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• 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.
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• 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.
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• 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!
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• 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.
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Excel | Excel Saga | Not Reserved
Personal LJ: None
Contact Info: minki.kim.585@my.csun.edu
Other Characters Played: Clod, Nyarlathotep, the Doctor, Rip van Winkle, Sage Barnes
Preferred Housing: 1767 Beaver St. I spoke with Dist-mun and got her permission and sent a PM to Emperor-mun, but it's been at least a week without a reply. He might have idled out.
Character Name: Excel (Excel Kleinwald, Slammin' Flowerchild, Teriha Shiouji, every name listed is fake)
Character Series: Excel Saga (the manga)
Character Age: Early twenties
Excel | Excel Saga | Not Reserved
The manga originally was written in response to the Japanese recession and to reflect that, the world-conquering organization only has two members total: its leader, Il Palazzo, and the executive officer, combatant, and latrine orderly, Excel. Believing that the world is corrupt, Excel is charged by Il Palazzo with gathering information around the city and delivering items to specific areas to divert enemy efforts while often being dropped down “the pit”, a trap hole built into the base. While conquering the world is clearly on the agenda, Excel must also make means to sustain herself through income provided by various part-time jobs... most of which she's fired from or quits for one reason or another.
During a flood as Excel swims her way over to ACROSS' headquarters, she comes across a dog, Mince, that she rescues and makes into her “emergency ration” and the “third member” of ACROSS. Just as she's pulled down the “pit” again, this time, she finds herself in the harsh seas hours later where she has trouble dealing with the Japanese Immigration Bureau. After being labeled as an illegal immigrant, thrown into prison, and escaping from said prison, she returns to Fukuoka to find that Il Palazzo has hired the official third (fourth in Excel's book) member of ACROSS, Hyatt, an anemic girl who often finds herself dead from time to time.
Opposing ACROSS is the City Environmental Security Administration, a government bureau headed by Dr. Kabapu. The administration was made in response to Kabapu's belief that there is somebody trying to take over the city. As such, he chooses a group of young people with potential who more or less all took the same entry-level civil servant test, Toru Watanabe, Norikuni Iwata, Daimaru Sumiyoshi, and Misaki Matsuya. Most of their tasks are limited to paperwork, but Kabapu sends them off in missions such as searching the sewers which often makes them question the nature of their “entry-level civil servant” positions. All five members of the Administration along with Excel and Hyatt were placed in the same apartment, although they generally manage to avoid each other through sheer luck.
Excel | Excel Saga | Not Reserved
As Il Palazzo declared that ACROSS will no longer be a “secret organization”, Excel, Hyatt, and Elgala took to the streets, proclaiming their intentions to conquer the world. The Administration then began to actively thwart ACROSS. While the other members found reasons not to enter the field, Iwata, the “leader”, would often be the one to fight the three... often ending in a bitter defeat largely thanks to Excel, but with the “enemy” also making their presence known, the three retreated to plan and regroup. Il Palazzo himself demonstrated to Fukuoka soon the power that ACROSS had been keeping hidden as he projected a giant hologram of himself, announcing his goals for conquest.
Il Palazzo was then revealed by Kabapu to possess mass quantities of “over-technology” from the ancient civilization, Solaria. The two were members of it countless years ago, but the city vanished as a result of the over-technology. Kabapu found himself to be one of the last survivors and he spent the remaining years searching for the last bits of Solaria's technology in order to destroy it, killing many other survivors along the way, and admitting to using “dead men's souls” to achieve his goals. Il Palazzo, the last survivor and once a fond friend of Kabapu, stands on the last remaining remnant of Solaria, its “ruin”, and to conquer Fukuoka and access the “ruin” could mean the absolute end of the world.
Kabapu possessed the “Core” necessary to enter the Ruin and challenge whatever is inside and collaborating with a disappeared scientist named Tenmangu Shiouji and then his son, Gojyou, he created the Ropponmatsu unit. Excel, Hyatt, and Elgala were never briefed in detail as the Administration members were, whose members mostly cringed at what seemed to be nothing more than an old man's fantasies. The three were instead assigned simply to kidnap Ropponmatsu, an “employee” of the Administration. In time, as another mishap separated the three, Il Palazzo used his overtechnology to teleport and retrieve Ropponmatsu, Hyatt, and Elgala, leaving Excel stranded to fend for herself. During her time away from Fukuoka, she developed a case of amnesia and was taken in by the Shiouji household as Teriha Shouji all the while Il Palazzo started becoming a dominant power in Fukuoka.
Excel | Excel Saga | Not Reserved
Kabapu challenged Il Palazzo to the mayoral office and invested whatever money he had to sling mud at the man. Using his “young friends” in the Administration, Kabapu tried bombing Il Palazzo's van. Excel as Teriha watched the first bombing attack, relieved to see that Il Palazzo was not harmed. Only Elgala was. Once Kabapu was able to win the office, he had the ILL Electronics building bombed again out of boredom this time, but was infuriated at the possibility that another bomb had been planted by somebody else altogether and that it would set his off. News of this spread and Teriha raced to the ILL building to protect Il Palazzo from harm. Reuniting with Elgala, who became a scapegoat for ILL's accusations, and teaming up with “President Excel”, she worked to find and disarm the bombs planted... only to fail.
Excel recovered her memories and raced over to Il Palazzo's office to warn him personally, only to be thrown out by the explosion. Il Palazzo teleported away to safety, expressing disappointment as he bid Excel farewell. Excel was left to fall and with Elgala, she began working on uncovering the secrets behind ACROSS' “intruder”.
Excel | Excel Saga | Not Reserved
As subservient as she is to Il Palazzo, however, Excel is absolutely controlling when it comes to her juniors. She strongly maintains her assumed role in ACROSS' hierarchy and forces both Elgala and Hyatt to follow her directions precisely. When Il Palazzo is away, she acts independently as his “number two” and makes orders that she feels would further ACROSS' goals. Hyatt generally acts as Excel, her “senior”, tells her to do, but towards Elgala, she often uses either verbal or physical force to keep her in line. In a way, though, she does care for both Hyatt and Elgala much more than she would like to admit. After working with other agents for so long, she would often feel lonely if she was alone again. As troublesome as Hyatt's constant dying or Elgala's “taste for the bourgeois lifestyle” is, she likes having them around especially when things begin to literally blow up. Besides, there aren't too many other people that would be willing to stroke her ego every now and then.
Towards other people beyond ACROSS, however, Excel prefers keeping her distance. Those that have no affiliation with her outside the workplace are often ignored and labeled off as just one of the many average “Joe Ignorant Masses”. She does, however, remember the people that have either treated her somewhat well, but she remembers the people that have wronged her in some way even more. Excel keeps a “purge list” handy to make note of everybody that ought to be put down once she rules the world with Il Palazzo. She isn't one to eagerly make new friends and distances herself wherever possible for the sake of security measures, but there are cases where she has bonded with some people like Mr. Owner and Ms. Manager.
A pet peeve that Excel has is spending far too much than the budget allows. She values hard work and thinks little of spending too much, preferring thrift and to save. Living a life like this out in the streets has given Excel a taste for pigeon meat and fish from the polluted rivers. While her junior officers might have reservations, Excel has been known to care little for washing herself with the park fountains when without. She doesn't mind having to “confiscate” items every now and then for a “higher purpose”. The art of “dine and dash” is something she has long perfected to the point where she doesn't spill a single drop from the bowls of soup she steals while running away from the chefs.
Excel | Excel Saga | Not Reserved
There are occasions where Excel suffers from amnesia. As she forgets about her devotion to Il Palazzo, Excel becomes remarkably more reserved and shy. She loses much of the energy that she demonstrates as his “second in command”. Both her regular and amnesiac selves, however, feel uncomfortable when right in the middle of public, showing some sense of paranoia with people. With individuals, however, that gained her trust like Umi Rengaya, she is sometimes able to show a genuine sense of friendship that her regular self has difficulty showing. She became close to Umi to the point where the two are almost like sisters. Excel is capable of interacting with other individuals and becoming intimate with them, but it's nearly impossible as her regular self. She often blocks the memories that she had while having amnesia as she recovers her old memories.
Abilities: Excel can recover amazingly quickly. After having her body completely incinerated by flames, she was able to return to her old self good as new by the next day. When tranquilized, it only takes her just a few minutes to stand back on her feet as if nothing had happened.
Her strength is above average. While she probably can't lift trucks, she does have the power to carry two grown women in her arms and run away at mach speed. With enough focus, she can probably punch a hole through a wall if she likes. Excel isn't invincible, however, and can be defeated fairly easily with sufficient skill. She fell unconscious after the target she threw herself at simply moved out of the way.
Excel's success varies based on whether luck favors her or not. She has incredibly good luck that alternates with incredibly bad luck. If there is a sliver of a chance that she can be beaten, then that's what will happen. If there is a sliver of a chance that she can defeat her enemy, however, then that's what may happen.
Sample Entry: http://dear-mun.livejournal.com/44981195.html
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