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:

Sailor Aluminum Siren's personality is two fold. She comes across as being a very ditzy and airheaded person who is utterly oblivious to the serious and dark nature of her job as a Sailor Animate. She's easily swayed by her emotions, to the point that she can't work when she's upset and feels compelled to eat her feelings. She carries snacks with her at all times, despite it seeming unprofessional in her line of work. She's also very polite to the point that she formally introduces herself to all her victims before attacking them for their starseeds. She even goes as far as to present Sailor Moon with her professional business card, before any fighting can begin. She will even point out inappropriate behavior and poor manners in the middle of a fight, going to far as to scold Sailor Uranus and Neptune for doing their dramatic entrance while standing on a table with their shoes where people eat. Once when she was outnumbered by Sailor Soldiers, in a last ditch effort she threw juice boxes off at snack cart at them as a hopeless attack before finally retreating.

Despite this she is incredibly competent at her job and is second in command of the Sailor Animates, second only to her rival Sailor Lead Crow. The two competed fiercely with each other to see who would be the leader of the Sailor Animates. While she finds Aluminum Siren to be idiotic at times and wonders how such a ditz ever managed to become her rival, Lead Crow knows that Aluminum Siren is clever and very powerful and respects her dearly.

For example after Siren scolded Uranus and Neptune for their bad manners by standing on the table with their shoes on, she managed to embarrass them enough that they became distracted, allowing both her and her partner Sailor Lead Crow to escape. She is also proficient at removing starseeds from human beings, being able to remove three starseeds from three separate individuals at the same time to create one super powered phage to attack Sailor Moon after luring her into a trap. She is the only Sailor Animate to do this. Siren was the only Sailor Animate clever enough to figure out who Sailor Moon was and that Sailor Moon was the one who held the powerful Sailor Crystal that Galaxia was looking for. She also had the foresight to write it down in her diary incase anything happened to her in the line of duty, which the surviving Lead Crow later found and utilized in later missions. She was completely unwilling to surrender once she found the Sailor Crystal despite the odds being against her and only retreated once she had exhausted all her options, vowing to come back with a new plan.

The backstory as to how she came to work for Sailor Galaxia is a testament to her own ruthlessness and desire for power. Sailor Aluminum Siren was not a true Sailor Solider and was given her powers by pledging her human starseed to Sailor Galaxia. In her pledge to Galaxia and her cause, Siren also killed the Sailor Scout designated to protect her home planet Mermaid, in order to usurp her place and powers. After killing Sailor Mermaid, Galaxia rewarded Aluminum Siren with two bracelets giving her the power of a Sailor Animate. Galaxia then destroyed planet Mermaid, killing the entire population of the planet including Siren's mother. Siren went on with the other Sailor Animates and Galaxia to conquer and destroy Sailor Soldiers and their planets in all the constellations and 88% of universe in search of Sailor Crystals. Under Galaxia as a Sailor Animate she has contributed to unparalleled destruction that the universe has never seen before.

Because her power was given to her by Galaxia, Sailor Aluminum Siren feels indebted to Galaxia and serves her eagerly. She also harbors a fear of Galaxia however, due to the power she wields over Siren. Just as Galaxia gave Siren her new life as a Sailor Animate, Galaxia can take it away. If Siren's bracelets are removed, she will die, because she no longer has her human starseed to keep her alive. Siren was given her chance to run the mission with Sailor Lead Crow, because Galaxia had already killed the previous mission leader, Sailor Iron Mouse for her repeated failures. Siren strives to succeed not only for Galaxia and her cause, but for her own survival.

Abilities:
Bracelets - Siren was given two bracelets by Sailor Galaxia in exchange for surrendering her starseed and killing the patron sailor scout of her home planet, Mermaid. The bracelets mimic the power of a sailor crystal and allows Siren to transform into a Sailor Animate, essentially an artificial sailor scout created by Galaxia.

The bracelets also give her the ability to remove starseeds from humans turning them into 'phages' that Sailor Moon must heal back into humans. She's especially skilled at this, being able to remove three starseeds from three humans at the same time to create an even more powerful phage. They also allow Siren to remove sailor crystals from sailor scouts, killing the sailor solider it is taken from.

Because she traded her starseed to Galaxia in exchange for the bracelets, Galaxia has complete control over Siren's life and Siren is completely at her mercy. If the bracelets are ever broken or removed Siren will die.

Galactica Tsunami- Galactica Tsunami is an attack that causes Siren's hair to grow and become a sentient weapon. She uses it to capture her enemies and deflect attacks.

(It was also the title of an "attack" she used when throwing random beverages at her opponents in a fit of desperation. She seemed to be able to manipulate the liquid inside the beverage containers and it was only slightly weaker than strength of the inner sailor solider's four individual attacks.)

Music - It is also alluded to that she has the ability to manipulate music and song much like a siren, which she was named for. She never uses this ability in either the manga or anime however, but her character notes list her as a skilled singer and ballad writer.

Phone Booth - Siren uses a black english styled phone booth to transport herself from her base on Sagittarius Zero Star with Sailor Galaxia and the other Sailor Animates to Earth. All the Sailor Animates have this ability.

Disguise - Siren has the ability to disguise herself in many roles. Her main one is as a TV Producer for Galaxy TV but she has also masqueraded as a nurse, concert attendee, and others.

Social Networking - Siren never goes anywhere without her stack of business cards on hand, giving them to everyone she meets with a polite introduction. Including her enemies.

Sample Entry:

[Phone]

Good afternoon, Mayfield residents! This is Sailor Aluminum Siren speaking. I apologize for not presenting you with my business cards, but I seem to have misplaced them along with many other things since I woke up here… also I'm not quite sure how to fit them into the phone receiver. I don't see any sort of opening aside from these little holes where my mouth and ears go and they're much too small. Unless I rolled them up maybe, but then they would be bent and that wouldn't be very nice to look at. Business cards are all about the proper presentation. [A sad sigh is audible over the telephone line.]

Ah… I'm so upset! I thought for sure that this telephone would let me contact Galaxia-sama. It doesn't even have a booth attached to it that lets me go back to base, how am I supposed to give my report on my progress so far? Galaxia-sama will be so angry… not to mention Karasuma-san.

[Another terribly disappointed sigh.] It's too terrible to think about! Not until I have something for lunch. The kitchen seems very empty and doesn't have much that I can use for a proper meal. I'll have to go shopping later I suppose.

[Siren is much more cheerful at the prospect of eating.] In the meantime would anyone like to accompany me to the diner? Eating is always much more enjoyable with company, wouldn't you agree?

Welcome to 1445 Mitchell Road, Sailor Jones! Please reply here with your character journal. Once you've done that, complete the following:

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

Using this journal.

And I'm not sure that it matters or anything since her character tag is fine but Sailor is just a title not part of her actual name so she wouldn't refer to herself as "Sailor Jones."

Applications

Sailor Aluminum Siren - Sailor Moon - Unreserved

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