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 ✧

Comments

[ CANON ] Avenger/Angra Mainyu || Fate/Hollow Ataraxia || reserved || 3/3

[destructiveprinciple]

First Person: 
[ The view, when the feed steadies, is of the darkened streets spread out before the camera from somewhere impressively high up in the city, and judging from the way he handles the device, the person toying with the pocketwatch camera has no real idea of how to work it beyond turning the feed on and pressing the buttons; the video keeps flickering on and off erratically from the video option to the voice function to text and back again to video.

Or maybe he's just messing around with it for kicks. It's hard to tell.

Whose who aren't deterred by the rapid changes may catch glimpses of ragged, red cloth and dark hazel eyes. Since this is a purely video recording, the aura of palpable darkness and corruption that rolls off him isn't noticeable thankfully. Then the pocketwatch is set down on the ground and aside from the occasional noises of rustling, like fabric shifting and footsteps, Avenger is silent and isn't visible in the feed. The viewers instead get treated to the sight of the starry night sky, a blanket of stars spiraling across the fading black in the meantime. The watery light at the edges of the horizon indicates dawn is fast approaching.

Apparently he's got a little bored with the technology and wanders off to toe and peer over the edge of the building he's on. Eventually, a snatch of his voice drifts back to the recording. ]

—... isn't Fuyuki City?

[ It sounds like he's talking to himself more than anything. Soon, a hand reaches down and unintentionally covers up the camera as he picks up the pocketwatch again. Guess Avenger thinks it's worth another attempt. The feed cuts off, leaving only the sound still recording as he fiddles with it aimlessly, his brow furrowing slightly. ]

Alright... uh, wait. Okay, if I—

[ A few moments pass before there's a bit of a clatter and then we have the video recording back! And casually seated on the edge of one of the buildings, we have the newcomer to this fair city. Unruly black hair, an obstinate facial expression, and more noticeable of all, almost every inch of dark skin inscribed with savage glyphs. He has a very important question to ask; ]

Hey, somebody tell me what the date is?

[ Avenger, it's too fucking early for this, goddamn. ]

Third Person:
This isn't the void, ■■ thought in bewilderment.

It's the first intellectual thought he's had in a long time—or maybe it was seconds ago. It was... hard to tell, really. Such a concept like time had creased mattering to him ages ago.

When the train finally lurched to a stop at its destination, and Avenger had been kicked off disembarked, stumbling slightly on the stairs of the train, into the depilated station, he already had a throbbing headache from the sudden onrush of overwhelming clatter and noise that assaulted him in unwanted greeting. His temples ached in protest of the clamor. Re-adjusting to possessing physical senses would take a little bit, much less the entire ordeal of having a physical form again. Ignoring the mutters and gawking of the insignificant humans hanging around the station, soon he'd exited the station and was wandering aimlessly through the foggy streets.

Avenger walked slowly and dazedly stared (it wasn't Fuyuki City, no chance in hell. he knew that city like the back of his tattooed hands and this wasn't it) at the unfamiliar buildings that surrounded him, the old-fashioned streets and attempted to figure out what was going on. He grimaced. Let's start with the most pressing issue; how in the void was this personality still existing?

Hadn't the previous Self ended after all?

He remembered it clearly now, returning to that empty place outside of the world. His own end. Back to the original existence. Nihility. Fucking nothingness. The Self had known of death. Not that had mattered. His wish had been fulfilled, he had done what he couldn't before. What could compare to that?

His tired legs eventually took him to a worn, stone bench in some forgotten corner where he sat down and rubbed his face. Had another magus Summoned him to grant their wish? Another Grail War? What kind of magus was downright stupid enough to do that? The answer is almost all of them. And if they were that idiotic, what sort of assholes would drag him to a dreary place like this without asking his permission first? Frankly, it rang out as implausible to him. The Servant was a one-time only mistake and upon becoming nothingness, shouldn't be possibly be feasibly brought back with the same copied intellect again. There was no chance this illusion could revived, since the Holy Grail was destroyed and the Wars that had accompanied it finished for good.

Yet, it was seemingly exactly what had happened and Avenger stood, alone and lost, in this foreign city as proof. The strength to pull off something on that scale was more than a little scary to consider.

Even if it wasn't magi at work, there was definitively unsavory scheming underfoot here that he didn't want to bother with. Ugh...

And finally; okay, if he was existing here, fine. He had no problem with that. Many things could be accomplished as long as there is life, even a mere semblance of it. Avenger had completed his duties, and fulfilled his obligation to Bazett, and hence had no reason to not dawdle here for awhile. Didn't have any goals that would be delayed by this ridiculous occurrence. Why quibble needlessly over the details? It was pleasant to able to breath, move and consciously think here, in this place.

Well then, that begs the question of where was here?

His stomach growled loudly. Avenger put a hand over his bare stomach, flushing for a second at the unfamiliar sensation.

... Amendment to that first question: where was here, and did it have any food places where he could get a hamburger? Physical incarnation, strings probably attached or not, warranted a celebration for himself in his mind.

ACCEPTED

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