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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

Personality:

When you first meet Nill in the manga, she's running away from two thugs after seemingly escaping a pimp trying to put her into a life of prostitution, something Nill doesn't want and despite the helpless situation, she tries to escape. She's not very strong physically, and without a voice she's very helpless, but she'll try her best nonetheless. Nill comes from a ruthless world, seen death and violence more than a 14 year old should, being one of the orphans experimented on in the underworld. (Girls like her can be worth a lot with certain animal body modifications, in her case she seems to have dove wings -- though in order to make this possible they'll steal one of your senses. For Nill, they took her voice, so she couldn't protest.) She's still a child. She fears, she gets overwhelmed with emotion, she cries - though, in a world like hers she's been forced to grow up way to early.

Nill knows the dark secrets of the underworld, and she's lived a life without all the sunshines and rainbows. She's never seen the sky before, and she knows how harsh the world can be. There's murder and crimes all over the place, and this is something Nill has most likely been forced to accept as things that happen and there is nothing much she can do to prevent it. She's a child forced into the adult life way too early, no signs of a proper childhood.

But for her age, Nill is a very understanding human being. She's kind by nature, sweet and caring and despite seemingly shy and a little awkward at first, she'll easily open up to anyone who returns her kindness. She creates a strong bond with Haine and Naoto -- even after seeing the brutality of their actions (even though it's thugs they kill, they kill them), she believes they do the right thing, believes they do what's necessary. Even when Naoto goes batshit and frightens Nill in the latest chapters, she shows concern when Naoto returns to herself later on. Even though Haine and Naoto have parts of themselves they can't control, Nill stays with them and trusts them with her life.

She proves to be a good listener and though she's unable to give advice, she will do her best to help her friends stop their suffering. Nill is quick to pick up the smallest quirks and habits, and she's easily able to figure out if something's wrong, proving to have a very strong insight and understanding of people and their emotions. She cares about her friends' well-beings, and takes this very seriously. Also, when Haine shies away from her in the beginning due to his minor gynophobia, Nill backs away, understanding. After this she takes her time, only touching and being close to Haine with his permission.

Nill doesn't have any special skill or power, nor is she strong, which makes her situation hopeless when she's in danger. She can't defend herself much, especially being mute, but if the situation calls for it she isn't one to back down. If her standing in the way is enough to help, she'll willingly do it. She isn't what you can call naïve, and though she can be tricked she will often be suspicious. Usually reading on people and their actions she's quick to judge, quick to form an opinion whether the person is "good" or "bad". But, if a person she trusts says they can be trusted, she'll blindly believe in them. However, she's quick to realize when she's wronged. For example, when the priest reveals himself to be one of the stray dog experiments as well, Nill is quick to keep her distance, realizing that he's different.

She is eager to learn, however. Nill is not one for sitting still, always trying her best even at the smallest chores like swiping the dust off the floors of the church. She's not as competent as she should have been, trying and failing at sewing a jacket full of bullet holes shut, but she does try her best to help where she can. If she's not good at it then, she'll practice to become better. Anything for the people she loves.

Welcome to Ruby City! Go ahead and join

rubycity_ooc,

rubycity_rp and

rubycity_logs with your character journal!

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

rubycity_ooc

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