APPLICATIONS

[rubycitymods]

APPLICATIONS

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


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


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


✗ OC Application
<B><I><BIG><BIG>PLAYER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> <b>Age:</b> If you would prefer not to be specific, just let us know that you're over 18! <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>E-mail:</b> <b>AIM/etc:</b> <B><I><BIG><BIG>CHARACTER</BIG></BIG></B></I> <b>Name:</b> First, Last. (Western order) <b>Age:</b> Real / Apparent, if applicable <b>Appearance:</b> The sorts of things included in this section should be the character’s height, build, clothing style, hair, accessories. As well as their general posture and mannerisms as well, like quirks or vocal tics. <b>Chosen PB:</b> First come, first serve. Please check the taken PB page. You are also welcome to use your own or commissioned art, or icons that do not depict your characters face but facets of their personality as well. <b>Items with character at canon point</b>: Tell us what your character has with them at the point you have pulled them from - this includes any animal companions. <b>Personality:</b> This should be self explanatory. However, when discussing personality please include why they have particular personality traits, how this effects their lives and interactions. Please provide us with insight to your character and their behaviour, their likes, dislikes and fears, as well as your understanding of them. We would also like to see details of your character's strengths and weaknesses, which may include physical, psychological and emotional. The minimum will be three well-written paragraphs, but you should be able to write more. <b>World Information:</b> Please go as in depth as you can about the world. There is no wiki or website for us to reference, and we need to know as much as we can about the place your character comes from so that we can understand the character when reviewing the application. <b>History:</b> Your characters’ history in their world. Be sure to be detailed. This section should be a minimum of three paragraphs. <b>Abilities:</b> Is your character an accomplished carpenter? Can they shoot laser beams from their eyes or travel through time? If they possess any abilities, learned or otherwise, they need to go in this section. <b>Network/Actionspam Sample:</b> This is the format that will be used in rubycity_rp and must be in action form (brackets). We are looking for a minimum of 6 to 10 lines that give us an idea of how your character speaks/acts. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months. <b>Prose Log Sample:</b> This is the format that will be used in rubycity_logs and must be a minimum length of 250 words. This sample must be in prose format (paragraphs, no brackets) and should show character reactions/introspection. It does not need to be in game's setting, but it must demonstrate your character as you are apping them. This sample may be linked, either from a musebox, different game or our test drive, provided that the linked example was written within the last six months.


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

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

✧ N A V I G A T I O N ✧

Comments

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join rubycity_ooc, rubycity_rp and rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at rubycity_ooc

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

MOD NOTE: Concerning the TARDIS, we would just like to clarify with you that while its abilities and powers are intact within the city, the Doctor cannot use it to travel anywhere outside of it.

ACCEPTED

[rubycitymods]

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join rubycity_ooc, rubycity_rp and rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at rubycity_ooc

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

Re: ACCEPTED

[gallifreytotrenzalore]

Thank you very much. I thought as much and would have suggested exactly that, so I am more than happy with this arrangement.

[CANON] Castiel | Supernatural | Not Reserved

[drainedaway]

that's just how i roll.

[CANON] Ethan ll Teen Wolf ll Reserved

[ex_inducer746]

Well, what if there was a way you could make them disappear?

(canon) danny māhealani | teen wolf | reserved

[pectoral]

I don't really want them to. They make me feel like a survivor.

[ CANON ] Pearl Fey || Ace Attorney || reserved || 1/3 probably

[ghostshippingly]

PLAYER
Name: Fel
Age: 22
Personal Journal: tinfoiltennis
E-mail: fantasygirl@blueyonder.co.uk
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: erraticExcursionist | Plurk: Tenfel

[ CANON ] Pearl Fey || Ace Attorney || reserved || 2/3

[ghostshippingly]

CHARACTER
Name: Pearl Fey
Canon: Ace Attorney
Age: 8
Timeline: A little after case 2-4 ("Farewell, My Turnabout") wraps up.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A!

Personality: Talking to Pearl Fey long enough to get an impression of her can be a challenge at first; at the most extreme end of things, strange adults approaching her when she's on her own are likely to be met with the little girl running away without even saying a word. This isn't only due to the fact that Pearl is a little shy around strangers; she was raised by her strict, overbearing and overprotective mother to run away from any strangers that looked "suspicious", and as Pearl never even left her small mountain village before she was eight years old, "suspicious" can stretch as far as meaning "anyone who isn't wearing the clothing of a Kurain Technique Spirit Medium".

When she does stop for long enough to hold a conversation with someone, though, she's polite, cheerful, and easy to talk to, despite having what Phoenix refers to as a "refined" manner of speaking for someone of her age. Despite her refined speech, however, her sheltered upbringing shows, and quickly. Although a bright, precocious young girl who is eager to learn, Pearl really knows very little about the world outside of spirit channelling and her village - various concepts such as railways and lawyers, for instance, have to be explained to her, and even then, Pearl tends to view everything through the lens of the world of spirit channelling. For example, she refers to Mia Fey, her deceased cousin, as Phoenix's "Master of Lawyers", because the hierarchy in Kurain Village is structured with the current Master of the technique at the top of the proverbial pyramid.

Naturally, being brought up immersed in the traditions and culture of the Kurain technique has had a great influence on Pearl's development. Pearl is a spirit channelling prodigy, with raw spiritual power that far exceeds her cousin and current heir to the Master's seat Maya's. She is often referred to as the "pride of the branch family", although Pearl herself admits that she doesn't really know what this means. Her days spent training in the Kurain technique, not to mention her mother's sternness, have made Pearl rather disciplined for her young age; she works hard at what she does, and expects those around her to do the same. That's not to say that Pearl is incapable of having fun, though. She plays just as hard as she works in the way that only kids can; it's only that she understands that working hard is important, and will gladly do so when she has to.

As mentioned, Pearl is a precocious child. Once she's in the company of those she feels she can trust, she will happily ask questions about the conversation, or about what's going on around her. In addition, Pearl can be remarkably perceptive, making remarks or observations that the adults around her sometimes miss. Pearl also has no compunctions about speaking her mind. If she dislikes or disapproves of something, she has no problems making her opinion known, or even giving the adults around her a good scolding - sometimes with physical force. Phoenix in particular is often on the receiving end of one of Pearl's fierce lectures. However, for all her intelligence and even her relative maturity for her age, Pearl is in many ways still very much a child. She's prone to emotionally jumping to conclusions before she can let her sharp mind consider all the facts, and her sheltered upbringing has made her incredibly naive, even for an eight year old. Because of this naivety and her naturally trusting nature, she can be prone to be tricked or used by the unscrupulous - including her own mother, who plots to usurp Maya from the line of succession by whatever means she deems necessary in order to put Pearl in the Master's seat.

Beyond her naivety, Pearl also still deals with her emotions in the way you'd expect from someone her age - she bursts into floods of tears when something upsets her, shouts when she gets mad, and literally bounces with joy or excitement when something good happens. However, Pearl also has a great deal of inner strength; she goes through a lot during the course of the games, ranging all the way to having to deal with the details of the cases that Phoenix takes on, witnessing her cousin be put into situations like being kidnapped or accused of murder, or having to deal with the true manipulative and cruel nature of her own mother. However, Pearl weathers these events with astonishing resilience, and although it may take some time, always manages to bounce back from these events, not least thanks to the support she has in Phoenix and Maya.

Something that can't be overlooked when describing Pearl Fey is this: she's a shipper. No, really. Pearl has very romantic, idealistic ideas about love, and is especially fixated on the idea of Maya and Phoenix being a couple. Not even the pair's own frequent attempts to discourage Pearl's convictions seem to have any effect, and Pearl often tries to push the two closer together, even getting indignant on Maya's behalf if she thinks Nick is looking at other girls. It's a little cute, a little hilarious, and a little exasperating, but this trait of Pearl's has sad roots. In fact, the reason she's so adamant about the idea of Phoenix and Maya as a couple is that Kurain Village has an astonishingly high divorce rate due to the matriarchal structure of Kurain society. Pearl's own father - her mother's second marriage - left while Pearl was still very young. Pearl, therefore, desperately wants to see a functional, stable relationship with a happy ending, particularly for her beloved cousin Maya. Maya, in fact, is probably the most important person to Pearl - she absolutely adores her cousin and admires her greatly, even seeing her as more of a sister than a cousin and describing Maya as "all that I have left in this world". At the heart of everything, you could say that Pearl's family are the most important thing in the world to her, and though she may be very small, she will fight tooth and nail to defend it until the very end.

[ CANON ] Pearl Fey || Ace Attorney || reserved || 3/3

[ghostshippingly]

Background: at the ace attorney wiki here!

Abilities:
--> spiritual power: As mentioned, Pearl is a spirit channelling prodigy; although she's only eight years old, she has an immense amount of raw spiritual power and is training in the Kurain Channeling Technique. She has enough raw talent to be able to channel Mia's spirit for Phoenix without much preparation or prompting, although if someone with more experience (such as Maya) calls the spirit away, Pearl's raw ability is not yet refined enough to allow her to hold onto it. In addition, Pearl is incredibly knowledgable about the lore and history surrounding her village and its traditions.
--> athletic ability: Pearl was able to run the distance between Kurain Village and the Los Angeles courthouse where Phoenix runs his trials - a distance that, quite apart from anything else, takes two hours to travel by train. It's pretty evident just from that display that Pearl is absurdly physically fit for her age, although it's more in stamina than in strength. (That said, she also has a pretty good right hook for a girl as tiny as she is).
--> basic culinary skills: She isn't a gourmet chef by any means, but she knows enough to prepare a salad or a sandwich.

First Person: [ Pearl looks somewhat bashful when she turns the feed on today; she's getting used to the city and even to the watch, but the idea of talking to an entire city full of people is still something she's getting used to. she sounds as polite as ever, though, folding her hands on her lap in front of her. ]

Good morning, Ruby City! I hope that you are all feeling well today! Um... I really hope that I'm not bothering anybody, but there's something I'm wondering about. Mystic Maya has been showing me the lybe-bra-ry [ she stumbles for a moment over the unfamiliar word ] and all the books inside it, and... it's amazing! I've never seen so many books before in all my life! [ she laughs, and although it's sheepish, almost, it sounds more like the laugh of a sophisticated 20-something aristocrat than a small child. ] I can't really read most of them, though... when it comes to reading and writing, I am really not that skilled. And Mystic Maya said something about having to wait until I was older, for some reason... I didn't really understand, but I'm sure that she must have a good reason for it.

But! Seeing so many stories in one place got me thinking. There must be soooooo many books about romance inside that building, right? [ she sighs dreamily, both hands going to her face. ] Aahh, I wish that I could read them all... I'm sure that they must all be wonderful stories. But, since I can't read any of them, I thought I would ask about it instead, if that's okay. So, ummm... do any of you have a favourite love story? And, could you tell me what makes it so great? Thank you very much!

Third Person: She'd said good night and tucked herself up under her futon almost an hour ago, but try as she might, Pearl couldn't sleep. Her hands clutched firmly over the edge of her blanket, she stared up at the dark ceiling, finally giving up on keeping her eyes closed.

She knew it was a bad thing. Sleep was important for keeping her mind and body healthy, and since she had to get back to her training as soon as possible after being away from the village for a while, she needed all the rest she could get. She hadn't slept much at all, the past few nights. In fact, she'd almost fallen asleep against Mystic Maya's arm when they were on the train back to the manor. Staying awake like this was bad.

But she still couldn't sleep.

Rolling onto her side, Pearl bit her lip, counted to ten, and then pushed aside her blankets before rolling out of the futon.

Fey Manor was dark at night, and the moonlight cast shadows against the walls that made Pearl's tiny heart thump in her chest as the wooden floors creaked under her footsteps. But she knew her way around even in the dark, and-- and it was only down the hallway to get to Mystic Maya's room, she reminded herself, hands clasped together so tight her knuckles turned white as she crept down the hall. Once she saw Mystic Maya, everything would be okay.

The door to Mystic Maya's room slid open as easily as it ever had, and Pearl hesitated on the threshold, one hand still clutching the door frame. For some reason... she was scared. It wasn't just because of the dark house. What if Mystic Maya wasn't there after all, and what Mr. Nick had done... what if that had all been a dream? What then?

There was really only one way to find out. Tiptoeing inside, she edged her way towards where she thought the futon was - and stopped short after only a couple of steps, jumping in surprise as a loud, guttural sound came from ahead of her. It took her a moment of confusion before it suddenly became clear, and she had to press both her hands over her mouth to stop herself from laughing out loud in relief. That was Mystic Maya's snoring she was hearing. It was such a funny sound, she almost couldn't help herself, but-- she mustn't wake her cousin up. After everything she'd been through over the past few days, with that terrible man keeping her locked up, it wouldn't be fair.

But most of all, that meant that Mystic Maya was here - really, truly here, which was the most important thing. Pearl already felt better just from knowing that, like she'd been holding onto something heavy up until now without even realising it. Shuffling closer, she knelt down next to her sleeping cousin, a small hand groping at the air in front of her until she found Maya's shoulder. Good. Good. She really was here.

Pearl let out a quiet sigh and closed her eyes, trying to hold back tears. It was okay now. Everything was okay. Slowly, careful not to disturb her, she lay down and curled up against Maya's back.

She'd go back to her own room tomorrow. She promised. But for now, the only place Pearl wanted to be was right here.

[CANON] ELIZABETH || Bioshock: Infinite || no reserve || 1 of ?

[beunbroken]

PLAYER
Name: Shea
Age: 23
Personal Journal: laceandlaudanum
E-mail: sheawheatleyb@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: SheaWheatley @ AIM
sheakespeare

CHARACTER
Name: Elizabeth Comstock
Canon: Bioshock: Infinite
Age: 20
Timeline: Hall of Heroes, after meeting Cornelius Slate
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

[CANON] ELIZABETH || Bioshock: Infinite || no reserve || 2 of ?

[beunbroken]

Personality: Elizabeth is a bird, caged for 19 years, and finally able to fly free. During her imprisonment, Elizabeth had no contact with a living human, and learned about life through books. As such, she is naive to the ways of the world and people, though she's proven to be a quick learner. In just a few hours out of her apartment, she's done more than she's ever done in her life.

Idealistic, Elizabeth reacts negatively to violence, especially when it surrounds her. The idea of war, senseless slaughter, is terrifying, and a very distant idea, though it's become all too near to her lately, especially when she realizes that much slaughter has been carried out in her name, under the orders of her father, the prophet Zachary Comstock. Luckily, Elizabeth has no intentions of following in his footsteps, or claiming any loyalty to him and his jingoistic ways.

An intelligent young woman, Elizabeth's humor tends to err on the side of sarcastic and, having never been around people before, does not understand many cultural cues. She'll call people out on nearly anything she sees fit, though she's determined not to take too much of her new freedom seriously. She's eager to explore the world, now that she has access to it.

Once Elizabeth has set her mind to something, she won't' stop until she gets it. She's extremely determined and resilient, much like her father. She can compartmentalize with ease, putting aside things that bother her in order to move forward in order to attack her goals.

Due to her lack of experience in the world, Elizabeth is reckless. She's learned from books, where heroes often charge into battle without thinking things through, and very rarely seem to suffer for it. She models herself after them, doing whatever she sees fit, ignoring the entire concept of consequences all together.

Finally, Elizabeth is a very caring young woman. She has a maternal instinct that has never been nurtured, and holds great value for human life. She's sympathetic to the struggles of the people, believing in fair treatment and equality. Despite her father's careful planning, Elizabeth is determined to become nothing like him. Unfortunately, there's really no such thing as free-will. What has happened will happen again.

Like all people, Elizabeth has her own set of fears. She fears Songbird, the giant mechanical bird that has been her only companion in her tower, she fears the thought of being taken back to Comstock and would rather face death than be used by him. She hates bees, and injustice, and the idea of cages, metaphorical or literal. But she doesn't let fear hold her back. Instead, Elizabeth sprints full-speed ahead, eager to learn and experience new things, no matter what the danger. Because what could be better than living after living in a tower for 19 years?

Background: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Elizabeth

[CANON] ELIZABETH || Bioshock: Infinite || no reserve || 3 of 3

[beunbroken]

Abilities: Elizabeth has the ability to open up tears in reality. She can see them, and pull items through. When she was younger, she could CREATE them, but since she's grown up, this ability has been lost, and she can only open tears that already exist. Given the nature of Ruby City, Elizabeth is not able to open them up to other realities, other universes, and step through into another universe. She can see tears here, but cannot open them, no matter how hard she tries (and she will try). If anything, she'd be able to pull a small item through, but only an item that would already exist within the confines of Ruby City (for example: she could not pull a car through, but she could pull a book, so long as it is a book within the city). This, however, is up to mod discretion.

Elizabeth has spent most of her life trapped in a tower, and as such, has a tremendous library of abilities. To name a few: she's an accomplished lock picker, singer, painter, speaks English, Chinese, and French, and is extremely well-read. She also has a great throwing arm.

First Person: [There's a bit of fumbling coming from the watch, a frustrated growl, and then-] Oh! Gotcha! [The face of a young woman appears, bright blue eyes and dark brown hair. Smiling, she inspects the watch.] Well this is something I've never seen before. How do you work? Are you running on Shock Jockey? Or is this some new quantum physics thing?

Don't be stupid, Elizabeth, [She tells herself.] Quantum physics doesn't belong in a watch. It's gotta be some kinda… Well, I don't know what it is, but we're going to find out. We are also going to find out why this tear sucked us in, and where we are. Because this doesn't look like the Columbia I know.

[She frowns to herself, looking up into the distance.] Though I really don't even know Columbia that well.

Third Person: "Hello?" Elizabeth's voice echoed through the nearly empty cathedral. Her voice returned back to her, echoing off the vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows. This place was… well, to be fair, everything was completely new to her. She'd lived in a tower for the past 19 years, with no human contact to speak of. So the idea of actually getting out and breathing fresh air was new and exciting. Everything was, in a way, getting to see the things she'd only read about in books! Still, this place… It wasn't Columbia. There was no mention of the Prophet Comstock, or the Lamb, or Daisy Fitzroy or anything. Nothing at all. It was as if, in this reality, she didn't exist.

Or, well, she wasn't the Seed of the Prophet. Which suited her just fine, thank you very much. Comstock had another thing coming if he still thought he could convince her to follow in his footsteps. No way, no how.

"Hello? I'm-- look, if anyone's out there, listening? I'm looking for a man named Booker DeWitt? Has anyone--" The only sound was her voice bouncing back to her. Frowning, she wrinkled her nose. "Fine then. I'll just sit here." She said to herself, taking a seat in the nearest pew, crossing her arms over her chest like a dejected child. "I will sit here. And I will wait. For, uh… something." She had yet to think that much through.

(ᴄᴀɴᴏɴ) john egbert || ms paint adventures: homestuck | reserved

[airplay]

it's mcconaughey!!

[CANON] ROXY LALONDE || Homestuck || reserve

[zuipperpips]

PLAYER
Name: Suki
Age: 24
Personal Journal: esper
E-mail: dreamoflife02@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: gingerybiscuit

CHARACTER
Name: Roxy Lalonde
Canon: Homestuck
Age: 16
Timeline: current with canon (in a derse jail, making perfectly generic objects)

Personality: In a lot of ways, Roxy is a typical teenage girl. She likes cute boys, pink, her BFF, and kittens. Specifically, cloning them.

Wait, what?

Yeah, add to that an interest in technology and science. She's an ace hacker, and can remotely access Dirk's robots and program windows to think with portals. She's a gamer with a preference for the classics. And she's also excellent at ectobiology. She experimented with cloning her cat, and ended up with a bunch of mutant kittens at first; she got the hang of it eventually, but she keeps the kittens preserved and on display because they're totes adorbs.

She's talkative and flirty, even though she's surrounted* with inelegible* fuckin bachelors. (Yeah, did I mention she types like shit? Not so much when she's sober these days, but she still has a general disregard for spelling and fixing typos.) She's outgoing and extroverted, and will strike up a conversation with just about anyone.

Her best friend is Jane Crocker, and you can tell three very important things about Roxy from their friendship. First off, she's loyal as anything-- both girls are crushing on Jake, but Roxy considers him to be off limits because of her affection for Jane. She feels awful when she accidentally comes close to spilling the beans to him, and when she finds out about Dirk's probable plan to confess his own crush (yeah for a sixteen year old dork Jake is pretty popular), her first thought is Jane, not herself.

Second of all, Roxy can be pretty sneaky and ruthless when she wants to be. She sends Jane a fake copy of the SBurb alpha rigged to explode to convince her that the game is bad news-- essentially, lying to make Jane see the truth. It's because of loyalty, sure, but it's not the most sensible, reasoned plan.

Third of all, Roxy is very, very lonely. She's alone in her house besides her cats, has no romantic prospects to speak of, and her best friend doesn't believe her when she tells the truth about her life. She's almost stopped even trying to convince her, because what's the point? She'd rather have a best friend than not, and it hurts too much to keep getting shot down. So she's the silly drunkie who talks about boys and swears a lot, but when push comes to shove, she will not let go of that batterwitch thing, because it's important, and because if nothing else, at least she can save her best friend.

And then there's Dirk. Roxy might have a bit of an innocent crush on Jake, but she is head-over-heels for Dirk. This is bad news for pretty much everyone, because while Dirk loves Roxy as a friend, he has zero attraction to her. Roxy is pretty pushy with him, telling him about her feelings pretty much every day; she does honestly love him, but she's also lonely and needy and desperate for human contact. Later on she does admit that it was a shitty thing for her to do-- it's not that she has a complete disregard for other people's feelings, it's just that her own tend to take precedence when she doesn't take the time to stop and think about how she's treating other people.

On the other hand, though, she has the ability to be very generous and thoughtful. She uses her appearifier to materialize pumpkins to feed the citizens of her world, seeming to feel almost motherly towards them-- she's concerned that they aren't able to feed themselves, and takes that task upon herself even though it's often dangerous to venture outside.

And then there's her alcoholism. At first she treats it as her just being a fun + flirty party girl havin a few drinks cuz its totes fun, but it actually is a real problem. It's partially to try and connect with her absent mother, and partially a crutch to deal with her loneliness, and when she makes the decision to quit it's a real struggle for her-- something she doesn't admit lightly.

Background: wiki link

Abilities: + accomplished hacker and geneticist
+ the standard god tier immortality-- the only way she can die is if the death is just or heroic
+ her title of Rogue of Void, through a twisty sort of logic, gives her the ability to appearify anything by stealing the nothingness from it. As it stands now she's not very good at it, and the only thing she can appearify are perfectly generic objects (green cubes).

First Person: [ The video clicks on to show a teenage girl from a very unflattering angle. It seems she was holding the communicator on her lap to fiddle with, and turned the video on in such a way that you have a great view of her nostrils. She realizes her mistake, and quickly brings it up to eye level, flashing a grin ]

Yo, for real, that's basically a universal constant for camera phones, right? Even, like, eighteenth century camera phones or whatever the hell this is. I can't find the wi-fi settings but it looks like this is on now, so I hope you guys can see this.

[ she bites her lip a bit, thinking ]

I mean, specifically Jane slash Dirk slash Jake slash someone who's not gonna slice me up into totally awful-tasting Rolal sushi, but I guess I'll take what I can get. I am just so happy to be somewhere not some creepy-ass prison, you have no idea. I might gotta turn this off to get replies, I dunno yet, so see ya!

[ video end ]

Third Person: At first, she thought it was a hangover. She had that same misty recollection followed by amnesia followed by sun that was way too goddamn bright to exist, and she groaned, half in expectation of the headache and nausea to come, half in the dismal realization that she'd fallen off the wagon and didn't even remember the fun part.

Then the last of the fog cleared, and pieces started falling into place. The sun was bright because she'd spent the last few days in prison; the misty recollection was because... well, who the hell knows, but whatever kinda wizard magykk had abracadabra'd her out of that dank-ass dog-girl's appearifying funhouse of a prison was probably responsible. She wasn't going to question it too much; instead, she pumped the air and yelled "Suck it, batterwitch!"

Rubbing her hands together, she started walking through the early-morning emptiness of the city. It didn't look like any of the planets in the medium, and it sure as hell didn't look like where she'd been before everything went to dog poo, but she'd been in enough freaky places recently that she was going to take care of some basic needs before getting suspicious. Step one: some actually edible breakfast. Yeah. Something way better than hopefully nibbling on a green block in hopes that this one came out chocolate. Step two: find Dirk, or Jane, or Jake, or all three, or any combination thereof. Step three, and the one she was looking forward to the most: time to gird some loins and go punch sea hitler in the face.

Kay Faraday | Ace Attorney | Expired reserve

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