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: At first, Kidou seems shady and mysterious. When he first appears in canon, he is the captain of Teikoku. He and his team take down multiple other teams without any mercy and when they go up against Raimon in a practice match, they beat them down easily, with Kidou giving out the commands. He is very strict, very egotistical, and very good at keeping a pokerface. Later, we learn more about him and we learn that he keeps his problems to himself. He has a problem with the previous commander of Teikoku, Kageyama Reiji and when he learned that Kageyama was near him during the FFI, he started to panic. He got distracted during practice, missing passes and messing up on shoots. When the others asked him if he was okay, he would merely apologize for being messy and go about his way. At one point, he stopped replying all together. On top of keeping things to himself, he acts completely on his own. Such as during Raimon and Teikoku's district finals match, he had heard about how Kageyama wanted to win at all costs and that had him worried. He decided to search the school for traps and confront Kageyama about his dangerous ways of getting what he wants.

He's level headed and he's also got a good head on his shoulders. During multiple soccer matches, with Teikoku and with Raimon and Inazuma Japan, he has found out ways to break through the other team's defense and he has helped make up hissatsu techniques. He is a strategist and he's helped his team win in almost every game he's been in. He's not hard to upset, but he's easy to keep in high spirits. He has made a lot of encouraging speeches to himself and to his team in order to keep morale up. In fact, there's almost always a smile on his face. Though, as stated before, he is easy to upset. He gets worried very easily and when something's on his mind, it's on his mind until the issue has been resolved. Such as finding out during FFI that Kageyama was on the same island as he. He became so obsessed with finding Kageyama and putting a stop to his horrible ways that he began to loose focus in what he was doing and he started seeing Kageyama everywhere. It got to the point of him questioning himself and just what he was doing.

He's also got a good sense of justice. If he finds out that you have been doing things to harm others, he will try to cut off all ties with you, he will pursue you, and he will want answers as to why you were this way. When he was young, Kageyama found him and brought him hope, teaching him how to be a great soccer player and giving him the courage to become one of the best soccer players out there. Kidou had been loyally following Kageyama's orders for years until he found out that in order for Teikoku to win a match with Raimon, Kageyama had someone tamper with the Raimon bus so the other team would get in an accident before the match. He started questioning Kageyama and he lost all trust for him. He eventually joined Raimon's team and cut off all his ties with Kageyama, he could not work under someone who would harm others to win. Though, if you atone for what you have done and you have a change of heart, Kidou will trust you again. At the FFI, one of the representatives for Italy opens Kageyama's heart and makes him show his true self. His true self which was simply a nice man who loved soccer, not hated. In fact, Kageyama had blinded a young girl during one of his unsuccessful tries at harming Raimon and he had sent her letters and paid for her eye surgery. Upon finding this out, Kidou found himself having sympathy for the man who was once like his father and by the end of the match, Kageyama had turned himself into the police. Though, before he got to prison, he ended up getting killed in an accident. From this day forward, Kidou has Kageyama's sunglasses with him.

Kidou is also very loyal to his friends. In the Football Frontier for Japan, Kidou was on Teikoku's team as their captain. They were doing great, winning all of the matches. That is, until they fought Zeus, another team created by Kageyama for the purpose of defeating Raimon. Kidou had been on bench due to an injury in a prior match and all he could do was watch as Zeus completely destroyed his team. Zeus was so powerful that his teammates had been hospitalized. He swore to them that he would get his revenge, so, he joined Raimon's team and they ended up winning against Zeus. He has a lot of respect and cares deeply for his friends. Later on in the series, two of his former teammates, Sakuma and Genda, joined Kageyama's new soccer team while Kidou was busy with Raimon. They were completely infatuated with the power Kageyama had promised them. During the match, the two used forbidden hissatsu techniques. The reason why they were forbidden was that they were so powerful, that they broke down your body from the inside when you used them. Kidou, upon realizing that they were using them, had begged them to stop. And when they would not listen, he started to panic a bit and had the rest of the team try to not let them use the techniques. However, to his dismay, Sakuma used the technique too many times and he could no longer walk for the rest of the match. Needless to say, he was very pissed at Fudou, the captain of the new team, for convincing his friends to use those techniques.

One last thing about Kidou is that he cares for his sister Haruna more then anything else. when they were both young, they lost their parents in an accident. They were soon sent to an orphanage for a little while and they both were adopted into different families. In order to be able to live with his sister again, Kidou made a deal with his adoptive father. If he could win consecutive National Championships in the Football Frontier all three years of junior high, he would be able to take his sister back. Though, he was not allowed to tell her so he had lost contact with her for about 6 years. Though during that time, he had never stopped thinking about her. Later in the series, Haruna ends up being chosen for a sacrifice to a demon. Kidou had to fight a team of demons with soccer in order to save her, which was harder then it sounds. Also, he had stated that he would go through the depths of hell if it meant saving her life. He also got pissed off greatly when the demons touched her, even if they were simply grabbing her shoulder.

Abilities: He has a number of hissatsu techniques which are basically techniques using the soccer ball to get into goals or past others, etc. Though all of his shoot techniques are combination techniques so without his teammates, they're useless. His offense techniques aren't very helpful either. But I will list them off anyway and add a link to show what they do.

SHOOT HISSATSU:

1. Death Zone
2. Twin Boost
3. Twin Boost F
4. Koutei Penguin No. 2
5. Inazuma Break
6. Death Zone 2
7. Koutei Penguin No. 3

OFFENSIVE HISSATSU:

1. Illusion Ball
2. Killer Fields

There is also a forbidden technique that he knows how it works and how to use it, though, he never would.

Koutei Penguin No. 1

Other then Hissatsu, he has no outstanding abilities. He spends his time practicing and training for soccer so his legs are very strong and he has good endurance, he's very intelligent, and he's an outstanding cook.

Sample Entry: Here's one and here's another!

Welcome to 626 Topper Street, Kidou Yuuto! 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: kidou yuuto

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

Thank you for accepting me!

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