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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

PLAYER
Name: Ouji
Age: 24
Personal Journal: byakkun
E-mail: thegartende[at]gmail[dot]com
AIM/Plurk: the gartender | twopercent

CHARACTER
Name: Hotsuma Renjou
Canon: Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru
Age: 16.
Timeline: Before episode 5.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: At first glance Hotsuma may seem sullen and rude, and some people have even called him "an unfriendly hothead, with a dirty mouth". And to an extent this is true, but only because the experiences within his past shaped him into the self-loathing, agonized individual he is today.

When we first meet Hotsuma he’s standoffish and rude, and after saving Yuki from death snaps at him over being stupid enough to wander off on his own. He then goes on to say that he hates taking care of people that don’t have their memories, and when Yuki tries to touch him immediately snatches his hand away and states that he doesn’t want to be touched. Once the cavalry arrives he’s quick to leave with his partner in tow, not even bothering to give Yuki a second glance or a goodbye. Throughout the series this doesn’t change much; his relationship with Yuki expands and grows, and he learns to trust again, but as far as his relationships with his peers go it still remains the same. He’s brash, compulsive and quick to lose his temper, several times snapping and yelling at someone/something whenever he gets ticked off.

At the heart of things, though, Hotsuma truly loves people, and was even popular as a child, but hates himself and will do everything he can to push them away, convinced that he will only hurt them in the end when he loses control of his temper and his powers. He does not understand how and why someone would like him, believing himself to be capable of only hurting the people that become close to him. When a girl confessed her feelings to him he automatically became hostile, since they weren’t very close acquaintances, and immediately told her to stop spouting off crap like that without thinking it through. It is his belief that if anyone learns more about him, if anyone gets close to him they will immediately abandon him like when he was younger. If being unfriendly and yelling at them means that he won't start to care about people, then fine, he'll do it. He's even said that he'd prefer not to hurt someone that he loves again.

Deep down, though, Hotsuma is a very lonely person, and will succumb easily to despair and depression if left alone. Earlier in his life, after he had been abandoned and cast off, shunned by all his peers and referred to as a “monster”, he tried to kill himself, questioning if he still existed since nobody was willing to look at him. Shuusei is the one that saved him from this fate, but not without a price, and their relationship reflects that. Shuusei is one of the few people that has remained at his side after being hurt, and because of that he is both one of the most important people to him, and also someone that Hotsuma trusts immensely. This is evidenced by the fact that they have been partners all this time, as Hotsuma has stated that he can't work with someone that he doesn't trust with his life. This is a double edged sword, though, because every time he sees the scar that he left on Shuusei he feels regret for hurting him, and becomes disillusioned by the idea that he has to spend the rest of his life atoning for it.

To sum it all up: Hotsuma is a big baby with trust issues. He believes that he is pretty much incapable of controlling his powers and snaps at people in order to push them away. He does care, and it's funny to consider that he cares so much that he's willing to destroy any friendship he even starts in order to stop from hurting anyone again.

Background: http://betrayalknowsmyname.wikia.com/wiki/Hotsuma_Renjou and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uraboku. If more information is needed, I'll be glad to write it out!

Abilities: Hotsuma possesses the “Voice of God”, and with it can call down hellfire upon his enemies. He can control it, to an extent, but it all depends on how it’s used. However it has been known to act without his knowledge, most significantly when he was trying to protect someone and ended up burning another child. He also possesses a curved blade called Master Stroke, which he summons into existence with the ring on his finger and also uses it to inflict fire on his foes.

Edited 2013-10-05 22:45 (UTC)

First Person:

Oi.

[ I hope you like waking up to a really pissed off looking blond on the network, Ruby City, because that’s just what you’re gonna get. ]

Hey, bastard, this isn’t funny. Don’t know who the hell you are, but you’re gonna put me back right now.

[ it’s not like he expected anything to happen, really, but his face remains the same tight, angry expression for a few moments. then a sigh, and he squints into the camera, like he’d be able to see someone if he looked hard enough. ]

Oi. Shuusei? If you’re there, come get me. We’re gonna be late. I know you of all people’d be able to find me, so. Find me. Yeah?

[ there’s a ghost of a smile, rueful at best. and then his expression sours again ]

And you, bastard, don’t think I’m gonna let you off so easy. If I find you, your ass is mine. Got it?

[ and then the watch closes, and the camera clicks off. ]

Third Person:
It was around mid-afternoon and raining when he got back to the mansion, and the place was as empty as he'd expected it to be. Which was to say, not at all, and after being hounded at the door by people he'd just as rather not talk to ("bastard, lemme through!!") he was more or less stomping his way up to his room, slinging his backpack onto the bed with more force than necessary. It ended up sliding off the edge and, if the clatter of multiple objects was anything to go by, most of his school stuff was now scattered under his bed.

Great.

Sighing, he shoved wet hair out of his eyes and immediately dropped to his knees to start groping for whatever the hell'd fallen. He pulled out notebooks, pencils, chewed on erasers--- one of the video games he'd been looking for for a few weeks, gotta finish that -- and ...

He paused, blinking. His fingers groped again, blindly, and he pulled out a ragged looking photograph that was slightly crumpled and dog eared.

Nausea rose immediately in his stomach when he recognized the faces of his parents, and with that, pain. It was like there was a vice clenching his heart, though that was just as soon forgotten in the tide of overwhelming anger that surged up, hot and immediate. When was the last time his parents came to ask for money, anyway? When was the last time they had come to visit under the pretense of seeing him? Most children who’d left home looked forward to family visits filled with hours and hours of endless chatting where the people that’d raised them their whole lives smiled and looked on. Hotsuma had known that, once; at least, he thought he had, but remembering now their smiles had always looked a little too strained, their voices on the edge of cracking with fear. It was like they were keeping a monster. Which, really, wasn’t all that far from the truth.

But then again, he hadn’t exactly “left home”, had he?

It was instinctive, the way his fingers crumpled the glossy, yet worn photo, and his lips formed the word before he even thought about what he was doing.

"Burn."

Edited 2013-10-05 22:59 (UTC)

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APPLICATIONS

[CANON] Hotsuma Renjou | Uragiri wa Boku no Namae wo Shitteiru/Uraboku | No Reserve | 1 of 3

Re: [CANON] Hotsuma Renjou | Uraboku | No Reserve | 2 of 3

Re: [CANON] Hotsuma Renjou | Uraboku | No Reserve | 3 of 3

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