havenmods | Applications Three

APPLICATIONS ARE CLOSED!
RESERVATIONS ARE OPENED!

NOTE: APPLICATIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED OR PROCESSED FOR APRIL, DUE TO A CURRENT DISCUSSION ON THE GAME'S FUTURE.
RESERVATIONS WILL REMAIN OPEN FOR A LONGER PERIOD.
MAY APPLICATION CYCLE WILL BE POSTED HERE AS SOON AS IT IS DETERMINED.

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 posts can be found here and here if you would like to look through past accepted applications.

Applications will be open on the following dates (from 7pm EST):
10th-17th April
8th-15th May

Applications will be processed on the following dates (at 7pm EST):
17th April
15th May

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

Name: Christina
Contact Info: PM to

pickpockets
Other Characters Played: N/A
Requested apartment: N/A

Character Name: Selina "Cat" Kyle
Canon: Gotham
Canon Point: After leaving Bruce at the hospital in Everyone Has a Cobblepot
Background/History: Gotham Wikia - Selina Kyle
Previous Game History: N/A

Personality:

Independent and willing to take risks, Selina Kyle has survived on the streets by relying only on herself. Even though she is a young girl, she refuses to be looked at as a "kid" and prefers to face any accusations head on. Despite her occasional brashness, she's fully capable of realizing that the end result will be more dangerous to her than she's comfortable with and will back down when she feels it's needed. While she is strong in her refusal to accept help from others when offered - she will still ensure that if she can help someone else out that has things worse than her, that she will.

Living on the street isn't the easiest choice for a young girl to make. When foster housing and child welfare offices are run by corrupt governments or officials, Selina has learned to take care of herself instead of relying on the broken system. When help is offered, she often refuses to accept it; believing that there might be a cost down the line that she'd have to pay. Rather than owe anyone any favors, she will sooner disconnect herself from a situation than become too comfortable with it. When Jim Gordon brought her to the Wayne Manor to stay while he kept her on file as a witness to the Wayne murders, she kept to her own schedules and even with Bruce trying to suggest that Alfred could make food for her (despite Alfred's insistence that he would do no such thing) she still stuck by her own choices. When she left the Wayne Manor it was because she knew that it was still too dangerous for her to be there - that being in a nice place with walls and a working furnace wasn't worth the risk of being in one place for a long period of time.

When she opts to help Ivy out and brings her to the abandoned apartment of Jim and Barbara, she doesn't make apologies for taking what isn't hers. She did what was needed to ensure her friend was able to get healthy again and if asked, she'd probably say she'd do it all the same. When faced with compliments that seem to go against what Selina's image of herself and where her future could lead her, when Barbara returns and attempts to befriend the homeless girls, she pushes back against those words. Deflecting her own discomfort with being cast in a certain light, she shines the spotlight on the flaws of whoever is trying to be nice to her.

Most of her willingness to take risks and not apologize for her behavior can be easily placed into her carefree attitude. It's not quite nonchalance, but it is more focused around her overall mindset that she already lives on the street - what else could happen? She doesn't make plans or do things according to a schedule and instead does whatever she needs to do in that moment. She can drop everything to just lounge on a couch for a few hours or she'll race through three boroughs just to find a person that could give her something useful.

She's flirtatious for a young girl, constantly approaching Bruce and invading his personal space as if testing his limits with her. She's offered him a kiss on a few occasions, which could either be due to her own interest or further pushing his level of being flustered in front of her. She's very grateful for the things that she does have and when presented with a gift seems very pleased to have made that sort of impression on Bruce. Her overall refusal of his help has more to do with her own need for independence and by removing what he needs from her, she removes his dependence on her for anything - something she hopes will keep him and her out of any additional trouble.

Selina is a thief, too. She makes her way either by stealing what she needs or borrowing what she can't rightly steal. Her ability to be quiet also makes her a good listener, which means that she can benefit from her ability to hide and not be seen or heard. This makes her an easy target for "goons" and similar criminal elements, because her abilities place her into dangerous situations on a somewhat regular basis. She's not easily scared, though, and doesn't back down from challenges or most attackers.

Being a girl that makes an impressive first impression, Selina has a sense of loyalty, but doesn't allow it to change who she is or how she survives. She's intelligent and quick-thinking, which helps her in nearly everything she does, and most of all she's still just a kid that's living on the streets. She's grown up far too quickly and because of that experienced more than most kids have her age and at the same time less than most kids actually need to experience. She's still learning and growing, but she has a solid idea of where she's headed.

Abilities/Powers:

For a young girl, Selina is in extremely athletic shape. She has demonstrated a great deal of strength and speed in city settings and is also capable of being highly aware of her surroundings. She has also demonstrated a great handle on her sense of smell - which takes a lot of talent since Gotham can't smell very good on an average day.

Slight of Hand: Selina is a skilled pickpocket and even at her young age can make lifts off of a person very effortlessly and without signalling the mark.

Acrobatics: Selina is capable of flexible movements that would lead someone to believe she has taught herself/learned a few basic acrobatic feats.

Balanced: Her ability to perch and balance atop narrow walls or other surfaces gives her a very high awareness of her center of gravity. It also allows her to manuever through large crowds easily and leap from rooftop to rooftop.

Street-fighting: Tougher than most kids, she can defend herself when needed - but she's not trained and her weapons skill is limited to using a knife.

Items/Weapons:

+ Dark Jeans
+ Dark Grey Hooded Sweatshirt
+ Goggles
+ Black Lace up Military Style Boots
+ Socks/Underwear/Tank Top
+ Gloves (Black Leather, no fingertips)
+ Long Sleeved Grey Shirt (thumb holes)
+ Backpack (contents: Pocket Knife, 3 Stolen Wallets, 2 Stolen Watches, 2 pair pants, 3 shirts, 3 pair underwear, 4 pairs of socks.)

Sample Entry:

[The brush pass goes smoothly. Her hand dips into the loose pocket of the oversized coat and the wallet is easily plucked in between index and middle fingers. A few feet away, she opens it up and starts to flip through it.]

Jacob Klein. Member of the Gotham Gym... [The plastic card flicks against the leather fold of the wallet.] You've probably never even swiped this to get in the door. [She glances to the plastic sleeve with photos and laughs a bit.] Not with that sad look on your face.

[The gym card is tossed to the sidewalk and she pulls out another.] You've worn this one out though - [She squints reading what's left of the logo.] Carl's Chicken Club?

[Flipping it over, she makes a face as she reads the benefits.] Every five rotisserie chickens gets your sixth one for free. No wonder you were never at the gym.

[She tucks that into her jacket pocket. It might be due for a free one.]

Three VISA cards, a library card, and a whopping thirty-four dollars. [She shrugs, taking the cards and pocketing them and then the cash. The wallet - empty except the photos - gets dropped into the next trash can.]

So... who's next? [Said to herself, looking out through the crowd.]

Sample Entry Two: Third Person Prose - PSL Format

Congratulations on being accepted, Selina Kyle, your apartment block and number is #10.3, and your tag is character: selina kyle. 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.
-> Check out who your character is sharing an apartment with.
-> Optionally join havenmemes, the Haven Meme community, and haventest, the Haven Test Drive community.
-> Fill out this form - please note, all re-apped characters are also required to fill out this form fresh, thank you.
-> 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.

NOTE: Everything on your items list counts as clothing and doesn't count to your three slots. However since the backpack holds so many items, we ask no more items be added on. The watches will have no numbers on them, though will still function so long as there is a battery, and any lettering/numbers on money or ID cards in the wallets will be blanked out.

Applications Three

Selina Kyle | Gotham | Not Reserved

-> ACCEPTED