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: Kiyuu
Personal Journal:

kiyuubey
Contact Info: AIM/Plurk: Kiyuukins
Other Characters Played: Fate T. Harlaown, Hakuno Kishinami
Preferred Housing: With the apping Rider/Medusa, please!

Character Name: Sakura Matou
Character Series: Fate/Stay Night
Character Age: 17
Background: Sakura's profile and summary of Heaven's Feel. I'll be taking her from the True Ending of that route.

Personality: Sakura is a classic example of a Yamato Nadeshiko. She's soft-spoken, gentle, and extremely kind, and this somewhat elegant air reflects in many of the things she does; when Shirou's not taking charge, she's the one that cooks for the various members of the Emiya household, and takes up archery as her club activity. She rarely raises her voice or gets angry (not counting her breakdown during her route, of course) and in general is a Very Nice Girl.

She has a bit of a dual personality, though it's not as extreme as some cases; how she is at school, and how she is at the Emiya house. At school she's more or less what she really is; a quiet, withdrawn girl who rarely smiles around others. It's not so much an attempt to keep people away as it is a clear view of her shrinking violet tendencies, a result of having most of the confidence beaten out of her. But when she's around Shirou (and later Taiga, Saber, Rin, and Ilya), she has a much brighter, sunnier personality. In the scenes taking place in the Emiya house, she's rarely seen without a smile on her face (unless a Serious Business topic comes up), and will not shy away from the antics that might happen.

This... isn't a total act. Eleven years of abuse and neglect have left Sakura a very, very broken girl inside. She is also aware just how broken she is inside, and hides it purely because she doesn't want to worry those who have come to truly care about her. This depression nearly crippled her at one point in her life, to the point where she had contemplated suicide at one point. The one that saved her from these thoughts was Shirou, and that's why she's so dedicated to (and in love with) him.

This isn't to say that she's a completely innocent girl. Deep in her heart, she holds a lot of resentment for the world and those who have hurt her. With a mixture of despair and manipulation at the hands of her grandfather, Sakura's mind is broken and taken over by a darker, more sadistic personality. This personality reveals how Sakura always had contempt for Rin - her older sister - because she did nothing when Sakura was given away to the Matou, and her father for abandoning her in the first place. She viciously kills her adopted brother Shinji without remorse, and takes great pleasure in destroying her grandfather as well. With the help of Rin and Shirou, though, she breaks free of this side of her. She feels great remorse for her thoughts and actions while she was "Dark Sakura", but has since moved on and left that side of her behind.

Abilities: Sakura is a magus, and quite a powerful one; many magi have an affinity to a certain element. Sakura's elemental affinity isn't an element at all, but rather "imaginary numbers". In tl;dr terms, it works as a sort of shadow dimension where Sakura can trap and attack/torture/kill spiritual beings. But only spiritual beings. She could use her magic to fight and even kill Heroic Spirits, but not their Masters, for example.

There's also the worms. The crest worms... are exactly that. Worms that were implanted in Sakura's body at a young age. The worms eat away at her mana pool, yet can greatly expand one's natural magic circuits, so they're somewhat of a double-edged sword. They also come with the downside of greatly increasing one's carnal impulses, which can grow to a near unbearable level if left alone for too long, and I'll just leave it at that.

Though there are no chances of the following things showing up in Mayfield, they should still be noted! On the whims of Zouken - Sakura's adoptive grandfather - Sakura can turn into a being known as "The Shadow", which is a premature version of Angra Mainyu, an extremely powerful vengeful spirit trapped inside the corrupted Holy Grail. The Shadow is capable of teleporting instantly, and can absorb and kill beings with ease. It's even possible for The Shadow to corrupt Heroic Spirits (see: Saber Alter, and Berserker).

As The Shadow, Sakura has no awareness of what she's doing (though she does have dreams of her deeds). When The Shadow finally does gain self-awareness, it transforms Sakura into a corrupted version of herself, as mentioned above. She's able to fight with tentacle-like appendages growing from her body, can create monsters made of shadow, and even use her normal magic against humans.

Sample Entry: The posts on

returntospring should be good enough!

Welcome to 1766 Nelson Street, Sakura Winchester! 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: sakura matou

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

I think there may be a mistake? Looking at the listing for Nelson Street, there is no address with that number there. Do you mean 1666?

Applications

Sakura Matou | Fate/Stay Night | Reserved [1/2]

Sakura Matou | Fate/Stay Night | Reserved [2/2]

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