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Riverview Moderator ([personal profile] riverviewmod) wrote2017-02-05 12:21 am

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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[personal profile] distort 2017-05-07 10:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Here is the account!
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A2 | NieR: Automata | Not Resreved

[personal profile] ettu 2017-05-07 11:56 pm (UTC)(link)
player information
name: Will
age: 27
contact: [plurk.com profile] beoluve
other characters: n/a

character information
name: Number 2, YoHRa Type A, No. 2, or just A2. A2 is just fine.
canon: NieR: Automata
canon point: Ending E
age: Being an android, A2 has been alive for at least six years. She's designed as an adult and her personality reflects this as well.

(canon) background: On the wiki

abilities:

The A in A2 is literally stands for "Attacker"; among the YoHRa series, Type A androids are the strongest and best suited for combat, which reflects on A2's sheer strength and combat capabilities. She's capable of using virtually any weapon as well as piloting a a variety of crafts, specially the YoHRa issued ships, but as a human shaped unit she excels at melee. A2 power is made evident by her being capable of taking large amounts of enemies, included those that are several times her size, although she struggles with whatever puts her physical limitations (such as her size) at odds. She can still dispatch enemies that are far bigger than her, but not as easily.

As an android, A2 doesn't need to eat for sustenance, although she could if she wished so; she's equipped in a way she can survive on water only. A2 doesn't sleep, but goes into an energy-saving mode in which she conducts automatic repairs on her body. Anything too serious to deal with will require the aid of someone specialized in repairs and the proper parts, though; she also has "self healing" programs installed that will deal with damage taken even if she's active, but anything major will still need external help. EMPs and hacking (of the very advanced, high end kind) can damage her to an extent. A2 has been given hacking capabilities, and so she can also hack into other mechanical beings and constructs for a variety of purposes, ranging from making them explode, using them as "vessels" or even extracting information out of them.

A2's consciousness all that constitutes her being is stored on a "black box", a cube-like device that can be also used to trigger a massive explosion. Usually, androids could use it and have their data transferred to a new body, but in Ending E this has be rendered impossible (and in game there won't be an appropriate server-like structure, most likely). Androids are also equipped with a self-destruct function, but in A2's case this has been replaced with a "limiter remover" that sends her into Berserker Mode, in which she becomes even stronger and faster, but suffers from continuous damage for as long as she remains in it.

A2 weights 139 kgs, making her a lot heavier than she appears to be.

strengths:

Loyal: A2 is slow to trust others, but once she does she will go the extra mile to make sure they're safe. Hurting someone she's become close to in any way will most likely send her in a rage. She also relies on these people and opens up more to them. Companionship and friendship mean that world to A2, to the point she might be wronged by those she trusts and she will most likely forgive them eventually.

Honest: For better or for worse, A2 always says the truth. Always. Even if it's painful or detrimental to her, she doesn't lie no matter what. A2 hates liars, understandably enough; she'll always prefer to be told an awful truth than some kind lie for the sake of keeping her safe.

Open-Minded: Behind the thick layer of anger and cynicism lies someone who is surprisingly capable of looking at a sworn enemy and actually manage to put herself in their shoes, even if she doesn't agree at all with them. A2 is quick to judge, but she's also relatively quick to realize she's doing so, and in so she makes the effort to actually try and understand others.

weaknesses:

Irascible: A2 has the shortest fuse in the entire game. She angers very quickly, and "moderately annoyed" is a good way to refer to her default state of being. A hothead through and through, she's not good with people pressing her buttons, or just being annoying for the sake of being a bother.

Uncommunicative: A2 doesn't like to talk without a good reason to do so and when she does she tends to be short and curt and caustic. This decreases to some extent when she gets to know someone better, but those that know her better will also know that she's just not good with words. Or people. She has a hard time explaining emotions other than anger and she needs more time to put them into words, which frustrates her to no end. Not that she would tell that to anyone, because... well, she is bad with words.

Distrustful: She's been betrayed by what she saw as her family in the past, sent on a mission to have her killed for the sake of data recovery and then branded a traitor and marked for death for years. Stuck in a world where everything wanted to kill her, A2 is only now starting to live a life where she can allow herself to trust and lean on others. Still, a new place and new faces won't make it easy for her to open up.

skills (optional): Exceptional fighter, has survived in extreme conditions for years and is ridiculously strong willed.
housing (optional): n/a but maybe other androids? or whatever

network username: A2

network sample:

A2 here.

There was a request made on the boards about several strange lifeforms attacking a nearby settlement, so I went and took care of it. Couldn't retrieve any of them alive though. Damn bugs were just asking to be cut in half and wouldn't stay still.

The settlement is (mostly) intact and nobody in there died. I think. Science types should head there and recollect whatever bug goo you like to mess with in order to see what can be done to keep them from showing up again. So yeah, go do that.

I'm going to take the longest shower that's ever been taken now, so don't bother me.

A2 out.


prose/action sample:

Life has always been a struggle for her. If it wasn't for the fact that A2 was built almost exclusively for the task of fighting, her current predicament (stuck in a jungle populated by a large following of crazy machine lifeforms) would still manage to deliver that sentiment. She didn't even want to get started on why she was stuck on the forest, or the planet, or anything about it, really. All she was focused on that moment was to run and to cut down whatever got in her way. The enemies had taken to some bizarre dressing style, but their metallic bodies were the same there or in the dessert. Maybe some had some extra plating on them, but it was nothing her weapons couldn't make short work of. Well, so far; A2 could clearly hear the stomping of a massive machine lifeform gaining on her as she dashed past a small company of lance-wielding enemies, the red aura around her knocking them off balance for long enough for her sword to decapitate half and cut down the rest. That was a bad sound. That was the kind of sound you got when whatever was coming for you could easily tore down the trees and catapult the rocks around you like if it was the easiest thing in the world.

She was designated and Attacker, but she wasn't an idiot. That was the kind of fight you planned for, not one you got thrown into. A larger machine cut her out of the blue, this sporting four long, springy legs like a horse of sorts. Her sword met his lance, forcing her to swerve around to cut off an arm, but at the cost of being bodyslammed against a tree. A2 had enough time to curse before having to throw herself away when the lance pierced the exact spot her head had been a moment go, the weapon going all the way through. Taking her chance, she quickly blinked in front of the enemy, her larger and heavier sword falling on its head and cutting all the way down its body and frame. She didn't stop to see the explosion though, as she could hear the monstrous machine lifeform way too close for comfort.

"I'll deal with you another day." It's a hushed promise she doesn't expect (or hope) the incoming behemoth can hear, but just then a three flies to her left. Shit, there goes her daring escape. Gritting her teeth, A2 pushes harder as she sprints out of the forest, the trembling on the ground telling her she has just barely managed to avoid what would've been a ridiculously difficult fight. She keeps on going though, as she knows not to lower her ground around machine lifeform territory. Better make sure to find a safe spot before stopping and assessing the damage done to her body and start preparations.

She'll be back for them. All of them.
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[personal profile] glitterpants 2017-05-08 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
AAH, thanks so much, here is his journal!
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Aloy | Horizon Zero Dawn | Reserved

[personal profile] noratorious 2017-05-08 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
player information
name: Ru
age: 25+
contact: [plurk.com profile] mythal
other characters: N/A

character information
name: Aloy
canon: Horizon Zero Dawn
canon point: After the Maker's End quest (+ The completion of the sidequest Into the Borderlands)
age: 19

(canon) background: About Aloy||Game plot Summary
(original) world:

abilities:
Using the Focus: The Focus allows for Aloy to scan the world around her. With it she can do various things such as contacting files hidden in machines, seeing the locations of other living things within the area, and finding weaknesses in machine enemies.

Override: Aloy can use the override mechanism attached to the end of her staff to override hostile machines and make them allies as well as open doors.

Crafting: Aloy can forage and craft all sorts of different items from arrows to bombs to traps to health potions.
strengths:

Compassion: Despite a difficult life as an outsider and outcast amongst the Nora, Aloy retained a sense of compassion and understanding towards others. She always steps forward to help those in need and ensures the safety of the people around her. She encourages people to find their own strength and to struggle over hardships. Aloy is also perceptive to people's hidden emotions and is able to reach out to them by bringing them up.

Curious: Most of the Nora shun technology and machinery but Aloy is curious about it and is able to use that to her advantage. She is also open minded about other cultures and doesn't buy into the isolationist perspective of the Nora either.

Loyal: Aloy is loyal to people and wants to help them, even if perhaps that's not the most logical choice. Even though the Nora have hurt her by exiling her and justifiably mean nothing to her, Aloy still returns to save them despite this. She still feels something towards them and so risks her life for them.

Proactive: Aloy is a fast actor who takes the initiative when no one else will. That's not to say she leaps without thinking (most of the time anyway), she usually has plenty of questions about whatever someone is asking her to do, but she's quick to step up and do what needs to be done. She'll even do it even if she doesn't think the task makes all that much sense.

weaknesses:
Social skills: Because Aloy was raised alone and as an outcast, she is often suspicious of people and stand-offish towards them, even people that she's trying to help. She's blunt and so to the point that it's almost aggressive. She is quick to call people out on being shady or strange and doesn't overall have a lot of discretion at her disposal. She also can come across as needlessly harsh in her snarky commentary. However as she meets people along the way in her journey, she does become better at this.

Frustration: Aloy can become easily frustrated when she runs into obstacles in her way. Sometimes she deals with that just by trying to snark at it or make sassy observations. However, at times it can really get the best of her and she can snap and explode at people, even her guardian Rost, who was just trying to support her.

Single-minded: Aloy can sometimes miss the forest for the trees. She gets wrapped up in a massive conspiracy that threatens the fate of her own world as well as explains what happened to the world before. However, Aloy is narrowly focused on her questions about who she is and who she came from, becoming caught up in those details and falling into a bit of despair when she learns the truth of her origins. Thankfully, she usually recovers quickly and focuses on proceeding despite her own feelings.

skills (optional):
-excellent archer
-good at physical combat
-sneaky

housing (optional): N/A I'm flex

network username: aloy

network sample: Test drive meme

prose/action sample: Test drive meme
Edited (subject line whoops) 2017-05-09 17:26 (UTC)
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As Discussed Via PM - Genos | One Punch Man | Reserved

[personal profile] blaze_it 2017-05-08 05:17 am (UTC)(link)
player information
name: Bubbles
age: 20+
contact: [plurk.com profile] hikuswing or PM
other characters: n/a

character information
name: Genos
canon: One Punch Man
canon point: Chapter 70~
age: 19

(canon) background: Genos
(original) world: n/a

abilities:
Genos is a Cyborg--his body is somewhere between 90 and 95% synthetic, built almost exclusively for combat. While he has a few extraneous features meant to help him live as a human (hair, a human face, the ability to feel/eat/cry), his body is very much designed with power, speed, and attack in mind. Some of the major aspects of his robotic enhancements include:

  • Super strength/speed - Genos has the ability to deliver blows that can crack concrete and bend steel with both speed and precision. He can preform impressive feats of acrobatics, often augmented by the various jets and features built into his legs, and uses this fine-tuned agility almost exclusively to attack. Dodging is rarely a priority of his.

  • Resiliance - While Genos is far from indestructable, because such a large portion of his body is synthetic, Genos can suffer catastrophic physical damage and fully recover. His limbs are all detachable, he is capable of turning off his ability to feel pain, and he is largely unaffected by temperatures until they are well beyond the tolerance of most living creatures. Only direct damage to his brain, the scattered musculature in his neck and back, or his spine give him real issue. Everything else can be replaced or upgraded as necessary.

  • Enhanced Perception - The sensors in Genos's body are finely tuned instruments that can detect a wide array of phenomena. He is capable of detecting approaching bodies, tracking objects that move at great speed, and calculating the exact mathematical variables in every fight he engages in. This doesn't necessarily mean he can act on this information, but it sure is nice to have, isn't it?

  • Firepower - So much fire, all the fire, why does he need so much fire???? Genos's weapon of choice is fire. He is equipped with a series of incinerators and can utilize a plethora of flame based/incendiary attacks. From throwing fire, igniting things around him, fireballs, general flame-thrower like behavior, even just passively burning things because his body heats up, Genos is really all about that heat. He has absolutely no ability to extinguish fire, whatsoever.



  • strengths:

    Genos is extremely analytical, often taking notes and detailed records of people or events for later study. It is unsurprising that he is skilled at the art of deduction, but he rarely applies this skill outside of his immediate circumstances. Genos is dedicated and driven, relentlessly pursuing his goals, but most of all Genos is just. Genos is a hero and will always, without question, prioritize the protection of civilians/bystanders in any altercation.

    weaknesses:

    Because he is a cyborg, or perhaps because he lacks family and friends, Genos is extremely reckless and emotional. In combat, Genos prioritizes attack above all else and will often dive, headlong, into extremely dangerous situations with only preliminary analysis. This would not be a terrible issue, considering how quickly Genos can gather information, if he was not also very, very easily distracted. Almost every loss Genos has ever suffered has been because he was distracted or failed to track/predict the motions of an enemy and was too overextended to compensate. He frequently puts himself in mortal danger and has, thus far, refused to correct his behavior.

    Unfortunately, placing himself in mortal danger on the regular is hardly his most grating weakness.

    No, Genos's greatest flaw is his frequent monologuing. While he may appear stoic and silent, if given half a chance he will talk. On and on. Forever. During combat or out of it. At the drop of a hat.

    Genos will tell you his life story if you let him. Repeatedly. Enthusiastically. Constantly. Until it is drilled into your very soul.

    He is also extremely extra, but that's only debatably a weakness.

    skills (optional):
    Genos has a wide array of skills, but the most prominent among them are as follows:

  • Detective/tracker - Genos is very capable as a detective and a tracker. He is logical and is skilled at deduction. Unfortunately he has a tendency to overanalyze and make very long leaps in logic as a result, but these errors happen fairly infrequently.

  • Professional Monster Hunter - Genos hunts monsters and mysterious beings for a living. He is exceptionally good at itand terrifyingly lethal. He is far less skilled when it comes to dealing with people.

  • Cleaning - Nobody cleans and organizes like Genos. Nobody. He is compulsive and extreme when it comes to cleanliness and household chores.

  • Note taking - Genos takes notes on everything and anything and will consult them at the drop of a hat. This is only a skill insofar as recording mundane information is considered valuable.


  • housing (optional): No preference.

    network username: d.cyborg

    network sample: Here, at the Test Drive.

    prose/action sample: Here, at the Test Drive
    cookingmama: (he got feminine hips! and i'm like)

    Re: ACCEPTED

    [personal profile] cookingmama 2017-05-08 01:38 pm (UTC)(link)
    Perimeter guard is just fine by me, I'll head over an sign him up. This is the journal I'll be using, thank you!
    potentialed: pls dnt (Default)

    [personal profile] potentialed 2017-05-09 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
    This is his journal!

    And the tl;dr of the Astral Dimension is that it is an alternate dimension that is also referred to as the "Spirit World". All matter there is made of ectoplasm and people can use this to channel energy into their bodies (basically turn their limbs into weapons). While Strange can push his Astral form aka his spirit out of his body and interact with others within that dimension he can also interact with others in the real world/physical world. But, as shown in the film, his astral form is limited in the real world and holds more power in the Astral dimension.

    Bonus: 1 2

    I hope that helps!
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    [personal profile] potentialed 2017-05-09 04:33 am (UTC)(link)
    Thank you! And yes, it won't be a problem keeping him within the confines of the Quarantine with his nerfed abilities. c:
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    [personal profile] aeturnus 2017-05-09 04:40 am (UTC)(link)
    This is the journal! Thank you very much!

    Also, I'm sorry, I meant by crossing it out that there were no preferences to be stated. I do minimalist shit that I probably shouldn't pretty often.
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    Re: ACCEPTED

    [personal profile] hevenly 2017-05-09 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
    this journal, thank you!
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    re: ACCEPTED

    [personal profile] notasaviour 2017-05-09 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
    Just this journal, thanks.
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    Re: ACCEPTED

    [personal profile] buildingcastles 2017-05-09 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
    Thank you!
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    Re: ACCEPTED

    [personal profile] valkyre 2017-05-09 03:01 pm (UTC)(link)
    this is her! thank you!