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The Velvet Key Mod Team ([personal profile] velvetyhelpers) wrote2012-01-04 04:22 pm

APPLICATIONS;

APPS are OPEN
✦Please read the rules, the Application FAQ, and the Game FAQ before you apply.
✦ Please check the taken and reserve lists before you apply.
✦ After you fill out the application, you can post it entirely here or link it in another journal.
✦ Both Fandom and Original Characters use the same application form.
✦ In the event of two players applying the same character before apps are processed, priority will go to the player whom reserved that character. If neither player reserved, the apps will both be reviewed and the one more suitable for the game will be accepted.
✦ Note that [community profile] tvk does allow posts from [community profile] testrun_box as valid samples.
✦ Please note that while apps are always open to be submitted, they are processed on weekends. Any apps submitted after Friday will not be processed until the following weekend. 

Application Form



Application Explanations
PLAYER
Nickname: What you, the player, wants to go by in the game.
Age: You don’t need to tell us specifics, but we’d like to know if you are under 18. Do not lie about your age, doing so will result in an automatic ban.
Personal LJ/DW: Link us to your personal journal, if you have one. If you do not have one, that's fine!
Method of Contact: IM, Plurk, Email, PMs, etc. Tell us how we can get a hold of you.
Characters Played: How many characters do you play in Velvet Keys and who are they? If you are new, ignore this.

CHARACTER
Name: The characters name, in western order of first, last.
Age: Your character’s age, to your best guess.
Canon: The title of the canon or canons your character is from. If you are applying for an original character, state that here.
Pull Point: From what point is the character being brought into Velvet Key? Be as specific as possible.

BACKGROUND
History:The history of the canon setting and the specific history of your character. Either a link or condensed written history will suffice.
Personality: We require at least two paragraphs for this section. Here is where you show us how well you know your character. Tell us their good and bad traits, their fears, hopes, dreams, and quirks. How did their relationships and experiences shape them? We don’t just want an overview; give us all the little details that make up this character.

GAME SPECIFIC
Arcana: Which arcana do you think fits this character?
Justification: Why does this arcana fit this character? Give us at least a few sentences of explanation.

SAMPLES
First Person Sample:This is a main comm post that should be written in the first person. This is the opportunity to show off your character’s voice. We would like this to be at least three to four sentences.
Third Person Sample: This sample should be written in the third person, just like an entry for the log comm. This should showcase your character’s personality and how they think, act, and move. We would like this to be at least a paragraph in length.
grails_vessel: (Rest your wand)

Irisviel von Einzbern | Fate/Zero | Not reserved

[personal profile] grails_vessel 2012-07-28 03:11 am (UTC)(link)
Player Info:
Nickname: Sen
Age: 28
Personal LJ/DW: n/a
Method of Contact: Either character journal or notyourchambermaid @ plurk
Characters Played: The Archive (Dresden Files), Vriska Serket (Homestuck)

Character Info:
Name: Irisviel von Einzbern
Age: Body in her twenties, actually nine
Canon: Fate/Zero
>Pull Point: The morning before Irisviel and Saber move to the Japanese house

Background Info:
History: Right here
Personality: Irisviel is a very kind, gentle, innocent woman. When Saber is summoned, she takes Saber in as if she is the Master instead of Kiritsugu, She treats Saber with respect and kindness, acting as her second in battle as she tries to heal all of Saber's wounds during her fight with Lancer. When Kotomine comes to attack, she puts herself into harm's way against him to try and save Kiritsugu. Even her pretending to be Saber's Master is more than being kind to Saber; it's protecting Kiritsugu from those who would try to kill him to take out Saber.

Irisviel also knows only the basics how to defend herself, furthering the fact she is kind and gentle. She doesn't try to hurt anyone, and is in fact horrified when she sees what Kiritsugu did to take out Lancer, Kayneth, and Sola-Ui. She uses wires that she shapes, creating a bird to attack Kotomine and wind around him to immobilize him instead of trying to kill him or hurt him so badly he can't move.

She's very innocent, having been in the Einzbern castle most of her life. Irisviel had been kept away from the world, and in fact would have been completely ignorant of everything in the world if Kiritsugu hadn't entered the picture. As it is, she knows certain things (like how to fight and drive), but it's a very innocent type of knowledge. She knows of to defend herself using very defensive moves, but not how to properly attack and kill. She knows how to handle a car from driving one at the castle, but she doesn't know the rules of the road nor how to drive sensibly, seeing the car and the road like a new toy. She knows that Kiritsugu is a killer, but she's never seen it happen until he takes out Kayneth and Sola-Ui.

Game Specific:
Arcana: Star
Justification: The Star is about calmness, free-flowing love, tranquility, generosity, joy, optimism… perfectly Irisviel


Samples:

First Person Sample: [Suddenly. Video. It looked like someone had dropped the phone, and slim white fingers fumble over it] Oh, oh! How do you use one of these…? [The fingers fumble a bit more, then manage to pick up it, fingers shaking] A light's on… does that mean it's already working? Um, how do they do this… [A woman was looking curiously at the screen, pale face and red eyes framed by long white hair. She carefully brought the phone to her ear] Kiritsugu? Maiya? Are you there? Saber? [She pulled the phone away from her head to look at it, dropping it again in the process] Oh no! [The video turned off as she fumbled with the phone again, making lightly distressed noises as her fingers lack the strength to hold onto the device]

Third Person Sample: It was a tough full moon. Irisviel looked up at the Shadow with determined eyes, her fists clenched. She couldn't really fight it, but that wouldn't stop her from standing with the rest of the inhabitants of Prospero. She could help with her Persona, try to lead other smaller Shadows away from the fighters so they wouldn't get hurt. Heal those that were hurt.

This was something she could do for all of Prospero. Irisviel tensed as the Shadow started attacking, wishing for her wires again. She could bind the Shadow for a bit, to help out. But not having them would be okay. She clasped her hands together, concentrating to feel the movement of her Persona within her. The power she could use to bring it forth, to fight in the way she could. She wasn't helpless.

She would make Kiritsugu proud.
toruin: (Default)

Neah | D.Gray Man | Reapp

[personal profile] toruin 2012-07-28 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
toruin: (Default)

[personal profile] toruin 2012-07-28 11:34 pm (UTC)(link)
DONE.
king_of_heroes: (Default)

Gilgamesh \\ Fate/stay in the kitchen i mean night // Reapp

[personal profile] king_of_heroes 2012-07-31 05:58 pm (UTC)(link)
kugimin: (Well you see...)

Madoka Kugimiya | Negima | Re-app

[personal profile] kugimin 2012-08-04 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Player Info:
Nickname: Jordan or Dori (short for Dori-mingu)
Age: 31
Personal Journal: [personal profile] akailv
Method of Contact: [AIM] akaiLV [plurk.com profile] dori_mingu
Characters Played: Formally Madoka @ TVK, a few @ Mayfield

Character Info:
Name: Madoka Kugimiya
Age: 16
Canon: Negima! Magister Negi Magi
Pull Point: Same as before, toward the end of the Magical World arc, before the cheerleaders return to Mahora from Wales

Background Info:
History: A bit of history about Madoka
Personality: Madoka may not really look it, but she really does exemplify the very core idea of a cheerleader. While Sakurako brings the bubbly enthusiasm and Misa the beauty and sexiness, it's Madoka who brings the most important part of any cheering team: supporting others. Whether it's in life, love, or games, Madoka is quick to push her friends to go for it and provide not only the words of encouragement they may need, but any help she can give to see that they succeed. Maybe because of this seriousness or willingness to help others, Madoka comes off as the more level headed and responsible of the cheer-leading team. In a way, this usually makes her the straight man in any of the cheer team's shenanigans, or her job to keep Misa and Sakurako out of trouble. Not that she doesn't like to cause trouble herself though, as sometimes supporting your friends may mean you have to push them to do things they're too embarrassed to do themselves.

Even so, Madoka cares very much for her friends and is extremely protective of them. She's even been known to slap someone (or punch if the slap was blocked) when she felt they caused her friends to cry. All in all, Madoka is a strong girl who looks out for her friends and enjoys being a supportive character. While she enjoys music and cheering, she doesn't feel too secure about being the center of attention, what with her feelings about her husky voice or boyish looks when compared to Misa and Sakurako. Still, that doesn't keep her from creating a band with her friends so they can sing and dance for others. Which just goes to show she's willing to do anything for her friends.

Game Specific:
Arcana: Strength
Justification: While a minor character in her canon, Madoka exemplifies strength and is a source of it for her friends. She is fiercely protective of her friends, ready to intercede on their behalf while at the same time providing the support and encouragement they need to reach for their dreams. Her willingness to help and tenacity to see it through show the qualities of generosity and fortitude typical of Strength in the upright position. On the negative side, her scheming and forceful nature of pushing her friends onward show the tyrannical and immoral impulses of the card inverted. As well as her complex about her voice and looks fitting the pessimism and inadequacy of an inverted Strength.

Samples:
First Person Sample: Here's a dear_mun post!
Third Person Sample: And here's a testrun_box post!
Additional RP samples can be found under her character tag from the last time I played her in TVK.
downtoearthpony: http://karzahnii.deviantart.com/ (Well howdy there.)

Applejack | My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic | Not Reserved

[personal profile] downtoearthpony 2012-08-04 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
Player Info:
Nickname: Jordan
Age: 31
Personal LJ/DW: [personal profile] akailv
Method of Contact:[AIM] akaiLV [plurk.com profile] dori_mingu
Characters Played: Formally Madoka @ TVK, a few @ Mayfield

Character Info:
Name: Applejack
Age: There isn't a specific age given, but Applejack seems rather mature and acts older than most of the other characters. I'd estimate she'd be in her late 20s, like 25 or 28 as a human.
Canon: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Pull Point: From the end of the second season, shortly after the Royal Wedding.

Background Info:
History: Applejack's history
Personality:
Honest, reliable, and hard-working. That's Applejack in a nutshell and she doesn't really mind it all.

She's believes in honesty and fairness, almost to a fault as she can be pretty blunt or when she needs to keep a secret (she doesn't have much of a poker face). Because of this though, she is very straightforward and trustworthy, even able to convince Twilight when she was hanging from a cliff that all she had to do was let go and she'd be safe. On the other hoof, she expects that same sort of honesty and fairness from others, and can get pretty ill-tempered when others cheat, like how upset she got at Rainbow Dash during the Iron Pony competition.

She's very hard-working, caring for her family's farm and orchard with only some help from her brother as well as running the business of selling the apples. She does this all so as to provide for her family who she deeply cares about. She's very protective of her younger sister Apple Bloom, and likes to keep an eye on her, knowing how much she can get into trouble. While this may at times leave Apple Bloom feeling overprotected, it does show how caring Applejack is, to the point that even when AJ was shrunk down to the size of a mouse, she still chased after Apple Bloom to "rescue" her.

She is glad people consider her reliable, and is always ready to lend a hoof if she can to her friends, families, and others. But again, she might take this too far and bite off more than she can chew, as shown in one episode where she tries to harvest all the apples in her orchard herself while still helping her friends with small tasks at the same time. This in a way shows the other side of her personality, her pride and stubbornness. She was working herself to death, exhausted, and falling asleep standing up, and yet she still wouldn't accept help until the very end. This isn't the only time her pride and stubbornness have caused trouble though, as when she was trying to negotiate between the Buffalo and Settler ponies of Appleloosa, she escalated the tension because she felt they were "right."

All in all, Applejack is a strong, honest friend who's toughest critic might be herself. She's confident in her abilities and proud of the way she does things. And while at times these beliefs might cause her trouble, she is always first to realize her mistakes and apologize or make amends for it. As such, this gives her a more mature, older sister personality to other ponies, which she is happy to be.

Game Specific:
Arcana: Temperance
Justification: Applejack is a balanced and straightforward pony, one who is always there to offer help and suggestions to any situations. Her nurturing nature, her belief in fairness, and optimism are all traits of Temperance in the upright position. Meanwhile, her pride in doing things one specific way, looking down on ways she sees ineffective, or how much she hates to hold still when she can take a hooves on approach are aspects of an inverted Temperance.

Samples:
First Person Sample: A Dear_mun post.
Third Person Sample: Here's one, and as a human too!
A lot of other samples I could give for Applejack would be found on Mayfield under her character tag.
kugimin: (Ugh...)

[personal profile] kugimin 2012-08-04 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
I forgot to add a note to ask if it's alright if she kept the levels and skills for her persona from last time (it was at level 23). Is that alright?
kugimin: (Yo)

[personal profile] kugimin 2012-08-04 09:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Thanks!!
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Hippocrates | OC | NOT RESERVED (pfffft)

[personal profile] aesculapianavowal 2012-08-05 01:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Player Info:
Nickname: Noka works!
Age: 18
Personal LJ/DW: piscineswimmer
Method of Contact: I'm automatically notified by any alert to my DW account.
plurk: rionoka
AIM: supnamesnoka
Steam: rinoka
Characters Played: N/A

Character Info:
Name: Hippocrates
Age: 12
Canon: Original Character (tm)
Pull Point: Before any actively interesting things happen (Pre-AS canon.)

Background Info:
History:
Link.

Appearance: because this is important and doesn't fit in Personality well
Hippocrates is a young kid of around 12, but has begun his way into becoming a teenager already, his voice not the squeaky one might expect from an 12 year old, but a somewhat deeper one that's still somewhat squeaky but hard to tell apart from a transitioning teen's voice. As well, he's grown to be lanky and 5'1-2" through the magic of growth spurts - and as such, can be really easily mistaken as a transitioning teen, for certain. He typically holds himself to a standard of kind formality that means he tends to stand up completely straight, and it's rare that he slouches unless outright exhausted. He has a color theme of dark olive-to-forest greens; dark green eyes, as well as a v-neck and t-shirt underneath, for practicality - he can take off the v-neck, should it get blood on it from handling a patient. (If you hadn't guessed, he typically doesn't wear formal doctor wear unless preforming medical procedure.) He avoids wearing shorts in favor of long pants, and typically wears sandals instead of closed toe shoes, more out of habit then any conscious decision. After all, they're very easy to take off. His hair is back and shaggy, and it's atypical that it ever gets styles - he prefers it messy and most likely wouldn't even style it for a formal event.

Personality:
Hippocrates does not act like one would expect an 12 year old to. This isn't because he's some whimsical sort of 2000 year old in a young child's body; rather, Hippocrates has been forced to grow up very quickly, simply because of his profession and how his world works. However, it's worth noting that he's been somewhat stunted because of this; he has some trust issues, doesn't understand how to treat adults (although this is greatly offset by the fact that he's kind and polite to everyone), and in general is still emotionally a kid, even if he disguises it with a mixture of his manner and his knowledge. He doesn't appreciate being looked down upon for his child status, due to the fact that he never got that sort of treatment in Gallifrey, and will heavily object to any attempts to reason that 'YOU ARE A CHILD THUS YOU SHOULD NOT FIGHT/WORK/ETC, AND INSTEAD GO TO SCHOOL'. Hippocrates knows things - he's learned everything he knows from books. As such, he's an expert about medicine, though he specifically believes in the teachings of his original self, Hippocrates, knows quite a bit of latin due to medical terminology, and is an expert at English - he has a huge vocabulary that severely outpaces many kids his age, which is a given, since he reads complex texts and comes out with full comprehension. He knows basic math, but doesn't care very much about more complex forms of it - just enough to manage his own funds and the hospital's paperwork. He knows point blank nothing about trig, calculus, or even geometry - only basic maths and some bits and pieces of algebra.

Hippocrates' firm belief in and reliance on his original self's teachings - Hippocratic medicine, as it's simply put - has manifested itself as him having a perpetual 'bedside manner'. Hippocratic medicine tells a doctor to be kind, gentle, and to keep the patient relaxed and rested. These are things that Hippocrates has taken firmly to heart in his bedside manner; much of the time that he talks to people, he tries to emulate those teachings. As such, Hippocrates has picked up the bad habit of withholding bad news - he won't reveal things that he knows will worry people unless he feels it's absolutely necessary. He's also picked up some bad habits that don't fit in with the concept of Hippocratic medicine, as well. In a world full of young violence and super strong patients, he's learned very quickly that if people won't see eye-to-eye with him, it's best to force them to do what he says. This wouldn't be a problem if he didn't, from his amount of medical knowledge, know vital pressure points to force people to (relatively peacefully) do as he says. He reasons it as being the 'lesser of two evils', the other being the patient running around like an idiot and getting themselves hurt worse. Hippocrates is still a frail young guy, for certain, and he really isn't tall enough to do this to adults as well as he can other kids. Still, he's very much aware of anatomical pressure points, and has a habit of forcing his way if it's "for the good of their health". As a side note, he's not very good at delivering jokes, notably, and prefers sarcasm if he needs a way to cheer someone up. Something to keep in mind is that, despite his deviation from Hippocratic properness, he cares about the wellbeing of everyone he knows even slightly personally and can put himself in danger in order to protect them at the drop of a hat - especially if it's his fault they're being attacked at all. Given that he's a frail 12 year old who focuses more on finesse then any sort of resistance to damage... this can end very poorly.

However, the idea that he'll force things with violence helps to explain Hippocrates' personality under the demeanor he puts up - he's very much an emotional child, and while he tries to restrain himself from emotional outbursts, he's very capable of tears or rages - although he'll never do a 'no good reason' tantrum. He's heavily driven to complete his goals, and the frustration that comes from failing to complete them - or be stopped from doing so - can provoke him like no tomorrow. He does try and be an adult and verbalize his problems, but if he's not convinced to stop then he just plain'll react with the polite equivalent of 'Won't stop, can't stop". If you're being an obstacle and won't listen to what he's trying to say, he will flat out ignore you and do it anyway. In the same vein, he has a list of "what dos" to follow in the face of adversity - one, talk. Two, go around. Three, fight it. Generally he won't approach the third unless there's any other option, but sometimes he'll have the tendency to make a shortcut right to it - for example, if he feels as though someone won't listen to reason about their injuries, he'll make an effort to outright knock them out via his anatomical knowledge so that he can force treatment. On an entirely different note, Hippocrates is incredibly hard to insult while in his bedside manner, and sometimes even out of it. He has no attachment to his gender or concept of what's manly or feminine, due to many of his friends being way outside those roles, and won't understand shots at his manliness or femininity. He also generally doesn't hold insults against people, especially if they're really shitty ones that are obviously not at all thought out, and would only ever really be provoked if he was already frustrated/pissed/etcetera. He's had 11-12 year old kids sling terrible insults at him when he incapacitates them and ties them to their beds. He's not phazed by this point.

All in all, Hippocrates is a young man with a sophisticated form of speaking and writing, a body and mind that don't agree with his actual age at all, and a very childish way of reacting to things in the way of getting what he wants under a shell of maturity, kindness, and properness. Some random notes would be that he definitely does play the part of mature, but defuses the pompous air he'd generate otherwise by leaving his hair messy and his clothing relatively casual. He's got a thing for sweets, no matter how childish he thinks that is, and is way happy to get his hands on anything sweet. He hates being treated like a burden or some kind of weakling just because he's a kid, and will do everything in his power to avoid being treated that way. Generally, in combat, he prefers long range weapons, with a preference towards crossbows, those being the ones he knows well - though he's a pro with a properly sharp scalpel.

Game Specific:
Arcana: Empress
Justification:
There are multiple parts to the Empress arcana, as properly detailed here.

Hippocrates' personality expresses many of them, and as time goes on, through character development, may grow to express even more of these qualities. His heavy focus on the natural side of growth and cures due to his belief in Hippocratic medicine is in touch with the Empress's association with nature at work; he believes heavily in health (being a doctor) and understanding and caring for all other people within his power. Similarly, when enraged, he tends to become a force to be reckoned with: a young child's furious, sometimes unreasonable form of response when properly aggravated. Many of the traits he might develop in growth would be mothering, abundance, understanding of the value of senses shared amongst people - all things he lacks but has the potential to grow into.


Samples:
First Person Sample:
[There's a young man who looks to be about 13-14 on the screen, giving a slightly confused, pretty formal look! Say hi, everyone.]
Does, perhaps, anyone have proper information on where I am and what is going on at the moment?
Better yet, does anyone know of a world called Humanitas?

[He looks like he dislikes even saying the name. He gets the joke and it's not funny, world namers. :|]

Whether or not you do, my name is Hippocrates, and I appear to be in a strange room of what I must assume is a hotel, and have found an envelope with a key and a card inside.

[Excuse him, raising up the envelope before setting it down and lifting up the key and his card to be properly viewed.]

Thank you for any help you can provide.

[He gives a small, polite smile before he goes to set down the key and card and switch off the display. he doesn't know anyone here how does he interact fdsa]

Third Person Sample:
It took Hippocrates a few seconds to realize that he wasn't in his normal bed.

It only took himself flinging himself out of bed and stepping towards the window to realize he wasn't exactly in Kansas anymore.

In processing that he was in an incredibly unfamiliar place that couldn't even remotely exist on his world, he also successfully processed the people who were most definitely not 12 walking along the streets. That was most definitely new. He quietly took a step back from the window - quickly closing the curtain in the process - before turning back and beginning to take in the room itself. It had little to nothing in it, except... a strange envelope. This impromptu discovery led to the tearing open of an envelope and him examining the contents with a curiousity that he'd probably only lose with age. He flipped the card over in his hands before settling it down onto the ripped open envelope. He could find someone to ask about that later. Probably. He'd seen people, after all.

It was at that point that he took inventory of himself. He was in casual clothes - despite remembering putting on pajamas - and a quick search of himself turned up absolutely nothing that he remembered. He didn't even have the wallet he'd gotten a while back, after his "father" was exiled, to keep track of his identification and funds. What a load of crap.

However, what did turn up was equally confusing as hell. He'd suddenly found himself with a phone he didn't even remember having, with a contact list that consisted of basically nobody he knew, with several applications he didn't even remotely comprehend the meaning of. However, there were a lot of things to push and look at.

And so, he did what came naturally to a young guy like him.

He fiddled.
Edited (whoops original character) 2012-08-06 23:38 (UTC)
ecthelion: (you have my attention)

Ein ♢ Riviera: the Promised Land ♢ Reserved

[personal profile] ecthelion 2012-08-06 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
This is the will of the gods.

(We will probably need to have a discussion about Einherjar...)
ecthelion: (worried)

Revised!

[personal profile] ecthelion 2012-08-06 10:57 pm (UTC)(link)
I've edited the original app to include this, but I'll also reproduce it here:
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[Wandering through the city today is a young man.

The sights of Prospero are of a kind he'd never even imagined, and he idly wonders why there don't seem to be any people around. Until he spots you, of course.

At that point, he starts running towards you, happy to see someone. His eyes are full of life, but he's nervous. He must have come out of something important...]


What happened, where is this?

[The tension in his voice is impossible to hide, but he's trying his best to.]

Are my friends okay? Please, I need to know if you've seen them!
----
And thanks for answering my question!
Edited 2012-08-06 22:58 (UTC)
blackwyrm: ((condescending))

Kirito | Sword Art Online | Not Reserved

[personal profile] blackwyrm 2012-08-07 08:25 am (UTC)(link)

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