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: Subby
Personal Journal: None
Contact Info: thatcatthathatesleeks@gmail.com
Other Characters Played: None at this time.
Preferred Housing: 1332 Benny Road as a child slot please! I have permission from Miku-mun, Effy, and Poland-mun, Kelly, but if that can't work out, I'll be fine with randomizing.

Character Name: Kyo Sohma
Character Series: Fruits Basket
Character Age: 16
Background: Wikipedia Fruits Basket Wiki
Personality: (I will be selecting the canon point at sometime after chapter 34 / volume 6 of the manga, which is the end of the anime. This means I'll be playing Kyo as he is after his true secret was discovered by Tohru Honda, but not much longer afterward. Whatever discrepancies there will be, if any, between the manga and anime, the manga will usually take precedence over.)

If there is one thing that can sum up Kyo's social interaction, it's that there is a subconscious need to feel accepted, on his own terms and not anyone else's. Many of his outbursts and anger management issues stem from this concept, from his bickering rivalry with Yuki in part due to a bet to become accepted as part of the chineze zodiac (the Juunishi, rather), to his desire to be seen for what he feels he truly is, as Tohru experienced recently. Nonetheless, he is especially afraid of being rejected, defeated, or otherwise conformed against his will, and it manifests in his own apparent denial of himself, even overriding others at critical moments, assuming the worst impressions have already been made or feeling someone is misguided about him.

In most cases, he comes across as brash and reckless in his handling of others' statements or feelings, though recently he is calming down considerably since Tohru has been in his life. The actions and words he uses protect himself from deeper conflicts he holds within himself, such as when he told the dangerously obsessive Kagura that usually people avoid him, and told his mentor & father-figure Kazuma that he hated living in Shigure's house with Tohru. Neither of these are true, of course: he is especially popular with peers around his age, and he has come to care for Tohru greatly. It's because he holds such a burden from his childhood and relation with the juunishi's curse that he projects his fears and self-dejection onto other people.

Due to his curse (both the lesser problem of him turning into a cat and the greater problem of his true form), he mimicks a lot of negative concepts people would have about cats and tries to avoid contact with others. He hates the rain, loudly protests against anything he doesn't like or understand, and has a tendency to wreck peoples' houses, even if it's not entirely his fault. At one point in the canon he was scared enough of pressured interaction with his female classmates on his first day at Tohru's school that he broke social norms and, not only arm-locked a girl to prevent being touched, he jumped out a window at school, demonstrating his cat-like nature by landing from the second floor on his feet running. While this is a general idea that most Juunishi members of the Sohma family exhibit in their own ways, Kyo is far less able to keep his cool and find better solutions.

Despite all of his negativity about himself, he is very loyal to those he cares about, and knows when he's crossed lines enough to make it up to other people. Whenever he inadvertantly took out his frustrations on Tohru he either apologized in his own way, taking back what he has said or addressing his issues on the surface or doing things for her. At many points in the story he even went out of his way to give back to Tohru's own kindness, such as compromising with Yuki to make Tohru feel better or spending New Year's with her so she wouldn't be alone, despite the mandate of the Sohma main house for him and the other Juunishi to attend their celebration. Anyone who manages to break through his wall of issues and get under his skin (in a good way, preferably) can possibly have this sort of relationship with him as well, even if due to his prior interactions with Tohru.

Abilities: His supernatural powers are mainly tied to him being cursed as the Cat of the Juunishi legend, which includes his secret, as well as his natural cat-like agility even when he's human. Outside of that and having trained in martial arts for years, he is just an ordinary human being.

Sample Entry:

[Action | Mayfield High]

[ The scene has many students crowding around a desk during a free period, Kyo Sohma sitting in the middle. ]

Oh my, what daring hair color!

[ This felt really familiar to Kyo, on his first day at Mayfield High. He really didn't want to go. This wasn't any different from usual, even if he wasn't currently cursed, but... ]

Hey Orange, what's your family like?

That's none of your business! Argh... Do you all do this to everyone who's real?

[ ...but he felt disturbed by these 'drones' that he had been told about, and going to an entire school full of them creeped him out. Why was he even talking back to them in the first place? Not even he knew. ]

We just want to get to know you, new guy! Chill out, don't be shy.

[ This was followed by a hand on Kyo's shoulder, which prompted an involuntary grip on the collar of the drone boy as he stood up. ]

Do I look shy to you, you lifeless—

...

[ He released his grip, albeit with a shove, and then shouted as he briskly walked out of the classroom: ]

Whatever, just stay away from me, all of you!

Welcome to 1332 Benny Road, Kyo Lukaciewicz! 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: kyo sohma

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

o/ (I'll get more icons up in the meantime.)

Also, whoops for requesting membership at mayfield_rpg on the wrong account, sorry about that.

Applications

Kyo Sohma | Fruits Basket | Reserved

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