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ignitedfms · 4 months ago

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DO YOU HAVE AN EXAMPLE APP?

Hey anon! Yes we do, my own app can be found below the read more! I hope it helps.

[ iko uwais, demi-man, he/they ] Look who just landed! MENTARI AG, I sure hope you packed all you need. Perhaps you’re not worried as DETECTIVE ( corrupt ) of THE OVERSEERS. The city has plenty of spots for a HUMAN like you. You’ll be known in the city soon enough as THE AMBITIOUS, being METHODICAL and STANDOFF-ISH. Don’t forget to lock your door in MAWAR, because you’ll never know who might have your name on their list. ( niek, 31, CET, cancers )

00000 - - INTERVIEW INCOMING - - - 001

001101 1- - ARE you A LOCAL OF MARS OR HAVE you LANDED HERE RECENTLY? WHAT IS your OPINION OF THE CITY OF NEW JAKARTA? - 00011011

Mentari spun his hand-held around on the table, looking at the screen that had stopped glowing somewhere in the past few hours. This was a standard and mandatory interview, for everyone, even those who were a part of the Overseers. But to be interviewed by those who were below him did sting a little, as if he was a mere citizen, dancing to the whims of those who thought they were in charge. Mentari knew better, the past few years had taught him the true colours of the BOARD and thus the true colours of those he worked for. The Human population was decreasing in numbers, these days everyone had an augmentation or work done. And if not that, they were tempering with Magic. He did not understand what Sighir was, nor did he have any interest in doing so. He merely sought a way to solidify his position within the new order. To undermine the rebels and to ensure his own survival. He did not wish to get a modification done on his body, nor did he see any other way out than to ensure he had enough money to flee and enough contacts to keep his head above water.

“Mars, local of Jakarta,” he said. “It is the oldest city on the planet and a miracle of humankind,” he added. Cold, without much feeling to any of his words. These Overseers knew who he was, he didn’t need to play to their feelings.

0101022 - - ARE you AWARE OF THE CRIMINAL CIRCUIT OF NEW JAKARTA? WOULD you BE WILLING TO INFORM THE OVERSEERS IF you SEE ANYTHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY? - 001200

“Yes, and yes,” he stated matter-of-factly. He knew most of them, either by name, or else by contacts. He had his hands in all their businesses, and if not: ears on the ground. X Academy paid him a good sum to stick his nose where it didn’t belong, while turning his back to more criminal matters.

000111311 - - HAVE you BEEN TESTED FOR ANY TRACES OF SIGHIR? HAVE your TESTS ON THE VIRUSES COME BACK CLEAN? - 0012133

Mentari produced both papers - since his handheld had died on him - and tapped the date, autograph, and the result. He was clean. He had himself tested every six months, Overseer-policy, for any of the viruses. Though the Sighir test he would only do for this interview. He was certain X Academy would flag it before any unproven test would.

0113114 - - DO you HAVE ANYTHING TO DECLARE? WEAPONS, AUGMENTATIONS, MECHANICAL PARTS OR AI-RELATED APERTURE? - 0012444

Ignoring the sour taste in his mouth at the mention of augmentations, mechanical parts, and AI-related aperture, Mentari shook his head. He’d left his standardised gun at his desk, which he’d keenly place back on his hip once he was out of here. “I do not,” he stated, then crossed his arms and waited to be let through. He had a job to do, Rebels to catch and criminals to annoy.

#answered #scifi rp #city rp #crime rp #new rp #plot driven rp #literate rp #lsrp #semi appless rp #fantasy rp #original rp #Apologies for the bad formatting #On mobile #sampleapp

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theagencyrp · 7 years ago

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SAMPLE APP -- ADMIN LISS

Below is a completed sample application for Admin Liss. Please note, your app does not need to look exactly like this but we hope it’ll clear up any questions you have about the application.

OOC:

Name: Liss

Pronouns: she/her

Timezone: EST

Age: Over 18

How did you find us?: It’s my rp!

IC:

What skeleton are you applying for?: Agent Franklin; Frankie for short

Character Real Name: Carmen Alan Davidson

First Choice FC: Janel Parrish

Second Choice FC: Erendira Ibarra

Character Gender and Pronouns: cis female, she/her

Character Age: 30

Please list at least two reasons why the Agency looked to recruit your character:

1) The Davidson name dates back to second generation of the Agency. Franklin’s father was in the agency until he retired a few years before Frankie was recruited.

2) Franklin received a lifesaving award her second year as a firefighter after saving two people. She was later that year awarded firefighter of the year which was reported in the news.

Character Backstory:

Agent Franklin grew up the only child to Alan and Helen Davidson. Her middle name wasn’t always after her father, but around the time Franklin turned four years old and her parents realized her mother couldn’t have any more children. Her father won the argument to have it legally changed. Her mother always seemed to shake her head when her father told the story as the only time he ever won an argument against her mother.

Even before the name change, Frankie was her father’s little girl. As she grew up, she thought he was in the Army, overseas for most of her childhood. Her fondest memories were the days he returned home; they would spent all their time together, catching up with new memories. Franklin spent weekends camping, fishing, hunting, and just about anything outdoors. She grew up never being scared to get covered in dirt or climb the next obstacle with her father always there to catch her if she fell.

It was a shock to Franklin’s friends and family that she didn’t enlist when she graduated high school. Instead, she couldn’t help but be impressed by the firefighters she met at her senior year job fair. Franklin was already physically fit and her family supported her decision to apply to her local fire station. She passed through the academy with ease and studied on becoming a paramedic while she worked. Franklin was a full time employee as well as a full time student during her late teens, working her hardest to achieve her goals.

Frankie never finished school. At twenty-one, she was approached by the former Agent Adams, who has since retired, and her father with an interesting offer. Frankie was mad at her father for a total for twelve seconds for lying to her for most of her life before the excitement of becoming an agent took over. She accepted right away and knew the perfect excuse to tell her mother and friends.

It was only natural that Frankie copied her father’s cover. Claiming to want to see the world and save more of it outside of her little home town, no one was shocked to see her followe in her father’s footsteps. Frankie left for Agency training and no one was the wiser. She was incredibly upset her father couldn’t be her mentor, but bonded quickly with the old agent Adams.

Frankie almost didn’t make it into the field. Acting without thinking was second nature to her, and her firefighter instincts led her down the wrong path before she learned to correct them. Running back into burning buildings, despite the risk, transferred over to the agency. That training almost got her placed in tech after she failed the critical decision making final test. After a bit more training and a watchful eye from Adams, Frankie was promoted to a veteran agent after six years in the agency.

With her promotion came the bittersweet parting from her mentor. Although he never admitted it, Adams stayed at the Agency long enough to see her out on her own. He retired just two months after her official promotion, leaving behind his legacy and high expectations. Franklin really hit her stride as a veteran agent. When the position for Franklin opened up after the sudden death during a classified mission, Frankie was one of the top candidates. Through a competitive process, she emerged on top of one of the most qualified candidate pools in the history of the promotion process.

Character Personality: [[At least one full paragraph, please.]]

Frankie has never been one to hold back. She is full throttle, all of the time, and will leave anyone in her dust if they can’t keep up. If anyone were to spontaneously break into song and dance for no reason or yell ‘challenge accepted’ at something that shouldn’t be considered a challenge, it is her. Franklin needs to have a challenge in her life. When Franklin doesn’t have something to do, she tends to fidget until she stirs up her own trouble.

Franklin is incredibly outgoing. She loves to be in the middle of a crowd as much as possible, and may as well be called the ‘unofficial bunker welcoming committee’. She’s outgoing and observant, and does a great job making new agents feel at home in their new home. Most people wouldn’t be able to guess that Franklin was an only child with how easy-going and willing to share she is.

Her loud personality and optimistic personality can be grating on some nerves and she has been known to get under peoples’ skin. Franklin is spontaneous and impulsive; this can be good or bad depending on the mission and her disposition for the day. Franklin’s original firefighter training is still at the core of her values, and she can act before she thinks.

OTHER:

Anything else:

Headcanons!

Franklin always carries a Rubik cube with them. She uses it to fidget with and to show off how fast they can solve it

Her MTBI type is ESFP.

If Frankie was going to be sorted at Hogwarts, she’d fall in the middle at Slytherdor.

Her favorite color is orange.

Always tries to get the agency Jeep whenever they have to drive out on a mission.

Has recently become a mentor to someone for the first time.

Is considering starting to teach some training classes but hasn’t yet.

Frankie has only been an founding father for 6 months, making her the newest founder.

Frankie likes having a roommate in the bunker. While she spent her whole life growing up as an old child with her own room she spent a lot of time with friends spending the night and looks like it as a forever slumber party.

#franklin #sampleapp

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allurehq-blog · 8 years ago

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i know several people have been asking for this, so the wait is finally over. under the cut, you’ll find my sample application for the character of severus snape. by no means are you expected to match the length of this in any certain way or format because there’s no one way to tackle an application, but this is just to give you an idea of what i’ll be looking for in terms of how you have taken the character skeleton, unpacked it, and successfully made them into your own character. enjoy - i hope this helps!

Name/Alias: Megan Preferred Pronouns: she/her Age: 25 Timezone: EST Activity: I spend way too much time around here obviously. Triggers: removed for privacy! Anything else?: nah son

Desired Character: Severus Tobias Snape

SEVERUS - ‘stern’; a fitting name for the boy whose childhood was not overflowing with smiles and laughter, but who instead seems to wear a persistent look of disinterest on his face instead. TOBIAS - roughly translates into ‘goodness’; it is this part of his name that Severus has tried to all but erase from his persona. To not only be attached to the man who was such a source of misery for him for years, but to also carry a similarity to him is more than Severus wants to bear. He doesn’t want to be anything like his father, and the easiest way to separate himself from that should be to get rid of the damning name.

Sexuality / Gender Identity:

Cismale (he/him), demisexual. In terms of his sexuality and coming to terms with what he understands about this part of himself, Severus is inexperienced in many ways - after all, he’s only just begun to branch out in terms of intimacy and physical affection, and is still trying to navigate these aspects of his life. His scope of personal relationships is limited in many ways, and that’s not even taking the ideas of a sexual relationship into accounts. For that reason, he’s still in a period of his life where sexuality is a bit of a question mark for him. Although I don’t expect to see him doing a ton of experimentation, I do think that he’d be trying to figure out what the difference between simply caring for someone is, and what being attracted to them feels like. Because of the background in which he comes from, however, Severus is someone that would need to form a bond of trust with a person before he could even begin to consider any sort of romantic or intimate bond with that person.

Age / Birthday:

17 years old, born on January 9th, 1999. Popular traits of the Capricorn that Severus displays are ambition, discipline, and determination, as well as sometimes being a know-it-all, condescension, and being unforgiving.

Why did you choose this character?:

Honestly, because I’ve always found Severus to be an interesting character that doesn’t fall into that ‘good or evil’ binary, and I wanted to explore that development, especially in terms of when he was in school. I feel like this time in which the roleplay is taking place would’ve had the most critical effect on charting the rest of his life and the decisions that he made, and it’ll be interesting to see what happens.

Character Bio:

( trigger warning; domestic abuse, child abuse )

Perhaps if Eileen Prince had known of the future that awaited both her and her future child, maybe she would've thought twice about marrying muggle Tobias Snape. Blinded by the attraction that she felt for him, it was enough to take a step back from the magical world. A drastic measure, but something she was willing to give in exchange for a life alongside Tobias. Whether or not she kept the wizarding world a secret during their relationship is something that’s still left unanswered. The question is how they ended up married without Tobias’ deep resentment for magic not showing until the ring was on her finger. Which was when everything changed for her.

By this time their son was brought into the world, the relationship that was once filled with happiness and love was dead and gone. Eileen’s magic had become rusty, as she was forbidden to use any form within the house by Tobias. Meanwhile, he was afraid of the wizarding world, and afraid of what he could not understand. Perhaps even afraid that his wife might’ve been more powerful than he was. Because of this, the family lived in poverty for years, Tobias working a hard labor job and Eileen struggling to find work, for she had no credentials and no education in the muggle world. A happy family and a beautiful home had sank slowly into a dark place that was devoid of light or of joy, and still while Severus was young. When he was small - young enough to be oblivious to the truth of his surroundings but old enough to be aware of them, he’d sit and listen as his parents fought. He’d watch as objects flew across the room, thrown in a furious rage - sometimes even seeing his father’s fist follow afterwards. They seemed to always be fighting with one another for a reason that would remain lost to him for a long time. His mother did her best to care for him, kindness and well-meaning gestures in everything she did. She attempted to love her son, but Severus was a mirror image of the man who left bruises against her skin. And still, no matter what she would try, the kindness she showed was constantly overshadowed by the distaste that his father held for him. He couldn’t win, for in the same way that he was a shadow of his father, he was also a reminder of everything that Eileen was. He had the same wizard blood running through his veins that she did. His father could try to banish magic from the house, he could berate and beat Eileen when she slipped up and tried to use magic, he could speak poorly of everything that the wizarding world stood for - but he could never eliminate the living and breathing reminder of him being a part of the wizarding world - which took form with Severus.

Eventually, as time passed, Severus could only sit around and listen to the arguments for so long. Less confused and scared of the fights that would unfold in front of him, and more annoyed by it, he’d find himself leaving the house as soon as the fighting began. It was his own company that he could rely on. At that young age, he became independent and self-supporting. He had yet to experience a time that didn’t exist with him on his own, avoiding his parents. Which was why when he finally met someone who seemed interested in talking to him, it was almost disconcerting. She had explained that her name was Lily, and how she lived in the neighborhood over upon first meeting. Severus wasn’t sure what she wanted, but all the words and the interactions that had been held inside seemed to bubble up and spilled out without a filter. He was curious - about her, about her family, about what she did. He was curious of her kindness. He wanted to get to know her - and so he did.

It was on a cold afternoon in February that Severus discovered that magic that laid within him as well. He’d read about it until now, listened to the stories of a past life that his mother would bestow upon him. He'd watch as she showed him bits and pieces of her magic when Tobias wasn’t around. They were simple and small things - but it was enough to make him hungry for more of this world he’d yet to discover. Whereas she enjoyed his curiosity, his father forbid it - blaming it all on his mother and quickly turning on her. That afternoon, it was something small, but still - it was the usual to and fro, nothing new. The calm voice that slowly turned angry, the eery tension that settled over the room, the shouting voices that rose like the sea. The crashing sounds of things breaking. The ugly noise of fists resounding against flesh. He was used to this - and still, in that moment when it happened that afternoon, he’d seen enough. All he could remember was the anger that was thrumming through him, the hatred and the disgust that had been slowly building towards the man he was supposed to call his father.

The feeling was nothing he’d ever experienced before. There was a loud crack of energy through the air, followed by a crash. The usual chorus of chaos had dissolved. When he’d opened his eyes, he’d seen his mother sitting and staring at him - while his father was hunched over on the ground. Severus’ eyes had traveled from his mother to his father, taking note of the wood fragments stuck in his skin. And then, there was the kitchen chair on the ground, laying in shambles from where it had been broken over Tobias’ back. It was clear from that point on that Severus was indeed like his mother. This meant that the stories that he’d heard about Eileen’s years at Hogwarts were just a distant reality for him. It also meant that now, instead of the sneering looks and the bitter insults muttered under breaths, his father could be more open with his hatred. There was nothing left to separate the way he was treated from the way his mother was treated - he was a wizard, just like she was. He took it in stride each time it would occur, swallowing down the fighting words and covering up the bruises as if it had never happened. There was far more in the world than the hatefulness he’d seen and learned from his father, and he’d already witnessed it. Hogwarts was his chance to learn and discover things about himself without being under the watchful eye of his father. It was his chance to explore this power that laid within him, and develop it for more uses than those that had already showed - and he wasn’t going to lose out on that.

Expand upon at least two of the character connections given for this character:

LILY EVANS;

His relationship with Lily matters more to him than the one he holds with either of his parents - or anyone else, for that matter. She’s the one person that he’d do anything for, even now when they’re not speaking. It’s such a strange feeling to him, one that’s new and almost unsettling to a certain extent - but the amount of hope and faith that she has in him makes Severus feel like he’s a good person. He was raised to feel like he was bad - that because he had magical blood running in his veins, there was something wrong with him. and so he believed it. But Lily looked at him like he was something good - even had the boldness to call him her best friend. When Severus commits himself to trying to become a better person, it’s not for himself or for his family or for people he wants to help - it’s to show Lily that she’s not wrong in caring about him. Which is why although it’s only been a short time since the incident, he’s still shaken by what he did. Lily was the first person who ever showed him kindness - and in return, he was responsible for one of the worst moments in her life. The guilt that’s begun to eat away at him is starting to become overwhelming, because he wants to speak to her again and make amends for what’s happened before it’s too late - but at the same time, he’s worried to do so in fear that she will reject him once and for all. Lily has been a force in his life that has kept him from going too far, as the faith that she has in him has kept him grounded. With her gone, though, there’s no one to stop him from falling deeper and deeper into the dark arts that Slytherin is so entrenched in. It’s his fault that this is happening, but he needs her.

REMUS LUPIN;

He’s not sure what he thinks of Remus Lupin. Well, there are some things he thinks of Remus at this point - most of them revolving around the fact that he saw the figure of the sleeping werewolf hidden away in the shack that night. But Remus irritates him and confuses him all in one swoop - for it’s bad enough that he’s companions with James Potter and Sirius Black, standing by as the two of them have publicly embarrassed him in front of a good chunk of the school body. Which that would be fine if that was the case, because Severus could then chalk that up to Remus just being another one like them and add him into the plan of revenge he’s been planning to take. But it’s not that simple, and that’s what’s frustrating. Since Severus was given the task of tutoring Lupin, he’s had the chance to interact with him in an environment where it’s just the two of them - and now he can’t say that Remus is just like James or Sirius. Remus is one of the nicer people that he’s met before, always appreciative and grateful to him. Which is why it’s hard to distinguish the Remus that Severus speaks to in their tutoring sessions from the one who he encounters alongside James Potter. And now, just to add even more into the mix, the one who’s a werewolf.

JAMES POTTER;

Anyone who’s ever heard one of their names mentioned knows that the two of them cannot stand each other. What had begun with James trying to humiliate him had turned into a battle of sorts, as Severus began to stand up for himself more. They bicker and they torment one another, they hurl insults at one another and know exactly what to say to make them hurt the worst. It’s perhaps the most fitting example of ‘keeping your enemies’ closer, because Severus really does know James potter quite well - a fact that he’s not entirely proud of, no less. But he knows what to say to get him annoyed, or what will make him angry, and it just seems to show how tangled their lives are with one another. The one thing that doesn’t make sense to Severus, however, is that this whole time he had chalked up James being an asshole to the other boy trying to win Lily over. But now that Severus and Lily have a rift between them, James has yet to make any sort of move on Lily - the only “move” he’s made is saving Severus’ life, which has thrown the dynamic between the two of them into a complete frenzy. and it’s made Severus overcompensate with his anger, because he’s not going to say thank you to James. James gets under his skin in the worst way possible, and all Severus wants to do is make him be quiet. Makes sense considering the fact that he chose to try and end an argument between them by covering James’ mouth with his own.

How does your character feel about their placement into their house?:

Severus wasn’t expecting to be in Slytherin upon his entrance into school - if anything, he’d thought he was going to end up in Ravenclaw, simply because he felt like he aligned better with the traits of the house, and because being a halfblood went against it’s deep history of pureblood surpremacy. Upon being placed in the house, he felt pressure to try and fit in with the group of people, in fear that if he didn’t, they would make his life torture - which was the exact life that he was trying to escape at Spinner’s End - which is why he’s lying about himself being a pureblood. He doesn’t particularly like very many of the people in Slytherin, as he finds many of them to be exhausting and overly involved with their own ego. He just tries to keep to himself and do the bare minimum to keep his head above water and the targets off his back in the Slytherin house.

Describe your character’s first time brewing amortentia. What did they smell, and how did they feel about it?:

Despite his talents with potions, Severus believes Amortentia to be one of the least useful potions to brew. He finds no use in it, and had even considered skipping the class in which they were going to brewing it because he found it so elementary. However, he went through with the class and with the brewing of the potion, finding it to be just as useless as he had expected it to be. Love is not something that he believes to be fundamental in life, after all - he’s survived seventeen years on the earth without really knowing or feeling undeniable and unconditional love. Love is something of an afterthought for him, and it goes to show in the way that his potion smelled. It’s the faint scent of the dusty leather books he carries around with him, it’s the lavender scent of the perfume his mother wears, it’s the smell of freshly cut grass on the hill where he used to go with Lily in their neighborhood. And something else, something he can’t quite put his finger on. It’s familiar, but he doesn’t know what it is. After the lesson is done for the day, he leaves the classroom trying to figure out what the smell is, but he can’t figure it out. He knows he’s been around it before, but he can’t put a name to it, and still can’t.

What are your plans for this character in the group?:

One thing that I would love to explore in this group is the balance between Severus’ head and his heart. I’ve always viewed Severus as someone who has difficulty figuring out which one he should listen to - he’s a person that’s always been led by intuition and logic, for he’s never seen enough kindness to listen to his heart. But in this group, because it’s still at that point in his life where he’s yet to fully commit himself to a point where some might consider him to be ‘irredeemable’, I think it’d be interesting to explore this side of him. I also love the fact that he’s a person who can’t be defined as good or bad, and the fact that his intentions aren’t clear cut. In terms of moral stances, he’s the epitomes of shades of grey. I think that in this group, I want to see him be able to understand more about kindness outside of the scope of Lily, and for him to determine whether or not there are people outside of her that he can also trust. He’s made a point to isolate himself, which he believes is what he wants - to essentially be alone - but I’d think it would be great for him to explore and determine whether or not this is actually true. And although the Death Eater are of a different type than the one in canon, as Voldemort is not in power - I would love to be able to explore his own inner turmoil on whether or not he wants to join the Death Eaters. I would love to see his lie to the rest of the Slytherin house about being a pureblood come undone and come back to bite him in the ass. I like the idea that he’s interested in the group for the power and the respect that they have, but I imagine that the stance that they have on a lot of things would be something he’d have a hard time agreeing with. And of course, as always, I want to explore the relationships that he hold with the Marauders and the other members of the Slytherin house.

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theridge-rp · 5 years ago

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Sample App - Calliel

Here is a rough example of the kind of application we will be looking for. Of course, this isn’t perfect, this is something I whipped up quickly to show enquiring players. Some people like to spend a lot more time on applications than I spent on this, and this often shows in the application.

O U T O F C H A R A C T E R - Name/Alias: Admin Light

Age: 27 Preferred Pronouns: They/Them Timezone: BST Triggers: N/A How did you find us: ... Please describe your activity: ?/10 Blah blah explanation of activity level Anything else you need us to know: ...

D E T A I L S -

Character: Calliel Lightfeather What drew you to this character: I find Calliel’s struggle between his two lives quite enticing. I think it would be quite interesting to play a character with such duality. He was clearly dedicated to the Angel’s cause and became quite lost when he got to The Ridge and was given meaning by upholding a new kind of order. I think it would be really fun and angsty to see how things pan out and it’s great that the outcome of a potentially huge plot point would be down to development and the player rather than predetermined. Faceclaims ( Please list at least two ): Charles Michael Davis, Michael B Jordan. Please include why you chose the faceclaims

I think Charles’ character in The Originals is kind of like Calliel in an abstract sense. There is of course the fact that he has an angelic look, but more than that, Marcel was around for the old order of New Orleans in The Originals and then brings a new order in. Throughout the whole course of the show, he is torn between the city, what he has built there and his love of Rebecca/the rest of his Original family. Michael B would be because he has a similar look to Charles.

I N C H A R A C T E R -

Please list at least two headcanons for your character:

Disclaimer – We are aware that coming up with headcanons can be difficult when trying to adhere to a world and lore that you aren’t familiar with. We’re looking for creativity and depth of character more than anything. If your HCs don’t fit with the lore/background of The Ridge, we will let you know, but this won’t affect your application as long as we can see the charcter.

Calliel is a natural leader, but not once as it ever occurred to him to try and take a position higher than the one he has been given. He’s so preoccupied with how things should be and so invested in his place in the hierarchy, that he doesn’t think about how things could be. He is totally devoted to order and wouldn’t dare try to change it up.

He doesn’t actually hate demons. Calliel is actually scared of Demons because he doesn’t understand them, but he has never known what it is to be scared of something and so can’t label that emotion and pegs it as hate, same as most Angels.

He really misses flying. Like... Really misses it. There isn’t much need for it in a small town and hardly any freedom to do it with so many people around who don’t know about anything other than their own race. So he sneaks off sometimes to stretch his wings. He knows it’s dangerous and has told other Angels off on more than one occasion for flying about, but he can’t help himself sometimes.

Please include a list of potential plots for your character:

I think it could be really fun to go inside the box with some of his plots. Being a police Sergeant in a town full of magical creatures must be hard. So, it’d be good to explore some crime/investigation plots from that perspective. Like, maybe he suspects demons for almost everything and has to get past his prejudice and think maybe it was some other asshole who robbed the place/mugged the bystander?

I also think it would be interesting to explore his feelings for other races. Where he comes from, it’s one race on top and the other on the bottom. Does that mean that all other races are inferior? Or just Demons? But then again, he respects the Elves? So many questions. I’d really like to explore that inner dialogue and with a connection like Arariel, I think she could be the catalyst for that and really bring some angst to Calliel

Please include an in-character sample. This can be as long as you’d like with a minimum of 400 words:

This sections will of course be all you. Where we would like you to demonstrate your writing ability. Play to your strengths, this could be a sample of combat, conversation or even an inner dialogue. However, as much as we love and appreciate descriptive writing, a whole lot of descriptions won’t show us whether or not you can play the character that you’re applying for, just keep that in mind.

If you wish, feel free to include any extras ie. mock blog, aesthetic board, playlist etc ( optional):

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mlbors · 7 years ago

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First steps with Xamarin

Through this article, we are going to take a look at Xamarin to try to understand how it works. To achieve this, we are going to make a very simple application. Let's get into it!

Introduction

Nowadays, we have several tools to build simple or complex applications. Nevertheless, most of the time, there is one problem that we have to solve: our application has to run on different platforms and devices. One solution is to program the application as many times that we have platforms.

Another way is to use a solution that lets us build-cross platform applications. Xamarin lets us go this way.

What is Xamarin?

Xamarin is a cross-platform development tool. We can use C# to create iOS and Android apps. Xamarin applications use native UIs on every platform. It is a cross-platform implementation of the Microsoft .NET Framework. It is part of this last one and available through Visual Studio.

Here we are going to use Xamarin.Forms. Xamarin.Forms is a framework that allows us to create cross-platform user interfaces that can be shared across Android, iOS, Windows and Windows Phone. The user interfaces are rendered using the native controls of the target platform, allowing Xamarin.Forms applications to retain the appropriate look and feel for each platform.

Applications written using Xamarin.Forms are able to use any of the API's of the underlying platform. It is also possible to create applications that will have parts of their user interface created with Xamarin.Forms while other parts use the native UI toolkit.

Getting our tools

The first thing we need to do is to download Visual Studio and to install it.

Starting our project

First, we need to create a new project. We are going to choose "Multiplatform", "App". Then, we are going to select "Xamarin.Forms" and then "Blank Forms App". Let's call this application "SampleApp".

In the next step, we are going to select "iOS" and "Android" as targets and we are going to use "Portable Class Library".

Looking at the App file

Xamarin.Forms applications have a single class named "App" that is responsible for instantiating the first Page that will be displayed.

using Xamarin.Forms; namespace SampleApp { public partial class App : Application { public App() { InitializeComponent(); MainPage = new SampleAppPage(); } protected override void OnStart() { // Handle when your app starts } protected override void OnSleep() { // Handle when your app sleeps } protected override void OnResume() { // Handle when your app resumes } } }

App.xaml.cs file

Creating our main Content Page

A Page represents an Activity in Android, a View Controller in iOS or a Page in the Windows Universal Platform (UWP). Xamarin.Forms Pages represent cross-platform mobile application screens.

Let's define our XAML by opening the file named SampleAppPage.xaml and editing it:

SampleAppPage.xaml file

There are two techniques to create user interfaces in Xamarin.Forms. The first one is to create UIs with C#. The second one is to use Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML).

XAML is a declarative markup language that is used to describe user interfaces. XAML will play well with MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel). XAML defines the View that is linked to View Model code through XAML-based data bindings.

In our previous XAML code we are using several elements, like a StackLayout to arrange or unique Label on the screen.

Now, let's assure that our C# code looks like this:

using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using Xamarin.Forms; namespace SampleApp { public partial class SampleAppPage : ContentPage { public SampleAppPage() { InitializeComponent(); } } }

SampleAppPage.xaml.cs file

Our first build

Now, if we click and the little "play button" in Visual Studio and wait for a couple of seconds, our application will be displayed in an iOS or in an Android simulator, depending on what we chose in the options list next to the run button.

A closer look at XAML

As we said, XAML is a declarative markup language created by Microsoft extensively used in .NET Framework _and it is part of _Xamarin.Forms. XAML is basically XML, but has some unique syntax features like property elements, attached properties and markup extensions.

In a Xamarin.Forms application, a XAML file is always associated with a C# code file that provides code support for the markup.

In the first lines of our XAML file, we set some namespaces. Then, the "x:Class" attribute specifies a fully qualified .NET class name meaning this XAML file defines a new class named SampleAppPage in the SampleApp namespace that derives from ContentPage.

Within the XAML file, classes and properties are referenced with XML elements and attributes.

We also have a ContentPage.Content tag. It is called property element tag.

XAML also has markup extensions such as StaticResource, that returns an object from a resource dictionary, or "x:Static" that access a public static field, a public static property, a public constant field or an enumeration member.

Data binding

Basically, data bindings allow properties of two objects to be linked so that a change in one causes a change in the other.

Data binding is used to simplify how a Xamarin.Forms application displays and interacts with its data. It establishes a connection between the user interface and the underlying application. It defines a relationship between two objects: a source object that will provide data and a target object that will use the data from the source object.

The benefit of data binding is that we no longer have to worry about synchronizing data between our views and data source.

The "Binding Context" property of the target object must be set to the source object and the "SetBinding" must be called on the target object method to bind a property of that object to a property of the source object.

Most of the time, bindings are used connect the visuals of an application with an underlying data model, usually in a realization of the MVVM (Model-View-ViewModel).

We can define data bindings in XAML also. Sometimes it is set from the code-behind file, sometimes using a "StaticResource" or "x:Static" markup extension, and sometimes as the content of "BindingContext" property-element tags. For example, we can do something like this:

Data bings example

A single view can have data bindings on several of its properties. However, each view can have only one "Binding Context", so multiple data bindings on that view must all reference properties of the same object.

The solution to this problem involves the "Mode" property that can have the following values:

Default

OneWay — values are transferred from the source to the target

OneWayToSource — values are transferred from the target to the source

TwoWay — values are transferred both ways between source and target

It is also easy to achieve data bindings with a ListView:

ListView example

A word about MVVM

We previously talked about the MVVM Pattern. Let's refresh our mind!

The MVVM Pattern was developed by Microsoft. It is similar to MVC Pattern (Model-View-Controller) and it is a way to separate our user interface from our logic. In a few words, this pattern is composed of the following elements:

View

The View holds the user interface code. It defines the structure, layout, and appearance of what the user will see on the screen.

Model

The Model contains the logic to perform business functions. It includes a data model along with business and validation logic.

View Model_

The View Model is used to communicate between the View and the Model. It exposes public properties and commands. It is responsible for handling the View logic. It will interact with the Model by invoking methods of this last one. It provides data from the Model that the View can easily use. It will retrieve data from the Model and then makes the data available to the View.

Binder

Binding mechanism is not a part of the pattern itself. It is an underlying technology but it is required for applying the MVVM pattern. Basically, the Binder interprets bindings defined in the UI, observes the View Model for changes and updates the View and it observes the View for changes updates the View Model. Here, the Binder is XAML.

The pattern

The MVVM pattern was invented with XAML in mind. The View and the View Model are often connected through data bindings defined in the XAML file. The "Binding Context" for the View is usually an instance of the "ViewModel".

View Models generally implement the "INotifyPropertyChanged" interface. It means that the class fires an event called "PropertyChanged" whenever one of its properties changes. The data binding mechanism in Xamarin.Forms attaches a handler to this "PropertyChanged" event so it can be notified when a property changes and keep the target updated with the new value.

Sometimes the View needs to contain buttons that trigger various actions in the View Model but that last one must not contain "clicked handlers" for the buttons because that would tie the View Model to a particular user-interface paradigm.

To allow View Models to be more independent of particular user interface objects but still allow methods to be called within the View Model, a "Command Interface" exists. This "Command Interface" is supported by the following elements:

Button

MenuItem

ToolbarItem

SearchBar

TextCell

ImageCell

ListView

TapGestureRecognizer

The "ICommand" interface defines two methods and one event:

void Execute(object arg)

bool CanExecute(object arg)

event EventHandler CanExecuteChanged

Adding more pages

Knowing what we know, let's continue to build our application. First, let's add more pages.

To achieve this, we now have to edit our "App file" like so:

using Xamarin.Forms; using Xamarin.Forms.Xaml; [assembly: XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)] namespace SampleApp { public partial class App : Application { public App() { InitializeComponent(); MainPage = new NavigationPage(new SampleAppPage()); } protected override void OnStart() { // Handle when your app starts } protected override void OnSleep() { // Handle when your app sleeps } protected override void OnResume() { // Handle when your app resumes } } }

App.xaml.cs file

First, let's take a closer look at that little guy at the top of the file:

[assembly: XamlCompilation(XamlCompilationOptions.Compile)]

Here, we are making a little bit of optimization, choosing XAML to be compiled, rather than to be interpreted.

Now, let's add another "Forms ContentPage Xaml" to our solution and call it "SecondPage". We are not going to touch the code-behind but only edit the XAML file like so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" x:Class="SampleApp.SecondPage"> <ContentPage.Content> <ScrollView Padding="15"> <StackLayout VerticalOptions="Center" HorizontalOptions="Center"> <Label Text="I am another page" VerticalOptions="Center" HorizontalOptions="Center"/> </StackLayout> </ScrollView> </ContentPage.Content> </ContentPage>

SecondPage.xaml file

We now have to edit our SampleAppPage.xaml like so:

SampleAppPage.xaml file edited

And in our code-behind, we are going to add the following things:

... async void OnCallSecondPage(object sender, EventArgs e) { await Navigation.PushAsync(new SecondPage()); } ...

SampleAppPage.xaml.cs file edited

We can now run our application and check if we have a second page.

Interactions and data

We are now going to improve a little more our application. We are going to add a simple functionality that loads an image from a REST API and display it on the screen.

First of all, we need to install two packages: "System.Net.Http" and "Newtonsoft.Json". When it is done, we create a simple class called "WebImage" with the following code:

using System; namespace SampleApp { public class WebImage { public string File { get; set; } } }

WebImage.cs file

Then, we can edit our SampleAppPage.xaml like so:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <ContentPage xmlns="http://xamarin.com/schemas/2014/forms" xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2009/xaml" xmlns:local="clr-namespace:SampleApp" x:Class="SampleApp.SampleAppPage" Title="Sample App"> <ContentPage.BindingContext> <local:ViewModel/> </ContentPage.BindingContext> <ContentPage.Content> <ScrollView Padding="15"> <StackLayout VerticalOptions="Center" HorizontalOptions="Center"> <Label Text="This is a cross platform app!" VerticalOptions="Center" HorizontalOptions="Center"/> <Image x:Name="mainImage" Source="{Binding ImgUrl}" /> <Button Text="Refresh" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="Center" Command="{Binding RefreshCommand}" /> <ActivityIndicator IsRunning="{Binding IsBusy}" /> <Button Text="Second page" HorizontalOptions="Center" VerticalOptions="Center" Clicked="OnCallSecondPage" /> </StackLayout> </ScrollView> </ContentPage.Content> </ContentPage>

SampleAppPage.xaml file edited

Our code-behind will be like so:

using System; using Xamarin.Forms; namespace SampleApp { public partial class SampleAppPage : ContentPage { public SampleAppPage() { InitializeComponent(); } async void OnCallSecondPage(object sender, EventArgs e) { await Navigation.PushAsync(new SecondPage()); } } }

SampleAppPage.xaml.cs file edited

Finally, we create a file called ModelView and fill it with the following code:

using System; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Net.Http; using System.Threading.Tasks; using System.Windows.Input; using Xamarin.Forms; using Newtonsoft.Json; namespace SampleApp { public class ViewModel:INotifyPropertyChanged { public event PropertyChangedEventHandler PropertyChanged; string imgUrl; bool busy = false; // Constructor public ViewModel() { // Defining Refresh Command RefreshCommand = new Command(async () => await DownloadAsync()); // Loading data when page is loaded Task.Run(async () => await DownloadAsync()); } // Public properties public bool IsBusy { get { return busy; } set { if (busy == value) { return; } busy = value; OnPropertyChanged("IsBusy"); } } public string ImgUrl { get { return imgUrl; } set { if (imgUrl == value) { return; } imgUrl = value; OnPropertyChanged("ImgUrl"); } } // ICommand implementations public ICommand RefreshCommand { protected set; get; } protected virtual void OnPropertyChanged(string propertyName) { var changed = PropertyChanged; if (changed != null) { PropertyChanged(this, new PropertyChangedEventArgs(propertyName)); } } async Task DownloadAsync() { IsBusy = true; var data = await Task.Run(() => Download()); ImgUrl = data.File; IsBusy = false; } async Task<WebImage> Download() { HttpClient client = new HttpClient(); var response = await client.GetStringAsync("http://random.cat/meow"); var data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<WebImage>(response); return data; } } }

ModelView.cs file

Now, if we run our application, we can see an image appear on the screen when the first page is loaded. With the "Refresh" button, we can get another image.

Xamarin VS React Native VS Ionic

Comparing those technologies would take a whole article. But let's have a brief overview:

React Native and Ionic are two other famous solutions that help us build cross platform applications. The first difference is they both use JavaScript while, obviously, Xamarin uses C#.

React Native supports Android and iOS, whereas Xamarin also does Windows Mobile, Android Wear, iOS Watch, Android TV, macOS and Windows Universal App as well.

Some common controls in React Native may need to be coded separately for each platform.

React Native is a little low in performance when it comes to the development on iOS platform.

React Native works more like Xamarin while Ionic doesn’t use native widgets at all.

A complete comparison can be found here.

Conclusion

Through this article, we got a little more familiar with Xamarin by building a really simple application. Of course, we haven't covered everything and there are many things to explore. But we are now able to go deeper and to use this tool. By the way, the following repository is full of great examples!

One last word

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How to ensure that the authentication information (AccessToken, etc.) sent by the client is not obtained or forged? Which encryption method would be better? CCNA 200-301 book pdf free.

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Websites with user name / password login, even websites that use mobile phone numbers / SMS verification codes, including Zhihu and WeChat public accounts, after Alice completes a successful user authentication, she will be pushed to Alice with an "Access Token", as shown below The highlighted part of the link is shown.

http://example.com/home.jsp?

UID = 7B216A634951170FF851D6CC68FC9537858795A28ED4AA6F

Alice visits the website later, as long as the Access Token is embedded in the URL access request, the server will know that Alice is visiting the website. In short, Access Token is a substitute for Username / Password.

If this UID is captured by Evil, as long as Evil copies the URL link into the address bar and presses Enter, the server does not know whether the opposite is Evil or Alice, but because the Access Token is Alice, the server thinks that it is visiting the website Is Alice.

The use of plaintext http transmission is inevitable for third parties to peep and intercept Alice's Access Token. Therefore, for the security of Access Token, encryption at the transport layer is required. Only SSL / TLS encryption is required, and Evil has no way to peep and intercept the UID.

https://example.com/home.jsp?

UID = 7B216A634951170FF851D6CC68FC9537858795A28ED4AA6F

This link starts with https, which means that the link is encrypted at the transport layer. This is not the case in the process of encrypted transmission, it is a bunch of seemingly messy byte streams.

When the encrypted byte stream reaches the server, the server encrypts the URL shown in plain text as shown above, extracts the UID, and recognizes it as Alice.

On this earth, except for Alice who has a chance to see the long string of UID = 7B216A634951170FF851D6CC68FC9537858795A28ED4AA6F, the only thing left is the server, which is the original goal of transport layer encryption. Transport layer encryption is end-to-end encryption, and only the communicating parties can decrypt the encrypted content.

However, many websites will use third-party web pages to accelerate services, and third-party service providers can decrypt this string, so you can see that there is one more member in this string. In a sense, this is a legitimate member. .

Also, the PASSHOT article tirelessly says that SSL / TLS is at risk of being spoofed by forged certificates. If the client reminds Alice that the certificate is insecure and Alice still chooses to trust the certificate, this fourth party who tries certificate spoofing can also see So far, so far, the number of members has increased to four, and this is an illegal member (fourth party).

There was a problem in the PASSHOT learning group that was discussed very hotly. The user password is encrypted in the background of the server. What is the significance of the client encrypted password?

No matter how the password is handled, the user accesses the website by Access Token. The fourth party members above can use the Access Token to impersonate Alice's identity. As for Alice's password, Who Care!

Therefore, to prevent Access Token from leaking, the most important measure is to ensure the security of https encrypted communication. Once the client finds that the server certificate verification is illegal, it directly exits instead of letting the user choose whether to continue.

Alice ’s long string is an ID. The server uses the ID as an index to query the database and pull out the user name, user group, and user permissions? Or does the string itself contain the user name, user group, and user rights, but it is only encrypted by the server. After the server receives it, it decrypts it with a key known only by the server to obtain the user name, user group, and user rights?

The former is Access ID, the latter is Access Token!

Since the Access Token itself contains user permission information, the server does not need to maintain the user's state. Every time the Token is decrypted, the user's permission information can be obtained in real time. The server only needs to remember the decryption key.

Does Access Token use asymmetric RSA encryption or symmetric encryption?

RSA encryption / decryption has a high calculation time cost and is generally used for one-time authentication. And every time the user refreshes the page, they need to verify the token once, which is not suitable for RSA verification. Therefore, the algorithm for encrypting Access Token generally chooses symmetric encryption, such as AES CBC and DES encryption.

Alice stared at her long Token for a long time. If you modify the string and the user name decrypted by the server is "Admin", can't Alice impersonate the server's administrator? With this permission, you can do whatever you want! Alice found the "Padding Oracle" script on the Internet. Every time Alice modified one bit (blackened number) of the initialization vector (IV), and then sent it to the server, the server would pop up a message box. This message box said: The server decrypted There is a Padding error.

Request: http: //sampleapp/home.jsp? UID = 0000000000000001F851D6CC68FC9537

Response: 500-Internal Server Error

Then Alice continued to modify the IV and sent it to the server again and again. The server finally bounced back a message:

Request: http: //sampleapp/home.jsp? UID = 000000000000003CF851D6CC68FC9537

Response: 200 OK

The meaning of this message is that Padding verification is successful. For a byte, Alice can try to crack at most 256 times. Then continue to iterate in this way, a 16-byte Token, in theory, only need to send 16 * 256 = 4096 times to completely decrypt the plaintext content of the Token.

Padding Oracle

What is used is that each attempt of the server to the client is reported with a right or wrong prompt to facilitate the attack. There is a guessing game like this: the host said on stage, I have a secret, anyone can ask me questions, I will answer right or wrong, whoever guesses my secret first, who is the last winner!

If the host modifies the rules of the game, when someone asks whether it is right or not, they will say nothing, and it will be much more difficult for others to guess the answer, and they will never even be able to guess!

This attack method made websites that use AES CBC encrypted Tokens like enemy a few years ago, and modified message boxes one after another. If the decryption of the user Token, whether it is Padding verification success or failure, it is the same reply. Failure.

In addition, encryption algorithms that do not use Padding, such as RC4 and AES GCM modes, can also be used to deal with Padding Oracle attacks.

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SAMPLE APP -- ADMIN AL

Below is a completed sample application for Admin Al. Please note, your app does not need to look exactly like this but we hope it’ll clear up any questions you have about the application.

OOC:

Name: Al or Alex

Pronouns: He/Him

Timezone: EST

Age: over 18

How did you find us? N/a

IC:

What skeleton are you applying for?: Agent Jay

Character Real Name: Dominic Matthew Tetrazova

First Choice FC: Nick Bateman

Second Choice FC: Hunter Parrish

Character Gender and Pronouns: cisgender male; he/him

Character Age: thirty-four

Please list at least two reasons why the Agency looked to recruit your character:

1. Jay’s successful career as a US Marshal led to multiple collars of dangerous fugitives. His team took out two members on the FBI’s most wanted list in his years of service.

2. Through law enforcement and private trainers, Jay has been formally trained in three different styles of martial arts. He’s won multiple local and regional tournaments.

3. Agent Jay was in the final stages of applying with the FBI as a special agent. His behavior was deemed too reckless and there was too much paper in his file, so he was not invited back for the final interview.

Character Backstory:

Agent Jay grew up in a modest home outside of Boulder, Colorado. He was the oldest of three children and grew up in a loving home. He was a doting big brother to his twin younger sisters and a fairly easy child. While Jay didn’t act out in class, he was often sent home with notes about his aggressive behavior on the playground. It was very common for Jay to come home with bruises, scrapes, and busted up lips. When he turned five, his parents enrolled him in an after-school Judo program.

Jay excelled in his Judo classes, and worked a paper route to help afford classes. With martial arts, Jay was able to focus his wild energy into something more productive and learn self-control and discipline. As Jay got older, he saw the struggles his parents had with money and worked through high school. Opting out of college due to financial constraints, Jay worked three jobs after he graduated from his local high school.

After a year of living at home and saving, Jay applied for the police academy. He went to school at night and continued to work through the days to make sure the mortgage on his family home didn’t fall behind. He graduated with top marks and was offered a position at a local sheriff’s office. Jay quickly became SWAT and CNT certified, an eager sponge for his newfound career. During his time at the sheriff’s office, he met Rebekah. They hit it off instantly, and Rebekah seemed to understand Jay’s dedication to his job and his family. They were engaged just a year after meeting and had a small, private wedding celebration at his childhood home. Life was going well for Jay and his new bride, and he continued to excel at work with his hard working attitude and attention to detail.

Shortly after his twenty-first birthday, one of Jay’s Sargeants recommended an open position with the US Marshal Service. Although it would take him away from home, the opportunity to travel and serve was too inciting and he found himself applying just after he purchased property just a couple of blocks from his family’s house. The core value of the US Marshals -- justice, integrity, and service -- embodied Jay’s work life.

But with the extra freedom came more room for Jay’s personality to get him in trouble. He was often in his supervisor’s office, trying to charm his way out of write-ups and explain the reasoning behind his methods. Although unorthodox, Jay’s results couldn’t be denied. His successful mission file was much larger than his violation folder, but both continued to grow the longer Jay worked with the USMS.

Jay’s dedication to his job, and the way he played loose and fast with his life, led to issues with his marriage. They both struggled to make it work, but Jay’s stubbornness proved too much for even his faithful wife. Jay could feel the finality of his marriage the second he told Rebekah he had a long-term assignment on the east coast. The relief on her face was the final straw, and the divorce paperwork was filed, sorted, and taken care of before he left for the six-month mission.

After a particularly scathing review and completed assignment, Jay was approached by the Agency with the opportunity of a lifetime. It took weeks for him to make up his mind, the weight of his familial responsibilities weighing down on him. The ability to keep in contact with his family, although in a very limited capacity, gave Jay the courage to accept the offer. His family was already used to Jay being away for work, and his sister’s happily moved into the house he purchased and retained after the divorce.

Much like his previous jobs, Jay excelled during his training and recruitment. His methods continued to be strange, and maybe a smidgen too dangerous, but Jay had enough self-discipline and training to know when to reel it in. He quickly grew a reputation at the Agency, much to the chagrin of some of his superiors, and found his new freedom exhilarating.

When the Founder position opened, Jay was the obvious successor and welcomed the new challenge. Despite opposition for his promotion, Jay took his new namesake and continued doing what he does best: get results, no matter what the cost.

Character Personality:

+ confident, charming, trained, helpful, quick learner - reckless, defiant, workaholic, daredevil, phlegmatic, perfectionist.

Jay’s been described as calm, confident, and capable in his best moments, and reckless, fearless and cold in his worst.

He has two different agency suits -- one a traditional three piece suit and the second a worn leather jacket with jeans -- that showcase the two sides of his personality. The main side of Jay is his dominant personality. It’s sly smiles and a comfortable, natural sense of authority that makes him a great Founder, capable mentor and good teacher. Jay in the field never loses his cool but often comes up with off the wall ideas and tactics that perhaps aren’t the safest for everyone. That also manifests in his love for high-adrenaline sports and motorcycle riding.

The other side of Jay isn’t so endearing. He’s an awful perfectionist who doesn’t tolerate botched missions or laziness. Jay can sometimes put a little too much of himself into his work. As a child, he was instilled with a keen sense of responsibility to step up to the plate. Because of this, he’s married to the job. While this may not seem like a negative to some, the responsibility of Jay’s fractured divorce lies mostly on his shoulders. He will always put his work before anything else, including significant others and friends. This can lead to a sort of aloofness that can rub some people, especially those who he has a private relationship with, the wrong way.

He’s also too willing to risk his life for a cause or a mission. There’s a lack of fear Jay possesses that makes him a fantastic asset in the field but also tends to put him in unnecessary danger. He’s willing to go through any lengths to make sure a mission success, and while he doesn’t like breathing any rules, that doesn’t mean he hasn’t found a way around them in the past.

OTHER:

Anything else:

Headcanons:

Jay’s previous codename was Boone, after Daniel Boone the pioneer.

Jay’s recruitment was not out of sheer luck. His former mentor, a retired Founder, had an extensive network of connections with most of the US Federal Agencies. Jay was fast-tracked through the Marshals and caught the eye of his Chief, who then recommended Jay to the former Founder.

Washington has been pushing for Jay to give back to the Agency as a training agent, but Jay has little interest in sitting in a classroom. He believes he works best in the field and has the most to offer there.

While Jay doesn’t want to train in the classroom, he is a very open, active and hands-on mentor. Jay’s a strong believer of learning by doing, and often pushes to have his mentees go out in the field as often as possible, even if they are tech agents.

Since childhood, Agent Jay has always been the first one to go out and explore. He was the first kid on the playground to figure out how to climb up and over the monkey bars to leap across to the jungle gym. The lack of fear turned into confidence as he grew older.

Jay’s character tag is here.

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開発者は、AWS X-Ray を使用して、本番環境や分散アプリケーション (マイクロサービスアーキテクチャを使用して構築されたアプリケーションなど) を分析およびデバッグできます。X-Ray を使用すると、アプリケーションやその基盤となるサービスの実行状況を把握し、パフォーマンスの問題やエラーの根本原因を特定して、トラブルシューティングを行えます。X-Ray では、アプリケーション内で転送されるリクエストがエンドツーエンドで表示され、アプリケーションの基盤となるコンポーネントのマップも表示されます。X-Ray を使用すると、開発中か本番環境かにかかわらず、シンプルな 3 層アプリケーションから数千のサービスで構成される複雑なマイクロサービスアプリケーションまで、さまざまなアプリケーションを分析できます。

ざっくり言うと…アプリケーションのモニタリングサービスで、競合は NewRelic や Datadog APM になると思う。

AWS X-Ray が出来ること

こちらより転載。

パフォーマンスボトルネックとエラーの特定

アプリケーション内の特定サービスへの問題を特定

アプリケーションのユーザに対する問題のインパクトを特定

アプリケーションのサービスコールグラフの可視化

概念

AWS X-Ray の概念 - AWS X-Ray

http://ift.tt/2rRYuT4

AWS X-Ray の機能を確認します。

docs.aws.amazon.com

こちらより転載。

キーワード内容 Trace サービスをまたがった単⼀リクエストに関連したエンドツーエンドのデータ Segments 1 つのサービスに対応するトレースの⼀部 Sub-segments サービス内でのリモートコールもしくはローカルコンピュートのセクション Annotations トレースをフィルタするのに使⽤できるビジネスデータ Metadata トレースに対して付与できるビジネスデータただし、トレースのフィルタリングには使⽤されない Errors 正規化されたエラーメッセージとスタックトレース Sampling トレースとして取得するアプリケーションへのリエストの割合

AWS X-Ray の画面

Service Map

Service Map とはトレースデータを視覚化したもの。

各ノード（上図だと緑色◯）をクリックするとトレースデータを確認する事が出来る。

Traces

トレース画面ではアプリケーションへのリクエストのレイテンシやステータスコードを確認する事が出来る。

アプリケーションへのトレースデータには ID が付与されていて、トレース ID をクリックするとトレースの詳細を確認する事が出来る。

Trace の詳細

Trace の詳細画面ではア��リケーションのリクエスト開始から終了までの個々の処理が 1 つのセグメントとして詳細を確認する事が出来る。

例えば、上図だと MyApp や DynamoDB はそれぞれ別のセグメントとして認識され、アクセスしたリソースや例外が発生した場合等は例外の情報まで確認する事が出来る。

AWS X-Ray を利用する方法

X-Ray SDK

Java、.NET、Node.js で利用可能

主要なアプリケーション呼び出し対するメタデータを自動的にキャプチャするフィルタを標準で用意

X-Ray デーモン

SDK から UDP でデータを受信し、ローカルバッファとして振る舞う

データは毎秒でバックエンドに送信し、ローカルバッファが一杯になるとフラッシュされる

Amazon Linux や RHEL 、Ubuntu や OS X 及び Windows で利用可能

X-Ray API

X-Ray SDK がサポートしていない言語からも X-Ray API を利用してトレース��ータを送信することは出来、以下のような API が提供されている。こちらより抜粋。

API 用途 PutTraceSegments AWS X-Rayへセグメントのドキュメントをアップロード BatchGetTraces IDにより指定されたトレースのリストを検索 GetServiceGraph アプリケーションとコネクション内でサービスを⽰すドキュメントを検索 GetTraceSummaries オプションのフィルタを使⽤して、指定された時間枠で使⽤可能なトレースのIDとメタデータを取得

AWS CLI

http://ift.tt/2rRG84n

ローカル環境でチュートリアル

環境

以下のような環境でチュートリアルする。

$ cat /etc/lsb-release DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=16.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=xenial DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS" $ xray --version AWS X-Ray daemon version: 1.0.1 $ node --version v7.10.0 $ java -version openjdk version "1.8.0_121" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-8u121-b13-0ubuntu1.16.04.2-b13) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode) $ ps aux | grep DynamoDB ubuntu 6193 0.4 12.2 2658392 124676 pts/1 Sl 05:31 1:03 java -Djava.library.path=./DynamoDBLocal_lib -jar DynamoDBLocal.jar -sharedDb

xray デーモンが動けば EC2 や ECS 上のコンテナである必要が無いのは嬉しい限り。

そして、Node.js アプリケーションは express を利用して、DynamoDB Local テーブルにデータを登録したり、登録データを取得する雑なアプリケーションを利用する。（見よう見真似で作ってみた）

X-Ray デーモンの用意

X-Ray デーモンのインストール

X-Ray デーモンのパッケージを取得して dpkg コマンドでインストールする。

$ wget http://ift.tt/2qTSQTg $ sudo dpkg -i aws-xray-daemon-1.x.deb

インストール後、--help オプションでヘルプ一覧を確認。

$ xray --help Usage: X-Ray [options] -m --memory-limit Change the amount of memory (in MB) that the daemon can use. -o --local-mode Don\'t check for EC2 instance metadata. -b --bind Overrides default UDP address (127.0.0.1:2000). -r --role-arn Assume the specified IAM role to upload segments to a different account. -c --config Load a configuration file from the specified path. -f --log-file Output logs to the specified file path. -l --log-level Log level, from most verbose to least: dev, debug, info, warn, error, prod (default). -v --version Show AWS X-Ray daemon version. -h --help Show this screen

X-Ray デーモン設定ファイルの作成

X-Ray 用の設定ファイルを以下のように作成する。（ファイル名は任意の名前で構わない）

Processor: Region: "ap-northeast-1" Logging: LogLevel: "warn" LogPath: "/tmp/xray-daemon.log" LocalMode: true

ローカル環境で動かす場合、LocalMode は true にしておく必要がある。尚、false の場合、EC2 メタデータから情報を取得しようとする。

アクセスキー、シークレットアクセスキーを用意

マネージドポリシーの AWSXrayWriteOnlyAccess が付与された IAM User のアクセスキー、シークレットアクセスキーを用意する。

$ cat ~/.aws/credentials [default] aws_access_key_id = AKxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx aws_secret_access_key = xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx region = ap-northeast-1

X-Ray デーモンの起動

以下のように設定ファイルを指定して X-Ray デーモンを起動する。

$ xray --config /path/to/xray-daemon.yaml & $ ps aux | grep xray ubuntu 6216 0.0 1.8 230788 18848 pts/1 Sl 05:31 0:05 xray --config /vagrant/xray/xray-daemon.yaml

アプリケーションの用意

Node.js と Express の用意

こちらの記事を参考にさせて頂いて、Node.js と Express を用意した。

$ tree -L 1 sampleapp sampleapp ├── app.js ├── bin ├── node_modules ├── package.json ├── public ├── routes └── views 5 directories, 2 files

AWS SDK for JavaScript と X-Ray SDK の導入

以下のように AWS SDK for JavaScript と X-Ray SDK の導入。

$ cd sampleapp $ npm install aws-sdk --save --no-bin-links $ npm install aws-xray-sdk --save --no-bin-links

今回、Vagrant の共有ディレクトリにアプリケーションプロジェクトのディレクトリを作成した為、--no-bin-links オプションを付けてインストールした。

$ cat sampleapp/package.json { "name": "sampleapp", "version": "0.0.0", "private": true, "scripts": { "start": "node ./bin/www" }, "dependencies": { "aws-sdk": "^2.49.0", "aws-xray-sdk": "^1.1.0", "body-parser": "~1.17.1", "cookie-parser": "~1.4.3", "debug": "~2.6.3", "express": "~4.15.2", "jade": "~1.11.0", "morgan": "~1.8.1", "serve-favicon": "~2.4.2" } }

app.js

以下のような修正を加えた。

$ diff -u app.js.original app.js --- app.js.original 2017-05-07 10:01:23.000000000 +0000 +++ app.js 2017-05-07 06:15:55.000000000 +0000 @@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ var index = require('./routes/index'); var users = require('./routes/users'); +var ddb_set = require('./routes/set'); +var ddb_get = require('./routes/get'); var app = express(); +// for aws-xray +var AWSXRay = require('aws-xray-sdk'); +app.use(AWSXRay.express.openSegment('MyApp')); + // view engine setup app.set('views', path.join(__dirname, 'views')); app.set('view engine', 'jade'); @@ -24,6 +30,11 @@ app.use('/', index); app.use('/users', users); +app.use('/set', ddb_set); +app.use('/get', ddb_get); + +// for aws-xray +app.use(AWSXRay.express.closeSegment()); // catch 404 and forward to error handler app.use(function(req, res, next) {

以下を設定することで、Express アプリケーションが提供する受信 HTTP リクエストをトレースする事が出来るようになる。

var AWSXRay = require('aws-xray-sdk'); app.use(AWSXRay.express.openSegment('MyApp')); ... app.use('/', index); app.use('/users', users); app.use('/set', ddb_set); app.use('/get', ddb_get); ... app.use(AWSXRay.express.closeSegment());

MyApp がアプリケーション名として X-Ray ダッシュボードの Service Map でも確認する事が出来る。尚、/set が DynamoDB に値をセットし、/get で DynamoDB のテーブルを Scan して結果を返すようにしてみた。

/set

本当に見よう見真似の書き方でだいぶん怪しいが、/set にアクセスすると以下の処理が実行される。

以下のように記述して AWS SDK を利用した DynamoDB への呼び出しを AWSXRay.captureAWSClient でラップすることで、DynamoDB を呼び出す処理についてもトレースする。

var AWSXRay = require('aws-xray-sdk'); var AWS = AWSXRay.captureAWS(require('aws-sdk')); var dynamodb = AWSXRay.captureAWSClient(new AWS.DynamoDB({ endpoint: new AWS.Endpoint('http://localhost:8000'), region: 'ap-northeast-1' }));

DynamoDB Local を利用しているので endpoint は http://localhost:8000 を指定している。

/get

/set 同様にだいぶん怪しいが、/get にアクセスすると以下の処理が実行される。

/set と同様の設定で DynamoDB への呼び出しをトレースするようにする。

アプリケーションを実行して計測してみる

アプリケーションの起動

以下のようにアプリケーションを起動する。

node bin/www &

アプリケーションへの断続的なアクセス

以下のように実行してアプリケーションへ断続的にアクセスさせる。

暫く動かしつつ X-Ray のダッシュボードを確認すると…

Service Map

以下のように出力されている。

なかなかカッコイイ。

Traces

Trace の詳細

セグメントをクリックすると…

ということで…

フィルタについても

書きたいと思っている。

X-Ray デーモンを使えば

AWS 以外で動いているアプリケーションもトレースする事が出来るのは嬉しい。

X-Ray SDK 待ち

X-Ray SDK に対応している言語が少ないのが残念（Datadog APM は Python と Ruby と Go をサポートしている）だけど、Datadog APM や NewRelic のようなアプリケーションのパフォーマンスの計測が AWS だけで行えるというのも嬉しい。（※ AWS SDK や AWS CLI でトレースデータを送信や取得は出来る）

元記事はこちら

「ゴールデンウィークスペシャル：AWS X-Ray を出来るだけローカル環境でチュートリアルする(Node.js + Express + DynamoDB Local を使って)」

May 24, 2017 at 12:00PM

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zedheadshq-blog · 9 years ago

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Admin App -- Xan

Below is another sample application.

OOC: ☢ Name: Xan ☢ Pronouns: She/her ☢ Timezone: EST ☢ Age (please state if over or under 18): Over 18 ☢ How active are you on a scale of 1-10? Please explain: 8, due to the fact I do work a lot. I will make it a point to be on at least once a day, but most days I will be gone for a piece of it. ☢ Triggers: removed ☢ Are you okay with your character possibly dying?: NO. …. probably no.

IC: ☢ Which skill set are you applying for?: Charlie ☢ Character Name: Emerson Mackenzie Davis ☢ First FC Choice: Natalie Dormer ☢ Second FC Choice: Scarlett Johansson ☢ Character Gender & Pronouns: Cisgender Female she/her ☢ Character Age & Birthdate: 32 & January 2nd 1985 ☢ Please list four character drawbacks:

☢ Visual Aid Requirement ☢ Reckless ☢ Temperamental ☢ Indulgent

☢ Character Backstory (At least three paragraphs, we ask that you include important life events, important childhood points, life before the outbreak, life after the outbreak, how they wound up in the current area.)

Aside from charm and guile, Emerson didn’t get much from her mother. Her looks and temperament ran sharply to her father, and, while she managed some of her mother’s enthusiasm and ceaseless curiosity, she got very little of dad’s responsible nature and caution. Those two traits were hoarded by the children from her father’s first wife, and they monopolized most of her father’s attention, as well. Emerson, born in Boston, Massachusetts, was ten years younger than the oldest brother, and seven years younger than the middle one, so by the time Emerson was in middle school and thoroughly ensnared in adolescent rebellion, one was finishing up college while the other was trying to make a living off of an hourly retail job.

Her childhood friends were terrified of her mother, but Emerson never understood their fear. She was not, she’ll grant, a kind woman, but she was patient, and thoughtful, and imminently fair. If she sometimes said hurtful things, it was the truth of them that stung, not any malice on her part. Unlike her brothers, and even sometimes her father, her mother was never cruel. She trusted her mother above anyone else, and if you asked Em’, family didn’t extend beyond the two of them. An irrational fifteen year old Emerson believed that thought alone jinxed her parents into a divorce that had her and mom packing and moving back home to Arizona where her grandparents were.

Emerson didn’t want to leave Boston, but she had no choice. Her half brothers weren’t kind, especially the middle one who insisted Em’s mother was a whore, and her father was a rough and loud man. She wouldn’t fight to stay with that part of her family if it meant an unstable living situation so reluctantly she accepted Tucson as her new home. Her grandparent’s mobile home was tiny and cramped, and Em didn’t adjust well. She never wanted to be home, but she wasn’t going to let her distaste of Tucson hold her back from experiencing her youth.

As a result of Emerson’s rebellions worsened into high school and were loud and wild and seemed, in general, like insanely good fun. She positioned herself on the precise edge of too much, paid restitution with her father’s money that he sent to Arizona for her and did community service in impractical shoes. And, sometimes, the people she partied with got hurt, but it was never intentional, never the point of what she did. She’d even ended up with fines and stuck on probation after a night vandalizing a house in construction.

She always bounced back from repercussions and was right back at it- she never planned on bending to the rules. She preferred living life by her own codes and did as she pleased, like an East coast whirlwind trying to take over the South West desert. She dropped out of school, drank too much and drove way too fast, and my God were street races on the desert landscape the most fun she’d ever had. First it started with her in the passenger’s seat, but eventually, with enough convincing and batting of her eye lashes, boyfriend A,B, or C (wherever she was down her list of prospective relationships), she had her go on the driver’s side.

Emerson became the queen of odd jobs and quick easy cash. Yes, this meant she ended up working in the serving industry, but that was simply her steady source of income. She wasn’t making money illegally, per se, but Em’ was great at snatching up any and all opportunities no matter how unethical. Need not worry, there weren’t drugs involved. She had a rebellious streak in her, but by no means did that mean she would ever partake, let alone sell. Needed a house maid for the day? Someone to clean your car or pick up your groceries or to babysit? She was the girl to call.

The consistency in which she received these jobs slowly declined as her reputation as a wild hearted teenager became more well known. This did not deter her for wherever there was opportunity, Em was there. And this worked well for her up until her love of street racing landed her behind bars.

To be arrested was never a part of Emerson’s life plan, but it happened. Police showed up after being tipped off to an area where they often raced their cars. Em happened to be behind the wheel when they arrived rather than on the sidelines and the consequence to that was jail time. It was quite the unexpected turn for the worse, but like always Emerson stood up tall and faced the adversity with dignity. She also took advantage to learn while she was locked up, and knowledge on how to make various weapons and other tools to protect oneself became her focus. It was good to know, after all, in the event she faced someone more violent who either simply didn’t like her or was pissed off by something she’d done and said

When the day of her release came, Emerson felt like she was handed another chance with a blank slate at life. She didn’t become more careful or rule abiding, but she tried to be smarter about her decisions. This did not mean she stayed out of the driver’s seat of a car in the drag races for long, but she frequented the races much less. Her mother, however, did not take her back as cheerily as Emerson had hoped. That led to her landing another handful of quick cash jobs to save and get herself a shitty one bedroom apartment to move into. It was small, dingy and definitely in a shady part of town, but it was all hers, and that was what mattered. She lived fine there on her own, and everything felt like it would be okay.

To be foolishly blunt, she were naive and desensitized. She lived through fist fights and rough older brothers and even being put behind bars. So, for the first few days, she paid little attention to the word of outbreaks. She was in the rural part of the already rural Arizona, and that served to keep her blind to what was really happening. In fact, her eyes were only opened when her older step-brother called two days in and stated that her father was dead. She found it odd to hear from him, and she was saddened a bit to hear of the loss, but she was also suddenly taking the outbreak news more seriously.

It was all over the news, but Phoenix was being secured as an exclusion zone. As each day ticked by, the death tolls loomed higher. Social order broke apart rapidly. People in her complex began accusing one another of being infected. When it finally escalated to cold blooded murder, she decided it was time to leave. Em hit the road in her neighbors car and drove faster than she ever had to get to Phoenix where she found safety.

☢ Character Personality:

Unrestrained. That is perhaps the best summary of Emerson. Once she’s set her mind to something that she wants nothing can stop her. She will do whatever it takes to achieve her goal, no matter the cost to herself or others. That being said, whatever does in fact mean whatever. There are few codes she won’t break to accomplish his goals with the only limitation that she won’t actually kill you. Along with that, Em is also pretty self-interested. She doesn’t believe in handouts and, while she can be very helpful, she’ll only ever help out if there’s something in the deal for her to benefit from. There isn’t a job she will do without some form of reciprocation, and she is clever about the work she finds and the compensation she obtains.

When it comes to interpersonal relations, Em isn’t the most proficient- she doesn’t have a wide range of emotion – er, well she does, she just hides it – and it’s rare for her to offer more than her smirks and subtle expressions of contentment. While Em doesn’t necessarily bottle up her emotions, she often doesn’t display them, only because the desire to do so seldom arises, and she prefers to keep others thinking that she is just fine.

She remains at least somewhat guarded around people she’s even close to, which she can count that number of people on one hand. It isn’t about putting on a tough girl facade, but rather, just keeping herself protected. She will still associate with people and build relationships as aloofness isn’t her thing, but don’t expect it to be a walk in the park earning her friendship. Emerson likes to talk, and she’s very good at it, so beware if you are trying to get close to her: she might make you feel like you are when in all actuality you know less about her than what you did going in.

Emerson has a tendency to be a little bit spiteful, and likes to stir shit up just because she can. It’s not in her nature to fight without cause and to attack without being attacked first, but this does not mean she will deflect conflict as her temper is set off as easily as a flash fire in the dry Savannah brush. Be wary if you provoke any icy responses because soon enough, her fist might be forcing your teeth down your throat.

OTHER: ☢ How did your character in the exclusion zone?: At first she was skeptical, but as the news became more apparent she drove from Tucson to Phoenix. She quickly made her way to safety when the opportunity made itself known.

☢ What is your characters current gear that they have on them? Compass, switchblade pocket knife, lighter, condoms, hair ties, tooth brush with half a tube of tooth paste, work boots, bobby pins, glasses, her last few pairs of contacts and contact cleaning solution (this is only while her supplies last), her back pack

☢ Please name at least two character connections:

☢ Lima - Negative - Emerson will always think negatively of law enforcement workers. It’s just how it is. She feels nervous around them, and very stifled as she knows she has to act to a certain level of ‘model citizen’ to deter suspicion.

☢ Juliet - Positive - Emerson likes their resourcefulness. Everything they know and offer is very hands on, far more useful in the apocalyptic situation than anything that requires books and numbers. She sees the potential to learn useful skills from them.

☢ India - Neutral - Although someone who isn’t a fighter, Emerson does believe India holds a lot of potential to be a great survivor. They also offer important knowledge of the city, and their scouting abilities are a necessity for the group to survive.

☢ Golf - Negative - She sees Golf as pretty useless. Documentation and problem solving can be usual in a normal modern world scenario, in Em’s opinion, but there they lack what she considers important survival traits.

☢ Please list at least three headcanons:

☢ Emerson goes by Em, but she never minds her full name. In fact she prefers it by those who aren’t close to her. A childhood nickname of hers was Emac, but it’s long since died after high school years.

☢ Em was the kid who did whatever to decorate her body. She still has one piercing (her septum) and a few tattoos litter her body.

☢ Emerson’s vision is 20/40 at best. When she uses up the last of her contacts she is going to need to rely on her glasses, as much as she doesn’t like to wear them. They’re a simplistic pair with a librarian feel to them, and she can’t stand it.

☢ Her parents and friends called Em an adrenaline junkie growing up, and rightfully so. She will do whatever for a rush even at risk of others around her. She does not care how dangerous a situation may be, she will still attempt it.

ANYTHING ELSE: ☢ Anything else: Check out the talk tag, I will be there.

#sampleapp #sample #charlie

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Sample App: Evan Snow

OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION.

NAME: Syd

AGE: 20

TIMEZONE: GMT

ACTIVITY LEVEL: Around a 7. I’ll be on more than I should be but that’s life for you.

PRONOUNS: She/Her

IN CHARACTER INFORMATION.

CHARACTER: Evan Snow

AGE: 24

HOMETOWN: LA, California

PRONOUNS: He/Him

FACECLAIM: Grant Gustin

YOUR CHARACTER’S POWERS

Evan's power of emotion manipulation allows him to transfer emotions that he's feeling onto others around him, however Evan has no control over who he pushes the emotions off onto or what emotions they receive, only able at the moment to just shove whatever he's feeling and however strong he's feeling it away from himself and onto someone else. The only control Evan actually has over the power is in choosing to get rid of the emotion and when he does he's left without feeling entirely. In fact when he looks back on those particular memories he still can't even tap into emotions associated with them even long after the fact.

IN CHARACTER JOURNAL ENTRY

Dear Diary (i.e. the GUARD member creepily trying to stalk my inner thoughts, hello to you too~)

'Sup? You know what I hate? What I really, really hate? Packing. Packing sucks. I'm thinking about that now because I'm realizing that the second worst thing in the world is unpacking and I have way too much of that to do. This really isn't fair. It would be so much cooler if I could move stuff with my mind or something. I'd never have to get off the couch for pizza again! Ah, if only. But I suppose you didn't mean my life right now in this instance and you were asking about my autobiography. I'm afraid you'll have to wait for my tell all book, but if you treat me right maybe I'll even sign it for you later.

But, to start, I was born in a log cabin my father built with his own two hands, out in the untamed and wonderful wilderness. By wilderness I mean downtown LA and by log cabin I mean high class condo and by 'built with his own hands' I mean he did nothing and his family bought it for him. But I digress. That was where I grew up. With my dad. Supposedly my mom was there too but she cut and run pretty quickly (I am intimidatingly attractive, it's a curse, I know). So it was just me and dear ol' dad and all our happy fun times. What more could you ask for in life? But then dear ol' dad kicked the bucket and I moved in with mommy dearest. She thought I was crazy. And then you people came along and told her that I was just... 'special'. You should know that it doesn't make it any nicer, no matter how much you try to avoid the word freaks.

What was it that you wanted me to say? Did you want the sob story of how much my life sucked before coming to you? Too bad. I'm really not good at giving people what they want, I always find a way to mess it up. You'll realize that before long. Somehow I don't imagine you'll enjoy having me around as much as I'll enjoy being around, but that's just how it goes. Because maybe I was sent here against my will and maybe everyone who's ever legitimately cared for me is dead but, strangely enough, I get the feeling you guys will be the ones feeling bad.

Sincerely,

Your newest, bestest friend in the whole wide world!

CHARACTER CHANGES

Nah, I’m happy with him.

HEADCANONS

Evan does not like animals and instead actually has a pet rock (complete with glued on googly eyes) which he has dubbed Rocky.

His favorite type of music is rap. Not for the lyrical qualities of it or how poetic it can occasionally be, he simply likes to blast the worst raps songs he can find to annoy people.

Actually a very big nerd, Evan participated in everything from the chess club to D&D club and was very close to being a valedictorian before the death of his father and his resulting move.

Openly bisexual, Evan flirts with most people he meets at some point or another mostly because he simply enjoys flirting.

Evan has only ever been in one relationship where he was dumped after being deemed emotionally unavailable.

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dawnofwar-redirect-blog · 10 years ago

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will you posting a sample bio? they usually hep me determine the appropriate length for things so I dont ramble or drop a subject short.

I will indeed be posting a sample application just as soon as I have some free time to do so.

Admin Elsa

#hp rp #marauders rp #harry potter roleplay #roleplay #sampleapp

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mccoartunirp · 11 years ago

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MAVERICK RUSH KANTOR: WELCOME TO MCCOART.

This is what an app should look like when you submit it! Here, we'll put a little admin note if need be, and we'll tell you all the basic information, such as the fact that you should read the new members checklist, etcetera.

YOUR INFORMATION →

Name: Serena! Age: Seventeen. Timezone: EST. Activity Level: I have online classes and school starts up in two and a half weeks, but let's be real, I'll always be on. 7-8/10. Anything Else: RFP.

CHARACTER INFORMATION →

Character Name: Maverick Rush Kantor. Canon Family: Clarington. Age: Nineteen. Birthday: October 13th. Major: Double major, in Writing and Chemistry. Hometown: Red Deer, AB (Canada). Grade: Sophomore.

SHIPPING INFORMATION →

What You’ll Ship: Maverick/Chemistry (ba-dum tsss), Maverick/Ladies, Maverick/Males. What You Won’t Ship: Maverick/Forced.

SOCIAL MEDIA →

@kantormav: people who order coffee like they’re discussing the location of a secret government organization are my favorite kind of people. @kantormav: everyone talks about the freshman 15, but no one warns you about the sophomore 300. @kantormav: “the early bird catches the worm!” well the early worm gets eaten, so fuck you. @kantormav: i just spent the whole day eating frozen pizza and watching the big bang theory. this is it. this is my life now.

CHARACTER BIOGRAPHY →

Being serious is a virtue, but to be honest, it was never one that Maverick Kantor possessed. Gliding through life with a smirk on his face, Maverick never had a picture-perfect life, but he somehow managed to keep himself relatively happy. And maybe he owes that to a perhaps too-overprotective sister who always covered for him when he snuck out, always looked out for him, always protected him, and never failed to text him every half hour just to make sure he wasn’t doing anything stupid, or illegal. Not that her check-ins always worked, but hey, at least she tried to keep him out of trouble. Honestly, the biggest thing with Maverick was that he never really saw a reason not to take life with a grain of salt. He always had a reason to be sassy, or cocky, or joking around about something, and honestly, the only times he would ever stop himself and actually put a straight face on for you is if something was seriously wrong, if you’d offended him, or if you were upset – and of course, even more so if you’re someone he cares about. Just as much as he likes making these people happy, Maverick hates making them upset with him, and he’ll kick himself for days if he upsets you, regardless of the fact that he might actually get pretty defensive if you confront him about it.

That said, Maverick has always been a little contradicting with his actions in contrast with his feelings, or interests. For example, he hardly acts like a nerd should, but if you get him talking about poetry, or even chemistry, he’ll sit you down and talk your ear off for hours. Additionally, when it comes to relationships, he’s found that he’s actually pretty comfortable settling down and committing himself to someone, but he usually has trouble actually getting to that point. If he finds that he’s starting to have feelings for someone, or suspects that someone has feelings for him, he’ll go out of his way to flirt with everyone else that he can, and even sleep around a little if he has to, just to keep his distance. Albeit, he’s normally a gigantic flirt with everyone anyway, but when it’s not for this purpose, it’s just with the intention of making someone smile. After all, it’s his favorite thing to see on a person, and every time he’s able to make it happen, he feels just a little bit better about himself, no matter the mood he’s in.

Obviously, relationships are kind of complicated for him. The last time he was in a serious one, he accidentally cheated on her with her best friend while he was drunk at a party. She was crushed, and even though he hadn’t loved her — hadn’t loved anyone before, actually — he felt terrible about the way he made her feel, and he’s never really forgiven himself. It’s one of those very few areas that he’s both serious about and completely not serious about at the same time, and honestly, as confusing as it might be for other people, he never fails to remind them that hey, it’s kind of a lot more confusing for him. In result, he just tries to avoid relationships, even if he finds himself falling for someone; which, thankfully, he often doesn’t.

See, even at a young age, Maverick was around tainted love. The woman who adopted him originally, a successful and loving woman, passed away in a car crash just a few months after adopting him, and so he was left to a friend of the family; because he was an infant at the time, Maverick always viewed him as a father. He and his wife already had a daughter, Grace, who was seven at the time, and honestly, despite the fact that one probably wouldn’t be able to tell from the way he normally acts, Maverick would always blame himself for the rough track his parents went down. They were never a wealthy family; in fact, they were kind of the opposite. Neither of his parents had gone to college, and so they both worked minimum wage jobs, struggling to pay the rent in their tiny apartment, and eventually, maybe even predictably, everything turned to turmoil. Maverick’s mother walked out on them when he was thirteen, and even though he was convinced he’d still have his father to lean on, the man actually left, as well, to go chase after her, leaving Maverick in the custody of his sister. His father never permanently returned, even after he accepted that finding his wife was a lost cause. He only visited now and again, making excuses about new job offers in different parts of the country, always keeping him away.

The bottom line is that Maverick is a little messed up, and kind of an asshole, but he’s the type that you can’t help but start to smile at if he stares at you for too long. He still has trouble taking life seriously, and maybe it has to do with the fact that he knows life can be changed in an instant. He knew he was adopted from a young age; surprisingly, the one thing that wasn’t wrong with his family was secret keeping. He was told about the adoption system as soon as he was old enough to understand it, and it’s something that’s caused him to view life a little bit differently ever since. Aside from all of that, though, Maverick is honestly just a gigantic goofball, and it isn’t hard to tell, even if sometimes he comes off as a little rigid. He’s weird, crazy and a little too honest sometimes, but he lives by the philosophy that if you don’t like him, that’s your problem, and not his.

PARA SAMPLE →

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beforethestorm-rpg · 11 years ago

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Sample Application 001 for Emma Vaniy.

Today or tomorrow the application for Alecto should be up as well.

OOC:

Name: Emily / Em

Prefered Pronoun: She/ her

Age: 20

Timezone: EST

Activity Level : 8

Why Do You Want this Character: I always have a strong connection to Emma Vanity and since she was my first character I ever roleplayed, it’s no secret how but I have put into her. I’ve crafted a perfect story for her and I love playing a Captain of the Quidditch Team. and love traveling into the depths of a character who wants to be a death eater and finding good reasons to get behind that.

CANON CHARACTER

Full Name: Emma Persephone Vanity

Ships/Anti-Ships: She’s heterosexual heteromantic and I my ships are just about chemistry.

Date of Birth: March 21st

Faceclaim: Kaya Scodelario is my number one choice because she’s my favorite protayl of Emma and she’s the right age. She gives off the impression of being athletic too. And then, Kristen Stewart and Leighton Meeser

Anything Else: Nothing! I enjoyed it. // Here is where you can also post if you want them to be in Quidditch or certain clubs.

Patronus: She can’t and she’s going to become a Death Eater so she won’t.

Boggart: Fear of Falling, darkness whirls around her so she can’t see, to give the sensation of falling off a broom

Wand: Chestnut with Dragon Heartstring unyielding, 12 ½ inches

Amortentia:

Strong Scent of Flowers - Most noticeably dragon snaps however the particular smell of the Vanity’s Manor’s Garden which her mother takes great stride in and Emma spends most of her summer and childhood playing out there and learning all the names of the flowers by name even though there are hundreds.

Freshly Cut Grass and Cedar Broomstick Handle - The smell of Quidditch on a lovely sunny spring day, she can almost feel the wind and the excitement just because of the smell.

Jack Daniels and Something Else - That last scent was noticeably alcohol but Emma doesn’t drink that much so it was a surprised. And then there was an underlying smell that she couldn’t quite place under all the flower and woods, it smelled of something she had encounter recently and it smelled so familiar like.. and she certainty loved it but what was it? It smelt comforting? Bedsheets? A cologne? She wasn’t sure.

Traits:

Ambitious - She had been raised knowing how purebloods were the best and how they were privileged but she was still a women and in her fathers and mothers eyes- never good enough. Emma’s ambitious had come from showing her parents she could still be useful. She strived to be the perfect in everything.

Polite/Well Mannered - raised since birth to be well mannered and polite. She would be punished if she stepped out of line and she wasn’t one to deny her parents anything.

Perceptive - she had grown rather accustomed to figuring people’s emotions from what her parents taught her (for they taught her how to act in front of people) and from her desire to be able to entice any guy which meant she spends long hours trying to figure out the best ways to hook a guy just on the off chance that she’d have to marry him.

Attractive - She was naturally beautiful but also spent a ton of work each morning making sure she was perfection. Her mother was in fashion, binding her to be a vegan and wearing only the best (and usually her own) brands.

Manipulative - Highly manipulative and felt no problem manipulating friends if she feels it’s the best for them.

Bigot - She is strongly partial to the puereblood agenda is intolerant of those who differ and who are muggleborns, halfboods, halfbreeds and blood traitors. (She really hates Veela)

Vain- excessively high opinion of one’s appearance, abilities, or worth. Vanity meaning that she cares about others opinions greatly and she wants to make sure she puts out the best possible front to the right people. (Like she cares what mudbloods think.)

Narrow-minded/Stubborn - Won’t change her mind even with good reason in regards to rules, regulation and her personal code.

Self-Centred- absorbed with oneself to the point where she ignores others completely.

Entitlement- She feels everything should be hers and giving up anything for anyone would either not happen or the person should be eternally grateful. She’s extremely possessive, especially with guys.

How Does Your Character Feel About The War:

Emma is going to join the war effort and become a death eater, she wants to be able to take the dark mark and ha been reading up on dark magic as much as she could. Her family is truthfully not thrilled at her taking a dark mark but they wouldn’t say that to her or anyone considering they do believe in the dark lord’s agenda and has shown Emma all through her childhood how much the muggles and muggleborns have ruined the wizarding world as they know it.

PARA SAMPLE

Emma Vanity was eleven years old and entered the Hogwarts Express for the first time. She was not scared. She knew who she was. She was Emma Persephone Vanity, the first and the only born of Miss Aphrodite Binshart Vanity and Mister Otranto Cassius Vanity. She selected a compartment and opened up the passenger carriage’s doors up wide. She smiled brightly as she looked at each student in turn.

One was a mousey boy with a mess of brown hair and he was clearly rather shy, he weakly grinned at Emma.

The girl next to him was rather tall, blonde hair trailed down her back in two long braids it looked as if she had been laughing before Emma opened the door and she held her hand to her mouth as if embarrassed to forget that she was nervous.

The next boy had round face and glasses, he seemed the most relaxed out of the four smiling faces and he had a calmer expression on but a small smile still directed towards her.

And besides him was a rather small girl, with red hair and freckles who seemed rather friendly and seemed anxious to talk.

The last boy however, had been the most interesting to Emma for she could only see his hair, which was dirty blond, and the obstruction of his face was because he was reading a book and was clearly rather captivated by it seeing as he seemed nonplussed by not only Emma’s entrance but the whole scene to unfold next.

They all looked about Emma’s age, all ready to begin their journey to Hogwarts and none of them yet changed into their school robes.

She held the doors open wide and didn’t fully come in.

“If you are a mudblood, please leave now!” She said this brightly and almost as if it was a children’s rhyme, her voice sung the words.

The once happy expressions changed to confusion on the four faces until the round face boy jump up, his hand pointing at Emma. Angrily as if he was accusing her of something. “That is a naughty word that you’re not allowed to use!”

Emma gave a soft chuckle. “Well I know that you’re not going to be sorted into my house so you can also leave. Goodbye.” she said, waving goodbye as he hastily exited, fuming but clearly not sure what else he could do. Emma waited patiently until he left and she turned back to the other four.

“You there,” she said, pointing to the blonde haired girl. “What house was your mother in?”

“Pardon?” She asked, clearly nervous. Fiddling with the braids in her hand.

“You look pretty scared, so what house was your mother sorted into? Hufflepuff?” Emma asked, waiting for her answer.

She looked confused at Emma. “No my mother didn’t go to Hogwarts.”

“What?” She asked. “Are you foreign or a mudblood?” The only two reasons she could fathom why her mother wouldn’t have went to Hogwarts. She had almost gone to Durmstrang herself though but her parents favored their alma mater.

“Oh.” The girl said. Clearly under stress on what to say. “I’m not sure how to answer. I’m the first wizard in my family.”

Emma held a look of disdain and it was clearly evident on her face. “Ew. Gross! Get out!”

“Wait, why?” The girl asked anxiously. Probably thinking now she was in the wrong carriage. Emma didn’t enjoy mudbloods, obviously, but she also didn’t enjoy anxious people. She thought everything should be planned out.

Emma gave a dramatic sigh. “Mother says that if you breathe around me, I’d get ill. Please leave.” Emphasizing the word mother and elongating the word breathe. She put her hand to her head as if to feign sickness.

The blonde apologized profusely and left still in a confused state.

“And you. What house do you think you’ll be sorted into?” Emma said, turning her attention to the red head girl.

The red head girl pointed to herself as if asking if Emma was talking to her when Emma just continued staring the girl answered. “Oh uh …. I’m actually in Hufflepuff.”

Emma rolled her eyes. “Oh are you now? You’re a second year? Because you look like you’re nine years old. I suggest you find another cabin.” Emma’s stare was relentless and soon she left too. She was clearly miffed but Emma presence was too dominating and the girl was clearly not welcomed.

She turned to the final boy who didn’t look her in the eye. His timid smile gone replaced with a frown of uncertainty but not sadness. “And you. What’s your favorite Quidditch Team?”

“My what?”

“Merlin’s beard! Your favorite teams, then. Do you have more than one? That’s my issue too.” Emma asked quickly going from annoyance to excitement.

“I uh…” He seemed afraid to answer. “I actually don’t know what Quaidish is?”

Emma rolled her eyes and sighed this time. “Another mudblood, off with you!” Emma said pinching the bridge of her nose. “I think I feel a nose bleed coming, I don’t know if I can stand whatever illness you’re going to give me.’ She said, fanning herself with her other hand. The boy gathered his things and left quickly and when the door shut behind him, Emma moved in and turned towards the final boy. He was reading a thick leather bound novel, one way beyond his reading level. “I could actually handle sickness you know. I have a superior body and immune system.”

But the boy kept reading and ignoring her.

“You’re not a mudblood are you? I can tell. Mother says I’m a rather good judge of character.”

Still he did not look up.

“Excuse me.” Emma said, tilting her head at the boy. What could he not hear her?

“Excuse me!” She said a bit louder putting her hands on her hips. “I’m talking to you!” She said exasperated. But the only reaction she got from him was him looking up and giving a rather convincing death glare directed at her. She smiled brightly. She had seen him before! He was a pureblood, she knew it. She took a seat next to him even though the whole compartment was empty.

“Hey! I recall you from the snowflake masquerade symphony of two years ago that my mother hosted. Hm.” She studied him carefully. “ Remind me of your name again? Peter Rosa? No no I saw you with Bella and her sisters. Uh, Rosier, right? Your mother gave me a snowflake tiara that day. I didn’t much enjoy it but mother says I have to be grateful for whatever I get from people of good blood. You’ll never know who’ll you’ll end up marrying.” Emma shrugged happily. The whole little speech said in bright and chipper matter. “Anyway, You must know who I am?”

She was still smiling when he gave a small sigh and he shut his book tightly and looked over to her for the first time.

“Miss Vanity.” He said, nodding a small polite smile at his lips.

Emma clapped her hands in excitement. “I knew you’d knowme! I knew someone would recognize me! Not everyone will be of filthy blood here.” Her smile widen as she held out her hand for him.

“I’m Emma Vanity, A pleasure to make you’re acquaintance.”

He took her hand and shook it. “Yes you got my name, Evan Rosier. Ah but the pleasure is all mine.”

Emma smiled sweetly at him and turned her body more towards him.

“So are you planning to join the Quidditch team? I want to be a Keeper but I can play any position. I just really just hope I can be Captain.”

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zedheadshq-blog · 9 years ago

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Sample App -- Admin Al

Below the cut is a sample application.

OOC: ☢ Name: Al ☢ Pronouns: He/Him ☢ Timezone: EST ☢ Age (please state if over or under 18): Over 18 ☢ How active are you on a scale of 1-10? Please explain: ☢ Triggers: removed ☢ Are you okay with your character possibly dying?: NOPE. maybe.

IC: ☢ Which skill set are you applying for?: Foxtrot ☢ Character Name: Mateo Emmanuel Acosta ☢ First FC Choice: Miguel Ángel Silvestre ☢ Second FC Choice: Alfonso Herrera ☢ Character Gender & Pronouns: Cisgender Male; He/Him ☢ Character Age & Birthdate: 34; June 22nd -- Cancer ☢ Please list four character drawbacks:

☢ Idealistic to a fault ☢ Attaches too Easily ☢ Emotionally Torn ☢ Excessively Selfless

☢ Character Backstory:

Mateo grew up in Arizona as a happy go lucky child with a large smile. His parents often received compliments on his temperament when they went out to the store or to restaurants. Mateo was never fussy and always seemed so curious about the world around him. His entire childhood, Mateo wanted a baby brother or sister. At the time his parents couldn’t explain that it wasn’t physically possible for them to have another child. Instead they supplemented it with cousin,nephews, and all sorts of family. Mateo may have grown up without any other biological siblings, but his house was always full of a loud and supporting family. Their dining room table that was supposed to seat six was always had stools and overturned boxes pulled up to it.

School was more of a place to socialize and be around people than preparation for life. College and technical school were never in the cards for him. Dante, his father, was a self made man who started a construction company that did work all over the area. Matt took trips with his family to California, Washington, New Mexico and even Texas. They did large scale installations for shopping malls, business centers, and high scale residential areas. Mateo’s mother Maria was a professional interior decorated, and they often took jobs together. Matt grew up watching the loving, devoted relationship between his parents and knew he wanted a family.

Meeting Suzanne felt like fate. She was the middle child of five and they sat next to each other in alphabetical seating. They met when Suzanne’s family moved to Arizona when Mateo was in sixth grade. Matt felt for her smile almost instantly, and the rest was history. They dated through middle and high school and had three years of prom pictures to prove it. Matt watched his other friends string along girls and make light of relationships but he only had eyes for Suzy and no one else. They were voted most likely to stay together forever when Matt graduated from high school with a solid B average and a job offer from his father. He had to start from the bottom just like Dante did, hauling rebar and shoveling rubble back into the trucks. All of his training was on the job so he didn’t need school, and Suzanne went to the University of Phoenix so she was only a thirty minute drive away.

When Matt was just twenty years old, Suzanne found out she was pregnant. He was over the moon to start a family. Twins were a big surprise, but a welcome one in his eyes. Mateo’s father offered him a promotion he graciously accepted. Although he had only been with the company full time for two years, Matt had been working every summer on demolition crew since he was fourteen; most of the Phoenix area crews knew him and respected him. The foreman job was earned and not given to him out of nepotism and it showed. The twins, Sofia and Gabriella, were born in the summer time. Mateo had a picture perfect life by all accounts, and he was happy and content. Everything was turning out the way it was supposed to.

Of course, that kind of perfection is never permanent. When the twins turned five, Mateo found his wife slipping away from him. Suzanne had grown distant and bored of their relationship, and Matt found himself desperate to stay connected with his extended family. He threw himself into family dinner, lunch dates, babysitting for free, and bulk grocery shopping. That bond took the form with Derrick, Suzanne’s older brother. Matt fell, and he fell hard, for his wife’s straight brother. Nothing came out of it, of course, but even Suzanne could tell there wasn’t any passion left in their relationship. They were friendly, and never fought in front of the girls. In fact, they didn’t fight at all an that was one of the biggest problems. There was nothing Matt could do to fill the widening gap between them.

So when a teaching job at Notre Dame came up, Suzanne took it. The custody battle was nowhere near as nasty as it could have been, and Matt had custody for seventy-five percent of the year. They alternated Spring Break, Thanksgiving and Winter breaks. The entire situation devastated Mateo. His picture perfect family was broken and torn with no way to repair it. He had been married to Suzy for only seven years, but they had started dating when he was thirteen years old. His newfound attraction for men was also not so newfound, but hard to cope with. Mateo went through a string of drunken one-night stands until he woke up in a strangers apartment with no recollection of the evening.

His walk home was one of shame but also one of clarity. Keeping custody of his daughters was the most important thing to him, the last bit of his family he could cling to. The house was already paid off due to some smart investments and some help from his family, so Matt continued to live there despite how empty it felt without his ex-wife. His family supported him, piling the house full of laughter and food and positive energy. Mateo was heartbroken, though, more so over the loss of his dream than the loss of his wife.

So he became the ultimate dad, learning how to french braid Sofia’s hair and sew when Gabrielle ripped through a shoulder of her shirt roughhousing too hard. Matt taught himself how to cook for three, something Suzy had always done, and the food usually turned out edible and flavorful. He went to every PTA and Girl Scout meeting there was, cheered the loudest at gymnastic meets and track practices, made homemade posters complete with glitter glue to the One Direction concert they went to, and even once painted his chest to a football game the girls wanted to go to.

Matt was shameless in his unconditional support and love for his girls and it showed through his actions. He dated, here and there, and work and family always kept him too busy for anything serious. On his first major construction project, the girls were there with him, cutting the ribbon to the build site. There were no secrets he kept from the girls, save for his own sexuality and dating life. When the girls got older, that was a different conversation to be had.

And that’s how life was, right up into Zed Day. Suzy had the girls for Thanksgiving weekend, which meant Mateo was supposed to pick them up from the airport and got to keep them through Christmas break. Except Thanksgiving came and went, and Black Friday took a whole different meaning. Mateo was on a job site when the government stormed in, demanding the land through some official looking paperwork for an ‘exclusionary zone’. Mateo and Dante had to comply, of course. When the National guard was waving a M16 in your face it didn’t feel like much of a choice.

☢ Character Personality:

Mateo is that guy who always has a smile on his face. He’s a family man through and through and attaches easily to people and always wants to give them the benefit of the doubt. This is good and bad depending in the situation and can lead to him getting taken advantage of when he isn’t careful enough. Mateo’s mother always said there were two types of people in the world: givers and takers. Mateo is a giver, through and through. He loves to take care of people and finds comfort in comforting others. His family has always been his first priority, and taking care of his daughters was his entire life before Zed Day. Now that they’re halfway across the country and Matt cannot make contact with them, he feels like someone’s pulled the rug out from under him.

Mateo can be too idealistic at times. He is a true nurturer and likes to give every part of himself even when it isn’t necessary. Sometimes he can put people too high up on pedestals, like his ex-wife, which can be too much pressure on them. Matt loves people so strongly it can be a detriment to his relationships with those around him. There is a small voice in the back of Mateo’s head that blames himself for not having his daughters. If he had only tried harder, gave his marriage and wife more attention, maybe they could have been together for Zed Day. It’s the small what-ifs - are they alive? are they okay? why can’t he just call them damnit? - that keep Matt up at night, fidgeting and restless. In the absence of his two daughters, the two things he’s dedicated his life to, Matt will struggle to fill that gap by taking care of other people to a fault. If he can’t save his girls, he’s going to make damn sure he saves everyone else. Even if it costs him his life.

OTHER: ☢ How did your character in the exclusion zone?:

Matt’s was the foreman on site for the construction zone that the Government took over for an exclusion zone. Mateo can say he was one of the first citizens inside of the zone.

☢ What is your characters current gear that they have on them? (this can be weapons, ammo, food, clothing, personal items, etc. Please make this reasonable with what your character can carry and find in a state of emergency.)

Despite his numerous promotions, Mateo still dresses sensibly on any job site. He was in a pair of steel toed boots, heavy duty work pants, a button down shirt, an orange vest and a yellow hard hat. Matt was able to grab his tool belt, which makes too much noise when trying to be stealthy, that was equipped with his normal, every day work tools. He also has a multi-tool that was some competitor of a Swiss army knife that he forgot the name of. In his truck was also some basic camping supplies, including basic nonperishables, water tabs for purification, a couple of small, fold-able cookware, and two sleeping bags, big enough for a single adult or two children. In addition to the tools on his tool belt Matt has a heavy one and a half hand grip hammer that is smaller than a sledge hammer but bigger than the standard size one he has on his belt. Mateo also has his wallet, which has multiple pictures on it, and his necklace the girls bought for him on his thirtieth birthday.

☢ Please name at least two character connections: (These are one-sided connections at this time. This is the place to list if you’d like a sibling, ex-lover, current lover, friend, enemy, etc. You can make open-ended connections as well that are not filled currently or one-sided connections. See if the wanted connections page for any questions. The more connected the group, the better the roleplay experience can be, so don’t be shy!)

☢ Delta - Suspicious. For Matt to feel distrustful of someone is almost unheard. There’s something about Delta that is just too good to be true and Matt can’t put his finger on it. If there’s one person he distrusts most in the group right now, it’s Delta. Hopefully - Matt hopes at least - they’ll prove him wrong.

☢ India - Respect. Between his knowledge of construction and their knowledge of the area, Matt knows if something bad happens he wants to stay close to them. If anyone knows a safe way out of Phoenix, it’s India. That’s an important skill to have. It helps that they vaguely remind Matt of Gaby, too.

☢ Future Connection - Mateo (cis male, 34) is looking for a casual FWBs. The zombie apocalypse is stressful and lord knows that Matt needs a distraction. Any skeleton, any gender, character age 24+ who would be willing to approach Matt first. He’s a little old-fashioned when it comes to relationships but isn’t looking for anything serious. He may bring you flowers if he find some. Warning.

☢ Open Connection - Mateo (cis male, 34) did not have any biological siblings, but had a huge family support system. If anyone wants a loose familial connection this is open! Any skeleton, any gender, character age differs depending on roles. Mateo’s faceclaim is of Spanish descent for any ethnicity matching.

☢ Please list at least three headcanons:

☢ Mateo has a gorgeous intricate tattoo over the left side of his chest. It’s a very detailed picture of a heart with his daughters names running through the patterns. Matt made sure to get it with bright colors, blues and reds and pinks. It took around eight hours to complete due to the intricacies of it all.

☢ Mateo writes letters to his daughter whenever he has a spare minute. He keeps them in an old, waterproof binder clipboard he used to carry for work as well as tiny, silly momentos his girls made for him growing up.

☢ In Matt’s wallet are multiple pictures. He had to buy an extra insert just to hold them all. Some of his favorites are: his graduation day picture with Suzy and his entire family, Matt holding the twins for the first time, Sofia and Gabriella’s first day of preschool, a Disney world selfie with Matt and the twins, all in personalized Mickey and Minnie ears, and a couple more. In the longer part of his wallet is a photo strip of five pictures from Chuck E. Cheese that Matt’s held onto as well.

☢ Mateo identifies as bisexual. He’s very careful to keep his romantic (or other) relationships away from the girls. Matt’s very private when it comes to sex, but he isn’t a prude or innocent. What’s done is the bedroom is no one’s business but his own.

☢ Matt is really missing his cup of coffee. On morning where it was hard to roll out of bed at 0430, he really loved having that little kick. He’s an early riser and rarely sleeps past day break.

☢ When it comes to alcohol Mateo is - embarrassingly- a light weight. After a beer he has a solid buzz and a big sloppy smile on his face. Matt was never much of a drinker, unless he was hanging out with friends socially.

ANYTHING ELSE: ☢ Anything else: Tag for this boy is right here.

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