Post by Zen on Jul 31, 2017 19:30:58 GMT -5
You must PM Zen your tryout. We want to keep tryouts private so no one can steal ideas from each other and no one will feel intimidated by anyone else's forms. You may send each part of the tryout in separate PMs or all at once, whichever you prefer.
Seeing as a Goldrider is a responsibility and a privelage, as its such a rarity and offers you unique roleplay chances many will never get to experience, Melana and Sularenth's adoption has a rather lengthy tryout. Firstly, a few basic rules:
1. You must of course not already play a Gold Dragon or Wher (but you may have a Gold pet).
2. You must have been a member for at least one full month.
3. You must have at least one character already with which you have reached at least 25 posts.
4. Your activity level must be very high. The more you're posting, the better.
5. You must, obviously, fill out every portion of the tryout form to the best of your abilities.
Melana and Sularenth's adoption tryouts do not currently have an end date, as I would like to have a few applicants before making any decisions. If you would like to apply but have not currently been a member for one month or do not quite have 25 posts, you may still tryout and you will be considered so long as you are able to meet these requirements before tryouts close.
Tryout Tasks:
1. Refresh Melana's Bio.
Since I don't want anyone just copy/pasting someone else's work to use as their own, you must essentially rewrite Melana's bio. However there are some do's and don'ts. Melana's original bio can be found HERE. And for reference, HERE is Sularenth.
You MAY:
2. Rewrite Melana's Impression.
Below is Gold Sularenth's hatching and Impression to Melana, as it occurred onsite. You must write a post to show how YOUR Melana would have reacted to Impressing her dragon.
You must complete five separate posts showing Melana and Sularenth participating in their Weyrling Training. You must choose 1 lesson from:
Indicate before each post which Month and type of training the post is meant to show (example: Month 8 First Manned Flight). This will give you a good range to show how Melana and Sularenth grow together as Sularenth moves closer and closer to adulthood and Melana grows closer to graduation as a full dragonrider, getting used to their bond and growing into her future rank as a Junior Weyrwoman. This will be good for me to see played out, and will help you get into character so that if you do get to adopt her, you will find her easier to play with a little background under your belt.
Each post should be AT LEAST 250 words, though I would prefer no less than 500. Quality in your posts, overall, is more important than quantity, and your ability to portray Melana accurately and interestingly will play a much bigger part in earning you the right to adopt her than simply writing 1000 words of random nothings.
If you wish, here are all of the threads that Melana has been in so far for reference:
The Dragon-Rider Bond
Reason To Celebrate [Hatching Feast]
The Spring Storms' Arrival [Hatching]
Seeing as a Goldrider is a responsibility and a privelage, as its such a rarity and offers you unique roleplay chances many will never get to experience, Melana and Sularenth's adoption has a rather lengthy tryout. Firstly, a few basic rules:
1. You must of course not already play a Gold Dragon or Wher (but you may have a Gold pet).
2. You must have been a member for at least one full month.
3. You must have at least one character already with which you have reached at least 25 posts.
4. Your activity level must be very high. The more you're posting, the better.
5. You must, obviously, fill out every portion of the tryout form to the best of your abilities.
Melana and Sularenth's adoption tryouts do not currently have an end date, as I would like to have a few applicants before making any decisions. If you would like to apply but have not currently been a member for one month or do not quite have 25 posts, you may still tryout and you will be considered so long as you are able to meet these requirements before tryouts close.
Tryout Tasks:
1. Refresh Melana's Bio.
Since I don't want anyone just copy/pasting someone else's work to use as their own, you must essentially rewrite Melana's bio. However there are some do's and don'ts. Melana's original bio can be found HERE. And for reference, HERE is Sularenth.
You MAY:
- Change her appearance as much as you like. Feel free to use a completely different PB and rewrite her entire appearance from scratch if you wish. You may choose to leave her the same, but you must still rewrite her appearance in your own words either way.
- Tweak and expand upon her current personality. Her personality at the moment is very basic, and I would love to see it expanded, however she should not turn into a completely different person. She Impressed Sularenth because of who she is, and if who she is changes dramatically then Sularenth might well not have chosen her to begin with! No matter what you choose to do with her personality, Melana must remain ambitious, colorist, careless of others' feelings, independent, manipulative, loyal, protective, and have a sharp tongue.
- Make SLIGHT changes to her history. Her history is part of what made Melana who she is and what motivates her, and I do not want that to change drastically either. You may expand upon her history or make slight tweaks, but it should mostly remain the same, just in your own words. I would also like you to add on her weyrlinghood and update her history to reflect current time.
- Change her name.
- Change her age (other than to reflect her natural aging as the site has progressed).
- Change her orientation (or her sex obviously).
- Change anything about Sularenth.
- Completely change her personality or history.
2. Rewrite Melana's Impression.
Below is Gold Sularenth's hatching and Impression to Melana, as it occurred onsite. You must write a post to show how YOUR Melana would have reacted to Impressing her dragon.
3. Weyrling Training Posts. Here is the Weyrling Training overview for reference.The Brown trotted forward, toward the Gold eggs… his mother was just a bit too intimidating for him to approach at the moment. Maybe when he was a bit bigger…. He leapt back as suddenly the Bold Egg jerked to one side. He hadn’t been expecting it to move!
He watched curiously as the paler, smaller Beautiful Egg beside it began to crack open. Small shards fell to the sands as the hatchling within worked away delicately at freeing herself. The Bold Egg was shaking rather violently, but no cracks had appeared on the surface yet. Finally a small Gold stepped from the Beautiful Egg, which she had actually left quite intact, breaking only one side open for her to enter the world through. She looked at her Brown brother curiously before turning to the Bold Egg, still rocking. She crooned softly and a moment later the Bold Egg burst into pieces as the hatchlings within broke free.
The Bold Gold was much larger than her sister and stood among the shards of her eggs with her tail lashing. She looked to the Brown and screeched angrily at him, and he scampered away as quick as he could. She might be pretty but she was NOT NICE. The smaller Beautiful Gold crooned again, causing her golden sister to turn to her. The larger gold huffed, tail still lashing, and threw a look at the Brown as he made his way toward the boys. The Beautiful Gold stepped in front of her, briefly taking her gaze off the Brown, and turned toward the girls, the Bold Gold stalking after her.
The Bold Gold huffed as the Brown went off with His. Good, he would no longer be in her way. He may be older than her by a few moments but he was still her LITTLE brother and he was ANNOYING. Her sister crooned at her and she flicked her tail dismissively in response. The annoying Brown did not matter anymore, her sister was right. What did matter were these creatures before her, and one in particular. She paused beside her sister, who seemed to content to wait for her to choose first. Good. She stalked forward, her head snaking first one way and then the next as she looked the girls over, her mind grazing theirs.
It did not take her long to find Hers. She was a dragon who knew what she wanted and did not hesitate to take it. She strode forward, shoving Srunae away from Hers unceremoniously. My sister is welcome to all of these weak females, but you are mine, Melana. I am your Sularenth. Her gaze met that of Hers as her eyes whirled with the telltale signs of Impression.
You must complete five separate posts showing Melana and Sularenth participating in their Weyrling Training. You must choose 1 lesson from:
- 1st to 6th Month General Training
- 7th to 12th Month General Training
- 13th to 18th Month General Training
- 7th to 12th Month Gold Weyrling Specific Training
- 13th to 18th Month Gold Weyrling Specific Training
Indicate before each post which Month and type of training the post is meant to show (example: Month 8 First Manned Flight). This will give you a good range to show how Melana and Sularenth grow together as Sularenth moves closer and closer to adulthood and Melana grows closer to graduation as a full dragonrider, getting used to their bond and growing into her future rank as a Junior Weyrwoman. This will be good for me to see played out, and will help you get into character so that if you do get to adopt her, you will find her easier to play with a little background under your belt.
Each post should be AT LEAST 250 words, though I would prefer no less than 500. Quality in your posts, overall, is more important than quantity, and your ability to portray Melana accurately and interestingly will play a much bigger part in earning you the right to adopt her than simply writing 1000 words of random nothings.
If you wish, here are all of the threads that Melana has been in so far for reference:
The Dragon-Rider Bond
Reason To Celebrate [Hatching Feast]
The Spring Storms' Arrival [Hatching]
