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: Muri
Personal LJ:

zettaimuri
Contact Info: [E-mail] hmyo.m@hotmail.com, [AIM] Mierigi
Other Characters Played: N/A
Preferred Housing: N/A

Character Name: Republic of Latvia [Raivis Galante]
Character Series: Axis Powers Hetalia
Character Age: Physically fifteen. Has existed for at least 600 years, very likely to be much longer than that.

Background:
General background [Wikipedia]
Character information [Hetalia archives]

Latvia is taken from a modern day setting so all history is applicable.

Personality: At a glance, Latvia appears to be quite a quiet boy. Usually there’s a sense of unease about him, as if something terrible could happen at any moment. Over the course of his life he’s endured many hardships and while he’s managed to make it through, it has left him a little worse for wear.

One notable thing about him is that he tends to wear his heart on his sleeve. As it turns out, most of the time his heart is fairly skittish and nervous. Whenever he feels like this, he has a tendency to start shaking. This can range from a slight tremble to immobilizing quaking depending on how threatening and scary the situation seems to be. In extreme cases, Latvia may also have trouble speaking however this seems to rarely happen.

This kind of submissive personality comes from years of being beaten up and forced to live with other nations. Latvia is by no means a total pushover though. Despite his chronic bad luck and uncanny ability to injure himself he can pull through against all odds, crying and complaining all the while. If it were up to him, he would much rather take it easy and spend time with a good book or something to drink so these kinds of unbelievable feats only really happen when he’s ordered to or it’s imperative to his own safety and comfort.

A lot of the time he’ll want to rely on people in order to make things easier on himself. On the other hand he doesn’t want these people to control him either. In the end he feels somewhat lonely. There’s nothing that Latvia would want more than an older brother or sister to rely on and keep him company. Unfortunately his socials skills are a little awkward. For most people he’s extremely polite, even to those he may hold some resentment to (and he will hold that resentment for a long time) but there are times when he can be a little blunt. Much in the same way he always shows his true emotions, he often speaks without thinking and can say things that may be considered rude. Sometimes it’s by accident, sometimes it may be a passive aggressive act since he isn’t much of a fighter. In large conflicts he would like to stay neutral but often gets dragged in anyway.

While Latvia may be polite to most, when it comes to people younger or smaller than him he will often try and assert authority over them in strange ways. Despite his attempts he almost always ends up shrinking back and becoming more submissive. The desire to be in a more dominant position probably stems from a combination of the fact he’s always been a subordinate throughout his life and frustration he feels from having such a young body. He’s existed for centuries and wants to be treated as an adult, considering himself fairly mature despite showing childish mannerisms at times. Some of his hobbies, his drinking habit especially, are a little more adult and Latvia hates being denied these things or patronized because of his appearance. His shorter than average stature doesn’t help in the slightest.

Making friends may be a struggle but if you form a good relationship with him, Latvia is undoubtedly a loyal companion. He’ll look out for those he’s close to, even when it isn’t convenient or he becomes frustrated by them. After trying and failing to cut out bad relationships he knows how good the good ones really are.

Abilities: Due to his status as a nation Latvia shares a link with his people and his land. Because of this he displays a degree of immortality and supposedly can’t be killed unless the country of Latvia ceases to exist, even then it’s a little sketchy. In the event of physical injury, healing is extremely quick.

Also, he can drink forty cups of alcohol before it completely incapacitates him.

Sample Entry: [Latvia restlessly fidgets with the phone chord as the ringing echoes through the ear piece. Part of him hopes that they won’t pick up, he doesn’t want to explain what happened, or even own up to it but a voice suddenly speaks up and he almost drops the phone]

Yes! H-hello this is Raivis.

I’m really sorry. I’m the one who... I mean, I... uh...

[Taking a deep breath he tries to stop himself from shaking and just forces the words out. No one ever seems to get too angry here, how bad could it be?]

I’m the one who broke your fence. It was an accident! I swear!

I wasn’t paying attention, there was a cat in the road and I panicked and my bike swerved and I just...

I’m really really sorry! I-I promise I’ll make it up to you, I’ll get the money to repair it...

[Deep in his heart he hopes he won’t have to repair it himself. Carpentry only earns him more injuries than it’s worth. All Latvia can do is wait anxiously for his punishment]

Please forgive me, I make a mistake in the coding of the background information links.

Here are the correct links:
General background [Wikipedia]
Character information [Hetalia archives]

Welcome to 7133 Brooks, Latvia Ben-David! 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: latvia

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

The game will be open for new entries on January 16th

Thank-you very much.

Just to clarify, is my in-game name actually Latvia Ben-David or would it be Raivis Ben-David?

Applications

Latvia | Axis Powers Hetalia | No reservation

Correction: Latvia | Axis Powers Hetalia | No reservation

Accepted!

Re: Accepted!