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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

The second is revenge.

You can't sugarcoat this is any way, shape, or form—Ace (and the other members of Cradle Pharmaceutical ) murdered her, and endangered the lives of seventeen other children. He killed her when she was nine years old—before she even got a chance to live. I think if you don't believe Akane holds some dark feelings towards Ace you're... well, I don't want to be rude, but I'd suggest you'd look over that again. Akane didn't ask to be in touch with the fields—as petty as it sounds. She didn't ask for any of this, it was all just thrusted upon her.

It's frustrating. Akane was a child—her thoughts most definitely did not extend to more than her current life—she probably only thought about now and not her future. But at the same time, she probably had some idealistic fantasy in her head about how she'd grow up to make a difference in the world, or make people happy, or help people.

She did not anticipate the Nonary Game.

She did not expect to die at such a young age.

And she did not imagine that she would, inevitably, grow to be a bitter woman, with thoughts rotating around revenge and seeking a way out of her own predestined fate.

So she wanted to get revenge on the four men who forced her into the Nonary Game. She wanted them to understand her pain, and what they made her got through. And... yes, it is a little pathetic, but I'm not claiming that Akane is a perfect person by any stretch of the word. What it boils down to is she was murdered and given a chance to find revenge on her murderers.

So she took it.

And the third is that the chance presented itself.

This is sort of a conglomeration of the previous two points. First, let me state that there are two kind of time traveling ideas ( it doesn't seem relevant, but I promise it will be! ). Basically, they boil down to the Earth having either one set timeline (see: Doctor Who), or a variety of broken up, possible time lines ( see: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya or Back to the Future ). 999 is based around the first.

( Despite the fact that 999 has multiple ends, each end is Akane trying to find the 'good' path. Where all the innocent people live. She keeps trying until she gets it right—the path that would lead her to the present she knew. )

There was one set timeline—Kanny would connect nine years into the future, and live in order to make Akane live to make the Second Nonary Game. While there was one path indicating that Kanny had burned alive in the Incinerator, the truth is she did not die, because she needed to live in order to make the game possible.

Say, for instance, she didn't survive—Junpei didn't save her. That would create a rift in the space-time continuum, and... well, basically screw everyone, who ever lived in the world or would live in the world, over.

In that light, it would be impossible for her not to survive. It's kind of... well, it's pretty impossible to claim that Akane isn't smart enough to comprehend the severity of the situation—she was undoubtedly frightfully aware of what would happen if she didn't survive, so not creating the Second Nonary Game kind of... wasn't an option.

But even if she knew about all that time-y stuff, I don't think it would really change anything. She died when she was nine—and an opportunity to save herself was thrown into her hands. It truly doesn't seem that farfetched that she just wanted to live for the sake of living. It kind of boils down to human nature as a whole, but... well, again, this is my own belief, but if presented with a chance to save your very own life, I think anyone would take that on.

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akane kurashiki | 999 ( reserved ) ( 6/7 )