havenmods | Applications

APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN!
The next processing date is Friday 11th October

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 two weeks, 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. If you wish to request a specific apartment, please do so in the relevant part of the application. 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.

Every attempt will be made to place a character in their chosen apartments, though this may not always be possible depending on the slots available.

Applications are open constantly, but are only processed every other Friday at 7PM EST. The Saturday following acceptance, an IC mingle log will be posted for characters to be introduced to the game.

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.

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)

Previous Game History:
Sample Application (Abel Nightroad/Mayfield RPG)
Sample Application (Bolin/Discedo)

Applications will be processed on the following dates:
11th October
25th October
8th November
22nd November
6th December
20th December

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. Preferred Apartment: If you have no preferred apartment, just put None. 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, please. A link to a previous post or thread with the character is also acceptable. Sample Entry Two: A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.

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. Preferred Apartment: If you have no preferred apartment, just put None. 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, please. A link to a previous post or thread under a year old with the character is also acceptable. Sample Entry Two: A third person sample of at least two paragraphs.

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Personality:

"Ain't no point in tryin' to play dumb anymore, Santa. Actually, guess I should call you 'Aoi Kurashiki', huh?" — Seven

Santa is an excellent liar who most certainly lies for most of the game, and so it's not quite clear which parts are the truth and which parts are, again, merely lies.

At a first glance, it seems clear as to what kind of person Santa is. Between his appearance and foul mouth, he gives off the impression of being little more than your typical street punk. He's loud, for starters. He doesn't make himself easy to miss in a conversation unless he chooses to remain quiet, as you can bet that if he has an opinion, he'll make it clear regardless of who disagrees with him. He's direct and straightforward, as he doesn't believe in sugarcoating his words. He'll be mindful on occasion, but in general, he's not the first person you'd expect to be nice. In fact, it's rather noticeable when he does go out of his way to be kind, as he's hardly the patron of goodness. He doesn't especially go out of his way to be mean either—as despite his poor attitude, he's still fairly cooperative and outwardly a decent person—but he can certainly still be a jerk often. In particular, he loves to make sarcastic remarks. You can always count on him to have a dry and/or deprecating comment to make about the situation.

"Fuck! I've had enough of this crap! How long are we gonna pussyfoot around like this?!" — Santa

One thing that can definitely be said about Santa is that he's someone who moves forward. He dislikes standing around and wasting time when there are things to be done. Even if he's not exactly sure of the situation, he'd rather still be moving, getting something done. On top of an overall temper, he has little patience for inaction and indecisiveness. 'Idle' is not a word you would use to describe him.

It's because of this that, as moody as Santa can be, it's hard to keep him down. Sure, he can cover a wide variety of emotions, but aside from 'productive' ones, he doesn't seem to feel anything especially strongly. If he's shocked, he'll put it aside quickly enough. If he's sad—well, that in itself is unusual. Santa's the sort of person who can immediately switch between grieving and acting normally without another word, if that's what it takes to get things done. He's not above sadness, by any means (and is, in fact, a much sadder person that he seems to be on the surface), but naturally, instead of moping, he'd prefer putting his time to better use. Overall, when he isn't being noisy, he's actually fairly aloof.

"At first, he'd assumed [Santa] wasn't terribly clever, but Junpei was beginning to think he would need to re-evaluate that assessment."

Altogether, Santa doesn't seem particularly smart at first. It's not unreasonable to make such a judgment, given that he isn't above acting silly once in a while, such as supposedly mistaking a showerhead for a mushroom growing out of the wall. He also appears to have difficulty grasping some concepts, as seen when Lotus tries to explain a scientific idea to the group. Add to the fact that, again, he looks and acts like some punk kid, and there isn't much of a reason to expect much of him in the intelligence department. He does seem to have flashes of insight and moments of wisdom, however, suggesting that he's smarter than he looks.

And by 'smarter than he looks', that's to say that any stupidity on his part is essentially a lie. He is Zero's right-hand man, after all, and though he writes himself off as just an assistant, he likely had a hand in orchestrating everything. His occasional cluelessness, especially when it comes to more academic and factual talk, is merely a fabricated act to throw off suspicion. For the Nonary Game to work, he and Akane have to be underestimated, and so Santa plays the part of the fool. Some of the aforementioned silliness may be genuine, but otherwise, Santa's not half as average as he might come across as. The discrepancy in the act he puts up and his true self becomes clearer when he explains the purpose of the game, with Junpei even noting how it's as if Santa's fallen into a trance. Gone is the loud, brash punk, and in his place is someone with serious, measured words and who is more than aware of what he's doing. Again, Santa's quite the actor.

"I dunno who the hell this Zero asshole is, but I know for sure he's gotta be pretty fucked up in the head to do all this." — Santa

In light of his true identity, a few of the remarks he makes during the game may have a different meaning. Namely, he makes a number of insulting comments about Zero—keeping in mind that his own sister is Zero, and he's helping her. Ergo, he is, for all intents and purposes, insulting his sister and, by virtue of assisting her, himself. Of course, it's possible that he says what he does only to seem normal, but either way, in one of his more truthful moments, Santa does express guilt. Not necessarily for the Nonary Game, but for what he perceives to be failing Akane. He's her brother, after all—her protector, but one who couldn't do his job. Furthermore, after telling a morbid story of the two Santa Clauses, he then wonders which one he is—the 'bad' Santa, or the 'good' Santa who became 'bad'—implying that he doesn't see himself as a good guy either.

All things considered, the latter Santa Claus would probably be the more apt comparison. Given how devoted Santa was to his sister, it's hard to deny that Santa at least was once a decent person at heart. However, because of that, he discards whatever morals he might have. In the end, being a brother means more to him than being a good person. For his sister's sake, he's willing to become a criminal— a kidnapper, a murderer, etc. That's not to say that he has no sense of morality, seeing as how he and Akane did take precautions to make the game as safe as they could, but the fact of the matter is that they still committed highly questionable acts for their own sakes. For Santa, Akane is his world. Everything he does, he does to save her.

At the end of it all, Santa's become a rather cynical and bitter person, no doubt thanks to his history. He doesn't trust anyone, save for likely Akane, and is more than happy to share that advice with everyone else. He's saying it as an untrustworthy person himself, even, so he should know. He looks down on the ideas of hope, faith, love, and luck, citing that they can all betray a person. And though he gave that a reason for wanting to give Junpei a bookmark related to those concepts, it wouldn't be much of a surprise if he honestly did hate them. After all, it's not like any of them have done him much good in life. On top of that, Snake was the one who talked about such things in the first place, to create a bond of friendship between the children of the First Nonary Game—a bond that Santa and Akane later tore apart.

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