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• Please read the rules and the application section of the FAQ before applying.
• Make sure your application is properly formatted! Check for typos, broken html links etc.
• Post your full application in a comment to this post. Linked applications will not be processed.
• You may apply for up to two characters per application cycle.
• You can only play one character per canon, regardless if the characters interact.
• Once accepted, follow the instructions in your acceptance notice. You will not be accepted into the main comm until you've gone through all the steps.
• If you've been rejected, you may not apply again until the next application cycle.

There is currently a character cap of four per player. If you're already playing four characters, you will have to drop someone before bringing in anyone new.

If you have questions about the application process, please consult the FAQ or contact the mod at kollomods@gmail.com

Application

Player name: Your name
Player contact: email, plurk, discord. Whatever you want to give out.

Character name: The name of the character
Canon: For original characters, just write OC.
Canon point: Where are they taken from?
Powers, if any: Short and sweet, for our reference only. If your character doesn't have powers, write N/A.

Application letter: In no shorter than two paragraphs, write a letter from your character as to why they should go to Kollo. Keep in mind things such as character voice, canon point, their motivations for why they'd like a vacation, what they would and wouldn't say to plead their case.

<b>Player name:</b> Your name <b>Player contact:</b> email, plurk, discord. Whatever you want to give out. <b>Character name:</b> The name of the character <b>Canon:</b> For original characters, just write OC. <b>Canon point:</b> Where are they taken from? <b>Powers, if any:</b> Short and sweet, for our reference only. If your character doesn't have powers, write N/A. <b>Application letter:</b> (( In no shorter than two paragraphs, write a letter from your character as to why they should go to Kollo. Keep in mind things such as character voice, canon point, their motivations for why they'd like a vacation, what they would and wouldn't say to plead their case. ))

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April E. Fiore • OC

[dispare]

Player name: Espilan
Player contact: Espilan @ Plurk, or PM to character journal.

Character name: April Fiore
Canon: OC (Please refer to this post for information!)
Canon point: Just before her return to Arendith.

Powers, if any:
• Not really a power, but she knows how to use a bow. However, at her current canon point she's only ever used one for hunting, not as an actual weapon.
• First-tier Creation-type magic (known in-universe as "Emerald"), used primarily for healing but can be used offensively as well under specific conditions (particularly, as a weapon itself against anything demonic in nature). She has little experience in its use either way, as her ability to use it at all is a fairly-recent development at her canon point.
• Limited regeneration/accelerated healing. Because this regeneration is technically magical in nature for in-universe reasons, it is possible to temporarily nullify the effect (which doing so will cause her severe discomfort or outright pain, also for in-universe reasons). Additionally, injuries caused by the types of magic that oppose her own—which basically means anything "dark" or "demonic"—will tend to completely ignore the regeneration effect and require proper treatment.

The magic and regeneration are both granted to her by an inhuman spirit that has been bound to her—they are abilities that it had back in its own life—though she is almost completely unaware of its existence at her canon point and as such she presently suspects that the abilities are actually things that were part of her that had somehow gone unnoticed until recently, causing her to question her identity; she previously believed herself to be an ordinary human, but now as far as she can tell, she's not. Spiritually-sensitive characters may be able to detect this second entity's presence, and should they actively focus their attention on it, it might be possible to see that it is "light" in nature and/or that it and April are slowly becoming one and the same.


Application letter:

To whom it may concern:

I'm writing in response to your advertisement, which honestly I probably would have ignored if it had reached me at any other time, but with the way things are now I think I'd like to take you up on the offer.

You see, up until recently, my life was pretty normal. It wasn't a good life, actually it was pretty terrible for reasons that I don't want to get into, but I was used to the way things worked for me and my parents. But, because the nameless one has a pretty stupid sense of humor, some weeks ago I ended up getting separated from my father while we were out on a hunting trip, and then dragged into an adventure that I wanted nothing to do with and really shouldn't have been involved in in the first place.

I'm sure you don't really need the details, so to cut a long story short: things happened, I should be dead now except I'm not, more things happened, and now I'm not even sure if I'm human anymore or if I even was human to begin with, and nobody is able or willing to give me any answers for the hows or whys of any of it. We're finally on our way back to my home, but I have no idea how I'm going to talk about any of this with my family, nor am I really sure how I'm going to tell them that I won't be coming back home again for awhile; as much as I didn't want to be involved, I owe some of the people I'm traveling with now and I'm going to make sure I pay them back.

So, I need some time to actually think about what I'm doing, and to try to make sense of everything that's happened or at least come to terms with it, or if nothing else at all, to finally just rest for once in my life and not have to worry about whatever the next thing is that's going to continue turning my whole world up on its head. I'm pretty sure that our group's resident Chronomage won't be willing to literally give me some extra days all to myself, though, so coming here is probably the best opportunity I have. I do hope you'll allow me to take it.

If not me, then maybe one of the others. Nameless knows some of them seriously need a break.

— April Fiore

[shockingblue]

Player name: Triad Orion
Player contact: triadorion at plurk, or message me here.
Character name: Gunvolt
Canon: Azure Striker Gunvolt
Canon point: Post-Azure Striker Gunvolt 2
Powers, if any: Mastery over and manipulation of electricity, lightning, and electrons, as well as immunity to it. Capable of avoiding many attacks with Prevasion, essentially moving his particles out of the way of a blow, so long as he is not otherwise channeling his lightning powers. Command over electricity makes him a superior, preeminent hacker of computers (somehow, ASG is a strange canon). Some ability to heal his own injuries with his powers (Somehow. Again, a strange canon). Excellent marksmanship, stamina, and toughness. Skilled infiltrator.

Application letter:

Dear Administrators,

My name is Gunvolt. I'll be frank. I need a vacation. Badly. My world as it is? It's a mess. Humanity stands at a changing point in history as more and more people are born with new, crazy powers. Those people are called Adepts... and I'm one of them. But like anyone out of the norm in history, Adepts have been abused, dehumanized, exploited, and manipulated. There are some who would even see us eradicated to the last. And some Adepts in turn have rebelled and gotten swelled heads thinking their powers make them somehow above normal humans. And with some have called to wipe out humanity in turn.

...For now, the world's safe. I've fought and defeated both the Sumeragi Group who enslaved and used Adepts to try to control everything, and Eden, who called for Adepts to annihilate humanity and live as the next stage of evolution. Sumeragi's a shadow of itself, and Eden is gone. But there will be more bloodshed. Of that, I'm sure. Change never comes easy, and there's always someone looking to step on someone else to get ahead. I believe humans and Adepts can live together as one and as equals, and I will still fight for that belief.

But I'm exhausted. My life's been turned upside down completely... hell, a few times already. I lost my freedom when I was young, but got it back and found a family... and then I lost them. I found someone I cared about, someone worth protecting. And I lost them... twice. And the second time was for good. I've been deeply betrayed before, and I wouldn't doubt that it'll happen again. Always tried to do right by those around me, and I have no regrets.

...But I need time. Time to rest, to think about what to do next. ...To mourn too, I guess. I know my battle's not over yet, and I won't turn my back on what needs to be done. But I need to be ready, willing, and able to fight without hesitation. And that is why I'm writing to you. Please give me the time I need.

Yours,
GV

Sophia Inks | OC

[bzztwronganswer]

Player name: Alex
Player contact: chatvert

Character name: Sophia Inks
Canon: OC
Canon point: A few months after opening her coffee shop
Powers, if any: Sphinxes have their own magic; asking a riddle and the human’s acceptance of the riddle game creates a magical contract of sorts, with the stakes being the human’s life. Sophia’s game is far lower-key; she asks trivia, and if the human can’t answer it, they have to give her something. This is how come she can afford to eat as much as she does; mostly, she doesn’t pay for her own food. (She does tip the delivery personnel, though. I mean, she’s a monster, but she’s not a monster.) If her question is answered correctly and the human bests her in a trivia back-and-forth, The Devil Went Down To Georgia-style, she owes them a favor. Sometimes, that favor is actually paying for her food. And woe betide anyone who tries to cheat a sphinx. Just saying. She can gib a human in ten seconds flat.

Application letter: Hello!

Wow, I never thought running a business could be so exhausting. Like, how do people stand it? Let alone have time for hobbies. Or a second job as a paranormal investigator. Which, considering that one of our members is a ghost, that's some supreme paranormality right there. (Is that a word? It is now.) I'm barely getting any sleep, which, you know, is a dang prerequisite for someone like me. I'm part cat! I need to sleep! And I gotta eat, too...it's bad for business when you eat all your pastries, but I can't really help it! Sheesh, I'm barely keeping my head above water because I can't stop eating the stock.

This place sounds nice, though. Really nice! And it's not like I'm a stranger to the pastoral life, so it'd be like coming home for a little while. I mean, my fam runs a unicorn ranch/preserve out in the country. Basically, there ain't no better farmhand than me. I can ranch with the best of 'em. I love city life, but sometimes I get a bit homesick, y'know? And I've always wanted to go to Scandinavia. It looks so pretty there. I mean, I'll have to wear a coat, probably, but I'll put up with that for some time off. It'd be great for me to not have to worry about business stuff. I'll miss my friends, but if I really am blinking back in at the moment I left, they won't have any time to miss me! And maybe I'll make some new friends, too. Can't ever have enough friends.

Uh, but if I get here...I think I'm gonna need to make a little plushie-and-blanket nest for myself. Sleeping on a bed hurts my wings and all. If that's a deal-breaker, well, I tried.

Miles Upshur | Outlast

[upshore]

Player name: Alex
Player contact: chatvert

Character name: Miles Upshur
Canon: Outlast
Canon point: After pushing his jeep through the gates to free Waylon
Powers, if any:

• Run, boy, run: Miles has received many grievous injuries over the course of the game: cracked ribs, lacerations from broken glass, eventually a broken leg, fall damage, two fingers chopped off, and many other more minor injuries. This doesn’t stop him until the very end of the game, likely due to the adrenaline wearing off, and he can still run, vault over obstacles, edge along ledges, and make jumps across gaps. Parkour! It’s pretty nuts what people will do to survive.
  
• Walridden: At the end of the game, the Walrider nanites have entered Miles and bonded to his cells, making him the new sentient host. He is completely unaware of this fact and thinks the Walrider just impaled him and dissipated. When he’s riddled with bullets by the Murkoff Tactical team at the end of the game (whoopsy spoilery!) Wernicke can be heard saying “Gott in Himmel...you have become the host.” And then comes the running and screaming.

After Miles has been shot, the game leaves his fate up in the air; the Whistleblower DLC shows a humanoid Walrider in Miles’ shape (missing fingers and all) - or maybe that’s Miles surrounded by a Swarm of Walrider nanites. It’s implied that he’s in control of them judging by how the Walrider gibs Jeremy Blaire (the head of Mount Massive Asylum and Project Walrider) when he’s trying to murder Waylon at the end of Whistleblower. The Walrider nanites seem to lie dormant until the host's life is threatened (per the "boss fight" where Miles has to shut down Billy's life support) or is incredibly angry (per his/the Walrider’s cameo in Whistleblower). So...how’s about nobody kills him or pisses him off with INJUSTICE? :V

The Walrider nanites also seem to be able to heal their host. While Miles is limping and stumbling out of the facility at the end of the game, whenever he falls, there's a noise like the Walrider's presence before he gets up, and when he's shot, he is healed enough to control the nanites and walk around by the time the Whistleblower DLC ends (which is maybe an hour after the conclusion of the main game at most). This may manifest in-game as an accelerated healing factor; twice the speed of normal for minor injuries, four times the speed for major, and really damn fast for life-threatening injuries. The parasite depends on the host for survival, after all, and will not let it die.

The Walrider nanites can be temporarily disrupted with a 360° sonic pulse or an EMP.

Application letter: Look. I have no goddamn idea how this computer is working, and I'm pretty sure I'm hallucinating right now because why would there be a note typed up on a computer for me, addressed to me?

Fuck it. If I'm hallucinating, may as well accept it. If you're gonna go to town, may as well go in a Lincoln, right?

Hi. I'm Miles. And I desperately need a vacation. I mean, I needed one before all this shit went down, but I had the worst night of my life about six hours ago, and you know what, I need a vacation even more now. I need to get out of here, my guy. I just need to not be in this place. And sure, I could leave here of my own volition, but where in God's name am I gonna go? I gave my Jeep to someone who needed it more, and I think going for a nice little stroll would be a bad idea. Shit, I'm probably gonna bleed out. Maybe. Not sure if that fixed itself or not. So, here I am, in the Asylum of the Damned, surrounded by corpses and one Nazi bastard. He can live out the rest of his days downstairs and alone. I don't really care. Killing him would have been too merciful. Anyway!

I've lost two fingers, been possessed by a nanite cloud of Nazi science, and killed...uh, more people than I want to count. At least ten. To be fair, though, most of them were in self-defense, and Blaire just fucking deserved it. What an asshole. Also, I got shot enough to become more than 50% lead, so if I survived that, I don't just need a vacation, I deserve it. And you know what, this Sweden type place sounds pretty great. I have got to relax before I go even crazier than I already am.

Shit, how do I end this? I'm always so bad at ending letters.

If this gives me a vacation, though, and isn't a ha-ha-idiot-you're-crazy hallucination, this particular sign-off is warranted:

Love, Miles.

P.S. If this is a hallucination, I'm going to be so pissed off, because I've really worked myself up into hoping that this is legit.

[mana_weaver_m]

Player name: AbysmalDream
Player contact: abysmaldream

Character name: Amon Morrison Diederich
Canon: OC
Canon point: Shortly before joining his brother on a journey into space.
Powers, if any: Absorb mana from surroundings, convert own life force into mana, fire manipulation/creation, elemental magic, summon fire familiar, transform weapons/objects based on own fighting skills

Application letter:

Responding to the advertisement about a vacation, to express my interest. I also want to note the gall it took to get inside the Sovereignty and post this everywhere, hope whoever you hired for that didn't get caught. I managed to swipe this up from a tavern before it was collected for scrutiny by the Lord Knights.

That's stupid to talk about though. I'm a wizard, graduated near the top of my class and you wouldn't believe what I had to do to ensure I would do well enough to get what I wanted, and doing that on top of having to get out of Deulnelia without some kind of conscription being branded on me. I also want to note that Atael sucks as much as everyone says they do and I just want a break. I did all this just to spite my brother and that jerk just continues his trend of pretending what I do doesn't matter.

He even asked me to help save the world, and go into the stars. I'll tell you I didn't believe it, but I'm assuming something "multiversal" should be just as hard to swallow. So, I'm looking at doing something I'm told hasn't been done in a few thousand Turns and going to the stars. That's a lot to deal with, on top of not being able to enjoy one-upping Enno as much as I thought it would be. I just. He got himself banished, and I'm assuming since you snuck into the Sovereignty, you understand just what that means. Especially since he was a Lord Knight when it happened. Anyway I knew it was petty as all hell of me to take magic lessons just to spite him, but I decided I liked it, you know? Plus making something of myself, these credentials are some of the best you can get as far as magical tutelage and I just.

I could use a vacation. I gotta march to his drum and he's really upset about something, and he's been angry before. He used to be angry and haughty a lot, but this time he's...Well obviously he got depressed over his life getting ruined, I can't say I wasn't because I know what led to the banishment, but he's so withdrawn, like something new hurt him. This coming off the end of not speaking for a few Turns and knowing only what happened through our parents and little brother's letters is very jarring.

I'm also terrified there's no Mana out there. I could probably benefit from trying to detox a little because if you've ever touched Mana, it's just so...addicting. I don't think I could go from being able to touch it constantly to never and something might happen? So it's best if I just try and take a break and maybe do something to take my mind off of how much I want to cast some cheap spells. Maybe even find a fling, I'm making a bold assumption there's going to be women, and I'll be heavily disappointed if there's not.

- A. Morrison Diederich M.E.

P.S. Do not contact Enno Diederich. I will find you and make you suffer.

P.P.S. Seriously, tell me if there's no women. I may need to refuse otherwise.

Exxis | Original Character

[vicissitudinal]

Player name: Kathrine
Player contact: spkathrine[@]gmail.com / chocolateisbrainfood

Character name: Exxis
Canon: OC
Canon point: After helping to take down a group of domestic terrorists who had highjacked a regional base and stolen EXO armor suits.
Powers, if any:
-Superior strength (6x that of the average human)
-Superior Speed (30 miles per hour top speed)
-Cybernetic right eye capable x-ray vision, infrared, thermal readings, receiving text data, visual GPS, and telescopic zoom
-Various sound and frequencies built into replaced voice box/vocal cords for disguise and undercover purposes
-Enhanced hearing in right ear
-Enhanced recall of memory due to temporal lobe implant.
-Earth-based Polyglot thanks to his brain having a translation filter built into it.
-8 years of martial arts and combat training
-Experience with a variety of firearms and military weaponry (expert marksman)


Application letter:

To Whom May Be Concerned:

My name is Exxis. Or I should say, my name is DeMarcus. Official documentation submitted in relation for this application may have either name listed, as both are my official names under the law. I am an officer of the Department of Enhanced Tactical Security stations currently in Atlanta, Georgia of the United States of America on the planet known as Earth. I have been trained and active at my position for several years now. In that time, I have never once taken vacation leave.

I have thus been informed by my commanding officer that I should take said time to myself, but time is not something I feel I have the liberty to sacrifice merely for the sake of my own use. Then I found out about Norrhamn. It is a lovely location and facility that I believe will benefit me in taking this time to myself that I have been told is required for recharging your personal, mental reserves without detracting from the time I need to continue my work and the important cases I am currently investigating. My job is not one I take lightly, nor one I believe I should be taking time away from if I can at all avoid it. Enhanced Agents do not need the rest that most humans require, but if it is seen as necessary and important for success in my duties, then it is something I will work on to the best of my abilities.

It is my hope that my application will be approved and that I will plan my vacation time accordingly.

Exxis
DeMarcus Kalu

[enflame]

Player name: Kiss
Player contact: ships and blush#3016 @ Discord

Character name: Emil Västerström
Canon: Stand Still Stay Silent
Canon point: Moments leading up to page 953
Powers, if any: None -- he's a normie, fam.

Application letter:

I don't have a lot of time to write anything. I might be dead within the next five minutes...I've accepted that.

No, no I haven't! Of course I don't want to die! Nobody wants to die being stepped on and eaten by a bunch of filthy creatures in an old bathroom of all places. I don't want to leave my friend hanging either, but if it's true that time can just stop like you say it can, I...don't want my life to be over so soon. I'm only 19, and there are still things I want to do.

Is this based on merit? I'm in the military, now I have expedition experience. I know how to handle explosives, guns...my tutors said I was an exceptional young boy! Isn't the fact that I'm minutes away from death merit enough for whoever you think you are?

I don't know why I was picked for a chance at this, but I can't not take it. I wish you could give my friend the same opportunity. He doesn't deserve to die either. He has a family -- well, a cousin. I don't know about any family outside of that. Maybe if I have the opportunity to think for a second, I can find a way out of the mess we're in. All of us have been through a lot, and we already lost one person. No one else should die on this expedition.

If you pick me (please do) then thank you. When I come back, things will be the same, but it's as much as a second chance as I think is possible.

- Emil Fredrik Västerström

Umi Ryuuzaki | Magic Knight Rayearth

[summonceles]

Player name: kri
Player contact: posolutely

Character name: Umi Ryuuzaki
Canon: Magic Knight Rayearth
Canon point: After volume 3, before returning to Cephiro
Powers, if any: Water and ice magic, sword skills (from fencing)

Application letter:
Dear Sir or Madam:

My name is Ryuuzaki Umi. I'm 14, and I'm from Tokyo, Japan. I hope you'll consider me for this opportunity. Until very recently, my two friends (Hikaru and Fuu) and I were traveling through another world. We were summoned to a place called Cephiro to become Magic Knights and save a princess. That sounds totally weird, right? I don’t think anyone would believe me if I said all this out loud. People might think I’m crazy! But it’s true. We learned magic, mastered weapons, all so we could save Cephiro and go back home.

In the end, we did it. But part of me wishes we didn't.

We didn’t understand anything. We didn’t know why we were summoned, or why it had to be us. In the end, in order to save Cephiro, we were forced to...to kill her. We didn't realize. And it was what she wanted. But going back home, living with those memories... I can’t forget what happened, or what we did. Hikaru and Fuu, too. We were changed by that experience.

It’s not that I need a vacation. Not exactly. My life is just fine. But I think I need to be away from my family for a little while. They’re so worried about me right now, and nothing I can tell them will make them feel any better. I know I haven’t been myself. But I can’t tell them about anything that happened, and that just makes everything worse. I know it’s the same for Hikaru and Fuu. None of us can stop feeling the way we do, and it’s making our loved ones suffer. So...if it’s true that no time passes while I’m away, I’d like to take a little bit of space. Just for a while.

To be honest, where I really want to go is Cephiro, but I don’t think that's possible. So for a little while...please consider accepting me. And Hikaru and Fuu, too, if they apply. Please give them an invitation. They need this just as much as I can.

Thank you very much for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,
Ryuuzaki Umi

terrance ward || marvel 616

[traumatizing]

Player name: Frank
Player contact: firemansam

Character name: Terrance "Trauma" Ward
Canon: Marvel 616
Canon point: Avengers: The Initiative #5/post-interstellar5555 endgame
Powers, if any:

oh boy.

from canon, Terry can sense people's fears and transform into some representation of how they see them. He's also immortal, though he hasn't found that particular fact out yet. He has basic army training, but hasn't yet gotten into anything intensive or specialised.

From interstellar5555 he had level 5 fame powers which in short means that he's a musically-fueled reality bender. He draws power from the audience at shows, and can store it up for later use. Alongside this he has the ability to use music for mind control/alteration. He has no idea the full scope of his powers though, since he only got a few lessons.

He's also a really fucking "talented" musician/composer thanks to the brainwashing, and a huge nerd about it.

Application letter:

So, if this whole "take an inter-dimensional, wonky timeline break" thing is real, I could probably use one.

It's been a rough few years. I won't get into all the details, but I got my powers and got shipped off to boot camp to be a soldier whether I wanted to or not. Which I didn't. Then I got whisked off and brainwashed to be a music-slave for some kind of alien being that was feeding on the energy we all created. She had a rival who was doing it too. I made some good friends, some of them got chewed up by her feeding on their energy. Some of them went home. Somehow fell I in love. He's gone too now.

A few of us are still here, but everything's gone to shit and I don't know what to do. I was never cut out to be a CEO, but no one else wants to take the mantle and I really think we could do something good with it.

I just need some time to figure it out. And if things are really on hold back on Tera while I'm here, maybe this is the place for that.

Othello | Kuroshitsuji

[licorice]

Player name: soup
Player contact: PM / soups

Character name: Othello
Canon: Kuroshitsuji
Canon point: Before Blue Cult arc
Powers, if any: Othello is a death reaper, capable of taking human soul with his death scythe... in theory. In reality, he has extremely bad physical skills and would very much rather be cooped up in his lab doing research than go out and use his death reaper abilities.

Application letter:

How fascinating to see a letter from earth being delivered here! But then again, I suppose you're not really a human, huh? The world sure is vast and full of mysterious things; the more you learn, the more you don't know. That's the beauty of life, isn't it?

But, oh boy, your letter is certainly something else. The more I read it, the more questions I have! If the rest of the world is "paused" while you're there, do humans not age there? When you say time is "paused" there, does that mean that it's always night time or day time there as hours pass? Or is the rest of the world on pause while the earth still rotates? Then does the earth rotation not affect humans' physical deterioration in Norrhamn? How does it affect humans outside Norrhamn? Or is this another dimension within earth? Does it manage itself or is someone manipulating it? Are you manipulating it? How do you do it? How does it stand by itself within the realm of a planet? Are there other living beings there other than creatures that you invite? Are there creatures native to Norrhamn? Do they age? Are there any births there? Deaths? If you go there when you're a baby, do you stay as a baby forever and die as a baby? Do creatures that go there retain their memories when they go outside? What will happen to their cinematic records? If people go there a day before they're scheduled to die, do they get to prolong their life or even not die at all until they go out, if they go out at all? What happens when you stay there forever?

Oh, I'm almost out of ink! But there are still so many questions I want to ask! I have never been so curious! Please, I would really like to go and experience the Norrhamn that you talked about myself, there is nothing else I want in the world right now. I'm looking forward to your response!

James Sunderland | Silent Hill 2

[pyramidscammed]

Player name: Nick
Player contact: nicknacked

Character name: James Sunderland
Canon: Silent Hill 2
Canon point: Post game after the "Leave" ending where he walks out of Silent Hill
Powers, if any: N/A

Application letter:

To whom it may concern,

I don't know how much convincing you need exactly. I barely have the energy to write this letter. I'm a little tired of letters, if I'm being honest. There was one, you see, that I got from my Wife, Mary. I know how this is going to sound...but she's dead. The letter asked me to meet her in Silent Hill, or it did when I first read it, it's complicated — anyway; that's kind of our special place. In fact, that was the last time I was on vacation, there with her.

It feels so long ago, really. Anyway, Silent Hill wasn't the same anymore. It was awful. I'm not going to go into too many details but I spent I don't know how long wandering around in the dense fog blanketing the town with things lurking around every corner. I met a woman who looked exactly like my dead wife and would sometimes suddenly talk like her, a little girl who kept calling me names and kicking me whenever she could and then running away...she knew my wife, but I couldn't get her to tell me anything at first, a woman who just seemed scared...sometimes she'd just start yelling at me, and some guy who murdered a man because he looked at him funny. What was scary about them wasn't really...them, exactly. It was the fact that maybe all of us were similar in some way or another. Except Laura, the little girl I mentioned, she didn't have to be in that place. She came because she loved my wife and my wife loved her.

I guess went into details anyway. But all of that...it's not really the point of this. The point is, I've started to make peace with the fact that my wife is gone. But the thing is, I've been operating on this hope that I'll see her again some day for so long that now I'm not sure what to do. And even though I've decided to move on and accept her death...well, it's not easy. I need this vacation. I need to not stare at the walls of my empty apartment anymore, thinking and thinking. I guess, a change of scenery? Something different? I'm not sure how much this place will help me but it can't hurt, right? The last vacation I was on was with my wife. I said that already, I think, right? Maybe another vacation, having come to terms with all of this...maybe that will help me clear my head.

Or maybe this isn't real and I'm still seeing what I want to see. But something tells me that's not the case. I hope I'm wrong. I'm tired of sticking my hand in toilets and holes in the walls looking for answers. I'm rambling now because I don't really know how to end this. I just...need to try something. This might be it.


Signed, James Sunderland.

Archie Kennedy | Hornblower

[betteralready]

Player name: Drea
Player contact: guardyanangel @ Plurk

Character name: Lieutenant Archibald "Archie" Kennedy
Canon: Hornblower series (TV/movie series)
Canon point: During the Mutiny, aka while he's still on board the Renown. Circa November 1801.
Powers, if any: Nothing supernatural, but he's a good swordfighter/sharpshooter, not that that's something he hopes is ever useful here.

Application letter:

[In a scrawling but ultimately legible hand; the parchment smelling something like the sea:]

18 November 1801
HMS Renown, en route to Santo Domingo

To the esteemed maintainers of the island of Norrhamn,

My name is Archibald Kennedy, fourth lieutenant on HMS Renown, under the command of Captain Sawyer. I understand that you have no connection to His Majesty's Navy and that you offer respite to troubled souls while still allowing them to return back to their homes without losing time.

If this is truly the case, I believe your island is the answer to a prayer. My current Captain, esteemed though he is, has fallen ill with some unclear malady. It makes him overly wary and causes him to distrust we his officers. Of late his attention has begun to turn towards a Mr. Midshipman Henry Wellard and third Lieutenant Horatio Hornblower, men whom I carry much affection for. Horat Lieutenant Hornblower and I have known one another for nearly ten years now, and I can say truthfully that he is wholly undeserving of the growing fury the Captain seems to bear towards him. Although I know Mr. Wellard less well, I also feel he is being unfairly punished.

I have seen something like this before am familiar with the dangers an unbalanced Captain poses to his officers and the rest of his crew. I fear we head towards more dangerous waters with Captain Sawyer unchecked than those of the Spanish holdings we sail towards now. However, I appear to be the only officer who either notes this or is willing to say so. First lieutenant Buckland is a coward ambivalent, the newly arrived second lieutenant Bush is almost the captain's man, and even Hora Lieutenant Hornblower seems to think it is not our place to question the Captain's whims.

If you were to be so kind as to permit me on your island, I would appreciate the time away from my current situation. Desertion is not an option because Horatio won't while I still feel it my duty to serve His Majesty and my fellow crewmembers. At present, I feel it is particularly my duty to find a way to either bring the Captain or my fellow lieutenants around so we can avoid the impending disaster. But I find it very difficult to think of such a solution when I cannot sleep for fear of am so occupied by dealing with the current tensions. A brief break is exactly what I need to be able to stop having fits refocus myself and throw myself back into the work that needs doing upon my return.

I look forward to learning your decision, and hope it is one of permission.

Your obedient servant,
Lieutenant Archibald Archie Kennedy

Garr | Breath of Fire III

[morethanmyria]

Player name: ed
Player contact: PMing this account is fine, or you can find me in the game discord.

Character name: Garr
Canon: Breath of Fire III
Canon point: Post-canon, "fight Myria" ending
Powers, if any:
-Superhuman strength. Very tanky, particularly vs. physical damage and fire. (The downside is that he's kind of lumbering; a really agile little thief type can probably land two hits in the time it takes Garr to strike once, but when Garr hits something, it will hurt.)

-A full list of his innate skills and my custom skill/stat choices for him can be found here.

-The tl;dr of things that could actually be called powers is that he has some ranged fire spells that aren't very powerful compared to a real mage, one undead-only I WIN button, the ability to give physical attacks the fire or holy element, and a scattering of mystic/holy-man type support magic that's not affected by his crappy magic damage.

-In-game animations show him conjuring and dismissing his weapons in a flash of fire, so he will technically be arriving armed. He has access to the Beast Spear (drains the wielder's life to fuel its enormous damage) and Rufad's Spear (about 30% less powerful but no icky side effects, has holy element and can be activated to cast a Shield spell on the party).

-Technically he should have a full set of endgame gear with special traits but I don't want to deal with that (and character models just wear regular clothes anyway) so I'm handwaving its existence. He does have accessories though: a Light Bangle, which gives a 75% chance to resist status effects, and a Talisman that gives 25% resist to instant death and other death-type effects. Ivory Charm? What's that?

-The game never confirms or denies a Guardian's ability to fly. I'm going to say that he can't really (too heavy!), but he can probably slow or alter the course of a fall. He otherwise uses them as shields in his block animation.

-The other Guardian we actually meet additionally demonstrates the ability to transform into a giant monster. For rp purposes: even if Garr could originally do this back during the Dragon War, he gave that power back to Myria when the war ended and he definitely can't do it now. Because lol. :|


Application letter:

I always knew that I would one day enter the Sleep of Stone, but I never thought that I would dream.

Can someone really have the power to wake me, though God is dead? If it is true, even in my dream, I will not ask to open my eyes again in the world I knew. I have given it up. Whatever the future holds, the world will face it without God and without my brothers and without me. They don't need us anymore. God - and I - held on too tightly and too long. And I have let go.

So I will not ask, even in a dream, to see that world or anyone in it again. But if someone really has the power to wake me, or at least to show me another dream for a moment in my slumber, and if it can be said by anyone that I at all deserve it...it would be a good thing, I think. To see a world, if not the world, and perhaps live quietly for a time. To sit and be still. To watch things grow, as I once did. To build something with my hands. I would like to fish again, even if I do it alone.

Even a monster's life is sacred, but I have killed. I have killed and killed and killed, long past the point of need, and even in my Sleep of Stone, here within my dream, I am still tired.

My name is Garr. I am an Urkan. I am a Guardian. I am an angel of Myria, the goddess of life, and She is dead. I struck Her, and it was right, and still some part of me mourns. She wished for absolute certainty that what was left of the world would survive and it drove Her to madness, and my sins are not less than Hers.

I am a very old man, though you wouldn't know it to see me. Too old, perhaps. I do not ask you to let me grow very much older. Only a little while, a dream of somewhere quiet.

If you should see fit to grant it to me. If you can.

If you do not, if you cannot, then go in peace, and I will sleep.

Ashura-ou (Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles / Not Reserved)

[wishmadeinfire]

Player name: Luna
Player contact: inkedhymnal; Discord: moulin_lune#9538

Character name: Ashura-ou
Canon: Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles
Canon point: Shortly before the finale battle of his arc
Powers, if any: Control of fire

Application letter: I will be the first to admit that, after all this time, writing this is somewhat selfish. No, not somewhat. Incredibly so. I can see the end in sight - the end of suffering, for myself and my people. For him and his people too. One more moon rise, and the Wish will be fulfilled. And yet, at this most crucial hour, I find myself hesitating. What I have longed for for so long is here, and I find myself trembling at the thought of taking that final step. Accepting that final moment.

Because I am scared. Scared that despite the bargains made, the battles fought, the promises - that it will all be for naught. That the other side will be just as torturous as this one. I find myself too yearning for the things denied me because of my station, because of the loss of innocence so young. All of this, of course, just a rather poetic way of realizing that I do not yet feel ready to take the last step, even though accepting that makes my heart ache.

I suppose the thing I seek now is more time. Time to center my soul, to find my faith and foundation in the events to come. Perhaps, too, to ease the smaller aches of experiences lost. I know at this point it is selfish. Beyond selfish. But I also believe that to pass into the next life, to set all of us free, I must take that final step with a clear mind and unfettered soul.

Which I hope, above all else, I might find here.

Sincerely,
HRM Ashura-ou, King of Shurano

Alex Fierro | Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard

[shiftinglikeclay]

Player name: Amy
Player contact: palmedfire

Character name: Alex Fierro
Canon: Magnus Chase and the Gods of Asgard
Canon point: Post founding of the Chase Space
Powers, if any: Stronger and faster than an average human. Can shapeshift into any Earth animal. Has a magical clay cutter that can be used as a whip or (more often) a garrote.

Application letter: Listen, I think the fact that I got dragged off to Valhalla without anyone even thinking about asking what I want should qualify me for this. I never wanted to be an einherjar - the whole spending my afterlife killing my fellows over and over every morning and then feasting with them every night just isn't my scene. It's too loud, aggressive and social. Much like most of the other einherjar. Seriously, that alone should qualify me for this place. But I'll bet whatever high mucky mucks run it want more. Your kind always do.

Fine. I just helped save the whole cursed nine worlds from Ragnarok and I deserve a break. Is that enough? How about the fact that while I like Magnus a whole lot (do not tell that idiot I said that) I'm still not sure I'm willing to commit to an actual relationship with him. And while he's been good about not pushing me, I'm sure he will at some point. So yea, maybe a little vacation somewhere where he can't find me would be good. I could figure out things.

I work very hard to always look like I've got my crap together - to be the one who can just flow with changes and not freak out or stress about whatever's being thrown my way, but that's a lot harder than it looks. My hallmates are cool and all, but even saving the nine worlds with them doesn't mean I exactly trust them. It'd be nice to be able to just... let go for a bit.

Is that enough reason for you?

Morgana | Merlin

[lefey]

Player name: Steph
Player contact: paracosm/ witchery#9638

Character name: Morgana
Canon: Merlin
Canon point: Just after 2.12
Powers, if any: Morgana is a witch, she generally has a broad spectrum of magic but some of that entails true visions (she's also a seer), telepathy (doesn't know how to use it and has only so far accidentally used it in an outward direction i.e. mentally screaming when in distress), telekinesis, she is also generally resilliant, though perfectly able to be damaged. She just doesn't tend to die when she ought too.

Application letter:

If I am being truthful, I write this letter thinking nothing will come of it. The Druids, my sister, I suspect they all want to appease me, to find some way to heal me and do not know how so they give me hope that there is a way to remember to breathe again thinking perhaps the distraction will do the trick.

Or maybe they want to know my thoughts and so have me do this writing excercise. 

However, if this bizarre world where men will kill babies for the sin of being born, King's promise love and offer spite instead, where friends can cry while they let you smother to death in their arms can exist it seems to me that a place to get away isn't such a stretch. I certainly hope it's not a fraud, I could not bear another one but if it is I won't be surprised.

The truth is I've been tired since my father died, maybe even before. There's always something to hide, something to fake, I am not allowed to be myself - even in private - so much so that I fear I never knew who I was to start with. First I just had those wretched dreams, visions of doom and gloom that inevitably knocked on our door, then I realised it was more, magic sparked in my finger tips, set my room on fire in the house of a King who thinks having such a skill should lead to your death even if all you ever do with it is heal or make bread or even never use it at all.

I did think at least I had friends, but after being doused with hemlock by a boy who I entrusted my secrets and whose home village I helped save I have to wonder if there was any love for me in that castle at all. Maybe Gwen, or maybe that was false too; more obligation than true friendship.

I want out, even if it's not forever. Away from my sister even and her exhausting, even if justified, set of plans to get back at Uther. I fear the hate growing in my heart, clouding my mind. I need space. Perspective. Maybe then I can work out who I am for myself instead of yet another person thrusting their opinion upon me and removing all other options.

Even if it's done with love, I don't need any more of that kind of love. Not ever.

I hope this is real. Please be real.

- Morgana.

tae june /original character

[sseuda]

Player name: Andie
Player contact: impressionist @ plurk.
Character name: June Tae, aka TJ ( Western: Tae June )
Canon: OC.

Canon point: A couple of months into his relationship with his boyfriend, Dae; he has been at his corporate copywriting job for a few years now and has been successful, but he has begun to miss his more creative pursuits, having been a multimedia art student, and has begun to feel stagnant while navigating the waters of his late 20s.

Powers, if any: N/A.

Application letter:To whom it may concern:

I've been doing a lot of soul searching these days. I've met someone who has shaken up my life in the best way possible. Without even realizing it, he has helped me tap into the kind of person I was before I gave up a lot of my past in order to be what I believe was a successful adult. I graduated from art school with hopes of working for a small company and doing exactly what I wanted to do with media, as a creative professional.

I completed my military service with an altered perspective, not without an appreciation for hard work, but it had become difficult for me to return to that small company mindset. I'm another cog in this corporate copywriting machine and it hadn't been bad – I've been able to an afford a nicer apartment than I would have and I wouldn't have met Dae if it wasn't for this job. Parts of it have actually been pretty cool since I sometimes get to work on high end brand campaigns.

But looking at him and how he has arrived at this point has gotten me thinking. Is this where I want to be for the rest of my life? I think I could actually use a real vacation to both force me to take a break and help me reevaluate where I want to go next. Maybe it is staying at my job and making the best of it. Or maybe it's going in a completely different direction, perhaps back to my old artistic practice, which could go against my (well-meaning) family's wishes. It's a big deal and I don't want to mess it up.

If possible, I would like to see Dae here too. He deserves a break too. Plus, he's been more helpful to me than he probably believes.

Thanks,

June Tae

daehyeon im ( original )

[boyeo]

Player name: Kayla
Player contact: frickin / canary#4628

Character name: Daehyeon Im
Canon: Original
Canon point: A few months after beginning a relationship with his boyfriend, TJ. Dae continues the odd modeling job here and there and pines endlessly for his hardworking boyo while he's at his nine-to-five and wishes their schedules allowed them to spend more time together.
Powers, if any: Dae possesses the ability to transform from cupcake personified to suddenly sexual in the blink of an eye. Just kidding — Dae is your average, everyday human.

Application letter:

존경하는 관계자 분께:

My name is Im Dae-hyeon and I'm responding to the poster I found plastered seemingly everywhere I looked in Seoul. I don't think I would have ever said that I'm someone who believes in things like fate, but after the past few months of my life, after meeting, by chance, an amazing person who has given me an entirely new perspective on what I want in my life ... I think that your advertisements might be a sign.

Now, I must clarify that I do not have a hard life by any stretch of the imagination; I live on my own, I have an occupation that allows me to maintain an above-average lifestyle, and I have someone that makes me unendingly happy.

I've never really been the type of person who feels content with their place in the world. I have been told that I'm just drifting carelessly through my life, floating from person to person and whim to whim with no real regard for what it might mean for my future. It's not entirely untrue. I've forsaken high family expectations by not attending post-secondary school and, in a similar vein, by deferring my mandatory enlistment in the military, at the price of a relationship with my father.

What should it matter, though, if I am truly happy? My boyfriend, June Tae, has somehow managed to find a way to ground this so-called airhead, and not in a way that feels smothering or overbearing. He makes me want to settle into a life that's more stable, and further understand who I am in life and who I want to be.

I cannot pretend to understand things like magic or multiverses, but I do believe that time spent on the island of Norrhamn might allow me a chance at true self-discovery. I want to be better — both for him and for myself.

Thank you for your time and your consideration.

임 대현
Im Dae-hyeon

P.S. I apologize if this letter is overly formal — I am very nervous and haven't written a letter with pen and paper since secondary school.

P.P.S. Please, if you are able, consider June Tae for this opportunity as well. Though I would like to see him here for purely selfish reasons, I also believe that he deserves a break more than anyone. He works endlessly long hours at a very boring job and could certainly use a vacation. I promise, the denizens of Norrhamn will be grateful for it, too, the moment they lay eyes on him.

Clover | Totally Spies!

[lovelyclover]

Player name: Kate
Player contact: wateriswet

Character name: Clover Ewing
Canon: Totally Spies!
Canon point: Post season 3
Powers, if any: None. Unless you count good looks and amazing fighting skills.

Application letter:
To the mystery person,

Hi, my name is Clover Ewing and I live in Beverley Hills, California. Senior year is coming up which means it's going to be crunch time for me soon. So, since it's summer, Jerry is actually letting us take a break for once that isn't in Beverley Hills. So, I decided that I wanted to come to this place. If you'll have me, of course. Because I seriously need a long break after the things that I've been through. Mandy joining the team for a day, saving the world from a face stealing outdated boy band...safe to say, it gets a little crazy around here.

I bet you're curious as to what a girl like me is doing having to deal with things like that. Well, as long as you don't leak this out, I think I can tell you. See, I'm a secret agent for WOOHP (World Organization Of Human Protection) and I've been working there for as long as I can remember. The things I mentioned before are only the tip of the iceberg of what I have to deal with all the while navigating high school. I want to vacation here because I don't want to have to worry about being WOOHPed anywhere and hurting my butt when I land. I also don't want to deal with the stress for a while or I'll get wrinkles. Or, worse, gray hairs. And I hear Swedish guys are pretty cute, too, so a vacation boyfriend sounds great!

The idea of the world stopping just so I can enjoy the longest summer vacation ever sound perfect to me. And, with it on pause, I don't have to worry about some selfish villain trying to bring the world to an end!

I hope to hear back from you soon!

Love and kisses,
Clover

Kaidan Alenko | Mass Effect

[captaincanada]

Player name: liz!
Player contact: ragweed; middlemarching#9936 on discord

Character name: Maj. Kaidan Alenko
Canon: Mass Effect trilogy
Canon point: The conclusion of the last game, assuming that Commander Shepard selected the Control ending.
Powers, if any: 

• Kaidan is a literal space marine, and has all the training that comes with that job (combat, survival, shooting various firearms, looking good in uniform, etc.) He is also a Spectre operative for the Citadel Council--the second human ever to receive such an honour. (Commander Shepard being the first, naturally.) He's tech-savvy and good with electrical systems, and is equally competent at fixing faulty wiring as he is overloading an enemy's electrical grid.
• He's a biotic; exposure to "Element Zero" while in utero resulted in his being born with space magic the ability to control mass effect fields. Per the wiki, biotics access and have their inherent abilities augmented via bio-amps, which are implanted in their heads. Biotic individuals can knock enemies over from a distance, lift them into the air, generate gravitational vortices to tear obstacles or enemies apart, or create protective barriers." Kaidan only uses his abilities in combat, and given he's been wired with the controversial L2 implants, he's prone to pretty intense migraines that can take him down for the count if he's not careful.
• He could make introspective navel-gazing an Olympic sport, and makes a mean steak sandwich.
• homeboy cannot dance to save his life.

Application letter: 

Solar Year 2186

Hello,

I flagged the first two messages from this account as phishing attempts and rerouted them to the Citadel's information security division, because frankly the idea of anything approaching a paradise left on Earth is hard to wrap my head around. But someone at the office got back to me verifying the extranet protocol address, so here I am, contemplating a vacation for the first time in four years.

This is also the first time I've drafted a message in recent memory that didn't contain a classified de-brief for the Citadel Council, or require the recipient to at least have some kind of a security clearance. The hoops I had to jump through to disable encryption on outgoing messages from my omni-tool were pretty impressive, too, but I won't bore you with the technical details because technical details are part of my day job. This is supposed to be about taking a break, right? The Commander would've called it a "sanity check." Or would have, before the end [REDACTED]

I really need to get off this space station [REDACTED]

I've got until the end of the fiscal year to burn up the last of my shore leave before [REDACTED]

I need a change of scenery because every time I look at the Citadel, all I see is the weapon that killed my [REDACTED]

Honestly, I don't know how to ask for help when I need [REDACTED]

It's been a rough four years, and I've buried a lot of good people. I could really use a break.

Thanks for your consideration,

Maj. Kaidan Alenko
Alliance Navy

Arthur Morgan | Red Dead Redemption | Spoilers!

[haveyouseenmyhat]

Player name: Rema
Player contact: luftballons

Character name: Arthur Morgan
Canon: Red Dead Redemption
Canon point: The end of Red Dead Redemption 2
Powers, if any: N/A

Application letter:
To Whom It May Concern:

I have recently seen your advertisement for Norrhamn. I will admit, I would not have given much credence to the idea of a "multiverse" if you had asked me yesterday or any day before that. Given my current state of affairs (I cannot think of a more polite way to phrase it, and somehow actually writing it out with my own hand seems wrong), I do not believe I have much in the way of skepticism left.

A break sounds welcome. I have not had one in a long time. Perhaps you know that already and that was the purpose of sending me this solicitation. Perhaps you do not, and this is news. I spent a long time running, far longer than I would have liked. A break? Relaxation? Well, Dutch always did say he wanted for us to retire to an island. As long as this is not a repeat of the "paradise" of Guarma, then I imagine it will be worth the trip.

I will do my best to actually relax if I am there. I have been told I am not very good at this, and other related things of that nature. There may be some truth in that. Nevertheless, I would like to try. Norrhamn may be the place to do it, if you'll have me.

Sincerely Yours,
Arthur Morgan

John Marston | Red Dead Redemption

[iwouldnotstealahat]

Player name: Jan
Player contact: cantito

Character name: John Marston
Canon: Red Dead Redemption
Canon point: Red Dead Redemption II (Epilogue I)
Powers, if any: None.

Application letter:

[ It's worth noting that all of John's writing is underlined -- not for emphasis, but because he's not very good at writing in straight lines. Just look at this boy's handwriting. His is the bottom sketch, of course. ]

To whom it may concern,

Firstly, I hope you will forgive my handwriting, as I was never charmed by learning my letters when so many other things in my life were more important took precedence. Not withstanding, I have been in the process of bettering myself these last several years it is with this goal in mind that I am responding to your solicitation. These last few years have not been easy for me or my family and I fear I may be at a turning point with regards to the life I wish to be living and the life I can reasonably live. Ain't no better time for a break, is there?

I will not bore you with the specifics of my tale, nor am I particularly interested in learning what a 'multiverse' is or how exactly you can afford to grant strangers a holiday in which all expenses are paid. I am a simple man whose goal is to live peacefully, but circumstances being what they are, I have found this particular goal to be pretty damn hard increasingly difficult. This land is growing tame, as they say, and while I have every wish to settle down, I find the act of settling does not often agree with me. If your Norrhamn is truly as calm and peaceful as your papers say, then I would not wish to squander such a fortuiotous rare opportunity. I hope only that my family can soon follow, should they be willing.

Yours respectfully,
John Jim John Marston

Link | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

[sealsthedarkness]

Player name: Alex
Player contact: Chatvert

Character name: Link
Canon: The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Canon point: The end of the game.
Powers, if any: He's really good at climbing and hunting and riding horses and so on, and he's a great cook! He can also use runes through his magic smartphone Sheikah Slate to raise magical ice blocks, temporarily freeze time on an object and store kinetic energy in it to send it flying, use magnets to manipulate metal, and create remotely-detonated bombs (since these are a no-no, we can disable that rune. Or he can pinky promise not to use it). Also, he can use it to take selfies, and summon a sweet magic dirtbike.

Application letter: It seems selfish of me to want a vacation. I've only been awake again for such a short time, but the weight of the whole world was dumped on my shoulders as soon as I opened my eyes. I had to defeat the Calamity and save the Princess. I had to wield the Sword that Seals the Darkness. Nobody else could.

The Calamity has been defeated, so now what? We have a long way to go, traveling the country, trying to rebuild, clearing out the last pockets of monsters and Malice that the defeat of the Dark Beast didn't destroy. Defeating Calamity Ganon? That was the easy part. People are harder. The Yiga Clan are still out there, and out for our blood, I'm sure. I have to do now what I can barely remember doing, which is defend the Princess as her appointed knight.

She needs this more than I do, I'm sure. She's been keeping Ganon contained for a hundred years, and I've been running around Hyrule for not even a fraction of that time picking up the pieces of my own mind and trying to help put the spirits of our friends to rest. Back before the Calamity, I used to not talk very much because I wanted to keep the image of a stoic knight and not let anyone know that I was insecure or afraid, too. I know I'm going to have to start doing that again when we get to work rebuilding Hyrule. I just want to let myself enjoy acting my age for a little while longer. I want to be who I am, not who I'm supposed to be.

I wouldn't even consider this if Hyrule wouldn't be waiting just the way I left it. But since it is...a break wouldn't hurt.

Note: Because the Master Sword is bound to the spirit of the hero now that Link is once again strong enough to wield it, he would have to keep it with him, at least on the island. He wouldn't need to carry it around - and would in fact prefer not to - so it would stay in his cabin, but leaving it behind in Hyrule would sit poorly with him, even if time would be frozen.

Buddy | Lisa The Joyful

[radostnaya_devushka]

Player name: Pash
Player contact: Plurk pashchan, you can also PM me in DW off the same name

Character name: Buddy Armstrong
Canon: Lisa The Joyful
Canon point: Right from the end of the Game (Inoculated Ending)
Powers, if any: None, aside from knowledge on how to fight. (And it's a dirty, merciless kind of fighting, there's no art in it really.)

She would like to have her sword (a saber type sword with a red rag tied at the hilt) on her though. Also a horn. (It's far more important than it looks and she doesn't want anyone to just have it.)

Application letter:

To whoever this is:

I've seen advertisements for this place called...Norham? Norhan? Noham? Whatever it is. I really doubt it's existence, to be honest. It sounds like a story that is far too fucking good to be true from where I live. Or some sort of plot that can turn ugly to lure desperate people in. And where I'm from, there are many desperate people. (If they aren't dead or high.)

[There's a long pause in the letter, hinting at the difficulty there is to ask for help.]

But I am here to ask to be let in this place. I have done... terrible things in the place where I'm from. It's a harsh land, with harsh people and it forces others to do things that are not good. Someone told me it wasn't always the case, it was once a green land with streams and fields where there were people living normal lives. And there were more women besides me. I now rule this place, but what good is ruling if I'm bad? I do not wish to rule as I claimed it. I wanted fear, but I'm not sure anymore.

I'm not sure about anything anymore.

I want to know what life was like before the Flash, I want to see green, living things. I want to know peace and decent people. I will probably struggle to know and accept it, but I want to learn. I truly want to be free.

If it's real or not, please hear my request.

-Buddy

Oscar | Lupin The 3rd: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine

[riveres]

Player name: Pash
Player contact: pashchan @ plurk , or just PM me in DW at the same name.

Character name: Oscar
Canon: Lupin The 3rd: The Woman Called Fujiko Mine
Canon point: The 13th episode, at the end of the series.
Powers, if any: While he does have a set of skills as a Police Officer, for the most part he's a normal reedy dude.

Application letter:

To whom it may concern:

I'm writing this during a rare lucid period, so pardon if they are any mistakes in this letter. I will be honest, I do not ask to be sent to this place because I want to relax. (I believe vacations are a waste of time, only fit for those with idleness in mind.) I am asking to be sent to Norrhamn for my own good. (I have done... regrettable things and I need a place to lay low. If this place can keep me hidden well enough from those that wish to find me, I will be the best guest possible to this town.)

But really, I don't know where to go or what to do. I've... been foolish and reckless. I've done terrible, terrible things for someone-

[That 'someone' is scribbled out viciously as if he wants no one to even make out that word.]

-something that isn't even worth it. I've been to Sweden before, I even speak a little of the language. But I've never been to the... rustic parts. So perhaps that is new for me.

[It's because the only thing he's known in his extensive travels is police stations.]

I await your response (and I hope it comes quick),
Oscar