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

Personality: A battle-type humanoid capable of independent thought, Sophie, or Protos Heis, is more than just an ordinary humanoid, as she begins to become more and more human in her emotions as the story progresses, and making decisions for herself. Found sleeping in a field of flowers on top on Lhant Hill by Asbel and Hubert seven years ago, Sophie initially has no recollection of anything at all, not even her name, prompting the two kids to wonder if she has amnesia, and for Asbel to give her the name she goes by now- "Sophie", for the sopheria flowers she had seemed to take an interest in. She's curious and clueless about everything, and lacks common sense at first as well, nearly walking off a cliff while following a butterfly.

Despite her lack of memories (and basic life knowledge), she quickly becomes friends with Asbel, and friends with his friends as well, forming a friendship pact with him and Richard, the young prince of Windor, after the three fall down the cliff after thwarting an assassination attempt from Richard's sword instructor. Although Cheria is initially jealous of Sophie at first, she, too, grows to be friends with Sophie, taking on a motherly figure position towards her, and Sophie even heals the other girl during a particularly bad coughing fit.

Sophie is also very protective of her friends, despite Absel wanting to be the one to protect her. When the group of kids goes down into the Barona Catacombs to look for Richard, who had failed to meet them outside, Sophie sacrifices herself to save them from a monster that attacked (and would have otherwise killed them). Seven years later, she appears once again to save Cheria and Asbel, though has no recollection of who they are. Although she later learns her purpose is to destroy Lambda, Sophie still continues to act out of a desire to protect her friends, even though it's noted to be something she wasn't programmed with, back when she was created.

In the beginning, and even before meeting Asbel and the others, Sophie was very detached, only acting according to her programming, and understanding nothing about human emotions. A thousand years ago, the death of a younger researcher that had offered to give her a brooch (as a show of treating her as a human) snaps her out of this, and starting with a younger Asbel, she begins to learn about emotions, even if she doesn't entirely understand them. She becomes curious about everything, asking questions frequently, and thanks to her naivety, is fairly gullible as a result, believing practically anything (such as her pigtails allowing her to fly). Sophie also has a tendency to mimic others, particularly Pascal, and tends to copy whatever the older girl is doing a lot.

Over time, Sophie starts thinking for herself, and becoming more humanlike, though her emotions conflict with each other, when it comes to their friend Richard, who had become possessed by Lambda. She spends a lot of time wondering if she can bring herself to fight her friend, even if he's evil, and while she does come to the decision that she can fight to bring him back to his senses, he critically wounds and blinds her when she attempts to make another friendship pact with him. As noted in the future arc, though, Sophie forgives Richard for this, and even asks him if they can be friends again, once he's back to being himself.

As an ageless humanoid, by the time of the future arc, Sophie has begun to fear everyone dying and leaving her behind, realizing that she will ultimately outlive them. She expresses her wish to have been born as a human, and with Asbel and Cheria as her parents, and even tells Pascal she wants to be a human. Although Asbel can't directly answer her questions about death at first, he does decide to adopt her as his daughter, and she becomes Sophie Lhant, now 'officially' part of his family, though Sophie considers the others to be family as well.

Sophie has a love for crablettes, or crab omlettes, and they're considered to be her favorite food, with Sophie remarking at one point that there should be a National Crablette Day. She also loves flowers, partly due to being named for one, and takes it upon herself to grow a garden in front of Cheria's home, as well as plant sopheria seeds in the garden outside Lhant Manor. Eventually the garden becomes full of sopherias, and Sophie and Asbel, in the end of the main arc, get to watch them turn into a blossomgale.

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