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:

Remember all those hours you spent watching Bugs Bunny cartoons as a kid? Maybe some Animaniacs, Fintstones, Betty Boop, Popeye-- I swear to God, if you have not seen a single episode of Looney Tunes in your incredibly short and miserable life, I will ruin you. Unless, I guess... you don’t have a TV or internet (why are you here) or something. That’s the only reason that’ll keep me from toonitically wrecking your shit.

Unfortunately for you, though, not having access to a TV won’t stop Peacock from toonitically wrecking your shit. Whatever the fuck that actually means. See, she’s someone who knows her toons and fucking adores them. She’s also someone with body augmentations that can alter reality, which is obvious if you just look at the girl. Where her eyes are missing, Steamboat Willie-esque black holes remain. Where long metallic digits have replaced her hands, she covers them in massive white gloves. Her teeth are a motherfuckin’ bear trap. Here, let me repeat that shit so we get it loud and clear: Her teeth are a bear trap. She smokes cigars, uses incredibly oversized guns, throws coconut pies, shoves her opponents into a oversized bag and kicks the crap outta ‘em, throws comically oversized bombs, has a small peacock in her hat named Avery (Tex Avery hint hint hint)— You get the picture. While becoming a Skull Girl killing machine wasn't her choice, how she presents herself and how she fights is. She actively chooses to model herself off the cartoons she adores and manipulates her parasites into letting her live out her dreams. This is super important to note, because regardless of what other parts of her personality I explain next, she’s still a little girl who loves her toons.

Of course, I move from cute little girl straight into how fucking violent she is. If you read her history, she’s had one shitty life. Her and her friends were captured by slavers after living at an orphanage, and she was tortured when she stood up to them (which allowed her friend Marie to escape and eventually become the Skull Girl). She has seen some shit, son. Eventually, Dr. Avian found her mutilated body and basically thought it was a really good idea to turn her into one of the most powerful weapons in existence.

Science, ladies and gentlemen.

She's no stranger to violence, which, when coupled with her rash attitude and lack of maturity, it means she's a determined killing machine who sucks at acknowledging her own weakness. After watching Dr. Avian die, she immediately went to pursue and murder the shit out of the culprits (Valentine and Double). At the end of her storyline, after defeating the Skull Girl, she takes on Marie's quest to kill off the Medici mafia and promptly does so, since Marie became the Skull Girl entirely to avenge Peacock. The Skull Heart offers her unlimited power for that murder spree if she accepts its Madoka-like contract, and Peacock just says fuck that she's already the strongest. She can kill all the mafia in the world without the help of some magical Skull Girl bullshit.

Peacock is completely willing and able to take out anyone stopping her from achieving her goals— I mean, come on, it’s a fighting game, of course she’s like that. She’s the type to fight rather than talk and sees nothing wrong with busting a few heads. Unfortunately, this also means that she has no comprehension of her limitations. In Big Band's storymode, she attempted a lot of the same from her own storyline and was significantly less successful. In fact, half of Big Band's storyline is chasing down Peacock and keeping her from getting herself killed due to her rash determination. However, even after Marie kicks her ass, she still musters the energy to fight the Skull Girl as a tag-team with Big Band.

Peacock is also incredibly abrasive. She speaks like she’s straight out of the cartoons, which means plenty of insults and slang. Peacock refers to Dr. Avian as “gramps” and “Doc,” Valentine as “nurse,” Big Band as a wide variety of ridiculous names ("Big Ben," "Back-up Band," "the blowhard," "Brassafrass," etc etc etc), threatens anyone who gets in her way, and generally has a superior attitude to most people she speaks with, even if she cares about them. The Lab 8 crew are like a family (momma Illeum and daddy Big Band + many kids), and Peacock's the sibling who acts like she's the bossy oldest but really isn't. Since she's basically the prized experiment of Lab 8 (and she knows it), she's not afraid to lord over everyone else.

Despite this, she’s inherently a good person. She worries about her friends; she runs back to the labs when she hears about the Skull Girl's attack and is clearly upset when she sees Dr. Avian die. As mentioned before, she rushes off for revenge right after and is distraught to see that her old friend, Marie, is the Skull Girl. Before their final battle against each other, Peacock has a few moments of emotional maturity when she realizes that even if Marie is killing the mafia to get revenge for what they did to Peacock, Peacock knows that Marie can’t remain in control of the Skull Heart and will eventually become worse than the mafia. While she hopes she and Marie will have a little time together after Peacock destroys the Skull Heart, she puts stopping Marie from destroying/killing/whatevering everyone first. After she wins, and Marie is fading, she tells the former Skull Girl two things— 1) they’ll always be friends, and 2) that she’ll finish Marie’s job and take down the mafia for her. This is less out of revenge and more of helping her friend, so all that Marie’s suffered won’t be in vain. While she doesn't embark on her mafia murder quest at the end of Big Band's storyline, she still has her moment of emotionally maturity with Marie.

Basically, she's a kid. She's an incredibly psychotic kid who's used to getting her way, but she's a kid nonetheless.

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