course its a little different when he talks to ghosts. Where Norman shuts himself off to the living, to the dead he's perfectly cheerful and friendly. Going so far as to help his town ghosts with any little task they might ask of him. He knows this doesn't make his case better for the living, but the bottom line is that he doesn't care. Time and again, Norman's learned to value the company of the dead over the living.

But despite what seems like hostility and distrust, he does cares about other people and he has a strong moral sense of right and wrong. Even people he doesn't even like all that much, he'd never purposely harm, and even go so far to help in a dire situation. Given the opportunity to really show his stuff, Norman can also be very brave and determined, willing to risk his life for what has to be done. His sense of duty is also very strong and once he sets out to do something, he takes it very seriously. Really underneath that anti-social facade he puts up, Norman is just a lonely kid who's had to put up with a lot of pain simply for just being who he is. It speaks a lot, too for the sort of emotional strength that he has for someone so young.

The good news is, that after the events of the film, not only has Norman decided to open up, but the entirety of his town has realized that he wasn't faking for attention all this time, and basically saved their asses from a fiery doom by witch curse. While this means he's still pretty introverted, he's less distrusting and hostile to others and willing to talk and even make friends. During his confrontation with Aggie, Norman had to make peace with the part of him that bottled up all his anger and bitterness, realizing that if he held onto it like she had, then he'd eventually lose himself to his hate. By doing so, he'd become nothing better than the one's who've hurt him in the past. It's a hell of a revelation to have at eleven-years-old.

Of course, don't confuse Norman being nice and friendly with him being a push-over. He definitely still has a temper, and he will certainly call you out on being an idiot if he needs to. He's blunt and honest, and doesn't really sugarcoat things if its important. Otherwise, he's a sweet kid whose spent far too long being lonely and isolated.

[brokethecycle]

First Person: [ Norman was pretty used to strange things. Honestly, there were far too many things that didn't faze him these days, but sure enough, he didn't know what to make of the situation. It seems that every time you tell yourself you've seen it all, life will just toss you a curve ball and all you can do is gracefully accept the concussion.]

[Grudgingly, Norman realized he needed to make some kind of contact with whoever else might be here, which has led him to making this post in the first place. At least he was pretty sure there would be others around from what the ghosts were whispering.]

[His voice is hesitant at first, and clearly belonging to that of a child. However there's a seriousness to it that probably seems weird for someone who's eleven.]

Um- Hello? Is there anyone else out there?

Would ...anyone know how to get back to Blithe Hollow? The train station wasn't really all that helpful and I'm pretty sure my parents are going to worry if I don't show up for dinner.

[Pause.]

Neil? ...Courtney?

[A small sigh. The next bit is barely audible.]

Should have known this was a dumb idea.

Third Person:

Norman spent the better part of the train ride trying to wake up from whatever bizarro dream he'd landed himself into. That may not have been a particularly unusual reaction, but the difference with him was that when he had bizarro dreams- they were a little more interactive. He'd gotten lucid visions of the past before. The problem was usually he was able to recall what he was doing before they happened.

He should have been able to feel the world slipping away from him, burning at the edges like old parchment.

That wasn't really what was happening, was it? No, this seemed to be something entirely different. He realized, too, that with his visions there was usually a driving purpose, some role that he was supposed to act out. Usually they were told in the eyes of the person the vision was supposed to be about. Aside from the compulsory push out the door of the train, there was very little direction for what he was supposed to be doing.

After nearly an hour of wandering around he satisfied himself with the knowledge that he wasn't having a vision- he was actually, physically, in this strange place.

Unsurprisingly it did very little to help the situation at hand.

It was with some relief that he uncovered a ghostly population in the city. Though, they seemed to be a little cryptic, if just plain unhelpful. They were friendly enough, and at least told him he wasn't alone in the city. They gave him a warning about the other, less friendly inhabitants, as well, and Norman took it to heart. The last thing he wanted trouble from was a poltergeist or a monster.

Of course that left him with the arduous task of making contact with the city. He was never really a big fan of talking to other people, and even after the events of the witch's curse, he still rather liked being solitary. At least in Blithe Hollow he knew people, this was an entirely foreign situation.

...Rethinking that, Norman wondered if that would be a bad thing. If he didn't know anyone, then no one knew him either.

Canon | Lancer | Fate/Prototype | Reserved

[puppy_lancer]

PLAYER
Name:lotus-genie
Personal Journal:lotus_genie
E-mail: genie_wu12@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: genie_wu12; lotusgenie

CHARACTER
Name: Lancer (Cu Chulainn)
Canon: Fate/Prototype
Timeline: Shortly after Misaya tries to acquire Saber
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Lancer’s personality is very much like that of his FSN counterpart, only younger, stupider, and more idealistic. Lancer is a very rough and wild, but straightforward and carefree man. He is usually friendly and casual, even to his enemies. In fact, his personal philosophy is that one should drink until dawn with someone they get along with, even if that person would become the enemy in the morning. However, this does not change the fact that on the battlefield, all enemies to be killed mercilessly. Speaking of battle: he loves it. The reason he joined the army was so he could fight good opponents. However, it usually applies to single battles against talented warriors. Though he is quick to work himself into a frenzy when fighting, he has no interest in the mass slaughter during wars.

Though he refuses to talk about his alignment in terms of good or evil, he is a good person on the inside. He is rather naïve and impulsive, having not yet realized that the world is an unreasonable place and has an inherent balance of good and evil. He is often the first to rush into battle, as well as the first to physically discipline any thugs who harass innocent people. Despite being friendly, his impulsive and brunt way of speaking and joking around sometimes ends up hurting feelings unawares to him. This can be seen in his interactions with his Master Misaya, where he tells her that she has no good traits as a Master when compared with Ayaka, Saber’s Master.

He is an honorable man, having sworn to loyally serve anyone that becomes his Master. At the same time, he is a rebellious teenager who sometimes clashes with his Master’s personality or methods. Though he would never desert his Masters, he still has some problems taking orders that he dislikes, such as harming women or innocent people. On rare occasions, his personal sense of morality will override even his Master’s orders. But most of the time, he just complains about having to perform those tasks, as seen in his interactions with Misaya—when ordered to lure Saber to their side, he continuously complained that he wanted to go home. When he did speak to Saber, he did so in a rather roundabout and half-assed way that left Saber confused as to the purpose of Lancer’s visit. His honor is tied to his straightforward nature. He does not like lies or betrayal and is a man of his word, willing to uphold any oath that he swears, no matter how unreasonable, until his dying day. At the same time, he absolutely hates traitors and is easily stirred into a rage if he encounters them. His other dislike is convoluted plans, which conflict with his straightforward nature.

For all his impulsiveness, Lancer rarely has any regrets. In his view, what is done is done. Hope is for the future and miracles are for the living. Even if some tragedy befalls him, he would give himself sufficient time to mourn, but then move on and continue living his life as he likes it, letting his instincts guide him. This is, at least, what he would like to believe. In truth, some incidents in the past have severely traumatized him, and even if he does not want to, they sometimes come back to haunt him and drive him to try to prevent the tragedy from ever happening again. In canon, he swore to save Misaya from her curse at least partly because she reminded him of his teacher Scathach, who was trapped in a state between life and death due to a curse.

Lancer’s straightforward view also applies to his desires. He is not exactly a man known for his temperance, especially when it comes to women. He has had a long series of one-night-stands, though he has genuinely fell in love only very few times. He has a liking for tough girls, especially those who initially act cold or tease him, because they remind him of his teacher, Scathach. This attraction can be either romantic or simply friendly in nature, depending on the girl. His way of showing it usually includes lots of friendly teasing, though given the girls he’s dealing with, it usually earns him swift and painful repercussions. Ironically, he puts off sleeping with the girls he likes, preferring to get to know them first.

First Person:

[The feed flickers on, showing Lancer sitting on a bench in the train station.]

Yo. I’ll get right to the point here. Has anyone ever tried to take the train out of here before? If it arrives every evening at the same time, it’s just a matter of hopping on it after the new arrivals get off, right? What happens if you try that?

[He shifts the communicator to show the fog-covered tracks.]

They probably can’t drop an entire train into the catacombs. Hell, I’d be surprised if they had more than one train running in this place.

Third Person:

It had been days since Lancer arrived in this mysterious city. Days since he had to admit that it was no dream and that he was indeed separated from his Master. The initial confusion had passed, leaving anger in its place. How could he just remain stuck here? Misaya needed him at home. Every second that he spent here was a second wasted as Misaya’s time ran toward its limit.

He wants to smash his way out. If aimless wandering just led to him being lost in the catacombs, then he would just tear apart the entire town. Surely the forces that managed the city would be unable to hold him if there was no city to hold him in.

Of course, he has to find a good place to start smashing shit. After all, every bounded field has a center; a spot that served to create the spell. If that was found and destroyed, everything else could be easily obliterated as clean-up. He chooses to start with the clock tower first. It’s the highest place in the city, and magi seemed to like clock towers. If there was a core or something powering the city, there was the good bet it was here.

For the next several hours, other people who visit the tower will find Lancer carefully touching and sniffing all the tower structures to see if they hold any special properties.

[Canon] Rodrigo Borgia || Assassin's Creed || Reserved || 1/3

[the_spaniard]

PLAYER
Name: Wilhelm
Personal Journal: zarathustra
E-mail: lathernia@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: estharpresident || Plurk: esthar_president


CHARACTER
Name: Rodrigo Borgia
Canon: Assassin's Creed
Timeline: 1492, right after he was elected Pope (between the Battle of Forli / ACII: Discovery and the Bonfire of the Vanities).
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A


Personality: Rodrigo Borgia is a complicated character. He is a ruthless man working to gain power for himself, yet at the same time he is a Templar working for the greater good. More than a mere Templar, he is the Grand Master of the Templar Order. Of course, both his personal purpose and his purpose as a Templar work together well. Templars wish to make a new world. One of eternal peace without war or suffering- In a word: Utopia. Yet they hope to accomplish this by suppressing free-will and they do not hesitate to be cruel to reach their end. In this design, Rodrigo sees himself as the one bringing about this new world. He expects to obtain the power that will allow him to make such a world a reality. And of course, with that power he sees himself as the one reigning over the New World Order.

He is very ambitious and sees himself as 'The Prophet' mentioned in the prophecies written by Altaïr Ibn-La'Ahad centuries ago. As such he thinks of himself as some sort of chosen one and sees it as only natural that he would be the one to reign over Italy (and maybe eventually, the world). Obviously for this to be achieved the ancestral enemies of the Templars must be exterminated: the Assassins. Rodrigo has worked to this end as well for a very long time. He nearly succeeded in wiping out a major family of assassins, the Auditore family. But Ezio Auditore escaped and managed to be reunited with his uncle alongside his mother and sister: his failure to completely wipe out this family will prove to be his undoing. In the end, Rodrigo created his worst enemy; he is the very source of his own demise.

Rodrigo is manipulative, patient and works with a lot determination. Words are weapons more deadly than swords when used by him. Whether his plots last one, ten or thirty years, Rodrigo will keep working to see them accomplished. The Templars' greater plan runs on centuries, millennia even. Rodrigo is aware that in order to succeed patience is a virtue. He also knows that relying on only one plan to see their purpose accomplished would be a mistake. In this sense he is a chessmaster, carefully laying out many plans which outcomes, as different as they appear to be, all lead to the accomplishment of his great plan. He never gives up and as a true chessmaster, does not allow his failings to break him. Instead he comes back with a new plan, a new back-up.

This can be seen throughout Assassin's Creed 2. Rodrigo planned to rule over Italy by having the leaders of each city killed and replaced by Templars under his control. Yet simultaneously he ran his plan to obtain the Pieces of Eden in order to open the Vault where he believes he will find God and obtain his power- Which if it is true would allow him to unify the world and rule over it. At the same time he took control of Rome and the Church while shaping his own family as a deadly weapon. All these plans work together and simultaneously act as back-up would one be to fail.

[Canon] Rodrigo Borgia || Assassin's Creed || Reserved || 2/3

[the_spaniard]

He can be seen as very cruel and slightly sadistic, as he very rarely shows compassion for anyone. Rodrigo only cares about himself, his family and his allies. And even for his allies, he won't shed a tear if something is to happen to them. Nevertheless, as he believes he works for the betterment of humanity and wishes to put an end to war and violence, it shows he at least cares for humans in a general way- Even though he despises what they are and couldn't care less at the death of some as long as it means his objectives will be accomplished. He shows himself generous toward those loyal to him and will grant them their desires. However toward those who disappoint or betray him, he shows no mercy and will not hesitate to slay them personally.

His relationship with his family is similar to that with his allies. As with everyone else, he sees his own family as tools for him to accomplish his goals. He arranged marriages for his daughter in order to gain access to privileged positions. Once he reached papacy, gave the most important positions to people from his own family. The way he treats his children is disputable as well. While one of his sons seems to have been favored and well treated, his other son, Cesare, appears to despise him and will grow to be even more ruthless than his father (and in the future, will eventually become the de facto head of the Templars). However the affection his daughter bear for him indicates he is not a totally emotionless man and can have his nice moments.

In spite of having spent most of his life working hand in hand with the Christian Church, he does not believe in God. In fact he despises Christianity as well as every other religion. He does not care about notions such as morality, good or evil- He is a firm believer that the end justifies the means. In his eyes the religion is little more than a fantasy created by people to reassure themselves. A tool that has to be used by those enlightened in order to offer a reassuring illusion to the masses, to ease their pain. To give them the belief there is some greater purpose to their existence. To make them believe they are not meaningless. In the end religion makes it much easier for people like him to control the masses. Having become Pope, the highest rank in the Christian Church, he has then accomplished one of his objectives. He is effectively one of the, if not the most, influential leader in the world.

Because he is the Grand Master of the Templar Order, Rodrigo has numerous allies both within and outside of the Templar Order. He can quite easily make new allies to help him in accomplish his purpose, either because their beliefs are the same than his own or because he offers them lies and illusions to control them. A master in the art or corruption, Rodrigo can corrupt people even amongst his oldest enemies thanks to false promises or threats made to them and their family- Their friends. Any means to reach his objectives are good. And disposing of ancient allies as mentioned above does not seem to be a problem for him either.

Because he is such a manipulative character, most people think of him as a respectable man who worked very hard in his life. As the Pope, some people even venerate him. The only ones to see through his mask are the Assassins. However on the long-term his methods will draw the anger of the people- He is not perfect.

While his plans are carefully laid out and well thought out, more often than not they are flawed, which leaves an open window for his enemies to strike if they are clever enough to see the flaw in his plan. He is mostly a normal human being; and so he cannot predict every possible outcome to his plan. As such, his enemies successfully countered his plans on many occasions. Yet again he is a very intelligent character who can think on the fly and come with back-up plans quite easily. He rarely commits twice the same mistake, learning from them and improving himself upon them. He rarely does underestimate his enemies as well, he knows to recognize a threat, yet at the same time he is confident that they'll be dealt with in the end.

As a matter of fact, his arrogance would be his true character flaw: convinced to be the Prophet, convinced that in the end he will win. This will prove to be his undoing in the future, as once his dream will be shattered he will become little more than the shadow of his previous self, letting his grasp over Rome and the Templar Order slip into his son's hands.

While he clearly appears to be a courageous man taking risks to see his plans accomplished, not hesitating to step on the field and fighting assassins if necessary, he also has a cowardly side. On at least two occasions he fled from a battle against the Assassin Giovanni Auditore, once when he felt his life threatened by him and left his own men to be slaughtered by the assassin. The other time he confronted Giovanni on his own, but he had prepared an ambush. And as his men were defeated, he threw a knife to strike down Giovanni and ran away once more. On one hand standing against an assassin whom he knew he couldn't hope to defeat and would end up with his death would have been stupid. In that sense, he is realistic and makes the best choices to preserve his life. His allies would call it being strategic. On the other hand, running away and hiding while his men are fighting isn't exactly a symbol of courage. His enemies would call it cowardice.

Last but not least, under his rule the city of Rome fell in disarray as he put more emphasis on strengthening the Templar's hold on the city, rather than having the city prosper. On the bright side, Rodrigo encouraged new architectural designs and evolution. He has a genuine interest in all form of art and is known to have protected artists. He encouraged education and issued papal bulls that created new colleges. Rodrigo Borgia is clearly a character made of shades of grey, who is neither good nor evil.

[Canon] Rodrigo Borgia || Assassin's Creed || Reserved || 3/3

[the_spaniard]

First Person:

[ At first, Rodrigo had wondered if this watch may have been another artifact similar to the apple and the staff. By now he knows that it definitely is not- He has been properly explained how to use it by a generous soul. Nevertheless, odds are that the same people who built the Pieces of Eden built that thing…

Whatever, it is no time to speculate. The priority now is to find a way out of this city in order to go back to Rome. If not possible, at least find out how to exploit this city to his further his plans. And this starts by gathering information, anonymously as far as possible.

Hence why he turns on the audio setting of the device before starting to speak. Audio only indeed, he'd rather not show his face in case some assassins happen to be spying the network. His voice is not known yet around these parts, so he is as good as anonymous. ]

Greetings.

[ A deep voice can be heard from the clock, albeit controlled and calm. A small, loud noise can be heard as the Templar plays with the watch, throwing it in the air before catching it back, again and again. ]

I have recently arrived in this city like you once did. And like you I am prisoner of this place. An unfortunate fate and a common story amongst these parts I believe.

[ He takes a pause and a deep breath before continuing. He stops playing with the watch and starts to walk, wherever he is. ]

I assume this kind of messages to be frequent from newcomers. However I would appreciate it greatly if information about this place could be given to me.

I will not illusion myself and believe there is an easy way out, but has anyone attempted escape? What kind of city is this in the first place?

[ As he walks he stops in his track and looks at the watch, still not activating the video function. ]

And I am to assume this city is not in Italy, correct?




Third Person:

"May the Father of understanding guide us."

It was night as the Templars were having a reunion, with the only source of light coming from a fireplace. They were gathered around a table inside the house of the Maestro, it is to say the Grand Master of the Templar Order: Rodrigo Borgia himself. It had been quite a couple months now since he had arrived in the city. Passed the initial surprise and bewilderment had come the time for him to get a name in this city and find new allies. And now that he had the allies he needed, now that he had gotten accustomed to the field, now that he was building his reputation anew- Now the time had come for plotting and furthering the plans he had left behind in Italy.

"Many of those inhabiting this city see in this place little more than an annoyance. Others see in it a divine punishment. Some see it as a mystery, a wonder, a miracle. What interpretations are given to this place are of no concern to us."

The Maestro was standing still- The man's voice was deep, yet controlled and very calm. He was used to this kind of reunion; he had participated in them for the entirety of his life and had presided them those last twenty years. He looked at each of the participants as he spoke, slowly turning to look at each of them, marking a pause before continuing. The idea was to make this point clear, this was not hard, and after all these years he had developed a certain charisma. And these people knew they were people he could count on, even though he did not expect miracles: all the setbacks he had suffered in Florence and Venice had made him a more careful man.

"We have to see it as an opportunity. It does not matter where we are, where we come from or when we come from. Our purpose remains the same and this place offers us countless possibilities to make the worlds we envision a reality. We have to understand this place, learn from it and exploit it to our end. To most people this would sound like a pointless endeavor. But we are not the people. We work for the people."

Rodrigo Borgia finally sat down, considering his own words. This was true; they were working for the greater good, for the people no matter how lowly he thought of the populace, how he despised the mindless masses who couldn't think for themselves. But at the same time, he knew it to be his destiny to bring them the perfect world envisioned by the Order. It was his destiny to have Power over them all. Yet there were those who would stop him, who would oppose all those sharing these ideals… The Assassins.

"However, we are not alone to work in this city. Assassins and a number of their allies are here as well. It makes no doubt that whatever we attempt to do, they will stand against us, and this issue needs to be settled now. I will accept no interferences from these fanatics."

His voice grew stronger and louder toward the end, but then he breathed deeply. They would come up with a solution, have those threats eliminated and find out what secrets this city may have to reveal to them.

{ [OC] Esther Sigma }

[viperidae]

[Link]