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: Mono
Personal Journal:

monopoly
Contact Info: AIM: ERT KEY
plurk: citizenmono
Other Characters Played: n/a
Preferred Housing: n/a

Character Name: Mac (no last name revealed in canon...you guys can give him one)
Character Series: Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends
Character Age: 8
Background:
I can't find a wiki link that I like, so I will tackle this section myself! Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends takes place in a world where it's the norm for kids to think up real, physical, sentient imaginary friends. But just like in our world, and despite having imaginary friends that are just as intelligent as they are and become a part of their families, kids eventually outgrow their imaginary friends. When that happens, imaginary friends are left to tough it out on the streets...or they would be if it weren't for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends! This gigantic foster home, run by an eccentric old lady who never gave up her imaginary friend, provides a home for imaginary friends whose creators have outgrown them while also making an effort to get them adopted by new kids.

This home is where the bulk of the show takes place. In the first episode we meet Mac, and eight-year-old boy whose mother has laid down an ultimatum: get rid of his five-year-old imaginary friend, Bloo, or else. Mac and Bloo are best friends and don't want to leave each other...fortunately, Bloo sees an ad for Foster's on the television and, through a series of shenanigans, their problems are solved. They strike up a deal with Madame Foster that stipulates that as long as Mac visits the home every day, Bloo will never be up for adoption and can remain his imaginary friend.

In essence, the show is about Mac, Bloo, and their friends at Foster's having various adventures from day to day.

Personality:
Mac is a bright, creative kid, level-headed and good at problem-solving. Many episodes revolve around him devising plans to help his friends out of dilemmas.

Mac seems to be pretty mature for his age; at times he almost acts like a parent, particularly where Bloo is concerned. Mac often scolds Bloo for getting into things or doing things he knows are against the rules. He is also quick to comfort anyone he sees in distress, especially those that are younger than him (or act younger than he does, as some of the imaginary friends do).

Mac lives in a single parent househould, his immediate family members being his mother and older brother. His mom works long hours and generally isn't home until dinnertime; his older brother is a thirteen-year-old terror who doesn't even know the meaning of the word responsibility. Mac is often bullied by his brother when they're at home alone. This situation possibly explains some of Mac's maturity, since his brother certainly doesn't step up to help out around the house and someone has to keep it clean when their mom isn't around.

On that note, Mac doesn't show any special aversion to doing chores or schoolwork. In fact, he tends to have an attitude of "the sooner I do this, the sooner I can have fun" and often helps out with chores at Foster's. In several episodes he can be seen doing such chores around Foster's as scrubbing floors, sweeping, helping out in the kitchen, and working in the yard. In one episode in particular he does quite a bit of paperwork at Foster's so that Frankie, the proprietor's granddaughter, can have a night of fun on the town--when she questions whether or not Mac can handle it, he explains with a shrug that he files tax returns for his mother so he's comfortable with it. In another episode the house manager, Mr. Harriman, leaves Mac with the responsibility of filling out adoption paperwork without supervision.

Mac thinks that following the rules is important, and seems to have a minor fear of getting in trouble/being scolded by adults. On the flip side of this, if he encounters a rule that he thinks is unfair he's likely to rebel against it. There are some episodes in which he discovers rules of the house and protests against them, usually with ridiculous results such as unleashing a horde of sentient scribbles on the house...

Despite his many instances of responsibility, maturity, and outright coolness, Mac can also be a typical kid. At times his thinking can be selfish--for example, he tries to sabotage an adoption day at the home because he doesn't want his friends to be adopted and never see them again, even though they want to be adopted--and he also gets into his fair share of trouble. He'll scold Bloo for making fun of other imaginary friends but has no issues mocking his older brother, for instance, and he also enjoys such activities as rolling around in the mud, playing pranks on others, and occasionally doing something crazy like breaking things.

Mac can also get pretty jealous sometimes. This usually comes out when Bloo decides he suddenly has another best friend, and can occasionally be the case when Frankie or one of his other close imaginary friends is too distracted to spend time with him. Mac gets frustrated when he's jealous, and will often try to sabotage whoever it is that he feels is ruining his friendship or his fun. Though it should be noted that in many cases he will try to be nice and just insert himself into the activities he's being left out of before getting frustrated.

On the whole, though, Mac is a very loyal friend who typically shows more maturity than the average eight year old. He has a large range of hobbies and activities he enjoys--everything from playing videogames and watching TV to playing ball, playing pretend, playing board games...basically, he loves doing things that kids love to do. He even has some mechanical skill, which he uses to further hobbies such as soapbox derby racing (he and Bloo build their own racer, just for fun).

Abilities: Mac is extremely sensitive to sugar, and upon consuming it he wigs out and basically turns into a little demon child. He isn't really any stronger or faster in this state than he normally is, it just seems that way because he becomes so hyperactive, often attacking other people to try and force them to give him more sugar to keep his high going. These sugar-induced fits usually end in Mac going into withdrawal, eventually passing out, and presumably waking up with one hell of a hangover.

Sample Entry: dear mun post

Welcome to 2239 Stevens Road, Mac Caboose! 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: mac

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

this is it!

Applications

Mac | Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends

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