mayfield_ooc | Applications

• Please read over all the rules and information before applying in order to minimize any confusion before joining.

• If applying for a character that has already been dropped, it would be a good idea, though not required, to know something of their previous interactions. You are also free to pick up a dropped character with no memories of their previous time in Mayfield.

• All content for the personality and sample entry in your app must be written or roleplayed by you; for the personality section in particular, we do not accept copied text from wikis or other sources. Obviously, you may not copy your app from other players, whether in Mayfield or other games. Application plagiarism will result in a ban from the game.

• If you wish for your character to be placed in a specific house, please mention this in the relevant section of the application and specify that permission was obtained by the PCs already residing in that house. We will be operating by the Honor System for this, and there is no need for others to comment their permission in this post!

• Other special requests would also best go in the beginning of the application. Remember, grammar and spelling are important -- if your app contains errors, you will be asked to revise.

• Please post all applications or canon updates in this post; posting them elsewhere and linking to them from here may cause them to get changed later. Posting them here keeps us from having to save them.

When Applying, Fill Out the Following:

Name: Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you.
Personal Journal: If you have one; a journal on another website is fine.
Contact Info: Any other way of contacting you. IM screen names, e-mail address, etc. AIM appears to be the common link between most players, so having a handle on AIM is preferable.
Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable.
Preferred Housing: We encourage random matches, but if there is a particular house you want, you will need to contact every person in the house for permission. Please post your app AFTER doing this. If you cannot get in contact with any one person, please wait a week after contact and we'll accept it as a good faith effort. It is not necessary for those you received permission from to comment; we believe you! If you have no housing preference, simply put "N/A".

Character Name: Names, nicknames, whatever is applicable. In western order, please. If the character has no last name (adult males especially), you are free to either make one up or let us do it.
Character Series: 
Character Age: 
Background: We will accept copy/pastes or links to Wikipedia or another source, provided that the source reasonably explains the canon. This section is necessary, so if you can't find an explanatory source, you'll have to write something up yourself.
Personality: The more detailed here, the better. This lets us get a good feel for the character. Please try to back up your details with canon examples when you're getting past their basic character and more in-depth. Generally, we want to see at least four good-sized paragraphs.
Abilities: This section may end up being optional for you. If your character has any abilities or powers, such as magic, they'll be taken away upon arrival in Mayfield. These will come back over time, though.
Sample Entry: Please write as if you've already been accepted and writing an ordinary post from your character during their stay in Mayfield. Using an "introduction" post is fine, but we tend to discourage it, as the typical "who am I where am I what is this crazy place" format doesn't really give us a good grasp of how your character will behave on a daily basis. If you have trouble writing sample posts, we allow links to museboxes or other RPs to demonstrate as a sample. However, you'll want to post with the account you'll be linking to in that situation. Please make sure that your app is written in first person (!!!), as that's the format that will be used in the roleplay. Generally, we want to see at least five sentences, if not more. Prose log style samples will not be accepted. If you're confused about the distinction, we will be happy to explain. Remember, we're looking for FIRST-PERSON format; prose narration is fine, but it cannot make up the bulk of the entry.

When Applying for an Original Character, Fill Out the Following

Name: Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you.
Personal Journal:
Contact Info: Any other way of contacting you. IM screen names, e-mail address, etc. AIM appears to be the common link between most players, so having a handle on AIM is preferable.
Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable.
Preferred Housing: We encourage random matches, but if there is a particular house you want, you will need to contact every person in the house for permission. Please post your app AFTER doing this. If you cannot get in contact with any one person, please wait a week after contact and we'll accept it as a good faith effort. It is not necessary for those you received permission from to comment; we believe you! If you have no housing preference, simply put "N/A".

Character Name: Names, nicknames, whatever is applicable. In western order, please. If the character has no last name (adult males especially), you are free to either make one up or let us do it. 
Character Age: 
Background: For OCs, we require a detailed background to be fully written out. Please make sure to describe both the character's specific, personal background, and the world the character is from. If it is exactly like the real world, you'll still need to describe the location and the specifics of the society the character lives in (also please note here that we no longer accept 'Canon OCs,' so if this world is not one invented by you, the character is not appable).

This section will need to be somewhat long; there's no specific length we want, but we want to have a very clear feel of the character's backstory, so that we can compare it to the personality section.
Personality: This section is probably the most important. We're looking for at least six or seven paragraphs, but what's more important is that this be comprehensive and detailed. We want to see what makes your character tick, and we want to see that you understand what makes them tick and have fleshed them out as a character. Some things we will need to see include their important relationships and the major events in their lives and how these have shaped them, how they tend to interact with others and the world around them, their strengths and weaknesses, and what motivates them, among others.

If we do not have a strong sense of personality or it doesn't seem to match up with the background or sample, we will not accept the character even if your writing is strong.
Abilities: This section may end up being optional for you. If your character has any abilities or powers, such as magic, they'll be taken away upon arrival in Mayfield. These will come back over time, though.
Sample Entry 1: We're looking for a first person sample here; prose or action log format is not acceptable. If you write a sample, please write as though your character has already been accepted and is in Mayfield. You may write an introduction or first post, but we tend to discourage this, as the typical "who am I where am I what is this crazy place" format doesn't really give us a good grasp of how your character will behave on a daily basis. You may also use a link to a post in a dressing room, another game, or a musebox. We're looking specifically for a clear sense of character voice; spelling and grammar are important, but showing strong voice and characterization is more important than anything else. Remember, we're looking for FIRST-PERSON format; prose narration is fine, but it cannot make up the bulk of the entry.
Sample Entry 2: In this sample, we'd like to see a different side of your character than we saw in your first sample. This sample also needs to be in first person, but you may do a sample heavily based on introspection and action as long as it shows us a different side of your character and your first sample was strongly focused on speaking voice. For this sample, we will ask you to write something out as though your character is already in Mayfield. Please do not link to a sample elsewhere or use their first post/waking up in Mayfield here. That can go in the first sample instead.

• Before applying, please look over any applications that were recently accepted to get an idea of what we're looking for.

• If you apply for a character that has already been reserved, we will inform you and ignore the application until the reserve runs out. You may not apply for more than two characters from the same canon. For the sample entry, you may write your own entry, or use a post from a musebox, dressing room, or other game. We recommend testrun_box if you prefer the latter!

• After you're accepted, please follow all of the instructions given. You will need to reply to the acceptance, post your journal to the friend add page and your canon post, join the communities, and use the friend add page to update your journal. Once you're accepted, please introduce yourself on the community when you're ready to play.

• If your app is "Pending", do not freak out! This means that we need you to make some revisions, and does not mean you're rejected. We generally give players a chance to revise before rejecting them, but we will reject apps that do not address the concerns stated when we asked for a revision. If you have been rejected, our reply will clearly state this to be the case. If we have not gotten back to you yet, under no circumstance does this mean you are rejected. If it has been over a week since our last reply, it would be a good idea to contact us with a reminder, otherwise, please be patient!

• If you have received a "Pending" notice, you will have one week to supply us with your revisions, or your reserve will be considered expired and that someone else is free to apply for the character.

• The typical wait for a reply on apps may be anywhere from a day to a little over a week. If any part of your application requires a pending, it may be another week after your reply to that before we can get to you. We process a high volume of apps every round, so please be patient.

• If you have not heard back on a pending for over a week after apps close, please send a PM directly to the mod account.

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Name: Corinne
Personal Journal:

schway
Contact Info:AIM: corinneization; I’m also

spoilers on plurk!
Other Characters Played: None!
Preferred Housing: 341 Brady Lane! Permission received.

Character Name: Ky Kiske
Character Series: Guilty Gear: Overture
Character Age: in his late 20s!
Background: Here!

Personality: Ky is very religious. For a very long time, he saw things entirely in black and white, as either good or evil with no room for anything in between. Nevertheless, he was at least open-minded enough to reconsider this worldview based on the dying words of the enemy of humanity who tried to wipe out all mankind, so there’s that. He’s matured throughout his character development, moving from the commander of the army trying to eliminate all the Gears to deciding to create a safe haven for peaceful Gears in his kingdom by the end of Overture.

He’s relentless in his pursuit of justice, not hesitating to pursue his ideals even if they lead him into conflicts with his superiors. He spends the earlier games trying to investigate what justice actually means, proving him to be inquisitive on top of his single-mindedness. His loyalties lie with his own ideals, not the laws themselves, especially after his character development, which is why he starts working with criminals and pursuing the corruption in the law. This seems to apply to his religious beliefs too, having slept with Dizzy and had a child with her without officially marrying her.

He’s incredibly stubborn and refuses to give up. He continually ~~stalks~~ confronts Sol for fights, no matter how many times he loses (spoilers: every time), and demands that Sol fight him seriously instead of holding back. This stubbornness can lead to workaholic tendencies, which is implied to be part of the reason he neglected his son; Ky was so busy working to help other people’s families that he never spent time with his own. In general, Ky is very protective, sometimes to the point of putting himself in danger to make sure everyone is safe. This can easily bite him in the ass, with the most obvious example being in an alternate timeline where Ky was killed by a Gear after going into a battlefield to make sure I-no was okay even after being suspicious of her motives.

He has a sense of honor that could politely be called “chivalrous,” holding back against female opponents. Whenever he tries to make jokes, they’re generally pretty stilted, or he has to explain that he was joking afterwards. He’s overly formal and serious, and his narration tends to have somewhat flowery, dramatic metaphors. He’s also fairly idealistic, even after being exposed to more of the corruption of the world. Whether it’s saving Dizzy because he doesn’t believe she’s a threat to humanity or going out of his way to individually stun Dr. Paradigm’s brainwashed friends as they’re storming his castle because the other option is to kill them, he consistently picks the more hopeful, if naïve, solution.

Also even after all this the majority of the cast hates him because he’s the authority figure and he’s a pain in the ass who’s trying to harsh their illegal grooves.

Abilities: Ky is a very powerful lightning magic user, which is a rare and difficult form of magic in his universe. He mostly uses his magic in conjunction with his sword skills; he has lightning projectiles, can engulf himself in electricity, and can call down lightning bolts to strike opponents. Overture also shows him capable of dash spells (basically, he moves really fast…) and at one point opening up a portal to teleport another character, which is also considered high-level magic. He also has access to Soul Sinker magic in Overture, which is the gameplay explanation for the summons that the characters control; while Sol's tribe are servants created from his soul, Ky's (and Sin's, because they have the same tribe) are explicitly the human knights of Illyria. They act exactly as Sol's do, but it's not clear if he's actually using magic or just bossing his troops around.

Sample Entry:
[A: Outside the house]
[Anyone approaching the neighborhood can see a collection of blue and red sparks being exchanged down the road, along with a general feeling of electricity in the air, in a practice session that got a little too personal. Should they get too close, a harried-looking Ky will block the way with all the practice of a former police officer, cutting off the source of the blue lights.]

Excuse me, but it’s not safe to come down this way right now.

[B: Phone]
[Ky’s voice over the phone is that special tone of someone sounding incredibly diplomatic with an underlying edge of weariness.]

To anyone who may have experienced any… disturbances around Brady Lane, I’d like to extend my apologies for inconveniencing your day. I’ll do my best to ensure it won’t happen again.

Welcome to 341 Brady Lane, Ky Kiske! Please reply here with your character journal. Once you've done that, complete the following:

• Join

mayfield_rpg,

mayfield_ooc,

mayfield_logs, and optionally

junefield
• Add your info to your canon post
• Add your info to your household! Use the street list to find your house.
• Make sure to tag your first post with the !intro tag, as well as your character's personal tag: c: ky kiske

Go ahead and introduce yourself in the main comm and tell people where your character will be living!

This is the journal, thanks!

Applications

Ky Kiske | Guilty Gear: Overture

Re: Ky Kiske | Guilty Gear: Overture

Re: Ky Kiske | Guilty Gear: Overture

ACCEPTED

Re: ACCEPTED