sabra_la_mods

Please read these guidelines carefully, as failure to complete the application properly may result in a need for revision or outright rejection. Be sure that you have also read the Rules and General Info pages, the latter of which contains information necessary to write your RP sample.

Apping New Characters

In general, all answers besides the first two should be answered in full sentences with a reasonable grasp of the English language. Run it through a spell-checker; make your Grammar Nazi friend take a look at it. Nothing here needs to be a college thesis, but a little proof-reading can go a long way. We do not demand that your paragraph breaks come at an editorially ideal point, but we do demand that they exist.

We are also looking for insight over length. A longer application is not always better! Take the space you need to give a well-thought-out answer, but walls and walls of text will definitely not speed up the approval process.

Contact/Personal Info
A comment separate from your app with your name, preferred journal, and email. Making it a separate comment lets us know who you are, but lets us keep your email address screened.

Canon (and version, if applicable)
Should be pretty straightforward!

Reference Picture and Wiki link (again, if applicable)
Again, pretty straightforward!

Point in the time-line taken Whether the character comes from the end of the series or a point partway through. For characters being apped from ongoing canons, we ask that you pick a definite spot to start from, though you are welcome to add memories past that point when your canon progresses.

Character History
A brief summary of your characters history, just so the mods have at least a little background to go on. This section generally need be no longer than 300 words, and if it takes up more than an entire comment you have done it wrong.

Motivation
Basically, why this character would willingly agree to come to Sabra. What you write in here isn't set in stone, especially for ongoing canons, and doesn't have to be that SPECIFIC WISH, but show us you're thinking about it at the least!

Canon Personality
Can be a little longer than the history, if necessary.

Blank Personality
The most important section! Please explain what personality traits you believe your character will lose and retain upon arriving in Sabra La Tau and why. Analysis of why your characters do what they do, and how their memories shape those actions is necessary to give an acceptable answer to this section; simply listing how your character will act is not enough.

Some characters may act in an extremely similar fashion to their canon selves and some may act radically different. However, in either case, we want you to explain why. We want the players to chose for themselves what their character would be like sans memories, but unsupportable (or simply unsupported) answers will be rejected.

Writing Sample
Your character receives the recording that all Blanks receive upon awakening. Describe both the recording and your character's reaction in a ~300 word third-person sample. Yes, it may seem strange to have a third-person sample required in a first-person RP, however, this will give you a chance to show off your grasp of both the canon and Blank incarnation of your character. Don't worry about your purple prose or deadly allergy to adverbs; what we are looking for here is characterization and an interesting spin. Please also keep in mind what can and can't be in that video.

As a general rule of thumb, we tend to prefer apps that describe the Blanks' reaction to seeing themselves in the message over the ones that concentrate on the Blanks' reaction to the room or their own sense of confusion. Introspection is key! How would your Blank's reaction be different from other Blanks?

Contact/Personal Info comment (separate from your app!):

App form:

Reapping Dropped Characters

This app form is for those of you who have dropped a character and wish to pick that character back up. It is NOT for a player who wishes to app a character that someone else has dropped; those characters will use the normal app form and start over as a fresh Blank.

Character Name:

State before they left:
Give a brief description of the character's emotions/state of mind up to the point where they stopped being an active character.

IC day they were dropped:
Gives a good idea of how much IC time they've been away.

Destination:
Where were they, and, if they were with a judge, what was their time away like? For instance, if you went off to frolic with the Foreman, you spent time working just like he said! You were super happy and well fed. You feel like you had the springtime of your life but you really can't remember any of the details! Why? Because you were a giant cave ant at the time! You lucky dog. While it's not strictly necessary to go into much detail about your life as an ant, it makes Foreman conversations in the future more fun.

Reaction to their time away:
This section will vary depending on where your character ended up. Also, if you wish to reset your character and have them join a different unit, this is the place to let us know!
- If they were in the pillar, how will it affect your character to have been completely immobilized, in a semi-conscious state, for the aforementioned amount of time?
- If they were with the Foreman, they spent their time away as a GIANT ANT. What effects did their time away have on them? Mood improvement? Strength and constitution up? Just put on muscle weight? Regained health? Zen with the world?
- If they were with their unit's patron or otherwise away, how was it? What effects did or will it have on their physical and mental health?

Reapp form:

Application Status: CLOSED except for reapps

Applications for new characters are no longer currently being accepted at this stage of the game. Any apps posted will be automatically declined.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Your Name: Kaysha Silva
Journal:

strange_chan at Livejournal
Email Address: justanotherjukeboxhero@gmail.com

Character Name: Sawada Tsunayoshi
Canon: Katekyo Hitman Reborn
Reference picture and Wiki link: Picture (“http://i58.photobucket.com/albums/g257/strange_chan/tsuna-1.png”) and Wiki (“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuna_Sawada”)
Point in the time-line taken:Katekyo Hitman Reborn is an ongoing series. The point in the timeline I am choosing to take Tsuna from is the middle of the future arc, just before the invasion of the Millefiore base.

Character History: Sawada Tsunayoshi (‘Tsuna’ for short) was an all-around below average loser. He flunked quizzes, failed at sports, and couldn’t get the girl….hence, a loser. Known throughout Namimori middle school as “No-Good Tsuna”, he was well aware of his lot in life. He was surprisingly at peace with his failure of an existence, but it turned out the life he expected was not the life he was in store for. The day Tsuna met the baby hitman Reborn was the day his average life became a complicated mafia nightmare.

His candidacy for tenth boss of the Vongola famiglia was not only presented to him, but shoved down his throat. And, despite his protests, training commenced from that day forward. Like a rollercoaster, this journey had it’s ups and downs, but charged through it all at full speed with no option of getting off the ride. The days were filled with new , unwanted responsibilities and enemies that were each stronger than the last. As the days went by, the training became tougher and tougher and more and more it began to look like there was no way out. It wasn’t all bad though, as he built up his family with a variety of new found friends who not only helped him in fights, but also gave him a reason to fight.

Perhaps the most important thing Tsuna gained, however, was a a stronger sense of self. Since meeting the baby hitman, Tsuna has changed quite a bit. He has gained friends and learned to deal with responsibilities. Though it wasn’t the life he wanted, it was the life he needed to become more than “No-Good Tsuna”. And yet, despite all of his experiences and personal growth, his reluctance to accept his newfound title remains.

Motivation Tsuna’s motivation has much to do with the point in the timeline that I’m taking him from. The battle against Byakuran is the toughest he and his guardians have had to face. The fact that their future selves failed does not help to improve morale. However, if they do not win this battle, the terrible future they’ve been brought to will come to pass.

Tsuna would come to Sabra with the wish that going through all of this will help him to win the battle against Byakuran and save the future. Although Tsuna has no wish to be the head of the Vongola famiglia, he does wish to do everything in his power to keep his famiglia safe.

Apps

Application Status: CLOSED except for reapps

Sawada Tsunayoshi