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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: Shea
Age: 23
Personal Journal:

laceandlaudanum
E-mail: sheawheatleyb@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: SheaWheatley @ AIM

sheakespeare

CHARACTER
Name: Elizabeth Comstock
Canon: Bioshock: Infinite
Age: 20
Timeline: Hall of Heroes, after meeting Cornelius Slate
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A

Personality: Elizabeth is a bird, caged for 19 years, and finally able to fly free. During her imprisonment, Elizabeth had no contact with a living human, and learned about life through books. As such, she is naive to the ways of the world and people, though she's proven to be a quick learner. In just a few hours out of her apartment, she's done more than she's ever done in her life.

Idealistic, Elizabeth reacts negatively to violence, especially when it surrounds her. The idea of war, senseless slaughter, is terrifying, and a very distant idea, though it's become all too near to her lately, especially when she realizes that much slaughter has been carried out in her name, under the orders of her father, the prophet Zachary Comstock. Luckily, Elizabeth has no intentions of following in his footsteps, or claiming any loyalty to him and his jingoistic ways.

An intelligent young woman, Elizabeth's humor tends to err on the side of sarcastic and, having never been around people before, does not understand many cultural cues. She'll call people out on nearly anything she sees fit, though she's determined not to take too much of her new freedom seriously. She's eager to explore the world, now that she has access to it.

Once Elizabeth has set her mind to something, she won't' stop until she gets it. She's extremely determined and resilient, much like her father. She can compartmentalize with ease, putting aside things that bother her in order to move forward in order to attack her goals.

Due to her lack of experience in the world, Elizabeth is reckless. She's learned from books, where heroes often charge into battle without thinking things through, and very rarely seem to suffer for it. She models herself after them, doing whatever she sees fit, ignoring the entire concept of consequences all together.

Finally, Elizabeth is a very caring young woman. She has a maternal instinct that has never been nurtured, and holds great value for human life. She's sympathetic to the struggles of the people, believing in fair treatment and equality. Despite her father's careful planning, Elizabeth is determined to become nothing like him. Unfortunately, there's really no such thing as free-will. What has happened will happen again.

Like all people, Elizabeth has her own set of fears. She fears Songbird, the giant mechanical bird that has been her only companion in her tower, she fears the thought of being taken back to Comstock and would rather face death than be used by him. She hates bees, and injustice, and the idea of cages, metaphorical or literal. But she doesn't let fear hold her back. Instead, Elizabeth sprints full-speed ahead, eager to learn and experience new things, no matter what the danger. Because what could be better than living after living in a tower for 19 years?

Background: http://bioshock.wikia.com/wiki/Elizabeth

Abilities: Elizabeth has the ability to open up tears in reality. She can see them, and pull items through. When she was younger, she could CREATE them, but since she's grown up, this ability has been lost, and she can only open tears that already exist. Given the nature of Ruby City, Elizabeth is not able to open them up to other realities, other universes, and step through into another universe. She can see tears here, but cannot open them, no matter how hard she tries (and she will try). If anything, she'd be able to pull a small item through, but only an item that would already exist within the confines of Ruby City (for example: she could not pull a car through, but she could pull a book, so long as it is a book within the city). This, however, is up to mod discretion.

Elizabeth has spent most of her life trapped in a tower, and as such, has a tremendous library of abilities. To name a few: she's an accomplished lock picker, singer, painter, speaks English, Chinese, and French, and is extremely well-read. She also has a great throwing arm.

First Person: [There's a bit of fumbling coming from the watch, a frustrated growl, and then-] Oh! Gotcha! [The face of a young woman appears, bright blue eyes and dark brown hair. Smiling, she inspects the watch.] Well this is something I've never seen before. How do you work? Are you running on Shock Jockey? Or is this some new quantum physics thing?

Don't be stupid, Elizabeth, [She tells herself.] Quantum physics doesn't belong in a watch. It's gotta be some kinda… Well, I don't know what it is, but we're going to find out. We are also going to find out why this tear sucked us in, and where we are. Because this doesn't look like the Columbia I know.

[She frowns to herself, looking up into the distance.] Though I really don't even know Columbia that well.

Third Person: "Hello?" Elizabeth's voice echoed through the nearly empty cathedral. Her voice returned back to her, echoing off the vaulted ceilings and stained glass windows. This place was… well, to be fair, everything was completely new to her. She'd lived in a tower for the past 19 years, with no human contact to speak of. So the idea of actually getting out and breathing fresh air was new and exciting. Everything was, in a way, getting to see the things she'd only read about in books! Still, this place… It wasn't Columbia. There was no mention of the Prophet Comstock, or the Lamb, or Daisy Fitzroy or anything. Nothing at all. It was as if, in this reality, she didn't exist.

Or, well, she wasn't the Seed of the Prophet. Which suited her just fine, thank you very much. Comstock had another thing coming if he still thought he could convince her to follow in his footsteps. No way, no how.

"Hello? I'm-- look, if anyone's out there, listening? I'm looking for a man named Booker DeWitt? Has anyone--" The only sound was her voice bouncing back to her. Frowning, she wrinkled her nose. "Fine then. I'll just sit here." She said to herself, taking a seat in the nearest pew, crossing her arms over her chest like a dejected child. "I will sit here. And I will wait. For, uh… something." She had yet to think that much through.

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join

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After you have done this, post to the Contacts page, Tag Request page, the Taken Characters page and, if you know where your character will be living, the Residences page! Familiarise yourself with the Rules and FAQ and introduce yourself at

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APPLICATIONS

[CANON] ELIZABETH || Bioshock: Infinite || no reserve || 1 of ?

[CANON] ELIZABETH || Bioshock: Infinite || no reserve || 2 of ?

[CANON] ELIZABETH || Bioshock: Infinite || no reserve || 3 of 3

[ACCEPTED]