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APPLICATIONS

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

✗ Canon Application

<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 ✧

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Background: "Ever since long ago, stretching back into the shadows of history, there has been conflict between humans and vampires.”

The original vampire appeared a long time ago, when human civilisation began to crumble, and as the number of vampires increased, the Kuran family took control as the royal family. However, the head of the Kuran family two generations prior to the storyline chose to abolish the monarchy. This led to the formation of the Senate, which govern the vampire society. The vampire society at present is represented by a pyramid: purebloods > aristocrats > common vampires > former humans > former humans who have lost control and kill humans to satisfy their bloodlust. In the present day, aristocrats and vampire hunters work to eliminate Level E vampires, which harm humans, but generally try to avoid clashing. Higher class vampires take advantage of their superior abilities to work among humans as famous singers, actors, businessmen and athletes.

Rima is first introduced as part of the night class at Cross Academy, although she met Shiki through modelling at some point before this point. The academy was founded to help humans and vampires coexist peacefully. Unaware of the true identity of the night class students, the day class idolise the members of the night class due to their beautiful appearances to the extent of gathering outside of the moon dorms every evening just to catch a glimpse of the vampires on their way to classes. For this reason, two prefects from the day class are assigned to the job of keeping the identity of the night class a secret, maintaining order while the night class make their way to lessons and patrolling the school grounds at night to apprehend any day class students who attempt to sneak over to the night class buildings.

For the initial part of the story line, Rima lives a relatively uneventful school life much like the majority of the night class. She appears before one of the prefects, Zero, with a small number of other vampires to reprimand his disrespect towards the pureblood Kaname. However, their meeting is interrupted by the second prefect who prevents the two groups from fighting. She is later seen waiting in the moon dorms with the other vampires (all whom have decided to skip classes for the day and gather for the arrival of the head of the Senate) and also attends the Winter Ball, one of the few events which allow day class and night class students to mingle.

At the end of term a small group of vampires, including Rima, leave Cross Academy to visit the Aidou mansion for the holiday. Meanwhile, Shiki returns home to visit his mother at the request of his great uncle. During her time at the mansion, Rima is seen worrying about him while admiring the roses in the garden. After returning to the academy at the end of the holiday, Rima and three other night class vampires are ordered to follow and protect a day class girl (Yuki) during the day. She later returns to the moon dorm and collapses on the sofa, grumbling about the "weird job" and is immediately greeted by a maid who announces the return of her two friends, Ichijou and Shiki (who’s body has been taken over by his pureblood father). Despite their attempt to act normal, Rima instantly realises something is wrong when she notices her fellow model's mismatched eyes and asks “what happened?”. Before he can respond, he is pulled away by Ichijou who reminds him of something important to do.

Soon after she confronts Ichijou and Rido (who is using Shiki's body), and having come to the conclusion that he is not the Shiki she knows, demands to know his true identity. They engage in a battle and Rima is quickly overpowered by the power of a pureblood vampire. She comments on her gratefulness to the rapid healing ability possessed by vampires and ignores Ichijou's request to stop fighting. Disregarding the wound, she declares that she will kick the intruder out of her friend's body, but sustains a serious injury soon after, saved only by Ichijou’s warning. She then calls out to her friend and manages to her help him regain control over his body.

Rima is next seen lying in a bed after her fight, apparently recovering from her injuries and is carried out of the building by Shiki as it begins to crumble during the fight between purebloods and hunters. As he lifts her up, she stirs from her sleep and comments that she is hungry, asking her friend for some blood later. Following the end of the battle on the school grounds and the disappearance of their close friend, Ichijou, Rima and Shiki are seen wandering into the forest at night to search for him while ignoring the protests of their manager.

Abilities:
- Enhanced senses: vampires generally tend to avoid sunlight because it hurts their eyes. They can detect the scent of blood through long distances (i.e. when vampires in the moon dorms comment on the smell of Yuki’s blood despite being on the other side of school).
- Superior strength, speed and physical abilities: during her fight with the pureblood, Rima easily leaps into the air and flips over while avoiding her opponent’s attacks.
- Superior intelligence: despite being relatively young, the night class were able to develop blood tablets which help to relieve vampires from their bloodlust. Academically, Rima is good at all subjects.
- Decelerated aging: vampires generally have a longer life span than humans and age more slowly. The rate of ageing varies depending on the purity of a vampire’s blood.
- Unnatural beauty: vampires often take advantage of their attractive looks in order to attract humans as a source of blood.
- Erasing memories: this is used to modify the memories of victims or humans who discover the existence of vampires by accident.
- Rapid healing: although she was stabbed through the upper body during her fight and confined to bed for a short period of time, Rima is seen walking around again the next day. Cuts also vanish seconds after they are inflicted and wounds that would usually kill a human can be recovered from (e.g. Ichijou manages to survive after having his heart partially cut out of his chest).
- Electricity: she can generate electric shocks while touching someone and shoot lightning bolts from the palm of her hands towards enemies.

First Person: Post

Third Person: (Also set in Exsilium)

Sacramento, California. Of all the places she could have been sent for a mission, it had to be one of the sunniest in world. The task itself was simple enough: travel back in time and prevent a theft from taking place. But it was mid-summer and the weather was the perfect example of what humans would refer to as a ‘beautiful day’. For Rima, it was just an inconvenience. The sun was far too bright, her eyes were beginning to hurt and she knew she would start to burn if she didn't hurry up and finish this job. The only thing she could be somewhat grateful for was the time of day. It was early; early enough that the majority of humans were still asleep so the street was still moderately empty. A nice contrast to the usual squealing she had to deal with back home.

“SOMEBODY STOP HIM!!!!!"

…or not. She winced slightly at the detection of a sudden high pitched scream through her sensitive ears and turned, somewhat exasperatedly, to face the direction in which the sound had come from. Stumbling gracelessly through the streets was a young and wealthy looking woman. A few metres ahead she could also see a man hurrying just as desperately away from the woman and carrying a bright red handbag that certainly did not fit in with the rest of his image.

“Guess I’ve found my target…” She murmured to no one in particular. The vampire didn’t bother to reach for the ribbon tied around her neck; the thief seemed (and smelt) human which meant her natural speed and power would be more than enough for this job. Sure enough, the man looked up seconds later to find Rima stood directly in his path, almost as if she had just appeared out of nowhere, wearing an expression that screamed ‘disinterested’ but a stance which showed no intent of moving out of his way.

“…that doesn’t belong to you, does it?” The actual mission wasn’t a particularly big deal to her, but the sooner she finished it, the sooner she would be able to get out of the sun.

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join

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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

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APPLICATIONS

[CANON] Rima Touya || Vampire Knight || no reserve || 2 of 3

[CANON] Rima Touya || Vampire Knight || no reserve || 3 of 3

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