Digital Dive Mods ([personal profile] digitaldivemods) wrote2012-02-05 12:53 am

CHARACTER APPLICATION

If you want to apply for a character at Digital Dive, simply take one of the forms below and reply to this post.

Applications will now be judged on a rotation cycle. Applications can be submitted throughout the entire month, but they will only be judged, rejected, or sent back for revision in the last two weeks of any calendar month.

New to Digital Dive, you can now use the Dive Tests Network to act in place of the RP Sample or D-Comm Network Post. You can only use it for one, however! Further details for how this works can be found here.

Before you apply, there are a few points we'd like to make known:

  • If you wish to app a character from a movie, video game, or other work released in individual (read, not regular), we'd like to ask that you wait for 30 days out of consideration for spoilers.

  • Most applications are judged on a two strikes your out policy, with applicants being given one chance to correct aspects of an app that the moderators feel are lacking or in error. However, if the majority of the application has numerous faults, the moderators reserve the right to reject an app wholesale. In the case of a rejected application, you must wait a full month before applying or reserving for them again, and in that time, the character you have applied for is still considered up for grabs.

  • Because all situations and canons are different, the moderators reserve the rights to question an application's merit and communicate with the applicant about the matter. This can range from how long the canon has been running, the point in which the character is being applied for, concerns of potential canon-mates, and whatever other necessary situations may arise.


  • We've provided explanations for each section, so please read over them before you apply!

    Name and personal journal: List the name you'd like to be called along with your personal journal, if you have one.

    Contact: List the methods by which you can be contacted here, including email, instant messagers, or anything else. We must have some means of getting hold of you outside Dreamwidth itself.

    Player's Age: Please list your personal age. We ask presently that players be over the age of 16.

    Character/Canon: List the character's name and the canon they originate from. If your character is an original creation, regardless of origin, please indicate this.

    Character Type: Is your character a main character, a secondary character, a background character, or an OC?

    Tamer Class: Please specify whether you are applying for a Soul Tamer, Matrix Tamer, Spirit Tamer, Xros Tamer, or a Digimon on its own. If you are uncertain of which to select, refer to the respective write-ups on Tamer classes.

    Furthermore, if you are applying for a Spirit OR Xros Tamer, we would like you to explain why you believe it would fit your character.

    Understand that we can and will, if necessary, deny or ask you change your Tamer Class if it is deemed ill-fitting of the character. This does not count as a strike towards rejection, however, except under circumstances when we determine the Class to be ill-fitting and the applicant doesn't comply.

    If you don't understand the Class System well and are uncertain of what to pick, you can either ask a moderator, or simply choose "Soul Tamer" as the default option as it is the easiest to manage. You can always change you Class later!

    Character appearance: Post an image of your character's appearance, or post a description if you don't have one.

    Character age: List your character's age.

    Digimon partner(s)/Spirit/Xros Army: If you are applying for a Soul or Matrix Tamer, please list the digimon you have selected for your partner. This digimon must be at the Child level or lower. You need not determine the rest of its evolution line at this time, and even if you do, you may change it at any time provided you haven't already depicted it as evolving into something else. If your Digimon is a fan creation, please indicate this.

    If you are applying for a Spirit Tamer, simply state whether you have chosen the Spirit of Fire, Light, Wind, Ice, Thunder, Steel, Water, Wood, Earth, Darkness, or Corrupted Darkness.

    If you are applying for a Xros Tamer, due to the fact that these require more information, we require you to list your army's main partner, their super evolution, and the remaining members of their army.

    If you are applying for a character who is a Digimon, feel free to leave this blank. However, if said Digimon is an original creation, please indicate this. We are also not accepting applications for Digimon characters who are the Ultimate/Mega level that do not originate from an existing canon - simply put, you would be allowed to apply for BlackWarGreymon from the Digimon Adventure 02 anime, but not an original character who is a BlackWarGreymon.

    In general, if you have trouble coming up with a Digimon Partner, you can feel free to ask the community over AIM, the moderators, or refer to sites such as the Digital Monster Almanac or Wikimon.

    Xros Ups: If you are applying for a Xros Tamer, we need to know the Xros Ups your Tamer will be able to form from your Primary Partner, what they're called, and what they can do, including attacks and any other special abilities. Note, that this section is also important for determining you have a grasp of the Digi-Xros concept, so this is where you will show that knowledge. This section is not on the app for non-Xros Tamers.

    Character history: Describe your character's history. If you're going to go into great, extensive detail, you won't be denied, but note that we do not need a novel written. Quality comes before quantity, and we simply want to know you understand and grasp the canon you are apping from, as well as give us context so we can better understand the following sections. So, please write it out in a concise, but informative manner.

    Note however, that for original characters we will hold this section up to much higher standards. An original character can be rejected based on factors ranging from background quality or just seeming to be a poorly conceived character.

    Character personality: Describe your character's personality in an informative, but concise, manner. This is one of the most important aspects of the application, to really show you understand the character and where they might be coming from. The raised standards for original characters also applies here.

    Digimon partner personality: Describe your Digimon's personality in an informative, but concise manner. Your Digimon are characters too, and just as important as their Tamer. If you are applying for a Xros Tamer or a Tamer with multiple partners, you must list personality for ALL Digimon. Each one will be held up to the same standards as a single partner. If you are apping a Spirit Tamer, you can skip or remove this section.

    Character abilities: Describe your character's abilities. Keep in mind that all offensive powers must be scaled down to the Adult level. Most powers that rely on external sources outside the Digital World generally won't function, though there can be the occasional exception depending on how it's described. Keep in mind this is also an important part of determining whether or not the Tamer Class you have selected for your character is right for them.

    Please focus on the character's primary, distinct abilities. If the character has a multitude of attacks or spells, free to link to a wiki or other listing that covers said arsenal of powers, but this cannot substitute for the entire ability write-up.

    If your character's abilities exceed that which is deemed fair towards the role play in general, you may be asked to tone them down.

    On another note, Dive does consider allowing characters to arrive with piloted mecha. This is subject to certain scrutiny, of course, and is judged in comparison to the character's personal abilities outside of the suit and how much their character revolves around the use of said machine.

    Sample RP: Please give us a third person role-play sample, depicting your character and their partner(s) interacting. Both sample sections are very important to show your character's voice, and your ability to write your character from a prose perspective, as this will make up a large potential chunk of your role playing in the Logs community.

    Sample D-Comm Network Post: Please give us a role play sample from the perspective of posting from the D-Comm Network. It is, effectively, like posting in an online journal or social networking site. Again, we are trying to get a feel for your character's voice.

    This is the app for Soul, Spirit, and Matrix Tamers, as well as standalone digimon characters.



    This is the app for Xros Tamers:



    Banned Digimon partners:

    Keep in mind that some digimon are not allowed as digimon partners or components in an evolution line. These digimon are as follows:

    Lucemon (all forms)
    Arkadimon (all forms)
    Apocalymon
    Death-X-mon
    Ogudamon
    Omegamon
    Susanoomon
    Chaosmon
    UltimateChaosmon
    Millenniummon
    Moon=Millenniumon
    ZeedMillenniumon
    Gizmon (all forms)
    DarknessBagramon
    Quartzmon

    In addition, with a few notable exceptions, most "Mode Changes" are not acceptable at this time, and you must select the basic version of those Ultimates. The exceptions are Imperialdramon Dragon Mode and Fighter Mode, both of which can be selected as indvidual Digimon, and Duftmon Leopard Mode, which is a component of Duftmon's abilities.

    You may reply to this post with your application.
    mugennoken: (Default)

    [Ken is not the example of how to be short and concise]

    [personal profile] mugennoken 2012-02-22 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
    Name and personal journal: Ken, [personal profile] mugennoken

    Contact: AIM - Infinity Greymon, Skype - mugennoken

    Player's Age: 27

    Character/Series: Captain Marvelous (+Navi), Kaizoku Sentai Gokaiger.

    Character Type: Main

    Tamer Class: Soul Tamer

    Character appearance:

    Character age: 20s.

    Digimon partner(s)/Spirit/Evolution Line: "Machalchon" - Falcomon
    For point of reference: Machalcon is an ancillary character from Gokaiger itself. He is the team's final mecha upgrade, a sentient robot car from the alternate "Engine World." He is the son of two main mecha (yes... I know) from Engine Sentai Go-onger, Speedor and BeaRV. Though he's sentient, he's also a giant robot race car and only has one episode in the entire series focused on him. Seeing as he is very much a side character, but regardless inducted by Marvelous as part of the crew, it only feels right to bring him in somehow. If this doesn't work, it can be changed.
    mugennoken: (SUPER HERO TIME - 2011 Version 1)

    Re: [Ken is not the example of how to be short and concise]

    [personal profile] mugennoken 2012-02-22 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
    Character history: Marvelous is from space, though he is human. Humans exist in space, and where in space doesn't particularly matter. Just, he is from space. Growing up as a street urchin, basically, he had very little to his name, except for his name. At a young age in a moment of mortal peril, the Metal Hero known as Space Sheriff Gavan came to his rescue and gave him words of encouragement. As he grew, strife also began to grow across the universe. The "Zangyack Empire," under the rule of Ackdos Gil, was rising and conquering large portions of the universe. Marvelous learned to make a living off the backs of being a nuisance to them, and somehow always managed to survive his encounters. One thing he nearly didn't survive, though, was an encounter with a bounty hunter named Kiaido. Kiaido provided Marvelous with a taste of true, absolute fear that would haunt him for years to come, and it was an incident he barely escaped.

    On the planet Earth, an event called the "Legend War" erupted as the Zangyack Empire attempted to overthrow them. They were countered and thwarted by the combined efforts of the 34 Super Sentai teams. From Goranger to Goseiger, they fought and gave the entirety of their powers to push back the Zangyack fleet. The powers scattered out across the universe, compacted into objects called "Ranger Keys." The embodiment of all Red Warriors, AkaRed, witnessed this, and set out across the universe to collect these powers. Becoming a pirate to counter ZangyacZangyack's forces, AkaRed would come across Marvelous and bring him into his crew aboard his ship, the Gokai Galleon, as they set out to gather the 194 Ranger Keys. Joined by another young man named Basco, and AkaRed's mysterious robot parrot companion, Navi, they became known as the Red Pirates... and developed into quite a pain in the Empire's rear.

    After collecting most of the Keys, Marvelous, Navi, and AkaRed were sold out by Basco to the Empire. In the ensuing battle, AkaRed was seemingly lost, as he entrusted the Ranger Keys, Navi, and the Galleon to Marvelous, asking him to seek out the "Greatest Treasure in the Universe." As he set out on his own, Marvelous would also find something else aboard the Galleon hidden from him until that time - five devices called Mobirates, which allowed him to utilize the power of any Ranger Key, and five MORE Ranger Keys of a Super Sentai that had never existed. Marvelous became a "Gokaiger," Gokai Red. However, he obviously needed a crew.

    On a remote planet, he discovered a Zangyack traitor on the run from their forces, Joe Gibkin. Seeing his resolve, Marvelous recruited him and Joe became Gokai Blue. When raiding a Zangyack ship's vault, they came across a feisty female thief, Luka Millfy, who was interest in their promise of the Greatest Treasure, and became Gokai Yellow. When the Galleon was broke down and they needed a way to get in the air again, the came across an eccentric mechanical genius, Don Dogoier, whom they nicknamed "Doc." He became Gokai Green. After the planet Famille was destroyed by the Empire, the last survivor of its royal family, the Princess Ahim de Famille, requested to join their crew so that she could oppose the Empire and show her remaining people she was alive and fighting. Despite not proving to be the most adept fighter at first, Ahim became Gokai Pink.

    The five together were the Pirate Sentai Gokaiger, and became such a problem for the Zangyack that their bounties started to skyrocket. When united together, they could utilize the four other "Gokai Machines" inside Gokai Galleon to create "Gokai-Oh," a powerful giant robot that they took great pleasure in using to wreck any Zangyack fleet they came across. Eventually, their search led them to the planet Earth, where a small Zangyack search fleet was scouting it to invade again. This small fleet was immediately wiped out as Gokai-Oh busted through its blockade on its way to Earth.

    Once on the planet, though, their search for the Greatest Treasure is cut short as a larger fleet appears in the scouting one's place. Headed by the ship "Gigant Horse," this fleet was one commanded by Ackdos Gil's son, the Prince Walz Gil. The Zangyack prepare to invade, and the Gokaigers themselves prepare to get the hell out of town after their lunch is ruined... when they come across a group of school children and their teachers being threatened at gunpoint by Zangyack troops. They intervene, revealing their presence to the world, and their ability to utilize the powers of the past Super Sentai. However, they shrug off any praise and continue along their merry way.

    Navi begins to have one of her first "Treasure Navigation" sessions, wherein she becomes briefly able to spout off brief clues to where their search must lead them next, this time being a "man in black." Marvelous soon runs into a kid who snatches his Shinken Red key, as he questions why they have these powers if they're not going to use them to save people. As another Action Commander attacks, Marvelous hands over his Mobirates to allow the kid to transform into Shinken Red, and quickly gets his ass kicked. Taking the Key and Mobirates back, Marvelous and his crew leave...

    ...to quickly dispatch of the attacking Zangyack forces again. Later, when dealing with another Action Commander, they come across the aforementioned "man in black" - namely, the former Magi Red, Kai. After Doc proves his courage to Kai, they come into possession of their first "Ultimate Power," that of the Magirangers. This allows them to summon a mecha known as Magi Dragon, which is able to combine with Gokai-Oh.

    As time goes on, they trade off dealing with Zangyack threats to their treasure hunt, which just so happens ends up with them saving the world on occasion, and searching for former Super Sentai members to obtain their teams' Ultimate Powers. Marvelous ends up encountering Doggie Cruger, former Deka Master of Dekaranger, and proves that a cop can trust a pirate when the going gets tough, earning that power, and the mecha Pat Striker.

    They subsequently earn the Gekirangers' power from Geki Red, and the Gaorangers' from Gao Red, which earns them the mecha Gao Lion. Not all former Sentai members are friendly, however. Shiba Kaoru, one of the many people in her family that has held the title of Shinken Red, confronts the Gokaigers' and demands her team's powers returned, attacking them. Joe faces off against her, but a Zangyack attack prevents it from continuing. Marvelous is injured in the resulting battle, while Joe learns a Zangyack soldier named Barizorg is his former mentor Cid brainwashed into a cyborg. The Gokaigers end up earning Kaoru's trust, and the Shinkengers' Ultimate Power, which allows Gao Lion to combine with Gokai-Oh to create Shinken Gokai-Oh. Soon after, they gain the Carrangers' power from Red Racer.

    However, then things go badly. Basco returns as a privateer authorized by the Empire, with a sidekick monkey named Sally. Basco turns out to have gotten hold of several Ranger Keys himself - those belonging to most of the "sixth Rangers" of the Sentai teams. Wielding a trumpet that lets him create clone warriors from the powers, he defeats the Gokaigers and captures Marvelous' crew with an ultimatum - trade them for the rest of the Keys. Marvelous and Navi end up calling Basco's bluff and manage to free the others. They then defeat the cloned Sixth Warriors, obtaining their Keys in the process.

    Following this, they come into conflict with another past team, the entirety of Tensou Sentai Goseiger. The Goseigers steal their own powers' Keys back, and come into battle with the Gokaigers on multiple occasions. However, the enemy of the first Sentai, Black Cross King, returns and manages to steal all but the Gokaiger and Goseiger Ranger Keys. The angels and pirates are forced to form a begrudging alliance, and in the end they earn the acceptance and Ultimate Powers of 11 Sentai teams, including Goranger and Goseiger. Goranger grants them the form of Goren Gokai-Oh, which they use to kill Black Cross King. The Goseigers return the Keys to the Gokaigers for the time being, trusting them.

    Suddenly, there comes the appearance of another Gokaiger - Ikari Gai, Gokai Silver, an earthling. It turns out he received his powers from the spirits of three dead Sixth Rangers after his own near death experience. Marvelous at first takes Gai's Key and changer from him, until he proves why he would be a worthy addition to the crew. As Gai proves to be willing to fight Zangyack with powers or not, Marvelous finds his dedication impressive and allows him to join the crew. From there, they come into another encounter with Basco, as he reveals to have even MORE Ranger Keys - the Keys belonging to the various extra Rangers beyond the main six of most teams. During this fight, they recover the Key of Black Knight Hyuuga, and gain the Gingaman's Ultimate Power.

    While they had already received Boukenger's Ultimate Power in the Black Cross King incident, Bouken Red - Akashi - comes to the Gokaigers for help, which they offer. The encounter leads Marvelous to remember various past moments with AkaRed. Little did Marvelous realize that Akashi himself had encountered AkaRed five years prior. Ahim & Luka obtain the power of GoGo V from Go Pink in another fight with Basco. Then, the children of past Hurricanger enemies arrive to help the Empire. This is thwarted by the help of the three main Hurricangers, and they reclaim their former powers briefly to assist the Gokaigers in battle. This also nets the pirates the Hurricanger power, in the form of the mecha Furaimaru.

    Kiaido arrives on Earth to collect the Gokaigers' bounty, and is at first more of a force than they can reckon with. This messes with Marvelous' mind, and he receives guidance from the spirit of Yuki Gai, former Black Condor of Jetman. With that, they use the Jetman powers to defeat Kiaido and gain that team's power, while Yuki Gai's spirit returns to Heaven with his work done. The former Abare Blue shows them the true strength of Abaranger's Ultimate Power, while in searching for a former Liveman member Joe comes to a realization about Barizorg.

    Basco, meanwhile, had been forcefully taking the Ultimate Powers of three other teams, and moves to blackmail Oh Red of Ohranger into a position where the same will happen to him. The Gokaigers intervene and stop this, defeating the remainder of Basco's Ranger Key clones. However, Basco ends up showing he isn't human - the human face was merely a disguise, and he's actually an extremely powerful alien who hands the team their asses. Afterwards, Doc uses the Ohranger's power to create a new weapon, the Gokai Galleon Buster. Gai, then, encounters Ryuu Ranger of Dairanger and obtains that power.

    The team comes to assist Sousuke, Go-on Red of Go-onger, in traveling to another world to help his team's "Engine Partners" that have come into trouble. However, when the returned forces of Go-onger's enemy, Gai-Ark, locks them all in another reality, they have to find two of the Engines' son, Machalcon - a giant mecha race car - so that he can traverse the boundaries and get them home. The Engines have the ability to transcend dimensional barriers, but the rest of them are lacking in power now. Machalcon is a wild child, but Marvelous and the others are able to get him to settle down and help, and he's basically made a member of the team. Using the Go-onger's Ultimate Power then allows them to summon Machalcon, and combine him with Gokai-Oh.

    Walz Gil receives a gift from his father - a powerful mecha called the Great Walz. The Great Walz proves too strong for Gokai-Oh, and its nearly destroyed. Marvelous ends up ejecting the other crew members in order to save them, ending up injured in the process. In searching for Marvelous, Joe ends up killing his former mentor Barizorg, and when they all come together they end up being stronger than before with their near death experiences. As they fight the Great Walz again, they're able to unlock the Ultimate Power of THEIR team, allowing them to combine the Galleon, Gai's GoJyuJin, and Machalcon into their strongest combined form - Kanzen Gokai-Oh. Kanzen Gokai-Oh makes short work of the Great Walz, killing the Zangyack Prince in the process.

    After they avert another of Basco's plots and attain the Megaranger's power, they are summoned for a mission by Timeranger's Time Yellow to travel to the past. There, come across the Shinkengers and Goseigers at a time when those two teams united. They also encounter one of the Shinkenger's last remaining enemies, and make short work of him as a payment for getting the Shinkenger's Ultimate Power months before. Before leaving, they come across one of the Goseiger's enemies and destroy one of their creations. Once back in their own time, however, things get WORSE.

    Emperor Ackdos Gil arrives with a larger fleet to replace his son's. He sends one of his Generals to attack Earth, who ends up being the one who destroyed Famille long ago. When Ahim attempts to leave on her own to face him, Marvelous and the others stop her, Marvelous in particular concerned about her just up and leaving. They go to fight this General as a team, and defeat him.

    Later, they come to hear from a magazine - which is actually a hoax planted by Doc to make himself look cool - of a "Legendary Hero" who vanished long ago named Don Dogoier. However, Damaras - Walz Gil's general, and the "Strongest Man In The Universe" - arrives to wipe the pirates out, with Basco helping. Damaras wipes the floor with them, and seemingly kills everyone but Marvelous and Doc. Marvelous is captured and brought before the Emperor before being sent back to Earth for a public execution. Doc is able to save Marvelous, however, and the others arrived unharmed - it turns out they were saved by BASCO, who wants to keep Marvelous around so he can attain the last couple Ultimate Powers before he steals them. At this point, Basco's also stolen two more himself. The Gokaigers turn their attentions to Damaras, however, and destroy him.

    On Christmas, after helping a brother and sister, they attain the Battle Fever J power from a Battle Kenya disguised as a sidewalk Santa. Then, they find out that a temple they saved when traveling back in time was housing Ninjaman, an ally of the Kakurangers. They manage to gain the Kakurangers' Ultimate Power in the process.
    mugennoken: (Default)

    Re: [Ken is not the example of how to be short and concise]

    [personal profile] mugennoken 2012-02-22 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
    Basco then sets forth his final plan - by shooting Sally up and leaving her for the Gokaigers. They bring Sally onto the Galleon to treat her wounds, knowing the whole time its a trick. Sally shows hesitation thanks to the kindness given her, but ends up stealing the Ranger Key treasure chest as Basco had instructed. It ends up being a fake, though... but Basco fakes THEM out, and ends up betraying Sally by setting off a bomb she was wearing when she's next to Marvelous. Sally acts to protect Marvelous at the cost of her own life, but Marvelous is regardless injured badly. He comes to later on. At this point, the Galleon and their powers had been stolen by Basco, and Navi captured. The others go off to face him, leaving the injured Marvelous to recover. While they end up recovering all the powers and the ship, Basco nearly has them beaten... until Marvelous himself shows up. He and Basco have one final battle, where Marvelous is the victor and Basco is killed.

    After that fight, representatives of the five teams Basco stole powers from appear to the Gokaigers and grant those powers to them. This allows them to unlock the Greatest Treasure - as it turns out, Navi turns into a gateway for that Treasure with the united teams' ultimate powers. The Greatest Treasure is in fact the "Will of The Earth, a power that can grant any wish... at the cost of all the Super Sentai teams that existed. They will all cease to exist from history, as will their members. As Ackdos Gil prepares his final plan, the Zangyack scientist Insarn is sent on a suicide mission to delay the Gokaigers, and ends up being killed. However, then...

    Countless Zangyack ships appear in the sky, all gunning for the pirates. Despite a valiant effort, Gokai-Oh and GoJyuJin are brought down. With the Galleon wrecked and the team scattered, Marvelous limps off... He comes across the kid that had stolen the Shinken Red Key a year before, finding he's become stronger and is trying to fight off the marching Zangyack forces on his own. This shows Marvelous final proof of what the Super Sentai means to the people of Earth. At the wrecked Galleon, the team gives Gai a choice, as its his planet in danger - they can use the Greatest Treasure, and wish all of Zangyack out of existence, or they can fight themselves. Seeing the cost as too high, Gai destroys the Greatest Treasure and they go off to fight the Zangyack forces, proclaiming themselves the 35th Super Sentai.

    Still, the Zangyack General Dairando proves too much for them. They're nearly all destroyed by incoming Zangyack ships, when Navi reveals she's hijacked Basco's abandoned ship and uses it to shield them. Marvelous & Gai go off to take the fight to Ackdos, while the others stay to fight, and defeat, Dairando. Marvelous rams Basco's old ship into the Gigant Horse, and he & Gai battle Ackdos himself. While Gai holds the Emperor off, Marvelous turns the Gigant Horse's powerful weapons on the fleet, obliterating anything in the sky. The Gigant Horse is destroyed, but Ackdos lives... so, they continue the fight with the full team. Uniting the full strength of all 35 teams, they're finally able to destroy him.

    Months later, with the Galleon repaired, they decide to go after the Second Greatest Treasure in the Universe. Marvelous doesn't know what it is, but figures the Zangyack homeworld is the best place to start. So, as they release the powers of the past 34 teams to their rightful owners, the 35th Super Sentai sails off into the sunset in search of their next treasure.
    mugennoken: (SUPER HERO TIME - 2011 Version 1)

    Re: [Ken is not the example of how to be short and concise]

    [personal profile] mugennoken 2012-02-22 06:26 am (UTC)(link)
    Character personality: Marvelous is a man that keeps his true self and intentions masked, with varying levels of success. On the outside, he is a pirate through and through. He is rebellious and takes orders from no man. If he sees something he wants, he takes it, and if he sees anything he doesn't like, or something that bothers him, he wrecks them.

    Often times, he can come across seemingly disinterested or annoyed with something if it isn't a part of his goals. Other times, if it's something he finds exciting, he will follow it through with an enthusiasm that is next to impossible to stop. However, throughout everything, he will often come across people in need or those that need saving...

    In the end, he always ends up helping these people. Many times, that disinterest is feigned. He will shrug off any praise for helping people, will not dare call himself a hero, and will laugh or roll his eyes at anyone who does. He is a pirate, and he has a reputation to uphold. But despite how rough around the edges he may be, how much he may not APPEAR to care about the perils of those in danger, he is at his heart a good man. As a good man, he will always find a way to do the right thing in the end... even if he has to make up an excuse to cover his good deed.

    Protecting dreams is very important to him, as is protecting his crew. His crew is his family, and those he cares the most about. Anything that puts them in danger will be faced with a gun and/or sword to the face. He will do ANYTHING to protect the other Gokaigers, no matter how much danger it puts his own health in. It is not just his crew's dreams that are important, though - upon realizing his own view of what it means to be a leader and a Captain, he has come to realize the importance of protecting the dreams of those who can't otherwise do it for himself. He will, of course, do this in a pirate fashion... but as it is said above, he will usually find a way to do the right thing in that regard.

    So while he may come across to others as uncouth or uncaring, or even a sarcastic or greedy asshole, he does care quite a bit. Far more than one would think upon first impression. He is a pirate first, but in the end, he is also the leader of a Super Sentai. Both of these are now badges he wears with the utmost honor.

    Digimon partner personality: Machalcon is, to put things mildly, eccentric. In his previous form, before he was tamed by the Gokaigers, he ran wildly and free across the Engine World, breaking every traffic law in sight as he sought to just race as far and as fast as he could. He even dismissed the words of his parents, Speedor and BeaRV. Cocky and rowdy, even after he mellowed a bit, he was still always concerned about hitting things at full speed with his engines always revved and ready to go at a moment's notice.

    Now, however, he's been stuck in the body of a Digimon. He has no wheels, he lacks the speed he once had, and actually is actually a lot more vulnerable than he's used to ever having been, in spite of his new found ability to evolve. This frustrates him terribly, something he tries to hide from Marvelous... and does so very poorly, and is likely to get him several swift kicks in the ass. Now that he is NOT a giant robot race car, though, his mouth is liable to get him in a lot of trouble. He has quite the habit of shooting it off, quickly and often.

    He is completely loyal to Marvelous and all the Gokaigers. He pretty much thinks himself a Gokaiger anyway, so he's just as protective of them as Marvelous might be. They were people who accepted him for what he is, and that is something he is not liable to forget anytime soon.

    Character abilities: Marvelous is skilled with numerous weapons and fighting styles, but his largest skill lies in a keen swordsmanship and pinpoint marksmanship. He is no slouch in hand to hand combat, either.

    Even untransformed, Marvelous can summon up and wield his Gokai Gun and Gokai Saber. The Gokai Gun has seemingly infinite ammo, firing small round bullets, but only tends to provide minimal damage against armored opponents. The Gokai Saber is an extremely strong blade, meanwhile. It is theoretically possible to utilize his "Final Wave" attacks detailed below untransformed, but it would likely end up hurting him in some manner or another, so it's not generally ADVISED.

    Using the red Gokaiger Ranger Key in conjunction with his Mobirates transformation device, he can transform into Gokai Red, leader of the Pirate Sentai.

    As Gokai Red, Marvelous' strength, resistance, and leaping ability is greatly increased. He can withstand a number of attacks to his person he wouldn't be able to otherwise, including slashes from a blade. Despite being skin tight, his suit acts as armor. He can, and has, been injured, cut, and shot through the suit but it takes a particularly strong hit to penetrate it. Even if the suit isn't penetrated, he'll still be hurt from directly blows suffered. He is, after all, still human... even if it's a Space Human.

    Inserting a Ranger Key into either the Gokai Gun or Gokai Saber, he can summon a "Final Wave" finishing attack. For the Saber, this is either a powerful energy blade launched from the sword, or the energy can be contained within the Saber to attack physically with increased power. The Gun's Final Wave is a powerful, energized shot.

    On his own, he can only preform one Final Wave at a time. Any other Ranger Key can be inserted into both weapons at the same time, though, allowing him to use both the Slash and Blast Final Waves at the same time. Since the previous 34 teams' powers were returned, this would require using a teammate's Key for the second weapon. Likewise, all main five Gokaiger weapons are interchangeable - Marvelous can use any of the other main five's Saber or Gun, and vice versa. Though Marvelous fights primarily with the Gun & Saber most of the time, this is a technique the others use to compliment their varied styles.

    Any Gokaiger can summon the Gokai Galleon Buster, a large bazooka which fires powered shots of energy. Utilized on its own, it just shoots standard shots. If five Gokaigers all insert their Ranger Keys into it, though, it preforms a "Charged" attack of the main color Key used in it's primary ignition slot and attacks with the combined power of all five Keys. For instance, if Gokai Red is the one whose Key is the main one used, it preforms a "Red Charge." For Pink, it'd be a "Pink Charge" and so forth. Either way, the result is the same - it shoots a large energy blast of their combined power, in the shape of the Gokai Galleon. (Though not nearly close to its SIZE.)

    However, it will require five Gokaigers present to ever use that attack - without that, all it can be used for is a bigger gun, just without the significantly bigger boom.

    Special Note/Request #1: The Gokai Galleon.

    With permission, I'd like to request that Marvelous enters the Digital World with the Gokai Galleon in tow.

    The Gokai Galleon is a large pirate ship... with wings. And rocket boosters. It's an airship, and though capable of interstellar travel in canon, Yggdrasil's machinations will prevent it from breaching the Digtial World's atmosphere.

    The Galleon is built more like a battleship than any old pirate vessel, as it's hull is made of a strong metal. This is because in the Super Sentai world, the Gokai Galleon is the housing for four other machines, and when all five unite together, they form a giant robot named Gokai-Oh. Naturally... this will not be allowed to happen in this world. I will leave it to the mods discretion of what happens to the other Machines - they technically belong to the other Gokaigers, but it's obvious we'd not be able to get any of those other machines active. So whether they're just deactivated or simply banned from the world, I will leave to the non-Gokaiger apping moderators.

    Regardless, the Galleon isn't a super robot by itself, and for the most part is just a ship. That flies. It has some moderate forms of defense beyond its heavy armoring - including port side cannons and guns mounted onto its wings. The front of the ship is also home to a massive sword, which I'd doubt an enemy would like plowing into their own vessel.

    The Gokai Galleon, technically being Gokai Red's machine, is primarily controlled by him. It has an autopilot, but for more precise controls in battle Gokai Red must be at the helm. And though it can function without him, it's regardless still tied to his Ranger Key - if power to the ship is lost for any reason or another, or if it has a crash landing, it's not going to start back up unless he plugs his Key in. The Galleon also has navigation systems that can map the world they're on, and computer systems that can tap into a world's general information network.

    Inside, as well, are quarters for the team, a kitchen, a work lab, and a large general living area. If the Gokai Machines are removed from inside it entirely, there will also be a significant amount of extra storage space within the ship.

    Primarily, I'm asking permission for the Galleon because a group of pirates need a ship to be rightful pirates, or else Marvelous is going to waste little time trying to commandeer other vessels anyway.

    Special note/Request #2: With the Galleon, I'd also like to request Navi, Marvelous' robot parrot sidekick, enter the Digital World with him. Navi has no real combat abilities, and without a Doc/Gokai Green, she's the only one in the crew otherwise that would have any idea of how to deal with the more intricate computer systems. She is also very tightly connected to Marvelous personally, as she is one of the last remaining things from Marvelous' mentor, AkaRed. It is effectively much the same as a Pokemon Trainer coming in with one of their Pokemon.
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    [personal profile] mugennoken 2012-02-22 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
    Sample RP: It all started because Marvelous was hungry.

    Machalcon hadn't been opposed to this thought. The concept of needing food was new to him, and he didn't like the feeling of being hungry. This also led to him putting away WAY too much food, and by the time they'd raided the pantry a couple of times for anything prepared Doc and Gai had ready before the Galleon was sucked into this world... Well, they were out of food. Out of food that didn't need to be COOKED, anyway, and no one present knew much how to do that.

    So they found this place. Burgermon Village. Lots of great food there, apparently. Seemed simple enough. They found a bar, got waited on... but while they were waiting on their food, a burly looking Tamer had made some snide remark in Marvelous' direction.

    Machalcon honestly couldn't remember who threw the first punch. It had probably been Marvelous. Either way, it was only seconds before the entire bar was embroiled in conflict. Chairs were thrown, bottles were broken, people and Digimon alike were kicked in the junk. Again, probably by Marvelous.

    The Falcomon had joined in the brawl with as much enthusiasm as his partner, the adrenaline temporarily covering for the fact he was hungry as hell. He was still unused to this body, though, and... well, quickly found himself throw under a table where he laid for several moments.

    By the time the waiter came from the kitchen with their ordered, about half of the patrons were on the floor. Several more had been tossed through a window. Machalcon sat up with his head spinning to see Marvelous still squaring off against the burly Tamer who had first insulted him. The large man rushed the pirate, throwing a punch. Marvelous caught the man's arm and countered, using his own momentum to flip him... sending him over the bar to land on the ground with a heavy thud.

    "Y- yeah...!" Machalcon stammered, holding a wing to his head as he stood up unsteadily. "That's what you get!"

    Marvelous spun on one foot to face the waiter, dusting off his jacket as he did so. Everyone else was either fleeing the scene, now, or just trying to get back to a stable seat that hadn't been broken over someone's head. The pirate captain flashed the waiter a grin, holding a hand up in a two fingered salute.

    "Yeah, can we get that to go?"

    Sample D-Comm Network Post:
    [Normal text = Marvelous, Bold text = Machalcon, Italics text = Navi.]

    [an audio message starts up, and anyone listening is met with a VERY LOUD VOICE]

    ATTENTION DIGITAL WORLD.

    MY NAME IS CAPTAIN MARVELOUS, CAPTAIN OF THE GOKAI GALLEON, AND LEADER OF THE PIRATE SENTAI GOKAIGER.

    WE ARE HERE IN SEARCH OF YOUR TREASURE. PLEASE, FEEL FREE TO OFFER UP VALUABLES, MONEY, AND THE LOCATIONS OF ANCIENT HIDDEN ARTIFACTS AT YOUR LEISURE. IT WILL SAVE BOTH YOU AND US TIME IN THE FUTURE.

    Marvelous, that didn't work the first time, what makes you think it'll work THIS time?! And without the others to back you up, even!

    Shut up, Bird!

    She's right, man! GEEZ, do you have to hold that damn Megaphone to your D-Comm, INSIDE THE SHIP?! I think my head's gonna be ringing for a week!

    ...I am surrounded by poultry.