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✦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 tvk does allow posts from 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 <font size="5" color="#00b2ee" face="georgia"><b>Player Info:</b></font><br /><b>Nickname:</b> <br /><b>Age:</b> <br /><b>Personal LJ/DW:</b><br /><b>Method of Contact:</b><br /><b>Characters Played:</b><br /><br /><font size="5" color="#00b2ee" face="georgia"><b>Character Info:</b></font><br /><b>Name:</b><br /><b>Age:</b><br /><b>Canon:</b><br /><b>Pull Point:</b><br /><br /><font size="5" color="#00b2ee" face="georgia"><b>Background Info:</b></font><br /><b>History:</b><br /><b>Personality:</b><br /><br /><font size="5" color="#00b2ee" face="georgia"><b>Game Specific:</b></font><br /><b>Arcana:</b><br /><b>Justification:</b><br /><br /><font size="5" color="#00b2ee" face="georgia"><br /><b>Samples:</b></font><br /><b>First Person Sample:</b><br /><b>Third Person Sample:</b> 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.

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Pellegri | Xenosaga | Reserved

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✦ Consider introducing yourself in tvkooc.
✦ Additional pages for housing and other information may be found in our directory listing.

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It should also be mentioned that your character is being accepted in the middle of a current game-wide event. Details of the event can be found at this post. If there are any questions, the mod team will be glad to cover them in the linked post. Enjoy!

Yeshua / chaos || Xenosaga || Reserved

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Application here

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Zelgius | Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn | Reserved

[covermyback]

Player Info:
Nickname: Sami
Age:
Personal DW: sami_fire
Method of Contact: I'm SamiFire on Plurk.
Characters Played: None!

Character Info:
Name: Zelgius
Age: Unknown, but he appears to be in his 20's.
Canon: Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance/Radiant Dawn
Pull Point: Just before his death as the Black Knight

Background Info:
History: Backstory Wiki Link

Zelgius was born in Daein. From his birth, he had a mark on his back- a "brand"- that signified that he had some Laguz blood in his ancestry somewhere. According to him, someone on his father's side was with a Laguz. (For reference, the Laguz are a race of people that can turn into various animals, while humans are called Beorc.) People with this mark are shunned by both Laguz and Beorc; neither side wants anything to do with them. As a result, Zelgius grew up hated by his family and as a source of shame for them. To escape this treatment, he joined the Daein army and served under General Gawain, studying swordsmanship under him as well. He developed an immense respect for his general, to the point that his dream was eventually to fight with him personally.

During his time as a soldier, he encountered Sephiran, the Prime Minister of Begnion. He showed his brand to Sephiran and asked if it could possibly be removed. He also mentioned that, due to being a Branded, he was aging more slowly and would have to leave the army to avoid detection. Sephiran and Zelgius made an agreement that, after he left the Daein army, Zelgius would seek out Sephiran and join him in his task. When Zelgius left the army, he did as he was told and joined Sephiran, becoming one of Begnion's top generals in the process.

When Path of Radiance begins, Zelgius has become one of Daein's Four Riders under the guise of the mysterious Black Knight. He finds Gawain (now known as Greil, Ike's father) and kills him in a fight, becoming Ike's enemy in the process. He spends most of the game aiding Ashnard's efforts to spark war across Tellius. He does appear to Ike's group as Zelgius when he asks if Begnion can aid Ike's army, but his offer is refused. Later, he duels with Ike as the Black Knight before disappearing for the rest of the game, thought to have been killed in the collapse of the castle he was in.

In Radiant Dawn, Zelgius (again as the Black Knight) assists Micaiah in various ways, such as saving her from being assassinated. He fights on the side of Daein until he is called back to Begnion to fight the Laguz Alliance. The war progresses until the goddess Ashera unleashes her judgment and turns all the people to stone. Then, Zelgius waits in the Guidance Tower for Ike and his army. Zelgius loses his final battle with Ike and dies satisfied that, in facing Ike, he fought General Gawain at the height of his power. However, he is taken to Prospero just before he dies completely...


Personality: Zelgius is, above all, incredibly loyal to his masters. He rarely strayed from Sephiran's orders during the whole storyline; the only thing he did that wasn't ordered by Sephiran was seeking out and killing Greil (Gawain). One could say that he was utterly devoted to Sephiran after he joined him, and such devotion makes sense considering their relationship. Sephiran was the only person that Zelgius ever trusted enough to get close to and show his brand to. That gesture alone implies a massive amount of trust from Zelgius and perhaps justifies his loyalty.

The ones Zelgius places his loyalty in are people he admires on a deep level- and even then, there must be some sort of special element in place in order for him to perform what he considers the ultimate act of trust: revealing his brand. As much as Zelgius worshipped General Gawain, it's not likely that he would actually show him his brand. The only reason Sephiran even got to see Zelgius's brand was that Zelgius thought Sephiran might be able to remove it. Nonetheless, Sephiran clearly had something special about him that made Zelgius decide to risk scorn and reveal his brand.

Zelgius can also be something of a strength seeker. He idolized General Gawain and longed to equal and perhaps exceed him. It can be taken to mean that perhaps he sees his strength as the one thing he permanently "has." People betray him and nothing else in his life seems permanent but his strength and his brand, which is more of a loss than anything else. The way he was so consumed by his desire to fight his general implies a bit of an obsessive or singleminded quality to him.

On the note of his brand, Zelgius is a man who is very much defined by his status as a Branded. A life of being looked down upon and scorned by others has given him rather low self-worth. He never gets close to anyone for fear of discovery and subsequently being the subject of hate and shame once more; Sephiran is the sole exception. The fear of being scorned once more is a gaping vulnerability in this otherwise powerful man's defenses. He lived a sad life alone... or at least, he was alone until he met Sephiran.

That fear of discovery seems to be his one dominating fear. He doesn't even fear death as much as he fears seeing shame or hatred in another's eyes. That may be partly why he joined the Daein army in the first place; the scorn from his family rendered his self-worth so low that he didn't care if he died in battle. The fear defines many aspects of his life, such as his persistent loneliness and his refusal to get close to people.

Game Specific:
Arcana: Emperor
Justification: As a general, Zelgius definitely fits the Emperor arcana qualities of authority, leadership, and decision making skills. He is in a position of authority and leadership that requires good decision making skills. His authority also can be hampered by the effects of the reversed emperor- that is, it can be lost or manipulated (one Begnion senator just flat-out steals the command from under his nose at one point).


Samples:
First Person Sample:
[Video]

[Zelgius stares into the camera before he begins to speak.]

First, I would like to thank the person who taught me to use this device. I have never seen anything like it, so without your guidance, I would most likely still be at a loss with it.

As for the matter at hand... I will make this brief. I wish to train on Shadows lurking throughout the city and in that dungeon I have heard people talking about. Who wishes to meet with me during the Dark Hour and train? Please let me know. My Persona is very physically-oriented, so a magic-using Persona would be a good complement to my skills. If you wish to train, however, do not let the kind of Persona you have stop you. All party members will be welcomed. Thank you.


Third Person Sample:

Zelgius awoke in the strange room that he had lived in for several days now. He still couldn't get used to this place; the room was made of materials that he had never seen before. Furthermore, he was still struggling with various modern appliances. Not even after someone had politely explained it to him did he understand how the microwave in his hotel room worked did he fully understand the mysterious machine that made food hot (and exploded eggs, something he found out the hard way). The same went for the refrigerator. How did it keep food cold? Did the light always stay on? Why was there even a light in there to begin with? Zelgius simply could not keep up.

And, naturally, Zelgius was befuddled by the cell phone he had received upon arrival to Prospero. What bizarre magic was this? It responded to touch, and displayed information when he poked certain things. The relationship between the poking and what came up on the screen was a bit easy to solidify in his mind, but there were still difficulties in using it. He had trouble making posts to the network because he could never tell when the device was recording or not. In the end, he settled for making text posts. This world was going to take some getting used to, and so he had to learn how to communicate and gain information. If only everything just wasn't so confusing...

Fattycakes/"Billy Feen" | Original Character | Not Reserved

[puubuu]

Player Info:
Nickname: Sami
Age: 20
Personal DW: sami_fire
Method of Contact: I'm SamiFire on Plurk.
Characters Played: None currently, but I've also apped Zelgius this round.



Character Info:
Name: Fattycakes (Human name: Billy Feen)
Age: As a Puffski, he's an adult, but as a human in Prospero he's about 10 years old. His true/chronological age is unknown.
Canon: Original Character
Pull Point: After leaving his friend's world for his home world.

Background Info:
Physical Appearance (included for the sake of reference): Here's a picture of him.

Fattycakes is a small (about five inches high), round, puffy creature called a Puffski. His head is shaped like a nub. His eyes are almost totally black except for a small ring of white sclera around them. His fur is tan in color, but in some lights it can appear golden. He's a very simple being; there's not so much to describe about him physically.

As "Billy," Fattycakes is a little boy (about 10 years old). He has blonde hair and dark brown eyes. He has a bit of baby fat on him still, so he still has those chubby, pinchable-looking cheeks. He wears an oversized yellow T-shirt (like... it's definitely made for a larger adult, that's how big it is) and black shorts. He's a rather simple character, design-wise. [No, it doesn't match his current PB at all... I'm going to be getting icons that match better, so please bear with me.]


History: Fattycakes was born on the Puffski home planet- or rather, he was created by their mother goddess, making him one of the first-generation Puffskis (future generations would be born through natural reproduction). In his early years, he didn't even have a name; he was just an ordinary Puffski, puuing and buuing around the home planet. However, when Puffskis were given their multiverse-traveling powers, he took off around the multiverse in search of adventure. He visited a great many worlds of varying qualities- high-tech worlds, fantasy-type worlds, and even normal worlds like our own (though probably no worlds occupied by current Prospero residents). His travels gave him skills not possessed by many other Puffskis, including his keen navigational sense and the ability to naturally speak a few more syllables than most Puffskis could, including the ones required for the name he would be given in the future.

In one world much like ours, Fattycakes met a young human girl who became his best friend. He would return to her after traveling elsewhere, and the two became so close that he kept the name she gave him as a badge of their friendship. From the day she gave it to him onward, he would introduce himself with a "Fa-tty-cakes!" whenever he encountered a new person. To this day, even though he is away from her more frequently than he used to be, he will still return to her every so often to tell her the tales of far away worlds.

Speaking of tale-telling, Fattycakes eventually became a sort of traveling bard to the Puffskis on the home planet and to those who had settled elsewhere, a Puffski that would travel around the multiverse and then return with fantastic tales. When not residing with his friend, he would find a Puffski settlement and hole up with them for a while while relaying the stories of the worlds he had been to. Before being brought to Prospero, he was getting ready to make a trip back to the home world from his friend's world for another round of tale-telling, but it seems that he would have to explore another world before going home... a world where he would gain a human form and have to choose a human name. "Billy Feen" was (or rather, will be) something he made (makes) up on the spot.


Personality: If he is anything, Fattycakes is incredibly cheery and happy-go-lucky. He is practically a little ray of sunshine, always happy and curious. However, he is also very childlike, and prone to the occasional tantrum when things don't quite go his way. Curiously, he can flipflop between playful, childlike behavior and a surprisingly adult demeanor, showing that he has a mature side to him that isn't all fluff and puff. That serious side is something he picked up from his adventures, which have had a few solemn situations; not all Puffskis have the ability to even switch on a serious mode, except when there's danger (in which case they might just panic instead of getting serious) or when Pufflings (baby Puffskis) are involved.

One thing that should be said is that, if he cries, it doesn't always mean that he's sad. He can be a tad manipulative in his own cutesy way, and sometimes he cries just for the sake of crying, or out of frustration or to get his way. He is known to periodically eat pies cooling on windowsills and then cry about them being too hot (even though it was his fault he ate something too hot anyway).

Like most Puffskis, he is quite mischievous and has no qualms about getting up to silly pranks and antics. If he eats something messy, he might pout and grumble until someone wipes his face off for him. He loves amusing others; playing with humans and joining in on their activities is his favorite thing to do. He is sociable and will try to interact with others whenever possible. He tends to avoid sad people because he doesn't like being in situations that are too serious, but if he thinks he can cheer someone up, he will.

When push comes to shove, Fattycakes can be surprisingly brave and show some leadership skills that other Puffskis may not possess. While he may not be able to do any fighting himself, he can use his reputation to lead his fellow Puffskis. If he can't quite lead them into battle, he can lead them on small missions that humans set up. On one adventure, he had to do just this. With a triumphant puu, he led his fellow Puffskis on an espionage mission of sorts through a villain's castle in order to get a grasp of its layout.

Game Specific:
Arcana: Sun
Justification: With such a sunny disposition, why shouldn't he be the Sun? The Sun represents a great many positive aspects, "joy" being the most relevant to Fattycakes. There are also many superstitions regarding Puffskis bringing good luck to people (in the worlds where they exist anyway), so "bright future" and "good health" fits well too. As for the reverse... Fattycakes periodically has little failures, like when he tries to get something beyond his reach (there's only so much that looking cute and asking politely can do for you, after all). Hyperactivity can most certainly occur in Puffskis, leading to lots of jittering around but no actual progress.


Samples:
First Person Sample:

Hi, hi, everybody! My name is Fattycakes, but if you don't feel comfortable with that, you can call me Billy.

I'm really happy as a human right now, buu! I hear people lose their powers when they come to Prospero, but the powers I'd have lost don't really matter right now because I have things I can use in place of them! Normally, we'd have to pick things up sort of... magically, but because I have hands now, I don't have to worry about that! It's so cool!

Oh, speaking of powers, I'd like to tell you about my Persona! Her name is Frigg, and she specializes in healing, analysis, and Light spells. She feels a lot like my Mama back home, somehow. My Mama is a goddess, too. I won't get the analysis and Light skills till I get stronger, but I have the healing right now, so if you need a healer for your trips, go ahead and ask me! I'll be good and I promise I won't get into trouble!


Third Person Sample:

Fattycakes was really, really excited to be a human.

He could run, he could grab things, he didn't have to be carried everywhere... and, foremost on his mind, he could go to school like a real boy. He would learn all kinds of things that humans knew, and he would return home and become a Puffski sage! Or something like that. Did this school require uniforms? He would rock the uniform, definitely! If the school didn't require uniforms... uh... someone was going to have to take him clothes shopping. He never really took much notice in human fashion (not even when people made clothes specifically for his little Puffski body), so he was going to look like he got dressed in the dark without some help. He couldn't just wear comfy oversized t-shirts forever.

Fattycakes was having one difficulty, however. He was having trouble remembering that he had chosen "Billy" as his human name, and so he wouldn't always respond to it. He had lived as Fattycakes for so long that he couldn't even remember the time when he didn't have a name. Switching to a new one was going to be a little difficult, to say the least. It didn't help that he had just chosen Billy on a whim and there was no real significance behind it. Well, he liked the name and thought it was nice and simple and fit him well, but there still wasn't much behind it. Ah, he would learn eventually. There were too many adventures for him to go on to worry about these kinds of things.

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Kyoji Kasshu | Mobile Fighter G Gundam | Reserved

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App is here!

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