Applications Two

[havenmods]

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:
<b>Name:</b> Your name or nickname <b>Contact Info:</b> Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Haven. <b>Requested apartment:</b> Please put N/A if you have no preference. <b>Character Name:</b> Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) <b>Canon:</b> <b>Canon Point:</b> Where in the series are you taking them from? <b>Background/History:</b> A link to a source about the canon is fine for this. <b>Previous Game History:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Please assume canon-blindness and explain in as much detail as possible. <b>Items/Weapons:</b> Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? <b>Sample Entry:</b> 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. <b>Sample Entry Two:</b> 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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<b>Name:</b> Your name or nickname <b>Contact Info:</b> Email, plurk, IM... as long as there's a way to contact you, it's fine! <b>Other Characters Played:</b> Any other characters you play at Haven. <b>Requested apartment:</b> Please put N/A if you have no preference. <b>Character Name:</b> Names and nicknames, in Western order (first name, surname) <b>Background/History:</b> At least three paragraphs, please. Try to focus on events in the world history that have had an impact on the character. <b>Previous Game History:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> This is the most important section! There is no specific word count, but anything less than three paragraphs likely isn't detailed enough. <b>Abilities/Powers:</b> Please explain in as much detail as possible. <b>Items/Weapons:</b> Which three items and/or weapons will your character arrive with? <b>Sample Entry:</b> 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. <b>Sample Entry Two:</b> 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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rin matsuoka ♒ free! iwatobi swim club ♒ not reserved (re-app)

[serrations]

Name: Daisy
Contact Info: castleballad @ AIM | buneary
Other Characters Played: Tony Tony Chopper (reindere)
Preferred Apartment: no preference!

Character Name: Rin Matsuoka
Canon: Free! (also known as Free! Iwatobi Swim Club)
Canon Point: episode 12, before the last group relay
Background/History: Free! wiki + Episode guide

rin matsuoka ♒ free! iwatobi swim club ♒ not reserved (re-app)

[serrations]

Personality:

The shark is known as a vicious and relentless predator, capable of locking onto its prey with just the smallest hint of blood in the water, and while its movements seem as graceful and fluid as any regular creature that lives its life in the water, a shark doesn't live an overly idle life, nor does it believe in mercy. Fittingly enough, with his row of sharp shark-like teeth, Rin goes about his own life almost exactly like an actual shark's, having the same sort of determination and ferocity of a killer of the ocean... albeit he doesn't go around killing and eating people. Rin didn't always have this same sort of hot-blooded attitude, having been more of a cheerful and charismatic child when he was much younger, but he still had the same sort of drive to be the best and live his life to the fullest, unwilling to let any sort of boundaries get in his way of attaining the dream of becoming an Olympic swimmer, a dream that used to belong to his father until he gave it all up to become a family man, only to be killed by the very thing he loved; the ocean, having drowned in a fishing boat accident. The event was what sparked Rin's motivation to achieve what his father hadn't been able to have, and in order to take better advantage of his potential, he would eventually move across the seas and study in Australia, leaving behind a small group of his friends. But when he finally returned, he wasn't the easy-going and cheerful boy he used to be.

Rin has a firey spirit, one that allows him to focus on his desires and goals to an almost obsessive extent. He spends a lot of his free time reading books on how to better himself and practices his swimming techniques whenever he gets a chance, and he has high enough expectations of himself that not getting a fast enough time or screwing up a training session can put him in a very negative move. Dealing with losses are not part of his specialty, because what he expects from himself is the very best, and failure just clearly isn't an option. He'd gone to Australia in order to become a better swimmer and pave his way further toward being an Olympian, but the fact of the matter was that he had ended up in unfamiliar terrain, with no one to rely on and no one to support him but himself, and so because of this, Rin learned to become more reliant on his own skills and no one else's. He's intent on being the best on his own grounds and having no hesitancy when it comes to his swimming, as well as with other people, which means that new friendships are hard to hold onto and build. When Rin returned to Japan and enrolled in a new school and joined the swim team, he had no real attachments to anyone other than his swim captain, Mikoshiba, and one of his underclassmen who happened to be his roommate, named Nitori. Nitori idolizes him to an amazing extent, but Rin never bats a single eyelash over it or shows any real signs of feeling praised. At the most, Nitori seems like background noise to him, nothing he pays attention to or needs. They're just empty words, falling back upon the rest he's had in his life, including those of his old childhood friends.

Because of his focus on swimming, Rin doesn't ever find the time or the place to reconnect with the group of friends he'd had as a child; Makoto, Nagisa, and specifically of all, Haruka, whom could have easily been considered as Rin's best friend in the past. Rin cared for Haruka immensely and focused on him so much that he demanded he swim in a relay with him, but it wasn't until the two faced off in a race when Rin returned to Japan that resulted in Rin's loss that their friendship crumbled. Even as an adult, though he's not very adept at showing it, Rin holds a very high regard for the relationships he holds with people, but when conflict comes along, he becomes frustrated at his inability to communicate his emotions or handle the situation. Rin is all about action and not quite considering the consequences, so he'd much rather yell and shout then take a moment to think things through, or at the worst, break down into tears. During his entire time back in Japan, he never takes a chance to talk things out with Haruka and the others to see what sort of position their friendship is in, and the only reason they ever end up meeting up continuously is due to Haruka's group of friends forming a swimming club along with another student, named Rei. Haruka's group soon decides to train and prepare for a swimming competition, and soon his focus isn't just on the swimming but on meeting Rin, and when Rin finds out the news of their plans, his only intention is to beat Haru in another swimming match to prove himself as the better one.

Though he plays himself off as a cocky and head-strong individual, Rin has a surprisingly fragile weakpoint that brings him to pieces if it's touched upon. Rin has been very alone for a large portion of his life, mainly only having the companionship of his younger sister, Gou. Dealing with other people in an environment outside a swimming pool is downright difficult for him, and after fixating so heavily on the loss that Haruka had given him, all Rin could want upon returning to Japan was beating him and regaining his pride. But, even after finally winning a match against Haru, Rin realizes that it wasn't the answer he wanted, and that there was something else he needed to attain to feel complete again. It's when he loses his chance to swim against Haruka again that Rin realizes what he'd secretly been aiming for all his time in Japan; to be friends with Haruka once more and to not swim against him, but to swim with him. Deep down inside him, he knows that friendships are the things that forms a large portion of who he is as a person, and gives him the right determination to better himself and be true to himself. Isolating himself with his competitive nature only hurts him, because when it comes down to it, he's still that lively little boy that only wants to swim and have fun, but more importantly, have fun with the people he cares about.

On the outside and when his emotions and temper get the best of him, Rin is as unrelenting and vicious as a shark, but deep down, he's exactly how he used to be as a child, just a boy that wishes to find his own happiness, especially among those who help provide it for him. His sister Gou put it upon herself to create a swim team just for the sole fact of wanting to find a way to bring the young version of her brother back, wanting to see that happy grin he used to wear as a child, and when Haruka realizes that Rin's frustrations aren't just a sole factor of how inept he grows to become over his capabilities as a swimmer, Rin soon learns what it is that had been missing his whole life, the single thing he needs in order to be "free": friends. And friendships are the things that are so integral to a person that there's no need to prioritize competitions and pride over them, which is what Rin ultimately embraces. It's been a long and hard road for Rin to regain the old ideals that he's had as a child while still retaining his unrelenting ambition, but deep down, he takes on any challenge that meets him, and so learning to be a reliable friend again shouldn't prove to be difficult. Sharks aren't easily intimidated by much, and neither is Rin.

rin matsuoka ♒ free! iwatobi swim club ♒ not reserved (re-app)

[serrations]

Abilities/Powers:

Rin is a normal human being with no supernatural abilities or powers to speak of. At the most, he just has an incredibly well-developed physical endurance due to his lengthy swimming training, so he's good at running and swimming long distances, and of course, since his childhood ambition was to swim competitively in the Olympics, he's an impressive swimmer. His specialty is specifically the Butterfly stroke, but he's also skilled in swimming Freestyle.

Items/Weapons: Samezuka Academy Swim Team jacket, photo of his father and his swim team, photo of himself and Haruka, Makoto, Nagisa, and Rei

Sample Entry: here
Sample Entry Two: here

Re: rin matsuoka ♒ free! iwatobi swim club ♒ not reserved (re-app)

[havenmods]

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on 17th January.

-> ACCEPTED

[havenmods]

Congratulations on being accepted, Rin Matsuoka. You will be living in apartment #4.005, and your tag is character: rin matsuoka. Please use this tag when you are the poster of the entry or log, and when you tag into an entry or log, thank you. Please note that tags will not show up on the tag list until they have been entered manually once, this does not mean we have forgotten to give your character a tag.

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-> Join havenrpg, havenooc, havenlogs and havenplots.
-> Optionally join havenmemes, the Haven Meme community, and haventest, the Haven Test Drive community.
-> Fill out this form.
-> Fill out your details on the taken characters page.
-> Check out who you'll be sharing an apartment with on the apartment listings.
-> Introduce yourself in the OOC community.
-> Make sure you have read this guide

IMPORTANT: An IC mingle log will go up on Saturday at 7PM EST, where new characters can intro with the rest of the game. Feel free to join the communities and introduce yourself OOCly before then.

If your character has been assigned a room on one of the upper floors, please make sure to familiarize yourself with the state of the apartment block via the plot page (December event).