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Applications are processed every Saturday. To make sure your application is processed please submit it by 11:59 PM Saturday at the latest. Please check the Taken Characters list and the Reserves page before applying.Currently we accept any canon as long as there is an English translation (fan translations qualify) OCs are not currently accepted Real life figures must be from a scripted canon, not real life (ex. you may not app Thomas Jefferson straight from history, but you may app him from the musical 1776) We accept both Hetalia and Nyotalia characters. The requirement for each is that they have an official design by Himaruya and either one line in a strip or at least two sentences of notes from Himaruya. In Hetalia and Nyotalia apps we're looking for at least one paragraph of the personality section (four sentences) dedicated to canon traits as seen through strips, audio dramas, anime episodes and notes from Himaruya. For characters with sparse information you may extrapolate details from their official design or the situations they're found in in canon. For vocaloids we require at least two major songs to be linked and discussed in the personality section (ex. discussing what side of Luka Megurine's personality Just Be Friends shows). Currently we only accept official vocaloids. We also accept PV vocaloids such as the Of Evil series, but this is a case by case basis, if you're not certain please don't be afraid to ask for clarification on the Suggestion Box page
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First Person Questionnaire
If you wish to fill out a questionnaire for your first person sample, please chose only 5-8 questions from the list below. Pick questions that help reflect your characters personality, while still meeting the 10 sentence requirement.
To give potential players a feel for what we're looking for, moderation has linked the following accepted applications (with player permission):Amelia Peabody Emerson
Ace D. Portgas / One Piece / Not reserved
Name: Crystal
Personal journal: n/a
Contact: AIM: Waldropcd14 E-mail: Waldropcd14@aol.com
IC Information
Name: (Western name order) Ace D. Portgas
Canon: One Piece
Timeline: Ace comes beaten up and starving having just been freed by his brother. He has escaped the execution platform but has not yet been killed by Akainu. Anime episode 481ish manga chapter 573
Canon Resource Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Piece for Canon and http://onepiece.wikia.com/wiki/Portgas_D._Ace for Ace
Personality: Ace is a young adult motivated by the need to prove himself worth being alive both to the world and himself. Orphaned at birth, he was raised by bandits on a small island in East Blue. Vice-Admiral Monkey D. Garp was asked by both his father and his mother to raise him and keep him safe; so Garp did what he thought best and adopted Ace as his grandson and in an effort to keep the government from finding him, sent him to live with the bandits.
There, Ace pretty much raised himself. As a child he was cold and aloof and would beat up anyone even adults who talked bad about his father the late pirate king, Gol D. Roger. Ace hated his father but he hated when people compared him to the man even more.
It wasn’t until Ace met Luffy that he began to soften up. It took Luffy a long time and a lot of determination to wear away at Ace and get the older boy to accept him. Gradually, Ace began to open up and began to care for Luffy. He along with Sabo, another of his friends, declared themselves brothers and shared a cup of sake to seal the deal. From that day on, Ace would do anything for his brothers. He finally had family that cared for him and a purpose to live for.
Meeting Luffy prompted Ace to seek help from Makino, a woman in the village who was kind of an aunt to the boys. She would bring them clothes and food and visit them occasionally to see how they were doing. He asked her to teach him about manners so that when he became a pirate, he could find Red Haired Shanks and thank him for saving Luffy and giving him a little brother to take care of.
So as he grew, Ace became polite and smart and is a stark contrast to his little brother. He is the second division commander of the Whitebeard pirates and considers the whole crew his family. Whitebeard refers to Ace as his ‘son’ and up to his death Ace declared for all to hear that Whitebeard was the only father he would acknowledge.
There are two traits associated with Ace. One is his narcolepsy that mostly shows up when he’s eating. He will fall asleep in his food and wake up chewing moments later as if nothing ever happened. It isn’t said whether or not it occurs other placed but there is a possibility it does. The other trait is his dine and dash prank. This extends from when he was a child and would sneak into restaurants eat all he could and then leave without paying the tab. He still does his as an adult.
He is fiercely loyal to all he considers family and when one of his crew members was killed by Marshall D. Teach, he ignored the pleas of his captain and crew and went after him with the intention of settling the score. He sought revenge for his fallen comrade and this wouldn’t have been the first time either.
Rash and hot-headed, he never backs down from a fight. There was a strong probability he would have escaped Impel Down with his life intact if he had not run into Admiral Akainu who insulted Whitebeard. Ace was not able to let the insult go and as a result rushed into battle with the man. He was killed trying to save Luffy from the man’s attack and died in his brother’s arms.
Likewise, he might have avoided getting sent to the prison in the first place if he had listened to the pleas of his loved ones and abandoned his quest for revenge against Teach. But he didn’t and he suffered the consequences of his rash decision at the cost of his life.
In his desire for revenge against Teach, Ace attacked a man named Dr. Blackbeard thinking him to be Teach. When he finds out he was wrong he let the towns people throw him in the river. He was saved by a milk maiden and in his desire to pay back her kindness he took a letter from her and snuck into a Marine base to deliver it. There he stole information on the real Blackbeard, Marshall D. Teach and managed to escape unscathed.
Powers & Abilities: Ace at the Mera Mera no Mi or the flame flame fruit. It is a logia type devil fruit that allows him to become fire and control the fire within himself as a weapon. Since eating this he typically relies solely on his devil fruit powers and is not seen brandishing any other weapons.
He’s super strong and has high endurance. Even as a child he was able to take out large animals for food while he was living with the bandits. He would also beat up adults that insulted him because of his parentage. Luffy has also never been able to beat Ace in a fight and aside from Whitebeard, Teach and Akainu, the latter who was responsible for his death, Ace has not lost a match.
He fought Jimbe, one of the pirate warlords, for 5 days straight and then survived a battle with Whitebeard immediately after. Even though he was heavily wounded he still had enough fight left in him to openly declare he would never join the mans crew. Though subsequently he did and the older man became his father.
Ace also survived a “baptizing” in boiling hot water while in Impel Down without so much as flinching. Very, very few have been able to do that.
He’s a capable navigator, wearing a log pose on his wrist and being able to navigate while island hopping in his one man skiff which is powered by his devil fruit powers.
What items will they be bringing with them to Discedo? Ace has his hat http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/8936/aceruffy1.jpg and his knife as well as his watermelon designed knapsack.
Posting Samples
Third-Person Sample: The anger flooded through him in a way he hadn’t felt since he was a boy. Not since Sabo had been killed. Thatch was dead, at the hands of a fellow crew member. A member of his own squad! How could he let this go? How did his father expect him to just let Teach get away without so much as a slap on the wrist? No. He would set this right, he would make Teach pay for killing one of his best friends.
He steeled his heart to the cries and pleas of his nakama and he set out alone to serve his revenge. It was lonely but Ace was used to that. Because of his father, he had always felt alienated from those around him. Even if the majority of the world had no clue who he was there would always be someone somewhere talking trash about the man that sired him and that wouldn’t sit well with him. He had lost track of the number of people he had beat up in defense of a man not even he could stand, but still just because Roger was his father, didn’t make Ace a bad man right?
All of his life he had struggled with that question, whether or not he was worth anything. Luffy gave him a purpose, gave him a reason to be alive. So did Whitebeard and Marco and Thatch and every one else on the Moby Dick. But Teach ruined that and he was going to pay with his life. Ace let the flames of his skiff burn brighter as he neared an island.
After arriving in a secluded port, Ace hid his boat and then headed to a pub. He ordered a bunch of food and made small talk with the bartender trying to gather any information he could while he ate. Luckily he only fell asleep once in his meal, scaring a woman at the other end into thinking he was dead and she needed to call for help. Thankfully he woke before the ‘help’ arrived and he was able to slip out in all the commotion with some leads and a full belly. Now he would scout the town and see what else he could find.
First-Person Sample: [Sighs and leans against the tree trunk that would serve as his bed for the night and looks up at the stars, his voice is soft but strong carrying out across the beach lost among the sounds of the crashing waves]
Hey, Sabo. It’s been a while since we’ve talked but I know you know what’s going on. My crew is good and Luffy’s good too. I saw him a while ago in Alabasta. He’s got a good crew and I know he’s gonna do great things. You would be proud of him.
As for me…well I got a job to do. Teach has to pay for what he did and I won’t stop until he does. Hopefully I’ll be back with everyone else soon enough and then we can all move on and Thatch can rest in piece.
Wish me luck, Sabo and I hope one day we can sail together again, just the three of us, you, me and Luffy. [With that Ace murmurs a soft good night and slips into dreamland filled with good food, good company, and the thoughts of a happier time]
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What are your goals? I would have to say my main goal in life is to find out if my being born into this world was a good thing or not. I’ve spent so much time trying to justify whether or not me being alive is a good thing. Of course, with Luffy I think it’s a good thing, after all…he is my little brother. I have to look out for him and I can’t do that if I’m not here. Oh, also a goal is to see either my brother or pops become the pirate king. Don’t tell pops but I kind of want it to be Luffy. It’s his dream after all and I want him to achieve it.
What is most precious to you? My little brother Luffy. After Sabo died it was us the two of us and I made a promise to always be there to take care of him. When I left the island I felt kind of bad for leaving him but I knew he was strong enough to take care of himself. After managing to meet up with him again I know where I can’t his crew can and that gives me piece of mind. Also my nakama, especially Pops and Marco. Without them I don’t think I would be where I am today. Oh and my hat. I love my hat.
Is family important to you? Why? Are friends important to you? Why? Yes, because before I met Luffy and Whitebeard I couldn’t stand the thought of who my family was. While I am grateful to my mother for all she did there are days when I wonder if it wouldn’t have been better for her to just let me go. She died because of me, because she kept me within her so long trying to keep me hidden from the government. But it didn’t work, they still found out about who my father was. But without my brothers and my Pops…well it’s because of them I felt I had a reason to live, a reason to dream and most of all, a place to call home. After all a home isn’t a home without someone waiting for you to return.
How do you value your life over others? My life is insignificant, If I can die so that someone else can live on then I am okay with that. I gave my life to protect my brother from Admiral Akainu…I think that pretty much speaks for itself with this question.
What is 'justice'--how would you define it? Justice is doing what is fair and right in any situation. There is no absolute justice as the world government would have you believe. After all, they want me dead because of who my father is, not because of what I’ve done. Even though my bounty is 550,000,000 Beli. But that’s not the point. Even if I wanted to be a normal person living a normal life they would still find a way to kill me. Pops was the only thing keeping me safe for a long time and in the end the only regret I have was not being able to see Luffy achieve his dream. Justice isn’t a black and white term, it’s so full of grey that you can’t really define it one way or another.
I went after Blackbeard because he killed one of his nakama in cold blood. He deserves death for betraying his friends and his family. And then when I failed to defeat him, the world government gave him a position as a warlord for bringing me in. Says a lot about how bad they wanted me doesn’t it?
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Re: REQUEST Sorry about that, hope this is better. part 1/2
He has narcolepsy, which typically appears when he’s eating causing those around him who don’t know this to think he died in his food. When he comes to, he typically doesn’t remember falling asleep and goes right back to whatever he was doing like nothing happened.
Ace has a habit of not paying for his food. His dine and dash routine started when he was a kid along with Luffy and their other adopted brother, Sabo. They would go to a restaurant in disguise, order a bunch of food and then leave without paying for it and this habit is something he has kept in his adulthood.
He learned his manners from Makino, a bar maid and ‘aunt type figure’ from his home island. He wanted to learn them so he could thank Shanks personally for saving Luffy’s life and thus giving him a younger brother to take care of. He kept his manners even in adulthood. When Luffy accidentally knocked him and Smoker through a family’s home while in Alabasta, he apologized for interrupting their meal and putting a hole in their wall.
Ace is dependable and strong. He used to be captain of the Spade pirates and during this time he was actually extended an invitation by the world government to become one of the Shichibukai or warlords of the sea. He declined this invitation because he has no desire to have anything to do with them. He became a pirate for the freedom it offered and a chance to escape the so-called ‘justice’ of the world he lived in. After all, the reason Ace was put to death after being sent to Impel Down had to do more so with being the son of Roger then for being a pirate. For years the only thing keeping him safe was the fact he was a Whitebeard pirate. But in the end, the government was more interested in seeing him dead then worrying about what the repercussions of doing so would cause.
For a pirate, he is fair and honest and always repays his debts. He even saved a crew of marines at the G-2 base even though it blew his cover and he almost got captured because of it. He doesn’t hurt innocent people and should it happen on accident he will accept the punishment afforded by those he wronged. He even went so far as to let a town toss him in the river for attacking a man he thought to be Blackbeard. He would have drowned if a milkmaid hadn’t taken pity on him and saved his life.
He can be loyal almost to a fault. When Teach killed Thatch, Ace set out for revenge because he believed Teach to be his responsibility. This was all because he was the Second Division Commander, a title he earned fair and square and pretty soon after he joined the crew as well, and the man had been part of his unit. The fact that Ace hadn’t been part of their crew long didn’t cross his mind. And, even though the others had known the man a lot longer then he had he still felt it was his responsibility to see it through to the end.
When he was with his crew before he left on his revenge quest, and even when he was in Alabasta with Luffy for a short time, he can be seen laughing and joking around and having a good time. His smile is almost as big as his brothers and he loves Luffy like he’s the next best thing to sliced cheese. Ace knows Luffy can be a handful so therefore he apologized to his brother’s crew and thanked them profusely for looking after him. He worries about him, but knowing he’s in good hands with his crew he can leave his brother with a clear conscience knowing he will achieve his dreams.
Ace is rash and has little concern for his own safety. He has been seen sneaking aboard Buggy the Clown’s ship and joining in their party without a care in the world. He just invited himself and started eating before the other even noticed he was there. By the end of it they were friends and when Ace was in Impel Down, Buggy was, although reluctant, part of his rescue party.
Ace can be stubborn and childish when he wants to be. Back when he was a still a Captain of his own crew he was set on being the strongest around. He wanted to challenge Whitebeard because in his opinion he was the big dog around and by defeating him he would prove he was worth something. He found himself in a confrontation with Jinbe and the two were locked in a massive fight that lasted 5 days and ended pretty much in a draw. Whitebeard appeared soon after and hastened to challenge the captain even though he was exhausted and injured.
Of course, he lost and when Whitebeard held out his hand in friendship and asked Ace to be his ‘son’ the boy had adamantly refused. The great pirate even adopted Ace’s crew into his own but the boy wouldn’t budge. He was much too stubborn to accept the man as his ‘father’ because to him, a father was a worthless piece of skin and he didn’t think he needed something like that. As a way of retaliation, Ace tried hundreds of times to kill Whitebeard while he was on his ship but each attempt was met with swift and often painful defeat. Eventually Thatch and Marco explained to him what having a father like Whitebeard really meant and after that Ace was all for it.
Even though Ace had fought Jinbe in the past, when the other was sharing a cell with him in Impel Down, Ace begged him to look after Luffy should he ever get the chance. He knew the fishman was honest and would do as he asked. By doing this, in his mind he was ensuring that his beloved little brother would still have someone watching over him when he himself could not.
He can be rather moody when certain issues are involved. He spent the majority of his life questioning whether or not his life held any meaning. Most of this stems from his late father, the king of pirates, Gol D. Roger. Ace doesn’t accept the man as his father and has openly stated that only Whitebeard will ever be the man he calls father. Ace battled with this particular demon all of his life from when he was a child up to his death. He would go into town on his home island and listen to the men talking trash about his ‘demon’ of a father and how if there were any ‘demon’ spawn they should all be wiped out. It was comments like this that always seemed to incite in a rage within him that caused him to lash out. He would beat grown men sometimes within an inch of their life and afterwards show little to no remorse.
He never really cared whether he lived or died and this is most likely the reason behind his lack of self-preservation. He didn’t think anyone would ever really miss him if he died all because of his father. It wasn’t until Luffy came along that he found the desire to live. He said as he lay dying in his brother’s arms that his one regret was not being able to see him achieve his dream of being the pirate king and that he wouldn’t be able to look out for him anymore.
The issue of his worth is also evident in the way that he behaves around others versus when he is alone. He is fun loving and happy around his family, but it’s only temporary. His deep seated sense of worthlessness can often hang over him like a black cloud threatening to cover him. It’s no wonder he has issues, the government wants him dead all because of who his father was. He has no love or respect for a government that would kill infants and children based on their parentage and not their own actions. This is why he chose piracy, at least this way he has a chance to do some good.
This also ties into his sense of justice and freedom. Ace wants the world to be a better place where people don’t have to die because of their parent’s sins. But the people in charge are greedy and selfish and care little for those they govern. They seek to wipe out any and all possible ‘bad eggs’ before they have a chance to mature and make a decision for themselves on how they will behave.
This was evident to him, most notably, when he was a child. The Tenryuubito, a group of elite world nobles who saw everyone beneath them as trash and expendable, killed Sabo, his other adopted brother because he was ‘in the way’ of their ship. No other reason, just because he was there. It didn’t matter to them that he was a child. Another example would be how the nobles of his home island burned down the poor side of town because they found it ‘unsightly’. They didn’t care about the people living there and thought it better to just kill them all. To do away with the trash as it were. Ace and Luffy almost died in that fire. If it hadn’t been for Dadan coming to save his life, Ace might have died then.
He can be quick to anger. Easily provoked, his enemy only has to insult someone he cares about deeply and Ace will be ready for a fight. He will not tolerate anyone talking bad about someone he loves and he will not stop until the offender is appropriately black and blue. This is proved to be a fatal flaw because while Luffy had managed to rescue him from the execution platform in Impel Down, had Admiral Akainu not been there to taunt Ace he could have very well managed to escape with his life intact. But as it was, the man did insult Whitebeard and Ace couldn’t let it go. He attacked the Admiral and in the end he died as the other pierced his chest while he himself was defending his little brothers life.
Sadly it wasn’t until then, as he lay dying, that he realized perhaps his life did have meaning after all. That maybe there really was someone out there who loved him. He thanked Luffy for loving him and giving him a reason to want to live. When it was all said and done, Ace died with a smile on his face content with his life.
part 2/2
It was dark, he was covered in so many wounds, some of them festering with infection and he knew he had to smell pretty damn bad. After all…they didn’t exactly free him and allow him to use the bathroom or anything. But in spite of all of this the only pain Ace felt was that within his heart.
He had been locked in this cell for weeks enduring horrors that would make grown men wet their pants and seek mental counseling over with barely the blink of an eye because in all honesty, how does one break something that was never whole to begin with?
He shifted lightly, trying to ease the pain in his shoulders but all it did was create pain somewhere else. He wished his mind would just quiet down, maybe then he could possibly just die in peace without having to worry about everyone that was undoubtedly going to try and save him. Maybe if he died they would just stop? No…Gramps had said as much. His father, Whitebeard, was coming and not even him dying now would stop the inevitable clash about to happen.
The thought brought tears to his eyes again. He wasn’t worth rescue. He shouldn’t even be alive so why were they trying to save him? He just couldn’t wrap his head around it. The last thing Ace wanted was someone to die because of him. He didn’t want any of his brothers on the crew or Whitebeard or anyone else to get hurt or possibly even die because he was stupid and made a huge mistake.
“So stupid…” Ace mumbled to himself as he cried silently. “So incredibly stupid.” His cries soon became soft sobs he couldn’t contain as the hurt and guilt of causing his loved ones pain welled up within him. “I should have listened…to you.” He murmured. Whitebeard and Marco had all but begged him not to go after Teach. The old man had been willing to let the slight slide because he was afraid Ace’s hot headedness would get the better of him. And it did.
He didn’t regret going after Blackbeard. It went against himself to let something like that go because his family was important to him and Teach had killed a member of his family. But all the same, Ace wished he had been smarter about it. If he had thought things through and not rushed in headfirst it might have turned out different in the end. Now he would never know, all he could do was sit in his cell and wait for the end. He just hoped Luffy stayed away. He would never forgive himself if his little brother got hurt all because of him. This thought brought him back full circle. “Wouldn’t have been better…if I had never been born?”
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