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WHAT TO KNOW

Applications are ALWAYS OPEN, and will be processed as they are received. They must be posted in the comments, NOT linked to.

Before applying, read the rules & setting page and this post in their entirety. Use the potential applications page or the FAQ if you have any questions about the process. There is also a sample app and an explanation of how we process apps if those interest you. The wanted characters list may also be helpful.

In general, however, we would rather have a shorter, better written application than a longer one, every time. That said, length is one of the least important factors in our applications. We look primarily at the voice samples, then the personality section and writing sample. The voice samples are by far the most important section, and we prefer that these be thread links, because they give us a sense of how you play the character rather than simply how you write an application for the character.

The application page from the former site can be found here.

MISC. RULES

We do allow challenge apps, but we wait the duration of the reserve for the other app to come in before processing them against each other.

Applications or parts of applications (such as the initial comment containing contact information) will be screened on request.

There is a one week grace period for dropped characters during which applications for them will be held pending. The former player can choose to pick up those characters at any time during that week without re-applying.

If you are asked for a revision, you have one week to submit them before your app will be automatically declined. You must resubmit your app in its entirety if that happens. Always feel free to ask us to clarify what we're looking for on revisions; we won't bite.

If you are rejected, we encourage you to re-apply. We like seeing players that have taken our critique and worked on improving their portrayal. The exception is a character rejected on the grounds that they would be difficult to impossible for others to play with. Playability is an important factor.

Our plagiarism policy is as follows: the first offense will be met without consequence. The second offense results in a one month ban from apping. Subsequent further offenses will be dealt with on a case-by-case basis but most likely incur longer bans, up to and including indefinite bans.

APPLICATION IN DETAIL

Your name:
Your journal: A sock is fine, or a commonly used character journal if you don't have a personal one. Just please be consistent with your identity for ease of reference.
Contact: AIM/plurk/email/etc., whatever you prefer to be contacted.
Other characters played at Passing:

Character name:
Character fandom:
Version: V1, V1.# or V2+ should be the only options.
Canon point: What point of their timeline you're taking them from.
Importing development from old game? If yes, where from?
Background: Link to the Wiki entry on it, or if the series has its own wiki, the character's page. A comprehensive fan site is an acceptable substitute. If you cannot find one of these that works well enough for us to get a good grasp of your character from a third party, please write out the standard 'history' section for this on your own. Please include this even if applying for an AU version of the character. OCs need the history section written out as well, obviously.

In general, though, this should be a link whenever possible and not a written history. We use it to compare an unbiased third party account against your represented version of the character. If you include a written history, we will ignore it completely and look up whatever is available for that character on Wikipedia ourselves.

Changes from canon, if AU: What it says. Detail here how the AU world is different from canon, or what events have happened in their previous game that have lead them to be different.

Personality: The meat of the application, and self-explanatory. We want to see that you understand what makes them tick. If AU, try to include explanation for where and why the character has changed from canon.

Abilities: What are they particularly good at, or if they do have superhuman powers, what are they? A bullet point list will suffice.

Writing sample: At least 200 words of your own writing in third person prose, preferably about the character you're applying for. Samples about others are allowed, in any setting. This is to gauge your writing style and technique, not your grasp of character. That's the next section.

Voice sample: You may either write 200 words of your character speaking to himself, or you may link to threads, or you may request to thread with a mod character.

Regular voice sample: If choosing option one, the standard first person sample rules apply. The word count applies only to spoken words, not action in brackets, and since 200 words is a lot for some quiet characters, more than one different samples are allowed.

Linking to threads: If you are linking to threads, make sure they are lengthy ones that demonstrate your understanding of the character. We don't need a million of them, but remember that this is as a substitute for a sample, and we will evaluate it the same way. Threads that took place in other games, museboxes, or

dear_mun are all fine.

Threading with a mod character: You may also request to thread with a mod character - please do so in the body of your application when you submit it, rather than contacting a mod privately. The first available mod will respond back as soon as possible and discuss with you who your character would be best suited to play off of of their characters, and then you will agree on a time to sit down and crack out a thread.

These will be 'quick log' style in brackets and not prose to make them go faster and keep the focus on dialog. These do not have to be masterpieces of wonder, but your application will not be judged until you have finished the thread (at least 20 comments on your part), so think carefully before choosing this option. The mods will make every effort to respond to your tags quickly.

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Your name: Zan
Your journal:

zan
Contact: AIM @ misseviltwin, email @ misszankitty @ gmail
Other characters played at Passing: None

Character name: Raven Xavier
Character fandom: X-Men: First Class
Version: V2 (part of

abrokenking's AU verse)
Canon point: Right around the time they meet Erik.
Importing development from old game? N.
Background: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Men:_First_Class

Changes from canon, if AU: Raven always wanted to be the one that people overlooked. She wanted to be the one that they never looked twice at. She always ended being the freak, though. Her mother was usually too drunk to care about anything and her father was usually drunk enough by the time he got home that the first thing he did when he saw his daughter was to take a swipe at her with the backside of his hand. Raven learned quickly that she needed to be somewhere else when he came home and she often found herself wishing that she could be someone else.

It was during one of those desperate times, curled up in the back of her closet that she wished so hard that she was someone else that she actually became someone else. Someone old enough to stand up to her father. Someone pretty enough that people wouldn't stare at her when she walked down the street. Just someone else.

When she confronted her father, it took a few tries for him to understand that the woman standing in front of him was actually his daughter. Raven thought that she had finally found a way to be someone else. Instead, he smacked her hard across the jaw for what she had done. The blow surprised her and, as she fell back, her natural form came back to the fore.

She was seven.

After that, she started running away. She would leave her house and pose as someone else. Sometimes she'd be a little girl, going to school for the first time and sometimes she'd be an older woman, out looking for a job. The more she experienced, the more she learned about the way the world worked. She'd been hoping to find some kind of peace and she did...for normal people. Still, she reasoned, it wasn't their fault. She was something new. It was only her father who used her strangeness as an excuse to hit her. But despite that, she couldn't help going back to him time and time again. Sometimes it was because she needed something to eat. She could always find something to eat at home, even if he would make her work for it, even if she would have to beg him, tears streaming down her face, for just a single bowl of whatever he and her mother had decided to eat. But there were times when she had it good, too. There were times when she'd worked herself into a life for a few months and things were okay and yet she still went back.

Those were the days when she needed someone to see her for what she really was. She understood the necessity of the mask, understood that she couldn't be different if she wanted to make it in the world outside, but sometimes she still just wanted to be Raven.

It wasn't until she was ten that the cycle of leaving and returning stopped for good. It was then that she met Charles. Pretending at first to be his mother, she was surprised when he could see right through the deception and even more surprised to learn how. He could read her mind. He was different...just like her. She stayed with him for a few days and that was when she found out that Charles' life was so much worse than her own. She'd only had an alcoholic mother and an abusive father. Charles had a step-father who used him. He was experimented on and it both sickened and terrified Raven. No one should have to go through that. At first, she wasn't able to do anything. She didn't know what she could do. But Charles had worked her into his life, he'd made the people around him believe that she was a part of her family and, therefore, she slowly started learning to protect Charles as best she could. She would hide Charles and then claim she didn't know where he was. She would help them look and make sure that they didn't go to the place where he was.

She had become Charles' sister through both his own will and her own desire, but she wasn't his only sibling. He had a brother, Cain, and Raven tried to protect him, too, but when it came down to it and she had to protect one brother over the other, she always protected Charles. He was the one who relied on her and she had to do her best to live up to that faith. It was also the reason why she never went home. Charles needed her just like she needed him. She didn't need her father or her mother again. They'd never wanted her and she'd found something better than people who just knew what she was. She'd found someone who accepted who she was.

After she'd been there a year or two, Cain ran away. It broke her heart and made her even more protective of Charles. She'd go through hell and the rage of his step-father in order to get him through safely. As much as she wanted to, though, she was still years younger than Kurt and, sometimes, he took Charles away. When he came back, Charles was always a little more broken. Raven would cradle him in his arms and tell him that everything would be all right. It was a lie and he'd know it was, but maybe he would see that she was trying her best for them both.

Then, abruptly, she was able to keep her promise. When his mother and step-father died, the tests were over with. She let things stand as they were for a month or two, but soon she decided that they needed something different. It would always be the two of them, but Charles needed to get back in the world. School was a challenge she wasn't sure how they were going to face. Charles didn't do well in groups and that's all school was. As his 'mother', she was often called in after school while the administrators talked to her about Charles' behavior and about his outbursts and she would come back and remind them of how brilliant he was and that he would never change and be more like how they thought a normal student should be unless he was allowed to be around other children.

Her arguments won and Charles flourished under the learning, if not the socialization. Honors and awards were heaped on him and he treated them like they were nothing. Sometimes Raven wondered if this is what the rest of her life would be like. She loved Charles, she would do anything for him, but she never really had a life of her own. She had the occasional date, sure, but more often than not, those relationships ended when they met Charles. They wanted her to be normal, they wanted her family to be some picture-perfect family and she refused to be that. And so it ended. Not Charles' fault, really, and she didn't blame him for it at all, but it still left her feeling isolated and, unlike Charles, she didn't like that isolation.

The first time she met Moira MacTaggert, Raven already disliked her. She had caught Charles unawares and was trying to get him to talk about mutations and his work like they were things to be found in the real world. They were, of course, but Raven was terrified at first that they'd been caught out. It wasn't until after she had intercepted the conversation in progress and made Moira say to her what she had said to Charles that she understood. There were other people like her and like Charles out there. The idea of them being bad or good didn't hit her at first and she agreed after a moment's conferral with Charles to help in any way that she and Charles could. Things spiraled from normal to out of control in a matter of days. First the CIA found out about the existence of mutants and then she and Charles were whisked off to a Coast Guard vessel, travelling the darkness in search of others like them. It was only when they found the mutants, the others like them, that it hit her. Not all of them were kind and gentle like Charles. There were some as bad if not worse than Charles' step-father. Now they didn't just have a mission to find others like them, they had a duty to protect the people who couldn't protect themselves. Just like she had protected - and still did protect - Charles.

Personality: Raven is driven by the need to protect. First, she tries to protect herself, then she tries to protect Charles, and finally, she is beginning to learn that she has to protect the normal humans from the mutants, from the people who have abilities like she and Charles have, but who use them in the most cruel ways. She tries not to see this need to protect, especially of Charles, as a burden. Especially Charles, since he can read into her mind and since he knows every last thing about her. Instead, she views it as a way to help other people, like Charles had first helped her. She'd had no one to turn to until she met Charles and he changed everything for her.

She is, by necessity, a bit of a loner. When she's without Charles, she definitely enjoys a little fun, but much of her time is spent looking after her brother and he has become her brother over the years. When she is by herself, she tries to be friendly and outgoing. She wants to see the best in people. When she's finally forced to see the truth, like she did when she learned about Shaw, she is crushed.

Raven only really feels comfortable around Charles, but that's more because she yearns to have people who love her for what she is rather than who she appears to be. At the same time, she rarely ever changes from her blonde form unless there's a reason to. When there is, she will change without a moment's hesitation. She knows that she isn't who she projects to the world. She's more than that, but she refuses to let others know what she is because of the reaction of her father when she was a child. He hated her for what she was and so she believes that others will hate her. She wonders whether she'll feel more comfortable when she's around her own kind.

Abilities: Raven has the ability to change her outer appearance. This includes the ability to mimic other mutants physical abilities (see: Logan's claws), but these appendages remain flesh.

Writing sample: Cain was gone.

Raven noticed almost immediately after getting out of bed. It was her usual pattern to check on both of the boys and then go find out where Kurt was. If he was up and active, she would sometimes wake up either Cain or - usually - Charles and get them out. She'd tell them she wanted to go for a walk or wanted to go to town or some other nice lie that she knew they could probably see through. Anything that would get them out of the line of fire.

The first person she'd checked on that morning was Charles. Charles always looked so small and vulnerable when he was sleeping. It was like he didn't have a care in the world and Raven could almost forget what happened to him when he was awake. Almost. Then she shut his door and went down the hall to Cain's room. She opened it without knocking, in case he was asleep, and was mildly surprised to find him already awake and not in her room. She didn't start worrying for the first ten minutes. Twenty minutes after that, she woke up Charles to help in the search and he was able to tell her what she had been afraid of. Cain wasn't there anymore.

A lump stuck in her throat and it felt like her heart was being squished between two tight hands. She'd wanted to protect them, to protect them both, but had only managed to protect Charles.

Voice sample: http://charlescrap.livejournal.com/3569.html - Thread with

abrokenking

http://agroovyblue.livejournal.com/758.html - Thread with

helpmeguideit

http://dear-mun.livejournal.com/44144365.html - Dear_Mun thread

Thank you for your application! Just as a heads-up,

abrokenking is v3, so if this Raven is from that verse, she'll also end up being v3. (Not a big detail, really, but just for clarity.) Is that alright?

Oh! Yes. That's totally fine. I didn't realize they needed to match up. Thanks for the heads-up.

We'd like to see a sample of Raven socializing with others; if you want, one of the mods can set up a thread to play out with you.

Yes, please. That would be great.

Here we go! Poke me if you need anything changed.

Looks fine to me. Just a warning. Today is my long day (at class until 9pm), so I won't be tagging much. More will happen tomorrow and the rest of the week(end).

Your name: Holmes
Your journal:

hobbitholmes
Contact:
AIM: adagiotronica
Other characters played at Passing:

thatoldthatkind | Eleventh Doctor | Doctor Who

Character name: Quorra
Character fandom: TRON: Legacy
Version: V1
Canon point: End of Legacy
Importing development from old game? Nope
Background: Quorra @ TRON Wikia

Changes from canon, if AU:

Personality:
In many ways, Quorra is very childlike in nature: naive, innocent, but extremely passionate. She is very curious, especially about the world of the Users. She has no specific way she prefers to learn, using books or from example or by stories from Kevin Flynn. And she applies what she learns to the way she operates in situations, given that Flynn was attempting to teach her the way of the selfless, and she gave herself up to CLU so that the two Flynns could get away safely. Despite this, however, Quorra prefers the books about science fiction and inventions, specifically Jules Verne.

She doesn't know how to properly act in certain situations with Users, laughing at a joke that certainly wasn't funny to Flynn. When interacting with Users she tends to be quiet and observe their ways, attempting to understand them. It shows her childlike nature, especially when she explaining the things she loves or admires. Even though Quorra is an ISO (isomorphic algorithm), she always places herself on the same level as Programs: Users are like gods, and she was able to exist because of the world Flynn created. However it doesn't limit her in her choices, or doing what she believes is right. She purposely goes behind Flynn's back to help Sam, believing that it will ultimately help Flynn and stop CLU.

Her strong moral compass of what is right and wrong plays into her being a warrior. Quorra is described as being a "Joan of Arc" character by her actress. Strong, passionate, but kind and understanding. She will put herself on the front lines to defend who she loves. She will place herself in the path of deresolution, despite being the only remaining ISO. It shows in her strategies the Go games she plays with Flynn, always trying to attack head on even if she is out matched.

Quorra is extremely loyal to the Users, mainly Kevin Flynn and therefore Sam Flynn. Even when knowing that Flynn was the one who created CLU and CLU was the one who destroyed her people, she never falters in her position. She has a sadness and loneliness to her about being the only remaining ISO, but it doesn't hold her back. She moves forward.

Abilities:
Quorra is skilled in the combat of the Grid. Like Programs, Quorra learned to fight with her Identity Disk, but also with batons and swords. Each weapon is used at a different occasion, but she is capable of wielding two at the same time, usually in the combination of her Identity Disk and the sword (which forms from the baton). Instead of using the disk for long range combat, Quorra specializes in keeping it as a melee weapon, while she uses the sword for blocks and parries.

She knows how to drive vehicles on and off the Grid, the Light Runner specifically, and can quickly learn how to drive and/or pilot ones she never has before (the Light Jet).

Writing sample:
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You've been accepted! Welcome. :) There are a few things to go over.

    ᘚ Please join the comms. These notifs haven't been working lately, so if a day goes by and you haven't been accepted into the communities, feel free to nag us.
    ᘚ Comment to the taken page.
    ᘚ Our activity requirements are 20 comments each month for each character, and please remember to tag every post your character comments on - this is how we keep track of activity for ACs.
    ᘚ If you use plurk, you might also consider following the mod account, though this is not required.

Do all of that, introduce yourself on the OOC comm, and start playing!

Your name: Jaydee
Your journal:

d21jaydee
Contact: xSaintjade on AIM, ultralisk underscore
Other characters played at Passing:

Character name: Master Chief | John | SPARTAN-117
Character fandom: Halo
Version: V 2.0
Canon point: Post-Halo 3 AU
Importing development from old game? Econtra, with a few changed events on the aftermath of the game and a little development from Dressing Rooms.
Background: Link on Halopedian.

Changes from canon, if AU: With the end of the Battle of the Ark and the victory of humanity against the Covenant, John-117 was left along with Cortana on the aft of the Forward Unto Dawn. With little hope for rescue in many years, the Master Chief entered cryosleep. Knowing that her lifespan as an AI had been severely shortened, and that she could die during his long sleep, his last words to Cortana were to wake him when she ever needed him.

Another world, however, saw fit to call him for duty to help save it: The world of Econtra. Unlike many residents that were drafted with either happy lives after having finished their conflict, or others that still had many things to do to save their own worlds, the Spartan was different: His quest to protect his world succeeded at a very high cost. His home had been glassed, nearly all of the people he cherished had died or had gone missing for too long to have any hopes, and ended his war alone and abandoned thousands of stars away from home.

He arrived believing he had nothing left, save for the duty that was given to him.

In there, he made friendships and alliances with many of the residents, some of whom would create lasting bonds with the Master Chief. Most importantly, he reunited with many fellow Spartans and UNSC personnel to share information about their world, and prepare the worlds of the younger Spartans for the most crucial moments in the War against the Covenant in their timelines.

Beside learning of the fate of Dr. Halsey, Senior Chief Mendez, and of the rest of the Spartans at Onyx, he learned the entire truth of the SPARTAN-III Project. The revelation of hundreds of children, made Spartans, and sent to suicide missions, shook his foundations somewhat. It became one of the driving points of the Master Chief to save the Spartans that remained.

Most importantly for his world and of those of his comrades stuck in the Nexus world of Econtra, he faced the most vicious creature to ever be encountered by a Spartan in combat. After many tortures by the Keepers and the Entropi alike, the residents won, and the Master Chief finished his duties in Econtra carrying vital intelligence – related to his world, and to the alien enemy he fears could ever return.

With the conclusion of the Econtra campaign, he chose to return to the aft of the Forward Unto Dawn, to Cortana, even if it meant he would have to return to a frozen grave, with the dying hope that he would ever be found. He clung to the hope that someone would find him, and that he would find a way to find the Spartans at Onyx, and find a way back to Earth. All, to follow the promise of Johnson not to let Cortana go. But it was not the end of his adventures out of his universe.

Cortana, upon realizing what had happened to the Master Chief, discovers the slipspace rupture that accompanied him when he left and returned, caused by the Econtra AI known as the “Indigeo”. With the closest alternative for rescue available, she performs one final sacrifice for the Master Chief: She diverts the remaining energy of the Forward Unto Dawn into firing a beacon into the rupture for anybody in the multiverse to find them. The rest of the energy is sent directly to the lone pod that remained for years. With no more energy for her to operate with, Cortana succumbed to Rampancy and AI death.

Eventually, he is found by an old friend from the world of Econtra: The former senshi of water and knowledge, Mercury, Mizuno Ami as she was known by her friends. Having received the signal, the soldier ventured into the world of the Spartan to wake him from his sleep. With the Nav database erased as marked by the Cole Protocol upon immobilization of the ship, she transports the Master Chief to another Nexus while he prepared for his return.

With the slipspace rupture closed and his path back to the Dawn severed, the Master Chief realized he would not see his world for a long time. Even then, his objective became to return to his Earth, save his team trapped at Onyx, and report everything that transpired in his journeys.

For several days, the Master Chief remained to rest, re-arm and repair his equipment in the Nexus while he waited for another slipspace rupture to open up for his universe. In there, he made a few friends and allies, some of them related to the people he knew from the world of Econtra... However, apart from Mercury, John did not find UNSC personnel, or anybody that hailed from the world of Econtra.

By the time another time-space rupture opened by the concentration of numerous slipspace-capable ships, the Master Chief found himself in the middle of a Jiralhanae Fleet, the Fleet of the Fateful Path, preparing for a jump to engage another, similar one. The Spartan snuck aboard the Covenant Flagship Prominency, and for days, he remained hidden to wait for the adequate moment to strike, readying himself for a one-man raid until the time was right.

Once the Fleet engaged another in combat in a clear act of Civil War, the Master Chief revealed himself, and fought his way through dozens of Grunts, Jackals, and Brutes that had long-since considered the Spartan an unstoppable demonic force. Before a nearby Separatist fleet appeared to take advantage of the chaos that spread with the reports of the Spartan, the Master Chief successfully stole the Nav database of the Covenant ship – And activated his PINpoint to be sent back to the Nexus before his ship was burned to cinders.

Now with the knowledge that the Covenant Civil War was still raging on after the end of the Great War, he realized the conflict for humanity has not really ended. Once the Covenant ceased fighting, they could turn their eyes back on humanity. This forced the Master Chief to continue preparing and re-arming himself with as much technology from many universes as he could obtain.

Most importantly, now with a Covenant Nav Database in his hands, he's waiting for the chance to translate the file, and use it once a slipspace rupture opens again for him to return to his world.

In the meantime, for the years following the Econtra Campaign, the Master Chief had been venturing into several other worlds and Nexuses performing a few odd jobs, mercenary duties, and favors, to support himself and his equipment as he prepares for the next time a slipspace rupture opens up in his world.

Personality:

One thing that must be known before delving into his personality is his history: Having been stolen at the age of six, raised in a military environment, and having lived for the whole of his adult life in war, John-117 grew up for most of his life in a tight-knit group, learning to care for each and every person he serves with, and developed a control over his emotions beyond even that of the rest of the Spartans; but almost to socially crippling levels. Those that become his enemies, they will be lucky if he ever takes the time to give him a single word as he fights.

Those that know him will notice he's quite laconic, and rather fluent in dry humor for many of his interactions. He speaks what is necessary, and elaborates when required upon him. For much of his life, he lived with individuals with whom the tiniest motion of body language could be read, and interacted almost solely with those of his unit, save for a handful of outsiders. Even outside of his element, he retains this way of communicating himself.

With those he's the close with, he can joke and send dry humor their way, but feels limited in this regard due to his position as the Commanding Officer of the SPARTAN-II. Must be noted, however, that he's more open nowadays thanks to Econtra, and not as limited as he used to be in the past. It's close friends that see this side of him more often.

John is not cold. He is compassionate and willing to sacrifice himself if it means saving one more person. But having seen and done many things, he's both accustomed and scarred by his entire decades fighing, but not completely. In the last five years, his whole life changed violently and abruptly with the fall of his home, the discovery of ancient threats, and his journeys through several universes.

In a way, he's of the “Seen It All” type, but not immune to surprise or fear. He feels fear, but pushes it to the back of his mind and transforms it into a drive to fight. It's the reason he has been considered the bravest, luckiest, and arguably the best among the SPARTAN-II.

After forty years of using the armor, he cannot let go of it. The air feels cold for him, and he has almost turned pale for the long time he has lived inside of it. Not watching the world from behind his visor and his HUD makes him feel exposed. While Spartans in general need the MJOLNIR on a personal level, the armor is almost a part of him, he and it are one and the same, and feels skinless out of it.

Growing up in a military environment made him unaware of many social customs and ways of thinking until after the Fall of Reach, though most of his maturity and emotional hardness was obtained throughout the Human-Covenant War. He's grown ever since, but a civilian lifestyle is not within his line of thought.

For instance, a big part of his character that still remains with him even after paid dearly for continuing to think like that, is the desire to win.

Halsey noted that, in a way, Spartans resemble children. Despite his very keen mind and leadership abilities, there are things John simply did not understand for some time, such as winning not being the most important thing, and things outside of the way the military in general thinks. Having spent a few years outside of the wing of the UNSC has made him improve a lot on this matter.

Because of his mother, Halsey, Cortana, and Ami, he holds those that are intelligent and strong in high esteem – women particularly, seeing in them the recurrent traits from the people he has grown to cherish.

An important part of his character are promises. When he gives you his word, he'll return to his grave, cross through worlds apart, or venture into hell to fulfill it. Sometimes he knows he will not win, but he will still devote himself to it, for that person he gave his loyalty to.

This does not mean he will completely let go of his own moral codes, his orders, the laws of the UNSC, or his patience for them. For instance, Dr. Halsey is treated by almost all of the Spartans as both their Commanding Officer and their mother, but when she told John through Cortana to rest after having taken too many injuries after the battle of Halo 04, he snapped saying that he “doesn't take orders from civilians – not even her.” ... Even when he had been doing that for Halsey for a long time, treating her as both her Commanding Officer and his mother.

A scenario better used as a comparison is Cortana: After the promise that he'd return to her, he focused first on ending Truth's plans before he ventured again into an infested High Charity. After Econtra, he fulfilled Johnson's last will not to let her go, by returning to the aft of the Forward Unto Dawn.

For most of his life, he categorized people as “squadmates”, “officers”, and “threats”, and see deaths as either “spent lives” and “wasted lives”, even when he had been warned by his trainer not to rely on those terms too much, and finding out that even he would hesitate to classify any death as either a needed sacrifice or a pointless loss.

It was after the Battle of Halo 04 when he learned the true importance of lives. While he had been brave and noble even before his conscription, he was part of those that believed in the sacrifice of the few for the good of the many; after seeing many of her Spartans die and the Covenant at the doorstep of Earth, Dr. Halsey admitted to John that she had been mistaken in justifying her actions:

"For a long time I had thought that we had to sacrifice the few for the good of the entire human race... I have killed and maimed and caused a great deal of suffering to many people – All in the name of self-preservation... But now I'm not sure that philosophy has worked out too well. I should have tried to save every single human life—No matter what it cost."

It wasn't until after her saw more pointless deaths, and seeing Linda-058 prepared to die onboard the Unyielding Hierophant when he finally understood what Halsey meant – how a single person could make a difference in an entire war. With it, he devoted himself to save as many lives as he could.

However, the Battle of the Ark tested his resolve for that philosophy. Being unable to save Miranda, Johnson, and Cortana, the Master Chief felt guilt for not fulfilling his promise of saving everyone and getting them all home – feeling he failed himself and Halsey. It was something he grew to accept with time. That in spite of how much he fought, that he would not be able to save everyone. He learned that winning wasn't always the most important thing. There would be times in which he would never win.

The days following the Fall of Reach and his adventures throughout several worlds, however, have become a bigger part of his character. It has been confirmed that he has been scarred psychologically after the events of the three Halo games. After the Fall of Reach, he was driven to his limits not only physically, but psychologically for months: He saw his home glassed and lost dozens of his Spartans (his family) be slaughtered in that battle, he found the ringworlds and faced the Flood more than once, he lost everyone dear to him in the last months of the war save for Cortana, and he had to deal with the pressure of saving an entire galaxy with three races crying for the death of humanity.

The events at Econtra gave him some respite, and made him a lot more social, but in other matters, they continued to scar him: The Entropi by themselves were bad enough as they are, but their ability to destroy entire dimensions; along with the screeches, their attacks that were able to burn armor as if it wasn't there, and the smell of rotten flesh caused a strong psychological aversion in him towards them. They reminded him of the worst things of his war. The smell of the Flood, the plasma of the Covenant, and the destruction he had to avert to save his world. Ultimately, his entire experience in Econtra changed him as strongly as the months following the Fall of Reach and the battles of the Halo rings. Right now, those very elements of the alien race are his greater fears, and are now along with the nightmares he has of the last days of his war.

In a way, it also strengthened him.

Having faced the ultimate challenge for any Spartan, an abomination capable of killing gods and reducing entire dimensions to barren wastelands, his morale improved a lot. After having fought, survived, and won against the alien threat, he is confident he can take on stronger opponents, relying not only on merely physical power, but on intellect, teamwork, and unity.

The last illusion, in which he became the only living being in a dead Earth, drove a feeling of dread he had been afraid of for a long time, that reminded him of the fate that befell into him after the Ark: That he would lose all of his loved ones, and in the end, no matter how hard he fought to save his comrades, that he would die abandoned and alone. After he broke out of it, he swore he would not let that fate happen to anyone. It became part of the reason he had been reaching out more towards other people. Because as long as he continued to be isolated, he fears that one day, he'd face that isolation again.

After Econtra, he became more social, more or less to the level of Kurt-051, but without losing the laconic manner of speech that's characteristic from him. He can reach out to people, but always needs some time alone for peace after a long day, or with the company of a very close friend.

Right now, he understands the need to bend and break some rules for the greater good: To save peoples' lives, and to continue fighting where many cannot go on. Time ago, he also made a trading agreement with a smuggler by the name of Anadra Kelrian and served as her bodyguard for a while, justifying himself in that he neededthe weapons she could provide him for the sake of his world. Breaking the Spartans' “No-Drinking” rule for just an instant, however, is the result of both improved social skills and generally being fed up with everything strange that's happened to him after the Fall of Reach.

However, in spite of how much he had changed because of Econtra and during his travels in other universes, at his core, the Spartan has not changed.

While the Master Chief has grown social and become accustomed to even the more mudane actions, he knows there is no hope for him to ever fit into any normal life. For him, the battlefield is, and will always be, his home. He knows well there will always be war. He will fight until he wins or he dies. All, to defend everything he swore to protect from the day he was made a Spartan, and marked as a protector of Earth and its' colonies.

Abilities:

CANON
AUGMENTATIONS AND MJOLNIR MARK VI

All of the SPARTAN-II were subject to a series of augmentations meant to make them smarter, faster, and stronger. The successfully augmented SPARTAN-II were strong enough to run at 30 mph out of armor, bend metal, and toss heavy machinery meters away... All, freshly augmented, and out of armor. Their senses made them keen enough to see and listen with incredible clarity, and according to Fred-104, can even hear a pin drop in a sandstorm.

Most importantly, the augmentations were made to allow them to wear the MJOLNIR. A suit of armor that can kill normal humans with the very act of moving. The current version worn by the Master Chief is the MJOLNIR Mark VI, a Powered Assault Armor that beside increasing his strength, speed, agility, durability, and reflexes of the wearer by five, can generate its' own energy shields. When hit, the suit takes a few seconds to regenerate them.

Some other functions inclue an AI slot, a layer that controls temperature, magnetic weapon holders, biofoam injectors, radiation reading, a water recycling system, a pressure seal, and both air filters and an oxygen supply for hazardous environments. The armor has been broken and reforged in his time in the multiverse.

TRAINING AND COMBAT EXPERIENCE

All Spartans were subjected to intense training beginning from the ages of six, and concluded with augmentations and deployment when they turned fourteen. This training was meant to make them the utmost Special Forces of the UNSC -even aboved Helljumpers-, and instructed them in almost every known skill: From weapon handling, CQB, melee combat, military procedures, survival, fitness, leadership, first-aid and field surgery; to marksmanship, starship operation, piloting, driving, hacking, and mechanics.

John-117 is a special case among Spartans. With all these skills, he is not the fastest, strongest, or the most specialized in any task, but the most balanced one in all aspects. What made him the leader of the SPARTAN-II was his bravery that went beyond even the rest of the Spartans, his leadership, and his care for his men – and by the opinion of Dr. Halsey, arguably the best.

His standard weapon is an MA5C Rifle, an Automatic/Semi-Automatic Rifle from his world that's become the bread-and-butter of UNSC infantrymen firearms from its' application onwards. He carries a Stiletto and a combat knife with him as well. Even with most of the coating restored, the MJOLNIR continues to carry some of the scars of the encounters with the Entropi.

MENTAL FORTITUDE

Something that is not always noted, is that Spartans have brilliant minds. Even as children, Dr. Halsey noted that all of the candidates were completely above their peers not only phsyically, but mentally as well. She claimed that they could have become Alexanders the Great or Cleopatras had they all been born centuries in the past. Linda-058, for instance, had an entire spy network set up when she was less than six years old. After augmentations, they could even perform square roots in their heads, and beat Halsey at “twenty-questions” games.

As noted in his abilities, John is the bravest Spartan, and is perhaps the most mature one with the things he has went through. He has remained solid and standing in events that have emotionally broken most people, such as when facing the Flood. When feeling fear, he transforms it into a drive to fight and win, and like the rest of the Spartans, practices the meditation arts of Zen a lot. Both in warfare, and in times of peace.

He has not gone unscarred. The last five years took a toll on the Master Chief, and even had his timeline remained unaltered, it has been confirmed that he changed psychologically after the events of the Fall of Reach. Moreso with his experience in Econtra, he has changed in a lot of ways, and some traumas have either remained, or turned stronger.

The Entropi and the Flood, for instance, are his greatest fears. He is afraid that, one day, they could cross the barrier of his universe.

LUCK

The biggest of his powers. The fact he has not only always found himself at the right places at the right time, but that he has been through many perils and many stars, and has survived and won where everyone else has died – even against enemies that have stood unchallenged for many millenia.

Even from the moment he was considered for the SPARTAN-II Project as a child, his biggest trait was always noted to have been luck, and after the Fall of Reach, that trait has shined more than ever. Perhaps the biggest evidence that the supernatural does exist in the Halo universe.

DEAR MULTIVERSE
BlasTech Industries E-11 Rifle

Courtesy of a smuggler by the name of Anadra Kelrian, result of a trading agreement made after finally beginning with the right foot. Being the standard-Issue weapon of the Clone Army of the Galactic Empire, the E-11 Blaster Rifle is a compact Automatic & Semi-Automatic weapon with a particle beam that fires up to 500 rounds per canister.

Due to its' nature as an energy weapon, however, it carries the risk of overheating, melting, and exploding if used recklessly and with no time to cool down. His first weapon was used to great effectiveness and subsequently wasted in his raid of the Fleet of the Fateful Path, but was replaced with a brand-new one after the smuggler found the Spartan again in the Nexus. He has been far more careful with that weapon ever since.

INFINITY
Supernatural vision

After having drank a special sake from Yuuko, the Master Chief further improved his eyesight to allow him to see the supernatural. He can see spirits and magic that to many would as well be invisible, seeing them as colors flowing in his eyes; colours seem more vivid to him, and magical energy is now within his visible spectrum.

Writing sample:

John dreamt he was driving.

He knew his dreams well. There were almost always with the same traits. It is the first time in years he has ever had a lucid dream, but it's strangely not one he is in control of. He was driving past the massive cedar trees of the Highland Mountains of Reach. He recognized the Longhorn Valley and the Big Horn River.

Even as he dreamed being inside of his armor, he recognized the soothing scent of the trees. It's been many years since he's been home.

The Spartan looks down as he holds the handles of his vehicle. It's a model of a Mongoose he didn't expect to ever get past the planning phase. A two-wheeled variant. A massive abomination of a motorcycle meant to carry the size and weight of a fully-armored SPARTAN-II, and move him through places with an agility and size not even the standard model would provide.

As he looked up, the scenario slowly revealed a small asian town behind the blurring trees as he sped past. The Spartan turned and took a small stone path, passing shrines and several houses as his vehicle growled with the movement.

His visor looked at the houses. Then turned to see at what laid beyond.

It was not a common dream. It was not a natural one. But in the meantime, he was about to dive deeper into it. Know what it was about. And what was sending those dreams.

Voice sample: Link to a meme in which John finds himself in the world of AU!Mercury.

And the E-mail link is ultralisk_736@hotmail.com

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/END. SO SORRY FOR SPAMMING THIS

Your name: Milo
Your journal:

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Contact: AIM milo1047, email milo1047 AT gmail DOT com, plurk; milo1047
Other characters played at Passing: N/A

Character name: Rei Hino / Sailor Mars
Character fandom: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
Version: V1
Canon point: The beginning of Sailor Moon SuperS
Importing development from old game? No
Background: Wiki Article on Sailor Mars

~~Changes from canon, if AU:~~

Personality: Rei is, as one might expect for an avatar of Mars, a bit of a hothead. She has a quick temper and will unleash an acerbic tongue on anyone unfortunate enough to draw her ire. She is also stubborn, refusing to back down without a fight, and often gets into arguments with Usagi, her nominal leader.

When Usagi, Ami and Luna first approach Rei at the shrine regarding some mysterious disappearances, she is extremely reluctant to deal with them. She has been fairly isolated from people since she was a child, other than her grandfather, and tends to be a bit suspicious and untrusting at first glance. She tends to try and rely more on herself than anyone else, especially in the early part of the series.

However, like all the other Senshi, she is extremely loyal, to Princess Serentiy/Usagi, perhaps even more so than the others due to the close relationship she has with her. Rei would (and does) die for Usagi without a thought. It is also worth noting that Rei and Usagi seem to have an especially close relationship, with Rei often eschewing the use of any honorifics when Usagi is in trouble, as opposed to the other senshi. When Sailor Jupiter (Makoto Kino) is introduced, she even asks in Rei and Usagi are sisters, as she can tell they’re very close to each other.

Once she’s a friend to someone, she tends to open up a bit and often teases her friends, especially Usagi, who receives no relief from the good-natured ribbing that Rei gives her. It may, to some, appear to be malicious but Rei teases to show she cares. Around her close friends (namely the other senshi) she tends to adopt a sort of big-sister role, trying to stay a little aloof. But her very real affection for all of them, as well as her quick tongue and all-around enthusiasm for their duties and other activities tend to break down this imposed barrier quite often.

In the anime, she is also a bit more of a typical teenager in some ways, having a grasp on and interest in pop culture and music, as well as having dreams of becoming a pop star herself. She has some domestic dreams and like the other girls tends to think about the possibilities of marriage in the future.

As a Sailor Senshi, Rei seems to be primarily motivated by her dogged loyalty not just to Usagi and Princess Serenity, but to the rest of her friends. She sacrifices herself to help Usagi continue onwards to face Queen Beryl at the end of the first arc. Rei also has a strong sense of duty towards the people of the Earth, whom they protect, as she argues strongly in favor of going to the North Pole to confront Beryl directly, again at the end of the first arc. Her sense of justice burns brightly as well and the Soldier of Mars is outraged at the methods their enemies use to prey upon innocents.

Abilities:ith the powers granted to her as an Inner Senshi, Rei is able to transform into Sailor Mars, giving her greater physical abilities (strength, endurance, agility), as well as the power to shoot a fireball from her fingers when she shouts the words ‘Fire Soul,’ and is also able to let loose rings of flame at her enemies by shouting ‘Burning Mandala.’

Further, in her ‘civilian’ form she has a few minor psychic abilities, including precognitive dreams and is able to sense evil spirits as well as perform minor divination. She is also capable of performing exorcisms and binding evil spirits, part of her abilities as a miko or shrine maiden. As part of her training in this capacity, she has also become an accomplished and skilled archer.

Writing sample: Winter wasn’t exactly Rei’s favorite season, but it did have a certain charm to it, she had to admit. The girl stood just under the roof of the shrine, watching the snow drift silently down onto the courtyard. She’d have to sweep it later. Or maybe she should just start now, seeing as it wasn’t all that bad in terms of the precipitation. She hefted the broom and stepped outwards, breath condensing in the cool air. Rei shivered. The cold reminded her of the arctic and the events that had taken place there. Pushing the dark memories aside, she began to sweep, a small smile on her face. She didn’t mind the chores around the shrine, in fact, sometimes they helped her focus her mind on problems she was having. Other times, just some time to think. She shifted her broom and slapped some more snow off to the side. Ah, it was beginning to stop. Good, it meant she wouldn’t be fighting the stuff the rest of the afternoon. She glanced up at the shrine. The other girls would probably be by at some point considering how the Hikawa Shrine had become a sort of unofficial meeting spot for the whole team. That was assuming there wasn’t some sort of dangerous situation that required their attention, of course. Knowing the way things went being a senshi, though, it was almost a given.

It had been quite some time since the day she’d been given her transformation pen by Luna (a talking cat, which at the time had shocked her), and she had to admit that she wouldn’t give up the (usually dangerous) job for anything. She had four wonderful friends, especially Usagi; admittedly, they argued quite a bit, but they were closer to each other than the others, as well. Another deft stroke of the broom and a path had been swept clear. Good. Now maybe she could go inside and make up some tea or hot chocolate. The cold bit into her more a bit more vigorously. The arctic came to mind again, though this time she had to wonder why the uniforms were so damned bad at keeping them decently warm. You’d think that with the magic they’d be able to add a coat or something! With that thought and a small grin, Rei turned back to head inside. Enough cold for now.

Voice sample: Her first post at Queen of Hearts, and a log post with Minako with a decent amount of dialogue. Figured I’d cover my bases!

With just a quick question as well: What was the price for the sake from Yuuko that gave John the ability?

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To be precise, he served as a delivery boy for Yuuko, to deliver said sake to a an old lady from another side of the city (the catch being crossing through a city with hordes of thirsty spirits, a mean spider-lady, and an evil eye spirit - all without harming a single being). It was after finishing the task when he was invited over for a brief drink, in which he was told of its' properties.

While it wasn't a purchase from Yuuko per se, given the existence of equivalent prices in xxxHolic, I'm alright with diminishing the ability if needed.

Yay! Thank you. :)

Your name: Tora
Your journal:

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Contact: torastellar (AIM) // Serilia (Plurk)
Other characters played at Passing:

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Character name: Tsukuyomi Tsukino (Usagi Tsukino)
Character fandom: Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon crossoving slightly with Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon
Version: V3
Canon point: After Venus joins the senshi
Importing development from old game? No
Background: Wiki article on the series
Wiki article on Usagi Tsukino

Changes from canon, if AU: The past life happened as in many other versions of this universe, with the exception that when Serenity committed suicide she also released the power of the ginzuisho which destroyed both the Moon and the Earth kingdoms. Only Serenity's mother survived, at least long enough to use the ginzuisho herself to make the Earth return to its previous form and send the souls of everyone who had died in that war to the blue planet, in order to be reborn in the future without memories of their past. However, the process wasn't completed and memories of the past still chased those reborn in the future at times. Usagi Tsukino was one of those people.

Since she was a baby, the young Usagi would often scream and cry at night, haunted by nightmares that sometimes plagued her mind even when she still didn't have enough presence of mind to know who she was. Her nightmares always consisted of the same thing, a crying beautiful princess who had lost her prince and who brought destruction to the whole world because of it. She grew up tormented by those dreams that felt way too real for her to be able to just ignore them, dreams that came to her far too often to be able to forget them. Even without being able to fully understand their meaning, she came to fear that the princess of her dreams, the one who destroyed the whole world just for one person, was somehow connected to her... While other girls of her age dreamed with being princesses, the little Usagi got sick at the mere thought of being a princess, she hated the idea, disliked it with all her mind and heart. A princess selfish enough to just care about one person, a princess capable of bringing pain to others just like that, who would want to be a princess like that? She didn't. She loved the world where she lived, she loved her parents and her little brother, she loved her friends and their families, even the teachers at school, she didn't want to ever become someone who would hurt them all just because of one person, no matter how important said person was. She tried her best to detach herself from the princess in her dreams. She rejected being called a princess even by a pet name, she refused to wear princess costumes or even try to get the princess role in a school play. She didn't want to he a princess, no matter what, she felt she shouldn't be allowed to and she really didn't feel comfortable with it.

It's hard to exactly pinpoint when it happened or how, most likely it was just another response to the princess, another act against it, a rebellion and an attempt to make the princess of her dreams someone far too different from her, but Usagi came to the realization that she didn't feel comfortable being a girl, that she didn't like being a girl and wished to have been born male, because then she wouldn't have to be haunted by that princess that destroyed everything, because boys couldn't be princesses, just princes. And so, Usagi herself cut her hair, destroying the odango hairstyle her mother worked so hard on doing for her, leaving her hair short like a boy's. She began to dress only in pants, rejecting skirts and frilly clothing just as she rejected princess costumes. She also began to talk in a deeper voice, more boyish, and changed her manner of speech to that of a boys until finally, she began to address herself as a boy named Tsukuyomi completely disregarding Usagi's existence. Though the changes worried her parents, at first they assumed it was just a "stage", something that would change with time. But it didn't change, because the more she transformed and became a boy, thought of herself as a boy, the more comfortable she was and the more she realized that being a boy was "right" for her. As if it was what she should have always been even beyond the matter with the nightmares and the princess. Ultimately the identity of Usagi vanished from her mind, leaving only Tsukuyomi, a boy trapped in a female's body and nothing anyone said or did changed that.

Live wasn't easy for Tsukuyomi. It didn't matter how right it felt to acknowledge that he was a boy even if the body didn't match his gender identity, for a world which judged people based on appearances he was a girl and not everyone could understand something as simple as feeling that the female body he had just didn't really belong to him. It was just like when playing a video-game and controlling a character, he was controlling said character, their actions, their thoughts... But the body of the character wasn't his, it simply didn't match. His body certainly felt as if it didn't match, it was uncomfortable and if it had been mere clothing he would have gotten naked without hesitation just to get out of that skin. Even his family had problems understanding it, both his parents and his little brother had problems making sense of the fact that their daughter and sister felt as a boy once they realized that it wasn't just a stage that would pass. At school things weren't better, even with a school change, they couldn't lie about the biological gender of the child and many teachers would see Tsukuyomi's gender issue as something that had to be corrected rather than accepted. Yet, even though the world didn't see beyond appearances, Tsukuyomi didn't revert back to Usagi, because it felt easier to just be disliked and ignored by the world for not fitting with what they expected than to be unable to live because he didn't fit with himself.

It took many years of hard work and effort, but by the time Tsukuyomi was fourteen, his family had come to accept him even if at times his mother would lament to have lost her daughter. To make things easier for Tsukuyomi, the family agreed on saying that from the start there had been two kids, twins, a girl and a boy, but that the boy had been terribly sick during his first years, leaving only Usagi to be known until she died, just when her brother began to recover to be able to go out. Though there were people who knew the truth, for those who didn't the story made sense and even some of the people who knew the truth decided to believe the fabricated story as it made things easier. At school only a few members of the staff knew the truth, for the rest and the students Tsukuyomi is a boy both in mind and body. He still had to face problems due how his body and identity don't match, but overall he's able to have a normal life. The nightmares still haunted him, but he no longer felt identified, he was a boy, the princess was a girl, starting from such a basis there was no way they could ever be the same person. Life was good.

Until Tsukuyomi found a black cat with a crescent moon mark on her forehead. Though Luna couldn't understand how Sailor Moon, a female senshi of the Moon Kingdom, could have been reborn as a boy, she was completely sure that Tsukuyomi was the one she was looking for and managed to convince him to try to transform. Tsukuyomi expected it to not work, but apparently the transformation didn't care of he felt as a boy or not and he transformed into Sailor Moon, a healthy looking female that even had the odango hairstyle he had destroyed years ago. The events of that tragic night were too rushed and almost unreal, to the point where even he doubts they really happened. Transformed, he had to rush to fight a youma in order to help a classmate, while being told that he would have to do that from then on, transforming and becoming a magical girl that fought monsters while searching for a princess and her magical crystal. Tsukuyomi can't explain why the story the cat told him shook him down to his very core, bringing up the feelings regarding the princess of his nightmares, it repulsed him and he refused to do it almost desperately. Because he refused to fight, though, he put himself, his classmate and Luna in danger which resulted with the cat being gravely injured and killed before Tsukuyomi was able to defeat the youma. Still, even though he didn't want to transform and fight while looking so much like the princess from his dreams, Tsukuyomi couldn't bring himself to not worry about the youma. He kept his eyes and ears open, just in case something strange happened around him that could be related to the youmas. Without transforming he had a great disadvantage, yet the boy tried to fight the monsters all the same, it helped that they seemed to be attracted to him once they took notice of his energy which seemed to be higher than normal -consequence of the ginzuisho being inside of him-. It was hard to fight but he soon found an ally in the masked fighter Tuxedo Mask who, after finding Tsukuyomi fighting the youmas every time there was one around no matter how much in disadvantage he was, eventually decided to teach the boy how to fight so he could do something else besides being a distraction. Soon, Tsukuyomi and Mamoru Chiba, the real identity of Tuxedo Mask, became friends and fought together even if each of them had their own agenda.

But Tuxedo Mask wasn't the only ally that Tsukuyomi would find. Not long after the start of his friendship with the older boy, Tsukuyomi finally dared to talk with a girl who he had been observing for years thanks to the fact that both of them always went to the school's rooftop at lunch hour to eat their meals. Ami Mizuno, classmate, school genius and basically lunch companion despite the fact they never talked before. Once Tsukuyomi gathered courage and actually started to talk to her, though, the two of them soon were talking and even going home and back to school together, to the point that there were rumors that both were dating. Their relationship got only even closer when Tsukuyomi heard strange things about Ami's new cram school, eventually checking on it which resulted into a fight with a youma that had been gathering energy from students. Wanting desperately to help Tsukuyomi and save him when he got in trouble for trying to stop the monster, Ami awakened as a senshi, Sailor Mercury, defeating the monster with her powers. From them on the two of them formed an even closer team than how Tsukuyomi was with Mamoru (after all Mamoru had his own agenda as Tuxedo Mask and wouldn't appear if there weren't jewels or strange powers involved), fighting the youmas while Ami struggled to understand her mission as a senshi as she knew that she had one but couldn't remember it.

In the following weeks and in a rather quick succession, Ami soon was joined by two other girls who awakened their senshi powers while facing the youmas, Rei Hino (Sailor Mars) and Makoto Kino (Sailor Jupiter) joined the duo team... And caused several rumors of Tsukuyomi having an harem spread around school due the amount of time he spent with the girls. Though the girls certainly tried to keep him from getting involved in the fights, thinking that as a civilian he shouldn't put himself in danger, the boy refused their attempts and kept assisting them. However, even with three senshi reunited, they still didn't know what their mission was, being stuck at just chasing youmas because they were the enemy they could see and since no one else could do anything about them, the girls took the eradication of those monsters as their duty. It wasn't until the well known heroine Sailor V joined them as Sailor Venus (Minako Aino) that the senshi finally gained a guide in Artemis the cat and a purpose for their existence as senshi. But there were still many questions in their heads...

Personality: On first sight Tsukuyomi is nothing else but a normal boy. He's just a normal teenager who likes to have fun with his friends, loves video-games, has constant crushes on any cute female idol there is and reads manga while eating tons of food. Though he's not an idiot he's terribly lazy and constantly gets distracted by things which causes him to fail again and again on exams and tests except for when he is desperate to pass. It's not hard to find him laughing and having fun with his friends, vibrating with an unknown light no matter what.

There's something in the boy that radiates a certain magnetism, it drags people towards him, to wanting to know more of him, as if he has some great mystery inside of him. However, no one can really get to unravel the mystery. Though he's friendly and sociable, it's not hard to notice that he rarely shares much about himself and most of his friendships are superficial and apparent. Up until he met Mamoru and started to talk with Ami which lead to meet the other senshi, Tsukuyomi didn't have any real friends. But even with them, there are still times in which he will step back and withdraw, raising a wall between them and himself to avoid them from getting too close to his secrets. If someone pays real attention, Tsukuyomi will appear as a reserved and mysterious boy who uses an apparent friendliness and optimistic facade as a defense mechanism. Where others would frown and shake people off with a glare or a rude comment, Tsukuyomi will smile and welcome them, paying careful attention to how deep they go before he blocks the path to his heart.

It's not easy to live in a body that doesn't feel yours while trying to be who you are, the person that you feel you are rather than what others expect you to be. Though sometimes he wonders if the way he is now isn't just because of the nightmares that have haunted him since he was born, right now there's no way for Tsukuyomi to be able to think of himself as a girl no matter what his body tells him. It's a matter that still annoys him endlessly, because it's something he has to face daily at basically every hour, he can't shake the feeling of his body and the realization that it doesn't fit. Though he tries his best to conceal both his annoyance and his secret, this causes him to be extremely cautious in his relationships because it doesn't matter how good friends he can be with someone, people often only look at the appearances and have no problems disregarding his own wishes and feelings. It's only when he meets others who also have secrets that he feels he can relax, though he still keeps his distances without hesitation regarding his body, specially with the senshi.

Tsukuyomi can be quite forgiving with everyone and anyone, but there is a major exception to this rule. The princess that constantly appears in his nightmares is the focus of the biggest grudge and hate that Tsukuyomi could ever hold, even if he doesn't know her name or even if she's real, he hates the princess of his dreams with a burning passion as he can't help to think that if she was real, that if she was ever around his world, she would destroy everything he holds dear just because of a whim. The fact that he can't understand just why he keeps dreaming with her only serves to fuel the frustration in his heart regarding her. No matter how many times he tries to put himself in her shoes, to imagine how he would react if he lost his family and loved ones, he's unable to understand, justify or forgive in any way the destruction of a whole world just because one person died. The thought that she's not real, that she could just be a figment from his imagination does little to comfort him, as the dreams feel too real for him to accept that thought. It's a strange feeling that he himself can't explain very well, the dreams just seem too personal and close to him and the fact that he has had them since he was born doesn't help.

However, despite his many flaws and facades, there are certain things in him that are true no matter what and have been so since he was born. With the exception of the issue regarding his nightmares, Tsukuyomi can be quite sweet and gentle with others, even with those he's at odds with, he can still be somewhat gentle in his fights. He won't resort to low tricks or anything worse than childish insults and he's quick to forgive anything that's not really serious, and compared to what he's used to see in his nightmares there's nothing as serious as that, which means he can basically forgive and forget almost anything. He always tries to have others around him smiling and being happy and that's why he loves to help others no matter what, it's mostly that why Luna was able to convince him to try and transform in the first place and it's because of that wish that he keeps fighting the youma rather than ignore the issue which would have been the logical option for many, specially since youma are quite scary and strong while he had nothing to face them at first. Also, despite his antagonist feelings towards the princess of his dreams, Tsukuyomi isn't against other princesses, in fact he likes them treats girls as princesses, because he thinks that any girl deserves to be a princess, except the one from his dreams of course.

Abilities: CAN TRANSFORM INTO SAILOR MOON BUT WON'T EVER DO IT UNLESS IT'S A REAL MATTER OF LIFE OR DEATH... Note: it has to be a matter of life or death for others, if it's his he chooses death, thanks. However just in case he ever transforms again, as a senshi he gains enhanced physical abilities (though they still remain within the realm of what's humanly possible) as well as the special attack "Moon Tiara Boomerang" which consists of throwing the senshi tiara to his enemies as a boomerang of sorts. He also has the weapon called Moon Stick which allows him to perform the purifying attack "Moon Healing Escalation".

On a more real note, as in abilities that will be seen more normally, thanks to Mamoru's advice and training and his own desire to fight the youmas without having to transform, Tsukuyomi entered the kendo club and is learning how to fight with a bamboo sword. He's also a member of the manga drawing club so he has some ability with drawings.

Writing sample: [The character pictured in this sample is Bulma Brief, not the one this application is for.]

Subjectively speaking, taking in consideration all the information she has at the moment about the situation she is... Bulma is confident in the conclusion that this is the worst situation she has ever been. Of course, objectively there have been worse situations, starting from being jailed in a metal and crystal prison where she was bond to wait for the noon sun to roast her, or being tied and abandoned besides a time bomb about to explode, or being trapped in another planet that's ticking down to its destruction... Definitively, she has been at worse situations objectively. But when she considers it subjectively it changes, because no matter how dangerous those situations were, how close to dying she had been, she was never alone. Ever since she met Son-kun back then in Mount Paozu, she had gone through a lot of dangers, but he had always been there somehow, Son-kun had always been at her side or had always arrived at the nick of time to help her. He wasn't the only one, though, of course, at some times even he had been in danger, but still they hadn't been alone, another friend would have helped and saved them. Launch, Krillin, Yamcha, Gohan, Piccolo... The list could go on for at least a whole day if she had to list all their friends, all the people to whom they owed their lives. There was always someone. Always, no matter where she was, even in another planet, there had been someone there looking out for her.

Not anymore.

Son-kun isn't here, nor Krillin, Gohan, Yamcha... Not even Vegeta. There is no one here from her world and there is no way for her to contact them or return. Stuck in another world, trapped inside an unbreakable barrier and used as a subject for experiments from an organization of scientists that affirm to aim to find a way to send them back home. She is a lab rat in a labyrinth at the mercy of scientists that are trying to either find a cure against cancer. And she is alone, none of the others trapped here were her friends. She doesn't know them, she doesn't know if she could trust the, how strong they are, if they could be of any use to her. It is like being sixteen all over again, having found a dragon ball and being ready to go on an adventure to wish for a lifetime supply of strawberries or a boyfriend. Back then the idea of doing it alone hadn't been something that worried her, now however... She's older, she's wiser. She has seen cities been erased from the surface of the Earth, she has seen a planet explode under someone's will, she has seen her friends die again and again, fighting against monsters that back at the start of everything she had thought were just part of fairy tales and bed stories.

She knows exactly how bad it is to be alone in an unknown place, how dangerous it can be... And Luceti is dangerous, even if the other people trapped with her aren't dangerous, the Malnosso are. The experiments are and then there's that draft, a war going on beyond the barrier. Even if they broke out there, they would be running straight into a war, and she doesn't know if this is another planet or another dimension, it doesn't really matter, without knowing where the planet is even if she managed to build a space ship she would be risking to wander across the space eternally. So first she needs to know that. She needs to find out if it's a planet or another dimension in order to know what they need to go back home. She needs to find out exactly how people are brought to this world, is it really the Malnosso? But why bring more people here if they claim to be trying to find a way out of there?

All in all she needs more information. But information flow seems to be inconsistent here from the looks of it. As inconsistent as its technology... Books that work almost as mini-computers for communication, teleporters, but no vehicles, no airships or cars, no capsules. At least they have electricity and warm water, so she can still have a stereo and enjoy warm baths. She will try to make capsules again, they could be useful here, maybe build a vehicle would be too much, or rather, not important enough after all the area isn't that big and there were those teleporters already. There are other things to worry about, definitively, so even if building a vehicle was possible she thinks it would be better to leave it be and build something else. There's no money here so she doesn't have to worry about the costs of building things, but who knows if she will be able to find materials and tools. She needs a laboratory to work in and... That's all, isn't it? That's kind of all she can do for now, until she has more information, until she finds a way to learn more, until she finds a way to get out of there.

Would things be that different if her friends were here? If Son-kun was here with her... Or Vegeta... Would they be able to destroy the barrier? To get them out just like that? Maybe not. As much confidence as she has in them she wouldn't hold high hopes about it. But if they were here at least she wouldn't be alone. She wouldn't have to be scared, she could stay behind their back. Vegeta would surely want to keep training, he would demand her to build him a new gravity machine and robots to train with. Maybe Son-kun would want one too, training in the spaceship her father made seemed to work well with him too. Maybe by being there the situation would still be bad, but at least she would have something else to do and to worry about. She's not a teenager anymore, she's a woman and she needs some stability, it was one of the multiple reasons why she and Yamcha had decided to break up for good this time, despite all his talk and apparent willingness to get married he never took the next step and kept going after other girls and even if he didn't, Bulma doubts that the stability that he could give her is the same that she wants and needs. Sometimes she really envies Chi-Chi. But, really, she isn't made to be alone anymore, it's a scary feeling even if she won't admit or show it.

Bulma sighs and moves, laying down on the bed at the Welcome Center that she has temporarily claimed as her own. Complaining won't solve anything and no one here would care to listen to her anyway. She's not made to be alone anymore but she can't let this beat her down. Tomorrow, she will search for a place to settle in, she wants to check how the apartments are or maybe a house. Getting a house for herself doesn't sound nice but she's selfish and she needs a place with space for her laboratory, still she will check the apartments first and get used to the village's layout. For now she should sleep and get some rest. Who knows, maybe she will be lucky and all this will just be a bad dream and she will wake up to Vegeta screaming at her dad, demanding the robots to be fixed again or the blackout that he caused to be fixed so the gravity machine works again or for said gravity machine to be rebuilt. Such a bad way for a lady to be waken up. But she definitively wouldn't mind it now as infuriating as that Saiyan Prince is.

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Character name: Usagi Tsukino / Eternal Sailormoon
Character fandom: Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon
Version: V1 -- Manga.
Canon point: After the defeat of Nehelenia.
Importing development from old game? Nope.
Background: Usagi / Sailormoon / past life as Princess Serenity / future life as Neo-Queen Serenity.

Changes from canon, if AU: n/a

Personality:
When playing the role of narrator in her own story, Usagi describes herself as "a bit rash and a crybaby." Having lived a rather care-free life (until a certain feline came into it) she really only had the same worries than any other 14-year-old at the time had. She is a total klutz, and very much a glutton, always interested in stuffing her face with goodies. The irony of the situation is that she isn't very domestically inclined, and isn't very capable in the kitchen, no matter how she tries... Waking up early in the morning to make it to school on time was, and still is, one of her greatest challenges, even years later. Truth be told, she isn't exactly the most academically inclined individual either, often having to take make-up tests and receiving red-letter grades on her assignments. It's not that she's stupid either (because as we see she is capable of being successful when she applies herself/is pushed to) but when it comes to schoolwork and school in general, she can be a little on the lazy side. Reading the newest manga is much more exciting than studying for that math or english test, after all. And daydreaming is just so much more appealing...

Usagi is actually a very social creature, she makes friends very easily, and others almost seem to gravitate towards her. She is loyal and understanding, and puts all of her faith in others, often without question. She can be quite naïve, but she does believe in the innate good in others, even when they don't quite believe it themselves. She hates seeing others suffer, and more often than not, is willing to take their place if it means easing their pain. She is quite altruistic, and doesn't want to see anyone hurt in the course of their lives, often putting her own safety into question in the process. Sympathetic even with her greatest enemies, she truly seems to believe that no one has to hurt, or be hurt as long as everyone works hard together. Anything can be accomplished so long as you have faith in one another. Miracles can happen.

Of course, she is far from perfect, also. Usagi is capable of being quite jealous and possessive, especially where her boyfriend/fiancé, Mamoru Chiba, is concerned. At first she isn't even willing to share him with their future daughter, and feels pushed aside when they start to spend more time together. Her feelings can be quite easily hurt where Mamo-chan is involved, and he can probably be considered one of her greatest weaknesses, as well as a source of great strength. She isn't above childish bickering either (especially with Chibiusa and Rei in particular), but this usually serves as an indicator of those that she's especially close with -- although they have their differences, they always know that when it comes down to it, they can count on one another.

Throughout the years and various experiences, and relationships that she has built, however, Usagi has most certainly shown the capacity to change, and mature. She managed to buckle down with her entrance exams so that she can attend Juuban High with her friends, just as they had always dreamed. She also displays her ability to grow as a person, becoming a little less selfish, leaving some of her more childish qualities by the wayside. But, let's face it -- she still has a little ways to go before they're a thing of the past.

Abilities:
"Moon Eternal, Make Up!" / "Silver Moon Crystal Power, Make Up!" → Transformation phrase. When used in conjunction with the Silver Crystal, which is usually kept close by in her brooch, this allows Usagi to transform into the sailor suited soldier of love and justice, Eternal Sailormoon! In this form, she gets an overall boost to her normal abilities -- speed, defense... etc.

"Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!" → Used with the Eternal Tiare, this is Eternal Sailormoon's main attack. It has healing properties, seen when she is able to purify enemies including phages, and even one of Galaxia's animates.

"Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!" → Upgraded version of the previous attack. In the timeline I am grabbing Usagi from, she does not have this ablility quite yet, but it is something that she will eventually inherit.

"Silver Crystal" / "Maboroshi no Ginzuishou" → The main source of Sailormoon's power -- also considered her starseed / sailor crystal / what have you. This is where Sailormoon draws her abilities from, and without it, she is quite literally powerless. It has great potential laying in wait within it, and is often seen as an object of desire or abhorrence among her enemies.

"Flight" → Although not seen often, Sailormoon is actually capable of flight thanks to her Eternal form (and those wings had to be more than just for show!). However, she doesn't use this often, and whether or not she even knows how to control it on her own is a mystery (the Starlights and their princess were the ones that showed her the way).

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It was finally over... Nehelenia, her followers, the sinister eclipse that followed on her heels -- and the hold that they had on the citizens of Tokyo -- was finally beginning to lift. They could return home now -- return to their everday lives without the threat to loom over them, and their dreams, any longer. Of course, this also meant that their time spent with Helios was coming to an end. Usagi looked on as he and Chibiusa spoke, a warmth coming from somewhere deep within her. Somehow, she knew too, that this was far from their last meeting. And watching him dash away on the pure white pegasus he rode truly seemed as though he had come from some sort of fairy tale. There wasn't sadness as he disappeared into the sky -- instead, there was hope.

She looked over her shoulder, greeted by the smiling faces of everyone, offering their words of encouragement and and faith. Everyone... looked so happy. Yes. This was right. This is how it was meant to be.

"It's funny," Mamoru spoke suddenly. "After the battle... I can still feel the heat in my chest. As though a star was born in my heart... Is this -- the power of the Golden Crystal?"

Usagi turned to face him slowly, her expression softening as she heard his words. "Mamo-chan..." her voice was soft, understanding. She lifted a hand to her chest, and tilted her head to the side. "We all have... a star in our hearts."

"A star?"

"Mm," she nodded softly, closed her eyes for a brief pause, then opened them again. "And when you feel that heat in your chest... That's how you know your star is shining." She turned again, glancing over the expressions of her friends that encircled them, and felt her own faith renewed in their purpose, here on this Earth. To protect the ones I love... to make my dreams come true -- and to keep fighting... Usagi thought to herself as she looked up to the sky, The star inside my heart... please keep burning bright. And bring us all the strength to continue on!

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Character name: Sailor Tin Nyanko

Character fandom: Sailor Moon

Version: V1

Canon point: Taken from manga-verse, right after she rids Diana of the crescent moon sign on her forehead.
Importing development from old game? No

Background: Here

Personality: Tin Nyanko appears to be a virtually overly cheerful person, always speaking with a tone of endearment, even towards those she doesn't particularly like, which in most cases, is just about everybody. Even with this seemingly cheerful personality on the outside, underneath the fake smiles and cheerful boasting is a real demon, sarcastic and ruthless. It's to say she's determined, and will kill just about anybody who gets in her way if it means she will come out on top, whether you're an ally, a friend, or any enemy, she could very well easily decide to kill you if you stood in her way of fortune.

She's a very sarcastic person! She tends to take advantage of this when speaking with people who are most oblivious to her passive insults, as she takes amusement in insulting people as they remain oblivious to her words. She easily amused, to say the least, always finding humor in any situation. When one tries to talk seriously with Nyanko, she'll make humor out of the situation, either by trying to intimidate the person she's speaking with or simply by making empty jokes.

Again, even with the hilarity she brings with her, the sarcasm and smiles, she's a ruthless creature. When it comes to getting the job done, she'll buckle up and do it right, or at least attempt to. It seems that she's also very touchy on some subjects, making her prone to snapping at any given moment.

In any case, Nyanko is the perfect description of a Class-A villain. Snarky and sarcastic, always ready to jump into action to beat whoever stands in her way to a pulp. She has no morals, making it easy for her to kill whoever stands in her way, and thus, making her more harsh and cold then her team-mates, seeing everybody else as a mere toy.

After all, she is a cat.

Abilities:

-- Nyanko has her Galactica Puppet, which allows her to shoot blasts of electricity of some sort at her enemies.

Writing sample: It wasn't an over exaggeration when one said she couldn't stand being around others.

She preferred to work alone, to not near herself near other people, and why? It wasn't because the feline-like woman feared getting others hurt while working along side her, it wasn't because she was afraid that they would get spun into a web of her own mistakes and suffer the dire consequences with her, it was simply because they irritated her. Such petty people she had to associate herself with, when after all, she was meant for things that were so much more grand. Yet here she was, stuck with a pompous crew that couldn't tell their left from their right.

Even still, she pushed herself towards those people, finding amusement in watching them crumble under the pressure, watching them succumb to divine madness and watching them break. Surely, to suffice this amusement, she'd push them along in the direction they needed to go in, faking a smile and purring out her words with a fabricated adoration, toying with them -- claiming she wanted friendship before yanking it away from their hands as they took their one final breath.

And with all of them gone, she would be on top, just as it was supposed to be.

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