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riverview: applications
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
● 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.)
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.
arkady balagan | endgame | reserved
● name: Parks
● age: 26
● contact: everlark on plurk, pixiesticks on dw
● other characters: N/A
character information
● name: Arkady Balagan
● canon: Endgame
● canon point: After Arkady talks to Sam in Mr. Black
● age: in his early 40s
● (canon) background: There is no wiki, so I’ll do my best to summarize.
Arkady grew up in Russia. His mother was a poet, and she would take him to a café to write poetry while he ate pashka. At around 8, Arkady locks himself in his room and plays chess, unable to get himself outside for months. Eventually, it ends somehow, and while Arkady has returned to the outside world physically, his mind is always wanting to be in control. He gets more famous with chess and donates to the democracy movement in Russia.
He leaves, eventually (timeline uncertain in canon). Sometime later (timelines are so funky), he meets Rosemary in Paris. They fall head over heels in love, and he begins to open himself up to another person. They get engaged, and are traveling around as Arkady plays chess. They stay at the Huxley hotel in Vancouver, and Rosemary kisses her fiancé goodbye before getting in a car with her friend. There’s gunfire, and Arkady watches as the car his love is in runs into another car and bursts into flames.
Fast forward four months. Arkady has developed agoraphobia and cannot leave the hotel. He’s a functioning alcoholic, has panic attacks, PTSD, and probably depression. He hides his sadness behind humor and sarcasm. He’s been living in the Huxley – and racking up a large bill. When the bartender’s (Danni’s) friend’s kid is kidnapped, they hire Arkady to solve the mystery. Arkady finds himself good at this detective work, and makes friends with Alcina, a friendly, supportive maid, and Sam, an eager young grad student who will trade detective legwork for chess games with Arkady. They find the kid in time, and Arkady can pay his bill.
Next, after a ton of money is stolen at a poker game that was in the Huxley, Hugo, the hotel’s head of security who seems to think Arkady is his nemesis, grudgingly asks for Arkady’s help. Pippa, Rosemary’s sister and an avid blogger, continues to hunt for Rosemary’s killer. Arkady seems reluctant to concentrate on it. He tells Pippa he can't lose her. After that Arkady is hired by a man who’s lost his memory to find out who he is and where his wife is. Then Arkady solves a decades-old crime for Hugo’s former mentor on the police force. He and Pippa figure out there was a driver there, who was a spotter for an assassin. He never smoked before and, at the time, only lit the cigarette and then stomped it out (a signal to the assassin.)
I Killed Her has a lot of info on Arkady’s early life, as well as a lot of insight into how trapped Arkady really feels. A psychiatrist kills his patient, telling Arkady he killed her and wanting to treat Arkady’s agoraphobia. He trades info about her murder for info on Arkady’s feelings. Pippa is almost killed, but Arkady saves her in time, knowing the murderer just wants to be punished. He and Pippa talk about what danger Arkady's cases and Rosemary's case gets them in. Arkady then helps a family whose car is bombed, the son being too fearful to leave the house. The kid tells him it’s not so bad outside. Pippa starts meeting with a detective for Rosemary’s case. In Gorillas in our Midst, Arkady must find a suitcase with a program in it that could change the world. He tries to keep Sammy from getting involved with the cryptologist, worried she’s working them. She was, but in the end, Arkady truly believes she cared for Sam. Pippa’s detective finds a man named Emil Shirt who’s confessed to Rosemary’s murder, likely because he’s dying of cancer and is getting paid to. The detective is giving him easy questions too, which bothers Arkady.
In The White Queen, the owners of the hotel demand Arkady find their missing son – or be tossed out of the hotel. He does find him and is comped for six months, a huge burden off Arkady’s shoulders. Arkady also has known this whole time that Rosemary was pregnant when she died. He kept it from Pippa to protect her feelings, but she's mad. Huxley, We Have a Problem is about Arkady’s Russian friend from the space program stopping by – and finding himself accused of murder and needing Arkady’s help. When the staff of the Huxley goes on strike, Arkady puts Rosemary’s ring (the ring that’s been passed down in his family) in the hotel safe, and then the safe is broken into during a wedding. Arkady’s hired to find the couple’s jewels along with his ring. Pippa finds out Emil Shirt is dead, but Alcina's testimony that the car where the gunfire came from was waiting across from the hotel cinches that it was not the simple road rage Emil described.
At the beginning of Mr. Black, Pippa draws out Rosemary’s case on glass with a marker. Everything seems connected, but who’s pulling the strings? Arkady is forced to play online chess games against Mr. Black when the other man threatens on camera to kill 5 hostages, one per game, if Arkady loses, forgeits, or draws. They call the police, who tromp in there and make Arkady stop playing the game. Mr. Black executes the first hostage on camera. Arkady violently argues until they set up next door and let him play. He wins the second game. He then realizes Mr. Black is using a computer to play against Arkady. Arkady defeats the computer in the third game just barely by using unorthodox moves. They figure out who he is and why he’s doing this. Mr. Black accidentally killed children by marking their school as a probable threat, and they bombed them with a drone. He wants to prove that we are removed from the violence we wield out by pressing a button.
Arkady just barely, by the skin of his teeth, wins the fourth game. He insists that Mr. Black be a real ‘warrior’ and play without the computer. Mr. Black agrees, but only if Sam will play him, not Arkady. Arkady is horrified and protests, but Sam wants to help. Arkady realizes that Mr. Black was always going to kill the last hostage, who is the driver, an innocent citizen. He tells Sam to stop playing, and pretends the driver is a ‘real warrior’, and the driver is smart enough to go along with his story of her serving in Afghanistan. Mr. Black lets her go, uploads the videos online, and kills himself in front of them. Arkady physically pulls Sam away, taking his face in his hands and telling how well he did. This is a pivotal episode for Arkady, in my opinion, showing his humanity, his unrelenting want to do good, his understanding of Mr. Black, and his fatherly-like role he plays with Sam.
● (original) world: N/A
● abilities:
- Genius: Arkady is canonly a genius, and very good at analyzing and solving puzzles. He uses these skills to help him solve crimes.
- Chess: He’s a World Chess Champion, professional only still because he plays people who come to the hotel or online.
- Language: He is fluent in at least English and Russian
● strengths:
- Smart: Arkady evidently has his own Wikipedia page that says he is a genius. He’s very good at solving puzzles and crimes, coming up with strategies and implanting them. He’s clever in chess, uses his weaknesses as distractions from his strengths and is not afraid to use unorthodox moves.
- Charming: He can also be quite charming, such as when he asks Alcina for help, or when he teases Danni. He chooses when he wants to be, and can turn his charm on anyone mostly to help him achieve his goals.
- Caring: Arkady really does care deep down. He shows this when he’s terrified in I Killed Her, when the bad guy is about to drown a drugged Pippa, the person he cares most about in this world. He shows concern in Mr. Black for Sam, and is frequently shown to care about Alcina and her family.
● weaknesses:
- Rude & grouchy: Arkady’s really a grouchy, miserable man at times. He yells at the manager of the hotel a lot, grouches about Hugo, the security manager, constantly. He grouches about no mints on his pillow, them cutting off his account, bad security, no fresh towels, not good enough desserts. His misery is everyone’s misery, and it can be pretty off-putting to a lot of people.
- Humor as defense mechanism: He uses humor to deflect a lot. When Sam’s concerned about what’s going to happen when Arkady is in the red, Arkady says he’ll do ‘this’ and does a silly spin. He argues and makes fun of Hugo instead of accepting that he actually helps him sometimes.
- Overdramatic: He’s also entirely too dramatic, causing any scene he wants to make a point or get what he wants. He’ll throw a tantrum without a blink of the eye, and does so often that I don’t think I could list them all. While he does know when to control himself, he is frequently a diva to get what he wants.
● job skills (optional): He’s good at puzzles, skilled in chess, and fluent in at least English and Russian.
● housing (optional): Arkady would insist on an individual room on one of the private floors, so if that’s okay, that’d be great!
● network username: a.balagan
● network sample: [Video]
[Arkady turns on video, sighing in irritation. Another pleasant PSA from your favorite Russian.]
Hi, hello, it is Arkady Balagan. Yes, again. Will the ignoramus who left a dirty sock in the hallway please pick it up? Some of us walk around here barefoot and expect a clean environment to inhabit.
And to the dullard who left their mayonnaise out, it is now in the stinking heap of plastic we call a garbage can in this place.
[He scratches at his forehead in irritation.] I am told... that I am a bit... off-putting, so perhaps... I should welcome our new arrivals. And thank my fellow inhabitants who have been quiet and clean. So welcome. And thank you.
[He waves his hand dismissively at the camera.] Back to your regularly-scheduled programming.
● prose/action sample:
Arkady stares down at the chess board before him. Sometimes, he imagines the people surrounding him – in mysteries he’s trying to solve – on that chess board. Now, it’s empty of any pieces. The board is cleared. It’s disturbing, to suddenly be somewhere with no contacts, no help, no… loved ones.
What did he have before, though? Maybe he is just a washed-up Russian, stuck in any building where he can build his own personal prison, just as tightly-controlled as Fort Knox. Hell is outside. Hell is the unknown, a chance of getting hurt again, loss of control. He can’t let that happen again.
And Rosemary… Rosemary seems to have been a pawn in someone else’s game. Whose game, he doesn’t know, but he’s sure Pippa will know eventually. That’s what he’s scared of, though. Being faced with the truth, possibly that they were after him and it’s his fault, and then he’ll have to leave and solve this. She was his fiancée. He has to. But he’s terrified of letting go of the Huxley hotel, of the community housing building. Letting go of this prison means facing his own demons, and he’s just not prepared. He’s not.
Arkady pushes the board off his table, scoffing at it and snatching up the bottle of vodka next to him. Opportunity would never knock. He would always be alone, him and this bottle.
He looks up in surprise at a knock on the door, the voice of his least-annoying neighbor coming through the door. “I could be wrong. Maybe it does knock,” he says with a shrug. The most he could do now is not give up. Not let Pippa down by lying down and rolling over. Despite the heavy weight of Rosemary’s death, he had a duty to Pippa. He had to keep trying. He stood up to answer the door.
REVISIONS
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● While the strengths and weaknesses sections should still be under 300 words, please provide a bit more detail in these sections to give a clearer idea of the character's personality.
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● strengths:
- Smart: Arkady evidently has his own Wikipedia page that says he is a genius. He’s very methodical, and imagines different scenarios in his crime-solving. He’s very good at solving puzzles and crimes, coming up with strategies and implementing them, such as when he tries to convince Mr. Black that the last hostage is a ‘true warrior’. He’s clever in chess, uses his weaknesses as distractions from his strengths (like in the first episode when he’s playing Sam) and is not afraid to use unorthodox moves (like in his game with Jonas or in Mr. Black.)
- Charming: He can also be quite charming, such as when he asks Alcina for help, or when he teases Danni (‘Danni, you’re on speakerphone. No dirty talk!’) He chooses when he wants to be, like when he suddenly turns off the charm on the cheerleader’s best friend in The Other Side of Summer. He can be the life of the party sometimes, like Huxley, We Have a Problem, dancing and making jokes. He’s actually a pretty cool person when he’s not hiding behind sarcasm.
- Caring: Arkady really does care deep down. He shows this when he’s terrified in I Killed Her, when the bad guy is about to drown a drugged Pippa, the person he cares most about in this world. He shows concern in Mr. Black for Sam, when Mr. Black kill himself on screen. He gives up money that could have helped solve Rosemary’s crime for a dad wanting to be a doctor. He’s also frequently shown to care about Alcina and her family. For example, he gives her a present for her granddaughter’s baptism, and Alcina says maybe he will be able to come to her birthday in six months. He says maybe with a smile.
● weaknesses:
- Rude & grouchy: Arkady’s really a grouchy, miserable man at times. He yells at the manager of the hotel a lot, grouches about Hugo, the security manager, constantly. He yells at the newspaper stand man and throws a croissant at his head, so the man quits. Arkady grouches about no mints on his pillow, them cutting off his account, bad security, no fresh towels, not good enough desserts (like in the Other Side of Summer.) His misery is everyone’s misery, and it can be pretty off-putting to a lot of people.
- Humor as defense mechanism: He uses humor to deflect a lot. When Sam’s concerned about what’s going to happen when Arkady is in the red, Arkady says he’ll do ‘this’ and does a silly spin in the first episode. He argues and makes fun of Hugo instead of accepting that he actually helps him sometimes. He’s constantly deflecting his emotions over Rosemary, joking about that he’ll just play chess, that he only cares about the living, not the dead, etc. He runs away from Hugo and security in the White Queen when he’s faced with one of his greatest fears: leaving the Huxley hotel.
- Overdramatic: He’s also entirely too dramatic, causing any scene he wants to make a point or get what he wants. He’ll throw a tantrum without a blink of the eye, throwing a croissant at the newspaper stand man’s head, yelling about them kicking him out of his room temporarily in Fearful Symmetry, and when his account’s been cut off in Opening Moves. While he does know when to control himself, he is frequently a diva to get what he wants. His tendency to be overdramatic lends to the idea that he’s a bit arrogant.
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