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• 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.

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Name: Daisy/Emily.
Personal Journal:

daisy_the_mage1
Contact Info: daisythesorceress on Plurk!
Other Characters Played: Zidane Tribal and Apple Bloom
Preferred Housing: Currently trying to contact Sora's and Carrie's muns for permission to house with them in 769 Bunker Street. If I don't get permissions or don't hear back from them in a week, then I'm happy for a randomization although I'd like to have at least one non-drone if possible!

Character Name: Riku. No last name given.
Character Series: Kingdom Hearts (namely Blank Points)
Character Age: 16-17 by the time of Blank Points.
Background: http://www.khwiki.net/Riku

Personality: When we are introduced to Riku in the first Kingdom Hearts game, he seemed superior to his best friend Sora in almost every way. He was physically stronger, more intelligent and was basically ‘cool, calm and collected’ - while he was not completely incapable of losing his temper, Riku was pretty good at keeping a level head when situations got rough and preferred to respond to his enemies with snark rather than blowing his top off (unless he was provoked enough). He was one of the eldest of the children on Destiny Islands and many of his peers admired him for his strength and sword fighting skills.

Nobody is perfect, however, and Riku is no exception. While smart and athletic, he was also arrogant, insecure and secretly jealous of Sora’s carefree nature and ability to bond with other people quickly. All of this made the boy vulnerable to manipulation. He was manipulated by Maleficent into joining her side, fought against Sora and was eventually tricked by Xehanort into letting his body become possessed by the other man. As a result, Riku, under Xehanort’s control, nearly ended up destroying the entire universe and it was Sora who saved him.

Thankfully, it was all this that made Riku realise how terrible his actions were and now he works hard to make up for his wrongdoings.

Riku has changed a great deal over the course of the Kingdom Hearts games and up to Blank Points. While he still keeps a calm and relaxed demeanor, a lot of his arrogance has completely gone, due to the shame of what he did. If anything, Riku can now be incredibly hard on himself. Once somebody who thought that he deserved to use the power of the Keyblade more than Sora, he now doubts whether he has any right to wield one.

However, it would be wrong think that because Riku is unsure of himself that he would completely give up and do nothing. Despite the fact that he has tons of insecurity issues, Riku will not just sit down and sulk. Even after being freed from Xehanort’s possession, Xehanort’s heartless rests deep inside the boy’s heart. While Xehanort is one reason for Riku’s insecurities, Riku has been pretty stubborn and determined not to be taken over and controlled again. Even when Riku learns to accept both the light and darkness as a part of him (when he previously feared the darkness), he still resists Xehanort’s attempts to take over him. This is why he managed to take on Xehanort’s appearance without Xehanort being able to control him.

However, even when Riku thinks that he is completely at the deep end to the point there is no way he can crawl back out himself, he will be stubborn enough to look for whatever way he can help his friends (if he can). Ever since Riku was a child, he dreamed of exploring the world outside the secluded islands he grew up in so that he could gain the strength to protect what was important to him, including his friends (this was shown in his conversation with Terra in Birth By Sleep). Even now, he still resolves to do that even if his own situation seems hopeless. When Riku sacrificed his body and took on Xehanort's appearance to defeat Roxas and wake Sora up, he was too ashamed to let Sora and Kairi (his other best friend) see him and was unsure if he could ever be reunited with them and return home with them again. However, that did not stop Riku from helping his friends out behind the scenes (such as rescuing Kairi from Saix or giving Sora a picture of Roxas during the Hollow Bastion attack to help him on his quest). If there is no hope for him to return home then at least he might be able to aid Sora on his quest.

This brings us to another point of Riku’s character – that he is fiercely protective of his friends. He will do anything for them and would probably give his life if he had to. Needless to say, this can get him into trouble. The most obvious example of this was when he and Sora fought Xemnas and during the fight, he quickly intervened to protect his friend. Unfortunately, this left Riku severely injured to the point of being unable to walk.

As well as being protective of his friends, Riku can show compassion even to those he does not know that well (which is a big change from the first game where he kidnapped Pinocchio and Jasmine to get Kairi’s heart back without seemingly any concern to how Pinocchio and Jasmine felt). In 358/2 Days, he helped Xion, who was a member of the Organization, only because he ‘felt like it’, and even felt sympathy for Roxas after defeating and capturing him to put him in a simulated town with fake friends as part of the process of joining Roxas back with Sora to wake Sora up. This was a contrast to DiZ, who just dismissed Roxas’ fate as ‘the fate of a Nobody’. That, and while Riku felt that capturing Roxas was necessary at the time (even though he was not completely comfortable with it), he became disgusted when he discovered that he did was part of DiZ’s plan for revenge (as shown when he curls his fist when DiZ tells him of his goal).

However, it would be a mistake to forget that Riku is not Sora. While he does have a compassionate heart, Riku does not have Sora’s ability to bond with people and make friends quickly. If anything, Riku’s social skills can be absolutely terrible. One good example of this was when he walked away from Shiki after saving her and she told him off for it, after which Riku replied, “I’m bad at this. Sorry.” He also became horribly flustered when Shiki called him her ‘knight in shining armour’, to which she replied that she was teasing him and that he needed to get out more. Riku is not intentionally mean to other people (unless he doesn’t like you – which he really won’t hide) and certainly not antisocial like Squall from Final Fantasy VIII is, but he can come across as unfriendly and cold to someone who does not know him well enough .

Riku is also a rather introverted person. In the first game, he hated other people seeing his weaknesses and insecurities, wanting to be the superior friend to Sora and the tough and mature big brother to both him and Kairi. By the end of the second game, while he has accepted his weaknesses and is no longer trying to compete with Sora (or if he still does, it wouldn’t be in such a serious manner), Riku still likes to at times act tough and pretend that things are all right when they are not. After he is injured from his and Sora’s battle with Xemnas and he is carried by Sora to the dark beach, Riku decides to walk on his own, insisting to Sora that he is fine. Unfortunately, the poor lad collapsed just seconds afterwards. That said, towards the end of KH II, thanks to Sora and the others, Riku is starting to open up to his friends. He still has some ways to go but he is getting better – he even admits to Sora his jealousy towards him at the end of Kingdom Hearts II.

If you do gain Riku’s friendship, however, you will find not only a devoted friend but also one who will often tease you at your own expense. Those who get to know Riku a little will discover that he enjoys poking fun at people he cares about although his jokes are never mean-spirited. Despite having been through a lot, Riku’s dry sense of humour has never seemed to completely disappeared – probably because the fact that he had Mickey Mouse as a companion during Chain of Memories and sometime after that. While Riku was having issues regarding his darkness and Xehanort, Mickey encouraged him to keep going and stay strong. In Kingdom Hearts II, Riku jokingly told Sora that he ‘never picked the brightest of friends’ for not working out that he had been helping him, Donald and Goofy behind the scenes. He also once called Sora a ‘total sap’ for encouraging him to rely on his friends more. Again, this was all meant in good spirit – if Riku pokes fun at you, it probably means that he likes you!

Riku is one of the most complicated characters the Kingdom Hearts series. However, he has gradually turned from a well-meaning but arrogant boy who did terrible things to a repentant boy who wanted to make up for what he had done to a hero. While Riku was originally chosen as a Keyblade wielder and had lost that power because of his recklessness and selfishness. However, because of his strong desire to make up for what he did and to help those he cares about, he regains that power. I am taking Riku from Blank Points, which is after he returns home in Kingdom Hearts II but before Kingdom Hearts 3D, when he takes the Mark of Mastery Exam. At this point, Riku has started to forgive himself for his actions in the first game. He still has self-esteem issues doubts about whether or not he should have the right to wield a Keyblade but he is giving himself a chance – which is why he is about to partake in the Mask of Mastery Exam.

Abilities: Way to the Dawn – Riku has the ability to summon the Way to the Dawn Keyblade at will. Not only does he use it as a powerful weapon in battle but his Keyblade can also open almost every lock in the world at will (barring the locked buildings in Mayfield, I guess? XD)

Dark Aura – Riku can shoot several dark bolts at the enemy, causing darkness damage.

Dark Shield – Riku creates a barrier in front of someone he is trying to protect (in Kingdom Hearts II, if you have him in the party, he jumps in front of Sora and conjures up a barrier in front of them) to block an enemy attack. The shield disappears as soon as the enemy attack has occurred, however, and Riku will have to conjure another dark shield if he wants to protect his friend again.

Cure Potion – Despite the fact that it is called ‘Cure Potion’, this ability acts like a spell in the sense that there are no limited uses of it but Riku uses up MP when he casts it and has to wait until his MP gauge refills before he can use it again. I’ll let the mods decide whether this is a spell or he just happens to have a huge supply of potions on his person.

Sense – Riku as the ability to ‘smell’ the darkness in other people’s hearts and how strong their darkness is or how corrupted by darkness someone is. In a way, it can help him detect whether someone is evil or not although even the most good-hearted people have some taints of darkness in them (the only exception being the Princesses of Heart who are completely free from any taint of darkness). If he regains this ability, I will put up a Permissions post.

Sample Entry:

[Sample 1]

http://dear-mun.dreamwidth.org/4413021.html#comments

[Sample 2 – During the Christmas ‘Careful What You Wish For’ event

A word of warning about those mailboxes in that Santa village. I probably don’t have to say this by now but to whoever hasn’t approached them yet – don’t. If you’re not careful, you might suddenly...well, feel the urge to write one. It’s happened to me and it’s happened to some of the others in this town and knowing this place, it’s probably not going to mean anything good.

....Besides, Santa isn’t real. Some of you should be old enough to know that by now. [Except you forgot to filter that part from the kids, Riku. :/]

Edit: Sora-mun has given permission! Still waiting for Carrie-mun, though.

Edit 2: Carrie's mun gave me her permission! \o/

Edited 2012-09-30 15:09 (UTC)

I approve by the way with the housing

also approving

Welcome to 769 Bunker Street, Riku Tohsaka! Please reply here with your character journal. Once you've done that, complete the following:

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• Make sure to tag your first post with the !intro tag, as well as your character's personal tag: c: riku

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

Whoo! Thank you, mods! \o/

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