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APPLICATIONS

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: Ashley
Age: 29
Personal Journal: ~notyourparade
E-mail: iheartwolvessss@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: iheartwolvessss (aim & hangouts) | notyourparade (plurk)

CHARACTER
Name: Crona Gorgon | Ragnarok
Canon: Soul Eater (manga)
Age: 13 | ??
*canon age is unknown for both. It is assumed Crona is the same age as Maka Albarn & Co. Ragnarok's is completely unknown without any way of guessing at it.
Timeline: Chapter 99: Full Speed Ahead!
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? n/a

Personality: (Crona Gorgon)
[Note: Crona was born male, but was largely a sexless test subject in the eyes of his own mother, who raised him. As such he doesn't 'get' the idea of gender differences in actions and speech. Crona just is... Crona. As such he will never refer to himself in 'speech' and internal thought as 'he' or 'she'. But in third person writing, I will refer to him as male. So unless a character sees him naked they will never have it confirmed as to what sex he is. Or, well, if Ragnarok blabs...

Also, Crona's psyche is unique in that as out of touch with sanity as he can be, and socially inept, he is incredibly innocent despite his violent past. Crona never learned that the thing he yearned for was 'affection' until he met Maka Albarn. And so his emotional development is stunted. Which in turn translate to his sexuality. He will never realize his sexuality until someone else acts as a catalyst to turning his mind into that direction. At that point he will find that he is pansexual, but until then he is asexual.]

Crona Gorgon is the product of his raising. Or, rather, the product of his mother's obsessive, sociopathic tendencies. To understand Crona you have to understand his mother's view of him. Crona was not a 'child' but an 'object'. Owned and important only in as long as he served her purpose. Things such as the sex Crona was born with meant nothing. There was no love, nurturing or care. Crona was merely a test subject of Medusa's birthing. As such Crona has no sense of gender identity. Nor does Crona have a sense of sexuality. At thirteen, there is a chance he could gain one, but as of now he is asexual.

Crona is socially awkward at best. Concepts of kindness, caring and love are alien to him, though he's been shown them through friendship with Maka Albarn, Soul Evans, and their compatriots. Crona does not converse with ease and is a being riddled by anxiety, descending into highly depressive moods. He does not understand many concepts and is easily confused by them, prone to engaging in conversations with himself regarding these things - vocally - not understanding how this could be perceived.

In so many ways Crona is innocent and like a child, not understanding why some things might be bad to those around him. However, like a child, Crona is learning. He has learned enough to have a budding conscience, the groundwork of such laid by his interactions with those from Shibusen. There is a vast potential for Crona's growth as a person, however Crona has extensive trauma in his life. His mother constantly put them in situations to kill his humanity, including killing a favored pet with his own hands. Sensory deprivation, starvation and isolation were also methods used in this regard. So it is a sign of how strong Crona is at his core that after thirteen years of highly abusive situations by his own mother there is still a chance of redemption.

Crona can exhibit insomnia and paranoia. Unable to understand genuine kindness and will question motives. He cannot fathom there not being any motives. Crona craves physical comfort, but shuns and shies from physical contact. Crona is blunt and tactless, but without realizing it. Crona is also incredibly loyal and protective of those that he forms a connection to, in his own way. Crona also holds a sense of curiosity, tempered by a childhood where his curiosity never turned out well.

All in all, Crona is a neurotic, paranoid, slightly insane and damaged innocent soul. A soul who, at his core, really just wants to be loved.

Crona fears his mother. She is the most terrifying presence in Crona's entire existence. He loves Maka Albarn in the strongest platonic sense, the purest emotional bond Crona holds.

Likes: Maka Albarn, reading, poetry, music, being outside, light rain storms, sunshine, being around his friends, making Maka proud

Dislikes: His mother, Ragnarok's bullying, pain, bullying period, being confused, not understanding things, upsetting his friends, failing his friends, being forced into situations he does not understand, being forced to fight by others (Ragnarok & Medusa)

(Ragnarok)

Ragnarok is a symbiotic presence within Crona Gorgon, and as such his life is shaped by this. No longer with a body of his own, no longer able to function as his own person, his personality has warped more than it already was as a Demon Sword to begin with.

Ragnarok is a crass and rude being. Concepts of friendship and caring are foreign to him. Instead he thinks in terms of ownership, allies and enemies. Ever shifting with Crona his only true constant. As such he has a strange, abusive yet possessive relationship with Crona. He can be verbally and physically abusive to Crona and anyone around him, and tends to get particularly snappish with new people around Crona if they attempt actual friendships as opposed to mere allies.

Ragnarok has trust issues which show in his actions. As he views Crona as his, he tends to fear those approaching Crona with 'friendship' and 'kindness' as threats to take Crona away. However he is highly influenced by his meister, and as such his capacity to accepting others and forming friendships is dependent on the level of insanity his meister is currently feeling. However it is unlikely that Ragnarok will ever fully develop actual bonds of his own with others.

It should also be noted that the stronger of a hold Insanity has on Crona, the more silent and submissive Ragnarok becomes until he no longer speaks and seems to have nothing more than a passive sentience. Like Crona, Ragnarok fears Medusa Gorgon.

Likes: Tormenting Crona, fighting, eating souls, eating food, insulting others, instigating fights

Dislikes: Being trapped inside Crona, feelings, uppity people, Maka Albarn, Medusa Gorgon, fluffiness, happy emotions, romantic comedies, Lord Death

Background: Crona: Soul Eater Wiki | Ragnarok: Soul Eater Wiki

Abilities: [taken from wiki with minor edits.]

Black Blood
Crona's blood has been entirely replaced with 'Black Blood' which both protects Crona from physical harm and provides a degree of healing. Ragnarok, originally a normal weapon, was melted into the black blood before the transfusion, which causes their symbiotic nature. This also allows them to do attacks using the Black Blood exclusive to them.

Weaponry Skills: Swordsmanship Mastery/The Three Sword Style
Despite Crona's personality, he has been seen as a powerful swordsman and wields a powerful Demon Sword. Crona dons three versions of Ragnarok in sword form, the two additional swords held by appendages of Black Blood. He displays an unorthodox style, and Crona often uses erratic movements as well as his own Black Blood to combat an opponent. Crona's abilities are on the level of a master, but not by any means infallible. Truthfully, he has no formal training and his skills are all his own.

Thorn Vector Whip Mastery
Inherited by his mother, Medusa Gorgon, and combined with the abilities of Ragnarok, Crona has the ability to manipulate vector-like thorns in combat much like vector arrows. These Thorn Vectors are ridiculously strong. It is also fast enough to catch even the fast and agile by surprise. However, they are not indestructible, just take a great deal of spirit ability to do so.

Exceptional Soul Wavelength
Crona's Wavelength expands due to his insanity increasing. Showing that the more he sinks into insanity the stronger he becomes.

Other Skills
Resonance Flexibility: Crona is able to resonate his soul wavelength with others of varying compatibility.

Immense Durability: Due to the black blood within Crona, his durability is much above that of a human's. It is described that hitting Crona with ones bare hands feeling like punching lead. Crona's body is able to harden so that swords and sharp implements cannot cut through him completely, and is capable of stopping blades with his bare hands.

Techniques (w/Ragnarok)
Screech Alpha: Same as the Screech Beta but launched at the enemy as a projectile with explosive results.

Screech Beta: A powerful slash in the form of a mouth.

Screech Gamma: A multi-slashing attack that releases sound waves in succession.

Screech Delta: Crona uses his three arms to fire numerous sound waves in all directions.

Black Dragon: A soul resonance where Ragnarok absorbs all human soul eggs and morph into a dragon-form. All of Crona's attacks are enhanced.

Bloody Needle: This attack can only be performed when Crona's blood has been spilled, transforming it into black needles that stab through the opponent if they get too close. Crona's bloody needles are almost whirlwind-like shaped and can change direction to follow the enemy even if they miss the first shot.

Bloody Slicer: Crona will cut his own wrist and then make a flinging motion with the arm, when this happens Ragnarok will change the blood into a blade for medium ranged attacks.

Bloody Lance: With his writs cut, he flings it in a circle and a huge black-blood thorn appears in their front launching itself like a dart towards the enemy.

Bloody Coat: Crona manifests black blood and creates a cloak-like shield with it (with the bottom collar shaped like arrows). It is able to withstand substantial damage.

Mad Blood: Crona's lower half becomes bloated like a flower's bud with three kishin eyes on it. When hit, the target becomes trapped in a huge black-blood ball that emanates madness. This attack can grow powerful enough to swallow entire cities.

Rose Thorn Storm: This attack works the same way as Medusa's Vector Storm, with the addition of a few thorns sprouting blooming Roses made of black blood.

Thorn Defense: Crona's second defensive technique. Crona crosses his arms as multiple thorn arrows appear from beneath his robe and shoot upwards in front of Crona like a fence, allowing them to block multiple frontal attacks.

Network/Actionspam Sample: [An odd form is seen, odd for the fact a thin, lanky youth is seen with a slender black form appearing over their shoulder with a white 'x' on its face and white bulging eyes with black 'x' for a pupil in each. White gloved hands rest on slender shoulders, and the lavender haired youth steadfastly avoids eye contact with the camera.]

I didn't want to do this. Ragnarok wanted to...

[The black figure is seen pushing the youth's head down and away as it surges forward toward the camera, a large seam forming into an inhuman, wide mouth.]

Ignore the pathetic Crona. He's not the interesting one. I am! I am Ragnarok, the most fantastic Demon Sword in existence. All hail the great Ragnarok!

[The video feed cuts on Ragnarok's insane little 'gupi, gupi, gupi' laughter while Crona cringes and turns more fully from the camera while reaching out to turn it off.]

Prose Log Sample: Crona watched as the image of Maka faded away, the ball of Black Blood closing in to fully encompass the Moon with Crona and Asura within it. An eternal prison made for the Kishin and the one who would have been. Tears welled up in Crona's eyes as he let Maka go, pushing away at the hope of her words that she would find a way to free Crona. It was alright, because he was already saved. Maka had already saved him over and over.

"Its my time to save you now," he said to no one as the dome closed him in with only the insane for company. He knew that over time the insanity would eat away at him as well, leaving him unable to be saved ever again. But it was alright.

"Its going to be alright. Everything will be alright, Maka." Crona then closed his eyes and let the tears fall as his head bowed. He brought his closed hands in against his chest, just standing there as he mourned the life that could have been out in the sun with his friends, if only different choices had been made. If only he hadn't succumbed to Medusa and the madness. If only he'd been a stronger person, a better friend.

"Ragnarok. You can come out now. Won't you talk to me again?" Crona asked in a small voice. Without Maka, Ragnarok was all he had, and he'd been so quiet lately. Ragnarok was hardly ever quiet. It just wasn't in his nature to be. He had thoughts and opinions all his own and never shied from showing them. Now Crona feared that he would never hear them again and truly be left alone.

Then that all too familiar black form sprouted from his back and Crona gave a sob of relief as Ragnarok pushed down on his head further, looking away from Crona and his tears. "Stupid Crona, always crying, you crybaby." Crona smiled though he sobbed a bit harder, because at least now he wouldn't be all alone with the Kishin, Asura.

At this time we have chosen to decline your application. Our reasons for this are due in part to the lack of substantial information on Ragnarok. Specifically, the information given is comprised of brief statements with little to no canon examples, and few of the points are expanded upon except to speak about his symbiotic relationship with Crona, and not so much what makes him an individual entity.

In addition, we feel as if applying a gender physically to a character who has remained androgynous throughout the series is leaning too far into headcanon, as is assuming that Crona is is asexual simply because they, as a thirteen year old child who was mostly kept separate from other children to serve Medusa's purposes, do not feel sexual inclination.

You may apply again in two weeks if you so wish, and if you have any questions, feel free to pm the mod account.

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APPLICATIONS

{ [CANON] Crona Gorgon/Ragnarok || Soul Eater || reserve || 1 of 2 }

{ [CANON] Crona Gorgon/Ragnarok || Soul Eater || reserve || 2 of 2 }

DECLINED