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

[CANON] Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) || Once Upon a Time || Reserve || 2 of 3

[fairdeal]

Personality: First and foremost, there are two sides to this man: his Storybrooke counterpart, Mr. Gold, a quiet yet dangerous and feared man who, during the first season, is commented to 'own the town', and Rumpelstiltskin. As the latter, he instilled much fear in all the people in Fairytale Land thanks to his extremely powerful magic and his twisted deals, with which he somehow always tricked people into giving him what he wanted. When the curse began, he came to live in Storybrooke as Mr. Gold, but made a deal with the Evil Queen/Regina so that he would remember who he was.

In spite of his appearance, Gold is a deceptively strong man, with the advantage of extremely powerful magic on his side. The fact that he's lived most of his extraordinarily long life with this magic has made him quite ruthless. He is, by nature, not a very patient man, and when reaching the limits, he won't hesitate to break out his powers. The same will happen when he is overwhelmed with feelings of sadness, loss or hatred. This makes him a very unpredictable and unstable person, as every little change in his mood can cause him to burst out. Although he became The Dark One so that he could protect his son and oppose bullies, he could be seen as quite a bully himself now, threatening people and scaring and mistreating them into getting what he wants.

Considering how long he's lived, it's a wonder that he still has anything remotely human in him. He is horribly cruel and petty, and he generally won't care for right or wrong, or the pain or joy of others. Almost nothing of what he does comes without second intentions, and it translates to most people mistrusting and disliking him. He is also quite smart with words - he phrases things in a way that lures people into a lie without outright lying to them, therefore always sticking to his word. This shows particularly on the deals he makes, which are riddled with fine print that the other party never reads or even pays attention to, usually resulting in Rumpelstiltskin getting something from them that wasn't agreed on verbally. He is a cunning trickster, and it's only natural that most everyone that knows him is suspicious if he tries any kind of approach.

Inside, he is quite conflicted - on one hand, he wants nothing but power to keep himself above all others, but on the other side, there is still a flicker of hope in him that he'll recover the things he's lost and that those things will drive the darkness away. His true intentions are still very unclear, as many times he seems to be trying to help others but in the end he just uses them for his own personal gain. Case in point, when Emma can't climb up an elevator shaft, he offers to hold onto a precious magical artifact that can break Henry's sleeping curse - a golden egg that contains love potion -, but as soon as he gets his hands on it, he flees and leaves her there.

Rumpelstiltskin was, at first, nothing more but a weak man to whom a lot of bad things happened, and who made a lot of bad choices in a feeble attempt to help and save those he loved. He became The Dark One in a desperate attempt to stop his son from being taken away into the war, but in the end it backfired. Magic slowly consumed him, until there was barely anything left other than a cruel, bitter creature. To him, magic meant a new form of power and status in his life, even though it causes him to lose all the people he loved - his wife Milah to a sea-dwelling man, and his son Baelfire when they are both about to step through a portal to a land without magic, but Rumpelstiltskin, scared of living without his magic, backs out at the last moment.

He is not, however, entirely devoid of love. He has, in fact, helped the Queen create the Dark Curse in hopes that it might have taken him to the same land where his son was. But 28 years in Storybrooke, and he is yet to find his son, although he has revealed that he is still looking for him. He has also met Belle, a beautiful princess that struck a deal with him - she promised him her servitude if, in exchange, he kept her village safe from the Ogre Wars. Over the course of a few months, they get to know each other and end up falling in love. But when Belle attempts to use true love's kiss to break his curse, Rumpelstiltskin is angered, accusing her of trying to destroy him, of attempting to play the hero by defeating the beast all by herself. Deep down, he doesn't believe anybody could love someone like him, and although Belle's feelings are true, he refuses to accept them, in fear of being hurt or of giving up everything only to be tricked in the end.

When later on he is told by the Queen that Belle is dead, he has a fit of rage and smashes practically everything in the living area - with the exception of one chipped cup. In spite of being a ruthless, cold and calculating man, he has moments of anger and frustration, pure sadness and honest happiness that show just how irrevocably human he still is.

[CANON] Mr. Gold (Rumpelstiltskin) || Once Upon a Time || Reserve || 3 of 3

[fairdeal]

First Person:

[As the video starts, a smart-looking man in a suit sits in front of the camera, smiling - some might notice, a little menacingly -, hands resting on the cane in front of him.]

I will spare you all the common routine of asking where I am. As some of you may wonder, my name is Mr. Gold, and I do realise I am in, ah... [He waves the pamphlet for a moment before throwing it over the table dismissively.] Ruby City. Whoever thought that pamphlet was of help, they were wrong; however, I now at least know the names of those seemingly responsible. [He grips the cane tighter, and leans over closer.] My question is: how can I contact them? Surely there is a way.

I would also like to know if any of you has heard of or seen anyone from Storybrooke, or Fairytale Land. Amongst others, I look for a woman named Belle, and another named Emma. [His smile widens once again, and he knits his eyebrows and the root of his nose together as he says] Please.

Third Person:

Just gotten out of the train, Gold was looking about. The fact that he didn't know where he was made his mind jump to the conclusion that this was a curse, but he would have felt the kind of magic if such were true. That was not the case - there was magic here, but it was unlike anything he's ever felt. There was always a possibility that he was kidnapped. Since, during the 28 year old curse, he never really forgot who he was in the first place, who knows what would happen if he were to be taken away from Storybrooke? Perhaps he would not have his memory erased. However, he wondered with amusement who would dare try and take him.

The city was quaint, and yet not that different from Storybrooke. He could say he was not unused to such a place. He looked over to the limits of the city - he could see the forest and the mountains from where he stood - and he wondered if the same sort of barrier existed as in Storybrooke. There was certainly a barrier, he could tell that much.

As he made his way out of the train station, he caught his reflection in a window. The clean-cut man stared back at him, dressed in a black suit and cane in hand. Obviously, wherever he was, he was not back to his former appearance as The Dark One. The corner of his mouth quirked upwards slightly before he resumed his path. At least this much was good; people were initially not as threatened when he looked... in lack of a better word, normal. It would make it easier for him to find answers.

He knew what to do now: he had to find if anyone else from Storybrooke was here. They all had this lovely habit of gathering close and play the heroics, try and find a way back home - Gold muses that 'home' isn't actually home, for even there they were attempting to return to Fairytale Land - so if they were here, he would be wise to stay close to them.

He yanked one of the pamphlets out of the wall as he walked down the street, giving it a once-over. He snickered. "Ruby City?" Original. He shoved the mangled piece of paper in his pocket. As calm as he looked, he felt like breaking out some magic was in order at the moment. A basic spell to try and learn where he, or anyone else, was - or perhaps something more aggressive, should there be the need.

ACCEPTED

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