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 ✧

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[CANON] Tony Stark ll Marvel ll Not reserved ll 1/?

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PLAYER
Name: syd
Personal Journal: waffled
E-mail: clintsensei@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: AIM: dried fishies PLURK: vongolas

CHARACTER
Name: Tony Stark
Canon: Iron Man 1/2, Avengers [marvel/movie universe]
Timeline: post-avengers
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a

[CANON] Tony Stark ll Marvel ll Not reserved ll 2/?

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Personality: Tony Stark isn't just fame, alchohol and pretty faces. Behind the glitz, the glamour and his show boating he is, in fact, a genius when it comes to tech and making weapons. Weapons may not be his forte anymore, as he seen the err of his ways and that his weaponry wasn't helping anyone (in fact it was doing quite the opposite) so he decided to leave that behind him and to do something better, to help people. That in itself is a foreign subject for the man, as he is an extremely introverted individual. He turns to energy, not only to help his fellow man but to better the planet. Two birds, one stone, right?

This change of heart (there is a pun there) came to him via a violent kidnapping during a weapons demonstration he was doing in Iraq for the American army. A violent kidnapping that left several shards of shrapnel working it's way to his heart. The terrorists couldn't allow this, so they employed- and by employed they forced another kidnapee? Dr. Yinsen to build an electromagnet to keep the shrapnel away from his heart. Then both he and Tony build a device, an arc reactor, to power said electromagnet, and they both build a suit of armor so they can escape, knowing the only thing left for them there is death, whether they build a weapon for the terrorists or not.

After his escape, Tony decided to turn his company around. No longer producing weapons but energy. A lofty goal that not everyone was in favor of. He made plenty of enemies with this change, some close to him, but with the aid of his Iron Man suit he desposes of these threats. He claims he and the suit are one, and it really does become a part of him. He makes several models and modifications. And ever the egoist, he announces to the media that yes he is, in fact, Iron Man.

This just opens another can of worms for the man, and a new threat is brought to his attention: himself. While his new energy sources are brilliant and inventive, he has many self destructive habits. He is an alcoholic, and he is rarely seen without a glass of something or other on him. He gets this from his father: Howard Stark, another genius of his own generation. The man who aided the great Captain America and provided weapons for the war. He was a womanizer in his own right and often ignored his wife and son for his creations, and he too was an alcoholic.

Like father like son.

The reactor in his chest is also killing him, giving him a sickness that is quickly draining his life away. He needed to find a new power source, and fast. His eyes were opened by SHIELD director and agent Nick Fury, who gave him some of his father's old things, along with quick remedies to keep him alive while he works on saving his own life. This is where we see how much of a genius Tony really is. Howard left subtle clues, and after studying his father's work and figuring the little mystery out, he manages to create a new element. A new element with incredible power and the ability to save his little conundrum.

That may have fixed one problem of his, but that doesn't take away the fact that he still is a self centered narcissist, often arrogant and cocky. These reasons kept him from being eligible for the Avengers initiative, to start. But when things got desperate? He was called in regardless. It shows that Tony really doesn't work well with others, often butting heads with Steve Rogers, the very Captain America that his father idolized and spent most of his life trying to find after the Captain's crash. Tony does get along with like minded folk, though, as seen with his fast friendship and understanding with Bruce Banner. Both scientists in their own right, they get along rather well.

But something Steve said really stuck it to Tony: that he would never do the sacrifice play, that he wasn't a real hero, that all that matters? Is himself. He only proves this wrong during the Chituari attack, where the battlefield was being threatened by a nuke. He sacrifices himself by grabbing it and manually directing it through the portal, thus hitting the mothership and taking down the scragglers on Earth. Tony very nearly dies during this, almost getting stuck in space as the portal between closes on him. But he gets by at the last minute, saved from plummeting to his death by the Hulk.

It shows that he is capable and that being teamed with the Avengers he learned to grow a little by the time they had, that is wasn't just about him. He is still self centered, arrogant and he uses sarcasm and humor to deflect from serious situations. But he is still the hero he claims to be, and will continue to be so.

[CANON] Tony Stark ll Marvel ll Not reserved ll 3/3

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First Person: [The screen flickers to life, the focus is a little fuzzy as he adjusts it to a more suitable length. The man on screen is an older sort of gentleman, fitted with an arrogant smirk and expensive sunglasses. He clears his throat before gesturing, with his free hand, at the train station behind him.]

This? This is cute. No, really... I am genuinely tickled right now.

[And he chuckles before he eases himself on a bench, looking around with a hint of amusement.]

Honestly, this is the most clever kidnapping attempt I have ever been privvy to. And by train? Now that's just classy. It has that sort of... [Free hand gesturing as he tries to pontificate properly.] old-timey feel, you know? Now I'm going to be painfully disappointed if my kidnapper doesn't have a curled moustache and a distinctive cackle. I'm serious here, the accused? Get on that.

[He's shifting a little again, eyes behind the shades, back on the lens.]

Clever too. Seperating me from the suit? Smart. I make it a point to reward intelligence. Except you've made one very, very grave mistake.

[Zooming in so it focuses more on his face, and there is a rare moment of seriousness.]

You forgot who you're messing with. [Pointing to himself, and the smirk is back.]

I'm Tony Stark. You left me sober and with my hands free, chances are that in... oh, maybe a day? I'll have a suit.

And you, well. You'll just find out, won't you.

[And then the feed cuts out.]

Third Person: He could have went on, of course, about the mistake of handing him a piece of tech, but he decided the not-so-subtle threat would be more than enough for now. Tony turns the device in his hand, having pushed his sunglasses back: it had his full attention right now. It wasn't as sophisticated as say... his own Stark tech, of course, but it was intriguing him nonetheless. It was both like and unlike something he's seen before, and he was going to have a little fun taking it apart, maybe giving it some upgrades. Depending if he can get his hands on any materials... but hey, that shouldn't be a problem for Tony Stark, he knows how to work with very little and the most primitive and basic of materials.

Finally pocketing the device as he stands, calm hands smoothing down the far too expensive suit. If he was worried in the least, he wasn't showing it. Why should he worry? As previously stated: he is Tony Stark. Why should he worry? He has his cellphone in his pocket, and the memory chip inside had backups of all his AI in it, as a just in case scenario, all he needed was to make a backup of his backup before he started tinkering with anything. The only real loss was his Iron Man suit, that, he can admit to himself, left him feeling a little naked. But he can rebuild, make something to have on hand before he really starts making a name for himself here. The location was nothing he knew, and he travelled to many exotic and little known locations, although to be fair... he was intoxicated for most of those trips.

Speaking of intoxication: he needed to find the local liqour shop, stat. That would be something familiar, at least, a nice healthy buzz to move him along the streets. Maybe he would meet the locals, do some mingling and all that fun stuff before getting down to business. He gives a side glance to the train that brought him here and he frowns. Or... maybe not. He had this... gut feeling that something was slightly off in this situation and maybe he should get to work sooner than later. He didn't like this feeling, he didn't like feeling rushed.

Grunting under his breath as he loosened the tie and started to the east. It didn't matter where he started, he needed to scope out a location to get into gear, he still had a mind to pick up a few bottles of scotch, whiskey and what have you, for brain fuel- but the gut feeling was being surprisingly responsible. Tony didn't like that either.

"Not the vacation I was hoping for." Mused before he turns a corner, faced with buldings, brick and unfamiliarity.

He would have went for the Kansas line, but he has things to do.

[ACCEPTED]

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