APPLICATIONS

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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 ✧

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Sgt Calhoun. Wreck-It Ralph

[one_dynamite_gal]

PLAYER
Name: Poshu
Personal Journal: n/a but I can be reached on AIM or by email
E-mail: moranmaumell@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: Poshueatspancake

CHARACTER
Name: Sgt. Tamora Jean Calhoun
Canon: Wreck-It-Ralph
Timeline: After the film’s plot. [after she is married to Felix]
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
SPOILERS AHEAD!!


Personality: The first thing you notice about Sgt. Calhoun is her intensity. She is not a laid back woman and she makes that very clear from the moment you meet her. Her tone of voice is always on the aggressive side, while not being full on cruel. Her tone of voice is loud, brash, nearly yelling at some points. Her first words in the film are a condescending pep talk to her soldiers before beginning a battle against the Cy-bugs.

“All right, not listen up because I am only going to say this once. Fear is a four letter word ladies. You want to go pee-pee in your big-boy slacks. Keep it to yourself.”

This theme demonstrates a certain sass about her while still showing her seriousness. She is dedicated to her cause [fighting cy-bugs] and demands anyone under her command to follow that. Her authority is unquestioned in her squad despite the fact that Sgt. Calhoun is by far the smallest human character in her game. Her size doesn’t hurt her much, her word is law in her squad and she gets absolute obedience or else she is not afraid to whack it into someone [example being when she mistook Ralph for Markowski and clocked him with her helmet for disobeying the first rule of Hero’s Duty] The discrepancy in size and her unquestioned control over her soldiers implies she is an unrivaled fighter.

She approaches her ongoing mission to kill cy-bugs with absolute responsibility, in fact it could be said that she approaches life that way. She never approaches anything half-heartedly. She is in or she is out and either way she is dedicated to her choice 100%.
She insisted to Felix on first meeting that “nothing gets past me” when he came looking for the runaway Ralph. But once she was proven wrong and realized a cy-bug had escaped with Ralph into Sugar Rush, Calhoun went after it without a second thought. It was simply her duty to go after and destroy the bug before it killed a game full of strangers and eventually the whole power strip’s worth of games. She takes her role as a soldier seriously, from referring to Felix as “Civilian” to forbidding him to join her at first on her mission to kill the cy-bug in Sugar Rush.

“Like fun you are, short stack. You die outside your game you don’t regenerate.”

From the get-go in the story she is all-business and never loses sight of her goal. When Ralph was causing a mess in Hero’s Duty disguised as Markowski she continued to interact with the player after getting Ralph back in formation, she never let the game itself come to a halt.

“Markowski! Back in formation!! [to First Person Shooter]... Alright the kitten whispers and tickle fights stop NOW. The entrance to the lab is straight ahead.”

This can also be a bit of a downfall in that Calhoun focuses ONLY on her goal. She gets a bit of tunnel vision. Her journey to find the Cy-Bug in Sugar Rush was her mission and she really didn’t care what happened to Ralph, the other “survivor” in the meantime. This isn’t to say she is a cold person, she is just very focused and disciplined. On the other hand she was hesitant to continue hitting Felix to the point of injury even though it was what she had to do to encourage the Laffy Taffy down so they could escape the Nesquick sand. It took Felix demanding her to hit him, claiming that the arcade was counting on them to get through this and capture the cy-bug. Once he appealed to her she had little problem. She understands that if she fails her duties, it will cost lives as it has before. The game establishes that she lost her would-be husband at the altar on their wedding day to a cy-bug attack. It was the one day she failed to do a perimeter check.

In her brief flashback and in her brief moments being courted by Felix, she is shown to be softer and more vulnerable. She smiles, she has softer light on her, she appears more warm and open to being charmed. [She breaks the stereotypical mold and kisses Felix back at the end too!] We see her on dates with Brad, her would-be husband and she gets “goo goo eyes” for Felix after he lifts her effortlessly from the Nesquick Sand. Calhoun is not a complete hard-core soldier but she had learned the pain of failing those you love. She is very professional and puts her business first but she is very open to having a personal life too.

Sgt Calhoun. Wreck-It Ralph

[one_dynamite_gal]

First Person: [There is a blaring angry voice over the communicator, it demands your attention. It is accompanied by a twisted grimace on the face of an otherwise lovely woman with short blond hair. Her eyes are glittering with rage. She grit her teeth as if to hiss at her soldiers. She was angry as a trapped bear and about as dangerous as one.]

Where is this! This isn’t the surge protector or Game Central Station. [Clearly she has been game-jumped without her consent or awareness and she’s got an earful for whoever happens to respond to her first. This game was full of some kind of kidnapping thugs and they had another thing coming if they thought she was all goo-goo eyes and no brawn. She wasn’t sergeant for nothing, don’t let the pretty face fool you.]

Whoever is responsible for this better get ready. I’ve got a lot of questions I want answered.

[her tone lowered into a soft sort of threat, almost a whisper, as if calming down but the focus in her eyes didn’t falter.] What game is this and who’s in charge of kidnapping characters around here!? I don’t care how it started or what it’s for. It’s ending right now.

Third Person: It had been a short while since she exited the train. Her hand was still tightly gripping the communicator she’d found on herself. Underneath her armor her knuckles were white and it felt as though she’d break that stupid watch here in a second or two. She’d be happy about sticking it to the man in a small way if it weren’t kind of important. She lost her communicator from home somewhere along the way so she took a few deep breaths and loosened her hand.

She was angry, yes. But under that, more importantly she was scared. This was beyond confusing and so sudden. Tamora couldn’t deny that this was reminding her of the last time her life seemed to be falling into place. Last time she was getting married and Brad was perfect and everything was all right for once. Then the cy-bug came and… well she didn’t want to remember the rest. About how the bug she had to kill contorted and bore Brad’s face in its last moments, seconds after eating him.

She shook her head, pushing that aside. Carefully she lifted the communicator to eye level, examining it yet again. She’d been making quick rounds around this city and poking around with this antique looking watch. It had failed to impress her until she learned it was a discretely high tech device. She kind of liked that.

But back to the worrying. She was in unfamiliar land with no real characters to interact with just yet. It was unnerving and in the wake of her recent marriage to Felix, it rung a certain bell for her. Old memories of Brad and how everything ended up in raging screaming tears. It couldn’t end that way again, she wouldn’t allow it. She had to find a way home, she WOULD find a way home. That was the end of it. She took another sweep of the area before opening the watch again to send another broadcast. Someone would find her, even if to interrogate her or offer some sort of arrangement as the prisoner they brought here. She’d be ready for it one way or another. Because one way or another she was getting out of here.

{ [CANON] Feferi Peixes || Homestuck || no reserve }

[fintastic]

PLAYER
Name: Tess
Personal Journal: nightsong
E-mail: heartbreak.bandit at gmail
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM available on request

CHARACTER
Name: Feferi Peixes
Canon: Homestuck
Timeline: After talking to Jade, post-death
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a

Personality: Excitable. Ambitious. A little daft. Even among trolls, Feferi is one of the most unique alien fish-princesses you could meet, and if you do meet one with more spunk and less common sense, then you're quite the unfortunate soul.

As Heiress to the Alternian empire, Feferi lacks all the cruelty and conniving of her predecessor and in their place has a great deal of compassion and a great lack of common sense. If there is one thing that she has going for her, it's that she cares a great deal about her friends, her race, and generally all the living beings around her. Among the many future plans she has for her rule as Empress, many of them center around improving the general quality of life for trollkind. When she dreams, she dreams big, and complete social reform is at the top of her list of Things To-Do. Not only that, but she loves animals, running a sort of makeshift aquatic wildlife refuge out of her undersea castle, where she takes the wildlife she finds and nurses them back to health, regardless of whether they need said nursing.

Optimistic to a fault, Feferi possesses a great deal of confidence. Fretting about the future is not something she is inclined to do. She lives very much in the present, and takes a positive outlook to most situations. Her way of living is to "just do it" if it seems like the right thing to do and there are no obvious downsides to it-- and rarely does she see the downsides to things. This outlook has the unfortunate effect of contributing to a distinct lack of personal space and privacy that, while not malicious, can be off-putting. She will gladly share someone else's feelings in confidence, simply because she fails to realize that they may not want her sharing, when her intention is really just to help. Her heart is usually in the right place, but her head stays floating somewhere in the briny deep.

Despite her royal standing, she is anything but decorous. Her manners and mannerisms are offhand and frank, bordering on rude and even condescending at times, although she is not exactly cruel hearted, and her intentions are generally good. And then there are the fish puns. She makes them frequently, whether or not the situation is particularly appropriate to be making them. Everyday chatter? Of course! Dumping your best friend? Definitely! The faith she places in those around her, while admirable in the face of many of the challenges she comes up against eventually when she does enter Sgrub, can keep her from really analyzing a situation before making a call. Her decisions can be poorly thought out, and she can be blind to the gravity of a situation, unless the evidence to the contrary is laid out plainly for her. Even so, her belligerence in matters pertaining to her friends is not all-consuming. She eventually shows the capacity to sober up and realize when she needs to be serious, but only after a great deal of evidence is presented otherwise. This same recklessness can make her come across as fearless, although she doesn't know what dangers may really lie ahead.

It should be no surprise that with that much ambition, Feferi has a certain sort of... enthusiasm to her demeanor. Which is to say that she is constantly excited. Always and forever. There is absolutely no bounds to her energy, and in fitting with her positive outlook on life, she just finds everything ------EXCITING! And why aren't you excited with her? Even when faced with the destruction of her planet, most of her race, and her parent-type guardian, she still manages to find something to be -EXCIT-----ED about. She finds it difficult to contain herself at times, and the highest point of her excitement is expressed mainly in "glubs" (presumably a unique sound made only by other sea-dwelling trolls, like her) and emphatic additions to her text-speak.

First Person:

I'm not even going to ask w)(ere I am or )(ow I got )(ere because I am S)(OR-E t)(at question gets old!
As if I would be t)(e FIRST person to ever ask, AM I RIG)(T??
W)(at I want to know is )(ow you can go from being dead to being not dead wit)(out a questbed w)(en your dreamself is already dead.
Answer me T)(AT! If you tell me it is magic, t)(en I will just )(ave to tell you t)(at is abalone!
But it is nice to be alive again. Being dead wasn't so bad, but I t)(ink I prefer living and breat)(ing.
It's like a second c)(ance, and t)(ere is no way in s)(ell t)(at I'm going to pass up a second opperc)(tunaty to finis)( all t)(e t)(ings I wanted to do.
Actually, it's pretty -EXCITING! So exciting I could just... Wait...
Wade a minnow...
Wait for it...

GLUB!!
)(e)(e)(. 38)

So t)(en! W)(ic)( way to t)(e ocean, and w)(o wants to go for a swim?

Third Person: (recycled from theposthumans application)

Feferi would never get out of the labs if she kept stopping to look at everything. An unending curiosity had overcome her-- after all, this was a new and exicting development! An alternate reality! How novel! But it was nothing new or world-shattering. She wasn’t in the Veil anymore, that was for sure, and this was nothing that they had foreseen. It didn’t occur to her to be concerned about whether her friends were hurt, or how this would affect the timelines. Why bother? For one, she was alright. It was unforeseeable that even if her friends were in the same situation, that they would be any more hurt than they already were!

Furthermore, she was here now, and there wasn't much to be done about that, aside from time manipulation. But she was the Witch of Life, not the Witch of Time. It was what it was, and nothing more.

At some point, she would eventually find her way outside, after more than a fair share of dawdling and awing at the strange and stark environment. Partially distracted by fussing with the new belongings she'd picked up and dragged with her in a bundle in her arms, she noticed first the warmth on her arms, then second the light cast on the ground, and as her gaze traveled upwards--

Sunlight!

She had only seen it once or twice on Alternia. The sunlight was nearly unbearable there, and she had very few reasons to come up to the surface during the day. But it was unmistakable for what it was. A brief moment of precaution gave way to a sense of adventure. One foot sought out the bare ground in front of her, tentatively moving the rest of her body into the light so that her shadow cast across the ground, and for the first time in a long while, she felt what it was like to stand in broad daylight.

It was thrilling and a little bit illicit all at the same time, like she had done something she was not really supposed to. Giggling to no one but herself (and a few glubs escaping of their own accord) Something at the back of her mind was still a little anxious about it, that much was ingrained in her mind, but she wasn't about to let it stop her. Still, she stopped underneath the shade of a nearby tree as she planned her next move. This was all a little new, and frankly a little confusing. More information was in order, naturally. There were strange buildings! And a strange new landscape! And all sorts of wonderful things to discover, she was quite sure! And who knew? Her friends might be here too! Especially if this had anything to do with the game, which she suspected it might. Most strange things in her life tended to have some sort of tie back to Sgrub after all. That was just the status quo, and it had failed to bother her yet. It wasn't about to slow her down.

She failed, however, to fret too very much over the whole ordeal. It wasn't her style, and furthermore, it wasn’t really going to get anything done. Honestly, it was a lot of unnecessary fuss for something that couldn’t be changed; this was the here and now and everything else was the there and then. But there was a subtle difference between not getting worked up and not caring at all. If they were here, undoubtedly her friends would find her, or she would find them, whichever took place first, and in the process of searching she could get the urge to explore out of the way.

That got the prerequisite information-gathering out the way as well. There were very few other things to do when one landed in an irascible and strange alternate universe. This sort of multitasking made a great deal of sense at the moment. With no idea where to start looking for one thing or another, whether it was facts or friends, searching wherever caught her fancy was just about as good a bet as any. She did venture, though, that as far as her peers were concerned, wherever they were-- if they were here—they would probably not be out sunbathing. All the same, the interior of this new landscape intrigued her just as much as the exterior. It was something to keep in mind, a minute bit of focus to the aimless exploration.

There was no need to be intentionally hasty, either. With an attention span that flirted with something new every moment, she didn’t have it in her to linger too long. Everything was interesting, but at the same time none of it enthralling enough (yet) to keep her tethered to one place very long.

Never mind, of course the potential dangers lurking around every corner. She could stand to deal with that if and when the time came.

[CANON] Regina Mills || Once Upon A Time || Reserved.

[herzlos]

PLAYER
Name: Rekla
Personal Journal: bedpostqueen
E-mail: skipthedramabb@gmail.com
AIM: sodisquietingly | rekla

CHARACTER
Name: Regina Mills
Canon: Once Upon A Time
Timeline: Season 2, Episode 5. {Before Daniel dies again.}
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: ///

[CANON] Regina Mills || Once Upon A Time || Reserved.

[herzlos]

Personality: Someone who first meets Regina is unlikely to get a downright negative impression of her, at least not right away. She appears polite enough, if a bit harsh - depending on the subject. She seems to have a solid grasp on her job and the tasks that come with it, and, when talking about her son, she sounds like an ordinary, loving single mom. If you're lucky, you'll get a piece of pretty decent apple pie. Voilà, you have survived your first encounter with a woman who has trapped thousands of people in another world, literally taken the hearts of more people than she could keep track of - just to name some of her crimes - and if you don't know the story, you wouldn't even believe it.

As stated, this is merely a first impression. Towards some, she might be able to keep it up, but that is an unlikely scenario on the long run for several reasons. For one, those who cross her are going to be seen as a disturbance and/or danger - which will result in her threatening that person; efficiency depending on how well she knows them. Her threats are not always empty. She has no moral objections whatsoever if properly enraged, and she can and will fight dirty. She has sent many children into the cottage of a cannibalistic witch to get something back that once belonged to her (only two of which came back). She has framed Mary Margaret for a murder; never mind the many occasions on which Emma had been set up.

She is power-hungry, but this hunger for power is trumped as well as caused by her need to be in control. With her mother having controlled her throughout her childhood and teenage years, followed by being severely limited in her freedom by King Leopold, the need to be in charge of her own life is understandable, however, the need to control everything else came much later. It isn't exactly shown how good a ruler she is in the fairytale world, but given how people seem to fear her, she certainly wasn't a kind queen by far. She did seem to be focused more on her personal vengeance than her kingdom. This changed drastically during the twenty-eight years in Storybrooke, when her main way of being in control was her curse. This change only truly surfaces when Emma comes to Storybrooke and Regina beings to see her curse in grave danger. Losing control of the curse would mean losing control of Storybrooke, the people - in short, everything she views as 'hers'.

To put it mildly, she has an anger management problem, which frequently results in overreactions - this can be something as minor as a mirror being smashed or something as major as the murder of a man who rejected her.
The many years she has spent grieving Daniel haven't just left her sufficiently bitter and vengeful, but also incredibly self-centered. In her mind, she deserved to be happy, and this once sane thought turned not nearly sane once she reached the point where her own happiness wasn't enough - everybody else needed to be miserable. To achieve this (quite crazy) goal, she had been willing to sacrifice her beloved father's life as well as risking 'a void inside that can never be filled' (as pointed out by several characters). Then, she gave whatever it took to get her revenge - now, one could say that it wasn't all that different.

Nowadays, she still is selfish and perfectly willing to ignore the consequences her actions have on innocent bystanders as long as she reaches whatever goal she has set for herself. Even when these things are pointed out to her, she views them as mere collateral damage.

All this points out pretty clearly that Regina is not a mentally stable, rational person. Part of this can be blamed on Cora, who had manipulated her daughter from the start. The best example of how damaging this was would be Regina's hatred for Snow White. Yes, Snow White gave away her secret, which prompted Cora to murder David.
But: Snow White was a child, something between eight and ten years old. She had quite obviously meant no harm in any form or way. Cora was the one to kill Daniel, yet Regina was not able to place the major part of the blame on her mother right away - instead, she wishes death upon a child. And this was before she lost her mind Evil Queen Style.
Another part was the sort of 'trauma' she suffered from losing Daniel. Adding to that the things she put herself through by hoping to be able to revive him, (keeping his magically-not-decaying corpse around for decades), and holding on to the memory of having lost him and the belief to never be able to love again (which may or may not be true in canon)... The parts of her sanity that she didn't lose to her mother or Rumplestilskin, she lost to herself.

Aside from being a self-centered, cold-hearted, vengeful witch with a capital B, Regina has yet another big issue: love. And for one, that is not solely tied to Daniel.

Point is, Regina does not understand how love works. In her head, it is something that can be bought, owned, even traded at will, and this believe clashes painfully with reality. The irony in this is that, while she would be one to claim that love is a weakness, in her native world, ~love conquers all~. True loves kiss breaks any curse, true love is forever... not understanding it, not being fully able to understand it, is a weakness.

There are several example for her either abusing or failing to understand love and friendship.

• The Genie. He genuinely loved her and that did not stop her from manipulating him, bringing him to kill her husband, making sure that he would be the one to be blamed for it - thus willingly selling him out - and all that with a smile.
• Hänsel and Gretel. Whom she sent into the lion's Blind Witch's den, and by that endangering their lives, and then asked to stay with her at the castle, offering wealth and a noble life - just to get rejected, since they rather wanted to return to their father. This is an excellent example for frustrated overreactions as well, since she had them thrown into some godforsaken forest. To boot, she asked the father, whom she had held captive, what made the children react that way, and, not satisfied with his answer, threw him into the same forest (nowhere near his children, though).
• Malificent. Probably the weirdest example of them all. She fights Maleficent to get the Dark Curse back when the other woman had refused to give it to her, and when Maleficent states that she thinks Regina will kill her, Regina replies in all earnest that she would not, since Maleficent is 'her only friend'.
• Much later, Maleficent was trapped in dragon form and locked in a secret lair beneath Storybrooke for the next twenty-eight years. Why? Because that was convenient for Regina, and Regina has no talent whatsoever when it comes to caring for other people.
• Graham. The Huntsman/later Sheriff who has suffered an incredible lot at her hands. From being send out to murder Snow White, over having his heart torn out, over being sexually abused, his fairytale life hadn't been pleasant due to Regina. His life in Storybrooke wasn't much better - the lack of a heart meant the partial lack of feelings, and the fact that Regina continued to maintain a sexual relationship with him despite being fully aware that he would never consent to this, were his memories intact is downright skeevy. And in spite of all that, she is still hurt, angry (and murderous) when he rejects her once his memories begin to return.
• Kathryn Nolan and Sidney Glass make for more excellent examples, but the story essentially remains the same: they are friends, they are allies, all is well - until Regina finds that they are more use dead/gone/as scapegoats.

Never to mention her own father.

Despite all that, there is an exception: her son, Henry. While it isn't entirely clear how far exactly she would go to protect him, she is shown to not only care deeply for him, but in later episodes even willing to give up magic for his sake. She has a hard time putting his needs before hers, often mixing up 'what is best for him' with 'what is best for her'. She is seen acting towards him as she acts towards her 'friends' - attempting to bribe him into loving her - but there are times when her feelings for him appear to be genuine, particularly when he is in danger. She was even willing to work with Emma on those occasions, which says a lot, given her intense hatred for that woman. Still, she has difficulties letting him close, in the same way she has trouble with letting anyone close. There is this image she has created of herself - the queen who is powerful, not because the people love her but because they fear her, and dropping that isn't quite within her abilities at this point.

[CANON] Regina Mills || Once Upon A Time || Reserved.

[herzlos]

First Person: Introduction post at ThoughtFormed


Third Person: Regina in "How not to deal with your emotions" and "this is not how relationships are meant to work". Warning: (impending) character death.

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[CANON] Austria/Roderich Edelstein | Axis Powers Hetalia | Reserved | 1 of ??

[imperialdecrescendo]

PLAYER
Name: Charli
Personal Journal: N/A
E-mail: raela_brandybuck@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: MamaAustria

CHARACTER
Name: Roderich Edelstein / Austria
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Timeline: In the late 19th century, during the reign of Emperor Franz Joseph I and Elisabeth of Austria. The cultural height of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality:

As stated by Himaruya, Austria was born in 976 AD. This was the year that the Babenburgs came into power and unified the territories under the name that would eventually be Austria. As a child, he was close friends with Switzerland, and often harassed by Hungary and Prussia. Despite always being weak and easily defeated in his youth, he was tenacious and brave, and eventually was able to conquer Hungary and take his place as a growing empire. The great and beautiful Danube River flows through his veins, and the famed Austrian Alps are his backbone. His heart is Vienna, and his soul is the music of the centuries.

Throughout his history, Austria has been a world power of sorts, up into the 20th century when the Austro-Hungarian Empire finally fell. As an Empire, Austria was married to first Spain, by the marriage of Philip and Joanna in 1496, which brought the Spanish Empire under Hapsburg rule. This marriage proved lasting and powerful, and was not dissolved until 1700 when the War of Spanish Succession took place.

This was a political alliance at first, as most of Austria's marriages were, but he and Spain eventually were able to come to an agreement, and were quite a close couple during their long marriage. It would be France that dissolved their marriage, with the French Bourbon dynasty taking over in Spain. This divorce was painful for Austria as a person, and the fighting would eventually lead to the War of Austrian Succession as well, in which Austria lost territory to Prussia, and it would eventually lead itself to the Seven Years' War in which he would lose the Holy Roman Empire as well.

His marriage to Hungary began in 1867, and was tumultuous from the start. Revolts, dissent, and other unpleasant political struggles made the empire weak and unstable. However, it was during the 18th and 19th century that Austria's musical dynasty began. Vienna was the heart of the musical world, and the height of culture. Grand balls, sparkling waltzes by Strauss, the great Viennese Romantics, all soothed Austria's artistic soul. Music was his first mistress before all others, and his greatest love.

Re: [CANON] Austria/Roderich Edelstein | Axis Powers Hetalia | Reserved | 2 of ??

[imperialdecrescendo]

Any great musician that has passed once through Vienna, Austria knew. He called many of them friends, and adored them for their work and passion. Mozart he loved beyond measure, Strauss was his dearest friend. Schubert, Schumann, Beethoven, Liszt, and of course, Chopin, though he only met Chopin twice. He has befriended them all, and mourned their passing. There are statues of some of these great men erected in palace gardens around Vienna to mark his remembrance.

However, he still mostly enjoys his personal time. His pastries are impeccable as is his coffee, and his music is still at his heart and soul. His devotion to the arts has made him a meticulous man. Each year, as if in member of the old days of the Empire, a ball season is held to usher in the opera season, with waltzes and dancing, fine dress and all that made his imperial days full of splendor. He is ever a gentleman, finely groomed and well-dressed. Soft spoken unless risen to ire, at which point a flare of the old Empire becomes evident in his mannerisms and speech. He does not deal with impertinence or foolish behavior well; it always gets a Look of Extreme Disapproval.

He remains an elegant and sophisticated gentleman, cultured and well-spoken. His accent is that of the Viennese dialect, which varies from the German in many ways. I've provided an example of the late Archduke Otto von Habsburg speaking, who died this past year and was interred with his imperial relatives in Vienna.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilb7VvGx1Is

Because I’ve taken Austria from the late 19th century, he carries himself a dignity and elegance, but he is always a gentleman first. He has a huge respect for women due to who his wife is, unlike many men of the time period. He is humble despite the many great and glorious things about his Empire, but that is because a gentleman who has power does not need arrogance to prove it, and a man who has arrogance has little power. He is, however, aware that his empire is beginning to decline, after a few decades of infighting and instability despite the growth of high culture. He is a man trying to keep control of the prestige he still has, despite the way it continues to slip through his elegantly gloved fingers.

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[imperialdecrescendo]

First Person:[The train, in and of itself, was not unfamiliar – with the recent innovations in steam engines, he had been travelling by them since 1837. That was not the alarming part. The alarming part was that he, the Austrian Empire, had until recently been attending a lavish ball with his wife, in celebration of the Advent Season. Even his fine attire reflected this, from the lavish overcoat and sash to the fine breeches tucked into elegant black boots.

Now, he was stepping off of this unfamiliar train, onto an unfamiliar platform, and while the chill in the air did not bother him, he narrowed his violet eyes in suspicion. Was he in danger? Was this a prank? It was likely a prank, and Heaven help Prussia when Hungary finds out.

He steps about the platform, reading the signs, in English, about this ‘Ruby City’. He reaches into his pocket and pulls out an ornate pocket watch, unaware that his own watch had been completely modified to suit his newfound needs in the city.

His face, when it appears on the Network, appears mostly unaware of the broadcast as he checks the time. He makes a hum of discontent. His face is wholly familiar to most in Ruby City, but there is something different about this Austria. Something in the way he carries himself, in the stride of his walk and the squaring of his shoulders. Also, that he is wholly unaware of his situation and where he is.]

Hello? Good evening? [He calls out into the empty station, sounding mildly perturbed.] This was all quite clever, but I need to be returning shortly, lest my wife catch ear of this charade.

Third Person:

Well, this certainly was not Vienna, despite the brisk winter wind that blew through the dark train station.

The man who stepped off the train moved with a certain grace that seemed lost to the centuries; even his attire, elegant and old-fashioned, seemed otherworldly. He stood on the platform for a moment, his dark hair cast about with the wind, and regarded his surroundings with a certain air of irritated aristocracy. Though his breeches and knee high boots were simple and polished, his overcoat was richly embroidered golds and blues, and the cravat and pin he wore were just as lavish. These were not the clothing of a poor man, or a man out for a simple stroll.

In fact, this man, the Austrian Empire, had been at an Advent Ball not moments ago, where he’d just enjoyed a waltz with his wife. They had their spats, of course…but tonight had been enjoyable, and he did not look forward to the tongue-lashing he’d receive if he never returned. Surely, this was a prank, and he knitted his brow further.

“A prank. How juvenile of him,” he murmured as he checked the time on his pocket watch. “And of all nights to pull one…but how did he do this without my even noticing…hrm. Perhaps he slipped something into the wine…”

Jack Frost ❄ Rise of the Guardians ❄ Reserved

[bringsthefrost]

do you stop believing in the moon just because the sun comes up?

[CANON] Shinji Matou :: Fate/EXTRA :: Reserved :: 1/3

[looselips]

PLAYER
Name: Nyx
Personal Journal: badgal
E-mail: Available upon request.
AIM/MSN/etc: gilded chrysanth [AIM]; missbiondetta [Plurk]

[looselips]

CHARACTER
Name: Shinji Matou
Canon: Fate/EXTRA
Timeline: Post-death
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: Fate/EXTRA takes place in a canon alternate timeline. This Shinji isn't even the same Shinji Matou that exists in the same general timeframe as Kirei's wife, but is instead a distinct person who was born decades later. So, not only do the two of them not know each other, but they come from completely different times and universes. She has no more reason to interact with him than any other child character, and even then, Shinji is probably going to go out of his way to hide his age by relying mostly on text when using the network.

Personality:
A note to start: When the player first meets Shinji during the prologue, he has been given a fake set of memories just like every other participant in the Moon Cell's Holy Grail War. In his case, he assumes the role of the Shinji Matou seen in the original Fate/stay night. This seems to affect his behavior as least somewhat. For example, his behavior toward Rin is way, way more intense during the prologue than when they're seen interacting afterward. Undoubtedly, he still thinks she's a total bitch, but he's not trying to hit her for talking back to him anymore. So, uh, there's that. The fact that he's stated to actually be a good person as opposed to the original supports this assumption.

Of course, altered state of mind or not, Shinji is still a total jackass. (FUN FACT: He is literally called a "total social retard" in the game.) His dialogue is pretty much a constant stream of how much better he is than everyone else, how it's laughable that the protagonist thinks s/he can beat him, and how pathetically boring everyone is as compared to his genius. Even when he repeatedly screws up over the course of the first round, he goes into the elimination battle confident that he is going to wreck his opponent, going so far as to tell the protagonist to just forfeit so he doesn't have to waste his energy without a hint of irony. Dude has a really, really inflated sense of his own ability.

Of course, it doesn't help that he thinks of the Holy Grail War as nothing more than a video game, going so far as to make references to cutscenes and the like. He's the reigning gaming champion of Japan, so that might make his confidence...kind of understandable? In any case, he doesn't understand the stakes involved in the competition, entering just for the fame, and it comes back to bite him in the ass hard. He got into a situation way over his head because of his own lack of foresight and understanding of the consequences, and in the end he wound up paying for it with his life, the poor kid.

Because that's what he is. A kid. The Holy Grail War of Fate/EXTRA takes place in a digital environment, and the teenage body we see him with is ultimately nothing more than an online avatar. In real life, Shinji is only eight years old. Some of his behavior makes more sense when viewed through this lens; he's an obnoxious little brat, but his immaturity is totally normal for someone his age. His personality is pretty much the perfect storm of "tiny aggressive yappy dog" and "reasons why you should not let your child have unsupervised access to the internet": precocious, desperate for recognition from others, and with a vocabulary full of insults that really shouldn't come out of any eight-year-old's mouth.

Though, in fairness, he is bright for his age, which probably contributes to the aforementioned sense of superiority he has. In between more internet-influenced vernacular like "weaksauce" and "mouthbreather," he throws around words like "plebian" and "proletariat" and speaks more or less like an adult. And that's not even mentioning his hacking ability, which is apparently good enough that he can crack into top-level security files without leaving evidence behind, as well as do things like bar the protagonist from entering certain parts of the Moon Cell. Whether he is or not, he thinks himself on the level of an adult.

Another consequence of his arrogance and precocious ability is the fact that he really, really hates accepting help from other people. He seems to be of the opinion that only people who are weak and incompetent need to rely on others, and when combined with his disdain for those he sees as lesser than him, this probably means no one is going to get help from him, either. (If it benefits him, maybe, but expect him to act like he's being altruistic or something.) Overall, he's the kind of person that wants to take all the credit for things he has accomplished--and if there's no one who can even argue that they deserve some recognition as well, all the better.

Of course, despite his resistance to letting other people take credit for things, he's incredibly quick to blame them when something don't go as planned. His Servant, Rider, gets this a lot, and when she bites back, he's quick to take offense at the mere implication that his inadequacies might have contributed to their failure somehow. The fact that he's so quick to jump to the conclusion that other people are telling him he's at fault might say something about how genuine his confidence is, too, as Rider herself notes. As is often the case, his superiority complex hides a more fragile ego.

Probably not unrelated to the above is that he does seem to be driven by the desire for recognition, praise, and respect. He fumes when someone older than him does what he perceives as looking down on him, and he does state that he has no interest in the actual prize of the Holy Grail War, only wanting the title. Because of his motivations, he's actually pretty easily manipulated by both praise and insults, and he can be made to drop information without much resistance if you push his buttons the right way. Basically, his need to brag and show off doesn't mix well with the Grail War's need for secrecy.

And while Shinji isn't exactly stupid, he doesn't do well under stress. When he realizes he's at a disadvantage, he becomes easily flustered, meaning that his attempts to lie around or cover up his mistakes are obvious as what they are (desperate flailing and pathetic attempts at misdirection). As the in-game week progresses, his attempts to stymie the protagonist become increasingly desperate, and considering he has all the subtly of a bullet to the face, his tricks aren't as hard to see through as he seems to think they are. Basically, he's just really bad at keeping a cool head.

[looselips]

First Person:
[Sample A - Text]
lol wow
okay. that was pretty convincing, I have to admit.
good thing I knew it was just a trick all along.
I mean, anyone with half a brain could have figured that out. who did they think they were trying to kid? you can't die inside a video game.

so what is this place? some kind of data slum?
it looks like I can't just log out like normal, so I guess that means I'm expected to hack my way out of here.
how many of you losers are here? I seriously doubt any of you will actually be helpful, but hey, who knows. there be a couple of hidden gems lying around.

[Sample B - Action]
Test drive meme

Third Person:
Footsteps echoed inside the stairwell of a battered watchtower, but for as sharp as the sound was, it was also light. Certainly, these weren't steps with the weight of an adult behind them. Instead, an eight-year-old child, scrawny even for his age, stomped toward the lookout point, bounding up the steps two at a time. Shinji Matou might not have been used to so much physical activity, but he was at least tenacious.

If he wanted to figure out what to do about this situation, he knew he needed a good vantage point from which to observe it. So, when he reached the final stair, he didn't hesitate to throw open the doors to the top with all the force his tiny, atrophied arms could muster. The view might have been beautiful, but that wasn't something he cared much about. Instead, his eyes were drawn to the sky.

It looked just like any other sky—or any other sky in the real world, at least. That didn't prove of disprove much of anything, though. Even if there were a number of idiosyncrasies unique the Moon Cell, the surroundings during the prelims had looked—and felt—no different than the outside world. If there was one compliment Shinji had for it, it was the Moon Cell's ability to create strikingly realistic stimuli. He could still remember the feeling of his limbs blackening and fading away...

"Heh—hahaha..."

Right. His "death." He had been so scared, but in the end, it must have been some big joke. After all, he was standing here alive, wasn't he? He wished Rider were here so he could laugh in her face about how wrong she had been, but he supposed she really must have been deleted forever. For a split second, the thought almost made him sad.

Well, whatever. He dug into the pockets of his pants and pulled out what had been stashed there: a pack of twinkies he had snatched from one of the stores he had passed, and the strange "watch" he had found upon his arrival. Tearing open the former with his teeth, he took a hearty bite as he flipped open the communicator and began to fiddle with it. For someone like him, figuring this out would be no problem at all...

[CANON] Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) || Once Upon a Time || Reserve || 1 of 3

[fairdeal]

PLAYER
Name: Ricks
Personal Journal: punchingbears
E-mail: srpontvianne@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: extreminator; baguette faggot @ AIM

CHARACTER
Name: Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin)
Canon: Once Upon a Time
Timeline: Season 2, Episode 9 "Queen of Hearts"
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

[CANON] Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) || Once Upon a Time || Reserve || 2 of 3

[fairdeal]

Personality: First and foremost, there are two sides to this man: his Storybrooke counterpart, Mr. Gold, a quiet yet dangerous and feared man who, during the first season, is commented to 'own the town', and Rumpelstiltskin. As the latter, he instilled much fear in all the people in Fairytale Land thanks to his extremely powerful magic and his twisted deals, with which he somehow always tricked people into giving him what he wanted. When the curse began, he came to live in Storybrooke as Mr. Gold, but made a deal with the Evil Queen/Regina so that he would remember who he was.

In spite of his appearance, Gold is a deceptively strong man, with the advantage of extremely powerful magic on his side. The fact that he's lived most of his extraordinarily long life with this magic has made him quite ruthless. He is, by nature, not a very patient man, and when reaching the limits, he won't hesitate to break out his powers. The same will happen when he is overwhelmed with feelings of sadness, loss or hatred. This makes him a very unpredictable and unstable person, as every little change in his mood can cause him to burst out. Although he became The Dark One so that he could protect his son and oppose bullies, he could be seen as quite a bully himself now, threatening people and scaring and mistreating them into getting what he wants.

Considering how long he's lived, it's a wonder that he still has anything remotely human in him. He is horribly cruel and petty, and he generally won't care for right or wrong, or the pain or joy of others. Almost nothing of what he does comes without second intentions, and it translates to most people mistrusting and disliking him. He is also quite smart with words - he phrases things in a way that lures people into a lie without outright lying to them, therefore always sticking to his word. This shows particularly on the deals he makes, which are riddled with fine print that the other party never reads or even pays attention to, usually resulting in Rumpelstiltskin getting something from them that wasn't agreed on verbally. He is a cunning trickster, and it's only natural that most everyone that knows him is suspicious if he tries any kind of approach.

Inside, he is quite conflicted - on one hand, he wants nothing but power to keep himself above all others, but on the other side, there is still a flicker of hope in him that he'll recover the things he's lost and that those things will drive the darkness away. His true intentions are still very unclear, as many times he seems to be trying to help others but in the end he just uses them for his own personal gain. Case in point, when Emma can't climb up an elevator shaft, he offers to hold onto a precious magical artifact that can break Henry's sleeping curse - a golden egg that contains love potion -, but as soon as he gets his hands on it, he flees and leaves her there.

Rumpelstiltskin was, at first, nothing more but a weak man to whom a lot of bad things happened, and who made a lot of bad choices in a feeble attempt to help and save those he loved. He became The Dark One in a desperate attempt to stop his son from being taken away into the war, but in the end it backfired. Magic slowly consumed him, until there was barely anything left other than a cruel, bitter creature. To him, magic meant a new form of power and status in his life, even though it causes him to lose all the people he loved - his wife Milah to a sea-dwelling man, and his son Baelfire when they are both about to step through a portal to a land without magic, but Rumpelstiltskin, scared of living without his magic, backs out at the last moment.

He is not, however, entirely devoid of love. He has, in fact, helped the Queen create the Dark Curse in hopes that it might have taken him to the same land where his son was. But 28 years in Storybrooke, and he is yet to find his son, although he has revealed that he is still looking for him. He has also met Belle, a beautiful princess that struck a deal with him - she promised him her servitude if, in exchange, he kept her village safe from the Ogre Wars. Over the course of a few months, they get to know each other and end up falling in love. But when Belle attempts to use true love's kiss to break his curse, Rumpelstiltskin is angered, accusing her of trying to destroy him, of attempting to play the hero by defeating the beast all by herself. Deep down, he doesn't believe anybody could love someone like him, and although Belle's feelings are true, he refuses to accept them, in fear of being hurt or of giving up everything only to be tricked in the end.

When later on he is told by the Queen that Belle is dead, he has a fit of rage and smashes practically everything in the living area - with the exception of one chipped cup. In spite of being a ruthless, cold and calculating man, he has moments of anger and frustration, pure sadness and honest happiness that show just how irrevocably human he still is.

[CANON] Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) || Once Upon a Time || Reserve || 3 of 3

[fairdeal]

First Person:

[As the video starts, a smart-looking man in a suit sits in front of the camera, smiling - some might notice, a little menacingly -, hands resting on the cane in front of him.]

I will spare you all the common routine of asking where I am. As some of you may wonder, my name is Mr. Gold, and I do realise I am in, ah... [He waves the pamphlet for a moment before throwing it over the table dismissively.] Ruby City. Whoever thought that pamphlet was of help, they were wrong; however, I now at least know the names of those seemingly responsible. [He grips the cane tighter, and leans over closer.] My question is: how can I contact them? Surely there is a way.

I would also like to know if any of you has heard of or seen anyone from Storybrooke, or Fairytale Land. Amongst others, I look for a woman named Belle, and another named Emma. [His smile widens once again, and he knits his eyebrows and the root of his nose together as he says] Please.

Third Person:

Just gotten out of the train, Gold was looking about. The fact that he didn't know where he was made his mind jump to the conclusion that this was a curse, but he would have felt the kind of magic if such were true. That was not the case - there was magic here, but it was unlike anything he's ever felt. There was always a possibility that he was kidnapped. Since, during the 28 year old curse, he never really forgot who he was in the first place, who knows what would happen if he were to be taken away from Storybrooke? Perhaps he would not have his memory erased. However, he wondered with amusement who would dare try and take him.

The city was quaint, and yet not that different from Storybrooke. He could say he was not unused to such a place. He looked over to the limits of the city - he could see the forest and the mountains from where he stood - and he wondered if the same sort of barrier existed as in Storybrooke. There was certainly a barrier, he could tell that much.

As he made his way out of the train station, he caught his reflection in a window. The clean-cut man stared back at him, dressed in a black suit and cane in hand. Obviously, wherever he was, he was not back to his former appearance as The Dark One. The corner of his mouth quirked upwards slightly before he resumed his path. At least this much was good; people were initially not as threatened when he looked... in lack of a better word, normal. It would make it easier for him to find answers.

He knew what to do now: he had to find if anyone else from Storybrooke was here. They all had this lovely habit of gathering close and play the heroics, try and find a way back home - Gold muses that 'home' isn't actually home, for even there they were attempting to return to Fairytale Land - so if they were here, he would be wise to stay close to them.

He yanked one of the pamphlets out of the wall as he walked down the street, giving it a once-over. He snickered. "Ruby City?" Original. He shoved the mangled piece of paper in his pocket. As calm as he looked, he felt like breaking out some magic was in order at the moment. A basic spell to try and learn where he, or anyone else, was - or perhaps something more aggressive, should there be the need.

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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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[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] Vanellope Von Schweetz || Wreck-It Ralph || Reserved || 1/3

[haspixelexia]

PLAYER
Name: Alyssa
Personal Journal: pohmelyatsya
E-mail: andalltheworlds@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: andalltheworlds @ Plurk/AIM

CHARACTER
Name: Vanellope von Schweetz
Canon: Disney’s Wreck-It Ralph
Timeline: On the bridge leaving Sugar Rush, right before Ralph leaves to blow up the mountain.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A