APPLICATIONS

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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
<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 ✧

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[CANON] Seven of Nine || Star Trek: Voyager || no reserve || 1

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PLAYER
Name: Yinza
Personal Journal: yinza
E-mail: yinza@yinza.com
AIM/MSN/etc: yinxa [AIM]

CHARACTER
Name: Seven of Nine / Annika Hansen
Canon: Star Trek: Voyager
Timeline: after Season 6, Episode 2

Personality: "Superior" would be the best way to describe Seven's personality. She tends to comport herself as though she is above the people around her--both more intelligent and more efficient--and the attitude is not exactly unwarranted. As a former Borg drone, she retains a vast quantity of the information assimilated by the Borg, and probably knows more factual data than any other human being. Furthermore, her eighteen years as part of the Collective allowed her not only to witness Borg superiority over countless other species, but to participate in it. Although she is no longer part of the Collective, that Borg strength is part of her heritage.

Seven is very assertive. Even as a Borg drone, she displayed an unusual tenacity and strong will. She was the only drone to survive when Voyager depressurized the cargo bay where she was working. Afterwards, even when she temporarily lost contact with the Collective, she did not falter in her mission but forced the Voyager crew into completing the weapon against Species 8472. And even having become a part of the crew and having learned to work with them, she continues to disobey direct orders if she disagrees with them. She has a distinct defiant streak, and once when the ship was taken over by aliens, she refused to sing for them at the risk of her life (which Tuvok noted was illogical). She is not an optimist or someone who sees the best in people. Instead, she tends to suspect others of ulterior motives, and is frequently the first to voice doubts about interacting with alien species.

Emotionally she comes across as cold. In many instances she is almost Vulcan-like in her use of logic and her matter-of-fact delivery. Her time with the Borg has made her appreciative of order, precision, and efficiency. She cannot abide being idle. Although she has an analytical mind and is very skilled at applying her knowledge, she is not very creative or spontaneous. She dislikes small talk, has difficulty seeing the point of artistic endeavors, and prefers the direct approach. She will not hesitate to speak her mind, even if what she intends as constructive criticism or even just a statement of fact is often taken as an insult. She does have a sense of humor, though it is very dry and not always recognized by the crew. Jokes about assimilation tend not to go over well with anyone.

[CANON] Seven of Nine || Star Trek: Voyager || no reserve || 2

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Despite all her Borg indoctrination, Seven is still very much human and experiences human emotions. Lacking a normal upbringing, though, she did not learn to understand and cope with them, and did not really experience them until being freed from the Collective. Afterwards, the first emotions to reassert themselves were fear and loneliness. Over time she began to experience other emotions--anger over violations of her rights as an individual, guilt over helping to destroy other civilizations through assimilation, and even some compassion for strangers. She still tends to retain a certain detachment from situations, and close off from her feelings by focusing on duties. When she is emotionally involved she can react in a juvenile manner. When the Doctor considers leaving the ship later on, she essentially gives him the silent treatment, and when reprimanded by Janeway she frequently reacts like a teenager feeling she's being wrongfully punished.

Her social development is equally stunted. Although being alone is something that unsettles her, she has difficulty relating to other people. She very quickly adopted Captain Janeway as her mentor and role model for being an individual, but only began trying to fraternize with the crew at the encouragement of the Doctor. Despite his efforts, she still finds most of the crew hard to relate to. In fact she experiences a certain amount of social anxiety and frequently uses her work as an excuse to avoid social gatherings. Her understanding of human behavior is one of the few things she sees as inferior to her crewmates', and she will readily seek explanations when confused. Although she is truly friends with only a few of the crew, she does consider Voyager her family, or her Collective, and they are important enough to her that she will willingly sacrifice her own well-being for their survival. She has done this on several occasions, including taking power from life support when the entire crew was in stasis to keep them alive, and turning herself over to the Borg Queen in exchange for Voyager's safety. Part of this self-sacrifice comes from a desire to atone for her actions as a drone, but she is also fiercely loyal to the Voyager crew.

First Person:
[There's no fumbling with this one. The feed turns on to reveal a striking blonde woman with some sort of metal device above her left eye. Her face is nearly expressionless, but there's a hint of anger in her eyes and in the set of her jaw, though not directed at her audience. When she speaks, her voice is hard and precise, almost military. Her Starfleet combadge is just visible above the lower edge of the video.]

This is Seven of Nine of the starship Voyager. I require information as to my location and the means by which I was brought here.

[One corner of her mouth quirks up slightly in a wry challenge as she adds:]

As you are no doubt familiar with "newcomers," I anticipate an efficient explanation.

Third Person:
The first thing Seven did upon realizing she was no longer on the ship was activate her combadge.

"Seven of Nine to Voyager. Voyager, respond."

Moments passed and there was no response. As she looked past the train platform and on into the apparently deserted city, she felt a stab of unease. She had been separated from Voyager before, but each time she had entered the situation knowing something of her captors or the circumstances of her separation. Now, she could not even remember leaving the ship. Was it possible that this was a simulation, or that someone had tapped into her cortical processor to disorient her? Real or not, she did not like the one fact she understood perfectly: that someone had undermined her defenses and left her stranded alone in this place.

Whatever her situation, her more than two years on Voyager had finally taught her that Captain Janeway would never abandon a member of her crew. Undoubtedly she had already begun a search. There was no cause for any anxiety, and moreover the feeling was pointless.

Suppressing it, Seven stepped down from the platform to begin exploring the area. Faith in the Captain or no, she had no intention of waiting idly for rescue. Her first task was to assess her situation. Then she could search out a way to make contact with the ship. She might even find a way to get back to Voyager on her own.

ACCEPTED

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