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APPLICATIONS

APPLICATIONS

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

✗ Canon Application

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

✗ Canon OC Application

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

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

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

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

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

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

✗ OC Application

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

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

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

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

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

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

✧ N A V I G A T I O N ✧

Threaded | Top-Level Comments Only

Thank you for your application.

However, at this time we are choosing to decline your application, as we feel the revisions you provided are more canon summary than analysis. You may re-apply if you so choose in two weeks time. If you do so, please keep in mind not to include examples from a further canon point than your character is being taken from to show her personality traits—the mention of Tigerclaw would not pertain to her character now.

In addition, if you do re-apply, please take the time to examine and embellish upon on the more negative emotions and characteristics of her character as well as delving deeper into the more emotionally fraught moments of her life.

Eh, I'm happy with Roxy's acceptance for now. I think I'll reread Warriors before I take another stab at playing Bluefur.

Thank you for the second chance to apply.

PLAYER
Name: Kitten (for the sake of privacy)
Personal Journal: hollowrussian
E-mail: inu_taiyoukai_@hotmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: inu_taiyoukai_@hotmail.com

CHARACTER
Name: Alfred F. Jones // United States of America
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Timeline: Present day onwards
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this? n/a

Personality: Alfred F. Jones is one of the younger nations, representative of the United States of America. He is young and boisterous, prone to overexcitement and giving enthusiastic reactions. To most of his fellow nations, he comes across as a bit of -a dimwit who can’t sense the mood in a room, and he’s content to let them think that for the most part, since insults to his person tend to either roll off his back, or become easily forgiven—or at least forgotten—within a day to a week’s time. Alfred is a sweet individual and really only means well by his actions. Unfortunately…he’s also extremely nosy and tends to put himself in other’s business, thinking himself to be an awesome mediator. While at times he can be, this is not generally the case and just gets on the nerves of most other nations.
In truth, Alfred is smarter than he appears, he just doesn’t display it because he sees no point. As well, he has a very laid back, almost lazy disposition that effectively saps his effort out of things he doesn’t want to do. Perhaps this can be attributed to his relatively young age, but Alfred, like his people, is a true child at heart who doesn’t like to take things seriously, again why he doesn’t see a need to read the atmosphere. He’d rather play videogames, read comics, watch movies, and eat fast food.

Speaking of fast food, he’s fond of all sorts! McDonald’s is his true favorite, but he loves anything, from Burger King to Wendy’s. He has a bad habit of overeating, which gives him awful stomachaches on the worst days, but it’s just a part of his nature. Alfred is part of a consumer nation, and it shows. He loves using up electricity, he overeats, he drinks recreationally—he’s not an alcoholic of course, he just likes the buzz sometimes, and Jack Daniels is his favorite—and he has been known to use recreational drugs every once in a while.

Most importantly, perhaps, is Alfred’s hero complex. He will always be the hero. Always and forever. Therefore he’s very dedicated and protective of his friends, and usually bends over backwards to make things work for them. This sometimes mistranslates into him putting his nose in where it doesn’t belong, and rightly so; sometimes he has no business interfering. He personally has mellowed back on things since September 11th, 2001, and his government doesn’t always do what he’d like them to. On that note…he has an office job, but usually works from home. On the rare occasion, he’ll travel to the Pentagon.

Alfred has the rather unfortunate trait of being slightly squeamish. This is somewhat selective. He won’t be grossed out by something like seeing a cut, or even a bullet wound or a severe laceration. However, he would, for example, be disgusted at the sight of someone being ill, or extreme gore, not the least of which would be seeing someone’s still-beating heart fall out of their chest—Russia—or something to do with eyes. They’re…so fluid. It squicks him out. This leads to a silly quirk. He’s afraid of Marmite. More specifically, he’s developed an intolerant nature to it. He can’t eat it, the texture and flavor nauseates him. Why? As a child, he ate some when he wasn’t feeling well and became sick. Pretty self-explanatory.

Another fear of his is thunderstorms. He hates them almost as much as he hates scary movies, and he is completely unable to sleep through a storm or after a horror flick. He will have nightmares.

First Person: [He isn’t the sort to immediately panic, so when the American wakes up, he does not immediately react too badly. Being a little slow to the uptake, he looks around curiously, trying to find out where he was. It settles in that he’s not home, and he starts to look annoyed, checking himself out for any injuries, touching his head all around and looking up his arms for any marks. Instead, he finds some sort of watch on his wrist, and after some fiddling, eventually loses interest. There is no time being displayed upon it, so no point in playing around. On the other hand, he has unwittingly activated a function he likely has no intention of utilizing, broadcasting his voice and whatever video one can see through the thing, while his arm is hanging down]

Alright guys, really funny. Where’s the cameras? I don’t got time for this, there’s work for the hero to do!

[Alfred says this with no little amount of the usual enthusiasm, a wide grin on his face even though he was nervous about where he was. Clearly it had to be another nation playing tricks on him, or else he must have accidentally signed up for some television show. He was not sure which show would really have the legal right to, for all intents and purposes, kidnap him. But he would get to get to the bottom of it eventually. Sooner better than later.]

Third Person: Being the leader of the meeting was a tough job, but Alfred figured that someone had to do it. On occasion though, the mixture of personalities clashing with each other in the confines of their meeting room was just…way too much. The other older nations were always arguing with each other, and well…he had to agree with Germany on one thing. He was sick of all this arguing. Nothing was accomplished. Even the ideas he gave which didn’t concern frivolous heroic figures were well-ignored for England and France arguing with one another, the Asians passive-aggressively regarding each other, Italy doing something pasta-related and likely irrelevant…the list went on.

He couldn’t help but be annoyed and sick of it. Thankfully, so long as he took it easy later, it was easy to deal with them. And besides, he got back in his own way. Whenever Arthur would make fun of him for something he tried to say, something relevant…well the next time it came around, he’d say something really stupid and give the man a reason to scorn him. It was fun to rile England up, sometimes the arguments weren’t all that bad. He could almost see why Francis got a kick out of it.

A small part of him nagged and reminded him that paying such attention to Arthur meant something, and that if he was smart, he’d let it go. It told him that he wasn’t going to get anything from pissing off the former British Empire that he tore himself from, and that it wasn’t fair to either of them anyway.

The American had to wonder why? Was it really so bad to be closer? They’d been close before, a stupid Revolution from centuries past…could be forgotten. Except he knew Arthur would never forget. He’d never let it go. And as he headed to his temporary hotel home, he was only proven all the more right, as his path was crossed by an irate, thick-accented, and obviously drunken Brit.

A sigh left his lips. This wasn’t the first time this had happened. And it wouldn’t be the last. That was alright, he didn’t mind. It was an excuse, he supposed, to take care of the one who had taken care of him for so long.

PLAYER
Name: Misa
Personal Journal:

blackcat
E-mail: styxbutterfly@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: alwaysinthewired

CHARACTER
Name: Nico
Canon: Tap Trap Love
Timeline: At the end of the first drama CD. She's joined the dance group Euphoria and has begun to learn to dance.

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

Personality:
Nico is a well adjusted 18 year old. Despite growing up in post World War 3 Japan, she doesn't seem to focus on whatever hardships exist. She has a job at a hot dog stand (Red Dogs) and enjoys her job with her co-worker, Lee. In the city, she lives with Dr. Ginger, an illegal surgeon who's working on figuring out why she's suffering amnesia.

She also seems to be eager to learn, seeking out members of the dance group Euphoria after seeing them dance in public. After introducing herself as someone who wanted to learn, she began taking tap lessons. She wanted to learn tap because of how the dancing looked, and because she hoped that by learning to dance and express herself through it, she'll remember things.

For all of her good qualities, Nico also demonstrates an option of ignoring advice. While in CITY (the district where the drama CD is set), she's given advice to stay away from the wall (a large wall covering the parameter of the city. It's seen as unsafe, especially going alone) but ignores that in favor of going anyway. There she's nearly attacked by a small group of punks, but is rescued before anything can happen. She would ignore the same advice in Ruby City, but she also is able to learn from her mistakes. She didn't insist that she was fine while visiting the wall, instead thanking the person who helped her.

She also shows an ability to cope with circumstances. She communicates via her cell phone's text message function, or through writing, if that's unavaliable.

First Person: [There’s a moment’s pause on the watch, Nico blinking at it as she hits a few buttons. Switching to the text option, but still on video, she types, fingers flying.] “Hello? This isn’t CITY.. Ruby City? No. This isn’t CITY at all. I’ve read the posters so I guess I don’t have a *lot* of questions, but-

..Dr. Ginger’s going to wonder where I’m at. So will Euphoria..

Are you sure there’s no way to go back home?”

Third Person: Nico had woken up on the train. Confused, as she had last said good night to Dr. Ginger before finishing her dinner and going to bed, she looked around at the passing scenery. Reaching into her pocket for her cell phone, she pulled it out and blinked as it reported no service and a full battery. After she opened the phone and checked the text messages, she looked up as the train slowed to a stop at a station.

Closing the phone and putting it back into her pocket, Nico stood and exited, looking around at the station. Reaching for her phone again, her other hand brushed against her opposite pocket. Nico’s hand jumped before she reached into the pocket and pulled out the foreign item- a bronze pocket watch.

“.....”

Letting it dangle by the chain, she turned it over a few times to check for a serial number. She slipped her phone back into her pocket and opened the watch, staring at the top screen and the bottom panel. Pressing a button as the watch turned on, Nico looked up from it and to one of the posters. Reading it, she blinked. Her attention was pulled back to the watch as a few conversation snippetts came from it. Hitting a few more buttons and blinking as she appeared on the screen, there was a pause as a cursor appeared on the lower area. Moving away from the train platform, she began to type out a message to whoever might be reading, unaware that she was also video broadcasting.

PLAYER
Name: Alyssa
Personal Journal:

emo_viking_jil
E-mail: adaniellec@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: andalltheworlds @ AIM and at plurk

CHARACTER
Name: Spain | Antonio Fernandez Carriedo
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Timeline: Present day from this point on
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality:

In the character introductions, Spain is introduced as “the country of passion” and this is very much true. He’s big hearted, impulsive, and more than often found wandering about charming people with his incredibly boyish charisma despite his long years of life. He’s one of those bright, cheerful extroverts that people naturally gravitate to, and he’s incredibly skilled at reading one’s heart and troubles despite his inability to figure out their thoughts. In fact, he’s rather bone headed and things go over his head more often than not.

Because of said bone headedness Spain is quite frequently shown as not being able to read the atmosphere. This, in turn, feeds into the assumption that he is rather clueless and insensitive. While he can be blunt, Spain is very empathetic and easily sympathizes with people. He holds affection high in his regards, and thinks of himself as a role model or even hero to those younger than him. This is more often than not ignored but he doesn’t mind, insisting that he be called “Boss Spain” and becoming impossibly gleeful when someone does so. This feeds into his desire to be well respected and in control as he was back in his empire days, but he is also quite fine with being free and able to live life to the fullest.

Historically speaking, Spain has lived through everything the world could throw at him. He’s gone through hardships like every other country and knows the pinch of famine and weakness of war as intimately as one knows a lover. Likewise, he’s gone through enlightenment and the thrill of adventure, taking to it like a duck to water. He boasts the ability to spring back from hardships with a cheerful smile and continue on like nothing is wrong.

Because of this ability, and also hardships he’s endured, Spain is fully aware that cruelty exists in the world despite his often naïve outlook. With this in mind, it’s easy to see why he holds justice, honesty and honor itself to be in high regards. He has a very clean cut sense of equivalent exchange, and firmly believes in it. With his sense of justice being so high, it is unsurprising that he will willingly draw his weapons and try to avenge those who have been wronged. This is an especially strong notion when it comes to his current and former colonies, who he will throw himself into chaos with no regards for himself. This disregard for his wellbeing ties into his impulsive nature. More often than not, Spain will throw caution to the wind, and jump headfirst into tricky situations with not a care in the world.
Empathy leads him; he is incapable of making decisions that are unbiased and detached from his emotions. Luckily, he is resilient, and his courage serves him well. As courageous as Spain is, there is also a heavy dose of faith behind his actions. He firmly believes, and has long learned that standing firm in the face of devastation even if there is little hope will always be the best decision. He will not bow, and will fight till he is beaten and battered.

This is not only his passion speaking, but his pride. Because although Spain is rather laidback, he is just as proud as other countries are. In fact, this pride leads to him being reluctant to admit to follies and other mishaps. He would much rather don his carefree, cheerful visage and hide away mistakes he’s made. While Spain is not truly a deceptive nation-man, this mask can make it hard to glimpse his true feelings. Not to say that his enthusiasm is faked, as Spain truly enjoys flattering friends and allies, and other people’s happiness furthers his own.

Spain is both a country, and a man of extremes. His feelings are never quite neutral or passive; he throws his all into things one way or the other, somehow managing to be something quite akin to polar opposites at the same time. If ever Spain was to let himself be engrossed with his thoughts, then it is quite likely that he will physically react to such things- shaking with rage over some perceived injustice, laughing and bouncing on the balls of his feet at the very thought of some potential entertainment.

Himaruya once mentioned that Spain had a bit of a “double-identity” going on. When one thinks about his quiet ambitions, and centuries of secrecy as he attempted to maintain his general cheerful lighthearted disposition it is obvious how this two-faced nature could come about. To those nations who have never done battle with Spain, they have never seen this slip of his mask. To those that have- well, passion can sometimes lead to fanatical actions, and Spain has certainly been there and done that.

First Person:

[The commuter flickers on to focus in on incredible bright green eyes. For a second that’s all that’s visible, but soon enough their owner is leaning back with a peal of delighted laughter, jostling the pocket watch just so that the feed goes a bit blurry. Spain is still rather recognizable, if only from the easy going smile on his face.

There’s no hint that he was initially disconcerted to wake up on a strange train, with no idea where he was or where he was heading. He taps a finger against the face of the watch, murmuring to himself before he realizes its recording. He perks up, fingers twitching up into a lazy wave.]

Hooola~! Can somebody tell me where I am?

[He doesn’t quite seem to realize his video is upside down.]

Third Person:

Battle was always something messy, no matter whom it was against, but Spain had grown used to it (or rather, as used to battle as one could be). In some manner, he enjoyed it far more than he liked to admit. The heft of a battle ax in his hand was familiar and comforting, and the thrill of the hunt left him grinning, flying high on adrenaline. He liked to think that there was a roguish charm to soldiers, and that while perhaps many would die, this was all for a good cause, a great cause. Perhaps he could not quite wrap his mind around it, but why else would his boss send him out to war? Surely there was a reason, and it was not his job to question his king.

He ignored the fluttering thought that he didn’t question things simply because he wanted to go throw himself into the fray and turned his attention to the opposing army. It was all too easy to catch glimpse of the other nation, green eyes locking on their form as the armies met and clashed like a wave upon the sand. Spain strode through the carnage, eyes never straying very far from his opponent, even as his people died around him, as enemy soldiers attempted to cut him down. Though the mortals fought and bled, this was between nations, and nothing could get in their way.

Adrenaline coursed through his veins, and the harsh rays of sunlight made the armor he bore that much heavier, but still he couldn’t stop the sharp smile from blooming on his face nor the excitement bubbling in his stomach. Amidst the chaos their blades meet, sword and ax adding to the cacophony of noise around them. And while a part of him just wants to return home to his darling little Italia, a bigger part screams and thrills at the hunt. The nations grin sharply at each other and spring apart, beginning the deadly dance of weapons.

Perhaps one of them would lay dead at the end. But that was war. And war was messy.

PLAYER

Name: Gaa
Personal Journal: berwaldox {LiveJournal}
E-mail: ilandoftherisingsun@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: roronoazoro33@hotmail.com

CHARACTER
Name: Kiku Honda // Japan, Land of the Rising Sun
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Timeline: Present Day
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality:
The first thing anyone should know about Kiku is that he's a little bit of a shut-in. He doesn't know much about the world, and is very wary, and oftentimes confused by new things. However, he is a very curious man, so he is always willing to learn.
He lived in something close to Isolation for close on three centuries, and as a result, he has a very shut-in, awkward personality. He tends to live with the behavior of an old man, finding enjoyment in simple and boring daily tasks like cleaning, cooking, and grocery shopping.
He is a very good cook, and is rather proud of his many distinct, as well as popular dishes such as Nikujaga and Sushi.

Kiku's Country has a number of odd festivals, Ways of Life as Well as Traditions that confuse many newcomers to his home. Traditions and customs Like the Fall Leaf Viewing Festival, Open-House Baths, Sitting in a 'Proper' way, and eating things like Natto.

Honda is very interested in other cultures. He has been a hermit for many, many years, and Is only now getting used to the world as a whole. Any and all of his friends who he has managed to make around the world, he has become very Interested in the things they do on a daily basis, and, has a habit of adopting many cultures into his own. Western Ideals Fascinate him, and he honestly can't get enough of it. Especially from places like England and America.

One Part of Honda's Life that he keeps quiet is that he is, in fact, a nerd. America, Prussia, and Yong Soo being among the few who know of his Love for videogames and Online MMORPGs, as well as regular roleplaying games and card games. He Adores Pokemon, and Keeps a small Eevee Plush in his bed.
He Plays Games like World of Warcraft, Dance Dance Revolution, and even Owns a DS, to which he plays a number of games like Phoenix Wright and Elite Beat Agents. He's the least likely to boast about his skills, however, and is honestly very modest about how well he can play these games. But, when it comes down to it, he is very proud of his skill, and hates to lose. So he often practices for hours to perfect his ability at a certain game to assure that he'll never lose.

He has been through many things in his life. He is in no way a young country, and he is not Naive, either. He knows how to sense the mood in a room, and catches onto situations very quickly. Again, he would not boast about it, but he has quite a high IQ, and is very talented when it comes to learning things. Math, Languages, Science, you name it. He Hardly forgets anything, and because of this, He is very well known to hold a grudge.

He can be somewhat manipulative when he needs to be, but prefers to use means that are less dark and frowned upon when getting what he wants, or even needs. In the past, he was known to be quite the cruel and cold being, Especially during WW2 when he was part of the Axis Powers. This part of his life, however, He tends to avoid. As it was one of the darkest parts of his life that he would prefer to just forget.

First Person:
[Chocolate brown eyes stare, for what seemed like an eternity, into nothing. Forever-stretching blackness, that reminded the small male of the sensation, as well as the sight, of squeezing your eyes shut. Slightly blurred stars on the edge of your vision, prickling against your eyelids until you’re forced to open them. He blinked, his eyes flickering a bit as he felt... at least a little bit disoriented. Confused. Last he remembered, he was sleeping in his own bed, on the floor of his old, but well-kept home. A small dog, Shiba-inu in species, pressed up against his back as he slept. That warmth was gone, and he was sleeping on something else—sitting. He was... sitting. In a seat, in his comfortable day-wear as opposed to his pyjamas.]
...I appear to have awoken to a very strange dream.
[He spoke, unusually calm about the somewhat startling situation.]
That, or perhaps someone is playing a very cruel trick on me.
[He Frowned, looking out the window. The sight confused him, as it looked nothing like his comfortable home in Japan. It was all too flat, and much too... vast. Even in his own home... there were always other buildings in sight. After all, his land was very evolved. There were not many places near Tokyo like this.]
I will certainly be making a complaint to whomever is in control of this machine. I cannot afford to be away from home. I have too many things to take care of.
[He Frowned, fretting quietly to himself as he moved to stand. To find exactly who was in charge, and how he got here.

Third Person: It definitely wasn't one of those days that Honda enjoyed remembering. If anything, he would likely prefer to put days like this behind him. Forget they had ever happened, and move along with his seemingly never-ending life. So was the curse of a living representation of such a large nation, he would suppose. More than once, he had cursed the fact that he would never die. Especially on days like this.
The ground underneath his feet felt gritty. Tossed and churned by the footfalls of many a soldier passing over its soil. The air around him smelled like smoke. And not a nice, smoky fire, or the leftover scent from fireworks. No. It was the smell of gunpowder and shrapnel. Burnt earth and cloth. The smell that Honda would, honestly, compare to that of death.

In one hand was his old Sword. Likely a strange thing to use on the Battlefield, but certainly not misused. What he couldn't shoot at such a close range, the steel of his blade had dispatched just as easily. But right now, the stained steel was going ignored. His Right hand lifted up at about eyelevel. A Type 26 Revolver Held, its barrel pointed at an Enemy that he had told himself. Many times. That he couldn't hesitate to shoot. Hesitation meant he was holding back. Holding back showed weakness. He couldn’t hold back. His life... and the lives of his people depended on that. Yet...

He was hesitating. And he hated himself for it.

In his sights was Yao. The Chinese man who, he would never quite admit whom he'd admired for nearly his entire life. This man meant so much to him. But right now. They were on opposite sides. He gritted his teeth, his cheek stinging a little. A Slight cut on his right cheek, a grazed bullet wound, dripping red down the pale skin of the short male's cheek. He opened his mouth, words not quite making it off his lips. What could he say? There was nothing... that would make this better. Words wouldn't win a war. "...I Hate this." the Japanese man said, his finger tense on his gun. Finger DARING to squeeze the trigger, but not enough to fire it at the long-haired Chinaman. "All of this. And who Do I Have to Blame. You? Roshia? I am not even sure anymore. Tell me. Who do I blame, Yao." His voice was quiet, but there was no quiver to it. No. He was standing strong. But it didn't mean that he didn't feel just a little bit lost.

PLAYER
Name: Kate
Personal Journal: fae_boleyn
E-mail: pandoraboleyn@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: PanBoleyn

CHARACTER
Character Name: Portugal/Madalena Almeida
Canon: Hetalia
Timeline: Portugal, at this point, is only various concept sketches; we know the character exists but we don't know anything else, including gender since concept sketches of both genders have appeared. However, I am bringing Portugal in from the present day.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: Largely irrelevant; Portugal has no real reason to interact with Canada or Wales, so there's no reason for playercest.

Personality: Portugal, at first glance, appears to be a cheerful, slightly mischievous woman, and in large part this is true. She's a bit of a matchmaker when she's bored, so watch out for her to meddle in other people's relationships if she has nothing better to do. The majority of her people are Roman Catholic, and she herself is still devout, though she doubts that she has any chance of heaven should she die. This bleak opinion of herself is something she keeps well-hidden, however; as said above she tends to act happy.

She does, however, have a darker side. After all, she was once an empire, and while she tended to be a stern mistress rather than a cruel one, imperial ambitions require a degree of ruthlessness. Another example of this is during the Iberian Union (when Spain ruled Portugal), when she did her best to break up the personal part of the Hapsburg Union, i.e. Spain and Austria's marriage. Her goal in that case was the hope that a personal break would eventually affect politics, and that her brother would lose enough strength that she could be free again. It failed and her people's independence was finally achieved with French aid, but at the time it seemed like a good idea to her and she didn't care if someone got hurt in the process. Today, though, she has largely let go of this ruthless side – it can appear in extreme situations but it's rarely needed now. She's working on finding her identity in this modern world, after decades of dictatorial and Church control kept her firmly entrenched in older traditions.

Portugal also has a defiant side to her nature. As a female nation, she's often faced trouble from her leaders in a culture that historically placed women as lesser. This led, for example, to her disguising herself as a boy to fight in wars – particularly wars against her brother, Spain. Today it mostly shows up as a contrary side to her nature; she loves to argue and play devil's advocate. Sometimes she disagrees with someone or tells them no simply for the fun of riling them up or starting an argument.

She is a terrible, terrible driver and should never be allowed behind the wheel of a car. (Portugal has the most automobile-related deaths in the EU.) However, she is extremely good at handling all kinds of ships, and she's the perfect person to sit shotgun because she's an excellent navigator. When she's drunk, she starts acting remarkably like her casually affectionate brother, becoming very touchy-feely and a bit flirty. She says that when she drinks and when she's on the water are the only times she fully relaxes. Portugal always likes to cuddle, but she has too much pride to seek that sort of contact from most people. The time she's spent as a ship's navigator in centuries past and as a soldier in the old days and more recently (military service being required by her government for all citizens, she signs up herself now and then to show solidarity) has left her with a bit of a dirty mouth when stressed or worried.

Part of why she's such a bad driver is that she's an adrenaline junkie. Portugal is someone who once held significant power, and who took to the battlefields and the oceans herself, damn the consequences. So it's little surprise that in the modern day she seeks out danger and excitement. The fact that there's some risk to life in Ruby City will be, to her, one of the upsides to the situation.

Portugal is extremely loyal if she decides to give that loyalty to someone, and it is both a strength and a weakness because it can blind her to their faults. The reverse is also true; she is very slow to change her opinion if she dislikes someone. Similarly, when she loves it's with all she has; sometimes the love can change from romantic to platonic (or nearly so) and vice-versa, but once you matter you always matter, outside of betrayal. That is the only time she really turns on someone. It's very nearly impossible to get her to forgive or to forget.

Portugal is a tall woman who appears to be about twenty-five or so; she's slender rather than curvy, with long dark brown hair and gray eyes. She's tan from living in a Meditteranean climate.

History: Exactly when Portugal was born is a mystery even to her – she vaguely remembers Roman Lusitania, who she assumes is her father. This would put her birth sometime before the fifth century, when Germanic tribes invaded. This, she remembers clearly, and suspects that it's the origin of her gray eyes. She also remembers the time she spent under the rule of the Moors, African Muslims, as a rather confusing time. It was the last period when she and her brother were united in wanting to throw off the yoke they were both under, which led to the Reconquista. (She managed escape several hundred years before all of her brother's land was freed.) After that, though, she had to break free of the control of one of the regions that belonged to her brother, Galicia.

Her final, absolute independence came after the Battle of São Mamede, on June 24, 1128. This is where Afonso I proclaimed himself Prince of Portugal – eleven years later he would declare himself King. In 1143 Portugal's independence was recognized by the Holy See and in 1179 the Pope confirmed Afonso as King.

In 1386 came the Treaty of Windsor, the start of the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance and her first time meeting England. The two hit it off immediately, the start of a romance that would last until the time of the Iberian Union in the latter part of the 16th and into the 17th century.

Portugal was there at the start of her empire, when her King John and his entire family traveled to the Islamic trading city Ceuta on the North African coast across from Gibraltar. It was a family-affair conquest, the first of Portuguese imperial holdings. One of the royal sons on that first trip, Prince Henry the Navigator, later became the pioneer of maritime exploration – he is remembered today as Henry the Navigator, and Portugal traveled with as many of his captains as she could, learning everything they had to teach. After Henry's death, she had trouble involving herself in later expeditions – his support had been crucial – but she got around this by dressing as a boy and sneaking aboard anyway, to the frustration of whoever happened to be her king at the time. In this way she was directly involved in some of the conquests of her people, though few ever realized it. One who did was Brazil – Brazil was her little brother, who she named Afonso, and hoped to have a second chance at a proper sibling bond with. (By this time her relations with her brother, Spain, were abysmal.)

As noted above, the Iberian Union temporarily broke the Anglo-Portuguese Alliance. The reason for this is because in 1580, Portugal's king died without a clear heir. Philip II of Spain, a claimant through his mother, a Portuguese princess, claimed the throne. Though Portugal was technically autonomous, all foreign policy was made to match that of Spain, and at the time Spain and England were enemies. Centuries later, that is the one thing she won't forgive Spain for, though she is trying to forgive the other things.

The Iberian Union broke in 1640, after later Spanish kings treated the Portuguese – particularly the nobles – worse and worse. They lost Ceuta when the city refused to give up allegiance to Spain, and Spain did not recognize Portuguese independence until 1668. During this century, enough Portuguese citizens emigrated to Brazil that such emigration was banned, and Brazil gained enough importance to be elevated to vice-kingdom status rather than just being a colony. Portugal herself was thrilled to see her brother growing up, and with her people there she assumed he would grow to be like her.

Throughout the 1700s and 1800s Portugal's power slowly began to erode. Her first dictatorship came under Sebastião de Melo, first minister to the king at the time, Joseph I. Melo gathered more and more power to himself during a series of crises, including an earthquake that destroyed the capital, Lisbon, and an assassination attempt on the King. But Joseph's heir, Queen Maria I, disliked Melo and there his power ended. Also in the 1700s, Spain and France tried to force Portugal into the Bourbon Contract, meant to counter the power of Britain – Portugal and her leaders agreed that they didn't care about this; Spain invaded but was pushed back with British help. (Seven Years' War) An interesting side note is that, despite an alliance with Britain, Portugal was the first non-involved nation to acknowledge American independence after the Revolutionary War ended.

Portugal was invaded by Napoleon during his conquests – and she was furious at having to bow to France's short little boss. In 1820 she lost Brazil, and in 1890 she was betrayed by England's bosses, her military forced out of Mozambique and Angola in order to further British interests. The only reason she doesn't blame England for this is because as far as she knows, it was not his idea. She believes this fully – if it's true or not, who can say? This, however, led eventually to such discontent among her people that her government collapsed.

The 20th century was a time of upheaval for her. She had a republic starting from the October 1910 Revolution, but her politics remained fractured. It only got worse when she involved herself in WWI, officially joining in 1916. The infighting continued afterwards – there was a brief civil war in 1918 – eventually ending in the New State (Estado Novo) a dictatorship that lasted until the 1970s. In the last decades of the 20th century, Portugal let go of the last of her colonies, ending with Macau, who returned to China with Hong Kong (let go of by Britain) in 1997.

Today she is part of the European Union, NATO, the UN, and still recovering from decades of a dictatorship that quashed development and forced a conservative regression. But she is getting there, and is very much a modern country. She;s just still trying to adapt herself to being such.

Strengths/Weaknesses: Portugal is a skilled fighter, having spent time as an empire and more recently as a soldier for her compulsory military service. As noted above, she is an extremely good navigator, and has a nearly photographic memory. She has a very good head for money and business – much of her influence at its height was based in being a trading power. However, she can be used by anyone who she cares about – she simply will not believe they're in the wrong unless forced to, and even then she will try to find some excuse. In this she is very good at self-delusion. Her pride can also be used against her since she can't stand to be mocked or to look foolish. However, if she can keep her pride out of a situation she is very practical.

Abilities: She has no supernatural abilities, save that she can see magical creatures when around England.

Relationships to Canon Characters: She was previously in a relationship with England (Anglo-Portuguese Alliance) and they're still friends today, though she tends to be a bit flirty with him. She knows Austria, as they were once in-laws.
First Person: [When Portugal wakes up on the train, her first thought is that she is not supposed to be here. Is this some kind of prank being pulled on her by her aggravating brother and his friends? It's possible – the hostility of previous centuries is reduced to that now, after all. But... Something tells her no, especially when she is propelled off the train by an unseen force. Glancing around at what appears to be a ghost town, she frowns, eyes sharp.]

Mãe de Deus... What is this place?

[She starts walking, and this is when she notices the fact that there's something in her pocket besides her cell phone. She takes that out first, though, only to find that it doesn't work. Then she takes out the pocketwatch, frowning at it.]

This is not mine... How did I get this?

[For now she keeps walking, though – it's likely that the town isn't entirely deserted or else a train wouldn't come here, so she just has to keep going until she finds someone.]

Third Person: So. Portugal wasn't sure how she felt about – once again – being confined against her will. At least, while she had no ability to leave, within the city she was more or less free to exercise her free will. That was an improvement over her other experiences of being forced into things. But at the same time, she couldn't deny that the situation was unsettling. And not just unsettling, but possibly dangerous.

And, all right, she had to admit that bit didn't bother her at all. Truth to tell, she'd been insanely bored at home, and a bored Madalena was never a good thing. She tended to get up to mischief at such times. Well, for now it was too early to decide what she really thought of this place, anyway. She liked the fact that there were others here from home – it was good not to be alone.

So, she would wait and see how things played out here. If nothing else, it was a break from the stresses that came with being a country, and it was a new adventure. It couldn't be completely bad, now could it?

If Portugal gets in, this is the account for her - I forgot to app with it, sorry, I was running late last night. :)

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