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

Dean Winchester | Supernatural | Reserved

[sixbuckdropout]

PLAYER
Name: Abby
Personal Journal: xherrdoktor
E-mail: senpainoticesyou@gmail.com
AIM/MSN/etc: xherrdoktor; aim

CHARACTER
Name: Dean Winchester
Canon: Supernatural
Timeline: Season 4, Episode 1
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: n/a

[sixbuckdropout]

Personality: Like any person in the history of existence, Dean has his share of positive and negative traits. In Dean’s case, he’s not exactly consistent. He could be displaying one trait and depending upon the situation, it could fall into the categories of either positive or negative. Overall, he’s a genuinely good guy.

He’s been involved with hunting since childhood and this has moulded him into the man he is today; the entirety of his life since his mother’s death has been being dragged across the country. This is a lifestyle he’s come to accept, because there isn’t another option for him. He knows he has no future in a “normal” life; he dropped out of high school, and front the constant moving, he never learnt how to form meaningful relationships with anyone outside of his father and brother. What was the point? He’d just be moving again in a day, or a week, or a month. His future lies with the one thing he’s good at—hunting. Someone has to do it. If he doesn’t, who will? If he has a normal lifestyle and doesn’t hunt, more people are going to needlessly die. It’s the job no one wants and nothing good actually comes out of it.

From his years growing up on the move with his father, he’s learnt a variety of skills. He’s apparently talented at poker and has no qualms with credit card fraud; it’s the only way he can truly make an income. The investigative aspects of his job has also given him the ability to lie and act very well; put him in a suit and he could be a very convincing FBI agent, despite his young age. He’s able to get people to trust him in these situations, and not only because he’s posing as an authority figure, but because despite his lack of education, he is knowledgeable in subjects that pertain to his interests. (See: monsters, demons, supernatural things, his car—which he was able to completely restore despite being totalled.)

On the night his mother died, his father told him to look after Sammy. Since then, that’s become the mantra for his life. Obviously hunting takes a great deal of his time and energy, but there is absolutely nothing he wouldn’t do for Sam. He would give his life for him, and has done so. It could even be said that Dean is emotionally co-dependent to his brother. There are moments where it seems like Dean can’t be happy unless Sam’s with him. It doesn’t matter that they don’t always see eye to eye, he’s the older brother. Anything that happens in Sam’s life is completely his responsibility. If something bad happened? Guess whose fault it is for not looking after him well enough?

The biggest fault Dean has, apart from his obsession with food and drinking, is that he’s reckless. He has a hero complex and he tends to rush right into the line of fire without putting much planning into consideration. This typically occurs when he’s already worked up about something. Even still, the usually needs someone sensible to counterbalance his recklessness in given situations.

Another thing to note about Dean is his lack of technological prowess. It shouldn’t be surprising considering he lives on the road. Sam is typically the one to do online research. When it’s left to Dean, Mister-I-Don’t-Know-What-Myspace-Is, you can expect him to be unable to turn up any results in search databases, because he typed in something about ghost killers in a newspaper archive or something.

Dean Winchester | Supernatural | Reserved

[sixbuckdropout]

First Person:
_{[It takes Dean a lot longer than necessary to figure out how to use his watch, but after an indiscernible about of time, he’s finally figured out that hey, there’s a writing function on this thing. Who’ve known?]}

Ok I’ll make this quick because I really don’t have a lot of time
but does anyone have a clue where this
I’m not blind I see the sign says ruby city and all but I need a bit more detail than that
is this wyoming or something?
it looks like the middle of nowhere
no seriously can anyone even read this at all
I’m not supposed to be in any environment with a temperature lower than like 100
but since I am, might as well get used to it
does anyone know Sam Winchester
or know where I can get a lot of salt?

_{[Not even going to lie, he feels like a dumbass for just sending those messages off when he hasn’t a clue if anyone can even read them, but… he needs answers.]}


Third Person: Dean wasn’t sure how to explain it. One moment he was burning hot, not just temperature wise, but with rage as well. It was a horrible dark feeling that he couldn’t articulate. Only those who had experienced the depths of hell could understand it, anyway. It had only been about four months, but it felt like decades that he’d been there. It wasn’t going to stop, either. It never would. That was the thing about hell. It wasn’t something he could ever adjust to. At least, this is what he hoped. If he started to become accustomed to it, that would mean he was losing his humanity. It was inevitable that it would happen, if he were there long enough.

That’s what confused him the most. He should’ve been there forever. Then somehow, Dean found himself not there. His mind was hazy, his body aching everywhere as if he’d been immobile for months. That’s when it hit him that this was actually his physical body. It was supposed to be burnt or buried somewhere. It should’ve been decomposed and absolutely nasty. Soreness aside, there was nothing out of the ordinary.

It was almost as if he hadn’t been sent to hell.

Dean knew he wasn’t as clever as someone like brother, but he was knowledgeable enough to know that this sort of thing didn’t happen. No one just gets yanked out of hell as if it’s nothing. Something big must’ve happened, but he couldn’t think of anything powerful enough to even do this. He’d admit only to himself just how frightening this was. He’d much prefer the known enemy than the unknown. He didn’t know whether it was friend or foe that had assisted him, but it was enough to make him wary.

He wasn’t even aware that he’d been on a train until he found himself getting off it. Each step hurt, but he endured because for whatever reason, he felt compelled. Now that he was moving, it was easier for him to become more alert and just soak up the environment. It was cold, much colder than he was used to anymore. He definitely wasn’t equipped for this temperature, either. “Son of a bitch,” he mumbled, rubbing his arms absentmindedly as he walked around the train platform.

God, he was hungry. This place seemed like a ghost town, but he hoped there was at least a burger joint in the area. His mouth salivated at the thought. A burger and pie. Or fries. Hell, he’d go for anything at this point. It was a matter of orienting himself and finding a restaurant.

Within minutes of getting off the train, he knew one thing for certain: he had no fucking idea where or what Ruby City was.

ACCEPTED

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