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

Abilities/Powers: Alright, she’s overpowered. Just going to put this out here where we can all see it and accept it. She’s mostly metal, ridiculously overpowered, and she knows it, which is why she doesn’t accept the Skull Heart at the end of the game. Girl don’t need that shit, because she's basically a big ol' glass cannon. Let me explain her powers and stuff, after which, I’ll address limitations due to Haven's setting. Her powers can be broken down into two separate synthetic parasites:

1) The Argus System: This system primarily concerns itself with changes to herself only. So, her arms and eyes, basically. Her six eyes that are on her arms and others that appear from time to time. She can pretty much see everything, and it’s incredibly creepy. They also fire some pretty intensely badass lasers. While the lasers are supposed to fire at a precise frequency to fuck up Skull Girls, they still do a fuckton of damage to anyone and everything they hit.

2) The Avery Unit: It manifests itself through the miniature and sentient Peacock peacock that chills out in her hat and assists in her attacks. It’s a link between herself and Lab 8 and the weapons that the Lab has stocked up. Basically, it means she has infinite hammer space using her hat, eye sockets, and Lab 8's stockpile. Not just that, though-- As Dr. Avian explained, she’s manipulating the fuck out of the Avery unit’s capabilities which was completely unexpected. It's why regardless of a character's medium, in Haven Peacock's going to appear incredibly cartoonish. It's also why her weapons are cartoon caricatures of people she knows. They're sentient and her friends, even though they call her “boss.” They are, as follows:

*Avery:
Already explained this shit.

*George the Bomb:
He’s a bomb that either walks into enemies, airplanes into enemies, or go-carts into enemies before exploding.

*Lonesome Lenny
He’s an incredibly massiveass bomb with a fuse that takes a while to burn.

*Andy Anvil
An Anvil that drops from the sky into her opponents. Also one of the more vocal members of her little group. He likes wrestling, man.

*Tommy 10-Tons
A giant 10-Ton block weight with a face. Basically dropping really heavy things on people is fun, okay. Don’t judge.

So, let’s move on to...

3) Limitations:

The Avery unit, in order to operate correctly, needs both Avery and a link to the underground weapons facility at Lab 8. I think it’ll be alright if she keeps Avery with her, but because he no longer has access to Lab 8, her other friends won’t be coming along for the ride. If she picks up other weapons in Haven, they'll manifest into versions of her lil gang, but they won't take the same form. This also means that she can’t summon every weapon under the sun whenever she wants. However, at some point while playing her, I’d like her to be able to link her Avery unit with some other location of stored goods (aka a hoard of random shit or something). She'll still have access to the hammer space of her hat and eye sockets (wow what a weird sentence), and she'll still be able to summon all of her Argus eyes, but she won't be able to short-distance teleport until Avery's linked up with somewhere other than Lab 8's stores.

Both of her parasites are necessary to keep her alive. If someone somehow killed either one, Peacock would die soon after.

Items/Weapons: Avery, Argus, and a large cartoonish knife.

Applications Two

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