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

Background/History:

Born with an terminal illness, the otherwise ordinary Haruka Kokonose’s constitution had been weak since he was a young child. Due his frail body and constantly unstable condition, he wasn’t able to get out much as a child, and was repeatedly hospitalized throughout his childhood with only his sketchbook to keep him company. His illness progressively got worse over the years, as attacks and seizures became more and more frequent with time, and as he grew older, he eventually reached the stage that a sudden attack could be lethal.

Although Haruka was extremely intelligent and could have easily been at the top of his class in academics, in order for his health to be monitored, he was placed in a special class for handicapped students upon entering high school. The only other student in his class was Takane Enomoto, and after spending their peaceful, uneventful first year of high school together, they soon became close friends. Together with their teacher, Kenjirou Tateyama, they created and hosted a shooting game during the school cultural festival, through which Haruka discovered Takane’s skill and passion for video games in addition to her online fame. She introduced him to an online shooting game called DEAD BULLET 1989, and sparked his newfound interest in video games. He quickly created a player character (avatar) and named him Konoha, after his own name, kokonose haruka.

Because his attendance record in school was quite dismal, he was required to take make-up classes during the summer of his second year of high school. Since his intelligence wasn’t an issue, he often finished his assignments early and played on his laptop to pass the time, but on August 15th, Haruka suffered from an attack while Takane wasn’t paying attention and fell completely unconscious. After being brought to the hospital by Kenjirou, Takane collapsed and also fell unconscious, and woke up to find Kenjirou next to a large vat of liquid, in which the reborn Konoha’s body was suspended.

When two people die together on August 15th, they enter an everlasting world called the Kagerou Daze, or Heat Haze Daze. While the events that happen in the Daze are unknown, one of the two people eventually escapes and reappears unharmed at the place of their death with red eyes and a new power, or “eye ability”. After Haruka died, remaking his body into Konoha (via his eye ability) put a large strain on his mind, and he lost his memory in the process.

Two years later, when a young girl named Hiyori, Kenjirou’s daughter-in-law, and her classmate Hibiya visited the Tateyama’s home over summer vacation, they met Konoha and learned that he had been staying there for (presumably) the past two years. The next day, Hibiya and Hiyori tragically died and entered the Heat Haze Daze, and for an unknown reason, Konoha was brought in with them. However, neither of them were able to see him no matter how hard he tried to reach out and save them from their horrible, repeating fate (explained in the songs Kagerou Days and Konoha’s State of the World), as if he wasn’t completely there to begin with, but after Hibiya was given his eye ability, he and Konoha were finally ejected from the Daze.

Later, at the hospital, the two of them met the Mekakushi Dan: a group of teenagers with the same mysterious eye abilities. They were quick to recognize Hibiya’s red eyes, and Hibiya and Konoha soon followed them back to their base and later became members of the Mekakushi Dan.

Applications Two

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