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[CANON] The Great Warrior Calgara || One Piece || No Reserve || 1 of ?]

[personal profile] imperialdecrescendo 2012-01-26 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Charli
Personal Journal: [Bad username or unknown identity: ”youshi_semenjyu”]
E-mail: raela_brandybuck@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: MamaAustria - AIM

CHARACTER
Name: The Great Warrior Calgara
Canon: One Piece
Timeline: After the Knock Up Stream has carried Jaya into the Sky Islands, and the Skypieans are attacking the Shandorians for their land.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Calgara is a complex man despite his brief time we see him in the series, and a man of deeply passionate and powerful emotion. When we first come across him, he is driving a group of sailors from his island, slaughtering them and destroying their ship in a quite brutal manner. He comes off as nearly insane, demonic in strength, and massively bloodthirsty. It is this reputation among the sailors that has given him the dubious honor of being called the Demon of Shandora, Shandora being a massive city of gold that he is sworn to protect. But as we see him interact with his tribe, we find that he is greatly troubled by a plague that has been ravaging the crops and killing off his people in a slow, steady fashion. He is devoted to his people and his deities, to the point that he will defend even the sacrifice of his own daughter if it will heal the island of what he feels is his god’s rage. We find later that he was deeply troubled by the fact that he had to order his daughter to take her own life, and will later shed great tears over his relief that she will be spared.

However, it is an outsider who is able to appeal to him, the explorer Montblanc Norland, and is able to break him of the fear of gods to see the disease for what it truly is. When he learns that his village can be saved by a simple vaccine, he goes as far as to break the sacred law and kill one of the gods of his people to save Norland, whom he realizes is his only hope. There, on the corpse of a massive snake, we see him weep for the first time, in the hope and relief that there was a way to save his precious village.

The two become unlikely friends, the explorer and the warrior, and learn much from one another. Such is Calgara’s new faith and loyalty in Norland that he shows him just what it is that he is bound to protect aside from his people, and shows him the ancient lost city of Shandora. A great city of gold built by his ancestors centuries before, but it was hardly the gold he was bound to protect. A great stone of history sat in the center, behind the great golden bell known as the ‘Fire of Shandora’, and that was what was far more important than any amount of gold. It was this bell that they rang to summon the spirits of their ancestors back to this island of Jaya, so that they will never be lost in the afterlife. Incidentally, it was also the tolling of this bell that brought Norland to this island in the middle of a great storm. The two exchange information, treasures both golden and not, and even the villagers note that Calgara never made friends save for this one man.
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Re: [CANON] The Great Warrior Calgara || One Piece || No Reserve || 2 of ?]

[personal profile] imperialdecrescendo 2012-01-26 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
However, in Norland’s desire to completely cure Calgara’s island of Tree Fever, he chopped down a grove of white trees that turned out to be sacred trees where it was said that the Shandorians’ ancestors dwelled. Unknowing of the reason for Norland’s destruction of the grove, Calgara and his warriors turn against Norland and his crew, and Calgara’s rage cannot be ebbed. It is all he can do to not kill his friend when Norland comes to ask about why this sudden hostility. It was only by the courage of Calgara’s daughter Muse that they were able to understand what had happened, and when Calgara realized his grave mistake, it was too late. Norland was setting sail that morning, and had left behind the gifts of gold in penance for the destruction of the Shandorians’ sacred grove.

Calgara stands in the surf as he watches Norland’s ship sail off, and shouts to him to one day return. He swears that he will remain on this island, and await his return. He will ring the bell daily so that Norland’s ship will never be lost in a storm, and vows that they will meet again. Such was the bond between these two honorable men.

It was not meant to be, however. Jaya is an island in the Grand Line, where the sea is unpredictable, and Jaya had often been plagued by earthquakes. Five years after Norland’s departure, a geological phenomenon known as the Knock Up Stream shattered the island in half, sending the populated half high into the Sky Islands, where it was lodged adjacent to the land known as Skypeia. The golden bell was knocked loose of its foundations and lost to time. To the Skypieans, earth from the sea below was considered sacred, and such am amount was truly a gift from God. A war began between the Shandorians and the Skypeians, and eventually, the Shandorians were driven from their ancestral home. It was during this battle that Calgara lost his life, fighting for not only his village, but to keep his promise to his friend. It would be his greatest regret, that he could never ring the bell again and tell Norland where he was; that they would never meet again. He died wondering what Norland would think when he found them gone, and how there was much he wanted to tell him.

When Norland finally returned to Jaya, it was with his King and many soldiers who had come under the ruse of exploration in order to take the gold. When Norland found the city gone, he was left wondering where the village was, while the King demanded to know where the gold was. In the end, Norland was branded a liar and was executed by the king for treason. Both men died never knowing what became of the other.

Calgara is at once violent and cruel, and also unwaveringly loyal and devoted. A proud man, he never forgets a promise made to a friend, and never forgets great wrongs, including those he committed himself. He is quick to anger and judge, but can be reasonable once his rage has ebbed. Intelligent but primitive, there is much about the more modern and civilized world he does not understand, but he is a curious man, and seeks to understand now that Norland has introduced him to much. He is a wary man who does not quickly or easily make friends, but once you have gained his trust, he will be loyal to the end. He is a man of extremes, which is both an asset and a curse at times.
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Re: [CANON] The Great Warrior Calgara || One Piece || No Reserve || 3 of 3]

[personal profile] imperialdecrescendo 2012-01-26 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
First Person: [The train station was silent as the vehicle sits there, waiting for its lone passenger to disembark. Within, there is a bit of erratic movement, but nothing for several seconds. Suddenly, there is a massive smashing sound as a figure crashes through the glass and metal doors, sending shards and shrapnel all through the terminal. The figure at first hardly seems a man, all wild red hair and tribal tattoos, and when he lands upon the cool concrete, he peers through matted strands of red with wild, primitive eyes, crouched not unlike a tiger ready to spring. He’s seething, his hands gripping a long spear that has seen exceptional use, and growls lowly before he finally speaks. While most people are alarmed upon their initial arrival in the city, this man is furious beyond reason, and begins to shout]


Show yourself, coward! [His voice is bellowing and rough] You will pay for this! Pray that your gods have mercy, because you will receive none from me!

Third Person: Rage. Defiance. Pride and duty. These were the things that flashed through the warrior’s mind in the seconds after he broke free of his glass and metal prison. Gripping his trusted spear, he crouched on the ground, eyes narrowed. A mass of rich crimson hair, long and thick, curved down the length of his back and ended just where his feet were planted on the ground. Unlike many of the other arrivals to the train station, he wore only primitive leather pants and a sash of tropical fronds about his waist. His tanned skin was adorned with intricate tattoos; there was hardly a part of his body that was not covered, but perhaps the most striking feature of this man was the pair of delicate feathered wings, just visible behind the mane of hair.

He narrowed his dark eyes, refusing to panic in light of this new development. Where were his warriors? Where were those winged invaders with their wretched bows, trying to take his precious island? Were they responsible? Their leader had claimed to be God, but he appeared nothing more than a wretched man, an outsider! Inhaling in a dangerous sort of way, he let out a loud shout, defying whoever was responsible.

“Show yourself, coward! You will pay for this! Pray that your gods have mercy, because you will receive none from me!” His bellowing voice echoed off of the austere walls, but he received no reply but the silence. Bristling at the audacity of someone to spirit him away and not face him, he let out a violent shout and swung his spear wide, knocking aside the benches that sat there and shattering them into splinters. Robbed of his battle, his homeland stolen from him, cheated of a warrior’s death, and now brought here by cowardly unseen assailants…They WILL be punished, Calgara would be sure of it.
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[FANDOM OC] Wales/Bran Llywelyn || Axis Powers Hetalia || no reserve || 1 of ?

[personal profile] maple_happiness 2012-01-26 07:04 am (UTC)(link)
Apologies in advance for the length of this...

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


CHARACTER
Character Name: Wales/Bran Llywelyn
Canon: Axis Powers Hetalia
Timeline: Wales has yet to appear in any canon strips or manga; however, he is confirmed to exist by Hetalia's creator, Hidekaz Himaruya, as one of England's older brothers.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: If Wales and my other Hetalia character, Canada, are in the same scene (this will only happen in a comm-wide event), they do get on pretty well, so I'm not going to have them ignore each other. However, I'll confine it to something like this in the post: “Wales waves at Canada, who waves back, before continuing on to talk to insert-character-here.” Outside of that, I ran into this problem on my last RP comm, but there we all used our character journals as actual journals for them, so I'd have one of the characters write about a conversation between the two of them after the fact. I plan to handle things the same way here, since I intend on making Canada's and Wales' accounts real journals for them. If that's considered a variant of playercest here, I'm perfectly fine with confining interactions to just lines like the waving one above.

Personality: Wales has a rather snarky attitude, and a dry, sometimes black sense of humor. At first glance he seems to be a flippant sort who is always making sarcastic quips about things and doesn't really take much all that seriously, but in large part it's an act. He really is sarcastic, he's not faking it, but he uses it to hide his emotions. He's not comfortable admitting to them, especially ones that, to his mind, leave him vulnerable – in particular he doesn't like admitting when he cares about people, whether that is platonically or romantically. He does have a reckless streak, though, and if he really wants to pursue something he'll disregard what he thinks is his better sense, and the same is true if he really wants to pursue someone. But he rarely feels more than mild interest beyond the platonic, so it's not usually an issue. He has fallen in love before, but only with humans, and he almost never acted on it. Too complicated, since humans are mortal and nations are not.

He has a complicated relationship with his brothers – especially as he's the oldest of them. On the one hand he and Scotland get on, but on the other he thinks his brother is a bit of an idiot for struggling so hard to get away from England. Wales doesn't like being subordinate to his baby brother either, but he's a pragmatist and a survivalist, so he accepts the situation as the only workable one right now. To that end, he tries not to pick fights with England – he won't meekly submit but he does try not to be antagonistic. However, he still harbors a deep, mostly-buried resentment toward his youngest brother for taking him over in the first place. He has a habit of calling his brothers by their older names, so that England is Albion and Scotland is Alba – he will not call Scotland Caledonia because that was his Roman name, nor will he answer to his own Roman name of Cambria. He is Wales or Cymru (only Bran to a select few among the nations); he's never forgiven Rome for conquering them, since all of the tension in the family began with that.
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Re: [FANDOM OC] Wales/Bran Llywelyn || Axis Powers Hetalia || no reserve || 2 of ?

[personal profile] maple_happiness 2012-01-26 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
In many ways, if England is a pirate-turned-gentleman, Wales is and will always be the black knight. He has his own personal rules and code that he holds himself to, and he rarely lets himself deviate from that, but otherwise his attitude, to put it succinctly, is that he doesn't care about the rules one way or another; he's not an outright rebel but if he has to go around a rule he won't hesitate. He can be stubborn to a fault when he sets his mind to something. It takes a lot to actually get him angry, but when he does, he doesn't fly into a rage; instead he has a very cold sort of anger, using cruel, cutting remarks instead of yelling. He has a cursing habit, especially when he's in a bad mood – sometimes he forgets that he can't be understood and starts muttering in Welsh. And sometimes he doesn't want to be understood.

He loves music of all kinds; he's not called the “Land of Song” for nothing. He sometimes sings, but usually plays an old flute that he always carries and is learning how to play the viola. He isn't doing all that well because he's trying to teach himself. He also likes storytelling and poetry; it reminds him of bards back in the old days. Rugby and football/soccer are entertaining to watch and he always cheers his players on, but he doesn't play. He's not much of a fan of modern technology – he likes television, mp3 players, and movies, but if he tries to do anything more complex but write a document his computer freezes and he somehow irreversibly locked the Blackberry he tried to learn to use. This is why he still has a basic flip phone – he doesn't even dare to use the camera on it. But he has no problem working an mp3 player and loading songs on it. He doesn't understand this any more than anyone else.

He seems to hold his liquor well, but when he's drunk he will do anything you dare him to and you can ask him any question and get a truthful, complete answer because his filter is completely gone. Unfortunately for him – and anyone who gets secrets out of him this way – he doesn't usually black out so he'll remember what happened even through the bad hangover. This is why he doesn't drink much. He's a bit of a broody sort, and has a lighter with the Welsh dragon engraved on it – he smokes off and on – that he plays with constantly, but especially when he's in a pensive mood.
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Re: [FANDOM OC] Wales/Bran Llywelyn || Axis Powers Hetalia || no reserve || 3 of ?

[personal profile] maple_happiness 2012-01-26 07:06 am (UTC)(link)
He hates guns even though he learned how to use them in war; in his mind they're lacking and if he has to fight he'd rather fight bare-handed or with a blade of some kind than to have a gun fight. He used to carry a dagger everywhere but hasn't for a few decades now. Finding a knife to carry as a defense weapon will be one of the first things he's likely to do in a possibly unsafe situation – like being in Ruby City.

Despite his citizens' top religion being Protestant and the second being Catholic, Wales has returned to his pagan roots fully in recent years, finally feeling free not to hide it. In appearance he doesn't resemble his brothers at first glance, though a closer look would let a person see their similar features. He has black hair that's always a bit too long in front and falls into his eyes, which are blue. Although his clothes usually hide them, he has two tattoos; the red dragon from his flag on the right side of his chest, and interwoven Celtic runes at the small of his back that, if one could read them, tell a basic outline of his life story. He's about five foot nine and slightly built.

At bottom, Wales has a serious self-confidence issue, though it's not obvious. He's spent most of his existence under different levels of English control, and ever since the official merger of the two countries in 1536, he's found that fewer and fewer people are even aware of him as a separate entity, even though he is no longer merged with England. Even some British citizens don't realize that he's a country rather than an English county. It makes him feel out of place with the other nations, because he's sure they don't see him as 'one of them'. It's another reason he tends to avoid romantic attachments; he'd have to watch a human lover die and he thinks that most countries wouldn't 'lower' themselves to become involved with someone who has been little but a province for most of his life.

History: Wales' existence dates back late in the B.C. Period. He was physically a young teenager when Rome invaded Britain, but he was still a very young nation – the constant infighting among the Celtic tribes all over the island of Britain forced their personifications into a speedier growth, to cope with it. Along with his younger brother, then called Albion, Wales (then called Cymru) was captured by Julius Caesar and Roman Empire, marched in one of the Roman Triumphs and forced to live in Roman Empire's house thereafter. Toward the end of Rome's dominance, Cymru took the initiative to escape Rome and try to find his way back to Britain. He eventually managed to do so, but he also got rather lost along the way, leading to at least one encounter with another nation – a small boy whom he traded swordfighting tips to for swordsmithing tips. There's a relevance to this in his current associations, but he hasn't put the two together yet.

After this, his land became a refuge for Briton tribes fleeing the deeper incursion of the Anglo-Saxons they had invited in themselves to help combat the Picts out of Scotland. This is why, in later years, he will resent his brother's appropriation of the King Arthur story – he won't say whether Arthur was real or not, but he was King of the Britons fighting Anglo-Saxons; if he existed he was Welsh, or so Wales insists. His land was truly united only once under independent rule, during the reign of Gruffydd ap Llywelyn – this is why, when choosing a human name, he chose a first name to honor his gods and a last name to honor his greatest king.

Llywelyn's reign only lasted for about seven years, though, and soon after Norman invasion engulfed his brother England's land, and then turned to him. The result was that the Anglo-Norman kings took control of border areas of Wales. The still-autonomous areas were ruled over by a Prince of Wales, but when Edward I of England invaded and took over in 1282. Wales would never achieve full independence again. For Wales himself, this meant that he was officially at the beck and call of his baby brother, whom he had helped raise. For the most part he accepted this as he did not have the resources to fight back.
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Re: [FANDOM OC] Wales/Bran Llywelyn || Axis Powers Hetalia || no reserve || 4 of ?

[personal profile] maple_happiness 2012-01-26 07:07 am (UTC)(link)
However, in 1400, a Welsh noble named Owain Glyndwr rose up against the English king of the time, Henry IV. Wales escaped from his brother's London house for home, where he joined up with the rebels. However, the Welsh rebellion was crushed, and although Glyndwr was never captured, Wales was. He was actually hanged, in fact, but as a nation he was unable to stay dead and so he ended up back in England's house. He was left with essentially nothing to do during this time.

In 1485, however, Henry Tudor, the last member of England's Lancastrian royal line, challenged Yorkist King Richard III for the throne. Tudor was of Welsh descent; the Tudors may even have had the blood of long-dead Welsh princes in their veins. Again Wales escaped from his brother's house to fight for Henry, thinking that if he had to be under England's rule, then at least their shared King would have Welsh blood. This eventually backfired for him, not under the rule of the victorious Henry, but under his son, Henry VIII. It was under Henry VIII's reign that the Act of Union was signed, officially merging England and Wales. With this merger, which also included the ban of the Welsh language and any differentiation legally, Wales fully expected to fade away like many of the Ancient nations had already done. To his surprise, and thanks to his people's stubbornness in hanging onto their culture and language even in secret, he survived just fine. However, he lost his ability to do magic, though not to see magical creatures.

Wales had quite a few interactions with the Tudors. Henry VII let him live at Ludlow Castle in the Welsh Marches with his eldest son, Arthur, Prince of Wales. Wales knew Arthur rather well, having watched the boy grow up. He was also one of the few who realized how very much in love the Prince was with his young wife, Princess Katherine of Aragon. Later, he would be there when Henry VIII's eldest daughter, the then-Princess Mary, came to Ludlow. He was charmed by the young girl, and was personally very much on her and her mother's side in Henry's Great Matter.

After the merger, he returned to his brother's house, but was often still at court. He met Mary – now merely Lady Mary – again and found himself developing an affection for her of a different sort. He never let it get beyond courtly love, however, and Mary never thought he was anything but a friend. He was not in love with Elizabeth, though he liked her and was rather happy to discover that she spoke at least some Welsh.

After the end of the Tudors and the rise of the Scottish Stuart kings, Wales retreated into near-total anonymity. The effects of this are still obvious today, in that while nations recognize him as one of their own, they're not entirely sure just who he is, precisely. In most of the wars Britain got itself involved in, Wales would play the human soldier. One exception was the War of Austrian Succession – he was his brother's official backup in that war for the brief time they were involved. He met Austria and the two of them became friendly over shared interests – well, really, over music – but when England pulled out of the war there was no further contact. Wales didn't have too much interaction with the colonies England collected – he would play his flute or tell stories for the young ones on occasion but that was all, though he did bond a bit with Canada over being overlooked.

In the world wars of the 20th century, Wales returned to his playing human system of being a fighter, particularly in World War I. He proved to be very good at stealth missions, mostly because he wasn't easily recognized. In World War II, he was part of a unit of British intelligence that used Welsh to help develop codes. After the war, during occupation, he was stationed in Vienna to keep an eye on Austria. They hit it off again, but once occupation there ended in 1955, the friendship once again lapsed.

During the later part of the 20th century, Welsh affairs were more and more becoming handled separately from English affairs, culminating in a 1997 referendum that allowed for the creation of a National Assembly for Wales, as the new devolved government was called. For Wales, this is the closest to independence he's been since the Middle Ages, and the first time he's been a separate if not sovereign entity since 1536. Some of his magic returned to him when he got his devolved government, and he now lives in a flat in downtown Cardiff rather than in London at his brother's house.
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Re: [FANDOM OC] Wales/Bran Llywelyn || Axis Powers Hetalia || no reserve || 5 of 5

[personal profile] maple_happiness 2012-01-26 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
Strengths/Weaknesses: Wales doesn't look very strong, and in sheer force he's a bit of a lightweight, but if he's fighting he's fast and sneaky; he'll fight dirty if that's what he has to do to win. He has a talent for codes and codebreaking, learned during WWII. He keeps his head in a crisis, though as soon as he's alone afterwards he falls apart. He's not afraid of the dark or small spaces on their own, but if he's trapped in a small, dark space he will have a panic attack, he's always been phobic of the combination. He thinks that his tendency to bottle up emotions is a strength, but it's also a weakness because there's a lot that he hasn't dealt with yet. If you actually earn his trust and loyalty, you've got someone at your back for life – but he never forgives a betrayal. He's afraid of falling in love, because it's never ended well for him. His recklessness gets him in trouble sometimes, because when he lets it have free rein there's not much he won't dare to do. Other times it's the only reason something good happens in his life, so depending on the situation it's both a strength and a weakness, and his usual control is the same.

Abilities: Like England, Wales can see magical creatures, and he has some magical ability – though his spells don't work any better than England's do, generally.

Relationships to Canon Characters: Brother to England and Scotland

First Person: [Wales' eyes snap open, and he sits bolt upright. The funny thing was that he had been on a train – he'd had to speak to his Secretary in London – but it definitely wasn't this one, and that definitely wasn't the station in Cardiff that he was pulling into. Still, he gets off, hands in his jacket pockets as he looks around at his surroundings.]

What the bloody fuck is this place?

[His voice is quiet, and he's watchful; it's been a while since he felt the lack of any sort of weapon but right now he does. He doesn't like this town and how deserted it is. He'd like to call for anyone who might be within earshot, but he doesn't want to draw the attention of someone or something that might be a threat.]

Isn't there anyone else in this town? I hope I'm not dead; if this is the afterlife I'm going to be bored. Not that I'm sure how I would be dead, since you'd think I'd have kicked it long ago if... Right. I've kept my sanity this long, best not lose it now talking to myself.

[He fumbles for his lighter and that's when he notices the other thing in his left pocket. He knows the pocketwatch isn't his, and he holds it up in confusion. Seeing the lights that mark it as a communicator, he swears colorfully in Welsh.]

Damn it, just when I was getting used to that mobile... I hope this thing is on. Hello? Anyone listening? Am I using this damn thing right? I just hope it doesn't die on me...

Third Person: Wales sighed as he looked around the flat. It had obviously not been lived in for some time, but he'd be damned if he was going to stay with anyone – there were only a few he'd be able to tolerate living with, and of those, one was already living with people he couldn't tolerate and the other... He wasn't going to be asking anyone else but the first person. So, he'd just have to fix this place up.

Tilting his head, he considered it, absently flicking his lighter on and off as he did so. It was about the size of his flat back home, one of the reasons he liked it so much. And, hell, fixing it up would give him something to do. He hated being idle, it reminded him too much of a good bit of his time in his brother's house with nothing to keep himself occupied. He'd nearly gone crazy back then.

“And what do you intend to do after the place is fixed up, Llywelyn?” he asked himself, speaking aloud to break the silence of the room. That was the problem, of course; he had no idea just what it was he was going to do after this. Though he could find something, he was sure – even if there was no way in hell he was helping down at that shop, even if Canada was working there he could only take his brother and y Broga (the Frog) in small doses. He'd keep himself busy some other way. Maybe offer sword lessons or something mad like that if he could find swords here. Unlikely, but possible.

Well, whatever he was going to do, he'd best get started on this, at least.
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Re: [FANDOM OC] Wales/Bran Llywelyn || Axis Powers Hetalia || no reserve || 5 of 5

[personal profile] maple_happiness 2012-01-26 07:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Just realized I forgot to add Wales is coming in from the present day. *facepalm*

[FANDOM] Wonderweiss Margera || BLEACH || No Reserve 1/1

[personal profile] aizensrainman 2012-01-28 03:22 am (UTC)(link)
Here it is! :D.
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[personal profile] rubycitymods 2012-01-29 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
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Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join [community profile] rubycity_ooc, [community profile] rubycity_rp and [community profile] rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page and the Taken Characters page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at [community profile] rubycity_ooc

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[personal profile] rubycitymods 2012-01-29 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join [community profile] rubycity_ooc, [community profile] rubycity_rp and [community profile] rubycity_logs with your character journal!

After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page and the Taken Characters page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at [community profile] rubycity_ooc

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[personal profile] y_marchog_du 2012-01-29 03:42 am (UTC)(link)
Um... Not to bug anyone, but I got two messages saying I've been granted access (doesn't say to where) but I don't seem to be in any of the comms yet. :/
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Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] rubycitymods 2012-01-29 04:44 am (UTC)(link)
You were granted access to the moderator journal's entries so that you can see and comment on the contacts post.

You should now be added to the communities as well.
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Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] y_marchog_du 2012-01-29 09:49 pm (UTC)(link)
Sorry, DW notifs still make my head spin a bit.
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Re: ACCEPTED

[personal profile] rubycitymods 2012-01-30 03:49 am (UTC)(link)
No worries! They definitely take a little getting used to! I was confused myself with the granting access thing myself. :)
renaissancerevenge: Ezio hanging around on a building. You know, the norm. (Stop monkeying around)

[CANON] Ezio Auditore da Firenze || Assassin's Creed II || No Reserve || 1 of 1

[personal profile] renaissancerevenge 2012-01-30 07:36 am (UTC)(link)
Eagle Vision Link GO
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[Canon] Savannah Levine || Women of the Otherworld || No Reserve || 1 of 2

[personal profile] y_marchog_du 2012-02-05 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Kate
Personal Journal: fae_boleyn
E-mail: pandoraboleyn@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: Pan Boleyn

CHARACTER
Name: Savannah Levine
Canon: Women of the Otherworld
Timeline: Directly before the opening of Waking the Witch, the novel in which Savannah first takes the stage as an adult character.
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Savannah Levine is a twenty-one-year-old witch. Technically, she is a witch/sorcerer with demonic blood from her mother's side, but witch is a simpler term. Besides, her sorcerer blood doesn't precisely make her a sorcerer in a world where men are sorcerers, women are witches, and there is an actual racial divide between the two types of magic users. Raised by her mother Eve, a dark witch, and then Paige Winterbourne-Cortez and Lucas Cortez (a technically-dark witch and her sorcerer husband) after Eve's death, Savannah has grown up with magic and is extremely knowledgeable about her craft. Her mixed blood gives her powers an extra 'oomph' as well.

Although Savannah has lived with Paige (and then Lucas) since she was thirteen, and they are basically supernatural do-gooders, Savannah has a degree of brutal ruthlessness that they lack. She picked this up from her mother, who was also of the 'do what's necessary' school of thought. Her knowledge and power mean that she's able to back this mindset up; she really is capable of doing what's necessary both mentally and literally.

Savannah is loyal and quick to protect those she cares about. She has a sharp, sarcastic sense of humor, and some level of disdain for normal humans. This, however, is mostly reserved for those humans who think they can do some type of magic – except in very rare cases, only one known one, in fact, human 'magic' doesn't work. It was less specific when she was a teenager, but she's grown out of that. She's also stubborn and extremely confident, to a degree that easily slips into cockiness. This combined with her willingness to take risks gets her in trouble when she thinks she can handle situations and it turns out she can't. However, she is also resourceful, using every possible advantage she can, even if it wouldn't be considered moral – for one thing, she keeps in touch with a handful of her mother's dark side contacts, who, while not to be trusted, can be useful sources of information if you know how to bargain with them. Having learned at Eve's knee, Savannah does.
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Re: [Canon] Savannah Levine || Women of the Otherworld || No Reserve || 2 of 2

[personal profile] y_marchog_du 2012-02-05 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
At the time we meet Savannah, she's twenty-one and working for Paige and Lucas's supernatural PI firm. However, she's not allowed to work cases in the field. More than anything, she is looking for the chance to prove herself to them as a capable field investigator. To her, Ruby City is a way to prove that she's capable – if she can escape, lie detecting spells will prove to Paige and Lucas that she's telling the truth about her strange adventure, and will hopefully aid her case for moving into fieldwork. So, while she might not be happy about being stuck in Ruby City to begin with, it won't take her long to figure out how the situation might be useful to her long-term goals.

Even if it wasn't, she's not about to be cowed by being dumped in Ruby City. It's hardly the worst situation she's been in. As a girl, she and her mother were held captive along with other supernaturals by a group looking to use their powers – during an escape attempt Eve was shot and killed in front of her young daughter. Savannah has also been kidnapped for her magic and possessed by a demon that her mother (as a ghost) had been tasked to hunt who nearly made her kill her guardians. She's been helping out at Paige and Lucas' agency since she was seventeen, and also helping them and their friends/colleagues on the interracial council. This is a group of various types of supernaturals who are tasked with investigating matters relating to their world and keeping said world hidden from the humans. Despite her tendency to cocky recklessness, Savannah grew up quickly and can handle herself quite well.

First Person: [OK, what the fuck is going on? Savannah had been asleep at her art table – she'd needed to work on her art, for stress relief if nothing else – and now she wakes up on a train? Her first thought is that maybe she's dead, died in her sleep or something. But no, ghosts don't breathe, or so she's been told by her favorite necromancer, so she's still alive. And if she were dead, her mom would be here. She's sure of that.]

So what the fuck is happening, then? If this is someone's idea of a joke, it isn't funny.

[When the train pulls into the station, she springs into action, all but running from the train. If nothing else, open space means room to move, to run for a better place to fight if necessary. The town looks deserted, though when she casts a sensing spell she can tell there's people ahead. So she goes off in that direction, mentally readying a knockback spell. No one's getting the jump on her if she can help it. They're just lucky she's not using the fireball.]

Third Person: So apparently she was in some kind of alternate plane. Not dead, but removed from her world just as surely. From what she'd been told, time was different here, so if and when she goes home, no time will have passed. Good; she wouldn't have worried Paige and Lucas. Bad, because how would she convince them that she's escaped from anything?

Well, Paige's truth-detecting spell would tell them.

Because Savannah meant to tell them. She meant to get out and tell them what she'd done. This is something no supernatural from their world has faced before – or if they have, they didn't get back to tell their tale. Surely, if she pulled this off, they'd have to agree she could finally be a full member of the investigation team. She was so tired of desk work, she wanted something real.

This was, maybe, a bit more real than she'd had in mind, but it was what she had. She'd be damned if she let this chance slip through her fingers. And the thought of failure? Didn't even cross her mind.
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[Canon] Shao Jun | Assassin's Creed Embers | Not Reserved | 1/1 | (This is Xi's fault 8D)

[personal profile] concubine_made_assassin 2012-02-05 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: Tracy
Personal Journal: [personal profile] yeshallbeasgods
E-mail: within_eternal_dreams@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: trubotracy14

CHARACTER
Name: Shao Jun
Canon: Assassin’s Creed
Timeline: Post-Embers, a day after leaving Villa Auditore
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality:

First off, Shao Jun is eager to learn. She followed her mentor all the way from China to meet Ezio and, even after her mentor was killed, she continued on. Jun would sneak into Ezio’s study even, in the pursuit of the knowledge she sought. She was usually very sincere though, listening to everything Ezio had to say while still trying to get him to understand her reasoning so that he’d teach her what he knew. Jun can also be quite stubborn, obviously shown but how she kept trying to get Ezio to help her.

She’s loving, or at least very caring. The Chinese Assassin traveled a long way so that she and her mentor could get Ezio’s help to rebuild their Order. And despite Ezio’s firm refusal’s in the beginning, Shao Jun kept at it until, finally, he gave her a chance and started telling her about his beginnings as an assassin and what he learned. And, even after only knowing Ezio a few days, she showed obvious concern for the Master Assassin when one of the Imperial Soldiers slammed him into a tree. Possibly even fearing that he’d been killed.

It’s entirely possible that she’s also a bit paranoid, often staying up through the nights to keep a watch rather than sleeping. While it is good for an assassin to be aware of his or her surroundings, it is not good if they are too weak from a lack of sleep to defend against any threats. And, of course, as an assassin she’s quite stealthy. Perhaps even more so than assassin’s in the Italian Order because her weaponry is all concealed but for her sword, which remains in it’s sheath. Jun is also open to new experiences involving different cultures and beliefs, trying to her best to speak what little Italian she knew out of respect for the Auditore’s and their culture.

By the end of Ember’s, Shao Jun’s resolve had strengthened. She understood that it would take a long time to reunite the Brotherhood in China but with what Ezio taught her, she knew she could do it.

First Person: (Is it okay if I use part of what I wrote for the Test-Drive meme? Otherwise, I’ll write a new sample, no problem.)

[The train ride had been both exciting and nerve wracking for the young assassin. More nerve wracking then anything and the shaking had made her sick. So when the train finally came to a stop, she stumbled out, dropped a small box and made her way to the far corner of the station and emptied the contents of her stomach. She suddenly regretted eating her fill during each mean, when Sophia had asked her to stay in the villa.]

If I never have to ride that thing again, it will be too soon.

[Coughing a bit, the young assassin spit out what remained in her mouth and stood up straight. That moment alone could have gotten her killed. She looked around, picking up the box once more before plucking the watch from the ground. Curious little thing. Made of gold, she guessed. She was a little startled when she pressed a small clip and it popped open, recording her. Jun’s hood hides most of her face from the video. It only records for about a minute before the watch is shut and Jun places the watch in her robes.]

Third Person:

Shadows.

This city had a lot of shadows. Night and day, there were shadows and Shao Jun’s eyes made sure to stare deep enough to know whether there was a threat there or not. At times, she wished that she had Eagle Vision, like Master Ezio. She managed just as well without it though, as she’d proven by surviving all the way to Firenze and against the Imperial Soldiers sent after her mentor and herself. And now she survived in this city. A city with no Templars or Imperials that wanted to hunt down anyone that would oppose Jiajing’s throne.

Her skills could get very rusty quick here though. She’d been warned against entering the forest but what could a little bit of training in there hurt? She was a well-trained assassin. A few beasts couldn’t be too much of a challenge, could they? Perhaps she would ask someone to join her though. They’d made it seem much worse than it seemed but they had been here longer than she had been. Yes, she’d definitely ask someone to accompany her, but only to interfere if she could not handle it. That was the point of training after all.
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[CANON]GAMZEE MAKARA || Homestuck || reserve || 1 of 1

[personal profile] faygospectrum 2012-02-05 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
PLAYER
Name: J-chan
Personal Journal: One_Great_Dane
E-mail: jashin_chan@yahoo.com
AIM/MSN/etc: JChanoftheGods

Application Here!
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ACCEPTED

[personal profile] rubycitymods 2012-02-05 06:01 am (UTC)(link)
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REVISION REQUESTED

[personal profile] rubycitymods 2012-02-05 06:02 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for your application.

At this time we are requesting a revision before we consider your application for acceptance. Specifically, we are concerned about the personality section. The section as written, is a very complete and well written history. We would like to hear more of your interpretation of his personality, what characteristics define him as a person -- which can of course be backed up by specific events in his personal history.
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REVISION REQUESTED

[personal profile] rubycitymods 2012-02-05 06:03 am (UTC)(link)
Thank you for your application.

At this time we are requesting a revision before we consider your application for acceptance. In particular, we would like more elaboration on her personality. What you have is fine, but each paragraph describes only one characteristic, so we would like a bit more about her than the four adjectives listed.

Additionally, we would like to see more of a third person sample. In particular, we would really like to see some of her thoughts or words -- either in mental dialogue or spoken aloud.

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