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riverview: applications

applications: open

Applications will be open from 10:00 PM EST on the 1st of every month until 10:00 PM on the 7th of every month. They will be processed as quickly as possible after they are submitted; if you have not received a response by the 10th of the month, feel free to contact the mod.

Applications will be open from October 1st until December 7th, and will be processed on a first-come first-served basis.

● Please post the entirety of your application in a comment to this entry.

Applications may receive a verdict of Approved, Declined, or Revisions.

● Declined applications can be reworked and resubmitted during the next application cycle. If an application is declined 3 times, it cannot be resubmitted.
● Revisions must be submitted within 48 hours of the revision request being sent out. If this is impossible due to extenuating circumstances, please contact the mod.

● There are currently 58 Character Slots still available in the game.

● While the game is close to character cap, reserved applications will be processed before unreserved applications, with unreserved applications being processed at the end of the cycle until cap is reached.

● Application Queue: All applications that would put the game over character cap will be placed in the queue below and processed on a first-come-first-serve basis. Applications in queue will be processed as drops happen, regardless of whether the application cycle is complete.

● Casts at or close to Cast Cap: Marvel Cinematic Universe: 15/15; Marvel Comics: 12/15

application guide

● Accepted character types: fandom, original, canon AU
● Non-accepted character types: fandom OC, AU
● The character limit is 2, with 2 apps allowed per month; players can buy up to a maximum of 4 character slots with AC bonus points. There is a cast cap of 15 characters per cast at this time.
● Linked samples should be no older than 1 year.
● Application challenges are not allowed at this time, but if you would like to apply for a character that is on reserve, please submit the application with "not reserved" noted in the subject line, and your application will be considered if the reserved application is declined or not turned in.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 04/02/2017: Applications must fit in ONE COMMENT on the application page. In special situations such as original characters or canon characters without an information link, please try to keep the summary concise and stick to major turning points. If you have been as concise as possible and it absolutely will not fit in one comment, please store the background section in an entry on your journal/musebox/website and link it to keep the application within one comment.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 02/03/2018: The Strengths and Weaknesses sections are a stand-in for the usual personality section and should relate to the character's personality strengths and weaknesses. These sections should not include anything related to abilities and the weaknesses should not be 'positives in disguise' (for example, stating that a character has a weakness to iron because they are a fairy would not be an acceptable response to the weaknesses section, nor would stating that a character is too generous). Every character has good and bad personality traits, please include both.

● CLARIFICATION ADDED 03/10/2018: Linked samples must be from a publicly available source. Friends-locked samples are not acceptable for use (via screencaps or other methods), unless they have been unlocked and made public.

● A mod-created sample application can be found here. This is an example of a canon application. The strengths section has been filled out in bullet point form, and the weaknesses have been filled out in paragraph form - both options or a combination thereof are acceptable.

● Sample Applications: Ronan Lynch (Canon Character; Written Background), Yuuri Katsuki (Canon Character; CRAU), Derek Hale (Canon Character; CRAU), Tolemi Pagoda (Original Character), Benjamin Holt (Original Character)

player information
● name: your name or alias
● age: your age (generalizations are fine)
● contact: any way to contact you (PM, plurk, etc.)
● other characters: any other characters you play in Riverview

character information
● name: your character's full name, in Western order
● canon: your character's canon, please specify which if there are multiple versions
● canon point: please state as specifically as possible, with chapter/episode reference, if possible
● age: please clarify if your character is not mentally, physically, and chronologically the same age

● (canon) background: this is for canon characters only; link to a resource or give a quick run-down of your character's involvement in canon
● (original) world: this is for OCs only; please give a succinct rundown of your character's world and your character's place in that world, as well as a brief explanation of their history

● abilities: list your character's abilities including any specialist non-superhuman skills they might have; feel free to link to a wiki or other information source that clearly states them; clearly state if any abilities need to be nerfed

● strengths: list at least 3 personality strengths your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words
● weaknesses: list at least 3 personality weaknesses your character has and elaborate on them; this section should not be more than 300 words

● job skills (optional): if you would like your character to be placed in a job to start out, list three work-related skills so they can be assigned something suitable; this is different than the abilities section, and should only be three words or very short phrases - the character will not be placed in a job if there are no traits listed here; This is something that is asked in orientation, and would be volunteered by your character. But please feel free to specify if they have a skill they might not mention but that you would like considered in their job placement and I'll take it into consideration as a "funny coincidence."
● housing (optional): tell the mod if you have any preference for where your character is placed in community housing

● network username: provide the username that your character will use when accessing the network; the default is in the form of first initial, last name (j.doe) but your character can pick anything else they like; usernames should have no spaces, but periods are fine

● network sample: write out or link to an example of how your character would communicate over the network; this sample does not have to be long, but it must clearly show your character's personality and a good understanding of their voice; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

● prose/action sample: write out or link to an example of how you write your character in interactions; this sample should be a bit longer and can be done in prose or action bracket style and can be set in the game or your character's canon, though please avoid over-use of NPCing other characters - this is about your character; links can be from the test drive meme, other games, PSLs (as long as they are not AU), or memes - but should not break the fourth wall (Dear Player etc.)

submit an application

Please fill out the information in the form below and submit it in its entirety in one comment to this entry. If your application doesn't fit in one comment, it needs to be trimmed - application standards are weighted to quality rather than quantity.

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player information
● name: Jen
● age: 34
● contact:

mistojen
● other characters: Caitlin Snow (apped)

character information
● name: Derek Hale
● canon: Teen Wolf
● canon point: Post S4 + a few weeks CRAU
● age: 27

● (canon) background: Derek on Teen Wolf Wikia.

After leaving Beacon Hills, Derek woke one day to find himself in the Alpha Complex, a futuristic dystopian underground society run by an insane technological entity called The Computer, or Friend Computer. In Alpha Complex, he was presented as a clone of himself, pulled from the annals of history. He believed it due to the propaganda indoctrination thrust upon him before actually reporting to duty and being sent to a communal living space which he shared with Buffy Summers and, eventually, Alcide Herveaux. Derek didn't believe it for long, because he remembered things too specifically from home and while he'd been told those were simply glitches in the cloning process, he believed them to be memories.

Alpha Complex was constantly in turmoil and under terrorist attack from different Secret Societies rebelling against The Computer and the Specials — a group into which Derek fell as a playable character in the game — so while living in the Complex was a nightmare, Derek set out to accomplish two things almost exclusively:
He wanted to get the wolf back. He's a born werewolf and had no access to those abilities or that part of himself with which he so heavily identified. He most recently learned that the wolf was within him all along, he simply had been denied access through some technological means. For this, he heavily distrusts technology, where before, he simply was indifferent to or uninterested in it.

He wanted real food to be available to all clearance levels. Alpha Complex was built on a hierarchy that allowed only the very rich and powerful "luxuries" like real food. Tired of subsisting on Soylent and feeling the negative impacts to his body from the lack of real food, he used his position as a Physical Fitness Assessor to conduct a study to prove that the lack of real food on lower level clearanced Citizens was negatively impacting their physical fitness. Very recently, his study was completed and he'd been granted permission to offer real food — a piece of fruit or a vegetable only, but that's still something — to Alphas and Specials who performed well on their assessments.

There is no canon deviation for this CRAU given that he had been written off the show and his canon point at entry was just post season four (when he'd been written off). Next to nothing has changed about his personality except that he's more receptive to working in a team after being exposed, in a new way, to so much hate directed at a small group of which he was a part (the Specials) and he has a new appreciation for the werewolf inside himself after having been denied access to it for three weeks — in canon, he'd been without those abilities for a few days and that had been sobering enough, but three weeks is a long time.

Beyond that, he's developed an unofficial relationship with Katniss Everdeen, who had also been assigned as a Physical Fitness Assessor, which is still very slow-moving and mostly revolves around supporting one another in their emotional times of need. He became very close friends with Buffy Summers and Alcide Herveaux after being forced to live with them and he has a new understanding for "hunters" and a lot less initial outrage and fear at their very existence because of her. It was nice to connect with another werewolf, as well, and it's made him a lot more willing to socialize outside his "pack" because he can see that not all strangers are dangerous, just because he's had poor experiences with so many others.

● abilities: For a more detailed explanation, please refer to the Beta werewolves page on Teen Wolf Wikia, but here is a basic, quick rundown:

Supernatural strength, endurance, agility, and senses
Accelerated healing: Derek can heal much faster than a normal human being, however this can be hindered if his injuries are sustained from an Alpha werewolf or through the use of wolfsbane or mistletoe, both of which are toxic and can be deadly to Derek.
Pain transference: By placing his hand on someone, Derek can siphon their pain away from them and into himself. It's never started outright, but is hinted in canon that he can do this with their ailments to a degree, as well, although by doing so, he risks taking too much and killing himself in the process.
Memory transference/alteration: While Derek does not tend to use this ability, he is canonically able to insert his claws into the back of a person's neck in order to extract or share memories from or with them. This is something that some more skilled werewolves in his canon have used to remove memories from others or extract subconscious memories from those who have repressed them.
Response to light: If caught on camera with a flash, Derek's eyes will glow brightly making his face almost indistinguishable on film.
Control: Derek has complete control over his transitions and the bloodlust that comes with the full moon. He can transition completely or halfway at will, with or without the full moon's presence.
Transition: After his evolution, Derek can now choose to remain in human form, go into a half-transition wherein he looks mostly human with a few werewolf traits, or can fully transition into a black wolf with glowing blue eyes. If he chooses to go into full wolf form, when he transitions back out, however, he will be naked and his clothes from prior to the transition will be lost to the ether.

● strengths: Derek is very resilient both physically and emotionally. He's been through a lot in his life, in fact people have tried to kill him on several occasions — including actually dying near the end of his tenure on the show — but he's always bounced back, either with the help of others and his healing abilities or via his evolution as a werewolf. In Beacon Hills, Derek has learned that being a lone wolf just doesn't work and his few weeks in the Alpha Complex only solidified that because he'd literally needed the help of others now and again during terrorist attacks when he felt fairly useless with the lack of his werewolf abilities to help. Now, he's much better about being a part of a team than he used to be. He's also a lot more inclined to help people he doesn't know if they need it, because he's been on the receiving end of help from strangers that saved his life in the Complex.

He's smart and resourceful, another thing that only intensified while in the Complex. He's a support system. Back home, he tended to be the support for Scott McCall's pack both because he wanted so badly to be a part of something that he bent over backward to help even if it wasn't in his best interest and because he tended to be someone they turned to for advice — of that group, he's one of the few born werewolves available to give that information.

He likes to pretend that he doesn't care about other people, but that's a facade; he sometimes cares a little too much. When Derek decides someone is part of his pack, whether they realize it or not, he becomes incredibly protective of them. When he falls in love with someone, he falls hard and fast and he isn't afraid of letting people know that he cares about them.
● weaknesses: Derek has trust and abandonment issues. He feels very much that everyone he cares about gets hurt and because of that combined with those trust and abandonment issues, Derek tries — keyword being tries — to keep people at an arm's length.

Because he's so willing to put himself out there once he's decided someone belongs in his inner circle, he can be very prone to manipulation. He's impulsive and reactive, so he tends to make brash and poor decisions that typically end in the loss of people he cares about — in some cases, because they've been killed.

Derek always puts his safety and best interests on the backburner in favor of others, sometimes even though they don't actually always deserve it. While he's definitely got self-preservation instincts, he also doesn't always believe that he's worth saving and, because of that, he'll put others first more often than not.

● skills (optional): While Derek doesn't have military background, he'd still be interested in the Perimeter Guard. So the skills applicable that he'd have: quick thinking and reflexes. His werewolf abilities make him a lot more durable in battle when needed. Beyond his natural werewolf abilities, he's actually very good with a gun, now, having been taught how to use one by a mercenary and, coming from Alpha Complex, he'll be arriving with a laser gun that can do quite a bit more damage in a more precise manner, which he received standard issue on his first Troubleshooting Mission at the Complex. He's better at following the instructions of a female superior given that he was raised in a matriarchal pack and feels like women make better leaders, but he's still good at falling in line when he needs to do so. (I'm aware that there's a separate thing to fill out for Perimeter Guard, so that's something I'll check into if/when I'm accepted).
● housing (optional): no preference

● network username: d.hale

● network sample: From CRAU setting | Non-CRAU

● prose/action sample: From CRAU setting | Non-CRAU

accepted

Thank you for your application and welcome to Riverview! Please see the arrival page for an explanation of what will happen to your character on arrival.

● Derek will be housed in Communal Housing; Floor 1, Bed 8.
● Derek is welcome to join the Perimeter Guard, feel free to sign him up here.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

● Please respond to this comment with your character's journal.
● Join the communities riverview, riverviewlogs, and riverviewooc.
● Make sure to set up an ic inbox and hmd on your journal, and then add your character to the Taken Characters list.
● (Optional) Introduce yourself on the OOC community.
● Since the game is not yet open, a CR Meme has been posted. Feel free to tag around right away!

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Derek Hale | Teen Wolf | Reserved

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