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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: Isa

Your journal:

manicdepression

Contact: aim ;; lilgirlstocreep

Other characters played at Passing: Sailor Tin Nyanko (Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon)

Character name: Lily Baskerville (Known as Lily Brode in AU)

Character fandom: Pandora Hearts

Version: V2

Canon point: Right after she has the tattoo of the devil burned into the side of her face.

Importing development from old game? No

Background: Here.

Changes from canon, if AU: Lily Baskerville is seen as a bright little girl in canon-verse, filled with smiles and hope for the new day. This Lily is being taken right from the very core of her abuse, right after she was beaten harshly and pulled into the woods, having the sign of the tattoo burned onto her face and leaving her for dead. This Lily, Lily Brode, is nothing like the Lily we know today. Lily is quiet, afraid to touch and feel people, and less willing to see "hope", since all she's been subject to is mindless abuse.

Personality: Lily could be like any other child one would see on the streets. Playing with her friends with a large smile on her face, passing a bouncy ball back and forth with laughter bursting from her lips every few seconds. A child that was happy, as most children are supposed to be, but this isn't the case. Lily is very introverted and quiet, having learned to keep her mouth shut unless she's being spoken to first. Growing up, Lily was told she was the devil, a disgrace, a disgusting, filthy creature of Satan himself that should be dead.

And so, her personality became very withdrawn. When talking to Lily, she'll often shy away, unwilling to speak to anybody in fears they will drop dead as many people have done before, or that they will hit her, beat her and spit on her, accuse her of working devil magic. She's a very scared little girl, and will often flinch away from people when they reach for her. She barely speaks, barely shows any emotion, because she's been taught to act in this way.

It could be said that Lily is very hard to get close to, what with her careful and scared nature, but in all reality, if you show her a smile, she will near close to you. It'll be hard to get her to open up, seeing as though she's learned everybody and everything she touches dies at her fingertips, but once you smile at her, she will smile back, become more willing to touch and feel, and slowly become a happy girl as she should be. Lily has the potential of being like any other child, seeing that she's just at the age of seven years old! It's easy to manipulate her, as well.

If approaching Lily with malice, she will become fearful and try to run, despite the fact that when she ran back in the village she hails from, she will always be caught. She lacks hope, seeing that she's been told she's burning in Hell no matter what, never gaining entrance to Heaven, but still, like any other human being, she doesn't want to be hurt, doesn't want to feel the beating of fists against her skin, so she runs, clinging onto whatever hope she can grasp.

Over all, she's a very broken and sad little girl who simply wants a friend to hold her, tell her she's not cursed, and allow her to smile as she should be allowed to.

Abilities: She can warp the lives of those around her. It's not really an ability, but if one comes in contact with her, they become sickly, and can possibly even die. She has no control over this, however.

Writing sample: It hurt.

Everything hurt -- and it seemed as though the ache itching under her skin would never go away. Slowly, the small child pulled herself through the dirt and rubble that rubbed at her already bruised skin, wincing as the filth entered the open wounds cut into her skin, a gentle cry escaping her pale, chapped lips. It seemed as though it would never stop, the beating of the fists against her skin, the way their words would make her heart clench and ache inside of her chest, the way she would ache for days and days after the beatings, sometimes not even having the time to heal because they'd simply beat her again before she had a chance to mend the wounds on her skin.

Closing her sore eyes, hot tears ran down her equally bruised face, feeling herself tremble as slowly, small hands raised to wrap around her trembling, frail body, soft gasps escaping her lips. It hurt so badly, and she did nothing wrong. She couldn't control the things that happened around her, she would never wish to hurt those people that had unfortunately, fell victim to her curse and dropped in the blink of an eye. She didn't want her precious mommy and daddy to hate her, she didn't want them to yell, scream, call her the devil.

But they did, as well as the rest did.

Her sobs became more erratic now as she clenched her eyes shut, more tears running down her rounded cheeks as she let her body slump forward, tired and sore as she took a deep breath of air, eyes opening slowly to allow more hot clumps of tears fall to the floor beneath her, bloodied from her knees -- the cuts against her skin burning.

It hurt, and it seemed as though it would never stop.

Voice sample: I don't understand why they hate me.

It hurts a lot... they hurt me everyday. My skin feels like it's going to fall right off of me, like I'm going to be bald. Like the kitty I see walking around the village sometimes. Miss Campbell scared the kitty off, though... I don't see her anymore. Miss Campbell hates kitties, and she hates me, too. Everybody hates me, though. I don't understand. I wish they didn't. It hurts a lot when they tell me I'm going to that place.

When they tell me I'm going to Hell.

I don't understand that place. I don't understand where it is. They say it's underneath the ground, but when I tried to dig to see it, I could only find dry dirt. There was no fire, and there was no devil. So how would I get there? Mommy sometimes tells me she already has a grave for me. I don't understand what a grave is, either. She said there isn't a grave close enough to Hell for me.

I don't understand, but I know it's bad.

They sort of told me what it was. They said it was a place where a demon like me was going. A demon is a thing that comes from Hell. When they first said that, I told them I thought I came from mommy and daddy. They said that they don't know what happened, but I was rotten. Just like the things that come from Hell.

I bleed a lot. I didn't know there was so much blood inside of a person. I bleed on the dirt I sleep in. I wake up sticky and red. I can't wash myself because they don't let me go near the lake. I killed my friend there.

I miss her. She was my only friend.

I killed her. It was an accident. I didn't...

[ Her voice starts to crack and she leans over , her eyes wide as tears star to gush . ]

I miss her.
She smiled.

Because the abuse is canon, do you mean that Lily is still canon-verse but pulled from an earlier time than the majority of her portrayal?

That's right.

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!

[ Hopefully this was directed towards me! Thank you so much. c: ]

Yes! And just as a side note, the fact that she's canonverse and the difference is timelines means she'll be entered as v1.

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Lily Baskerville | Pandora Hearts | V2

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