phantasmods | APPLICATIONS

Applications are currently closed and will open at 12:01 AM PST on February 22nd.

Post your applications to this entry in the following format: First comment should contain the OOC information section only. Successive comments should be posted in reply to that comment, as many as you need. Moderator responses will be appended to the last comment of the application.

A reserve is not required to app! Please note that while the total cap for characters per player is four, you can apply a maximum of two characters per application cycle.

APPLICATION TEMPLATE:

OOC Information

Player name

Player age and gender

Player Contact

Any other characters in game?

IC Information

Character name

Character canon

Canon point

Physical Description

About the Character

Character abilities

Inventory

Samples

Please note that apps are processed in batches at the end of the application period!

IMPORTANT: Be sure to post your app with the journal you intend to use for the game!

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

OOC Information

Player name: Claire

Player age and gender: 23, she/her

Any other characters in game? nah fam

IC Information
Character name: Violet Evergarden
Character canon: Violet Evergarden (TV Anime)
Canon point: Post episode 4
Physical Description: Anime character sheet | Light novel illustration sheet | Anime key visual | this is just here because i like violet evergarden gifs

Violet's age is stated to be around fourteen in the anime, in a time period where fourteen is old enough for her to be treated as an independant adult. She's quite small and petite, even with those ridiculous heels of hers, so I peg her as being about 5'2'' like any good anime girl.

About the Character: Violet Evergarden anime summaries. Not much has been revealed of Violet's past in the anime thus far and while she does have canonical backstory in the light novels, the adaptation seems to be setting up to change some of these details. BASICALLY, I WILL KEEP YOU POSTED.

(Additional sidebar: Netflix and Wikipedia translate the term 'Jidou Shiki Ningyo' as 'Auto Memory Doll', but there is a great deal of evidence to suggest that 'Auto Memoir Doll' is the intended translation and as such is the one I'll be using)

The staff on Violet Evergarden have, multiple times, described the show as chronicling Violet's journey in growing from an 'emotional infant' into an adult, which is a perfect summary of Violet's character development over the course of the anime. Inducted into the army as a child (no older than ten), Violet grew up up isolated and subservient and with the belief that she was less than human -- she was a tool. She has struggled to move past this mindset and as of her canonpoint, she's made a great number of important steps towards growing as a person with empathy and agency of her own, removed from the military.

It's easy at first to mistake Violet for an 'emotionless' girl. She's elegant and dignified with a calm, often expressionless demeanor that can make it difficult to work out just what's on her mind. She'll work diligently, almost mechanically, at any task set to her and her military habits pop out in myriad ways -- she dislikes taking meals around other people, for example, as she prefers to be alone with vulnerable. Her troubled upbringing and lack of socialization have left it difficult for her to properly express herself. She struggles to understand the feelings of the people around her and as such, has trouble expressing her own in an appropriate manner. Violet is incredibly direct and honest and thinks nothing of speaking her mind to client and coworker alike. Unfortunately, she's often blunt and incredibly insensitive whether it be making ill-timed observations about a coworker's popularity with clients or frankly asking a sobbing customer to stop crying, as she is making it difficult for them to work.

It's certainly not as though Violet wants to be quite so insensitive, though. She seems quite upset whenever she realizes she's made a misstep that hurts someone's feelings and never hesitates to apologize sincerely and accept responsibility for her error. She's learning, always, and applying the lessons she's learned to new situations and new people. This doesn't always work but this where Violet's straightforward nature is her saving grace. She's not afraid to directly ask about someone's emotional state, in words another person would probably shy away from. If she thinks a customer is hiding something from her, she'll ask. If she needs to understand something to better help, she won't hesitate to openly ask someone to explain their emotional state.

By her own admission, Violet struggles with ambiguities. She simply can't read a great many unspoken social cues that most people her age are already well-versed in and this is a source of great frustration for her. But in the absence of this sort of understanding, Violet has worked hard to make up for this in other areas. She's a good listener and most of all, deeply empathetic. Even she struggles to understand other people's feelings, Violet is deeply affected by sorrow when she recognizes and works hard to bring happiness to the people around her. Through her work as an Auto Memoir Doll, this is Violet's primary duty and she has learned a great deal simply through being exposed to the ups and downs of a person's heart. She's still got a great deal to learn, but she's made a huge number of important steps simply by asserting her own will.

Character abilities:

"Auto Memoir Doll, Violet Evergarden, at your service." - Violet is what's known as an 'Auto Memoir Doll' which is essentially a fancy name for a ghostwriter. It's Violet's duty to write letters for people who are either unable to write (as was common for the time period she comes from) or unable to properly express themselves in the way they wish. According to the school that Violet attends, a high-class Auto Memoir Doll is expected to have an exemplar sense of vocabulary, grammar, empathy and a flair for inventive, creative writing. Additionally, they must be able to type at a very high speed and Violet demonstrates that she can type at a rather frightening speed -- when 200 characters a minute is requested, Violet does so without missing a beat. In a later episode, she is shown to be able to type at the exact same speed something is dictated to her and finishes typing a fraction of a second after the speaker is finished.
"You're a tool." - Violet is a child soldier, having been trained from a young age (possibly since birth, as she is a feral child the youngest we see her) to be a weapon of warfare. While the exact circumstances that led to this have yet to be revealed, Violet was a skilled enough fighter at the age of eight at the very oldest to slaughter an entire ship's crew of decorated military officers with nothing more than a knife. Being trained in the army has only made her more dangerous and when given reason to fight Violet is an utterly merciless killing machine. She's exceptionally agile with good stamina, and has been trained extensively in some manner of martial arts (as we see her fighting with punches, kicks and other rather complicated techniques). She is also proficient in the use of weapons -- so far, on screen, she has been shown to make use of military grade guns and rifles as well as knives.
"These arms are made from adamant silver." - After losing both arms in the war, Violet is fitted with a pair of prosthetic arms made of adamant silver. They function identically to Violet's real arms once she has adjusted to using them with a few caveats: Violet cannot discern temperature with them and seems to have some difficulty with more delicate tasks. Additionally, while she seems to have some sort of sense for when she is handling objects she cannot feel texture. They are also bulkier and sturdier than a regular pair of fleshy arms.
Inventory:

Auto Memoir Doll Uniform: An elegant uniform that Violet wears for her work as a Doll. Makes her look pretty doll-like, appropriately enough. (Worn on arrival.)
Emerald Brooch: A beautiful emerald brooch. Violet's never seen without it. (Worn on arrival.)
Typewriter: A clunky typewriter, currently being carted around in its transport case. To the modern eye, it looks pretty old fashioned, but this was cutting edge gear in Violet's time! (Carrying on arrival.)
Gloves: Some high-class brown gloves, made of suede. The perfect fit for Violet's hands. (Worn on arrival.)

Samples: Toplevel at the current TDM

Edited 2018-03-09 15:11 (UTC)

Thank you and welcome to Phantasmal Rift! The mods will handle all the behind the scenes stuff for you - all you need to do is join

phantasmalrift,

phonetasmal and

phantasmemes, and then head over to the OOC Intro post! You may also wish to join the Discord server if you haven't already!

Additionally, if you use a secondary journal for icon space or other purposes, please respond to this comment with it so that we can get it included!

For your participation in the Test Drive, your character also receives the following items of loot;

-> A holocron full of images of some distant, purplish alien jungle. From the way most of the pictures are centered on alien wildlife, it looks like the previous owner was a nature photographer.
-> A pack of eight leather journals, all with light blue covers and lined pages.

APPLICATIONS

Violet Evergarden | Violet Evergarden | Reserved

no subject

ACCEPTED