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

[2/2]

[roofbees]

First Person: ---asksjahsfjsk kkkkk i see. a keyboard. NTS: PNKD [note to self: potential note keeping device] :)

1: ND [novel design] , pocket watch. ideal.

2: COTI [camera on the inside] : recording? will test this.

3: pick up lettuce. clyde is eating scarf. problematic.

[The typing ceases now as the feed turns on. At first the only image is of the sky as he is currently examining the underside of the watch, but soon enough a scruffy looking man with a small tortoise snug inside his scarf is now peering into the lens.]

I see. [He's tapping at it then, clearly impressed by its design.]

Broadcasting, I'd imagine. To whom, I'm not sure, I suppose time will be the deciding factor there. It's also amazingly sturdy, it refused to break with my prodding and dropping it from varying heights.

[Pulling the watch back so he's in better view now, he offers a smile to the camera.]

Hello there, my name is Sherlock Holmes and I am looking for a grocery store, and my colleague: Joan Watson. The former is far more important than the latter, I'm afraid. I am in a dire need of lettuce, my associate here is feeling peckish and is currently dining on my scarf. Any help will do, I'll be waiting.

[ooc: also: here is an additional sample taken from the test-drive meme]

Third Person: "These fliers could not possibly be more maddeningly unhelpful." The statement was made with an exasperated sound as he thoroughly crumpled the one in his hands and threw it down on the ground with considerable force, but given that it was nothing but paper it just rolled lamely and settled against his shoe. Puffing out a breath he promptly stomped at it before turning sharply to his right so he could glare most impressively at the train tracks. The cynical part of him was quick to jump to drug consumption, or sleep deprivation. The intelligent part of him, that thankfully outweighed all other parts, knew better than to think that. Clearly he was somewhere else entirely; not at the precinct, his home or the grocery store.

"She's going to be insufferable when we get back, Clyde." He happened to be the only one on the platform, and Sherlock was looking to his left where... no one actually stood. The statement was aimed at the small tortoise nestled snugly inside his scarf and against his neck. It was not a common practice, bringing Clyde along on any visit to the precinct and to a possible job, but he had wanted to make a trip to the grocery store to pick up more lettuce and green things for the tortoise to eat. If he didn't bring him along he would have forgotten and the last thing he wanted was a dead (and too thin) tortoise he couldn't do anything with. Joan had grown attached to the thing regardless, sometimes he needed to spare her feelings.

Perhaps he also had Clyde around because Joan was busy today, on her own personal 'errands' that she refused to share with him. In other words: a date. Why she insisted on hiding her abysmal love life he could never understand, but that also meant he had no one to talk to during the day. Sherlock needed someone to talk to, and people tended to give a man talking to himself wide berth, or they would phone authorities. Clyde may not be a puppy, a baby or some sort of pet that one would normally talk to (where one would not be frowned upon) but he would do. "Although it says here that we won't be going back."

He had no intention on leaving this particular area just yet. Instead he sat on the floor to stare ahead at (seemingly) nothing. "There's a puzzle here, Clyde." Fingertips steepled and were pressed to his lips, eyes wide in excitement. The detective in him was terribly intrigued, there was nothing better than a new mystery begging to be solved. "And we ," he began and gently reached up to stroke at the shell, "are going to solve it."

[ooc note: normally I will put his acronym translations under a cut at the end of a post, if he's texting.]

[CANON] Envy || Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood || Not reserved

[infinitecruelty]

Application

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

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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 reconsider your personality section. At the present time, it gives us more of a synopsis of the series up to your chosen canon point, while we would prefer to see more about the character himself, his mentality and quirks.

Please feel free to submit your revision at your convenience, and we will be happy to look it over as soon as it comes in.

REVISION REQUESTED

[rubycitymods]

Thank you for your application!

At this time we are requesting a revision before we consider your application for acceptance. While your application is good, we would like to see a more expanded first person sample that gives us a better idea of your understanding of the character. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the mod team or respond here.

REVISION REQUESTED

[rubycitymods]

Thank you for your application!

At this time we are requesting a revision before we consider your application for acceptance. While your application is good, we would like your third person sample to be written in the past tense. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact the mod team or respond here.

REVISIONS

[roofbees]

Obsessive Being obsessive is the basis of Sherlock's personality in a whole. On one hand it makes him such a good investigator, not resting until he catches whomever is responsible. It literally takes over every part of his impressive mind, often he shirks things he needs to survive (eating regularly, sleep, even bathing) so he can focus on whatever it is he is working on. It's never strange to find out that Sherlock has stayed up for two days, surviving off of coffee as he moves around the city or stares at the wall of evidence he usually erects during cases.

His obsessive nature is what turned him to drugs in the first place. This was even before he met Irene, he would dabble in them not just for recreational purposes, but because he needed them. Sherlock had found out that he needed the drugs to help him focus and to help him shut down. For focusing purposes he would turn to drugs like cocaine, the chemical would sharpen his thinking and after taking it he has been known to find the answers to whatever it was that had stumped him in mere minutes or less. To Sherlock nothing is more important than his work, he is even willing to destroy himself just as long as he can solve the case.

For shutting down, however, he would turn to heroine. He's said so himself: heroine users crave oblivion. Sherlock, at one time, also craved oblivion. Losing Irene did something to him, he lost the one person who cared, he lost the one person he was able to open up to- the one person he could love. With a mind like Sherlock's it doesn't just turn off, his mind is always working which is why he constantly searches for distractions. Heroine was the best distraction he could ask for, it did what other drugs couldn't; it shut him down, it gave him peace.

Intelligent/Observant It's no big secret that Sherlock is, in fact, a genius. For this he is not modest about, and he takes in great pleasure showing off his vast knowledge. He only likes to keep useful facts in his mind space, which is why he tends to meditate and tune people out when they start to 'natter' on about things that carry no meaning. It makes him callous in many ways, as he insists people's feelings and their personal struggles mean nothing to him and just clouds his 'attic.'

The attic theory! This is how Sherlock describes how his brain works. Basically he believes the human mind is like an attic, storage space for facts: but there is only so much space there, so he only fills his with the most useful of facts, for a better version of himself. Which is why he deems it important not to fill his attic space with useless information that in no way can better himself or what he does. When explaining this to Joan she claims in exasperation that that is not how the human mind works, where Sherlock reiterates that it's how his brain works.

Not only is Sherlock incredibly intelligent, he is also observant. Observing is the basis of his deduction skill set. By observing carefully he can find out when someone is lying and he can pick up on most things others would simply overlook. But it comes with it's set of problems, his vast intelligence and his observing skills. He can't turn it off. In one way it's like a game, a puzzle of sorts. Sherlock has stated that people are the most interesting of puzzles, but they do not like to be solved. He can't help but solve them, which pushes people away and in turn makes him live an incredibly lonely life.

Shut out/Anger issues/Vulnerable Sherlock Holmes does not have any friends. Joan (perhaps Gregson and maybe detective Bell) would be the exceptions, but even then he doesn't exactly share things with them. Joan knows the most about him, about Irene and the basis of all his struggles. When explaining to Gregson about his drug history he grows timid and almost shy. He's embarrassed of himself. He doesn't like the fact that he fell into such a pit of despair, he doesn't like that he nearly destroyed his mind with drugs. He needs to feel respected, Sherlock needs to feel needed. By losing Irene he lost a bit of himself in the process, it has left him vulnerable and he has yet to fix that. He shut himself out of people's lives and their concerns, but slowly he is starting to open up again to those who matter. It's an incredibly painful process and trying to forget Irene is far more difficult than he intended.

Sherlock is also very angry deep inside. When faced with the notorious M again, it comes out in spades. Finding out that M followed him to America released the floodgates of his anger. The person responsible for Irene's death was now within reach. He claimed he couldn't catch M before because the drug use had gained control of his life at that point. Now he is clear and all he can feel is revenge. Sherlock has no intention of turning M to the authorities, he wants to torture and kill him, it's the only way to settle his anger and hurt. Finding out that Moran was not the one responsible nearly broke him, he was devastated. Sherlock is also convinced that he isn't as good a man as others believe him to be, when Moran calls him honorable he responds by stabbing the man in the stomach with a screwdriver. It shows he's not above violence and harming another.

Sherlock shows good humor most of the time, yes. He is cheerful and capable of maintaining pleasant conversation, he even likes to make jokes and partake in pleasurable activities. He is still vulnerable, however, so close to breaking again. Having Joan helps him considerably, he's starting to open up more and he even starts to share with her when he's feeling upset. Sherlock just needs an anchor. He's still very much like a child, he needs to be looked after and made sure he's okay. Sherlock is still self sufficient, of course, as he is a grown man... he just needs to be reminded to eat and sleep on occasion.

Also Sherlock has an acute sense of smell. I didn't know where to put that piece of knowledge. But it's most definitely a thing! He can sense hints of chemicals when others might not catch whiff of them, and other scents. Sherlock spends the first part of his investigation... sniffing the crime scene. Like a sniffer dog, but with more attitude.

Re: REVISION REQUESTED

[claussenchild]

[Woops! My bad, no problem. Should have read the app thing more thoroughly. Here you go, all past tense:]

Third Person:

It should be noted that Katherine, in her young life, had never so much as even imagined such a vehicle as a train. Perhaps there were some back where she was from, but they had never crossed her mind; not such a train as this one, anyway. She and her friends had imagined many things; North had made into being a small flying ship powered by his djinni, Petter had invented himself a small catapult, and Sasscha had made gloves and boots that propelled her like a squirrel.

It should have been no surprise, then, that she would be at least a little alarmed when she awoke on the rattling train. The design was such as she had never seen, and she had just been with North-- where was he now? And, more pertinently, where in the world was she? Katherine had no idea where this strange vehicle was headed, but knew better than to let herself get too out of sorts. She was never going to get much of anywhere if she didn’t keep herself together. After scanning everything with her grey eyes and pushing her dark hair into the hood of her bright yellow coat, Katherine set herself upright in her seat and made very sure to note everything she could in her head. She would have to tell North about the strange place she had found herself in, and exactly how she was going to get herself out and back to helping him and Bunnymund defend everyone from the Nightmare King.

Upon the train’s arrival at the station she exited, slow and inquisitive, looking for so much as a sign. But as she found her way off the strange vehicle, she could not see anything familiar at all. The buildings were nothing like the temples of the Lunar Lamas or the shores of Easter Island or the crisp-aired Santoff Claussen. And though Katherine was very, very brave, for such a small girl, she was also very, very afraid.

Swallowing and peering about, she inquires, “Is anyone here?”

After a few steps, she spoke once more. “Can anyone tell me where I am?”

[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

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Mod Note: For the record, a heroine is a female hero. Heroin is an addictive opiate. :p

[roofbees]

lmao dsjkfhbj WHOOPS SORRY. let me blame my fever on that one.

[rubycitymods]

Haha, no worries! And there's nothing saying he's not a little bit addicted to both... :p

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

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REVISION REQUESTED

[bowsbeforehoes]

First Person:

[Clint rubs the back of his head, looking a mix between confusion and wariness. This doesn't look like any place he's ever been to, and he's been to a lot of places.] Welp, not my first circus. Gotta admit, this is the first one I don't remember going to.

[He laughs, but it's more breaking the ice than an actual joke.] So, olly olly oxen-free, guys. Who got me drunk and put me on a train? I know one of you did.

Help a guy out? I'm feeling like I've done something wrong and I've been put on the spot. Ain't nothing wrong with pranks, but I've got some things to do.

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

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[ CANON ] Madoka Kaname || Puella Magi Madoka Magica || reserved || 1 of 3

[sagittaspei]

PLAYER
Name: Fel
Personal Journal: tinfoiltennis
E-mail: fantasygirl@blueyonder.co.uk
AIM/MSN/etc: aim: hangswithtraps | plurk: Tenfel

CHARACTER
Name: Madoka Kaname
Canon: Puella Magi Madoka Magica
Timeline: Episode 12, after she’s created the new universe
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A!

[ CANON ] Madoka Kaname || Puella Magi Madoka Magica || reserved || 2 of 3

[sagittaspei]

Personality: Madoka Kaname on the whole comes off as a bubbly, cheerful and friendly girl; she has a sweet, often humble, disposition and an easy way with most people that make her an easy person to befriend. She’s someone who tends to wear her heart on her sleeve more often than not; this may sometimes make her come across as childish or even a little helpless, although those making such an assumption would soon find that nothing could be further from the truth. Enthusiastic and affectionate with her friends, you could be forgiven for finding it a little unlikely that this was the girl that became a literal embodiment of the concept of Hope before rewriting several universes with a single wish.

The most unfailingly constant thing about Madoka is her kindness and compassion for others; those looking for proof need only look to the original timeline, when she used her wish to revive a dead stray cat that had been run over moments before. Madoka is a kind and gentle soul, and when she was human, one of her greatest wishes in life was for the people around her to get along and be happy. She was and still remains the kind of person who would lend a fair and listening ear to everyone, even making attempts to if not befriend than at least understand those who may seem at odds with her at first. This makes her a natural mediator and an emotional support for many, something that she demonstrates time and again in her interactions with the other Puella Magi in multiple timelines. Particularly in a world like the one Madoka was originally from, her kindness was both her greatest asset and her biggest flaw – she simply cares too easily and too much. This goes hand in hand with her optimism, her belief in the power of friendship, and her seemingly unending supply of faith and hope. Although seeming like more of a hindrance than a help in a world where being a magical girl essentially means becoming a lich doomed to fall into despair and trusting others is more likely to get you killed, it was Madoka’s kindness and determination to help others even at the cost of herself that eventually proved key to ending the timeloops for good when she made her final wish, creating a much kinder universe and improving the fate of all magical girls to boot.

As a human, Madoka suffered from extremely low self-esteem. She was painfully aware of her own insignificance and desperately longed for some sort of purpose to her life; she once said that her own deepest wish was for nothing more than to be useful to other people and to live being able to be proud of herself. Madoka didn’t particularly see herself as intelligent or worth bothering with, but nothing could have been further from the truth. Madoka had and still has a lot of inner strength and courage; she will walk into danger to support her friends or what she believes is right, regardless of her own fear or her perceived lack of skills; even in timelines where she didn’t become a Puella Magi, Madoka would often accompany Sayaka or the other girls as moral support. Madoka is also a lot more intelligent than she gives herself credit for; for all her idealism, she is actually very grounded, and has a good head on her shoulders. Her instincts and her initiative in the heat of the moment have occasionally saved lives, such as when she intervened to stop the group suicide in episode four. However, it should also be noted that rash actions like this have also lead to less than ideal outcomes, such as when she threw Sayaka’s Soul Gem away in an effort to stop her and Kyouko fighting – an action that could have lead to dire consequences for Sayaka had Homura not retrieved the gem in time. Madoka also has a great desire to protect the things she loves, a strong sense of justice and of right and wrong, and an inability to understand how anyone could act deliberately and unfeelingly in a way that would harm others. When it comes down to it, Madoka has a core of steel, and once she finally has all the pieces to decide which path she is taking, can look her destiny unflinchingly in the face.

Now that she has become a nigh-omniscient being of hope whose only real interaction with the physical world is when she collects the souls of exhausted magical girls, Madoka has acquired a somewhat different perspective than the one she had as a human girl. She retains almost all of the personality traits she had as an ordinary fourteen year old girl, and in many ways still acts like a fourteen year old, but she is also the sum of all the experiences she had in every timeline leading up to her final wish, and then some. Since she is Hope itself, she logically has no reason to despair even in the face of her own erasure from existence, and this makes her rather more mellow: if someone tells her that it’s wrong to hope, she will tell them that they are wrong every time. Her empathy and compassion for others’ suffering is still there, but it’s less likely to bring the outwardly tearful or horrified reaction it would have when she was human. Instead, she will offer all the help and comfort that it is within her power to give. Having finally been able to make more of a difference to the universe than she ever dreamed she would be able to, Madoka is much more self-assured and at peace with herself and everything else; even so, her desire to protect everything else remains.

[ CANON ] Madoka Kaname || Puella Magi Madoka Magica || reserved || 3 of 3

[sagittaspei]

First Person: [ those hanging around the station at this time of day may be lucky enough to notice a small teenaged girl standing on the platform. she looks confused, as most new arrivals do, but she seems to be less concerned with her surroundings than she is with - well, herself. her floor-length hair, golden eyes and long dress may look out of place on a girl her age, but it's not so much that that concerns her; it's only that it has been a long time since Madoka Kaname was really present in the way most people think of, and suddenly having a body again is.... well, novel. and something of a sensory overload.

really, she would like to know how she has been pulled here - wherever here actually is, because it feels familiar and not at the same time in a way she can't describe, in the way that most things do to her - and why. but that can wait. for now, she's just marvelling at her own hands with a sort of childlike innocence. ]


[ on the other hand, those watching the network may notice the following message coming through on their screens: ]

Hello? [ she sounds cheerful enough, if still rather confused. ] My name's Madoka, and I'm afraid I'm new here. This place is called Ruby City, right? I saw it on the flyers you've got up around the station. I'm still not really sure how I got here, since it's been a while since I was on a train. But I was wondering if someone could tell me more about what's going on, if that's okay.

[ she pauses for a moment, one hand lifting to her hair. sounding a little sheepish, she adds with a small laugh: ] And, if someone could tell me where I could find a haircut or a change of clothes, that might be good, too.

Third Person: Madoka opened her eyes, and it took her a moment to figure out why exactly that was so strange. Then it occurred to her: she had opened her eyes. Which meant that she actually had eyes to open.

As if realising that had been a cue, everything else assaulted her senses with all the force of a tidal wave: the slight roughness of the seat below her pressing into her thighs, the feel of the air rushing in and out of her lungs with every breath, the weight of her hair cascading over her shoulders and down her back. The sheer everythingness of it all surprised her, making her new-found breath catch in her throat as she recognised, dimly, the sound of a train clacking its way along a track below her. She was on a train? More than that, she had a body? Madoka's memories of being a girl seemed so far away these days that for a moment all she could do was sit there in shock, her fingers curling involuntarily in her skirts.

After what may have been a few minutes - or a few hours, and with another jolt she realised that there was actually time to count again, now - the feeling of being overwhelmed faded, slightly. Madoka glanced out of the window; nothing but fog, completely impossible to see through. She frowned slightly. What was going on? This couldn't be any ordinary train, that was for sure. At least, not if she was on it. And if she was on something like a train, then...

"There must be something very powerful here," she murmured to herself, pressing a gloved hand to the glass and feeling a little thrill at how cold it was against her palm. What it could be was a completely different matter. Madoka didn't think that she could think of anything powerful enough to give a concept physical form. Not unless someone had become powerful enough to wish-- but no, that was impossible. Homura-chan had already made a wish in her new world, she was sure of it, and nobody else remembered she existed. So then, what...?

After a moment's consideration, she let out a sigh, settling back against the seat. Whatever it was, she was sure that she could deal with it when she got... wherever it was the train was taking her. After all, after dealing with all of those Witches, how bad could it be? Something new might even be a little fun, she thought, her lips curving up into a small smile.

She wouldn't know until she got there.

And besides, hoping was what Madoka did best.

[Canon] Steve Rogers || MCU || Reserve || 1/3

[starspangledheart]

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

CHARACTER
Name: Steve Rogers ✰ Captain America
Canon: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Timeline: post shawarma post Avengers

Personality: When choosing the right candidate to receive the Super Soldier Serum, Doctor Abraham Erskine was not looking for the strongest or the toughest soldier. He didn't want a bully who would abuse this new power, and that is why he chose the scrawny kid from Brooklyn with a laundry list of physical faults. He recognized Steve's inner strengths and knew that, if successful, the Serum would take care of his lack of physical prowess. Steve is the kind of man who would sacrifice himself to ensure the safety of people around him, evidenced when he threw himself onto a dud grenade in order to take the brunt of the explosion and allow his fellow soldiers to get away. It was in that moment that Erskine knew him to be the right man for the Serum, and proved it to the rest of the SSR. Unfortunately, after the procedure was completed successfully, a HYDRA agent shot the doctor to prevent him from making more Soldiers for the Americans. In his last moments, Erskine poked Steve's chest, just over his heart. "Stay who you are," he had told him the previous night. "Not a perfect soldier, but a good man."

And that is Steve in a nutshell. A good man.

[starspangledheart]

Part of what makes him such a good person is the fact that he had a rough childhood, persevered through bad times, and never sacrificed any of his ideals. He was orphaned at a young age and was sickly and weak as a child and young man. During the height of the Great Depression, he had no family and only one person in the world to rely on--his best friend, Bucky Barnes. When Steve looked around and saw the horrible conditions people were forced to live in, he couldn't do a thing to make it better. People were suffering, and later during the War, men were dying overseas. He was dead set on joining the Army, because in his mind, that was how he could make a difference. In the end, he was right about that; just not in the way he'd originally imagined.

Captain America first became the poster boy for War Bonds, and then was finally able to prove himself a hero when he rescued four hundred prisoners of war from HYDRA, including Bucky. Despite saving so many people, Steve never saw himself as a hero, and still does not voluntarily take up that label. It's not about fame or glory. He helps people because he can, and because he genuinely wants to. He knows what it's like to stand up to people who are bigger and stronger, and have his ass handed to him. It's not fun, but that never stopped him before and it sure as Hell won't stop him now that he can actually do something about all of the bullies out there.

He is an incredibly stubborn person who places great value on his ideals and morals. Even when he'd repeatedly get beaten up by bullies, it never stopped him from standing up for what he believed to be right. His stubbornness is also evident in the numerous attempts to join the army. It is against the law to lie on an enlistment form, but Steve made up information and visited multiple recruiting centers in his attempt to join. He sometimes butts heads with people who are just as stubborn about their ideals, and has no qualms about dishing out judgment--as seen when he first met Tony Stark.

Socially, he is a quiet man. After having spent so many years being ignored, it is taking time for him to get used to the fact that people care about what he has to say. When it's something important, though-- when it's time to step up and fight for what he believes to be right--he will make himself heard. So, Steve isn't shy, but he is awkward in certain situations--mainly social situations involving the fairer sex. Peggy was the first woman he was ever close to, and now that she is beyond his reach, he needs time to accept that and move on. Both she and Bucky were taken from him abruptly, and he still blames himself for not being able to save Bucky. When he wakes up after being frozen for seventy years, he is literally alone in a strange world.

In the 21st Century, his ideals and quiet charm serve to make him seem old fashioned. He isn't a prude. He's simply out of his element in a world where underwear models are twenty feet tall on billboards in the middle of the city, and people walk around with tiny computers in their pockets. He's smart enough to eventually learn how to handle one of those tiny computers that sometimes are also phones, and given time, the culture-shock will start to lessen as well. As long as he keeps himself busy, Steve can get through pretty much anything.

[starspangledheart]

First Person:
[Steve examines the watch before tucking it into his pocket and starting off away from the train station. The thought that it might be a communication device doesn't even cross his mind. It's not until he's making his way down a street in the middle of the city and he starts to see people talking into their watches that he thinks to look at it more closely. After situating his shield to lean against a bench, he takes a seat beside it and then flicks open the watch as he starts to press the buttons on the side. He speaks experimentally, not quite sure if it's actually broadcasting or not. He has little enough experience with cell phones that video and text functions are not things that he thinks to look for.]

Hello? This is Captain Steve Rogers, does anybody read me? I'm not sure what happened, but I woke up on a train, and now I'm stuck in a place called Ruby City.

[If only he had some way of contacting SHIELD, it would be much easier to figure out what the hell is going on.]

If someone could tell me when the next train leaves for New York, that would be great.

Third Person: It might not have been the most heroic of deeds. Nobody's life depended upon Steve accomplishing this task, nor did the fate of nations rest upon his shoulders. But even so, sweat beaded on his brow as he worked in the afternoon sun; his arm, much more used to wielding a shield in battle, now moving with repetitive sweeps of a paint brush. The house wasn't derelict, it was just in need of a bit of sprucing up. He'd lived in worse places, but with nothing better to do, it was at least something to keep him occupied. He had never been one to enjoy sitting still for long, even before he had been a soldier.

The strokes he made along the side of the house were careful, because Steve took any job he invested himself in seriously; but they were wide and required no true skill on his part. It was different than painting on canvas--using the medium to bring life to the images in his mind. Certain of his teammates had been surprised to learn that he'd attended art school before he became Captain America, but to Steve, it was just another chapter in his life. During his time in the army there had hardly been much opportunity to sit down and do more than the occasional sketching, but it was still something he enjoyed doing, even if it was more of a hobby these days.

He paused to wipe his forehead with the back of his hand, unintentionally smearing a bit of white paint there. When he looked down at his hands, he found them speckled with it as well. The sight triggered a feeling of nostalgia, recalling the days when he'd been a student in New York. Bucky had been alive, and had accompanied him to lessons once in a while. There had been an occasion when a paint battle had occurred, which was the day he was thinking about as he considered the paint currently staining his hands. A sad smile curved his lips for a brief moment, until another memory crept in. A similar occasion, when Bucky had tagged along for a figure drawing class and bemoaned the fact that the female model had been clothed, on December 7, 1941.

Everything had changed after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Young men from all across the nation had clamored to enlist: Steve's friends and classmates, and thousands of strangers. He had longed to join them. To prove himself. To stand up for what was right and good. He was turned away at almost every attempt, but his stubbornness and refusal to give up had eventually paid off.

...If only it had been enough to keep his best friend safe.



Question for you lovely mods: can he have his shield if it was on his person at the time of his kidnapping?

{ [CANON] Mustrum Ridcully || Discworld || no reserve || 1 of 1 }

[dooralwaysopen]

PLAYER
Name: Eric
Personal Journal: overbringer
E-mail: TheOverEric [AT] Gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: EricOverbringer Plurk: overbringer

CHARACTER
Name: Mustrum Ridcully
Canon: Discworld
Timeline: From shortly before the events of Unseen Academicals

Personality: When the University elected Ridcully to be Archchancellor, it had been going through a particularly violent period. At that time the traditional method of advancement among wizards was by the assassination of your superior, and everyone was worked up into horrible balls of stress and paranoia. They decided that what they needed was an archchancellor who was peaceful and in tune with nature. They chose Mustrum Ridcully because after graduating, he had left the university to manage his family's estates out in the countryside and no one had seen or heard from him since.

They had expected a wizard who was good with herbs and folklore and who spoke to the animals, but that isn't QUITE what they got. Ridcully did indeed talk to the animals, but what he generally said to them was less likely to be "Peace be with you, brother robin." than it was to be "NEARLY GOT YOU THAT TIME YOU BASTARD!"

Ridcully has single handedly reformed the Unseen University by way of being basically impossible to kill. In fact the normal fate for would be assassins was to have Ridcully appear behind them suddenly to yell at them for a while while slamming their head repeatedly into the door. As this has put a cap on how far you can advance by murder, the university as a whole has calmed down more than somewhat.

Ridcully is an outdoorsman. He loves hunting, and is fond of early morning exercise routines (Which he generally tries to force his subordinates to join him on.). While skilled at magic, he generally doesn't bother with it unless he really needs to (This has probably contributed to his success at avoiding magical assassins, who are generally expecting a magical defense, instead of five feet of seasoned oak or a crossbow bolt to the face. If that's not enough to take something down, you shouldn't be messing with it anyways.).

Ridcully is, in fact, quite intelligent. He doesn't immediately seem like it, having a mind much like a freight train: fast, unstoppable, and almost impossible to change the course of once it's gotten up to speed. On top of this, he has a tendancy to avoid people trying to tell him things. He figures that if all it takes for someone to give up on trying to tell him something is a few dismissive replies, then it probably wasn't that important anyways. Also contributing to Ridcully's survival in a position which previously had a world record for longest time in office of eleven months is his keen insight into the human mind and EXCELLENT poker face. When he became archchancellor, the university was of a mind that the wizard that blinked first was the wizard who died. Being able to quickly read situations and play your hand close to the vest was essential to one's survival in the hardball world of wizard politics.

Ridcully is fairly vain. He is immensly proud of being the owner of the archchancellor's hat (it marks him as the most important wizard in the world, even though he doesn't normally wear it since the hat has a tendancy to gripe and complain about how things used to be better in the old days.) and grabs for any other prestige he can claim over his peers. He very much as the attitude of an aristocrat, frequently speaking of the "working classes" as though they were below him (though in this regard he is actually not quite so out of touch as a lot of his staff.). He is also, like most wizards, immensely fond of large meals, smoking and alcohol, and has naturally gravitated to a shape more or less like Santa Claus.

First Person: Too much slacking around here, if you ask me! Lazing about and asking weird questions about planets and trousers and I don't know what all. No sir, not if I have anything to say about it!

I'm putting a stop to this right now. Starting five AM tomorrow morning, I'll be starting a morning run group. It'll be a wonderful opportunity to get some AIR into those lungs, you hear me? Get out of the dark and into the wondeful embrace of nature!

Five AM, you hear me? No stragglers!

Third Person: Libraries are traditionally seen as quiet places. Ridcully, likewise, is generally a very traditional man. This particular intersection, however, was not a smooth one. Especially since Ridcully's office could only be reached by sneaking through it.

Ridcully did not sneak. The doors burst open at 3pm, startling many readers and librarians. Even more startling, especially to the librarians, was the booming voice that followed. "What are you all doing cramped up in here on a beautiful day like today!? Wasting a glorious summer day like today reading books!?"

His tirade continued unabated in this vein, talking over the increasingly frantic shushes from the librarians. Ridcully strode through the library in muddy boots, with a fishing pole over one shoulder and a brace of trout hanging from a loop in his other hand. "I'll just be off to change into something a bit fresher, but when I get back I want to see some signs of actual life around here!"

The cloud of shushes followed the wizard across the cavernous room, every gaze following him until he reached the stairs up to his office and slammed them shut behind him. The atmosphere of quiet study and reading took quite a while to reform.

{ [CANON] Alucard || Hellsing || reserved || 1 of 1 }

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