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:

Sawako is that creepy girl in class. The one with an aura that screams evil and stay away. So, because of that, one would assume that she is creepy and mean, or the kind of person that would cast a curse on someone. Which is....completely, 100% false. Sure, she definitely looks the part, but in reality her personality is about as far from that as humanly possible.

In fact, Sawako is a girl with a really big heart who always tries her hardest, and even though her classmates always get her name wrong—they call her Sadako instead of Sawako, after the girl in The Ring--and they spread rumors about her being cursed and being able to see ghosts, she never holds it against them and always tries to greet them with a smile. (Which usually backfires, because she's accidentally really creepy when she tries to smile.) She holds the people around her in high regard, and never wants to disappoint them, going so far as to sign up to be a ghost in the test of courage so she can try and meet her class's expectations of her. She tries so hard to be accepted and meet other people's expectations, even though creepy isn't who she is at heart.

Actually, what Sawako wants most is to be cute. Despite her aura and creepy appearance, she's definitely a girl at heart. Her room is cute, she likes cute things, and a little later on in the series it's brought to light that she aspires to be like Kurumi—one of the girls who likes Kazehaya, and Sawako's rival. Kurumi is cute, well-liked, and seemingly friendly; everything that Sawako wants to be, and even though Kurumi spread horrible rumors and is a bitter person at her core, Sawako doesn't hold it against her, and still looks up to her. Really, Sawako is a pretty forgiving person all around.

She's honest, too, and is the kind of person that tries to be as straight forward as she possibly can, because Kazehaya showed her that if she lets people know what she's thinking and feeling, then they'll definitely understand her. And having people understand her is part of what she wants. Yeah, she want's to meet people's expectations of her, but she also wants to clear up any and all misunderstandings along the way, so she can make more friends and be surrounded by friendly people.

Speaking of, misunderstandings are a huge thing as well, given how many of them surround Sawako and how many of them crop up over the course of the series. They're a thing that Sawako desperately tries to clear up, especially if they deal with one of her friends. The problem is that she tends to misunderstand situations herself, given she doesn't have much social experience, and doesn't really know how to read most situations. Because of that, she over thinks things, reaching conclusions that aren't correct. Which is kind of ironic, given how much she wants people to know the truth and understand her.

Despite everything Sawako wants and hopes to become, she's surprisingly non-confrontational. She didn't mind so much when people spread rumors and were rude to her, and only really got upset when they badmouthed her friends. She's used to being misunderstood and having rumors spread because of it, so it's something she's grown accustomed to, almost. She's shy and easily becomes nervous, as well, which doesn't really help with confronting bullies. So really, she's got a long way to go before she can easily and firmly stand up for herself.

All in all, Sawako is a girl at heart. She's honest, friendly, and tries her hardest in everything she does. She values her friendships, and just wants people to understand her. Which is easier said than done, in her case.

Abilities/Powers: Sawako has no special powers! She just looks creepy.
Items/Weapons: A yearbook, Ryu's cellphone, and a bag of chips

Sample Entry: Link!
Sample Entry Two:

It's a trick, it has to be a trick. There's no other explanation.

Yet the more she wanders around the strange, unfamiliar streets, the more she realizes this is actually happening. But how? And what should she do? She doesn't really have an answer to that, so she continues on, getting herself more lost. The city itself looks like something out of a horror movie; a desolate place where anything could pop out from the shadows. And if anyone were to look towards her at that moment, they would see she seems to fit the landscape, looking like a restless spirit, dark aura trailing as her long hair swings behind her.

But she isn't thinking about that. She's thinking that whoever or whatever brought her here had to have had the wrong idea. That they brought her here thinking she would do a good job scaring people, or putting spirits to rest or something. So it's just some cosmic misunderstanding, right? Which means she just needs to find whoever brought her here and explain the situation. That will fix everything. At least...she hopes it will.

“Um...” She looks around, hoping to see someone to talk to. “Hello? Is anyone there?” The street is empty and she seems to be alone. But if she was brought here by some cosmic force or spirit, wouldn't that mean it could hear her anyway?

“I'm sorry to disappoint, but I'm not...” She peers around a corner and then looks to the sky. “I can't see ghosts or anything like that, so...can I go home?”

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

Congratulations on being accepted, Sawako Kuronuma, your tag is character: sawako kuronuma. 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.
-> Fill out this form.
-> Fill out your details on the taken characters page.
-> 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.

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