Applications

[mayfield_mods]

• 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:

<b>Name:</b> Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you. <b>Personal Journal:</b> If you have one; a journal on another website is fine. <b>Contact Info:</b> 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. <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable. <b>Preferred Housing:</b> 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". <b>Character Name:</b> 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. <b>Character Series:</b> <b>Character Age:</b> <b>Background:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> 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. <b>Abilities:</b> 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. <b>Sample Entry:</b> 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

<b>Name:</b> Not the character's name, but yours or however you'd like us to refer to you. <b>Personal Journal:</b> <b>Contact Info:</b> 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. <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Mayfield, if applicable. <b>Preferred Housing:</b> 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". <b>Character Name:</b> 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. <b>Character Age:</b> <b>Background:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> This section is probably the most important. We're looking for <i>at least</i> 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. <b>Abilities:</b> 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. <b>Sample Entry 1:</b> 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. <b>Sample Entry 2:</b> 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.

Comments

Yukko Aioi | Nichijou | Reserved | 2/4

[selematpagi]

Personality: The thing that sticks out the most about Yukko Aioi is that she is very... energetic, eccentric. She does things that definitely make her stand out. It's a bit hard to describe. For example, Yukko regularly greets her friends with "Selamat Pagi", which is Indonesian for "Good Morning." She doesn't just uses this phrase because she likes the way it sounds though. It becomes increasingly obvious that Yukko is speaking Indonesian only to get a reaction. This is because she becomes confused and saddened when one morning her friend Mio does not even flinch to her greeting. This causes her to begin to overthink why Mio would simply ignore her greeting. The thought itself lodges inside her head, and for the rest of her trip to school she can't stop thinking about it. However, when her other friend Mai greets her back in Indonesian, she becomes so elated to the point of tears.

And while this sounds like an odd example... Yeah, Yukko's kind of like that.

The first thing you will notice about Yukko is very open about her emotions. In fact, at times she goes out of her way to exaggerate. When she’s happy, she’s beaming. If she’s bragging, her face gets so smug you just want to bonk her over the head. If she’s mad she will grit her teeth and glare with fire in her eyes. If she’s sad, well, she just mopes about. Normally she bounces back to her perky personality pretty quickly, but sometimes it’s much harder than waiting it out. This is also why, when Yukko gets really depressed, it is this sudden, gigantic, exaggerated halestorm of angst that consists soley of body twitching, incoherent mumblings and so many tears that you’d swear she’ll end up waterlogged. Of course, regardless of whether it’s mild disappointment or violent pity party, it’s always easy to get Yukko back to being Yukko. Just butter her up with lots of compliments and motivation (and take a few slaps on the back, from her) and she’ll be as good as new. Yukko is a sucker for compliments.

But why is Yukko like this? How does she bounce back so quickly? Her friends are awfully smart, and they rarely seem to flinch at her behavior. Why do they put up with it?

Becauuussseee Yukko is kind of stupid and doesn’t know any better? An idiot? A baka? Brainless? Clueless? Delusional?

That’s all exaggeration actually. Yukko isn’t dumb per se(b-but that might depend on your definition of dumb she certainly isn’t bright), she’s just very simple-minded, and easily distracted. She can certainly do pretty well if she tries, but normally trying proves to be a lot harder for her. Things that would normally prove easy for most, such as sitting down to do studying or ordering a latte, holds extra challenge for Yukko. If you explain something to her, make sure to explain it in a clear, understandable way, because if you’re vague about it she will get utterly confused and misinterpret. The biggest problem for her is… that she is impulsive! She doesn’t try to assess the situation correctly when she really needs to – but, oh, she can definitely overthink things… stupid things that she shouldn’t be worried about. Call it naïve or childish if you want, but Yukko just does things. She is all shoot first, regret things later. She doesn’t give time to realize that her ideas are incredibly stupid because she’s practically convinced herself that these ideas are perfect and will put them into practice before anything else. So when things don’t work out the way she imagines (I.E. ALMOST ALWAYS), it’s perfectly understandable why she screams and hoops and hollers. Because her little mind is blown so hard that it feels like her little world has just been shot to high hell. The definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again expecting a different result. If that’s true, then Yukko must be a little cracked.

Yukko is a big dreamer too, if her grandeous daydreams and hasty spouts of poetry are any indication, and she seems to prefer going with whatever reasons her imagination comes up with rather than any form of logic.... which is probably why, out of everyone in her clas, she is the only one who truly believes that Nano is a robot. This is also why she overreacts whenever something even slightly disconcerting happens, especially when they fly out of left field. The principal has a habit of telling awfully lame jokes during his speeches, and Yukko can’t help but wonder if he knows just how terrible they are (and making a really, really big deal about it in the process). A bird lands on the edge of a window and starts talking, cue wacky reaction (though to be honest can you blame her for freaking out? I mean... talking bird...) Things like that.

Yukko Aioi | Nichijou | Reserved | 3/4

[selematpagi]

There are also moments where Yukko can be downright egocentric too. For example, when someone does something that goes against what she’s expecting or appears even slightly suspicious, like if a friend appears to be mad at her, her mind paints pictures in order to explain why. Annndd by that I mean she just jumps to the conclusion that it must involve her somehow. She wonders if it’s something that she said, or something she did or or or maybe they just don’t like her! It must be about her, she has to know for sure, needs to know, no, she already knows it’s her, it has to be her, she needs to patch this hole up, mend things, And then suddenly she’s crying and flailing her arms about, apologizing profusely to her friend for something that she didn’t do. Normally it has nothing to do with her, but Yukko is one for jumping to conclusions. That being said, Yukko is not self-centered. Sometimes it’s the complete opposite. While Yukko has her moments of thoughtlessness, when she does something hurtful she immediately feels guilty, and she quickly tries to patch things up much to her own detriment. When Yukko breaks her friend Mai’s statue she flusters up several ways of trying to make up for it from gluing the head back on to literally leaving an apology note on Mai’s desk with candy and flowers (before eventually just throwing the blasted thing in the incinerator.) She’s not a very good liar either, both due to the fact that she can’t handle feeling guilty and the fact that she can’t come up with a legit excuse to save her life.

Yukko just wants to stick out in this ordinary life of hers. She wants to find the extraordinary within the ordinary, but most of all she wants to be the extraordinary within the ordinary. She practically lives off how others view her, so she can’t handle it whenever people hate her or just ignore her. She does not crave for attention. She just wants to be known as unique and different without becoming something that she is not. She’s just a tiny pink ant living her tiny little life, and as much as she complains she loves living in it.

Even though this tiny life likes to kick her while she’s down. And laugh at her. But lord knows Yukko still tries.
Abilities: Apart from exaggerated facial expressions, Yukko's only real power is the ability to shoot lasers out of her mouth and pierce the sky and the heavens.

Um no for an oddball like her she's pretty ordinary.

Yukko Aioi | Nichijou | Reserved | 4/4

[selematpagi]

Sample Entry: Here's a testrun box post that I really should hit soon.

[ OKAY. Last night, Yukko has come to a conclusion. Yukko is still freaked out about this whole situation, but she certainly does not want to sit around moping about it! She has to make the best of her situation - and what better way than to get together with

Today she's making friends. With the drones. Her strategy is to tell them jokes. Because she. Can't think of any other ideas. Great plan, right?

So far it has not been working, if the tears in Yukko's eyes are any indication. If anyone passes a street leading to the high school, they will no doubt notice Yukko bounding over to a drone, waving both of her hands over her head like she's signaling an airplane. ]

Hey, hey!

[ The drone predictably turns to look at her. Great! Yukko winds up for a home run! ]

Selamat Pagi!

[ The drone smiles.]

God Bless You!



[ That wasn't the response she was expecting.

BUT THAT'S OKAY! Maybe it's just really dumb or it doesn't know basic Indonesian! Like the last... ten drones... but that's cool! She's just going to roll with it! ]

Everyone calls you a Drone, right? So I betcha must drone on and on! Right?



[ Awkward silence. Then Yukko pulls out a peace sign! ] Heheh, just kidding!

[ The drone smiles. ] I'm sorry?

H-Hngh?! [ Yuuko looks absolutely devastated. ] Y¬-You know? Drone on and on? [ She slumps, draping her arms uselessly. ] They call you drone? Drone on and on? Get it? It was a jo-

[ And just like the last ten, this drone turns and walks away like Yukko doesn't exist.

Yukko drops to her knees, hands buried in her face. Goddamn. It took her all night to think of that one too! ]

Why am I striking out like this? [ She whines. ] Do these guys have no sense of humor?? I'm using my best material too!

[ BEST would be pushing it considerably, but Yukko certainly tried hard to come up with some good ones. And she just used them all. Annnd none of them worked. At best the drones just smiled sadly, as though even they know just how hard she's failing at this "joke" thing. ]

Maybe I've just lost my touch?! But that's impossible, no, it must be them, they must suck at taking jokes! Or maybe they're just mean! [ SNIFFLE. Oh, she's about to cry! ] But they seem so friendly though! How can they be so mean as to ignore me like that?!

[ Yukko finally lifts her head up. She looks around to see if any other drones are around. Seeing none, her face looks nothing other than defeated. She looks behind her and -

LOOK. It's a non-drone! Yukko points and wipes the tears out of her eyes! ]

Hey! Hey, you!

[ Yukko leaps up ad runs like a speeding bullet, clearing the distance between whoever's unlucky enough to be standing there in about three seconds flat. PANT PANT PANT, before Yukko bounces right up and gives a thumbs up!

Crying? Clearly you're confusing her with someone else, she wasn't crying, no, look, Yukko's giving you a shit eating grin right now! Look at her she's so happy! ]



Selamat Pagi!

[ Get ready. Fellow student or ill-fated passerby, she's about to tell you a stupid joke. See this is what you get or not running away. This is your fault you brought this on yourself. ]

Accepted/Pending

[mayfield_mods]

The application looks good, we just need to know you have permission from the current housemates at 436 Peepers.

[jumpsinline]

The mun has permission from myself and Gonsai! o/

[jumpsinline]

And the James player!

/DERP

[selematpagi]

Hey there! Pip already vouched for me, but I did get permission from the other housemates! Sorry about the confusion!

Accepted!

[mayfield_mods]

Welcome to 436 Peepers Street, Yukko Sutherland! 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: yukko aioi

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

[selematpagi]

Yay! Thanks!