havenmods | Applications Two

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!
The next application opening date is Friday 16th January, 7pm EST.
The next application processing date is Friday 23rd January, 7pm EST.

IMPORTANT: PLEASE POST YOUR APPLICATIONS HERE ON THE NEW APPLICATION PAGE

We're so glad you're thinking of joining us in Haven, where we are all safe.

In order to apply for a canon character, please fill out the information below and post it in a comment in this entry. For an OC, please apply using the OC information. Please do not link to applications, all applications must be posted here. Please do not delete your applications; if you do not want it to be seen, you can request for it to be screened after a decision is made.

You may apply for two characters every application round, to a total of six characters. Only two of these may be from the same canon, and they cannot be too familiar with one another. Please make sure to mark the header of your comment(s) with RESERVED or NOT RESERVED, as well as the character name and canon. App challenges are not allowed currently.

Try to remember spelling and grammar are important, and in app length quality and not quantity is what matters. All parts of the application must be your own work, plagiarism will not be tolerated, though you are welcome to reuse your own old applications.

If you are asked for revisions, please don't panic! It doesn't mean the mods don't like you, only that we probably need more information before making a decision. If you are asked for revisions, you will have one week to supply them.

Applications are open on a monthly cycle, where they will be opened on the second Friday of every month for a week, and then processed on the third Friday of the month, before being closed again.

We now have a test drive community at haventest which is continuously open. Posts there may be used in lieu of a sample in the application. You may also link posts, logs, or threads from other games and memes in lieu of samples, though we ask that they be no more than one year old. As of November 22nd 2014, samples cannot be "where am I" intro posts. The reason for this is that we often find it hard to gauge characterization from those, as most people when immediately in a new surrounding are confused or frightened.

While we encourage players who have dropped to re-join us, we do not encourage the continual rapid dropping and re-apping of the same character in a short time period. You are welcome to request specific housing, and all attempts will be made to accommodate that request, but it may not always be possible.

To see what we are looking for:
Canon Characters:
Sample Application (Faith Lehane)
Sample Application (Iroh)

Original Characters:
Sample Application (Mors)
Sample Application (Vera de Barr)
Sample Application (Malkus Iverwelling)

Previous Game History:
Sample Application (Abel Nightroad/Mayfield RPG)
Sample Application (Bolin/Discedo)

The old application post can be found here if you would like to look through past accepted applications.

Applications will be open on the following dates (from 7pm EST):
12th-19th December
16th-23rd January

Applications will be processed on the following dates (at 7pm EST):
19th December
23rd January

To apply for a canon character, please fill out this form:
Name: Your name or nickname Contact Info: Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Haven. Requested apartment: Please put N/A if you have no preference. Character Name: Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) Canon: Canon Point: Where in the series are you taking them from? Background/History: A link to a source about the canon is fine for this. Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section. Personality: This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. Abilities/Powers: Please assume canon-blindness and explain in as much detail as possible. Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? Sample Entry: At least ten sentences in first person/action bracket format, please. A link to a previous post or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome. Sample Entry Two: At least two paragraphs in third person/prose format, please. A link to a previous log or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome.

To apply for an original character, please fill out this form:
Name: Your name or nickname Contact Info: Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! Other Characters Played: Any other characters you play at Haven. Requested apartment: Please put N/A if you have no preference. Character Name: Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) Background/History: At least three paragraphs, please. Try to focus on events in the world history that have had an impact on the character. Previous Game History: At least two paragraphs on important events for the character and how they have been shaped by the previous game. If this is not applicable, please delete this section. Personality: This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. Abilities/Powers: Please explain in as much detail as possible. Items/Weapons: Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? Sample Entry: At least ten sentences in first person/action bracket format, please. A link to a previous post or thread under a year old with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome. Sample Entry Two: At least two paragraphs in third person/prose format, please. A link to a previous log or thread with the character is also acceptable. All links must be one year old or less. Samples submitted may not be in the form of a "where am I" intro, as these are hard to judge characterization from. All other scenarios are welcome.

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Personality:
Rika has two sides—one side is cute and innocent, and is the side she shows most people; while her other side, her true personality, is cynical and somewhat cold. She only shows her true self, however, around Hanyuu or when the situation calls for it, often choosing to put up her innocent act around most people.

The act Rika puts on most of the time is one of a sweet little girl. She’s always there to comfort those who need it, she’s polite, fairly quiet, and almost always has a smile on her face. Rika also uses cute words such as “nipaa” and “mii” when she speaks, which she often uses to her advantage to get others to do what she wants. All of these things together make people fall in love with her instantly, and immediately want to protect her. Although Rika may act like a child, that doesn’t mean she holds no responsibilities. She is the head of the Furude family, and is also the shrine maiden for Oyashiro, the deity that guards the village. Not only is Rika responsible for representing her family, but she also represents Oyashiro, often being referred to as the deity’s reincarnation.

She may be young and cute, but Rika is still very intelligent. While she may not be loud spoken, everyone is willing to listen to what she has to say due to the importance of all of her words and the quality of any advice she may give. Due to her intelligence, Rika is also very mischievous and knows how to get what she wants. When she’s is about to lose a game during a club activity, she will act upset and cute, distracting anyone who may win, and giving her a chance to win the game herself. Rika may have an air of innocence about her due to her cute personality, but she is not innocent enough to refrain from any perverted jokes or comments she may make.

Her intelligence comes from the fact that she has lived for over one hundred years, due to the many timelines she’s been through. From all of her experience, Rika knows just what to say to others, and how to get out of tight situations. When asked by the detective Ooishi why she was seen in the forest after her performance after the festival when she was really telling Tomitake about his death later that night, Rika was able to come up with a lie on the spot so Ooishi would stop questioning her.

Rika’s true personality is extremely cynical. After many years of being surrounded by death and chaos, Rika has lost her positive outlook on life and she feels as if nothing will turn out well. She often hides the truth from those around her so as not to frighten her friends, and for fear that no one will believe her. Due to the continuous time loops she’s been put through, Rika’s mind has matured while her body has not. However, she does not often present this side of herself because she doesn’t want to worry other people by suddenly acting completely different. The only person Rika feels comfortable being her true self around is Hanyuu. However, Rika will show this side to others when she is being completely serious or when she has decided that a fragment has become a dead-end and she begins to feel as if she's wasting her time. Her cynicism also causes her to have difficulty opening up to others; Rika has many secrets, and she hides them very well. If she can keep her friends from suffering from the knowledge she’s gained from repeating time and the reality that is her true self, she will do all she can to keep it from them. Due to this, for a long time, she was unwilling to tell her friends what was really going on, as she thought they would not believe her—another thing she struggles with.

She’s also much more mature and serious, dropping the cute phrases she normally uses and rarely smiling. While this side of Rika is also sly, she is much more obvious about it and crueler in her intentions. She often drinks alcohol and eat spicy foods when she is upset with Hanyuu just to fluster her, taking advantage of the fact that their senses are connected and that Hanyuu hates the taste of both. However, the alcohol also numbs her to the pain of reliving the same fate over and over while seeing her friends become unraveled and tear each other apart. Over the years, she's made a habit of drinking at night when Satoko is asleep just so she doesn't have to worry about her fate if only for a little while.

Rika’s true self is also much more outspoken than the side she presents to other people. She is also no longer polite, and will not hesitate to be cruel to others, especially when it comes to defending her friends. She also believes that no matter which Hinamizawa she ends up in, it will be a dead end. Rika will wait for her death, being bored by everything that happens, since she has been through all of it many times before, with the exception of the club meetings, which have always remained unpredictable. However, things began to change when Rika came across a world where her friends seemed to remember the past dead-end worlds.

Due to this, her friends were able to avoid their mistakes and they became set upon fixing things before they ended badly. Rika finally began to have hope—something she hadn’t had in many years. She began to believe that her fate could be defeated as she slowly began to let go of that tightly held on cynicism and made room for hope. While her cynicism has begun to finally fade, in the end, that world ended up being only a dead-end. Still, Rika has retained her hope from this last fragment, growing from it and regaining her determination to finally reach a good ending and living past June.

Applications Two

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