Somarium Application
[Player name] Cat
[Age] 19
[Personal Journal] cheshire-chu
[Other characters currently played] N / A
[Character name] Alice Liddell
[Age] 17 (supposedly)
[Canon] Heart No Kuni No Alice
[Point in time taken from canon] Post chapter 25 Before the Queens Ball.
[Background]
Many know the story of a little girl named Alice who followed a peculiar white rabbit and tumbled down a hole into Wonderland. Well, this story is essentially the same one, only there are several interesting differences. In this version, Alice Liddel wasn't the least bit curious about that white rabbit, in fact she waved him off as nothing more than a dream. That didn't sit well with this particular rabbit. So what did said rabbit do? He turned into a human and carried Alice off, much to her displeasure, and tossed her into a giant hole in the ground that leads to a magical place called Wonderland.
Up until then Alice had lived a rather painfully normal life with her mother, father and two sisters Edith and Lorina. When Alice's mother had died, her father in his grief buried himself in his work. Her younger sister Edith shut Alice out, resenting her for not having shed so much as a single tear at their mother's funeral. Having been secluded from half of the remaining family, Alice confided in her elder sister Lorina. The two grew very close and made a ritual of spending their Sunday afternoons together. The manga actually begins with the two sharing a time together in the gardens as Lorina reads stories to Alice. Lorina is stated to have died as Alice turned of age for college. It seems as though Alice journeyed to Wonderland during a dream of her precious afternoons with Lorina from when she was younger.
After arriving in Wonderland Alice came face to face with the humanoid rabbit that had kidnapped her, Peter White. Immediately the strange fellow had begun to confess his undying love for her. Afterwords begging that she drink some strange "medicine". Convinced he's some creepy stalker Alice refused and demanded he take her home. Of course that didn't fly with this rabbit guy, and Peter simply drinks the liquid himself before stealing a kiss, forcing her to drink the fluid from his mouth. Apparently by drinking this Alice then became a part of the game of Wonderland. The rules are simple; interact with the role holders of Wonderland. As Alice does this, the vial will fill with liquid. Once it's full Alice may leave and return home.
Seems simple enough, but Wonderland isn't exactly the most peaceful place at the moment, and the people aren't all that sane. Life isn't valued in Wonderland, in fact there's probably at least one innocent bystander killed per chapter. Especially if that chapter contains Peter White. Many admire Alice because unlike the natives of Wonderland, she values life. This aspect makes her appealing to many and helps keep her alive during her stay. Plus it helps that she is an "outsider". A valuable player to those whom hold roles in this strange "game", and a person of whom it is said all of Wonderland will fall in love with.
Whenever Alice considers returning home, her thoughts are diverted by painful headaches induced by Nightmare at any time she tries to recall memories of her sisters Edith and Lorina or whether she considers if she has seen Peter before or not. She chooses to stay in the neutral clock tower with Julius Monrey as her place of residence during her stay in wonderland.
[Personality]
Alice Liddell is not your typical storybook heroine, nor is she 100% the "Alice in Wonderland" many are familiar with. A much more practical girl, who views things more realistically than most. While she can still be seen many a time as dazed and distracted with a dreamy expression, Alice is also known to be quite clever. Perhaps most interesting is her darker, more cynical side along with her ability to keep a level head in most situations. After all, it's quite hard to recover as quickly as Alice does after having a gun pointed in your face. A situation in which she holds her ground more times than that of a common criminal.
Life is something that is most precious to Alice, which gains her the admiration of all the Wonderlanders who don't seem to, quite frankly, give a rat's ass about who lives or dies. During her adventure she teaches many about the value of life and in return gives them a reason to want to live. Boris for example has a way of getting himself into terrible trouble which often results in injury and in some cases near death. After a good scolding from Alice, who tells the cat she doesn't want him putting himself in harms way anymore, Boris vows to change his ways in order to stay alive and be together with her.
A strong willed girl who is willing to fight for what she believe in, even though she may not be strong physically, Alice never backs down from an argument. As seen through her participation in several tantrums courtesy of Blood Dupre. Her opinion is not easily swayed, nor does she tend to keep it to herself, openly discussing how she feels about something or someone. She's definitely one who is acutely aware of her surroundings, thoroughly questioning anything that happens to seem out of place with a curiosity unlike any other. Even when she is told that her inquires are not fitfully placed in matters that are of none of her concern, like the topic of the heart clocks that Julius repairs for a living, Alice still presses on for answers to gain an understanding.
Alice has a bit of a dry humor and generally fires back at others with sarcastic remarks or mocking glances. Mainly because the people of Wonderland behave utterly ridiculously compared to the company she is accustomed to back home. So it's sometimes hard to take them seriously when they speak such utter nonsense, as they so often do. It also must not be forgotten that Alice is a teenager, and as such is riding on that never ending emotional roller coaster. Her mood seems to shift depending on the company she is keeping. One to note is that she turns into a Class A Tsun around Blood Dupre, seeing as how she seems to have something of a school girl crush on him, but is too dense to realize it. Of course there are old feelings associated with the fact he looks nearly identical to her past lover who, according to several vague panels of flashbacks, left her for her sister Lorina. Someone poised and much more lady like than herself. This event seems to have left a deep wound in Alice's pride as she is constantly comparing herself to her elder sister, noting all of her wonderful qualities of which she herself is lacking. She has convinced herself that no man would want to love her when they could have someone of Lorina's standard. So it's safe to say Alice has somewhat of an inferiority complex. Which aids in explaining her cluelessness pertaining to all of the role holders in Wonderland falling in love with her. Many of the characters note that Alice unintentionally leads them on.
Cute things happen to be one of Alice's major weaknesses. Especially cute animals. Take Peter White for example, on a normal basis she'd beat him to a bloody pulp any time he'd dare venture into her space bubble but when he's in his cuddly little white rabbit form Alice puts up no defense to his clingy nature. In fact, she encourages it. This being the same trololololo stalker guy who kidnapped her, announced his creepo love, stole a kiss during which he forcibly had her drink a liquid thus trapping her in a strange and violent filled world she may never return home from. Yeah. If I were Alice I'd totally cuddle with him too.
Alice is someone who cares deeply for her friends and family and would do practically anything to keep them healthy and happy. In her opinion, it's the people that make the place. After forming close relationships with many of Wonderland's residents it became easy to slip into the everyday slice of life there, despite it's constantly changing landscape. When she lingers on thoughts of home, however, she is dissuaded by headaches that are painful enough to make her want to forget. She does get rather home sick from time to time, but in her mind she must return home at some point, so she might as well enjoy the time she has in this world to the fullest.
[Abilities]
- Able to recruit a harem consisting of an entire world... in her dreams.
- Immense coping abilities. The girl was dragged down a hole to a place called Wonderland and manages to stay sane.
- Exceptionally clever.
- Recovers from being sexually harassed better than most.
[Other important stuff]
There is a rumor that all of Wonderland will fall in love with "outsiders". Being one of these so called outsiders this rule applies to Alice, though she claims she doesn't want everyone to love her.
[Sample post]
[First Person]
[The dreamberry feed reveals a glimpse of a bright and curious blue eye, before the device is pulled back to the appropriate distance so that a young girls face is visible.]
I seem to have the most rotten luck with finding myself in worlds made of dreams.
[Alice is not amused, she's still trying to gather her thoughts as she scrunches up her nose in confusion.]
I'm not quite certain how this works. [A pause, as if deeply considering what she should say next.] Am I moving from one dream to the next? Or is this simply a dream within a dream, within a dream? I have dreamed inside of a dream before, you see. So surely dreaming just once more couldn't be quite as impossible as it seems it should be...?
[Oh, her head was starting to hurt quite a lot at that thought.]
I guess this strange device is supposed to explain things but, I still have many questions that need answering. In fact I'm still not quite sure this, um, whatchamacallit is really working in the way it's supposed to... [She's inspecting the communicator once more before heaving a frustrated sigh.] Well, I guess I'll find out soon enough, Won't I?
[A dreadfully uncomfortable silence as the girl shifts about quite awkwardly.]
Oh who am I kidding? This is stupid. I'll just find someone and get my answers in person.
[Third Person]
Even if the device had been working, Alice wasn't sure she should put much faith in it. Either way she couldn't figure out how to turn the thing off, or even if she had turned it on correctly. Anyway, sitting still didn't suit Alice well so she set off to find the nearest person who could perhaps explain things a bit better than what the unfamiliar dreamberry could offer. Honestly, Alice should be accustomend to waking up in unusual places by now after all she had been through, yet she still seemed particularly anxious while taking in her new surroundings.
At least in Wonderland she had a sort of personal guide to tell her what was going on, though she didn't miss the sexual harassment rabbit bit this time around. With that her thoughts wandered to the residents of Wonderland she had left behind. Or had they come along with her and were simply scattered about, waiting for her to find them? Alice wasn't sure which scenario she preferred. Surely she would have her answer sooner or later? She could see some buildings up ahead in the distance which means she's bound to run into someone soon, right?
Hopefully said someone wouldn't attempt to kill her as a welcoming present. Alice has experienced more than her fair share of violence as of late. Should this dream world prove to be a more peaceful one than the last Alice would be eternally grateful. Senseless violence always struck the girl as wrong, she couldn't stand it really. It didn't help that Blood had been antagonizing her for no reason lately and--
"Why am I thinking about him?" She mused while slowing her pace to a stop. Alice clenched the dreamberry in her palm quite tightly, her thoughts lingering on the hatter for a moment more. He certainly had been going out of his way as of late to embarrass her. Perhaps it was better that she had left Wonderland, so they would no longer run into one another. Alice didn't reflect on this for long, as a voice in the distance interrupted her thoughts and she turned to catch sight of whom it belonged to.
"Hello? Is someone there?" Her call met no reply, which meant she was probably too far away to be understood, so quickly she moved to approach whomever was near. "Please, I need to ask a favor of you...!" This would all work out well wouldn't it? She would finally learn the answers to the questions circling around in her head about this strange new place. Hopefully whomever she stumbled upon would hold the answers.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?]
Because I have this aching hole in my heart. A painfully large hole that can only be filled with playing a female character who gets all the guys, of course. Somarium has a beautiful selection.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?]
All of them. Rules are amazing. But I'm guessing this question was placed here expecting a specific answer to see if applicants actually read over the rules or not. So, if I had to pick a favorite it would probably be the rule that allows robot characters to be played in game. Because robots are boss.
[Where did you hear about Somarium?]
I first heard about the game through Vatheon, being advertised as their sister community. However my friends in game are the ones who enabled me into apping. Dirty enablers the lot of them.
[Any questions?]
Are there moon pies in Somarium? Moon pies are yummy...
[Age] 19
[Personal Journal] cheshire-chu
[Other characters currently played] N / A
[Character name] Alice Liddell
[Age] 17 (supposedly)
[Canon] Heart No Kuni No Alice
[Point in time taken from canon] Post chapter 25 Before the Queens Ball.
[Background]
Many know the story of a little girl named Alice who followed a peculiar white rabbit and tumbled down a hole into Wonderland. Well, this story is essentially the same one, only there are several interesting differences. In this version, Alice Liddel wasn't the least bit curious about that white rabbit, in fact she waved him off as nothing more than a dream. That didn't sit well with this particular rabbit. So what did said rabbit do? He turned into a human and carried Alice off, much to her displeasure, and tossed her into a giant hole in the ground that leads to a magical place called Wonderland.
Up until then Alice had lived a rather painfully normal life with her mother, father and two sisters Edith and Lorina. When Alice's mother had died, her father in his grief buried himself in his work. Her younger sister Edith shut Alice out, resenting her for not having shed so much as a single tear at their mother's funeral. Having been secluded from half of the remaining family, Alice confided in her elder sister Lorina. The two grew very close and made a ritual of spending their Sunday afternoons together. The manga actually begins with the two sharing a time together in the gardens as Lorina reads stories to Alice. Lorina is stated to have died as Alice turned of age for college. It seems as though Alice journeyed to Wonderland during a dream of her precious afternoons with Lorina from when she was younger.
After arriving in Wonderland Alice came face to face with the humanoid rabbit that had kidnapped her, Peter White. Immediately the strange fellow had begun to confess his undying love for her. Afterwords begging that she drink some strange "medicine". Convinced he's some creepy stalker Alice refused and demanded he take her home. Of course that didn't fly with this rabbit guy, and Peter simply drinks the liquid himself before stealing a kiss, forcing her to drink the fluid from his mouth. Apparently by drinking this Alice then became a part of the game of Wonderland. The rules are simple; interact with the role holders of Wonderland. As Alice does this, the vial will fill with liquid. Once it's full Alice may leave and return home.
Seems simple enough, but Wonderland isn't exactly the most peaceful place at the moment, and the people aren't all that sane. Life isn't valued in Wonderland, in fact there's probably at least one innocent bystander killed per chapter. Especially if that chapter contains Peter White. Many admire Alice because unlike the natives of Wonderland, she values life. This aspect makes her appealing to many and helps keep her alive during her stay. Plus it helps that she is an "outsider". A valuable player to those whom hold roles in this strange "game", and a person of whom it is said all of Wonderland will fall in love with.
Whenever Alice considers returning home, her thoughts are diverted by painful headaches induced by Nightmare at any time she tries to recall memories of her sisters Edith and Lorina or whether she considers if she has seen Peter before or not. She chooses to stay in the neutral clock tower with Julius Monrey as her place of residence during her stay in wonderland.
[Personality]
Alice Liddell is not your typical storybook heroine, nor is she 100% the "Alice in Wonderland" many are familiar with. A much more practical girl, who views things more realistically than most. While she can still be seen many a time as dazed and distracted with a dreamy expression, Alice is also known to be quite clever. Perhaps most interesting is her darker, more cynical side along with her ability to keep a level head in most situations. After all, it's quite hard to recover as quickly as Alice does after having a gun pointed in your face. A situation in which she holds her ground more times than that of a common criminal.
Life is something that is most precious to Alice, which gains her the admiration of all the Wonderlanders who don't seem to, quite frankly, give a rat's ass about who lives or dies. During her adventure she teaches many about the value of life and in return gives them a reason to want to live. Boris for example has a way of getting himself into terrible trouble which often results in injury and in some cases near death. After a good scolding from Alice, who tells the cat she doesn't want him putting himself in harms way anymore, Boris vows to change his ways in order to stay alive and be together with her.
A strong willed girl who is willing to fight for what she believe in, even though she may not be strong physically, Alice never backs down from an argument. As seen through her participation in several tantrums courtesy of Blood Dupre. Her opinion is not easily swayed, nor does she tend to keep it to herself, openly discussing how she feels about something or someone. She's definitely one who is acutely aware of her surroundings, thoroughly questioning anything that happens to seem out of place with a curiosity unlike any other. Even when she is told that her inquires are not fitfully placed in matters that are of none of her concern, like the topic of the heart clocks that Julius repairs for a living, Alice still presses on for answers to gain an understanding.
Alice has a bit of a dry humor and generally fires back at others with sarcastic remarks or mocking glances. Mainly because the people of Wonderland behave utterly ridiculously compared to the company she is accustomed to back home. So it's sometimes hard to take them seriously when they speak such utter nonsense, as they so often do. It also must not be forgotten that Alice is a teenager, and as such is riding on that never ending emotional roller coaster. Her mood seems to shift depending on the company she is keeping. One to note is that she turns into a Class A Tsun around Blood Dupre, seeing as how she seems to have something of a school girl crush on him, but is too dense to realize it. Of course there are old feelings associated with the fact he looks nearly identical to her past lover who, according to several vague panels of flashbacks, left her for her sister Lorina. Someone poised and much more lady like than herself. This event seems to have left a deep wound in Alice's pride as she is constantly comparing herself to her elder sister, noting all of her wonderful qualities of which she herself is lacking. She has convinced herself that no man would want to love her when they could have someone of Lorina's standard. So it's safe to say Alice has somewhat of an inferiority complex. Which aids in explaining her cluelessness pertaining to all of the role holders in Wonderland falling in love with her. Many of the characters note that Alice unintentionally leads them on.
Cute things happen to be one of Alice's major weaknesses. Especially cute animals. Take Peter White for example, on a normal basis she'd beat him to a bloody pulp any time he'd dare venture into her space bubble but when he's in his cuddly little white rabbit form Alice puts up no defense to his clingy nature. In fact, she encourages it. This being the same trololololo stalker guy who kidnapped her, announced his creepo love, stole a kiss during which he forcibly had her drink a liquid thus trapping her in a strange and violent filled world she may never return home from. Yeah. If I were Alice I'd totally cuddle with him too.
Alice is someone who cares deeply for her friends and family and would do practically anything to keep them healthy and happy. In her opinion, it's the people that make the place. After forming close relationships with many of Wonderland's residents it became easy to slip into the everyday slice of life there, despite it's constantly changing landscape. When she lingers on thoughts of home, however, she is dissuaded by headaches that are painful enough to make her want to forget. She does get rather home sick from time to time, but in her mind she must return home at some point, so she might as well enjoy the time she has in this world to the fullest.
[Abilities]
- Able to recruit a harem consisting of an entire world... in her dreams.
- Immense coping abilities. The girl was dragged down a hole to a place called Wonderland and manages to stay sane.
- Exceptionally clever.
- Recovers from being sexually harassed better than most.
[Other important stuff]
There is a rumor that all of Wonderland will fall in love with "outsiders". Being one of these so called outsiders this rule applies to Alice, though she claims she doesn't want everyone to love her.
[Sample post]
[First Person]
[The dreamberry feed reveals a glimpse of a bright and curious blue eye, before the device is pulled back to the appropriate distance so that a young girls face is visible.]
I seem to have the most rotten luck with finding myself in worlds made of dreams.
[Alice is not amused, she's still trying to gather her thoughts as she scrunches up her nose in confusion.]
I'm not quite certain how this works. [A pause, as if deeply considering what she should say next.] Am I moving from one dream to the next? Or is this simply a dream within a dream, within a dream? I have dreamed inside of a dream before, you see. So surely dreaming just once more couldn't be quite as impossible as it seems it should be...?
[Oh, her head was starting to hurt quite a lot at that thought.]
I guess this strange device is supposed to explain things but, I still have many questions that need answering. In fact I'm still not quite sure this, um, whatchamacallit is really working in the way it's supposed to... [She's inspecting the communicator once more before heaving a frustrated sigh.] Well, I guess I'll find out soon enough, Won't I?
[A dreadfully uncomfortable silence as the girl shifts about quite awkwardly.]
Oh who am I kidding? This is stupid. I'll just find someone and get my answers in person.
[Third Person]
Even if the device had been working, Alice wasn't sure she should put much faith in it. Either way she couldn't figure out how to turn the thing off, or even if she had turned it on correctly. Anyway, sitting still didn't suit Alice well so she set off to find the nearest person who could perhaps explain things a bit better than what the unfamiliar dreamberry could offer. Honestly, Alice should be accustomend to waking up in unusual places by now after all she had been through, yet she still seemed particularly anxious while taking in her new surroundings.
At least in Wonderland she had a sort of personal guide to tell her what was going on, though she didn't miss the sexual harassment rabbit bit this time around. With that her thoughts wandered to the residents of Wonderland she had left behind. Or had they come along with her and were simply scattered about, waiting for her to find them? Alice wasn't sure which scenario she preferred. Surely she would have her answer sooner or later? She could see some buildings up ahead in the distance which means she's bound to run into someone soon, right?
Hopefully said someone wouldn't attempt to kill her as a welcoming present. Alice has experienced more than her fair share of violence as of late. Should this dream world prove to be a more peaceful one than the last Alice would be eternally grateful. Senseless violence always struck the girl as wrong, she couldn't stand it really. It didn't help that Blood had been antagonizing her for no reason lately and--
"Why am I thinking about him?" She mused while slowing her pace to a stop. Alice clenched the dreamberry in her palm quite tightly, her thoughts lingering on the hatter for a moment more. He certainly had been going out of his way as of late to embarrass her. Perhaps it was better that she had left Wonderland, so they would no longer run into one another. Alice didn't reflect on this for long, as a voice in the distance interrupted her thoughts and she turned to catch sight of whom it belonged to.
"Hello? Is someone there?" Her call met no reply, which meant she was probably too far away to be understood, so quickly she moved to approach whomever was near. "Please, I need to ask a favor of you...!" This would all work out well wouldn't it? She would finally learn the answers to the questions circling around in her head about this strange new place. Hopefully whomever she stumbled upon would hold the answers.
[Why do you want to play this character in Somarium?]
Because I have this aching hole in my heart. A painfully large hole that can only be filled with playing a female character who gets all the guys, of course. Somarium has a beautiful selection.
[Which rule was your favorite and why?]
All of them. Rules are amazing. But I'm guessing this question was placed here expecting a specific answer to see if applicants actually read over the rules or not. So, if I had to pick a favorite it would probably be the rule that allows robot characters to be played in game. Because robots are boss.
[Where did you hear about Somarium?]
I first heard about the game through Vatheon, being advertised as their sister community. However my friends in game are the ones who enabled me into apping. Dirty enablers the lot of them.
[Any questions?]
Are there moon pies in Somarium? Moon pies are yummy...