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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: Draiol
● age: 31
● contact:

draiol
● other characters: Llŷr

soundsfishy

character information
● name: Lup Taaco
● canon: The Adventure Zone
● canon point: Episode 65, before turning into a lich with Barry.
● age: ~200 (It's complicated)

● (canon) background: Wiki + My Stolen Century Notes + TAZ Transcripts

● abilities:

Magic

Lup is a wizard of currently unknown level (at least 5th, seeing she can cast Fireball, which is a 3rd level spell you only get at level 5.) She's mentioned to 'grow furiously in arcane power' during the Stolen Century Arc, and considering the near century she's had to cultivate magic, she should be pretty high level by now. It would be easiest to play her as the same 'level' as Taako in the game.

However, wizards in D&D cannot cast spells forever, they have a specific amount of spells they can cast every day, aside from minor spells known as cantrips (which are unlimited).

Lup's specialty is the school of evocation, which is focused on spells that manipulate energy or tap unseen sources of power in order to produce a desired end. In effect, they created something out of nothing. Many of these spells produce spectacular effects, and evocation spells can deal large amounts of damage.

Essentially, she really likes to explode shit.

Evocation Wizard Spells

Elf

Elves in D&D 5E (and thus TAZ) do not need to sleep. Instead, they meditate deeply, remaining semiconscious, for 4 hours a day. It gives the same benefits as sleeping 8 hours. Due to this they cannot be magically put to sleep, either.

They're also very resistant to spells that charm a person, and they have darkvision, meaning they can see in the dark about up to 60 feet (but in black-and-white).

Talents

Lup and her brother were magical researchers while on the Starblaster ship, meaning she has talents in the foundations of the arcane and magical information, and did graduate from an unnamed magic academy at the top of her class with Taako.

She studied the violin for a year in one cycle and put on a really stunning performance at the end of it - so she must have an innate talent for music since a year of violin should still make you want to shave your eardrums off.

● strengths:

Moral Compass

Although Lup enjoys hustling people, stealing, killing to survive and honestly everything a little bit illegal, she still has a great respect for life. She went against all her friends wanting to destroy a world - and even the knowledge that it would only make their enemy stronger if they didn't, she would not budge.

In addition to this she's also the nicer of the Taaco twins and is more friendly and outgoing, having an easier time to make friends than her brother.

Protector

Growing up all alone with Taako, Lup was always the protector, the person to fight and keep them safe. This continues into her adulthood and now extends to her friends as well. She's willing to risk her life to protect her found family to the point where she's about to rip her soul out of her body and become undead.

Fiery

Her temper isn't all that's fiery; Lup is in general a very energetic and wild person who enjoys fun and blowing up stuff for the hell of it. She's the person who uses magic missile to shoot down driftwood tossed at her for shits and giggles, and unloads tommy guns into the air just for sheer awesomeness - plus that time she absolutely obliterated a whole fantasy DMV as part of her best day ever.

● weaknesses:

Snappy

Lup is not exactly the most polite person. She swears, she does ludicrous things for fun, and she's happy to take advantage of idiots. This seems to have been lessened a bit since she got on the Starblaster, but it doesn't mean she still won't call you a fucking idiot to your face without shame.

Emotional Issues

How do you use feelings? Lup is in no way as damaged as her brother, being from an earlier time than him and never having to be all alone, but they both grew up alone and deal badly with emotions. Serious moments are difficult in general for her, so if it isn't with her brother, she prefers to joke things away to lessen the tension - even when the situation is very serious.

A Stolen Century

Lup as spent the last 82 years in a Groundhog ~~Day~~ Year situation, running from an enemy that swallows whole worlds, appearing in different realities and dying so, so many times. This leaves scars on a person - she's watched whole worlds being destroyed, seen her friends die horribly, died horribly herself, only to reawaken alive and restored on their ship after a year has passed.

She's stressed, she's tired, she's paranoid and she will always, always look to the skies.

● skills (optional): Cooking (though not quite as flashily as her brother), mayhem, languages, triangulating, magical research.
● housing (optional): Most likely with Taako because hey garbage twins.

● network username: lightemup

● network sample: Cute Kid w/Jon

● prose/action sample: Emotional Mess w/Taako

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.

● Since you mentioned that Lup will be living with Taako, I have not assigned her initial housing. Just drop a note on the Housing Page with her alternative living arrangements whenever it's settled ICly.
● Lup's job, should she choose to accept it, is Magic Researcher at Gramarye Magic Research, a well-respected facility researching magic itself, magical entities and locations, and other supernatural phenomenon in the Quarantine. 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.

● Please respond to this comment with your character's journal.
● Join the communities riverview, riverviewlogs, and riverviewooc; optionally, follow the memes community, quaranmeme.
● 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.

welcome to riverview quarantine

Thank you very much! This is her journal.

riverview: applications

Lup Taaco | The Adventure Zone | Reserved

ACCEPTED

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