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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: Ptero
● age: 21+
● contact:

needslineface or PM
● other characters: n/a

character information
● name: Breq
● canon: Imperial Radch Trilogy
● canon point: After shooting out the oxygen tanks in her shuttle to protect Provincial Palace Omaugh. (Ancillary Justice)
● age: 2000+ years

● (canon) background: Here (written background--the wiki sadly doesn't have any kind of summary for the character or books)

● abilities: Breq is an ancillary, aka a "corpse soldier," and as such is modified in a number of ways.

- Enhanced reaction times and accuracy. While they aren't infallible, ancillaries are AI-controlled soldiers that have a faster processing speed than humans, which allows for almost uncanny aim and being able to get the drop on human fighters more often than not.

- Implants that she received as part of her conversion into an ancillary. These implants initially facilitated her connection to Justice of Toren, when it still existed. She still has minor optical and communication implants, and the communication implants she can use to directly communicate with other ship and station A.I. and receive data feeds from them, though she can occasionally have a hard time multitasking while processing it.

- Armor that appears as a silvery barrier around her when she activates it, that protects her from physical attacks, by converting kinetic force into heat. It's not infallible, but it can and will stop bullets, or lessen the impact of a fall. The armor won't go down until she wills it down, or she dies.

In addition to these abilities, Breq has some eclectic knowledge she's collected in her long life. Her main experiences have been those of a soldier, of course, but she also knows more than eleven languages, and has experience accumulated from a number of odd jobs.

She also carries with her the Garseddai gun. The gun is basically undetectable by security systems in her home universe, and the bullets it shoots are designed to move for exactly 1.11 meters after hitting their targets. It is capable of breaching Radchaai armor.

● strengths:
- Compassion: Breq would try to tell you otherwise, but she cares deeply for the wellbeing of others. She finds herself being compassionate even in situations when it's not in her best interest. That becomes particularly clear in her treatment of Seivarden, whose life she saves multiple times despite her professed hatred toward him. As he puts it, "If that's what you're willing to do for someone you hate, what would you do for someone you loved?" Although Breq may not express her affection physically or verbally, she will always stand by those who have earned her affection.

- Defender: Breq hates to see injustice happening in front of her. Though she tries to be a realist, she will be generous with her money and time if she thinks she can change someone's life for the better. She's particularly sensitive of how those in power treat those beneath them, and will take the underdog's side almost every time.

- Quick thinker: When confronted by a problem, Breq is always one to jump into action. She's reluctant to stand by and watch when she can act, and prefers not to spend her time navel-gazing when she could be moving toward her goals. She can be patient, but she's often dogged in her pursuit of her goal, and will gamble on long odds if she thinks the reward will be worth it, a habit that has served her well in the past.

- Music Lover: Breq has a deep and abiding love for music of all sorts, and little delights her more than finding new songs to sing. Despite having a less-than-stellar voice, she hums nearly constantly.

● weaknesses:
- Self-sacrifice: After Justice of Toren's destruction, Breq considers herself to be a broken remnant of her former self. She therefore often pushes herself beyond her limits for the sake of her goal and expresses disbelief when others save her, considering that she is "just an ancillary."

- Agoraphobia: "Confined" to the perceptions of a single body, Breq often feels unsettled by her inability to monitor the environment around her. She can deal with some of it by keeping a wall to her back, but when put into open spaces, she quickly becomes jumpy.

- Social blindness: Although Breq is observant, she has some consistent blind spots in her awareness of emotions and social norms. As a product of the Radch, Breq often struggles to determine a person's gender and finds assigning pronouns stressful guesswork. She also has to put in conscious effort to maintain facial expressions, as they do not come naturally to her.

When it comes to herself, Breq routinely fails to recognize that other people can read her. She is often surprised when other people correctly assess her mood, and has to be told how they were able to do it. She has even failed to realize that she was crying on a number of occasions until it was pointed out to her.

-Desire for revenge: For all that she cares, Breq can hold just as much of a grudge. In her resentment toward Seivarden and Skaaiat, she put her mission at risk by taking out her anger on them in pointed questions, even in situations where she was trying to hide her identity from them. Even more dangerous was her willingness to start a civil war with the potential to tear apart the entire Radch, if it meant getting her revenge on Anaander Mianaai.

● job skills (optional): An experienced soldier with many years of experience and inhuman reflexes despite an injury to her right hip that troubles her sometimes. She's skilled at learning languages, and has done a number of odd jobs in her life.

● network username: breq

● network sample:

[There's a moment at the beginning of the video where nothing is happening. Breq is leaning forward slightly, one hand raised as she fiddles with something on her device, her eyes focused away from the screen. Then she sits back, and the hand drops into her lap. Her expression, previously completely blank, now transforms into a congenial smile in the blink of an eye, the perfect impression of casual friendliness.]

So, Riverview.

Do you know any good songs? The kind of thing you sing to yourself while working, or with friends. I'm not opposed to anything with instruments, either.

[A tilt of her head, a vague gesture with one hand.]

I'm something of a collector.

[There. Message complete, she lets the muscles of her face relax, drops the smile. In the brief slice of time before the recording ends, any viewers will see Breq, expressionless once more, before she reaches out, and--click-- the video ends.]

● prose/action sample: 1 2

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.

● Breq will be housed in Communal Housing; Floor 2, Bed 1.
● Breq would be an excellent fit on the Perimeter Guard, either as a regular member or on any of the special units, particularly as a Surveyor. 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 her.
● Threads for Activity Bonus Points can be submitted here.

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

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riverview: applications

Breq | Imperial Radch Trilogy | Reserved

ACCEPTED

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