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: Mel
Personal Journal:

keltena
Contact Info: AIM: keltenaasule
Other Characters Played: N/A
Preferred Housing: N/A

Character Name: Ted
Character Series: Suikoden
Character Age: 310 (physically 15)
Background: Biography from the Suikoden Wiki - canon point is after being captured by Windy
Personality: Ted’s life since age seven has had one overarching purpose: survive, and in doing so protect the Soul Eater. Having your village torched and a rune stuck on your hand by your grandfather, being told never to let it fall into the wrong hands, and then being cast out to live on your own isn’t the easiest thing for a little kid to make sense of, but it at least did a great job of impressing a few simple things into Ted’s mind: that the Soul Eater being kept away from evil was worth more than a village’s worth of lives, and that there was no one he could rely on but himself. As he made his way in the world, Ted learned to feed himself, shelter himself, and defend himself however he could. Ted had a short childhood and no one to teach him how to live afterwards, so what he knows is self-learned, but having survived for three hundred years he’s at least learned it thoroughly. His life was more or less destined to be solitary, considering his friendless beginnings and the immortality granted by the rune, but the Soul Eater’s nature makes it even more so -- the people Ted surrounds himself with would likely just die to be absorbed by the rune, which made isolation not only likely but desirable.

With that much weight hanging over him, it’s not too surprising that Ted’s had his fair share of angst about the Soul Eater and everything it entails. Being aware that everyone you get close to will probably die is bad enough -- carrying the rune that causes it and actually seeing it happen is far, far worse. For a long time, Ted saw no joy in life and refused to get close to anyone due to the rune’s curse, and the fact that he was willing to give his rune up to the Fog Ship’s guide even despite his duty to protect it and the less-than-thrilling terms of the deal show how miserable his life was carrying the Soul Eater.

What made more change than anything in Ted’s quality of life was being around the young, happy Tir McDohl. After 300 years of nothing good, Ted couldn’t possibly have expected anything much better out of living with the McDohl household, but the closeness of being like a part of Tir’s family combined with Tir’s infectious friendliness was able to slowly change that. Over the few years Ted lived next door to Tir, their friendship became real, and Ted began enjoying living despite everything that had happened to him. Since then, Ted has been far more cheerful, energetic, and easygoing.

One noticeable thing about Ted is that, underneath all the heavy backstory, he’s really kind of goofy. It’s not the easiest thing to see when he’s angsting, but after several years loosening up around Tir it’s become pretty prevalent. Ted may be over 300, but generally he doesn’t act any older than he looks. You could chalk it up partially to the fact that he never had a childhood and that his life with the McDohls is the first chance he’s gotten to live that way, and partially to his having such a solitary existence previously that he never learned too well how to interact with others. In any case, Ted on a day-to-day basis is a bit weird and pretty immature; at one point he gets into a fight with an eleven-year-old over being called a ‘punk’!

Finally, after spending nearly his whole life carrying the Soul Eater and its burden, it was an enormous relief for Ted to give it up -- even knowing that in doing so he was passing his fate along to his best friend. Afterwards, even knowing Windy will come after him again, he comments that he feels like he can sleep in peace for once. It’s difficult for much of anything to feel like a real issue after having experienced life with the Soul Eater for so long; so much of a weight has been lifted off his shoulders that not much can compete with the relief.

Abilities: As stated above, Ted knows how to take care of himself. He has good wilderness survival skills, compounded with everything one would pick up living on their own for 300 years. He can cook pretty decently, mainly in the sense of being able to throw pretty much anything together as a meal rather than being any kind of gourmet chef. Unsurprisingly, he’s also a skilled fighter. A bow and arrow are his main weapon, but he knows enough about self-defense that he can pick up and use pretty much anything; at one point, Tir comments on how good he is with a staff despite having never really used one before.

The Soul Eater granted immense magical power, but as Ted’s since passed it on to Tir, he no longer has either its offensive abilities or the immortality it grants.
Sample Entry: this thread

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