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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Personality:
”This is one of the bell’s memories.”
Probably one of the first things somebody would notice about Sakura is that she is a rather quiet and introverted person, and she has been one since she was a small child. Subtlety is not one of her strong points when it comes to her choice of words — she speaks straightforwardly and honestly, and combined with her usual deadpan expression, she might come off as slightly insensitive. Her words are curt and blunt, rarely speaking for more than she needs to, and only a few words at a time. She had no trouble getting straight to the point when questioning whether Akihito was a kidnapper or not (when she passed out outside in the middle of the night and he carried her back to his apartment) and said straight to his face that his omelet rice was terrible.

While this all may simply be seen as a lack of tact, she hasn’t always been like this. Due to her lack of her lack of spiritual power, she grew up with a kind of complex of sorts — we don’t see exactly how the rest of the family treated her, but it’s hinted that Sakura was somewhat of an unfavourite due to her being unable to uphold the family “tradition”, so to speak. She spent most of her younger days doing everything she was able to do to not be a burden, expressing that she’ll help make dinner because “that was the only thing [she] can do”. But despite her circumstances, she and her sister were very close. Sakura loved and idolized her, and even after Yui’s death, her older sister is still very much in her thoughts — to the point that she decided to take up Yui’s dream and become a Spirit World Warrior in her stead. But perhaps it was because of the love for her departed sister and as well as her envy towards Mirai's powers that led her to be manipulated by Fujima.

And her bond with Mirai is one of her most notable relationships, especially after it does a complete 360 when they both reconcile with each other, and it's something that really puts a shine on her personality that's behind her stoicism. When Sakura is with her, you’re able to see her as the young teenager she really is — she speaks more, she smiles, she teases her — and thanks to Mirai, Sakura was able to realize what was most important to her after she grew desperate and lost her way. And in return, Sakura looks after Mirai in her own way, encouraging her to be true to her feelings and to stay by the side of the person she likes. But she knows that no matter how close they are, no matter how much they have repaired their sisterly bond, there are just some things that Mirai won’t tell her, as Mirai (and perhaps Sakura herself) does not consider her to be a “true” Spirit World Warrior. And she knows that. She knows and doesn’t like it at all, but resolves to support Mirai as much as she can. She’s not good with words... but hugs are just as good, right?

But whether you’re Mirai or not, if you’re able to look past her stoic front, it’s easy to see that really, Sakura is just a normal, kind-hearted girl with a... few quirks. She might sleep in class, deliver jump kicks to the heads of people who annoy her, and make outlandish comments about eating kelp youmu, but she gets along with her classmates, is loyal to the people she loves, and perhaps most importantly, just wants to do whatever she can to help.

Abilities/Powers: While she is a daughter of a family of Spirit World Warriors, Sakura has practically no spiritual powers whatsoever; she is able to see youmu, whereas normal people cannot, but that is the extent of her power. Despite this, she is physically fit and, with the assistance of a suitable weapon, is able to fight and defeat youmu with some effort. Other than that, she is a normal human girl, if not quick on her feet and a proud member of people who can jump kick people in the head.
Items/Weapons: Yui’s bell that she wears around her neck, and a change of clothes.
Sample Entry: sample threads here and here! if that’s not enough, i can write one up as well if you wish!
Sample Entry Two:
When Sakura awakes, the buzzing of the alarm is still ringing in her ears when her eyes fly open. She doesn’t remember falling asleep in a foreign room like this — really, she doesn’t remember falling asleep in the first place. It isn’t the first time she woke up in an unfamiliar room, but unlike Kanbara-senpai’s room, this room was… unpleasant, to say the least.

Has she been kidnapped? Is this a youmu’s doing? The latter possibility makes her stomach clench. If only she could fight, if only there was a way…

But no, just because this could be a youmu doesn’t mean it really is the doing of one. “There’s no time to dwell on this,” she whispers to herself, almost surprised at the grogginess of her voice, “I have to find somebody. Mi—”

And that’s when it hits her. Mirai. The last time Sakura saw her, there was a bubbling pit of anxiety building within her. She knows it has something to do with Kanbara-senpai. She knows she has no business in matters involving Spirit World Warriors. And she knows that there is nothing she could do that could help. But at the same time, if this really is a youmu’s doing, then it’s possible that she isn’t the only one who woke up in this strange, awful place —

Sakura bolts up and flings off the covers, leaping out of the bed in the swift motion. It doesn’t matter if she’s defenseless right now. It doesn’t matter if she gets told not to get involved.

She needs to find her.

Mirai.

Thank you for applying to Haven.
Your application is in the queue and will be processed on 31st January.

Congratulations on being accepted, Sakura Inami, your tag is character: sakura inami. 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.

Please make sure to complete the following:

-> Join havenrpg, havenooc, havenlogs and havenplots.
-> Optionally join havenmemes, the Haven Meme community, and haventest, the Haven Test Drive community.
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-> Introduce yourself in the OOC community.
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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.

Applications Two

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