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: Airdra
Personal Journal: Don’t have one.

Contact Info: airdra 400 at yahoo dot com for email, or you can hit me on plurk at

Airdra

Other Characters Played: I play Hajime Aikawa from Kamen Rider Blade with

chalicejoker and I’ve just apped Pinkie Pie from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic with

party_hard.
Preferred Housing: N/A. Put Ted wherever!

Character Name: Ted Kord
Character Series: DC Comics
Character Age: Ted is in his mid 30s.
Background: Here and here. Beetle’s canon point will be at some point between Formerly Known as the Justice League and Countdown to Infinite Crisis. He ain’t dead yet.

Personality: Ted can be somewhat of a goofball. In his earliest days with the Justice League, he, along with his frequent partner in crime, Booster Gold, caused no end of practical jokes for the team. This included and wasn’t limited to ill-advised financial ventures, such as the ill-fated Club JLI, a casino on the island of Kooey Kooey Kooey. If something went wrong, he and Booster were usually blamed. Ted’s a lot more mature now, and while he has maintained his sense of humor, he’s got a better handle on the proper time and place for things.

Even if he’s just a guy in a bug suit in a universe full of super-powered people, Ted won’t let that stop him from doing what’s right. He’s determined to fight for justice even without any special powers, and he’s spent a great deal of his life honing his skills and his equipment so that he can at least make a stab at standing with the big boys. Ted is a man of science, and science has allowed him to accomplish a great deal. Ted’s quick to get excited over new bits of technology, and he’s also quick to start breaking those down and learning from them.

Ted isn’t one to stop doing what he thinks is right just because it might turn dangerous. He’s also unafraid to stand on his own if that’s what it takes. In one instance, it becomes evident that funds have been stolen from his company, Kord Industries, and that whoever has stolen the money will be using it for nefarious purposes. No one, save for Booster Gold, believes him, but Booster is injured before they can really do much of anything. Ted takes up the investigation alone, eventually coming to confront Maxwell Lord over the theft. He’s exposed a much bigger plan than anyone could have imagined…and he’s ultimately powerless to do much to stop it. Still, Ted never gives up, and his persistence and refusal to give in earns him a bullet to the head. He goes out fighting, and he never once decides to back down.

Ted is very loyal to his friends. Even if they drive him crazy sometimes, the members of the JLI are pretty much his family, and he would do anything for them. They, moreso than any other incarnation of the Justice League, were seen as screwups and failures. The team has formed a bit of a bond over that, and it is not one that is easily broken. If the JLI needs him, he’ll be there…even if meeting up again looks like it’s going to end up in disaster. He allows himself to be swept into the team’s reunion as the “Superbuddies,” even though operating a supergroup out of a strip mall just seems like a really bad idea. He tries a bit too hard to prove he’s matured, which has less-than-ideal results.

In recent years, Ted has moved away from being the Blue Beetle. He’s developed a bit of a heart condition, and so he’s got to watch his physical activity. He also has a bit of a weight problem that he’s constantly fighting, which goes hand-in-hand with the heart condition. At the moment he’ll be pulled from, he’s in good enough shape that he can go out and take action, even if he feels like he might regret it. He’s bad about pointing out the heart condition as a get-out-of-jail card if he’s feeling like a proposed activity (like the Superbuddies) is going to be a bad idea or a waste of his time, but when push comes to shove, he’s right there as the Blue Beetle.

Ted has historically had a way with the ladies. In the past, this has resulted in no end of rejection (and, on one occasion, getting himself turned into a chipmunk by an angry sorceress he wouldn’t marry). Saying the wrong thing at the wrong time seemed to be a special skill of his. As he’s matured, he’s also moved away from youthful expressions of perviness, and consequentially, he’s finding himself getting slapped way less often. He’s actually managed to strike up a good friendship (and maybe more) with Oracle, Barbara Gordon. They started out as online friends, but they soon realized who each other was out in the real world. There’s a mutual attraction there, and Ted’s taking things way more maturely than he might have when he was younger.

Abilities: Ted has a genius-level intellect. He is an Olympic-level acrobat, and he is highly proficient with karate and aikido. He also has a great deal of experience with general espionage.

As the Blue Beetle, Ted’s suit is designed to provide him with protection. The suit’s designed to help repel attacks that would kill a normal guy, and it’s also got integrated circuitry that prevent someone from, say, tearing off his mask without his permission. The suit’s integrated circuitry also helps him interface with his ship, the Bug, acting almost as a set of keys.

The Bug is Ted’s pride and joy. It’s a beetle-shaped airship, and it is 80% solar powered. The Bug can operate in the air or in the water, and it is highly versatile. Ted’s constantly upgrading and tinkering with the Bug’s functionality, and it has a wide variety of functions to get him out of just about any trouble he might find himself in.

Blue Beetle is armed with the BB gun, a nonlethal gun that produces flashes of bright light and bursts of compressed air. He also possesses Baby Bugs, small bug-shaped surveillance robots.

Sample Entry:

[A – Phone]

Does anyone here want to collaborate on any scientific projects? Everything I can scrounge out here is so backwards, it’s not even funny. And I know funny.

I’m making a little bit of progress here and there with what we have available, but it’s really slow going. I know there are people here with computers. I can seriously make it worth your while if you let me at one for a few minutes. Please? I think I might be going through technology withdrawals.

[B – John Doe Park]

[So Ted’s managed to create a very small remote-controlled flying version of his ship, the Bug, using materials he’s scrounged around Mayfield, as well as technology he’s borrowed here and there. He’s now taking it out for a test run. Unfortunately, the mini-Bug’s remote control was made out of parts of a cannibalized radio, and those parts are all starting to fail. It’s out of control!

Hey! Watch out!

[Ted’s waving his arms around frantically as the mini-Bug swoops down on its unsuspecting target--you.]

Get down! Get down! Watch your head!

…hey, if you’re alright, would you mind helping me stop this thing?

[He ducks as it takes a dive at his own head.]

For the housing, I'd like Ted to be paired with the apping Jaime Reyes as his not!son, please.

Just to clarify I am the Jaime Reyes in question! XD

Welcome to 506 Ricardo Street, Ted Kord! 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: ted kord

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

Thanks!

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Ted Kord | DC Comics | Reserved

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