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: Walk
Personal Journal:

walkway
Contact Info: AIM: Sionwalk
Other Characters Played: N/A
Preferred Housing: N/A

Character Name: Yuki Nagato
Character Series: Haruhi Suzumiya
Character Age: Around 3 Chronologically. 15-16 Physically.
Background: Enter Wiki

Personality: Yuki is not a human being. She does not operate, think, feel or act like any other person on earth. In actuality, Yuki is what, for convenience’s sake, could be considered an alien. She is a humanoid interface developed by the Data Integration Thought Entity in order to communicate and interact with organic life forms, chief among them Haruhi Suzumiya, the potential for evolution. Therefore, she was created with the primary function to observe Haruhi and her effects on the earth, other organic life forms, and society as whole. As an observer, she was designed with extremely restrained social abilities, something that will always afflict her. Unlike the outgoing interface Ryoko Asakura, who was from a separate faction of the Data Integration Thought Entity that sought more exorbitant measures in studying Haruhi and thusly was more socially able, Yuki is completely alien and withdrawn.

A monotone voice, a nearly constant expressionless pokerface, and bi-minutely blinking all highlight just how detached she is from any semblance of emotion. If she’s feeling anything at all, it’s most likely going to be all but impossible to discern. Kyon often states when he thinks he can tell she’s feeling something, however Yuki has never outright clarified this for him. When she does make a decision that could be considered something out of emotions, she considers it as “an accumulation of erroneous files,” demonstrating her own denial that she might be beginning to foster some humanity. In moments where she’s forced into conversation with an organic lifeform, Yuki prefers to respond through kinesis alone in most cases, or perhaps a simple yes or no, maybe an “I see.” Though in certain circumstances, she may respond with a long exposition of overloaded scientific and logical concepts that display her comprehensive knowledge of all sciences and the innerworkings of data. Unless a matter concerns Haruhi or the Data Integration Thought Entity, a solid opinion from her will be something quite rare.

While Yuki does have a rather extensive knowledge of human society and the mechanisms of their lives, because she has such little emotional output she cannot see life in the same manner that normal humans do. This is because she only has the logical side of issues, and has trouble empathizing for the emotional point of view outside a few incidents wherein she finds herself trying to reassure Kyon about his safety. She is overly logical when excising problems, never taking herself into account when making decisions. This attribute is so extreme that she often takes unnecessary measures in performing her functions even if it negatively effects her, most prominently shown when she lives out several hundred years in the form of the same two weeks over and over again without making any effort to rectify the situation. When Kyon inquires about this, she simply states, “My function is to observe.” Anything that impacts her is dealt with an unbiased apathy for herself, though certain “erroneous files” may imply otherwise.

Though a complete outlier when it comes to integrating herself into human society, she isn’t out with a bit of interest in certain recreational activities, however rare such interest might be. Headlining the thin list of interests is books and literature. Yuki is almost never without a book in her lap, intaking all sorts of data and information. One of the things she notes to Kyon that she likes about the book she’s reading is that it’s “unique,” which is telling in that not every type of book might be particularly interesting to her. After some time with one of the computers from the computer club, Yuki becomes rather enamored with programming (and inhumanly talented at it) which pushes herself to decide she might like to take part in certain computer club activities for her own enjoyment. This isn’t to say she’ll outright refuse any other activities, but she won’t feel particularly inclined to take part unless necessary or prompted by Haruhi herself. Yuki does attempt to conform to proper human conduct, sometimes to a fault. When Kyon lied that her bland tea was delicious, she continued to pour it for him as a way of showing human courtesy.

In most cases, Yuki is an accessory. Whether it’s pushing along the goals of the Data Integration Thought Entity, resolving dangerous time paradoxes, or simply playing baseball to keep Haruhi happy.

Abilities: Because Yuki is not a human, she is not bound by the physical constraints of the human body. What this means is that she has vastly superior speed, strength, stamina and mental processing to any regular human being. She doesn’t even blink an eye when she’s impaled multiple times! Just about anything that causes a problem for the human mind or body, whether it be conventional illness, intoxication, or UV rays. She even has a photographic memory to boot.

However, what makes of the majority of Yuki’s abilities is her ability to influence and manipulate data. What this means is that she can often interact freely with the world around her, and even manipulate probability itself. This method is often complimented with a speedy incantation in a computer language. She can deconstruct matter, change its elemental properties, or interfere with how it relates to the physics of the world around her. Additionally, she can manipulate the properties of her own body as well, and can going into a state of repair wherein any wounds are quickly healed though not in tandem with any other abilities. She can administer this process to others, though to a much, much lesser degree.

The ridiculous lengths of her manipulation doesn’t stop there though, she can even influence the data around her so greatly that she can create a false string of events, such as when she creates a mystery for Haruhi to solve in the form of someone’s missing boyfriend. This is even extended to being able to directly remove or manipulate people’s memories. Her powers can change the weather and produce barriers around people or a place that makes those inside effectively undetectable by anything outside the barrier. Yuki can teleport as well, allowing her to quickly chance positions and intercept danger.

Yuki has shown some qualities that would be considered that of a technopath. She can commune with most technology telepathically and can interfere and edit certain devices through touch alone, being able to alter programming in her own unique fashion.

In terms of offensive capability, Yuki holds a power that could be considered similar to that of the esper, Itsuki Koizumi. While what exactly this power is has been hidden as Yuki restrained herself from using it, it is implied to be a magical blast of energy similar to Itsuki’s attacks.

In dire times, Yuki can go into a sort of critical mode which allows her to use drastically more powerful abilities outside of a data jurisdiction space. In the instance of going into this mode she was capable of freezing Kyon and Mikuru in time for three years.

More miscellaneously, Yuki has small nanomachines that she can inject through bites to the skin. These nanomachines can alter certain processes inside the body, which can be used stop, various functions, supernatural or otherwise, from completing.

Sample Entry: Thread from another roleplay! (NOTE: I hope this is okay, my journal name on LJ is a different one from this journal which I use on DW. I hope this isn't a problem or causes confusion! If so I'll gladly prepare an alternative sample!)

Welcome to 1652 Albright Lane, Yuki Nura! 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: yuki nagato

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

Applications

Yuki Nagato | Haruhi Suzumiya | Reserved | Part 1

Yuki Nagato | Haruhi Suzumiya | Reserved | Part 2

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