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	_________applications. ooc info; Name: (Your online handle.) Age: (Your age. Unfortunately, players below the age of 16 are not allowed.) Ways to contact: (Email, AIM, Plurk, etc.) Characters currently played: (List of characters currently played in the game. Character limit is currently 4.) character info; Character Name: (Your character's full name, in Western order. The characters may call themselves whatever they wish ICly, but for organization's sake we need this.) Canon: (Name of your character's canon.) Canon Link: (Link to your character's history/canon, i.e. wikipedia articles/informative fansites/etc.. If it's a particularly obscure canon with very little information available, you may write your own section to give us an overview of your character's history and world background.) Canon Point: (The point from which your character is pulled i.e. chapter 500, just before the final battle, after confessing their eternal love, etc.) Character Age: (Your character's age, or approximation thereof. Characters of all ages are allowed, though we request that if a character is under the age of 10, you fill out an additional section detailing their suitability for living in a post-apocalyptic world.) Character Suitability: (For characters under the age of 10 only. We need to know why the Caretakers would think such a young child would be strong enough to survive a zombie-infested earth and help to rebuild the world.) Personality: (The meat of the app. Tell to us your character's motivations, their likes and dislikes, strengths, weaknesses, relationships, and anything else you think is important in letting us know what makes them tick. A bunch of words doesn't always mean a good application, and we won't ask for an college essay, but we do require that this section be at least 350 words long, to show us you know what you're talking about and can elaborate appropriately.) Powers & Abilities: (Briefly describe any supernatural powers or abilities your characters may have i.e. healing spells, super strength, teleportation. Their powers will, of course, be severely dampened upon arriving, but perhaps, if seen as worthy, they can wake up to find it more potent than before.) Items on their Person: (List any items you character would have had with them upon being taken. Your character has to be holding or touching these items somehow for them to be brought with them. For example, items in the pockets of clothing or in a backpack will be brought along with you. Summoned weapons will also be brought, but they cannot be put back.) samples; ALL SAMPLES MUST BE SET IN THE GAME'S UNIVERSE. First Person Sample: (This is to showcase your character's dialogue, so while you may use [bracket action] when needed, this should be at least 5 spoken sentences. Remember, a sentence has to have a subject and a verb. Monosyllabic sounds do not count toward the minimum. If you're having difficulty thinking up a sample, you may request a Q&A for this portion instead, where we will give you 5 questions to be answered ICly.) Third Person Sample: (This is a prose portion, meant to showcase your character's thoughts and actions, as well as your own writing ability. Samples must be at least 300 words. Remember to use proper spelling, grammar, and paragraphs.) Additional Information: (Questions, comments, and additional miscellaneous facts about your character may be added here!) <b><big>OOC Info;</b></big> <b>Name:</b> (Your online handle.) <b>Age:</b> (Your age. Unfortunately, players below the age of 16 are not allowed.) <b>Ways to contact</b>: (Email, AIM, Plurk, etc.) <b>Characters currently played:</b> (List of characters currently played in the game. Character limit is currently 4.) <b><big>Character Info;</b></big> <b>Character Name</b>: (Your character's full name, in Western order. The characters may call themselves whatever they wish ICly, but for organization's sake we need this.) <b>Canon</b>: (Name of your character's canon.) <b>Canon Link:</b> (Link to your character's history/canon i.e. wikipedia articles/informative fansites/etc.. If it's a particularly obscure canon with very little information available, you may write your own section to give us an overview of your character's history and world background.) <b>Canon Point:</b> (The point from which your character is pulled i.e. chapter 500, just before the final battle, after confessing their eternal love, etc.) <b>Character Age</b>: (Your character's age, or approximation thereof. Characters of all ages are allowed, though we request that if a character is under the age of 10, you fill out an additional section detailing their suitability for living in a post-apocalyptic world.) <b>Character Suitability</b>: (For characters under the age of 10 only. We need to know why the Caretakers would think such a young child would be strong enough to survive a zombie-infested earth and help to rebuild the world.) <b>Personality</b>: (The meat of the app. Tell to us your character's motivations, their likes and dislikes, strengths, weaknesses, relationships, and anything else you think is important in letting us know what makes them tick. A bunch of words doesn't always mean a good application, and we won't ask for an college essay, but we do require that this section be at least 350 words long, to show us you know what you're talking about and can elaborate appropriately.) <b>Powers & Abilities</b>: (Briefly describe any supernatural powers or abilities your characters may have i.e. healing spells, super strength, teleportation. Their powers will, of course, be severely dampened upon arrival so please explain how you plan to limit these abilities.) <b>Items on their Person</b>: (List any items you character would have had with them upon being taken. Your character has to be holding or touching these items somehow for them to be brought with them. For example, items in the pockets of clothing or in a backpack will be brought along with you. Summoned weapons will also be brought, but they cannot be put back.) <b><big>Samples;</big></b> (All samples must be set in the game's universe) <b>First Person Sample</b>: (This is to showcase your character's dialogue, so while you may use <small>[bracket action]</small> when needed, this should be at least 5 spoken sentences. Remember, a sentence has to have a subject and a verb. Monosyllabic sounds do not count toward the minimum. If you're having difficulty thinking up a sample, you may request a Q&A for this portion instead, where we will give you <b>5</b> questions to be answered ICly.) <b>Third Person Sample</b>: (This is a prose portion, meant to showcase your character's thoughts and actions, as well as your own writing ability. Samples must be at least 300 words. Remember to use proper spelling, grammar, and paragraphs.) <b>Additional Information</b>: (Questions, comments, and additional miscellaneous facts about your character may be added here!)

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Elena Gilbert (The Vampire Diaries) → reserved

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OOC Info;
Name: Crystal
Age: 24
Ways to contact: fancynewmail @ gmail ; rehymenated
Characters currently played: n/a

Character Info;
Character Name: Elena Gilbert
Canon: The Vampire Diaries (television show)
Canon Link: »»»
Canon Point: 3.22, “The Departed”, when Matt’s truck hits the water off Wickery Bridge
Character Age: 18
Character Suitability: n/a

personality / powers & abilities / items on their person

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Personality:

After Elena Gilbert’s parents died, she pledged that she wouldn't be the sad little girl who killed lost her parents: she would be someone different. She answers, “I'm fine” when someone asks how she is, but never really wants to know. She would be the invincible, bright girl she was before that night, no matter how unrealistic it is. She would survive because the truth is Elena doesn't know what else she can do. No one can tell her why she's alive and the people she loves most are dead.

That is the crux of every decision Elena makes – be it accepting (and loving, and forgiving, and identifying with) morally questionable vampires, or going on a martyrdom parade to save her friends and family. It’s about how scared she is of losing and/or inadvertently hurting her loved ones, because she seems to lose and hurt them at every turn, and that’s all her fault. She is determined to avoid loss more so than dying, if not more so than saving everyone simply because it's the right thing to do.

And yet despite all the sadness and guilt she carries, she still believes that there is good to find and experience in the world. She continues to keep living and wanting to live a normal (or normal enough) life, searching however blindly for a reason besides there's no other option - for herself, for her brother Jeremy, and for her friends. She keeps trying, because if Elena's anything at the end of the day she's a fighter - not just a survivor.

As a result, Elena has found ways to cope with death surrounding her: she has learned to become a more independent person, even while falling back on her idealistic notions. She still upholds them, her morals, and her humanity with a fierceness. She is not just going through the motions anymore. (For example, she didn't fight the sacrifice in season two and instead decided to go along with it, for the sake of her friends and family. In season three, she trained to protect herself and fight whatever plans Klaus has for her.)

That said: Elena makes questionable decisions. She makes several attempts to sacrifice herself to save the people she loves behind their backs, she erases her brother's memory to save him from the pain of grief, and she extends forgiveness to those who probably do not deserve it. She is noble, but she is not a saint. She is selfless, but is selfishly motivated; taking drastic, reckless, and sometimes ruthless and manipulative action that is often harmful to her and the loved ones she is trying to protect. She will do whatever it takes: she will be the bad guy. She will be ruthless and vindictive. She will stab someone in the back. (And has, figuratively and literally.) Yet Elena is still an understanding person. She can be that person because she cares so much, because she understands when others harden against sympathizing.

Elena acts this way because she operates under a severe sense of inferiority to her loved ones. She holds them on a pedestal because they are not like her - they deserve to live because she should have died (with her parents, during the sacrifice, etc). Elena would argue vehemently they could go on without her, but not without each other. Still so many people die and leave anyway, although not for lack of Elena trying to save them. So dying herself would work just fine for Elena. Living is hard for her; she’s motivated by survivor’s guilt. A part of her doesn’t want to go on and would rather be allowed to let go. This is not a suicide wish. This is because Elena can’t ever underestimate her own meaning again: people will die because of her. That’s the last thing she wants.

Oftentimes Elena is stubborn and idealistic; not in touch with the reality of her loved ones or relationships because she believes in this “pedestal”. (One might argue perhaps this is because she is too much aware: she can’t lose anymore people, so she will keep them at her side despite any harm it brings/brought to her or others emotionally or physically. She will believe in them.) Elena will excuse abuse for love, and do so multiple times.

Essentially, Elena is an eighteen-year-old girl who has dealt with more than any teenager should for no other reason besides her carbon-copy existence. That’s the crux of her personality: there is nothing special or unique about her, no reason she is the center of all this chaos. That she looks like Katherine is arguably the only reason the Salvatore brothers stuck around and consequently fell in love with her, that she was born a doppelgänger is the only reason everyone dies around her, that her life and death are essentially the key to everything. She was born with a face that is not her own; her life in many regards is not her own, and she is in a constant struggle to own it (and sometimes she wants to give in, too). But she doesn’t. Elena Gilbert would never call herself tough - she feels too much to consider claiming that. But she always finds a way to keep surviving and fighting to the last, even if that only means finding a reason to get out of bed in the morning.

Powers & Abilities:

As a Petrova doppelgänger, Elena’s blood is the key in many rituals and sacrifices pertaining to the creation of Original vampires and hybrids. However, she is still a normal teenage girl. Elena has all the weaknesses and strengths of someone her age. She is also in peak physical condition: she trains and arms herself in any way she can to be able to protect herself. This includes regimental running, strength training, boxing, and working knowledge of weapons such as stakes, crossbows, and vervain/wolfsbane grenades. (Which she can make herself.)

Items on their Person:

The only items Elena would possibly have on her person are the clothes on her back.

samples

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Samples;
First Person Sample:

( video )
Okay, so we’ve figured we’re all here and we’re all fictional. [ that’s said a little wryly. she’s still having some trouble with both those parts. astoundingly more so with the fictional part. ] But that doesn’t mean we have to figure the rest out alone.

We have phones to contact each other, someplace to stay, we can find things to defend ourselves with [ insert hold breath here; she knows, logically, it’s only a matter of time. this is how the movies go. this is how life goes. ironically, it’s up in the air which one of those is more real at the moment. ] just in case. [ yeah wow elena’s really holding on by a thread here. but it’s always a thick thread. if someone tries to break it, it won’t snap. ]

Maybe some introductions are a good place to start. [ or getting out of here. ] I’m Elena.

Third Person Sample:

There are brains and skin and hair sticking to the butt of her gun. There's a corpse with a caved-in skull not two feet away.

Shotguns aren't much use against shamblers unless they're in close range. They’re noisy, ammo is hard to find, and the pellets spread out and never get very far. So force is always the best bet against the undead, with as many as anyone can juggle.

The world works like this: sooner or later, the lumbering, gnashing horde making its way towards Elena is going to be up close, and there's not much she can do to juggle dozens of them.

And Alaric is - she's not sure what he is or where, and she doesn't have the option of going back, not right now. (Stupid, she was so stupid. Should have taken the detour instead of a highway, should have been more careful, should have avoided this no matter how empty the road seemed.) (She has to go back; can't go back. She'll find a way regardless.) Her eyes dart around her surroundings: the abandoned cars, rotten bodies, the yards and yards of overgrown grass and trees on either side of the highway.

Nowhere to run.

Her breath leaves her, shaky. Her lungs pull back in a mouthful of decay and summer heat. Her lashes flutter.

The steel of the car against her back burns into her skin; through her jeans the asphalt is rough and baked by sun. Elena pulls in a steadying breath, flattens herself out, grabs the sleeve of her one-hundred percent deceased acquaintance, and scoots under the van as noiselessly as she can, clutching her gun tight and dragging the dead weight.

Here's to hoping the smell will throw off any potential crawlers. If not, well.

Cool pebbles dig into her back, the rancid corpse is leaking something sticky and wet and warm onto her side. The quiet shuffle of dragging feet sets her every nerve on edge. Elena has never been particularly good at following her better instincts, ones that should tell her don't move or run. She thinks it's because there is something to fear; she still has plenty to lose. (Ric.)

She closes eyes for only a moment, blinks them open and stares at the engine above her head. She's seen people torn apart by hordes. (Not Ric. That can’t happen.)

There are shells in her pack; she'll get them. She's seen worse, been through so much worse. Most of them must have passed by now. Blindly, she reaches to quietly cock her gun, throws an arm back to drag herself towards the front of the van.

She'll find him. (They’re just lost.) She will. (They’re it for each other.) She just has to survive. (They’re family.)

ACCEPTED

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