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⌈ PLAYER SECTION ⌉
Player:
Contact: Journal/Plurk/AIM — anything to help identify since someone might share your name handle.
Age: You must be at least 13 years old to apply.
Current Characters: If a new player, just put "N/A"
⌈ CHARACTER SECTION ⌉
Character:
Age:
Canon:
Canon Point:
Background: We do not need a play by play of their life. You can of course provide one, but it's not necessary. A summary of their role in the canon and important events involving their character will suffice. Wiki links are allowed.
Personality: Tell us everything you can about how the character works. What are their quirks, reasons for thinking, habits, and flaws—basically we want to know not only how they act, but also why they act that way. You are free to use canon as examples, but be sure to explain why you are referencing the event.
Abilities: If there are any particular abilities the character has supernatural or otherwise, list them here. Referencing to a wiki list is acceptable. However, if there are any particular abilities that need to be weakened or removed, note them here.
Alignment: Please refer to the Alignment entry to choose which alignment your character would most likely fall under. Include a brief (a couple of sentences max) just to help explain why you think your choice is the best fit.
Other: Anything else you'd like to mention.
⌈ SAMPLE SECTION ⌉
Sample: We have two requirements for the sample:
The sample can be "written" in three different ways and you can choose which one will work best for you:
Format wise, you can use either [ brackets ] OR narrative prose. We do require that the writing at least be coherent, have proper sentence structure, and is mostly grammatically correct (we realize that writing styles can be loose/creative in [ bracket ] form so we're giving a bit more leeway). One last suggestion we have is try to have the character interacting with the environment and try thinking of the sample less of a narrative piece but more like a post or thread prompt you might make in the game. That will help the sample show not only how you will write the character, but also how you will play them in practice.
Questions: If you have any questions, ask them here.
Clean copy and paste form here:
Before applying, please be sure to read the following:
- Read the Rules and the Game Information.
- Double check the Reserves and Taken Characters lists to make sure the character you're applying for is not on the list. Also check the comments in case the entry has yet to be updated, as well as any pending applications.
- Feel free to use the most recent test drive both for practice as well as to use for samples. IMPORTANT! If you submit threads as samples, you must submit the application with that character journal. This is the only way we can ensure that the samples are from you and not someone else.
- Linked samples must have been made within the past year.
- You may apply for up to two characters per cycle.
- Application challenges are allowed. Reserves will have priority, but it's not definitive. We will choose the better application regardless.
- Do not plagiarize. If we find that the information provided was directly taken by either another player or source material such a wiki, the application will be rejected immediately. If we find this after processing the application, we will revoke the application and have you removed from the game with potential ban.
- Reusing your own applications from other games is allowed. We only ask any original written samples to conform to our game. That is, we don't want to read samples that are set specifically for another game's premise. Note: this does not apply to threads linked from other games used as samples.
- If you are rejected, you cannot reapply for the same character until the next cycle. However, you can apply for a different character in the same cycle.
- Those accepted must fill out all of the required entries within a week to be considered part of the game. Otherwise, we will consider it a revocation of the application.
- Fill out the form and comment to this entry! You can either paste the application directly to the entry or link it from your own journal/musebox.
Player:
Contact: Journal/Plurk/AIM — anything to help identify since someone might share your name handle.
Age: You must be at least 13 years old to apply.
Current Characters: If a new player, just put "N/A"
Character:
Age:
Canon:
Canon Point:
Background: We do not need a play by play of their life. You can of course provide one, but it's not necessary. A summary of their role in the canon and important events involving their character will suffice. Wiki links are allowed.
Personality: Tell us everything you can about how the character works. What are their quirks, reasons for thinking, habits, and flaws—basically we want to know not only how they act, but also why they act that way. You are free to use canon as examples, but be sure to explain why you are referencing the event.
Abilities: If there are any particular abilities the character has supernatural or otherwise, list them here. Referencing to a wiki list is acceptable. However, if there are any particular abilities that need to be weakened or removed, note them here.
Alignment: Please refer to the Alignment entry to choose which alignment your character would most likely fall under. Include a brief (a couple of sentences max) just to help explain why you think your choice is the best fit.
Other: Anything else you'd like to mention.
Sample: We have two requirements for the sample:
- Character Portrayal. We should see examples of the character's dialogue as well as some introspection or additional narrative to further show how you intend to write the character. This is the most important part of the sample and where most of the weight will be.
- Use of Emotions. This is our "game setting" requirement. Essentially we want to ensure that you have a basic grasp of the game's premise, especially with the use of emotions. It can be a small scene, even incidental to the main sample. For apathetic characters or those who do not exhibit emotions easily, an alternative is to describe what the character is doing instead and essentially show how they behave in such a manner. For example, if a character is set in a scenario that would normally provoke an emotional response, what do they do instead? What is their mindset and their reaction instead? This portion doesn't have to be lengthy and can even be a couple of sentences to a paragraph. Also keep in mind that subtle and passive effects count, so you do not have to try and create something exuberant or extreme. A calm wind will work just as well as a raging storm, so feel free to be as simple or creative as you want.
The sample can be "written" in three different ways and you can choose which one will work best for you:
- Test Drive. You can utilize our test drive to cover both requirements of the sample. So long as there is enough character portrayal and a scene with an emotional reaction, be it within the prompt or done during the thread, then it will satisfy both requirements.
- Link out + Written. You can link to threads/entries from other games, memes, or museboxes to show character portrayal, and then write an additional short scene for the emotion portion of the sample.
- Original Sample. You can write a complete sample that shows both character portrayal and a scene involving emotion use. This can be one sample or two separate samples. If you opt to write an original sample, you are welcome to use any prompts from any of our Test Drives, Intro Logs, Task Board, and even past events. You are also free to change things up and are not restricted to any of these prompts. They are just here to help offer ideas.
Format wise, you can use either [ brackets ] OR narrative prose. We do require that the writing at least be coherent, have proper sentence structure, and is mostly grammatically correct (we realize that writing styles can be loose/creative in [ bracket ] form so we're giving a bit more leeway). One last suggestion we have is try to have the character interacting with the environment and try thinking of the sample less of a narrative piece but more like a post or thread prompt you might make in the game. That will help the sample show not only how you will write the character, but also how you will play them in practice.
Questions: If you have any questions, ask them here.
Aerith Gainsborough | Final Fantasy VII | Reserved
Player: Raaj
Contact: kilraaj@plurk
Age: 27
Current Characters: Tiz Arrior (
Character: Aerith Gainsborough
Age: 22
Canon: Final Fantasy VII
Canon Point: end game. post punching a meteor in the face with the lifestream and all that jazz.
Background:Have a link.
Personality:
Optimism and kindness are Aerith's defining traits. Throughout her life, Aerith endured seven years of captivity and fifteen more of being tracked, four years of writing to a lost love without knowing why he disappeared, multiple kidnapping attempts, even her sudden murder; at the end of everything, she is still smiling and encouraging others to endure until they find their happiness. Though this extends to nearly all without reservation, she is shown having a particular soft spot for and ease with children; two were shown in the game planning to tend to her beloved flowers for her while she's away.
Of course, both her optimism and kindness aren't flawless. Aerith lived a genuinely hard life, and one way she found to deal with it was lying those problems away. She hid her Cetra heritage from her boyfriend and adoptive mother because she wanted to be "normal", and after Zack's death she lied about the nature of their relationship and her feelings for him to smother her grief. When confronted with something unexpected, she would run away and refuse to show her face until she can fake a smile, as she did when the group happened to run into Zack's parents: she walked out of the house abruptly and stayed turned away in a corner until Cloud found her, then told him she really didn't mind about not hearing from Zack. However, though she lied to others about his importance, she continued to wear the pink dress and ribbon that came from him. It's not too different from how she kept her birth mother's materia in her hair every day. Aerith wasn't able to make many deep relationships in life, so she strongly cherishes each one she has. Even some of the stranger ones: she cried when Tseng, the man who'd tried all through her life to bring her back to the laboratory she hated, was gravely wounded by Sephiroth's blade. At the same time she acknowledged him as the enemy of her and her friends, she admitted that there weren't many people she could claim knew her as well as he did.
That was all due to her heritage as a Cetra. Being the last of her race made an incalculable impact on the course of her life. As hard as she once tried to hide it, afraid and tired of being pursued for abilities she barely understood, toward the end of her life she was able to discover what being a Cetra was truly about and became much more confident as one. She might still keep mum about it at times out of the habit of not wanting to draw attention, but the confusion and fear that used to surround her thoughts about it are gone now.
Her kindness is heartfelt, but Aerith sometimes makes social slips that hurt feelings. Like Tifa, she took an interest in Cloud, and unlike Tifa, she was bolder about her interest. Though she reassured the other woman when they both met that she and Cloud hardly knew each other, she also occasionally flirted with him right in front of her friend. She also angered Barret when she meant to comfort him by sweeping the problem under the rug — he wasn't in the mood for her fun and games, and she's not always patient with people.
However, her caring nature still dominates over any awkwardness she causes. Tifa and Aerith became fast friends in spite of any jealousy and she encouraged Barret shortly after his outburst when he needed it.
Aerith's cheerful nature comes with playfulness and teasing; she's a bit mischievous, and just as she can lie about serious matters, she can easily fib or pull people's legs with a joke. ("You know, Mister. He always said that just once, he'd like to dress up as a girl.") It's a great way to keep your spirits up, and occasionally a way to misdirect people's attention, both useful things growing up in a city like Midgar.
As strong as her optimism is, she could have also been a fit for Thras. Despite her heritage, she was the most normal of the party when it came to fighting technique; however, she was stubborn about not being sheltered from the action, claiming "I'm used to it". As much as she got scared and panicked at moments, she also stubbornly confronted those fears. She's even been reckless at times, and threw AVALANCHE for a loop when she furtively ran away to save the Planet as a Cetra--one event in the chain that led to her murder, sadly enough, but also to the salvation of the world.
...Still, while she's happy as a Cetra to have a better understanding of the Planet, joining the Lifestream just isn't the way she wanted to do it. So being alive again will be fun for her, and something to make the most of.
(full disclaimer that this is adapted from a previous application which can be found here, altered for the changed canon point. I added a note to the player section of that app so you can see it's me.)
Abilities:LOOK AT THESE LIMIT BREAKS
She also has the ability to use materia, except why would she have any, she's been dead a couple months already.
Setting aside the battle system for a moment, Aerith also has abilities from being a Cetra! Namely, she is capable of speaking to and hearing the Planet because of her spiritual nature. In Empatheias, with mod approval, this would translate into her being sensitive to the flow of emotions within the land, though she would have to cultivate a sensitivity to the world first.
This may in goofy ff7 tradition involve a lot of lying down on the ground and asking "WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?"Alignment: Peromei, obviously.
Other:
Sample: I hope this suffices? It was played out with a slightly earlier canon point in mind, but her personality doesn't change significantly between those points.
Questions:
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It's fine for her to be more sensitive to the flow of emotions!
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