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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: Rory
● age: 27
● contact: notlikely @ plurk or ohrats#5786 @ discord
● other characters: N/A

character information
● name: TJ Hammond
● canon: Political Animals
● canon point: Post S01E06
● age: 30

● (canon) background: history one and history two

● abilities:

- he's great with the piano
- entrepreneurship
- he's an average guy so no superpowers or abilities of that nature

Cut Warnings: Suicide, drugs, addiction, alcoholism.
● strengths:

✔ Charismatic - TJ is charming and easy to like. He knows people and what makes them tick, which gives him the ability to anticipate another's actions. Having been raised in front of the public, he's developed a keen understanding of how to portray himself so that other's enjoy having him around. It's not always with the other person's best interest first, as he wants to be wanted, and needs to feel as if people care about him. His desire to feel that way trumps theirs, but he doesn't do it maliciously.

✔ Loyal - His family, first and foremost, have his loyalty. The levels vary from person to person, but he does love and care for them. He'd do anything for them. His own well-being and unstable personality cause a lot of trouble with the Hammond's, but he's always there, if he can be. He messes up a lot and doesn't always choose correctly, but he doesn't aim to hurt anyone. TJ wouldn't take anyone else's side over there's, no matter the situation.

✔ Spontaneous - He enjoys a good thrill and is adventurous. TJ acts impulsively without any previous planning and can be the life of the party because of this. He knows how to have a good time and how to help other people have fun. His desire to have constant distractions fuels his unprompted actions, sometimes surprising others with the abrupt suddenness of wanting to do something.

● weaknesses:

✘ Discontent - TJ is, more than anything, dissatisfied with his life. Growing up in the White House, in front of cameras, and having his own sexuality used as a political maneuver have shaped him into somebody that doesn't know how to be truly happy. He drinks, does drugs, and sleeps around to distract himself from how malcontent he is with his situation. He's resentful of growing up in front of the nation and not ever really knowing the peacefulness that comes with real privacy.

✘ Careless - His impulsiveness contributes to actions that can seem careless and irresponsible. He does things that he can't take back, stealing or sleeping with the wrong people, to get what he wants or to sidetrack his mind from what truly bothers him. TJ is extremely negligent with his own health and well-being, putting that as far from his thoughts as he possibly can at all times.

✘ Hedonistic - TJ is extremely sensually self-indulgent. The more opulent and extravagant, the better. Pleasure dulls the senses, drugs make his mind fuzzy, and alcohol glazes over heartache and pain. His inability to cope healthily or deal with the issues that plague him, give him little options as to what he can do to feel better - this attitude leads to unrestrained use of drugs, alcohol, and sexual partners. Even though he promises to do better, his previous behavior implies that he won't stick to it for long.

● job skills (optional):

He'd probably be good, though reluctant with any job, as a music teacher, something to do with PR, or the media. He's not much of a fighter.

● housing (optional):

Anywhere is totally fine!

● network username:

dickipedia

● network sample:

first; text

[Waking in a strange room, in a bed that isn't his, and three seconds from throwing up as if he's spent the night chasing the bottom of any bottle he can get his hands on - normal. Unfortunately. Falling out of a portal into some odd city, with no reasonable answer as to why he was here to be found, isn't so normal. So somehow he's found himself in a town on a moon, whatever and the only way to make a living is to get a job.

He's not getting a job. Not yet, not unless he has to. TJ accesses the network reluctantly. Not because he doesn't want to talk or doesn't like to hear himself talk, but even in space, people are bound to know who he is. It's the drawback of being a politician's son.]

Hello? This thing on?

[Yes, he knows he's texting. It's a joke. Don't be the comedian who thinks it's hilarious to point that out.]

Kidnapping is illegal you know. Even if I'm thirty and not technically a child. [Ha.] What's the score on how many people have been pulled here? Pretty high, from the looks of it.

I'm bored.

[That's it. That's his entire contribution to the network.]

● prose/action sample:

He misses his goddamn Nana. Doug, too. It's only been a week on the damn moon but it's long enough without any steady entertainment to distract him from the fact that he's alone here. No family, as annoying as they might be, to keep his mind from circling the drain. He's going to spiral again. He can feel it. The familiar itch to get high or drink until he can't see straight, to block out anything that's remotely close to a real emotion - expressing his feelings in a healthy way is off the table - is creeping up on him and he's not sure he wants to stop it this time.

If you go out that door, it's your choice and nobody else's.

His Nana, always telling him exactly what she's thinking whenever the fuck she's thinking it. The words had stung. Cut. A reminder that he's an addict and an alcoholic and he can't blame that on anyone else anymore. He couldn't before but it'd been a crutch he'd been more than happy to lean on. So he misses her the most, then all the rest of those losers and the cramped quarters of his room aren't helping him any. He wants the normality of his life back, as much as he'd hated it at times, because it was expected, the same.

Asking for a distraction on the network was a possibility but he couldn't decide if he wanted to fuck or be fucked or just get high until it all melted away. Healthy, his middle name. Each memory flashes through his mind like a pieced together home movie, titled Thomas Hammond's Life - a never-ending shitshow.

I was lonely. And yeah, it felt good especially if I kept my eyes closed and it was fine when it was happening but I always left here feeling disgusted with myself.

No. TJ rolls over on the bed, covering his head with his pillow and pressing down. Thinking of his Nana and the way she shook as she told him not to leave, that was hard enough, but thinking of Sean, that rejection and everything that came after - no. Fucking. Way. Reaching for the device he'd been given, he sends out a 'distress signal'. Anyone with booze or coke or hell a couple of pills and he'll spend the night. He'll make it worth their while. Maybe someone will talk him out of it. Maybe they won't. It doesn't matter at this point.

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.

● TJ will be housed in Shared Housing; Floor 3, Room 1.
● TJ's job, should he choose to accept it, is Community Ambassador with the Government of Riverview. In this position, he will be negotiating with various internal government departments, corporations or businesses, and other entities in the city to secure financial assistance, job positions, and other support for new arrivals, both PC and NPC. If you wish to accept this job, please fill in the information on the Occupations Page.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

● Your first activity check for this character will begin on January 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 monthly mingle log.

welcome to riverview quarantine

I am so sorry I missed this on my first go around the application page. That was absolutely an accident and does not reflect poorly on the quality of your app at all.

This one!

riverview: applications

TJ Hammond - Political Animals - Not Reserved

ACCEPTED

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