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.

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Personality:

In the present, Rider is drastically different from the monster she was in history. She has her own motivations besides seeking the Holy Grail, and despite suffering through abuse, she stands tall and proud. Frequently demoralized, and unable to comfort Sakura, Rider is presented as a cold and silent woman, bound to her duty more than anything else. She is obedient to a fault, doing whatever one of a higher position tells her, without any questions. And she's a sticker for practicality, preferring plain clothes, and simply tying her ankle-length hair up in a ponytail. Rider is actually very intelligent to boot. Her manner of speaking is very eloquent, even if she doesn't talk much at all. One of her favorite hobbies is reading, and her thinking process is very logical and neutral.

However, what matters most to her is simple: peace. She wants nothing more than to live peacefully with Sakura, though she ironically must fight to get her wish. She is completely devoted to Sakura, and will not hesitate to kill others that are threatening her. She's the happiest in Heaven's Feel's True End, where the War is over.

That devotion is not solely to Sakura, however, and Rider is shown to be a woman of respect and truthfulness. In Fate, when Shinji sends her out to kill Shirou, she recognizes him as an honorable person and says that she won't brutally kill him. When off the battlefield, she proves to be charismatic and kind, and has an affinity for protecting those weaker. She never seems to lie, either, only with-hold information in the first place.

Underneath her fighting prowess and dark history, however, Rider has a lot of self-confidence issues. She frequently worries about her height, thinking being too tall will make her not appear cute. Social situations tend to make her nervous, and she will remain silent as often as she can. Her past haunts her more than what's initially apparent. She prefers being called just Rider, and would really like you to know what she doesn't have snakes for hair. She deeply, deeply regrets her actions back in Greece, and as such never uses her monstrous strength in battle--in fear that it will only help transform her back into a monster.

That doesn't stop Rider from being creepy, though. She is Medusa. She seems to slip into the persona of the monster, every now and then. The strongest example of this is probably in Unlimited Blade Works, when she makes a comment about plucking out Shirou's eyes and orgasming. And while she was not too keen on ambushing people in the street and drinking their blood for mana, the only part she was really against was "killing them."

Abilities:

Servant-wide abilities:
Servant classes: hundreds of times more powerful than your ordinary human. Rider is one of the more agile of the classes, and by far the fastest, able to move at nigh-supersonic speeds. She can nullify most magic thrown at her. She can become intangible when she wills it so, being able to pass through solid objects, and invisible to all but her Master. Though this form presents an advantage, she must switch back to her concrete form if she needs to engage in physical combat. As she is not mortal anymore, Rider cannot truly die. If she is injured, she will sink into spirit form and regenerate with time. Even if she is mortally wounded, all that will happen is her withdrawal from the war; her "spirit" will remain unharmed.

Note that as a Heroic Spirit, she will need a regular flow of prana to survive in this world, properly. Her independent action is C-rank, meaning she is able to exist without a Master for around 1 day.

Unique abilities:
Rider's eyes, called officially "Mystic Eyes" in the Nasuverse, will instantly petrify human flesh into stone, and hamper the magical energy of stronger beings. She also seems to be able to manipulate others' dreams, and sneak into them. Her signature weapon, which she can summon at will, is a pair of large iron nails fastened to the ends of a long chain.

With a prana boost, Rider is able to significantly raise her physical strength to monstrous levels, though she dislikes using this for fear of "relapsing" into a monster. She has a small amount of divinity as well (divinity equating with god-ship).

Noble Phantasms:
Breaker Gorgon -- it takes the shape of her blindfold, and completely blocks out the effects of her eyes. They can also take the form of a pair of glasses.

Blood Fort Andromeda -- Rider is able to set up a barrier in a fixed location, and drain the prana of all those who are within it. More specifically, it drains the occupants of their blood, and only those with magical energy are able to resist it. Those without it will die instantly, and the only ones who won't be affected by it in the least are other Servants, and high-class magi. Additionally, it acts as a barrier between the occupants and the outside world, as when activated, no communication can be done from the inside out. It stays in effect until Rider dies or wills it to dissipate.

Bellerophon -- A harness, bridle, and saddle capable of taming and amplifying tenfold the power of beasts. It does nothing on its own, but once used on a beast, it instantly bends to Rider's will. This comes hand in hand with her status as the Rider class of the War; she is able to tame and ride nearly any beast of any rank in her path, and with ease.

*She's regained some of these from her previous stay, and she'll be keeping them upon her return.

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Rider || Fate/stay Night || reserved || [3]