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• 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.

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Name: Rikimaru
Personal Journal: N/A
Contact Info: Sonichero91 (AIM)
Other Characters Played: Chen (

spinningorange), Django (

sunnydwithagun), Reimu Hakurei (

paradisemiko), Twilight Sparkle (

magicalrealist)
Preferred Housing: The same Household Hajime Aikawa (

chalicejoker)is placed in; I’d like this character to be dropped in as his not!wife.

Character Name: Kreutzer Wilhelm XIII
Character Series: Gundemonium Trilogy (Hitogata Happa)
Character Age: It’s never specified, but she’s going to be headcanon’d at 18.
Background: http://www.gundemonium.com/hitogata-happa/characters.php
Unfortunately, the only real source of data on the game’s story is the official website and even that doesn’t explain as much as I want it to. The game itself doesn’t reveal much more of the story, so almost everything I say about Kreutzer is head canon. However, I’ll still point out the parts of Kreutzer that are definitely stated in the game:

In 1757, The Genoremasody Reich continued to be an unstoppable force in East Prussia; its continued expansion and domination was thanks to its current Empress, Kreutzer Wilhelm XIII. Because of her incredible knowledge in Universal Science and Alchemy, she was able to lead her empire to unrivalled dominance. Before she even took up the throne, Kreutzer dedicated herself to mastering those arts for the sake of her empire; she was a born patriot and wanted only the best for her country of Wilhelmgrob. The destruction and chaos it spread made people fear the great super power and surrender to it, lest they wish to provoke more harm upon themselves. But as she watched exactly what her genius led to, Kreutzer realized that the Genoremasody Reich may have become too powerful for anyone to stop and could soon destroy everything on the planet. With the guilt only rising, Kreutzer came to the decision that she would have to stop it; however, she could not do so by herself.

Not exactly, at least. She herself had to continue running the empire because as powerful as Kreutzer was, her empire was strong enough to continue on its own and could easily get rid of their empress if she didn’t continue doing her job. But Kreutzer had a backup plan: because of her genius, she was able to create an exact replica of herself who would be able to easily search the land for someone who possessed the courage and talent to fight back. Enter Rosa Christopher, the game’s protagonist and one of the empire’s many victims who struggled to survive after the mechanized onslaught. Unlike the other victims, Rosa possessed the powerful ability to control and synchronize with any artificial humanoid she encountered; she was exactly who Kreutzer was looking for.

Replica Kreutzer, with her portion of the true Kreutzer's power, created the deceptively cute and destructive dolls that Rosa familiarized herself with and learned to control. The replica claimed that it had the power to fight against the empire thanks to these dolls, but was unable to bring out their full potential and needed a commander to properly guide them onwards; Rosa was to be this commander. Once she attained enough practice, it was time to put her to the test and the plan into action.

Rosa did battle with the progressively harder waves of mechs and robots True Kreutzer sent out and won each time. Things were going precisely as planned, and with enough experience from the first 4 stages of the game, it was time to take things to the next level.

While Rosa was taking on the waves of enemies led by Atlantis, the boss of the 4th stage, true Kreutzer sent a small unit of robots to kill her replica, drawing Rosa back to check on her "friend." Seeing Replica Kreutzer's corpse lie on the ground beside her burning workshop sent Rosa into a blind rage as she and her dolls destroyed Shangri-La, the boss of the 5th stage, and set her eyes on the enemy’s home base, Wilhelmgrob.

Rosa and her dolls blasted their way through the relentless return-fire from the empire and defeated the creation Rosa initially thought to be the true villain. With the entirety of her empire destroyed, True Kreutzer revealed herself and her true identity to Rosa, who at this point was very unsure of what was going on. As Rosa's final opponent, True Kreutzer initiated the duel to the death that would determine whether the Genoremasody Reich would be truly destroyed or simply rebuilt on top of its ashes.

Here, Kreutzer demonstrated that she too can control the very same dolls Rosa uses, more so than her replica let on in the beginning of the story. However the battle was not won once Kreutzer lost all of her dolls; instead, Kreutzer unleashed all of her power in a relentless assault of bullets and countless Leaf dolls charged to explode.

As her last stand, Kreutzer's final attack pattern had her surrounded by circles of bullets while the one around her had an intentionally wide opening for Rosa to deliver the final blow with everything she had.

And Rosa delivered.

With her seemingly unstoppable empire crumbled beneath her, Kreutzer looked up at her "friend" one final time. The crimes her empire committed were unforgivable, but the deception and distraught she brought on the unsuspecting Rosa was worse. Sure, she helped the girl avenge her family and the families of many others, but that didn't make Kreutzer's actions excusable. As such, she spared herself the waste of breath that would be an apology and instead thanked Rosa for bringing an end to the Reich's tyranny and for being the closest thing to a friend Kreutzer ever had. With her final good-bye and her plan successful, Kreutzer openly welcomed her death, leaving her only friend to decide for herself how she would spend the rest of her life.

Kreutzer will be brought into Mayfield the instant after her death.

Personality: Just as before with the background, Kreutzer’s personality will be almost entirely headcanon’d.

As mentioned earlier, Kreutzer has incredible knowledge of science and alchemy; despite living roughly 200 years before Mayfield’s date, she was able to create war machines and artificial life. She is a genius and isn’t afraid to show off her intellect. She is proud of her skills and eve more proud of the dedication she put into reaching the levels she did. Kreutzer might sometimes come off as a snooty know-it-all, but she means well and only intends to use her powers and knowledge for good. That was her intent as a child, after all: change the world for the better. Sure, she was royalty, but she wanted to earn fame and glory all on her own; as such, she’s not afraid of being rebellious if it means working towards something she wants.

But this brings about one of Kreutzer’s greatest flaws: when she starts something, she can’t stop. Not on her own, at least. The passion she has for her research is both a positive and a negative; she can get so caught up in what she’s doing that she’ll block out the outside world and those around her. When she gets like this, physical contact or loud noises are the best ways to drag her back to reality. To balance this out, Kreutzer can put an incredible amount of focus into any task that is before her.

Unfortunately for her, she can’t always see where exactly she’ll end up, as noted by how fearsome the empire became under her rule. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that Kreutzer is gullible; it’s more likely that she can sometimes be blinded by her own pride and it would take a slap in the face to realize exactly what she’s done. Nonetheless, she is more than willing to take responsibility for her actions; tyranny or not, she is still royalty and knows to properly act as such.

But that isn’t to say she’s as perfect as a princess; aside from everything the Genoremasody Reich has done, her own hands aren’t clean. Just as easily as she can manipulate young Rosa into going on a suicide mission against the empire, Kreutzer can convince others to do what she wants. It’s not a talent she’s fond of using, but when push comes to shove, she can manipulate others like the dolls she creates. This means that she’ll often put her own needs before others, even if it comes at a heavy cost to others.

Because of her rank and the power associated with it, Kreutzer never had much time for friends; she could deal with others as a princess could, but when it came to friendship, she had no experience with it until she met Rosa, but even that was a complicated relationship; Rosa was, in practice, the Chell to Kreutzer’s GLaDOS. She’s a lonely girl and accustomed to being alone, accompanied by her dolls and occasionally her subjects, but mostly on her own. Kreutzer is more likely to make enemies than she is to make actual friends, but she’ll open up to those that are persistent enough.
Abilities:
Danmaku: Bullet patterns much like the stuff all the Touhou girls use. Coming from a Japanese shmup lets her do this.

Flight: Same as above.

Living doll creation: Because of her incredible knowledge of alchemy and science, Kreutzer can easily create mechanized units out of basic materials and metals. More impressively, she can create dolls of incredible cuteness and destructive capabilities. They look like regular dolls, but while they’re capable of their own combat styles, they’re also capable of independent thought and having their own personalities. Also, each one of them is built in a bomb that can detonate upon physical contact with others at the dolls’ choosing.

Exile Illusion: This is essentially her super powered form. She grows five pairs of photonic wings and her danmaku patterns become more powerful.

Scenario 1
(With all of her powers gone and very little to do, Kreutzer came to the conclusion that Mayfield is her afterlife; she believes she is doomed to spend eternity living a normal life like those her empire took away. At the very least, she’s enjoying her job as a seamstress; doll making certainly gives her credentials! She finished measuring up a customer and is busy keeping to her own area as she plans out a dress.)

Hmm…I have a lot to work with, but I also have a lot of work to do. I’m going to need more black lace to properly execute what I want to do, but I don’t have enough materials that can match….

Scenario 2

(Kreutzer isn’t too happy being limited to such primitive technology, but she’s making due.)

So this is supposed to be some new country in the 1950s…? In the time it took this town to put together these heaps of obsolete “technology,” I was able to create powerful machines and artificial life. Is the afterlife supposed to be this restrictive? I suppose it would make sense; there’s no telling what I would create if I had my usual tools and materials. Still, it’s not as if I can’t create some type of weaponry out of what’s available here…

…but I’d rather not. Doll sewing bides my time well enough, but I’d like to hear from everyone how they get past the boredom this place provides. I may not have been here long, but I refuse to believe the afterlife is this simple. Not the afterlife I belong to, anyway…

Welcome to 1445 Mitchell Road, Kreutzer Aikawa! Please reply here with your character journal. Once you've done that, complete the following:

• Join

mayfield_rpg,

mayfield_ooc,

mayfield_logs, and optionally

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• 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: kreutzer wilhlem xiii

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

In the thread, it says Anastasia is listed as the mother for this home. Did this character drop recently? I just want to make sure there's no confusion because of this. ^^''

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