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

[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.

[REVISION REQUESTED]

[rubycitymods]

Thank you for your application.

At this time we are requesting a revision before we consider your application for acceptance. More specifically, we would like to see a revision of your First Person writing sample; As we have noticed in the past, you seem to have issues maintaining the present tense of "First Person" writing. Please correct this, and please also try to take more care when playing in future.

We look forward to seeing your revision, and then to seeing you in the game! Thanks in advance for your understanding.

Question

[artofdreams]

Are you just asking for the First Person sample to be completely different but in the same tense, or just to make sure the tenses are the same throughout the original one?

Also, I am sorry I find it difficult to keep tenses the same in my writing. It's a bad habit which I am awake of and I will do my best to break it in the future.

[rubycitymods]

Just make sure the tenses stay the same throughout the original, please. c: We understand that everybody slips up now and again, it's all right. Accidents happen, after all!

[artofdreams]

Understood. Thank you!

First Person: [Sandy walks off the train and looks around. A question mark appears above his head in yellow dream sand and he reads the posters on the walls. Finding a watch close by, he fiddles with it until it turns on the voice setting. Not much use. So after some more encouragement, it turns onto video.

He smiles into the watch and waves. The dream sand above his head moves into other shapes as he asks the questions he has, hoping one or more of the other guardians are here to explain things to him. He also hopes there are children here so he can he seen. A place of adults and he'd be as bad as Jack Frost! Chuckling to himself, he sits down on one of the benches to think about his next actions. He then creates a large dream sand arrow pointing over the train station. Maybe someone will investigate?]

[CANON] Castiel || Supernatural || no reserve || 1 of 3

[haloslipping]

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

CHARACTER
Name: Castiel
Canon: Supernatural
Timeline: Season 5, Episode 18 "Point of no Return"
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

[CANON] Castiel || Supernatural || no reserve || 2 of 3

[haloslipping]

Personality:

Castiel is, as his name indicates, an angel of the Lord, the first introduced in the show, and he was the one to raise Dean from the grips of Hell. As an angel, he shows little to no ability to understand and express basic human emotions. He also displays a severe lack of empathy towards human beings, and is quick to show his often lack of care for the species as anything other than a creation of his father.

At first, he gives little room for feelings or disobedience; he finds both, much like free will, to be frivolous and unnecessary. In time, he starts expressing doubt in the orders he's given, and the morality of these same orders. Although it is often hinted that angels probably don't have the ability to truly feel emotion, he gradually displays something akin to friendly affection towards Dean - even if he still has little patience for his whines and complaints. The more he interacts with the Winchester brothers, the more he develops an empathy and affection for not only Dean, Sam and others who are close to him, but also for the human race in general. This attachment gets his superiors to begin questioning his loyalty, as they fear that his feelings are clouding his judgements and that he is no longer reliable to carry on his mission.

Eventually he rebels against heaven and is stripped of his angelic abilities, and finds himself forced to interact more with humans. It's during this period that he develops the most in a humanistic sense. He is shown to be inadequate, improper and socially awkward, and to have a lack of understanding for social normatives. He displays a cold, distant behavior towards others, and he keeps a tense and stoic presence at all times. He often shows confusion and inability in processing the nuances in human behavior and interaction. His responses, if any, are unbalanced to what others say and do in casual circumstances. More often than not he will not understand jokes or pranks, and hints, metaphors and manners of speech are completely lost on him - this, along with the fact that he's extremely technologically challenged, makes for some strange yet awkwardly funny moments.

Castiel is a creature of faith; even after being rejected by heaven, and being proven that his father and brothers don't care nearly as much as he thought they did, he still aims to stop the Apocalypse. He joins the Winchesters in their fight, and truly believes in their methods and that there are always other paths, other ways to solve things. He is loyal and dedicated, both when he follows his father's orders and when he leaves Heaven to fight alongside the brothers. He trusts others, sometimes too easily, and he can sometimes be gullible and naive, unable to see past the facade of some when they are trying to trick him - especially if he cares for or trusts them. He is honest and blunt with his words, and has a hard time lying when necessary.

Although he shows to have a conscience, and to care about humanity's well being, he is still willing to kill innocents if the need arises. On occasion, he even comes close to expressing feelings of regret, hesitance and anger. His intentions are nothing but good and honest, but he doesn't always foresee the most nefarious consequences of his actions, even when these are obvious.

By exposing himself to humanity, he rediscovers his own. Throughout the story, he goes through a humanizing process of sorts. He is a deeply conflicted character who shows incredible strength in his beliefs at times, yet at others it is shown that his faith and trust stands unbalanced on the tip of a sharp blade. In that sense, he can be a little volatile and unpredictable, and his own abilities seem to be affected by how shaken his faith is at that particular moment. He will, most of all, always hold inner struggles on what's normal or not, sane or crazy, right or wrong, good or evil - and try to find a ground that's stable enough for him to stand on. Even if, most of the times, he can't.

[CANON] Castiel || Supernatural || no reserve || 3 of 3

[haloslipping]

First Person:

[The feed starts, and... there's only an eye - maybe one can see the bridge of a nose, a wrinkled eyebrow even. Is he holding the watch too close to his face? He thinks not.]

Who is this? [His voice is deep and grave as he continues unceremoniously.] Gabriel, if this is another one of your pranks, I have no time to lose. There are things that need to be done, and I will not be dragg--

[There's a thud and the watch goes flying through the air as Castiel walks straight into a street sign. It lands a few meters away, now capturing the man in a suit and a trenchcoat as he winces and walks over to pick the watch up from the floor... and holds it upside down.]

Stop this right this instant. What have you done to Dean and Sam? [And now he's staring at the watch, waiting for a reply.]

... how do I disconnect this? [Cue Castiel closing and reopening the watch several times before the feed eventually cuts out.]

Third Person:

He opened his eyes.

He didn't know why he closed them in the first place. He did not require sleep after all, but still he felt the need to try and shut everything out. It only made him more tired in the end; he didn't understand why humans would call something like this rest.

With a single thought, he was outside. The streets were deserted, and the night lights were flickering, casting his shadow across the ground. He could see a glimpse of wings crawling its way out of the shadow's back. Dean would find some irony to it, probably, although Castiel wouldn't understand the joke. Once again, he conjured his thoughts, and in the blink of an eye he was no longer surrounded by buildings and pavement, but trees, grass and humidity. It still wasn't good enough. This was as far as his powers got him, apparently, but he was still trapped inside the city.

He didn't appreciate being here. He did not like the distraction. It got in the way of his faith.

He surveyed the entire area; once he would have admired its beauty, but now... he was not sure what to even admire anymore. This was not even his Father's creation - he could tell by the brushstrokes and the color palette that this was not one of His works. This itched at the back of his brain, at a place he couldn't reach, and for reasons he couldn't quite comprehend. He was never so naive as to think He was the only God in a Universe so vast - or in a myriad of Universes, as it seemed to be the case. Or was he?

He returned to the city by foot, his mind plagued with questions, doubts - plans. Tomorrow he would find Dean, and they would think of something else. Maybe they could try one of Dean's plans. Those seemed to work... sometimes.

Soon he was back inside - a room that wasn't really his, with a bed he didn't use next to a table with a lamp that he hadn't turned on yet, and a chair he had never sat on before. He closed a door he hadn't even touched until then, and lied in the rough mattress. He hoped that if he closed his eyes enough times at night, he would be able to experience something close to sleep, and then maybe his thoughts wouldn't be so jumbled, his mind would be clearer, and his powers restored for long enough that he could pull them out of there.

[rubycitymods]

First of all, we apologize for the tardiness of our response! An error of communications within the mod team led to the delay, and more care will be taken in future to prevent it from occurring again.

Thank you for your correction of your First Person sample. After some discussion, we would like to request a further revision of this sample to better illustrate the character's actions; As Sandy's primary form of communication is his dream sand, we feel that more descriptive effort should be given when he is using it to "speak." This will help to clarify for any who might like to interact with him, improving gameplay for all involved.

Feel free to respond whenever is convenient for you. We look forward to it! Thanks again for your understanding.

[Canon] Tinker Bell || Disney Fairies/Peter Pan || Reserve

[tinkersfixthings]

Fly with you~

[Canon] Phoenix Wright || Ace Attorney || Not Reserved

[wright_idea]

So I might have reserved here eons ago and never actually apped.

...for 4 months.

...don't look at me like that.

PLAYER
Name: Badge
Personal Journal: dragomorph
E-mail: bodgerkirin@hotmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: dragomorph/ Plurk: dragomorph

CHARACTER
Name: Phoenix Wright
Canon: Ace Attorney.
Timeline: Post Game 3, before the career-ending trial in Game 4.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Outwardly, Phoenix is a pretty mild-mannered sort of guy. He's easily intimidated, doesn't like to make more of a fuss than strictly necessary, and while he can be prone to emotional outbursts, he's not the sort of guy who homes in on conflict. Most of his less diplomatic comments are kept to himself (or attempted, anyway; he occasionally illustrates exactly what he's thinking on his face). In short, he's generally an everyman.

Until you get him to court.

Phoenix is a turnabout specialist, a guy who can take a seemingly hopeless case and turn it into a victory. Typically, this ends up by the skin of his teeth, thanks primarily to functioning within a court system antagonistic towards defense attorneys, who are seen as obstructing a quick, simple flow of getting as many criminals in jail as possible. But when he truly, honestly believes in the innocence of his client, he's ferocious, exploiting every weakness in a testimony, every seemingly innocuous piece of evidence. And he WILL believe in his clients; he never takes the cases of those who want him only to game the system, as his belief in the law requires him to have faith in his clients. His departed mentor, Mia Fey, taught him everything he knows, including how to think outside the box, and he holds to these teachings dearly.

Phoenix believes in truth and justice over victory. He will fight for his clients, sure, but only to ensure that the full story behind any crime comes out. A true lawyer, in his experience, works with the prosecution to ensure that every loose end, every possible alternate explanation or contradiction, has been ironed out, leaving nothing but the full, undiluted truth. The truth hurts sometimes, and may even cause pain to those he loves, but it has to be put out there. Leave a story incomplete, and justice cannot be achieved. It is only when everything is out there, warts and all, that judgment can be passed.

That said, Phoenix is also fiercely loyal to friends. He is most motivated when he has a personal stake in a case, usually a friend who is either on trial or in danger, and can otherwise be somewhat lazy and overly selective in his clients. Unfortunately, his loyalty also tends to bring out his rashest decisions, which more often than not hurt more than help. Still, you can count on him to defend you to the end -- and, perhaps, even sacrifice himself if that's what it takes to ensure your safety.

First Person: Am I the only one who finds the emptiness of this place kind of creepy? I mean, this place is HUGE. Maybe not as big as LA, mind, but it's really big. But there's absolutely nobody around. So why do you suppose everybody left? And more importantly, why did it pick people like us to reinhabit it? It's just... I don't know. It feels wrong. Or weird, or something.

I'd ask "why a pocketwatch" too, but I think I'm already asking enough unanswerable questions right now as IS.

A-anyway, don't mind me. I'm just wondering aloud, I guess.

Third Person: Phoenix didn't get a lot of things in life. Like tax forms. Or certain jokes. Or the designs of a universe that decided that a pointy-haired lawyer would be an ideal candidate for interdimensional shanghaing.

But mysteries? He got those. In spades.

The situation overall was a little muddy. But the final result had been concrete: someone was comotose, another person was missing, and either that missing person was the culprit, or she wasn't. Most folks, naturally, were leaning towards the former. After all, if she hadn't been responsible, why would she have disappeared?

Phoenix wasn't so sure about that. There were too many incongruities, too many things that didn't fit into what he knew of her. Which was why he was currently looking around the scene where the unconscious victim had been found. Maybe the course would go to court, as small as the population was. Maybe it wouldn't. He was especially worried about that considering some of the residents of the city weren't exactly hesitant about vigilante justice. Either way, he felt it his duty to get to the truth no matter what, for her sake.

Although really, getting to the truth in THIS mess is going to be tough. Did they have to knock over EVERYTHING in here?

He continued looking. No stone left unturned. Nothing written off as insignificant. You never knew what would be vital -- or what could save a person's life.

[Canon] Jade Harley | Homestuck | Reserved

[spaceydog]

There is always something worth fighting for

Grace | OUaT | Reserved

[gracefulpaige]

Just promise you'll come back. You have to promise. For our tea party. Promise?

Zeheart Galette | Mobile Suit Gundam AGE | Reserved

[endofeden]

This is the power of an X-Rounder.

[artofdreams]

After careful thought, I have decided to withdraw my application of Sandy at this time. I may try again in the future and if I do, I will post a different sample which better illustrate his actions.

Thank you for your time and understanding.

[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.

[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.

[ACCEPTED] - Also, a question!

[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.

Note: We're not sure what precisely the blue font is meant to denote, but didn't feel that was enough to warrant a revision request. For the purposes of actual gameplay, however, you might want to clarify that so that your fellow players aren't confused. Thanks, and 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.

[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.

[REVISION REQUESTED]

[rubycitymods]

Thank you for your application.

At this time we are requesting a revision before we consider your application for acceptance. Specifically, we would like you to please examine and revise your application's writing samples, as we feel that they do not meet the standards we would like to see in actual gameplay. Both samples need to be proofread and touched up(not necessarily rewritten in their entirety), and the writing in your Third Person sample wavers a few times between past and present tense(Third Person writing needs to remain in the past tense).

We look forward to seeing your revision, and then, hopefully, to seeing you in the game! Thanks in advance for your understanding.

Re: [ACCEPTED] - Also, a question!

[wright_idea]

Thankee! And, uh, sorry about that, it's easy to forget others haven't played the games. The blue text is just Phoenix's internal monologue. I tend to keep it in because it's kind of a major element of playing him.

[CANON] Harry Potter || Harry Potter || no reserve || 1 of 3

[moralfibre]

PLAYER
Name: Meg
Personal Journal: pillowsofwind
E-mail: eight_ofhearts at hotmail dot com
AIM/MSN/etc: burntxscones @AIM, pillowsofwind @PLURK

CHARACTER
Name: Harry Potter
Canon: Harry Potter
Timeline: Post Deathly Hallows (but before the epilogue)
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a

Personality: For having grown up in a neglectful household and then suddenly being thrust into a life of fame, friends, tragedy and danger; Harry Potter is, for the most part, a well-adjusted teenage boy. Everybody in the Wizarding World knows his name, but he doesn't let that go to his head. In fact, he would love nothing more than to have a quiet life where nobody recognises him and he's left to hang out with his friends and have fun like a normal kid. It seems, however, that fate isn't content to allow him to keep anybody who closely resembles a parental figure, save the Weasley's. So many people around him have died, and a part of him can't help but feel responsible. First his parents, who died protecting him during Voldemort's first reign. Then the godfather he grew up not realising he even had; and Dumbledore, who had taken Harry under his wing. Even Remus, who had been a teacher first and whom Harry had developed a close friendship with afterwards. Snape, who showed his true colours in the end. His friends--Fred, Dobby, Tonks, Cedric, Moody, and even his owl Hedwig. So many people he knows, and even more whom he never met.

He's faced down one of the most dangerous dark wizards ever known multiple times, accepted his own inevitable death, lived in an environment of ever-present danger the past few years, and has managed to overcome all of it. However, it has added up and puts a weight on his shoulders heavier than anything he's had to bear in his earlier years at Hogwarts. For this reason, he'll be experiencing some very mild PTSD, mostly in the form of nightmares and flashes. (Canonically, he's been experiencing this since at least the fourth/fifth book, because he had nightmares all summer long after Cedric's death.) It won't get out of hand in his case, however, because he's a naturally open person and isn't averse to talking about his emotions and experiences with people he trusts. I don't want it to become a focus that all of his interactions are going to hinge on, because he's strong enough to work through it, and he's not the sort of person to let it consume him; but I legitimately can't see him coming out of the events of Deathly Hallows without a few demons.

[CANON] Harry Potter || Harry Potter || no reserve || 2 of 3

[moralfibre]

NOT EVERYTHING IS HORRIBLE, THOUGH! Harry is far from a miserable, tortured soul; he's just been through a hell of a lot more than even most adults twice his age. Among the people who have survived alongside him are his closest friends--Ron and Hermione--and his girlfriend Ginny. They have been the rocks he's clung to during his tumultuous adolescence and part of what gives him such strength and courage to overcome the seemingly endless obstacles he's endured. Sure, they've had their ups and downs like any group of friends is going to see, but the bond he shares with them is unbreakable. Love, courage, and loyalty, through the good and the bad: these are the things that truly define Harry Potter. They make him so much stronger than Voldemort and allow him to accept the fact that, for Voldemort to be defeated, he must sacrifice himself. It is for his friends. For the people who have given up so much already, made the ultimate sacrifice, and for those they've left behind. The Weasleys and the Dursleys, the Wizarding World, and Muggles--Harry doesn't want anyone else to have to suffer because of him.

Among his less than perfect attributes are his stubbornness, and the tendency to make snap judgments. He had Snape pegged as a villain from the start of his first year, for instance, and not even Dumbledore's unwavering faith in Snape was able to convince Harry that he was anything but a slimy evil git. It didn't help that Snape seemed to always see more of James in Harry than he did of Lily, but Harry did nothing to fix Snape's perception once his assessment had been made. That stubbornness he probably inherited from his father, as well as a penchant for finding mischief even when it wasn't actively finding him. The number of times Harry has been out of bed past midnight, sneaking about the halls of Hogwarts, are uncountable unless one actually keeps track of them while reading. He's not above playing tricks on people, but he doesn't bully for sport. He's also not above bending or outright breaking rules if he doesn't agree with them, especially if he's convinced that it's the right thing to do.

The fact that he is ruled by his emotions in most instances can be a double-edged sword. It allows him to be honest with people and not bottle up what he is feeling, provided that someone is around who he is willing to talk to. His emotions are usually pretty readable--he wears them right out on his sleeve most of the time; and like any teenager, he is prone to his ups and downs. The problem this causes, on occasion, is that if he is feeling something strongly enough, he may act on it without thinking things through. The best example of this is after Sirius is killed by Bellatrix, Harry is in complete emotional upheaval and chases after her with the intention of killing her for what she's done. He is blind with grief and anger, but he still can't muster enough hatred to kill or torture her because that is not who he is; that is not who Sirius would have wanted him to become. Even through the end of the series, he never casts a killing curse. When defending himself, Harry's repertoire consists mainly of disarming spells or spells to stun or otherwise disable his enemies.

[CANON] Harry Potter || Harry Potter || no reserve || 3 of 3

[moralfibre]

First Person: [Why does a watch that doesn't tell time have all of these buttons? The least someone could have done on that boring train ride was show him what he was supposed to do with it.

Since no answer seems to be forthcoming, he does what any normal person would do in this situation: push all of them to see what happens.]

Do something.

[The watch doesn't respond. Inanimate objects rarely do. However, now the audio function has been enabled, and anyone can hear him muttering to himself as he tries to figure this out.

Finally, he pushes the button to turn on the video function, and his own image shows up on the tiny screen. Now this is familiar. He had a communication device similar to this, at home.]

Hello? Is anyone there?

Third Person: How odd, Harry first thought, that this journey should be taking place aboard a train. He liked trains. He associated them with new beginnings, for the most part.

The last time he had been in a train station, however, he had been dead and had the option of going on or going back. Back had been the only choice, then. He'd had unfinished business and people who were counting on him; but now, he was not being presented with options. The train was taking him to some undisclosed location, and the strangest thing was he didn't even remember getting on board.

Was he dead, after all? He didn't really think that was the case. He had definitely survived that killing curse, to see his destiny through to the end. And what an end it had been---just as it had began, really. Voldemort's own curse rebounding, doing him in for a second time. But this time for good.

Harry rubbed absently at the scar on his forehead. It wasn't that he felt anything there. He most definitely did not, and that was the weird part. He had grown used to the twinges and the occasional searing pain. Now it was just a scar, as lifeless as the being that had put it there. These were things that he was sure of, and it irked him just a bit that he now had no idea of what was going on.

After several failed attempts at forcing his way off the train, he begrudgingly resigned himself to this passage. Perhaps there would be answers upon his arrival.