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: Minki
Personal LJ: None
Contact Info: minki.kim.585@my.csun.edu
Other Characters Played: N/A
Preferred Housing: N/A

Character Name: Fuyuhiko Date (The Doctor)
Character Series: Cave Story
Character Age: Late thirties to early forties.
Background: http://cavestory.wikia.com/wiki/The_Doctor

Personality: Fuyuhiko Date, who will from now on be referred to as “The Doctor”, is a medical doctor by profession. The general public would assume that those who work in the medical fields are naturally interested in helping save as many lives as possible. The Doctor couldn't be more uninterested in saving lives. The only life he genuinely cares about is his own. His position as a medical doctor is just an excuse for him to cut open people and examine them from the inside. Calling himself a “man of science”, Date's priority over healing people is to learn as much as he can despite how his actions can seem “unethical” to others. The march of progress can't be impeded by silly moralistic quandaries, after all. If he had any other reason for wanting to tear open bodies, it's only because it's fun.

Back in his world, despite his amoral fascinations, the Doctor was able to keep a clean record. Professor Booster and Momorin Sakamoto trusted him as their medical doctor during their expedition to the Island. Any man with a stained record couldn't have been allowed to accompany the expedition. Through intelligence, scheming, and cunning, the man climbed his way up the hierarchy of the medical world to gain more influence. The Doctor tells others what they wish to hear in order to appear as a “good guy”, but only when necessary. He would become a man trusted by others and have more access to funds for his experiments and even trust that he has their interests in mind. Trust is no less than gambling chips to him, however. It's something that he can use to gain more power, but if power comes at the cost of trust, he would gladly throw it away. After arriving in the Island, the Doctor immediately abandoned the professors to find the fabled Demon Crown.

Power itself doesn't interest the Doctor. Power is only a means to an end, but there is really no real “end” in his book. Power can just as easily be sacrificed for more power. He takes supreme delight, however, in the quest to achieve power. Success and failure are words unknown to the Doctor despite his cruel ambitions. To him, there is only trial and error. Should one plan fail, then another plan will take its place. If that one fails, then the opportunity to formulate yet another one arises. Taking life and dissecting it, finding a mutagen that would drive an entire race of creatures insane and seeing for himself how it would work just before pushing it to the limits and modifying it for yet another race... The man enjoys all of this and he doesn't have a goal in mind either. If he could, he would simply carry on with his quest for more power repeatedly till the end of time.

The Doctor certainly possesses a few fears. The greatest fear he has is when faced with the prospect of being unable to continue his journey. Failure is considered a minor setback by him, but should he be faced with a permanent fate like, say, death, that's when the man begins to worry. This is natural for a selfish man. He manipulates conditions so that he remains in control with each experiment. Control means that no matter what happens, he would still be in a position to clean up after himself and start anew. Being unable to do that terrifies him. The Doctor would immediately work to assure that he can't reach a permanent end. If given mercy, he would only take advantage of it and repeat everything again in the end. The Doctor is incapable of returning favors.

The Doctor has a certain weakness to dramatics. Failure and success mean little to him which is why instead of going with a more sure-fire plan, he would take the route in which he can simply enjoy himself more. The Doctor had multiple occasions where he could have done away with Quote, his main enemy. He instead allowed him to live at times if it meant he would suffer more rather than end him with his superior powers. His disinterest for a swift victory in favor of simple enjoyment has cost him his entire plan.

Towards subordinates or rather, his subjects, the Doctor's treatment of them often borders on abusive. He isn't above hitting them should they make a mistake. To him, they're also a means to an end and if they have no choice but to follow him, why should he treat them with respect? “Respect” is only reserved for when he has no choice but to give it. In Mayfield, at first, he may try to act as a decent father and husband to his family, but if there is no need for it... say, when he regains his Demon Crown or Red Crystal or he no longer has an image to maintain... from that point on, they're little beyond guinea pigs. The Doctor was never known for keeping friends for far too long. Partners, however, are a different story should he meet someone of equal caliber to him. He could easily be outdone and so, he would ally with him/her first, using him/her as much as he can before throwing him away just like the flimsy trust he promises people.
Abilities: The Doctor alone has little power to speak of. He has a keen sense of observation and his medical techniques are superb. As sadistic of a man that he is, when feeling up to it, the Doctor is a master surgeon and has more than just an adequate knowledge for medicine.

With the Demon Crown, the Doctor gains a considerable list of powers including control over the witch, Misery, and the robot, Balrog. The Doctor is able to endure more damage than most other humans would be able to. He becomes able to fly and teleport through long distances. Against foes, he can summon lightning to guard himself.

Possessing the Red Crystal, a crystal crafted from red flowers that can enhance the powers of humans, grants the Doctor greater power. His endurance to attacks increases and he is able to summon sets of fireballs from his arms or his entire body all at once. The Crystal itself cannot be broken and serves as a shield to the Doctor as it floats around him.

Taking control over the Red Crystal requires intense concentration, however. If the Doctor takes enough damage and loses control momentarily, his mind shatters and his body becomes like a true demon. His physical strength enhances along with his magical power. He becomes able to send waves of flaming bats from his hands.

After death, the Doctor can live on through a mist of blood if he has the Red Crystal and Demon Crown in his possession. Only his mind remains in the world while his body is destroyed. He can take possession of someone nearby, but this power works better when the possessed body is already deceased. If still living, the Doctor's influence mutates the victim, enhances his/her power, and sends him/her into a frenzied state. Killing the victim isn't required to undo the Doctor's control. The Doctor's presence will naturally fade away if his possessed body is beaten.
Sample Entry: http://doctor-tyrant.livejournal.com/4909.html

The Doctor received permission for 748 Partridge from Hiling and Tieria-mun! Both Uuji and Irisu have dropped and are no longer filling up the husband and wife slots.

Welcome to 748 Partridge Drive, Fuyuhiko Date! 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: fuyuhiko date

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

Applications

The Doctor | Cave Story | Not Reserved

Re: The Doctor | Cave Story | Not Reserved

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