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rubycitymods) wrote2012-01-13 01:45 pm
rubycitymods) wrote2012-01-13 01:45 pm
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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
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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.
[Canon] Caren Ortensia || Fate/hollow ataraxia || Reserved
Name: Kattu
Personal Journal:
E-mail: rin@love.com
AIM/MSN/etc: rin {aim}
CHARACTER
Name: Caren Ortensia
Canon: Fate/hollow ataraxia
Timeline: Post-game
If playing another character from the same canon, how will you deal with this?: N/A
Personality: An enigma of a character, Caren's past and intentions throughout the Holy Grail War are generally unknown. Most of the game is spent playing her up as this mysterious figure that just happens to lead to the death of the protagonist every time he runs into her, clearly making her out to be the greatest threat of the Holy Grail War. Therefore, when one sees her, they happen to think of her as this foreboding force of evil. In actuality, Caren is unaffected by the time loop of this false Holy Grail War, and therefore doesn't follow the rules of it. That does make her an absurdity, but one with her limits.
Forgiving and religious, Caren comes off as a typical priestess. As an orphan (her mother committed suicide shortly after she was born and her father cared not for his offspring), she lived with her grandparents for most of her life before returning to Fuyuki City. This means most of her social interaction as a child was that with people twice her age, leaving her to be well-spoken and mature in her youth. Due to such, she might have difficulty forming bonds with those close to her in age, as she's quick to push away most people who want to help her.
In fact, her main character trait is to spend all of her time helping others. With no value placed on her own life, she's quick to assist people no matter the cost. One of the side stories involves the Burial Agency using her to detect demonic presences in the area due to the unique trait of her body. That is to say if there's a person nearby who's been possessed by a demon, Caren's own body will feel that exact pain. This kind of agony she submits herself willingly to, aiding those of the Church without consideration for her own life (although they value her a bit more due to how great of an indicator she is). Although she does take care of her wounds, perhaps an indication that she doesn't want to give up just yet. There's still a great deal of self-loathing deep within - for example, when she harms someone else, she apologizes to God instead of the person, in the hope that He will bestow comfort upon them as her own words are of no worth. With this trait comes the desire to help every single soul she comes across, even if they lash out to hurt her instead. There's never any anger or remorse felt for those who do harm her choosing instead to blame them on demons who force them to commit such sins.
There's a more sinister side to her that she's oblivious to and that's her teasing. If she can figure out a person's deepest secret, she will continue to tease them on it without finding humor or joy in doing so. In fact, she might be considered unaware to just how painful her words are and when it's brought up to her? She will focus instead on digging it deeper until the other party gives up. Calm despite any outrageous retorts, she'll often mention other's emotional vulnerabilities in front of their friends for full effect. Most often at times this teasing is sexual in nature (and generally inappropriate for a priestess).
As the fill in for Kirei Kotomine, she fulfills the role of not only the Fifth Holy Grail War's mediator (a person who everyone can come for details or advice), but the "Master" of both Gilgamesh and Lancer. The bond she shares with both of them is unlike the usual for any Master and Servant. In fact, it's a bit more strained, as she enjoys poking fun at them. Some may even say she drops as low as to torture them, but both men are much too prideful to admit to such. Save for maybe Ko-Gil, but that's because he plays up her cruelties while giving puppy dog eyes as a kiddo. Her relationships really define the kind of person she truly is, especially when it comes to Avenger, but more importantly when it comes to her other Servants. For example, she lacks any true Command Seals and instead they listen to her out of fear. In short, what she appears to be and what she really is are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
First Person:
A pleasant day to all who choose to listen in on this message. [ A soft-spoken girl with pale hair and golden eyes addresses her audience with a solemn gaze. ] I'm not sure how one goes about introducing themselves, but I thought I would mind my manners by doing so.
[ There's a noticeable enough pause to garner the attention of those who might have not clued in until now as she is one with a polite demeanor. Dressed as an individual associated with the church, she's careful with the positioning of her arms as she continues. ]
My name is Caren Ortensia and I am an associate of the Church in Fuyuki City. [ It spills out as a formal title, but with enough hiccup behind it to show that it's possibly a new position. ] If you are familiar with either of those terms, I would prefer to speak with you personally face-to-face. I believe the cathedral to be an appropriate place for a reunion.
[ And in a more dangerous tone: ] Please don't keep me waiting.
Third Person:
Home. A concept that many often spoke of missing, but for Caren Ortensia, home held no special meaning. She had been raised by people who cared for her, but they weren't "mother" or "father", no they were grandparents who kept her at a healthy distance due to her appearance. Who would want a child around that brought painful memories? Caren certainly wouldn't, so she understood why they treated her as they did. Not once would she say she had been mistreated; they took care of her and themselves the best they could and that meant the world to her.
However, it never really cemented itself as a home. No one could live in a house with no strong foundation and every child needs something more than a roof over their head and food on their plate. They need something like love, a concept unfamiliar to her, and something further denied to her when the Church got involved in her life. Fuyuki City could have been home, with Lancer there willing to fetch the paper every morning and Gilgamesh who would tend to the garden. The three of them made an unorthodox family, but not a functional one.
That would be why she justified not missing "home". Because she never had a true home with a true family, so why would she long to return to that country? To that world? One where she had been used (although not against her will, for she would do anything if asked) and had no one around to thank her for it? Only one person had shown her any gratitude and that had been someone who had to leave her in the end. An empty cathedral. An empty church. Both were options presented to the young woman, but neither could bring any solace to her.
Maybe she could be foolish enough to make this place her home. In doing so, wouldn't she be able to help others learn to adjust here? That would be her goal as an associate of the Church; teaching others to cope and endure when even she couldn't understand why they would want to. She'd help others find a home here and maybe in doing so, she could find something to enjoy herself.
ACCEPTED
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