application

[thalassino]

◣ Application ◢

APPLICATIONS ARE Closed

Applications will always be open from the 22nd until the end of the month, 12:00am EST.


Please note that as of July 28th, Vatheon will start working towards end game.

August 31st is the last day for applying. We will no longer open applications after that. Thank you for your consideration.

» Please make sure that you read the rules, and check the reserves before applying. People who do not read the rules will be rejected immediately.

» You are allowed to apply for two characters per application cycle. You may also reserve two characters. We will try to review each application as soon as possible. If longer than a week has passed and you have not heard back anything about your application, please drop us a message.

» Don't lie in your application. Don't copy / paste things from wiki. Keep what you post in your application strictly you. Sure, it's hard to add your own flair to writing history or a personality, but try to keep from summarizing too much. Show us your shine! Plagiarizing another player's application is ground for an immediate rejection.

» If someone has a reserve for a character, and you want to apply for them, you have the choice of either A) challenging the application with one of your own or B) waiting until the reserve expires and then applying/reserving as the character. If you challenge the original reserver, your application will not be reviewed until the original reserver has submitted theirs.

» Currently, the character limit is five characters. Any more is up to the mods, and must be discussed ahead of time with them. You may only apply for two characters from the same canon.

» Keep spamming to a minimum on the applications. Wait until that person is accepted into the game before holding out a conversation on a thread. Comment spamming here makes things cluttered, and a mod may accidentally miss something important. ( But feel free to comment-spam the Reserve page, if you'd like. )

» Please don't skip over any section of the application below.

» Please finish your application before posting. We reserve the right to decline any applications that are still unfinished when we process them.

» When reviewing applications, we take opinions of our members into consideration. If you would like to make a comment about an app that is being decided upon, do not hesitate. Here is where you can leave a comment with what you thought of another app. All comments will be screened for privacy, and the option to be anon will be left on. Do note, player opinions do not decide if an application is accepted or not, but will be taken into consideration.

☆ Player - - -

( Player Name ) : A nickname will work. Whatever you would like to be listed as.
( Personal DW ) : Not your character's journal. Your own, just in case one of the mods ever needs to contact you that way.
( Age ) : No players under the age of 15, please!
( Timezone ) : Just for reference sake!
( Other Characters ) : At Vatheon, that is. Please list in the following format.
Character ( Character's Journal ) | Series

☆ Character - - -

( Character's Name ) :
( Character's Age ) : There is no set age limit for the characters, and in fact, this is very flexible. So long as your character is mature enough to take care of him or herself and is mature enough for the game, they can be apped! As a basic guideline, think the maturity of someone around the age of 13 or so.
( Series ) :
( Canon Point ) : What part of the story of the series is your character coming in after? Did he or she just die? Did something traumatic just happen? Is it near the end, the beginning, or the middle? Tell us!
( Playability ) : If you are apping your second person for a particular canon, please give us a quick reasoning on why the characters would not be extensively interacting/how you are planning to avoid any playercest issues. If you are not apping from a canon you already play in, please disregard this section.

( History ) : You may provide us with a link to a wiki-page, or something else that will sufficiently give the Community and the mods background on your canon. If you wish to write out the history yourself, you still may do such.

( Personality ) : Probably the most important part of the application! Tell us what your character is like. We're looking for a well-developed analysis of the character. Perhaps between three to five paragraphs, roughly. Feel free to do more or less, however, if you think that better suits you. Most applications will be closer to the three than the five, and that's completely okay!

Just make sure to hit on crucial aspects of that character. What does he or she like? What does he or she hate? What are his or her motives? What parts of your character's past influenced how they are? Does your character act differently in front of different groups of people? Think of these questions as you write. Feel free to go off the page and focus on other questions. The above questions were just to get you thinking.

( Strengths/Weaknesses ) : So tell us! What can your character do well? What is your character weak against? Any cool spells? Good at picking locks? Anything you can think of, put it here.

( Other Important Facts ) : Have something else important to mention about your character that doesn't really fit in anywhere else? Be sure to include it here!

( Sample ) : This can be in first person or third person. There's no limit to your sample post. Just be sure to include your character's voice. Don't just write your character walking around! Be sure to include thoughts, quirks, and anything else that shows us you know your character. How would he or she react to the mark? How would he or she react to waking up some place new? Is he or she still brooding over something? The sample does not have to be set in Vatheon. You may also link to other roleplay threads; just be sure to give us something that shows how you plan to play them and clearly shows their voice! Or feel free to do a few of the above. Whatever you think will best show your characterization.

Please note! If you are linking samples, please make sure that at least one sample is from within the last three months. You are still free to link other samples that are older in addition, if you feel these would help show your ability to play the character, but at least one sample needs to be recent. Thank you.

If you are unable to think of a good starting point for a sample, we collected some prompts of situations that are pretty likely to happen within Vatheon to start you off. You are very welcome to deviate from these prompts or come up with something completely new. This is just something to hopefully help you get started:

☆ A new curse has settled upon the city of Vatheon: Suddenly you character realizes they are unable to lie for the duration of a week. How do they react?

☆ What is this? Is that rain? How nice-- wait a minute, is it raining rubber duckies? Seriously?

☆ Suddenly, by the force of Vatheon, an over zealous npc, or even your character's friends playing a joke, your character suddenly finds themselves wearing clothes they otherwise would never wear. What do?

☆ The city of Vatheon is under attack (again). Giant sea-creatures are wrecking the city (again). Time to prepare for battle.

☆ A new plot development has happened and your character has decided to get some more information from one of the NPCs. How do they proceed?

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) : Tell us here!

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APPLICATIONS ARE Closed


☆ ☆ ☆

GETTING STARTED: premise ☆ rules ☆ taken ☆ reserves ☆ applications
GAME INFO: faq ☆ the city ☆ the island ☆ nostalgia nook ☆ welcome brochure ☆ information database
OOC INFO: mod contact ☆ player contact ☆ dropping ☆ hiatus ☆ residency

INDEX

vatheon ☆ caughtinanetwork ☆ vatheonooc ☆ batheon

Comments

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

DECLINED

[thalassino]

☆ Declined - - -

We're sorry, but at this time we will have to decline your application.

Unfortunately, we are unable to accept your application at this time. While the overall application was good, there were a few points that seemed weaker than the other Psiioniic application. Thank you for submitting your application, and you're welcome to apply for any other character here!

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

DECLINED

[thalassino]

☆ Declined - - -

We're sorry, but at this time we will have to decline your application.

The entirety of the application is sparse, and gives a very basic and disorganized synopsis of Noel's character; not to mention all the grammatical/formatting mistakes that make it difficult to read as a whole. There is simply so much more that could be mentioned giving his major role in the canon, making this application too weak to accept.

Overall, it doesn't seem as if the application shows your knowledge of character well enough and we'll have to deny it. We suggest trying again next app round after a thorough canon review. Thank you for considering us!

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

[stickinthemud]

Question! Is it okay if Noishe arrives alongside Yuan? He's technically not Yuan's pet, but there's general cast approval. So he wouldn't be Yuan's pet, he'd be shared by the entire Symphonia cast.

Re: DECLINED

[miracle_seeker]

Hmm.

I'll retry and apply again. Thanks.

[thalassino]

Most of the pets allowed in Vatheon right now are smaller animals (livestock such as horses and other animals of that general size aren't allowed). Because Noishe's larger size and ability for transportation is a bit tricky, we're going to say no for right now.

Hope that helps!

[stickinthemud]

Awww, well, that's okay. Thanks anyway!

Dr. Franken Stein || Soul Eater || No Reserve

[suture_guy]

"Let's see, how should I begin my experiment?"

Burgh | Pokemon | Not Reseved

[creative_lovebug]

[ Player Name ] : Seph
[ Personal DW ] : N/A
[ Age ] : 26
[ Timezone ] : UK GMT
[ Other Characters ] : Wallace [champ_coordinator]


[ Character's Name ] : Burgh
[ Character's Age ] : Around 25
[ Series ] : Pokemon
[ Canon Point ] : During Black and White when Team Plasma are trying to cause chaos throughout the Unova region.

[ History ] :

Burgh (Japanese: アーティ Arti) is the Gym Leader of Castelia City Gym, known officially as the Castelie Gym. He specializes in Bug-type Pokémon and gives the Insect Bdge to Trainers who defeat him.

Burgh appears in Pokemon Black and White as the Gym Leader of Castelia City's Gym, the third Gym to be challenged by the player. He is also an artist and apparently started his career in Nacrene City, which he often comes back to when he gets "artist's block." Trainers who defeat Burgh will receive the Insect Badge, along with TM76 Struggle Bug.

He also reappears at N's Castle where he and the other Unova Gym Leaders hold off the Seven Sages.In Pokemon Black and White 2, Burgh returns as a Gym Leader. The TM Burgh gives away remains the same.

During the anime:

Burgh was first shown wrapped up in his green poncho and hanging on a rope to live like a forest Pokémon. Ash and Iris see this and were obviously surprised, before he unraveled and told them not to make too much noise. Burgh is also a fashion designing genius prodigy, but was having a hard time coming up with new ideas, so he said he goes to the forest to find inspiration. He also teaches Ash and Iris about studying Pokémon and getting to know them before capturing them. After seeing Sewaddle and Ash's bonding in front of the sunset, he gets his latest inspiration and heads back to his hometown to create new designs and waits for Ash to arrive and challenge him.


[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :

Burgh has a strength with using Bug-type Pokemon and has the ability to "talk" with them. He uses his complex knowledge of Bug-types to communicate and gain their friendship. He also sleeps out within the forest to try and gain a better understanding of Bug-types. He sees himself as trying to gain a "pure heart" while seeking inspiration for his artwork at the same time.

As well as a Bug-type trainer and Gym Leader, Burgh is an accomplish artist. He often has mood swings between being happy and content to depressed and lonely. A common trait amongst artists. His weakness would be lack of inspiration which causes him to withdraw amongst himself and lie among the trees for days on end until his inspiration picks up once more. Burgh's personality can waver between finding his true inspiration around Bug-types and not knowing what to do next. Unpredictability is one of Burgh's weaknesses.

Overall, his strengths lie in doing good for the world and setting things to balance within their own harmony. He is good with people and Bug-type Pokemon and tends to get on well with others. A strength would be his out-going personality.

[ Personality ] :

Burgh comes across as a rather out-going but somewhat shy artist. His personality can change from knowing what to do one moment to losing his inspiration and withdrawing into himself. Spending nights within Pinwheel Forest helps him connect with his "inner self" and regain a "pure heart" in knowing about nature. He is good with animals, especially Bug-type Pokemon. He'd do anything and everything to protect them against danger. Even putting himself at risk. He has a fierce temper if someone ever activates it. Luckily, he has never gone off into a tantrum much in the past.

Mood swings dominate much of Burgh's personality as he tries to find inspiration within the world of Pokemon. He mixes art with training and has found the unique blend in finding where he wants to go. Being the leader of the Castelia City gym, he is responsible and can often be found playing the leader wherever situations show themselves.

His clothes reflect is rather dandy appearance as he takes pride in how he looks. Being an artist, he believes projecting his outward personality and his love of Bug-types makes him the person he is. Most people may think him slightly effeminate due to the way he dresses. Burgh doesn't care if people think him gay or straight, it is how one acts that defies themselves. He believes in that. He is also a fashion designer, using his Pokemon to help him design clothes and costumes. His own clothes were designed by himself and the help of his Pokemon.

He believes against what Team Plasma are doing within the Unova region and vows to help stop them with the other Gym leaders. Hurting Pokemon is something Burgh cannot stand at any cost. He believes that being at harmony with one's Pokemon is how you reach your true potential and inner peace.


[ Other Important Facts ] :

His Japanese title is モスト・インセクト・アーティスト / Mosuto Insekuto Aateisuto. "Most Insect Artist"
BW Episode 018 "Yaguruma Forest! Kurumiru and Arti!!" mentions that Burgh likes salad made from berries.

In the games, Burgh's gym resembles a beehive while Bugsy's gym resembles a Forest and a spiderweb.
Burgh is the second Gym Leader to use Bug Pokemon, the first is Bugsy of Azelea Town in Johto.


[ Sample ] :

What is this? Is that rain? How nice-- wait a minute, is it raining rubber duckies? Seriously.

Burgh was sleeping amongst the canopy on top of a nearby tree as he usually did. He was trying to connect his focus between Bug-type Pokemon and himself. He often did. What was that pit-pat noise coming around him? Was it raining? He had felt no water on his body. He opened his eyes slowly and gasped. What the?-

Rubber ducks? He looked up and couldn't believe what he was seeing. Lots and lots of rubber ducks were....falling from the sky? But, how was that even possible?! Where on earth was he? He stood up and felt one duck hit him on the head. Ow. Jumping down from the tree, he rubbed his head and used his green cloak to protect himself from the duck downpour. He sheltered underneath the tree and pulled out his sketchpad. He began furously trying to record what he was seeing by sketching the ducks falling from the sky. Rubber ducks falling from the sky.

Was he dreaming? He pinched himself to make sure. Nope, that hurt. The bump on his head was real enough too. "What is going on?" He whispered to himself. He often spoke to himself sometimes to get his thought processes working. Eccentric perhaps but Burgh didn't care what others thought of him. He was an artist and art was everything. Some people just didn't understand. What could he do about it? Would the ducks stop on their own? "Sewaddle, you might want to see this." Burgh spoke to the Pokeball attached to his belt. He unhooked the ball and threw it out into the sky. Out came Sewaddle, the caterpillar Pokemon and immediately hid under Burgh's cloak. It was unsure aboutt he ducks as he was. "Sewaddle?" It looked at it's master and frowned. Burgh gave the small creature a stroke on it's leafy head.

"It's alright. Something odd is happening but I find it beautiful and strange at the same time. Don't you, Sewaddle?" He looked to his frightened Pokemon. Sewaddle just poked at one of the rubber ducks on the floor by their feet. Burgh felt as if he were witnessing something magical and special. Like he was within a dream but still within reality. Suddenly, the duck downpour stopped. Burgh sighed. "That was exciting, wasn't it, Sewaddle?" He put his sketchpad away and leaned back against the tree.

DECLINED

[thalassino]

☆ Declined - - -

We're sorry, but at this time we will have to decline your application.

You are only allowed to apply for two characters per application cycle, as stated in our second application rule. However, you are free to apply for this character next cycle.

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
☆ While not required, it is highly suggested that you set up a voicemail entry for your character. Be sure to use the ‘date out of order’ option!
☆ While you are free to intro however you see fit, we advise you to take a look at Vatheon's monthly mingle log information. Intros aside, it also provides an excellent opportunity for CR building.
☆ Please note that your character will arrive with a welcoming brochure on-hand. Of course, they can disregard it or fail to read it, but they will have had an opportunity to read the brochure upon arrival.

If you have any further questions or comments, please head over to the FAQ.
Congratulations again, and we hope you enjoy the swim!

Re: DECLINED

[creative_lovebug]

I apologise for that. I will enter next round though.

Hijiri Minase | Yami no Matsuei | Reserved

[akumanotrill]

This is the music of fallen angels.

ACCEPTED

[thalassino]

☆ Accepted! - - -

Congratulations! Your application has been accepted into Vatheon.

Now that you're in the game, please follow the next few house-keeping steps.

☆ Comment here: #-H, I-Q or R-Z on the Taken Characters post.
☆ Join vatheon, caughtinanetwork, vatheonooc, batheon and our dressing room starfishbucks with your character journal. Participation in Starfishbucks is not mandatory, but if you help a potential applicant voice-test, it would be much appreciated all around.
☆ Add your information here at the Player Contact page.
☆ Reread the rules and premise for a refresher.
☆ A list of permissions posts for the characters of the game can be found here. Please take a look at the posts there, and if you need a permissions post for your character, don’t forget to post a link there!
☆ Introduce yourself over at vatheonooc
☆ Game chat is on AIM, group name: vatheon
☆ Feel free to follow the mod plurk for notifications on updates, events, and more: vatheon
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It shouldn't be a problem for him to bring his violin along!

Sarah Zellaby | InCryptid Series | Not Reserved

[socryptidshescryptic]

☆ Player - - -

( Player Name ) : Snow
( Personal DW ) : snow
( Age ) : 22
( Timezone ) : EST
( Other Characters ) :
Ky Kiske ( closedcircuit ) | Guilty Gear
Ashraf al-Mansur ( negativecapability ) | Arabesk Trilogy

The rest of the app.

Rondoline E. Effenberg | Tales of Phantasia: Narikiri Dungeon X | reserved

[timetraveling]

A girl who leapt through time-- er... okay. Not really.

[storm_on_a_stick]

[ Player Name ] : Rhi-chan
[ Personal DW ] : rhi_chan
[ Age ] : 36
[ Timezone ] : Pacific
[ Other Characters ] : N/A

[ Character's Name ] : Arche Klaine
[ Character's Age ] : 17
[ Series ] : Tales of Phantasia
[ Canon Point ] : End of the OVA, just after Dhaos’ death, when everyone’s standing around absorbing it all.

[ History ] :
http://aselia.wikia.com/wiki/Arche_Klein
[ Personality ] :
Arche is a teenager, and usually acts her age. She is boy crazy, but doesn’t usually admit she enjoys someone’s company to their face. One special boy is Chester, but don’t tell her I told you. They tend to bicker and tease more than anything else. She acts childish, flirtatious, giggly, whiny, and nonchalant – usually all at the same time.
She takes a lot of pride in how quickly she can cast magic, and teases those like Klarth that take a long time, even though his magic is stronger. She just cannot be bothered with all that complication. She likes things that don’t require much effort, but if she is truly needed by someone she has no problem pitching in and helping out. She is fully capable of taking care of herself and her friends, and of accomplishing things that are needed, despite her behavior in peaceful times. She is, after all, one of the two powerful magic users that are asked for help by other characters (that were sent back in time specifically for them). Her magic is generally elemental – and that along with her personality are the reasons I named her journal storm_on_a_stick.
She is half-elven, and this is something people have looked down on her for. When this happens, she just hangs her head, steps back and says not to worry, she’s used to it. It seems that it bothers her more than she lets on, though. She is an outcast among the elves, and is not acknowledged or even allowed within their territory, as is true with all half-elven.

[ Strengths/Weaknesses ] :
Strengths: Quick casting of strong spells.
Mastery of fast movement and remarkable balance while flying on broom.
Loyalty to friends and those that have acted positively towards her.
Weaknesses: Spells not as strong as long cast, multiple target summoning spells (like Klarth’s).
Since she still comes across rather childlike, she sometimes offends with words and actions in social settings.
Her fascination with boys will sometimes seem to cloud her judgment or distract her from the more important issues at hand.

[ Other Important Facts ] :

[ Sample ] :
http://starfishbucks.dreamwidth.org/19937.html

http://starfishbucks.dreamwidth.org/20158.html?thread=561086#cmt561086

[ Questions? Comments? Concerns? ] :
It’s probable that I will want to do a canon update when I have completed the game, but that can be decided later on. Thank you!

Radical Edward | Cowboy Bebop | Not Reserved

[waywardtomato]

Edwards appy-thing is over here, okay?

Silabus | .hack//G.U | Reserved

[heartscrepes]

☆ Player - - -

( Player Name ) : Sarah
( Personal DW ) : lyraswings
( Age ) : 23
( Timezone ) : Eastern
( Other Characters ) : None

☆ Character - - -

( Character's Name ) : Silabus
( Character's Age ) : 19
( Series ) : .hack//G.U
( Canon Point ) : In the second volume of the game Reminisce, after Silabus and Gaspard helped Haseo get his 3rd job extension
( Playability ) : HERE

( History ) :
http://dothack.wikia.com/wiki/Silabus

( Personality ) :
Silabus can be summed up in one word: friendly. Offline and online he’s a very friendly person and helps those that need it, regardless of his well-being. He had even headed to a field because of anonymous letter asking him to help, even though PKs (Player Killers) were after him. Silabus always wants to help people out, having been a member then leader then member once again of a new player guild. Even in real life he volunteers and helps out in the community an finds it quite fun and rewarding, despite the hard work

He is also a bit naïve and trustful, tending to look more on the good side of people rather than the negative (He did manage to befriend Haseo after all). He treats people the same and accepts them for who they are. Because of this he tends to get into a bit of trouble but he doesn’t seem to mind or wish to change his attitude toward people. Since he is like this, many girls like him and Silabus being himself is oblivious to it.

Silabus is a huge gamer, a self-proclaimed gaming addict as it was, and plays more often than he studies for school. He is a bit of a messy guy, but generally ignores it to walk outside or play more games. Though he isn’t as active as usual he does enjoy the outdoors. He’s interested in the more liberal arts side then scientific, wanting to become a reporter or journalist.

Silabus is a very caring guy, wanting everyone to have fun and work together, and will try his best to make that happen. He is a bit on the quiet side, not liking going to parties or having a loud life.


( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
Strengths:
- Will stand up for his friends and try his best
- Able to multitask, jogging while playing a mmorpg for example
- Good understanding of technology
- Very helpful and good at making friends

Weaknesses:
- Can be too trusting, led astray or into traps very easily
- Is human and fairly weak
- Not used to using a sword very well (see facts)

( Other Important Facts ) :
As you may have guessed, Silabus is a handle in an online game, The World. His real name is Yuuichi Morino and he’s from Japan. For this game he will be going inside the character he has made, which has happened to other people in .hack//G.U because of an anomaly called AIDA. It will be combining what Yuuichi can do as well as what Silabus can, though for fighting skills Silabus will be less graceful since Yuuichi hasn’t wielded a sword in real life. Though he looks like he belongs in a fantasy rpg, he will also know stuff that happens in the world that he knows, which is slightly more technologically advanced than our own (An AU Earth the date there is 2017). He will also go by Silabus here, and very rarely say his real name.

( Sample ) :
Silabus hummed as he walked around the city, a bag in hand filled with his favourite food. He had heard some people had never tried Japanese style food before (Or even knew what Japan was) so he had decided to invite a few people for a picnic of sorts, introducing others to different types of food and meeting new people at the same time.

“I wonder what everyone else is bringing,” He wondered, looking up at the dome. He still found it was pretty cool to be down here, despite being not being able to go back home. “Heh, maybe the food will have alien stuff inside. Oh man, that would something…”

“Ow!” Silabus rubbed his head as something hit him. Looking around he managed to catch the culprit in the palm of his hand. He stared at it for a moment tilting his head. “Wha…a duck?” That couldn’t be right.

He looked up to the sky, just to make sure he wasn’t seeing things. He almost thought he had when another rubber duck smacked him right in the face. “Whoa, hey!” he jumped a bit in shock, rubbing his nose as he saw more and more starting to fall. The brown haired teen looked for the closet shelter he could find and managed to get under a piece of a building, watching the ducks fall, squeaking as they hit something.

Silabus sighed. “What a ruined day for a picnic. Guess we’ll have to wait for next time.”

( Questions? Comments? Concerns? ) :

Silver | Pokemon | Reserved 1/2

[brbstealingpknm]

? Player - - -

( Player Name ) : Fenix
( Personal DW ) : dark_fenix
( Age ) : 25
( Timezone ) : AEST/GMT+10
( Other Characters ) : None.

? Character - - -

( Character's Name ) : Silver
( Character's Age ) : 16/17
( Series ) : Pokemon
( Canon Point ) : after the tag battle with Ethan against Lance and Clair
( Playability ) : N/A

( History ) : (Parts of Silver's history do depend on player/MC choices in the game and this history reflects my play-through.)
Silver is the son of Giovanni, the former Gym Leader of Viridian City and leader of Team Rocket. Around three years go, prior to the start of HG/SS, Red from the Red/Blue/Green+Remakes games defeated him. Giovanni then disbanded Team Rocket and went into hiding, leaving his at the time, 12 almost 13 year old son alone. No mention of Silver's mother's ever been made, so headcanonly, I assume that she died when he was very young. Cue daddy issues and a hatred of Team Rocket due to being left behind. :(

Three years pass and somehow Silver makes his way to to the Johto region where he's first seen outside professor Elm's lab and when the Player character, known as Ethan here on out, approached him, he knocked him away and goes back to looking in through the window. He obviously sees Ethan get his Pokemon, a Cyndaquil, and not long after steals one for himself. This happens to be a Totodile and let's just say that he's not the most kindest of trainers to it. Seeing Ethan approuch route 29, Silver calls out to him, challenging to a battle. Silver wins this one, remarking that it was a waste of time and telling Ethan his name, before leaving - physically pushing the younger boy out of the way as he does so. Presumably, he by-passes the Pokemon Centre for now, and goes to train his exhausted pokemon until it drops.

He's next seen around Sprout Tower just outside of Azeala town, when the end of his fight with Sage Li, head of the towers monks, is witnessed. At the end of it, he wins and claims a TM disc - Flash. He then notices Ethan and a few words are exchanged, mostly Silver voicing his contempt for the weak. He then leaves using an escape rope. A bit later after the Ethan's gotten Azalea's gymbadge, he shows up outside Ilex forest, asking the player if it's true that Team Rocket's returned. When Ethan says yes, he rudely tells him to stop lying and proceeds to challenge him. He loses*. Another huff and he heads into the forest, vanishing. Presumably to overwork his already exhausted pokemon. Are we seeing a pattern here?

From there he makes his way toward Ecruteak City, presumably getting the gymbages along the way as well as battling other trainers. There, he goes to the Burned tower looking for a legendary pokemon to add to his team. Soon after, Ethan finds him and they have yet another battle. Silver loses and leaves after remarking that Ethan will never catch a legendary pokemon.

From there, he makes his way to Olivine City, intent on getting another badge, only to find that Jasmine, the gym leader is off tending to a sick pokemon, much to his disgust. He briefly runs into Ethan and tells him that the gym leader's off being a bleeding heart. There's no battle this time. Presumably, Silver follows Ethan to Cianwood. While there, he also steals a pokemon from Mania. It was a Sneasel. After that he fights the gym leader and then presumably follows Ethan back to Olivine, where, once Ethan's done with Jasmine, he battles her and gains another badge.

Silver then makes his way up to Mahogany Town - following the rumours of a red Gyarados at the lake of Rage. However, on arriving, he finds that it's no longer there THANKS ETHAN. So he leaves in a huff. Back in town, he notices that Ethan's vanished into the Mart, and on investigation it shows that there's a hidden stairway. Silver enters and somewhere along the way he runs into Lance and is beaten, rather badly, at a pokemon battle. He's furious enough that when he runs into Ethan a bit further in, he makes disparaging remarks before stalking off in a sulk.

It's only chance that he's at the radio tower in Golden Rod when Ethan tries too sneak in. He linefaces at lot and unmasks him, but tells him that he'll allow them to handle this - but in reality, it was just a ploy - he was tailing the boy in hopes of finding Lance. He reveals this to Ethan down in the base under the underground tunnel in Goldenrod. Another battle that he loses* and it's here that he starts to question himself, but informs Ethan that he's not going to give up his dream.

From there, he works on training his Pokemon, sparing them no mercy as he works to prove that he's not weak, gaining the last two badges along the way, before heading back to Ecruteak, where he loses to the kimono girls - though only just - He's told that he's not worthy of becoming a trainer to a legendary - not yet anyway. He bumps into Ethan again and off-handedly tells the younger kid to be careful - the girls are strong. He then leaves with his hands in his pocket - heading to Victory Road, crushing trainers in his wake. Though he did get lost a bit in Victory road, but near the end, he faced off against Ethan and lost*, though the match was a close one. Though this time, he at least managed to take it semi-gracefully.

He heads east, back across Tojoh falls and onto Viridian. Here he took to doing some training, determined not to be weak. Somewhere along the way, he picked up a backpack and turned 17.

Three months latter found him up in Mt Moon, training his pokemon when he ran into Ethan, having heard rumours that the Johto champ was missing from his post at the League travelling around. He was surprised to see that these rumours had truth, though even with Ethan being the champ, Silver's attitude towards him never changed. The battle though was incredible - two strong trainers duking it out in the caves, though eventually, Ethan came out on top, if only just, and Silver took the loss with far more grace than he once would have. He decided that he'd head to Dragon's Den and walked off to the local pokecentre. Pokemon healed, he headed off towards Dragon's Den.

After a short while training his pokemon, Ethan appears - it seems the boy had taken his advice and followed him. Not long after, Lance and Clair show up and together, Ethan and Silver manage to take them down, Silver's pokemon pulling through because the player kept reviving/healing them.

It's not long after this battle that Silver finds himself back in Vatheon.

( Personality ) :
Silver is not your friend - and he makes that clear from the get go. Even after he's had all the time in canon, he's still not your friend. Somewhat more friendly, yes, but. Not the player's friend.

Silver takes after his father in a lot of ways. He's selfish, cold, cruel and callous, not only to Pokemon, but people as well. He's implied to have father issues, presumably because he was raised with the mentality that the strong rule the weak and when his father was defeated, the man fled, leaving Silver alone. Silver saw this as major weakness. Not only had the man lost, but he was a coward, disbanded Team Rocket and fled, only thinking of himself. Should his father ever turn up again, Silver will be cold, bratty and possibly pitch a bitch about it. He does blame the man for leaving him - he was a coward, too. Why would he want to be associated with him?

That being said, Silver did at one stage hold love for him, but he's done a damn good job of pushing that away and focusing only on the negative. Silver's relation with his father prior to this was a bit distant, but loving. Distant as his father was Head of Team Rocket/a business man and a Gym Leader so he was pretty busy. Not that Silver minded - he had the best dad in the world who'd get him most things he wanted.

However, that hero worship is in the past, and today Silver is callous, especially in the way that he views his Pokemon: They are mere tools of war and he only keeps the strongest, releasing or abandoning those he deems to be weak and unworthy. He will never be the type to show more than passing concern for his pokemon in public unless it is extremely dire circumstances.

He still struggles with valuing the rest of his pokemon and being a less abusive trainer - when he first started on his journey, he treated his team roughly - considering them less than dirt for they were disposable. After almost a year and several heavy losses, he's getting better - gaining trust from each of his pokemon. While they get stronger, he still pushes them 'til they are exhausted and gives them no rest or quarter and this is noted to be a stark contrast to many other trainers who care for their pokemon. However, since the battle with Lance and the humiliating loss to Ethan at Victory Road, Silver has been working on how he treats his pokemon, resulting in his Golbat evolving into a Crobat. Though Silver's not one to allow others to see him being kind to animals. It's a weakness, and the less anyone knows about him, the better. Though heaven help anyone who dares to steal his pokemon. His property of course, he's not attached to them at all. Really.

Silver's attitude towards a happy pokemon can be summed up as this: The more happier his tools are, the stronger they seem so maybe it has some worth. All that matters in the end are strong pokemon, and if that means somewhat happy pokemon, then so be it. He's still strict and callous towards them, but not outright abusive. He's still got a lot to learn in this regard, so the while the going is slow, it's there.

With people, his attitude is much the same and will not make him friends easily; it can be implied that he's a loner, either by choice or nature and is rather abrasive and outright dismissive at points towards those he perceives to be weaker than him, even if they beat him at something, IE: Pokemon battle. They are, in his eyes, still weak and in his own words, a waste of time and effort. It's possible that he would, if presented with the opportunity, form a network of alliances that are useful to him, and over time, warm up to the idea of respecting someone even if they appear weak. He'd a person who judges a book by the cover. In regards to Ethan, Silver holds mixed feelings for the other teen. He hated him to start with, but over time, Silver's come to develop a grudging respect, but it's not a friendship by a long way. If pushed, Silver would protect the other, if only out of selfish interest.

Love, trust and friendship are not traits that he allows to show often and he ruthlessly suppresses them - a product of his father's abandonment at 13. Silver has a slight fear of this, and as a result, keeps people at arms length. It doesn't hurt as much, or so he fools himself into thinking. This is a viewpoint that has only started to recently change, slowly coming to realise that he cannot stand alone to reach his goals. That trust, faith and above all, love, are what will ultimately help him reach them. It is not an easy journey to say the least, but it's a road that Silver needs to travel down....

He's also started to mellow and somewhat thaw, even if he hides it behind cold words and harsh looks. It's more noticeable in his actions and how he's started to treat people. While yes, he still is a callous young man who's a bully, he's also starting to become somewhat 'kinder' towards others and he's generally less abusive towards his pokemon that he was at the start. He's started to form friendships - though he would hardly classify them as such. It's still doubtful that Silver realises this fully, given that he seems to be in a flux at this point of the game; He knows that he needs to change, but he's still very much the type of person who'd run away from the changes. At this point in time, the thought to return the stolen pokemon to Professor Elm hasn't even crossed his mind.

In his own words, he'll be the greatest trainer and that means only have the strongest Pokemon and if that means a legendary as well, then so be it. He only wants Pokemon that can win. Losers are tossed to the wayside. He's also stated outright that he hates (the current) Team Rocket and that when told they have returned, he scoffs at the idea. His father disbanded them and fled, but when shown otherwise, the Heir to the disbanded team clearly sets his mind of wiping the current incarnation out for good. This shows that once his mind's made up, nothing will change it, at all. After all, what good are weaklings? They'd only get underfoot right now. This is not to say that once Silver grows up a bit more that he'd carry the hate and bitterness around. Silver has never outright stated that he's no longer the heir, nor has he implied it, to my knowledge. He has however, stated, explicitly that that he doesn't want to be a coward like his father. Given the chance, Silver would risk his own life in order to prove that he's not coward. He'd the shrug it off and down play it though, even going so far as to dent that it had any selfless intent.

Noticeably in the games is his constant derision and condescending treatment of Ethan, going so far as to physicality push him aside once or twice and tell him constantly, that he's not good enough. It's also noted that he's like this with other trainers - he had no qualms about being a bully, or lying or deceiving them to get what he wants. The fact that he steals his starter is a hint to to the fact that yes, he's willing to do whatever he wants, even breaking laws. The fact that he steals his Sneasel is another big hint at this, showing that he's not afraid to physically bully another into giving up a Pokemon, or in fact, outright thievery of it. He's also not afraid to use a pokemon in such a manner, implying that he does what he wants and gives no fucks about it.

In a nutshell, Silver is cold, cruel, rough, hates the weak and is a bully. However, he does have the capacity to change - and is trying too, though it will take time and effort on all parts, and there will be more than a few backslides into what he knows.


( Strengths/Weaknesses ) :
Not much is shown, so I did the best I could.
+ he's shown on several occasions to shove Ethan out of the way, showing that he's obviously fit and has decent upper body strength.
+ Borrowing from the manga, Silver's stated to be a bit of acrobat. It's reasonable to assume that this carries over to his game counterpart.
+ He's fast and fit.
+ Street smarts and battle smarts. He seems to be a bit of a detective as well, or at least good at spotting things.
+/- Heir to Team Rocket.

- Doesn't like the Rockets.
- Arrogant, condescending and callous.
- Daddy issues.
- doesn't make friends easily.
- has no problems stealing something, be it a pokemon or a pokedex ect.
- the weak are worthless mentality.
- is a bully.