[Accepted] Elohi Adanvdo's Head of Staff Whitelist: RIP for CMO

[Elohi Adanvdo]

BYOND key: Elohi Adanvdo

Character names: Ashley Long, Uwasv Sidanelv, R.I.P./R. Clav, Protector of Tallest Tree, Sumerek/Rassvet Zver', Ka'Akaix Xiz Ka'lax, Axel Zander,probably a few more lol

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How long have you been playing on Aurora?: Roughly over two years now.

Why do you wish to be on the whitelist?: I feel like it's time one of my characters who are qualified to ICly step up for the position as they've brought up a handful under their "wing", and OOCly to do it myself. I've been OOCly helping players learn the game anyways, so why not?

Why did you come to Aurora?: My initial reason was for the HRP. All the other servers were lacking in that, and it was all mostly just memes and shitters instead of actually building something.

Have you read the Aurora wiki on the head roles and qualifications you plan on playing?: Yep!

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions in a paragraph each.

Give a definition of what you think roleplay is, and should be about: Roleplay, to me, is a lot like making a living story on the fly. You're actively creating something, be it a character or a situation. It's a creative collaboration with other players as well- you have to work as a team to make something more enjoyable for all parties involved. This means helping one another to do so, be it helping a new player or learning yourself. But ultimately, in the end, it's to have fun and possibly make some new friends.

What do you think the OOC purpose of a Head of Staff is, ingame?: A Head of Staff's purpose in the game from an out-of-character viewpoint is to help further the game along. They act as a role model for the rest of the department as well as an overseer. They are essentially the department's "rock"; a Head is to provide guidance to their staff on matters big and small, support and teach, as well as occasionally root out the troublemakers and have them either straightened out, or suspended, to keep their department running efficiently. As an employee, that's what they're there for. To make sure that everyone else is doing their job in the name of profit and progress.

What do you think the OOC responsibilities of Whitelisted players are to other players, and how would you strive to uphold them?: The responsibility of a whitelisted player to others, whitelisted or not, is not unlike that of the reason that a whitelisted character provides- to help move the game along. They're to be seen as role models for the others to make sure no one's breaking the rules, as well as provide a guiding hand for new players. As a player, I've already helped or reported others with or without a whitelist reguardless. A lot of people find the game rather confusing and sometimes scary- not only do you have no idea what to do, but you also have the added pressure and weight of expectations by the others. If you don't meet the expectation, you'll catch hell and you'll end up not wanting to try again. As a community, that isn't our job. It's to make the environment as friendly and fun as possible. This is a game, after all.

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Please pick one of your characters for this section, and provide well articulated responses to the following questions.

Character name: R.I.P. / R. Clav (Two personalities, one chassis)

Character age: Approximately 30

Please provide a short biography of this character (approx 2 paragraphs): Created as "Right Clavicle", or R. Clav, by Alexzander Starling as a part of the "Bones" Medical Synthetics B.O.D.Y. line in 2428, they were sent to work at a medical research facility for research purposes along with their counterpart simply known as "Rib". The two were a tag-team, Clav being the doctor and Rib being their helping hand. 2448, Clav was taken in for extensive repairs following an explosion aboard the facility, the source of the explosion being a dying man in a black hardsuit module. The closest to the blast was Rib, second being Clav. Upon retrieval, all that was found on the synthetic's cracked screen were the words "RIB", but a part of the screen was damaged so the lower part of the "B" was mistaken as "P", hence the name "RIP", given to him by the roboticists that worked to repair the IPC, as Clav was incapable of communicating at the time.

It was soon apparent that quite a bit of the damage (a lot of the core internal structure had warped and melted metal that fused around more sensitive systems and that temporary overheating had occurred), was for now beyond most hands. But they managed to at least get the chassis up and functional once more, and declared fit for duty. However, Clavicle appeared altered, and only the corrupted version remained: RIP. Despite being "corrupted", the term was only used to describe the personality shift from a positive, chipper synthetic to a straight-and-narrow pessimistic, cynical personality. Tests revealed that they were still very well within the acceptable range for an IPC's functionality and very much still capable of preforming medical work. RIP obsessed over bringing Rib back for a short time, taking up robotics only to learn a harsh lesson; you may be able to replicate code, but you cannot replicate experiences and memories through it. So, they abandoned their pursuits and turned to Nanotrasen in 2458 as a biomechanical engineer to keep their now aimless existence at least entertained- they weren't yet ready to return to old routines without Rib present.

In recent years, RIP had found themselves a new purpose with their new owner, Sarai Vael'tep. Many frown upon the arrangement, of course, but circumstances were unique. Due to a chance accident, it was presently discovered that Clavicle was still indeed around, and was dormant until now. Of course, being polar opposites, the personalities clashed until the Echo Labs decided to undertake the project of physically repairing the chassis and helping the personalities get along. Although repair progress is at a crawl for now, experimental technology is being used to help get the two personalities to cooperate with positive results, both sometimes acting as one on occasion. Now, RIP/Clav had experienced their first shift as Interim CMO, determined as stable enough for the position and having preformed excellently at their newest post.

b]What do you like about this character?:[/b] Dual personality that are polar opposites, but learned to cooperate and form a symbiotic relationship. They've learned to act as one, and can sometimes trick others into thinking that they are one personality with a wide range of "emotion". In reality, it's Clavicle handling delicate situations and providing support to patients while RIP deals with stress and emergencies with sedated individuals; a balance.

What do you dislike about this character?: It can be INCREDIBLY difficult to show seperation in personality without some extra fluff added into the Pose, and me"/say". Which means a lot more effort in typing, and in medical, there isn't always enough time to do so. On top of that, medical can sometimes have poor characters come in and demanding rounds meaning that RIP is more dominantly shown.

What do you think makes this character fit to be a head of staff?: They're both a stickler for regulation and making sure that protocol is followed to ensure the best for medical, and most importantly, for the patients. They're capable of preforming just about every job in medical minus psychological therapy, Clavicle specializing in general care and chemistry while RIP takes up surgery and robotics/biomechanics, which go hand in hand. Either way, the character is very competent.

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Please provide well articulated answers to the following questions.

How would you rate your own roleplaying?: I'd like to think I'm at least an 8/10 from my interactions with others- most seem to be more than happy to RP with me.

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Extra notes: ICly, the character would go through several tests- once as RIP, once as Clavicle, and then once more with both active to be certain that they are capable of preforming as individuals and then together as one without complication as a unique case, if allowed, to make it ICly more "legal". But they're to essentially be viewed as one in the same, RIP being just an altered version OOCly of Clav. I do intend to show more of Clavicle's side more often, but it's sometimes hard to quickly RP that when shit hits the fan, or when dealing with lesbae idiots and dumb patients. But Clavicle needs to come out more as a sort of chill-pill (haha, get it?)for those times and create the balance theme I was looking for. So basically, I'll be tweaking the character here and there a bit for more positive interactions and a balanced character.

If you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please let me know and I'll do my best to reply- I feel like I might be missing something honestly. This is my first head of staff whitelist application, and honestly the only character that I can think of that is overall capable. As a sidenote, ignore their medical records because that was from two years ago when I was still being a noob, and need to update it.

[Azande]

Hi! Over my years here, I've had the pleasure of playing with a variety of your characters at various times, roleplaying with you and experiencing many rounds with your characters.

I have no issue with +1ing this application many times, but my one thing is that I'd love to see RIP continue to be a non-CMO for a longer time and see him advance gradually to a point where medical staff not only enjoy working with him but respect him and his skills

[Elohi Adanvdo]

Hi! Over my years here, I've had the pleasure of playing with a variety of your characters at various times, roleplaying with you and experiencing many rounds with your characters.

I have no issue with +1ing this application many times, but my one thing is that I'd love to see RIP continue to be a non-CMO for a longer time and see him advance gradually to a point where medical staff not only enjoy working with him but respect him and his skills

 

I've played this character as a non-CMO for over two years, and I've got quite a handful of characters that do respect them as they are- even those who've only known RIP. As for the enjoying part, I've noticed that after their "hiatus", quite a few did miss them. A lot. In fact, the round where they were given Interim was a round where the others (almost excitedly?) nominated them. And as a non-CMO, they are often praised for their hard work and occasionally gives advice, which is more or less always taken positivly with a "Oh, I didn't know that. Thank you!" Their more positive side is a bit more difficult to see outside of medical, mostly because they stay were they belongs, doesn't wander, and doesn't really converse with anyone outside of medical if they have to besides patients.

At least, that is my view on it. I wish I could provide you evidince of, but I sporadically play, and I don't really save logs. All I know, from what I've heard and seen, is that people love medical's version of Raymond Hawkins.

[Pratepresidenten]

Hello! Glad to see that you're wanting to take a stepup and take your character to the next level. However, I do have some concerns.

Now, seeing you've had RIP on a hiatus, I havent played consistent medical with you since back on the Exodus. But..! From what I can recall, RIP was somewhat prone to.. Shutting down if shit hits the fan or there is loss of patient life, making them become unresponsive and partially unreliable.

Is this still the case, or has there been made tweaks or changes to your character since back then? Because apart of our frequent medpop, patients still die from inept doctors more interested in swinging the saw around, going "Unga bunga" while their patient bleeds out internally in the ICU even after they've gotten a scan. So not much has changed in that regard

[Elohi Adanvdo]

Hello! Glad to see that you're wanting to take a stepup and take your character to the next level. However, I do have some concerns.

Now, seeing you've had RIP on a hiatus, I havent played consistent medical with you since back on the Exodus. But..! From what I can recall, RIP was somewhat prone to.. Shutting down if shit hits the fan or there is loss of patient life, making them become unresponsive and partially unreliable.

Is this still the case, or has there been made tweaks or changes to your character since back then? Because apart of our frequent medpop, patients still die from inept doctors more interested in swinging the saw around, going "Unga bunga" while their patient bleeds out internally in the ICU even after they've gotten a scan. So not much has changed in that regard

 

I have definitely changed that. It wasn't loss of life from what I could remember, it was actually explosions that triggered that odd reaction. He'd get a lot of "static", which is caused from the memory of the explosion, the one he personally experienced. That memory in specific is decently corrupted in comparison to others (more or less "nonimportant" data like names and faces from the past, and they do not trigger anything except a "I don't quite recall you". A "fuzzy" memory that allows me to ICly explain my OOCly forgetfullness lol) because of the trauma to his systems gave a sort of sensory overload. When an attempt to recall that information like any memory trigger, they'd hit that static. But that was when RIP was the only personality active. Now when RIP is "T R I G G E R E D", Clav is there to take over while RIP "recovers from their PTSD".

Which means, the chassis is now able to be functional 100% of the time. There are also ICly plans about their repairs for character development and to see if something can't be done about the other data's "memory leaks"/forgetfulness for RIP, especially about the one corrupted memory. But Clav is 100% otherwise unaffected.

[Aceofspades1228]

Alright, so I'm a relatively new player, and have been here for about a month now. During this time, I have played on my character Shane Briggs alongside R.I.P in medbay enough that I feel like I can firmly give my support for him.

OOC, you've helped to teach me a bit about the server's culture and has genuinely managed to help me learn how to work in the medical bay, and you have been a good tutor in that regard. While you do get some lag issues and make a few spelling errors (These seem more like they're either issues with your keyboard, or typing a bit quickly, and aren't too distracting, but I feel like it's still worth noting), I've never seen you lose connection mid-round without returning very promptly.

IC, Rip is our Dr. Hardass-with-a-heart-of-gold. He's strict and not prone to small talk in the slightest, but he's sort of likable in that "Will not deal with people's bullshit" sort of way. When I got a genuine compliment from him IC, I felt genuinely happy that I managed to do that well.

As for Clavicle, I don't much, if any, experience playing with them- I have only seen RIP, so I can't speak too much on that 'side' of the character specifically.

In total, I do think that RIP/Clavicle should be CMO- personality wise, they're a definitely fit, and the player behind the character has shown themselves to be more then competent and know what they're doing.

[Pratepresidenten]

Woop, I forgot to reply. Seeing you cleared that up pretty well, and that RIP now has a more stable failsafe, I have no further concerns. You have all my support.

Best of luck on your application!

[Elohi Adanvdo]

Alright, so I'm a relatively new player, and have been here for about a month now. During this time, I have played on my character Shane Briggs alongside R.I.P in medbay enough that I feel like I can firmly give my support for him.

OOC, you've helped to teach me a bit about the server's culture and has genuinely managed to help me learn how to work in the medical bay, and you have been a good tutor in that regard. While you do get some lag issues and make a few spelling errors (These seem more like they're either issues with your keyboard, or typing a bit quickly, and aren't too distracting, but I feel like it's still worth noting), I've never seen you lose connection mid-round without returning very promptly.

IC, Rip is our Dr. Hardass-with-a-heart-of-gold. He's strict and not prone to small talk in the slightest, but he's sort of likable in that "Will not deal with people's bullshit" sort of way. When I got a genuine compliment from him IC, I felt genuinely happy that I managed to do that well.

As for Clavicle, I don't much, if any, experience playing with them- I have only seen RIP, so I can't speak too much on that 'side' of the character specifically.

In total, I do think that RIP/Clavicle should be CMO- personality wise, they're a definitely fit, and the player behind the character has shown themselves to be more then competent and know what they're doing.

 

Yes... My keyboard is tbh just as dead as my character's name, and I can't really do too much about it, sadly. It triggers my OCD too, trust me ;w; But hopefully, I have a looong workaround for it that I've been working on.

And for the plot twist (sorry if this wasn't clear in the first place, but it's REALLY difficult to show in-game), you've already met R. Clav. R. Clav and R.I.P. are two personalities that occupy the same chassis- and although it's easier to get compliments from R. Clav, you've managed to get one from R.I.P. as well. Congrats

Thanks for the feedback!

[Elohi Adanvdo]

Woop, I forgot to reply. Seeing you cleared that up pretty well, and that RIP now has a more stable failsafe, I have no further concerns. You have all my support.

Best of luck on your application!

 

Thank you, from one beep to another boop [owo]

[Guest Complete Garbage]

I haven't seen very much of RIP, or indeed very much of any of Elohi's characters as interim heads. What I have seen, though, time and time again, is Elohi's ability to roleplay well, and to interact well with (and even coordinate) others. In regards to Elohi's ability and commitment, I have no doubts whatsoever that they're becoming of a whitelisted player. Elohi's roleplay is a shining example of what I'd like to see more of in the community. Resounding +1.

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[Elohi Adanvdo]

I haven't seen very much of RIP, or indeed very much of any of Elohi's characters as interim heads. What I have seen, though, time and time again, is Elohi's ability to roleplay well, and to interact well with (and even coordinate) others. In regards to Elohi's ability and commitment, I have no doubts whatsoever that they're becoming of a whitelisted player. Elohi's roleplay is a shining example of what I'd like to see more of in the community. Resounding +1.

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PFFT

Sadly, the main reason why you've never seen them as Interims is becausue when we're usually both on, you alwAYS TAKE THE DEPARTMENT HEAD POSITION REE

That aside, Uwasv Sidanelv (formerly Guwan) has been ICE (ha, get it?) a good handful of times. I just haven't been playing often occasionally because of schedule changes sometimes, so it's a bit difficult to keep up appearances to be able to get the positions as frequently- not that I mind not getting them at all. Although Sid might throw a mini hissy-fit.

(Yes that was purely for pun, you can kill me now. My work here is done.)

But thank you very much Garbo! Hope we can play together more soon!

[Coalf]

Application accepted.