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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: Pari/Chloe
Your journal:

chloeisangenius
Contact: AIM - dangerderp
Other characters played at Passing: N/A

Character name: Princess Mercury
Character fandom: Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (Live Action)
Version: V3
Canon point: Pre-series
Importing development from old game? Yes; Econtra. See 'changes from canon' section.
Background: Here and here.

Edited 2012-11-27 04:04 (UTC)

Changes from canon, if AU:

The Silver Millennium. Older than time itself, the time of its prominence was a time of relative peace and harmony. All the planets in what people now know as 'the solar system' had their own royalty, castles, and subjects. But all were ruled by one kingdom: The Moon Kingdom, whose royal head was Queen Serenity. But in actuality, who got the most attention was her daughter: Princess Serenity, holder of the Ginzuishou. The Princess had her own guard, four women known as the sailor senshi, each the princess of her own respective planet: Sailors Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus. The outer planets were guarded by their own respective princesses also, though they did not serve the Princess in such an immediate frame of time as the others.

Princess Mercury was the second in command of the senshi, next to Venus, who was the leader. She resided on Mercury of course, inside Mariner Castle. She was also Princess Serenity's tutor, and scolded the girl often as she daydreamed about her lover (Endymion, a prince from Earth). When not training or tutoring, Mercury spent her days learning, and didn't mind at all. Learning was her passion, so she never once complained. In fact, what she learned would alter the course of events for the entire solar system.

While reading about the Ginzuishou of her own accord, the ultimate source of power, the Princess learned that the crystal was also a source of control. Any under the reign of Princess Serenity and the Ginzuishou could not oppose her. Any attempted physical attack would harm the attacker threefold, and then killed for treason (if the rebounded attack didn't destroy them first). Thus, a revolution was made impossible, and any changes highly unlikely. The Moon Kingdom had more power than even she realized. A frightening possibility began to form in Mercury's head. If the Ginzuishou was so powerful it could control that... What of the senshi? Were they serving her out of their own sense of honor and duty, or being forced into it?

Thus, the Princess began to formulate the unthinkable: a coup.

Why not? She had the smarts, the technology, and the ability to pull it off. Her research took full force, and she studied whatever she could about the Ginzuishou, even using her tutoring sessions to get the Princess to talk about it. Using that information, she began to style a device that would negate the Ginzuishou's effects. Her ideal was simple: a united, unified kingdom, shared by all the planets, not ruled by just one. Equality in power, and all other aspects. True peace.

Mercury knew she couldn't do it alone, so one day, she revealed her plan to Princess Mars, who was her closest friend. While shocked, the raven-haired princess knew Mercury was not stupid, nor insane, and knew that everything she said was true. She agreed to assist Mercury however she could. Slowly, the plan grew, and Princess Jupiter entered the fold after some thought. Still, three against Serenity... the odds were still against them. So Mercury branched out.

Zoisite, one of the four generals who served Endymion, frequently slipped into Mariner Castle to play on their large piano. Mercury was, often, his captive audience, and sometimes musical partner with her harp. She expressed her concerns, and revealed the plan to the white-haired Shitennou. Zoisite, troubled by Endymion's relationship with the Princess, believed in Mercury and agreed to speak to the other Shitennou. They all agreed to back her, believing in her vision. Mercury was soon filled with hope; she was hoping that the coup would be a bloodless one, that they could talk to Serenity without resorting to violence. However, if that proved impossible, it was nice to know she had some backup in the physical realm.

As Mercury tried to convince Princess Venus, who was the most reluctant to betray Serenity as she was her decoy, the Dark Kingdom attacked.

The Dark Kingdom attacked without warning. It was complete and utter destruction. The senshi were called into battle immediately, but they were no match for the forces Queen Beryl unleashed. All the senshi and the Shitennou fell, despite their best efforts. As Mercury died, she saw the Princess, being shielded by Endymion, before the world went black.

Then white.

Mercury was surprised to find that she could open her eyes. She found herself in a room of total white, along with her fellow senshi, as well as the Shitennou. In front of them was a woman with a maroon and black sailor uniform, red eyes, and deep green hair. A ring of keys was wrapped around her waist. In her hand was a staff, the top of it housing the Garnet Orb. Mercury felt the silence settle as all of them realized who this woman was. Only in legend, they knew her. She was Sailor Pluto, guardian of the space and time gate, and daughter of the time God, Chronos.

Pluto soon explained that after the senshi and Shitennou had died, a fatal blow was struck to Prince Endymion. Had he died in front of Serenity, her grief would have unleashed the power in the Ginzuishou, effectively destroying both the Earth and the Moon. So she stopped time to prevent that calamity, breaking the rules she herself enforced. Pluto revealed both Endymion and Serenity, each in a separate bed, sleeping side by side. Pluto explained that she had put them to sleep as another fail safe to prevent the disaster from occurring, and that their sleep would be eternal. No destruction would come. Pluto's alteration of time had also dispelled the Dark Kingdom, for now. Endymion did not need to be put to sleep, but Pluto did so because she knew he loved the Princess deeply, and would likely cut through his own generals to wake her up.

However, with all things, there was a catch. One senshi and one Shitennou would have to watch over the royalty from now on, as were the rules, to prevent any enemies from using the Princess' state as a chance to get their hands on the Ginzuishou. To assist the senshi in this task, Pluto granted them their ultimate Princess Senshi forms, and gave the Shitennou new weapons and armor. The senshi all talked it out, finally agreeing to take turns, or shifts, in guarding the pair, making the rotation every hundred years. A small drop in the bucket, considering the millions of years they could live. Mercury's shift was shared, to her joy, with Zoisite. They passed the time guarding the royalty with talking, chess games (in which Zoisite actually put up a good fight), and of course, music, Pluto permitting them a harp and piano to use to keep themselves occupied. Once their hundred years were over, the task moved to Mars and Jadeite. When not on that duty, the Princesses would return to their castles to try and rebuild their kingdoms. However, Mercury knew that unless the Princess was dead or the Ginzuishou removed fully from her, things would not change for the better. She took to her task with an even greater fervor than before. At this point, she was pulled away from her home, and into...

ECONTRA

Here, Mercury met an alternate of herself, one who served the Dark Kingdom after being turned by Metalia - Mizuno Ami, or Dark Sailor Mercury. Despite how unsettling it seemed at first, she soon came to see they had the same goal: the want of Serenity (or Usagi, as she was known to her alternate) to no longer have the ability to use the Ginzuishou. The pair arranged a deal: Ami would help Mercury remove the Ginzuishou's influence completely, if Mercury helped Ami rid herself of Metalia's taint and get back in touch with her Sailor Crystal. The exchange was made, and Mercury felt even more clear-headed than when she first lifted the Ginzuishou's influence. Thanks to evil beings known as the Entropi, Mercury managed to keep her senses in battle sharp, and the peaceful times allowed her to take delight in hobbies and relaxation. She did eventually become close with Ami, whom she dubbed her 'twin', as well as other prisoners in Econtra. However, unpredictable as it was, Mercury found herself without her twin one day, only to leave the place herself a few weeks later.

After being in Econtra, she found herself back home, only to learn that the Ginzuishou was reacting. Not even eternal sleep could halt its power. Left with no choice, Mercury took it upon herself to stab the Princess, shattering the Ginzuishou in the process. The Princess now rests in a near-death state, much like her lover. As Mercury decides what to do, she works with her fellow princess and the Shitennou, forming the Golden Alliance.

And when she dreams, well... That story begins now.

Personality:

Princess Mercury is the studious type, often the one who bugged Princess Serenity the most about her studies. She lives for intelligence and learning new things, often enjoying her studies rather than being bored. She takes most things seriously, and is the epitome of a princess through her etiquette, poise, and speech. However, she still has her own quirks. She loves to read, and thus has been caught more than once with a book in her lap during political talks. She also deeply enjoys to play the harp, and has given concerts inside Mariner Castle on more than one occasion. She does like to laugh and play; it just takes a good while for someone to break past her 'princess' self and access the girl beneath. Mercury has great pride for her planet; they are the most intelligent in the system, and she is well aware of it. However, her ego and boasting comes from the insecurities she holds about not only herself and her abilities, but of the newly-forming Golden Alliance as well. Along with that comes a personality that is determined to see things through. Once she starts something, she will finish it, no matter the cost.

Mercury has a great amount of intellect and smarts. She is the smartest of all the senshi, and isn't afraid to say so. She loves to think outside the box and challenge established things. The more challenging, the better. Mercury is also a fan of music, and is very skilled at playing the harp.

Mercury's ego and pride are rather debilitating. She is smarter than almost everyone around her, is aware of it, and has no problem almost boasting about it (in a polite way, naturally). Her insecurities in herself and the Moon Kingdom can also lead to negative thoughts sometimes. She tends to be suspicious of people she doesn't fully know, making her seem paranoid, but she's really just careful. She can have a temper, and has a tendency to be blunt when it comes to idiotic people. Her brashness may make her seem cold, if not cruel, and it doesn't help that she doesn't seem to care what others think of her.

Abilities:

Mercury has power over water, and therefore ice as well. She can do various offensive attacks and defensive skills with them. She uses her powers more as Princess Sailor Mercury, but does indeed have that same power as just Princess Mercury. She can create water, and also absorb it from the air and ground around her.

Mercury is talented in battle. She fights with her brain rather than her fists usually, preferring to outwit her opponents rather than go in swinging. However, when she has to use force, she is more than adept with her sword, the Mariner Blade, as well as her powers.

Writing sample:

It was a pleasant day on the planet Mars.

Princess Mercury had gone to visit her close friend, Princess Mars, at the Brimstone Temple, Mars' palace. Despite Venus separating them, Mars and Mercury seemed to be closer to one another than the other Princesses. They both felt Venus to be vain and distant, Jupiter too rough at times, and Serenity was, well, Serenity. So, Mars and Mercury soon turned to one another for companionship when they had the time to do so. Phobos and Deimos, the twin girl guardians of Princess Mars, curtsied to Mercury before leading her to the meditation room.

Even inside, Mercury could still feel the heat from the blistering outdoors. Mars was always sunny, and hot, making the water senshi a good deal uncomfortable. However, she did not show it, not even sweating as she followed the twins down the corridors, which were rich and vibrant, lined with red and gold, in lush velvets and silks. It was like her own Mariner Castle, though turned on it's head in a way. Mercury preferred satin and lace, in small, graceful touches. At this thought, she smiled, a reminder of how different she and Mars were.

As they reached the door to the meditation room, Mercury curtsied to the twins in thanks before entering the room quietly. The room was dimly lit, in candles that made the room unbearably warm still. Draped in shades of red, Mars smiled as she saw Mercury enter, the red Mars symbol glowing for a brief moment as she approached her friend and took her hands. "I didn't think you would come." Mars dropped the formalities since she and the blue-haired princess were alone.

Mercury smiled, her own forehead symbol glowing in return. "Of course I would. You almost freeze every time you enter Mariner Castle, so it's only fair I take a bit of a beating." A joke, naturally, the pair of girls laughing. Oddly enough, the only planet with perfect weather (save for Earth) was Venus. Ironic that the least sociable had the best weather.

Mars smiled and motioned for Mercury to come to the center of the room, where a pair of pillows had been situated. "Come. Let's begin our session." Mercury had expressed interest in meditation, hence the reason for this visit. Mars often had precognitive dreams; though she never shared all of them, the entire system knew of her mystical abilities. Mercury nodded, and the Princesses knelt across from one another, folding their hands in their laps and closing their eyes. All was peaceful, calm, and still, the only movement being the flickering of the candles.

And then Mars sneezed.

Calmly, Mercury opened an eye. "Are you not supposed to be the expert here?" The remark was full of amusement, the princess unable to keep the smirk off her face. The pair of girls then burst into peals of laughter.

Clearly, no meditation would get done today.

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The application looks good, we'd just like an expansion in the personality section, specifically a few more main personality traits and how she shares them with or differs from her canon self, and detailing her progress from suspecting the ginzuishou's power to her decision to attempt the coup.

Mercury shares a bit with her canon counterpart (her good self, not her evil alternate). Namely, the strong desire to be accepted, and the ability to lighten up once around people she truly trusts. Both her and her canon self can also be quite analytical, always thinking first before doing anything. This trait is both beneficial and harmful at the same time. Both also can and do stiffen when in an uncomfortable or awkward situations, covering up their nerves with an inordinate amount of politeness. Mercury is perhaps more conscious of her manners and decorum than Ami, solely for the fact she is representing not just herself, but her planet; and yet, that is a mirror of how Ami attempts to please her mother in canon.

As for how they differ, Mercury is a bit colder than her reborn self. As said before, she can be brutally honest till she's almost cruel, should the situation warrant it. She also has a bit more grit than Ami; the decision to stab Serenity to destroy the Ginzuishou, though it wasn't come to lightly, is probably something Ami could never do (at least, not in her 'good' mode; Dark Mercury is a whole other story).

When she first heard of the Ginzuishou's supposed abilities, she took her time, taking weeks to get all the information she could before deciding what to do. Mercury doesn't make large decisions lightly, and always makes sure she knows all the details before acting. To her, free will and free thinking are very important, so once mind control began to pop up, she knew something had to be done - not for herself, but for the sake of her friends, as well as everyone else under the rule of the Moon Kingdom. They were the ones who she was most concerned with, more than her own safety, and she made it clear when she approached the others for help that she would not force them if they were not one hundred percent behind her. The coup she planned was meant to be her last resort, and was originally intended to be as bloodless as possible. In any plan she makes, violence is used as a worst-case scenario. It may have worked, had the Dark Kingdom not reared its ugly head.

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Applications

Princess Mercury | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon | V3 | Part I

Princess Mercury | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon | V3 | Part II

Princess Mercury | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon | V3 | Part III/FINAL

Revisions: Personality Expansion

Personality Expansion

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