mayfield_ooc | Applications

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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: Kobayashi
Personal Journal: N/A
Contact Info: MindtheSukima on AIM, PM any RP journal
Other Characters Played: Remilia Scarlet, Youka Naze, Diamonds Droog
Preferred Housing: Somewhere with active players/more PCs than drones

Character Name: Kyouka Midarezaki
Character Series: Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
Character Age: 20 (Technically older)
Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ky%C5%8Dran_Kazoku_Nikki

Personality: Kyouka is arrogant, selfish, destructive, whimsical, demanding and more than a little strange – exactly what one would expect from a super-powered idol who was raised as the Child of Enka, the monster than almost wiped out humanity 1000 years ago, and worshipped underground as a goddess in the empire of Shangri-La. Capricious and self-absorbed, Kyouka tends to think less about what’s logical or reasonable and more about what sounds like the most fun to her. She wholeheartedly believes that there is no enemy she can’t defeat and no ally who shouldn’t bow down before her. Loud, with no regard for personal property or personal space, Kyouka is quick to respond with violence even against those who offered none. Childish, prone to complaining, pouting, tantrums or subversion to get what she wants, she’s more like a bratty child than any of the children she’s raising.

Much of this can be attributed to her upbringing or as a reaction against it. A lot of her selfishness and wanting to be pampered and spoiled is both because she was brought up in such a seat of luxury but also because she is used to being the one other rely on and come to for things; as a god of her people, the citizens constantly saw her as a deity to ask favors of and not an actual person. This actually causes Kyouka to have a deeply buried insecurity of her own identity and role in life – she has no memories of her life before she arrived in Shangri-La 20 years ago, or of when she was the demon queen Vanessa. She doesn’t even know whose body it is she’s possessing. Along with the possibility that she might be the actual Child of Enka who will destroy the world, she is not always as self-assured and confident as her constant claims of omniscience and omnipotence make her out to be, and likes to be reassured and praised by those close to her.

Not to say how she acts is a front. Kyouka is indeed headstrong, tending to charge into things with half-baked or completely absurd plans. Her greed is such that she’d interrupt the epic battle between a pirate captain and the first mate who betrayed her to try and steal the treasure the captain’s father left her to inherit. But she’s also extremely caring and protective of her family, and has a strong sense of justice with no sense of limits or intimidation, going after anyone who she thinks is in the wrong… or happens to be between her and something she wants. Even though Operation Cozy Family is just a group of people thrown together to pretend to be a family, she takes her duties as the wife rather seriously and really does her best to care for (in her own fashion) her children and love (however ineptly) her husband. For those or really, anyone who she’s decided to rescue, she’ll go to any length, be it declaring war on one of the most influential mafia families in the country, enacting some terrible sentai-like action scene to deceive school children into thinking her daughter’s a transforming robot hero, kidnapping senior citizens to test potentially deadly cooking on, or punching out ~~an imposter~~ Santa Claus in rooftop fisticuffs.

She can actually be pretty thoughtful – she’s the one who remembers their anniversary, and learns all the file information on their children before Ouka, the more responsible one, does. She cares a lot about her family and what she considers to be family values, like finding it completely unforgivable that Ouka would point a gun at their son… even if their son is a biological weapon that was threatening to kill him. That said, her idea of family harmony is more like a tyranny, with herself at the top. Disobedience requires firm (re: violent) discipline and possibly groveling for forgiveness. Still, for all the abuse she gives them, she’ll give a million times worse to any who would try to take them from her or harm them.

Despite how violent she acts or omnipotent and omniscient she claims to be, Kyouka’s also surprisingly innocent when it comes to romance. She’s actually genuinely fond of Ouka despite how badly she treats him, and easily gets jealous to a ridiculous extent when she hears he’s going on “dates” with another woman. She also seems to derive much of her idea of how a relationship should go from watching anime and romance dramas on TV, and finds clichéd scenarios to be extremely attractive and want to act them out – or some crazed variation of them. She blushes at the thought of getting even just a kiss on the forehead, doesn’t usually sleep in the same bed as him and apparently, even after being “married” for a year, hasn’t been kissed on the lips. She also wanted to go through a whole actual marriage ceremony with a big party even after they were married. And because of how she was raised, she’s apparently also ignorant of many other things, like not knowing what Christmas was until it was almost upon them.

And then there’s just Kyouka’s plain eccentricity. She likes to live her life as a god, a tyrant, and the main character of some kind of nonsense manga all at once – a vacation should include a hijacking option with a planned crash landing at a deserted island; a trip to the zoo includes having to find all the members of the family in different animal pens – after she put them there on purpose. She renames people without their permission – all butlers in white suit are Pierre; she even writes it on the back of his/her suit. To her, a super-influential and wealthy mafia family is just “a bunch of lowly animals with a lot of pieces of paper with 10,000 yen written on them” – lowly animals are still lowly animals. Her idea to help her son come to terms with his budding first love? Turn it into a confession game show, practicing different confession reactions from “kiss from being ecstatic” to “secretly an assassin that kills anyone who says they love her”, and then inviting the very person he’s in love with to participate. Her response to her husband forgetting their anniversary is to become a magical girl and use the power of love to punish him.

Basically, Kyouka is a crazy, headstrong, caring yet selfish, loving but abusive, childlike and godlike being with no regard for rules or common sense.

Abilities: Kyouka has a group of telepathically based abilities she calls “Cell Phone”, which lets her do things like send telepathic messages (calling), take control of them for short periods of time (mail) or temporarily disable their central nervous system (hacking). She can also use it to locate people, vaguely based on their force of personality, and otherwise mess with someone’s senses (such as causing them to perceive green as red) and generally screw with their head. Also, because she is originally a demon soul that possesses bodies, she can leave her own body and more fully possess others and gain full control of them, including unlocking hidden potentials that are normally restrained (re: the ol “humans only use 5% of their brain/X% of their actual muscle power blah blah blah” thing). She can also create and control miniature versions of herself that function more or less autonomously. Besides that, she’s also super strong and super fast, able to kick through walls, survive massive damage, jump between buildings with ease, dodge lasers and bullets and wrestle Santa Claus.

Sample Entry:

[The phone clicks on to what sounds to be crazed laughter. Possibly from a small child.]

Nyahahahaha! Nyahaha!

Alright, you pigs, listen up! Today, your gray and lackluster lives come to an end! Die, fall over, crumble into ruin and rise up like the phoenix in a glorious rebirth for today is the day you truly start living! Rejoice, for the absolute and unique goddess is now among you! If you touch your head to the floor three times and call my name, I might find you worthy of saving.

Mayfield? Drones? Brainwashing, messing with the time space continuum, being told to make a cozy family? This is barely even anything new to a god like me! I feel at home already, you’ll have to do better than that if you want to get the best of me; as a wonderful fact, I, Kyouka-sama, am omnipotent and omniscient! You’ll at least have to send in an alien warship and eighty-four cyborg battalions before you’re ready to take me on!

[And then the imperious, demanding proclamation suddenly sounds like a shy schoolgirl talking about their new boyfriend]

Oh, ah, and if one has seen my darling Ouka~ He’s a really boringly mediocre four-eyes with red hair and pretty common kind of depressing history, please send him my way~

[And then she’s back to speaking at a million miles per hour again]

Or any of the rest of the Midarezaki family, containing one simple girl, one older sister, one jellyfish, one lion, one biological weapon and one crossdresser! They respond to Yuuka, Chika, Gekka, Teika, Hyouka and Ginka respectively! Of course, if any of you are hearing this, report immediately here, your mother is calling! In fact, why aren’t you here already? The speed of sound should at the least by the speed of anyone who dares call themselves Midarezaki! I’m expecting you at least five minutes ago! Last one here is a dog for a week, so make sure you get here before Ouka does.

Ready? Set, go! Let the party begin!

[And she hangs up the phone like phone-slamming is an Olympic sport and she’s going for the gold medal]

Welcome to 2236 Stephens, Kyouka Angel! Please reply here with your character journal. Once you've done that, complete the following:

• Join

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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: kyouka midarezaki

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

The game will be open for new entries on January 16th

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