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: Lynny
Personal LJ:

frickninja
Contact Info: AIM: lynuckofthenorth, plurk: frickninja
Other Characters Played: The TARDIS, The Signless
Preferred Housing: Strong preference to being placed with Nathan and Shilo Wallace.

Character Name: Magdalene Delafou, more popularly known as Blind Mag
Character Series: Repo! The Genetic Opera
Character Age: 36
Background: Here
Personality: From her introduction to her death, Mag is shown to be the most mature character in the film and seems to be carrying the least amount of emotional baggage. Or she at least doesn't wear it on her sleeve like certain other characters.

She puts on a facade of the regal opera diva for the public. During the few clips of concerts we see she performs she's happily belting out notes, smiling and promoting GeneCo's services. At the ribbon-cutting ceremony for the Genetic Opera she forces a smile and tries to hide her surprise and fear when Rotti subtly threatens her then laughs it off as a joke.

But when the cameras aren't on her it's a very different story. She's essentially a prisoner, a caged bird forced to be the face and voice of a company she despises and work for a man she knows wouldn't hesitate to have her killed if she tried to leave. She traded her freedom for the ability to see and along the way lost her best friend Marni and the chance to watch her goddaughter grow up.

Mag shelters herself from others, avoiding interactions unless absolutely necessary. It's quite possible Marni's sudden death is what triggered this. The only character she really reaches out to is Shilo after learning the girl is alive after Nathan lied and told her she'd died with her mother.

Watching her interactions with the Largo siblings it seems she's the only one other than their father Rotti who has some semblance of control over them. When Luigi loses his temper and attacks as assistant bringing him coffee, Mag steps in and orders him to stop. He does so immediately. When faced with Amber's hostility she brushes it off, like an adult ignoring a child having a temper tantrum.

Calm, cool and collected is a good way to describe her. She's always in control, always keeps her composure. Even after being unexpectedly interrupted by Nathan when she visits Shilo, she greets him with a very calm "Hi, Nathan." and asks how he is. She gets a little flustered when he tries to throw her out but her attention is more focused on reassuring Shilo that she'll be okay if she leaves and then begging Nathan to let his daughter leave the house and live her life.

Freedom is a big deal for Mag. It's something she wants desperately but she's well aware she's wasted her life. She sold her soul and it's too late. Her only way out now is death and she's okay with that. At best is means she'll get to see Marni again and at worst at least she'll be free of her GeneCo cage. She tells Shilo not to get involved with them and leave her bedroom and her house. She doesn't want to see her mistakes repeated.

Abilities: Mag is a trained opera singer and and thanks to GeneCo she has fancy new eyes that can do more than see. They act as a camera/projector system that she uses in her concerts and then to show Shilo a hologram her mother taken before she was born. She can record, save and project holographic images at will with them.

Sample Entry:

[Readjusting to blindness has been a struggle for Mag. After seventeen years of being able to see it's strange bumping into furniture and missing steps in this strange new house. But for the most part she doesn't mind. She's more free here in Mayfield and blind than she ever was back home with her eyes.

It takes a little groping and bumping her shins on the coffee table but she finally finds the phone.]

Hello, Mayfield. This is Blind Ma- [She pauses.] This is Mag. I'm calling because I'd like to offer my services.

I'm a singer. I'm aware this isn't the most useful of skills in this town but I'm willing to give lessons to those interested. Opera is my specialty but I'm familiar enough with other styles that I should be able to teach them. Fees can be discussed later.

Welcome to 435 Peepers Street, Magdalene Wallace! 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: blind mag

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

Thank you, dears!

Applications

Blind Mag | Repo! The Genetic Opera ! Not Reserved

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