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

Jefferson | Once Upon a Time | Not Reserved

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PLAYER
Name: Abby
Age: 22
Personal Journal: xherrdoktor
E-mail: senpainoticesyou [at] gmail
AIM/MSN/etc: xherrdoktor

CHARACTER
Name: Jefferson
Canon: Once Upon a Time
Age: 29
Timeline: post Hat Trick
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a

Personality: Jefferson is much more than a tea-drugging, gun-toting kidnapping madman.

Like many who live in Storybrooke, he has a fairytale land counterpart. Essentially, he has three. In chronological order, there is dapper and self-serving 19-year-old Jefferson, who was in cahoots with Rumplestiltskin and involved with manipulating Regina, single parent Jefferson, and Jefferson trapped in Wonderland. These parts all influence how he is when we see him in Storybrooke.

When Jefferson was a portal jumper, he is young and cares for no one but himself. He dresses flashy and even his body language is elaborate. He has no concept of personal space, and even upon meeting Regina for the first time, he has no issue with positioning himself far too close. While he isn’t a bad guy, he knowingly works for the scariest mofo Fairytale Land has to offer. Unlike many people Rumple works with, Jefferson apparently doesn’t have a fixed price for their dealings. It boils down to ‘take however much gold you think your time was worth’, and in turn, Jefferson was able to mass some kind of fortune.

He has extremely lax morals; not only does he not have a problem with aligning himself with notorious bad folks, but he doesn’t mind being an active participant in devious things as long as he gets what he wants out of it. Thus he’s partially responsible for Regina getting toward the path of becoming the evil queen.

As a parent, we see an entirely different side to Jefferson. A lot has happened since his portal hopping days, and he’s not only learned a lot but he’s lost a lot as well. He lives in poverty and puts all his time and energy in being a good father for his daughter, Grace. It’s safe to assume she’s the only thing he’s ever cared about with the exception of himself. She makes him selfless, and he would do anything for her.

That includes going against his better judgement. Jefferson has always been weak, and if someone knows what buttons to press, he’s easy to manipulate. Of course, there’s no better person to do the manipulating than Regina. There’s a shared history implied, that we don’t get to see, but it’s safe to assume that he worked with her some until he had Grace. It’s thanks to his foolishness in trusting her just a little that gets him trapped in Wonderland. Then again, it’s easy to say it’s not trust so much as a combination of reluctance and the drive to be able to provide for his daughter and give Grace anything she’d ever want, which Regina promised.

The “Mad Hatter” aspect comes into play while he’s in Wonderland. A combination of mercury and being forced to repeatedly make a hat to get him back home- which he knew to begin with wouldn’t work- was enough to drive him mad. All he wanted was to get back home to his daughter, and that was his only driving force. Without her, he lost everything that ever mattered. It’s also Wonderland where he gets the scar around his neck, from being decapitated by the Queen during his questioning.

In Storybrooke, the Jefferson we see is different from all the others. Like everyone else, he is cursed, but his curse is to remember his real life. He has a double consciousness, so to speak, for twenty-eight years, while the rest of Storybrooke is functioning like the folks from Groundhog’s Day without any recollection of who they are.

He’s there because Regina wants him to be, and he remembers for the same reason. He’s given a huge home, filled with everything he ever wanted to provide for Grace. Every day, he’s had to watch his daughter be raised by another family, by another man. There’s a great deal of possessiveness there, and he can’t stand the thought of being replaced.

By the time Emma arrives in town, he’s bitter, lonely, and absolutely desperate, firmly believing if he can just get a hat to work, he can take his daughter to their real home and she’ll remember him. It’s desperation that leads him to kidnap Mary Margaret and Emma. (And yes, he genuinely was trying to save MM as well, in a roundabout way. He at least prevented her from getting herself hurt or killed, and as a bonus he got Emma where he wanted her.)

He’s still good at making the best decisions ever, and his desperation only fuels that. Hence why he felt like he had no choice but to drug and kidnap to get Emma to help. He’s still as sassy and sarcastic as he was when he was younger, and operates in grey areas even if he is a bit unhinged at times.

He doesn’t have it in him to actually kill anyone, but he isn’t above manipulating things in his favour to get someone else to do the dirty work for him.

Background: here

Abilities: ten times world sass champion He has the ability to travel to other worlds when he has his hat. Also talented at making hats, sewing, and other crafty things.

First Person: from entranceway

Third Person: and from a psl

ACCEPTED

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