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: Dante
Personal Journal:

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Contact Info: TheIrradiated on Plurk and AIM
Other Characters Played: Luke Triton
Preferred Housing: N/A
Character Name: Eruka Frog
Character Series: Soul Eater
Character Age: Early twenties (in appearance only, since she’s a witch it’s likely that she’s much, much older.)
Background: http://souleater.wikia.com/wiki/Eruka_Frog#Part_in_the_Story
Personality:

Eruka is pretty cowardly, pure and simple. She’ll submit to whoever exerts enough power over her, or at least try to run away instead. When it became obvious that Medusa could easily kill her, the first thing Eruka did was transform into a frog and run away. Unfortunately, Medusa caught up with her and forced Eruka into doing her dirty work in order to get the snakes removed. From then on, Eruka followed Medusa’s orders without question, the only time she did question it is when Medusa sent her on a mission to rescue Free, a mission that could’ve killed Eruka if she was found out. She doesn’t get into fights she knows she’s going to lose, instead preferring to transform into a frog and run away, or spy on others instead. She even admits this to Medusa right before she and Mizune challenge her to a fight, saying that she wouldn’t have fought Medusa if she didn’t have soul protection on. In fact, the very first battle between Medusa and Eruka showed Eruka’s opportunist side, as she saw a chance to kill Medusa without resistance and tried to take it.

As for Medusa, Eruka hates her for obvious reasons. Because of her, she’s a slave to Medusa, forced to follow orders or be killed by Medusa’s many snakes. Another reason she hates Medusa is because of how Medusa works at Shibusen undercover, which if Medusa is found out, she could endanger other witches in Eruka’s community as well. It’s one of Eruka’s main motivations for attempting to kill Medusa. However, despite her hatred of the witch, she also admires Medusa a little for being such a great witch. She confesses that after the Kishin is revived, and Medusa is apparently killed. Eruka pretty much says that she’s glad Medusa’s dead, and then admits to her skills as a powerful witch. Without Medusa around, Eruka is shown to be cheerful and carefree.

She is also shown having a very playful side to her as well, like when she playfully calls out to the soldiers in Baba Yaga’s castle right before she escapes and blows up one of the castle’s magic locks. Eruka shows off her feistier attitude as well, such as calling people morons or calling people out whenever they’ve done something dumb. Also, as a witch, Eruka just adores destruction. It’s part of a witches’ nature, called the Sway of Magic, which is when a witches’ destructive nature begins to kick in. She thrives on chaos, and destroying and wrecking stuff makes her happy. After she blows up Medusa’s lab with her tadpole bombs, she smiles and says “I love destruction. It’s a good thing I was born a witch.”

Eruka is also fairly apathetic. Often times, she puts her own needs first before others. She tends not to be perceptive towards the feelings of others. For example, she’s oblivious to how much Chrona’s struggles to choose between following Medusa and betraying her friends at Shibusen. Eruka’s not completely unfeeling though, as when she does catch on to Chrona’s pain, she tells her Medusa will praise her as a slight attempt to comfort her. She’s also very, very protective of allies she’s especially close to, such as Mizune. During a fight with Black Star, she jumps in and starts throw bombs at him even though she‘s terrified, to help Mizune and Chrona escape. And in the end, she was captured herself. But even though she was captured, she’s proven herself to be a capable leader when she needs to be, despite being under Medusa’s thumb. For example, she leads around Mizune to help spy for Medusa, and during the attack on Baba Yaga’s castle, she leads Mizune to help blow up one of the magic locks that Free forgot to take care of himself. She and Mizune were also the first ones to discover Medusa’s infiltration of Shibusen and planned the confrontation between them.

Even though she’s a witch, Eruka’s very loyal to whoever she sees as her companions. She shows genuine compassion and protectiveness towards her tadpole familiar, Otama Jackson and even scolds Free for being rough with Otama Jackson, despite the tadpole getting slightly injured. When Otama Jackson gets hurt during the fight to revive the Kishin, Eruka decides to revive the Kishin not just for Medusa, but for her familiar‘s sake. She also seems to be on very good terms with other witches in her community, her best friend being a family of witches all named Mizune, who she feels guilty for lying to in order to get Mizune to go along with Medusa’s plan. With her other companion, Free, she becomes somewhat clingy to him and tends to stick close to him, even though she makes fun of him from time to time when he screws up something.

Abilities:

Transform Ability: Eruka can turn herself into a frog, while keeping the ability to talk.
Egg Bombs: Little bombs in the shape of tadpoles that look very similiar to Otama Jackson. They have the ability to bounce towards a target before they blow up.
Magic Calculation: Used to make high level spells more accurate by creating a place marker.
Soul Protect: Because witches are constantly being hunted by meisters and weapons, they use a spell to conceal themselves so that they aren't detected as witches. However, they can't use any of their other abilities when they do this.

Sample Entry: I used to play her in Mayfield! Here is one of her entries.

Note: I would like to keep her former memories and regains, please!

Welcome to 852 Goldberg, Eruka Crowley! 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: eruka frog

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

Thank you!

Applications

Eruka Frog | Soul Eater | No reserve

Accepted!

Re: Accepted!