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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: Harley
● age: Older than you
● contact: PM
● other characters: Spike, Lucifer Morningstar

character information
● name: Jake Jensen
● canon: The Losers (movie)
● canon point: Post movie
● age: 28-30ish?

● (canon) background: Wiki

● abilities: Military tactical training, hand to hand combat, weapon proficiency (knives, guns, rifles, bombs), technological proficiency, communications specialty.

● strengths: Loyalty - A trait he shows in spades to his Colonel and unit. When Clay says jump, he's already in the air before he asks how high. He will also willingly and knowingly face a likely suicidal situation for his friends and brothers in arms. He could have walked away more than once, but the crew is his found-family and he'll be damned if he lets any of them walk into a firefight without him.

Humor - Jake's a guy that likes to look on the bright side of life. He uses humor as a shield, as a defense mechanism, and as a way to moderate the rest of the crew when tempers flare. He's something of the 'baby' of the group, Captain or not, and it affords him the ability to get away with a quip or joke in the middle of bullets flying overhead or explosions. But it's something that works well with his group and is needed with the variety of other temperaments that come together. Besides, he looks amazing in pink.

Improvising - Need to get into a secure building? Put on some shorts and pretend to be a courier. Need an elevator all to yourself? Start singing "Don't Stop Believing" out loud and dancing along. There's always the outline of a plan in place, but even the best laid plans can go awry and Jake's aware of that. He's gotten good at piecing things together out of the broken scraps of a plan to try to make something stick long enough to make it work. For the most part, he succeeds. Except when it comes to dating.

● weaknesses: Kids - He has a big weakness when it comes to kids, as do most of the rest of his crew. They risked getting bombed to kingdom come because of kids being on site, and it was the death of those same kids that started their vendetta with the faceless Max. He also risked getting caught on home soil to go visit his niece's soccer game, running out on the field when she got pushed down to yell at the referee. No one messes with kids when Jake's around. Even if it'll out him or land him a bullet in the butt.

Humor - It's a strength, but it can also be a weakness. Sometimes people don't take him seriously because of his penchant for making everything into a joke. When it comes to his crew, they know him well enough to know when he means it, but for anyone new to Jake, he can come off more flippant than he means to and it can affect how people perceive him. He's a joker, but he sometimes has a problem turning it off. Like when people aim guns at his dick.

Idealism - Jake's aware of what is shit and what isn't, but there's a part of him that hasn't quite had all the shine worn off of it, and that part pines for a happy ending. Even when there's no chance of one, he'll still hope. And it's that idealism that makes him the one more likely to be hurt more deeply by betrayal and lies from people he trusts, like when Roque switched sides and screwed them all over.

● job skills (optional): Computer dude, security dude, patrol... dude?
● housing (optional): Good with whatever.

● network username: capt.studmuffin

● network sample: TDM/Flamr sample from Little Hades

● prose/action sample:
So this was home base now, was it? Magical portals and alternate dimensions? Sounded a hell of a lot like something out of a comic, and if anyone was going to know that, it was him. He was the quintessential geek. Or, he had been, before genetics had blessed him with a late puberty and he'd put down the comics for a set of weights. Joining the military had just seemed like the right thing to do, and contrary to popular belief, even the military needed geeks. His second love to comics, computers, had come in handy then, and he'd gotten to make a living doing something he loved and that he was good at.

Then there'd been that one mission and everything had gone to shit. He'd had his boys with him, had his backup, had his humor, but there'd been a few moments where even he hadn't been sure he'd be walking out of it alive. That any of them would be. And yet they had. Or had they? Maybe this was some kind of coma dream. Maybe the whole thing had been a bad dream and this was just an extension of it. Because really, man. Alternate dimensions? Come on.

Of course, dream or not, it was hard not to appreciate the creativity of it. To step outside and see the view of a planet from what he was told was the moon they were on. Jesus Christ. And that wasn't Earth. He'd seen enough shots of it from shuttles and satellites, had mapped enough of it to know that what he was looking at wasn't anywhere close to home. "Fuck," he said, softly to himself as he stood there off to the side, too out of it to really do much more than just stare. This had to be a dream... It had to be. Because otherwise... otherwise this was some epic levels of shit hitting the biggest fan out there, and he was here all alone. No Clay. No Pooch. No Cougar. Just him. That was the most unsettling part of all of it. If he'd wound up here with any of the others, he could have had a joke or some lame comment to break the ice, to get Cougar to roll his eyes or Pooch to punch him in the shoulder. Or a finger leveled at him from Clay along with an order to knock it off. Something he was used to. But this? Dream or not, it was the being alone here part that was throwing him off. He felt like he was missing a part of himself and he wanted to say something, make a joke to make it feel less... less, but who the hell was there to hear him?

He found himself still sitting there a couple hours later, butt slightly numb from the lack of movement and eyes sore from staring up at the planet that had shifted from one part of the sky to another as he'd watched. Nothing else had changed. No one he knew was coming along to tell him to get off his ass. People kept walking by, doing their own thing in this weird city. Sighing, he slapped his hands on his thighs and stood, stretching and wincing at the tingle to his ass as blood started flowing properly again. "Jesus, Jensen. Get a grip. Whatever this is, you got it." Right. He had it. He could do this. As long as he was alive and still able to move, he could do something. Checking into his bunk sounded good. Then maybe he could scope out the city and see what there was to see. Security. Tech. Hell, even what kind of bars or food stands there were. He was in the mood for a hot dog. Did alternate weird moon planets have hot dogs?

Only one way to find out.

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.

● Jake will be housed in Communal Housing; Floor 12, Bed 3.
● Jake's job, should he choose to accept it, is Communications & Security with the Perimeter Guard Wall R&D Unit. If you wish to accept this job, please fill in the information on the Perimeter Guard Page. If you are not interested in a position with the Perimeter Guard, please let me know and I will brainstorm a new job for him.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

● Your first activity check for this character will begin on September 1st.

● 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, permissions or info link, and hmd on your journal.
● Optionally, you may also set up a Friendr entry (code on the arrival page).
● Add your character to the Taken Characters list.
● (Optional) Introduce yourself on the OOC community.
● Post an entry or tag around to the current intro/event log.

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riverview: applications

Jake Jensen | The Losers | Not reserved

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