the manager.

♫ // application .

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 20:48:45 GMT

♦ Player Info
Name: your name. :D
Age: anyone under 15 will NOT be accepted.
Journal: your journal.
Contact: preferably AIM or MSN.
Anything else: for example, if you are a non-US resident, you should probably let us know, because of time differences, etc.

♦ Character Info
Character Name: their name.
Fandom: anime/manga, comics, video games, movies, and television are acceptable. no webcomics or books.
Gender: male or female. specify if other.
Age: if you don't know, make a guess based on their appearance.
Canon Background: A link to a non-biased, informative source is recommended, so that the mods can get the basic outline of your character's canon. If you want to write a background yourself, please keep it brief to avoid it being longer than your AU (which is much more important.)
AU Background: should be longer than above, and a lot more eloquent. this also needs to be relatively accurate for this time period! you should not mention any inventions, technology, or events that took place after the year 1800. be sure to include their reasons or motivations for traveling to the Chiaro. also, please, PLEASE remember to keep their canon personality intact!
Personality: A brief overview, about 1-2 paragraphs, of your character's personality. Based on this, the mods should know your interpretation of their inner thoughts and actions and will tie this in with your 1st-person sample.
Country of Origin: indicate what country your character comes from. preferably a European/Mediterranean country, like Italy, Greece, or France. we will allow Asian characters as well, as long as their background ties in with European lifestyle. however, since this IS an AU rpg, it's a little more fun to tweak their history a bit. ;D
Musical Instrument: your character is first given a classical instrument when they arrive at the Chiaro. they can either be new to playing, or an experienced musician.
Third-Person (Log) Sample: logs should be at least 150 words, past tense, and must be in GOOD english. they should be in-character, with as much of your character's voice shown as possible. also, check your spelling and grammar, because the mod is a bit of a spelling nazi. ♥
First-Person Sample: this sample should be the deciding factor on whether or not you understand your character's voice. there is a small questionnaire that comes with the invitation to to the Albergo Chiaro.

Who are you?
Is there a God?
What is knowledge?
What is truth?
Is there such a thing as "good and evil"?

Fill it out, according to your character's interpretation of the philosophical questions. But remember, not all characters would be willing to give straight answers! ;)

Here is the application form:

After you're done filling it out, please reply to this post and wait 1-2 days for a mod's response!
Please remember to have read the RULES, MORE INFO, and FAQ POST before you apply! ♥

And remember: the most important parts of the application are the AU Background, Personality, and First-Person Sample sections, so be sure to do your best on those!

♫ // reserves .

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:47:49 GMT

To reserve a character, please reply here with the following format:

You can hold up to 3 characters at a time.
Reserves last one week, with an extension of 5 days when the first reserve runs out. You can still apply when the extension runs out, but once it does, the character is open for others as well.
Fandoms available are any anime/manga, comics, video games, television, and movies. NO books or webcomics are allowed.
Be sure to check both the TAKEN POST and comments here, so that you don't reserve someone that's already been held!

♫ // taken .

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 18:30:09 GMT

Once you are accepted, reply to this post with the following format:

♪ Character: characternamehere
;; Journal: characterjournalhere
;; Instrument: characterinstrument

♫ // ACE ATTORNEY .
♪ Character: Mia Fey
;; Journal: mentorexmachina
;; Instrument: Flute

♪ Character: Apollo Justice
;; Journal: pointyjustice
;; Instrument: Trumpet

♪ Character: Ema Skye
;; Journal: empirique
;; Instrument: Clarinet

♪ Character: Franziska Von Karma
;; Journal: karmawhipsyou
;; Instrument: Violin

♪ Character: Phoenix Wright
;; Journal: old_ace
;; Instrument: Piano

♫ // DOGS .
♪ Character: Naoto Fuyumine
;; Journal: exsecare
;; Instrument: Violin

♫ // FINAL FANTASY VII .
♪ Character: Zack Fair
;; Journal: countryboyzack
;; Instrument: Guitar

♪ Character: Cloud Strife
;; Journal: remainingsilver
;; Instrument: Piano

♫ // GURREN LAGANN .
♪ Character: Kamina
;; Journal: fighthepowa
;; Instrument: Trumpet

♫ // HELLSING .
♪ Character: Pip Bernadotte
;; Journal: wildbernadotte
;; Instrument: Guitar

♫ // KINGDOM HEARTS .
♪ Character: Naminé
;; Journal: within_wave
;; Instrument:

♫ // LA CORDA D'ORO .
♪ Character: Kazuki Hihara
;; Journal: trombettista
;; Instrument: Trumpet

♫ // ONE PIECE .
♪ Character: Sanji
;; Journal: black_leg
;; Instrument: Violin

♫ // OURAN HIGH SCHOOL HOST CLUB .
♪ Character: Tamaki Suoh
;; Journal: dramakingsuoh
;; Instrument: Piano

♫ // THE ROAD TO EL DORADO .
♪ Character: Chel
;; Journal: cheldorado
;; Instrument: Flute

♫ // SAILOR MOON .
♪ Character: Aino Minako
;; Journal: lovelovegoddess
;; Instrument: Piano

♫ // TSUBASA: RESERVOIR CHRONICLE .
♪ Character: Sakura
;; Journal: cherry_symphony
;; Instrument: Trumpet

♫ // suggestions .

Fri, 25 Jul 2008 04:57:18 GMT

♫ // Suggestions Box .

If you have any suggestions for events, NPCs, or anything to improve the RP as a whole, please comment here!
We'd love to have some input on how they players want the game to be like.

Comments are screened, and anonymous commenting is on. ♥

♫ // Wanted Post .

Fri, 02 May 2008 00:33:53 GMT

Here's a list of all the characters current players in the RP would love to see.

Ace Attorney
Diego Armando/Godot
Maya Fey
Klavier Gavin
Trucy Wright
Anyone else!

Dogs
Badou Nails
Nill
Heine Rammsteiner

La Corda d'Oro
Anyone!

If you would like to add a character to this list, please comment here. ♥

♫ // Room Numbers .

Sat, 26 Apr 2008 08:02:08 GMT

Your character's room number will correspond to the instrument you choose. here's a list of the floors and instruments:
Floor 1: Piano;; Floor 2: Cello/Harp;; Floor 3: Flute/Clarinet;;
Floor 4: Guitar;; Floor 5: Violin/Viola;; Floor 6: Trumpet;;

Like any other hotel, rooms numbers are 3-digits. yours should be between 100-700. the first digit is the number of your floor, 1-6. the last two digits are the room on the floor; they can be from 01-50.

Here's a list of all the floors of the hotel, the current guests, and their respective room numbers.

FLOOR 1:
127 - Phoenix Wright / old_ace
150 - Cloud Strife / remainingsilver

FLOOR 2:
none yet

FLOOR 3:
325 - Ema Skye / empirique

FLOOR 4:
404 - Pip Bernadotte / wildbernadotte
406 - Zack Fair / countryboyzack

FLOOR 5:
510 - Sanji / black_leg
514 - Naoto Fuyumine / exsecare

FLOOR 6:
601 - Kazuki Hihara / trombettista
604 - Apollo Justice / pointyjustice

If your character hasn't been added to the list, please comment here with their NAME, JOURNAL, and ROOM NUMBER. ♥

♫ // Class Schedules .

Sat, 05 Apr 2008 21:16:37 GMT

This is where you choose your character's courses!

Your character will choose ONE science course and ONE math course. They automatically go to their specific instrument class, and the philosophy class is the same for everyone.

Here's a list of class days and times.

Philosophy/Music - Monday

• Philosophy, Standard. (mandatory) 2.5 hours
• Music, Standard. (mandatory) 2.5 hours

Math - Wednesday

• Geometry - the study of size, shape, and relative position of figures and with properties of space.
• Astronomy - the study of celestial objects and phenomena that originate outside the Earth's atmosphere.
• Calculus - the study of limits, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series, among other things.

Sciences - Friday

• Biology - the study of living things; their structure, growth, and functions.
• Chemistry - the study of the composition, structure, and properties of matter.
• Physics - the study of matter and motion, as well as space and time.

Instructors are standard, university-esque professors. They stay in a separate building from their students and refuse to interact unless it is in-class. They are brilliant, but very, very antisocial.

And here is a list of the classes so far.

Monday

Philosophy; ballroom, first floor
Everyone.

Piano;
Aino Minako
Cloud Strife
Tamaki Suoh
Phoenix Wright

Harp;
none yet

Cello;
none yet

Flute/Clarinet;
Chel
Mia Fey
Ema Skye

Guitar;
Zack Fair
Pip Bernadotte

Violin/Viola;
Naoto Fuyumine
Franziska Von Karma
Sanji

Trumpet;
Kazuki Hihara
Kamina
Sakura Kinomoto

Wednesday

Geometry
Pip Bernadotte
Naoto Fuyumine
Sakura Kinomoto
Sanji

Astronomy
Zack Fair
Kazuki Hihara
Aino Minako
Phoenix Wright

Calculus
Apollo Justice
Namine
Ema Skye

Friday

Biology
Aino Minako
Kazuki Hihara
Sakura Kinomoto
Sanji

Chemistry
Pip Bernadotte
Apollo Justice
Ema Skye
Phoenix Wright

Physics
Zack Fair
Naoto Fuyumine
Namine

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Now, all you have to do is REPLY to this post, with the following format:

Character: charactername
Instrument: instrumenthere
Math course: coursehere
Science course: coursehere

...And then you'll be added to the list. That's all! ♥

♫ // locations .

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:47:34 GMT

♪ This is where you'll be staying ; The Rococo design is a favorite of Signor Fiorentino's ; Your instrument stands ready in the far corner of the room ; You can see and hear the calm Mediterranean waves from your window ; This room was made for relaxation.

♪ A small fishing port, northeast of the hotel ; A bustling town with friendly residents ; Great for shopping and dining.

♪ The Chiaro's mysterious indoor gardens ; Some of the rooms overlook them ; Filled with endless waterfalls and strange plants from all over the globe ; Bring a friend, it's easy to get lost.

♪ The island's white-sand coastline ; it draws you in with the sound of calm waves crashing on the shore ; Old marble ruins are scattered around the sand ; Come here to relax and ponder the universe.

♪ An outdoor garden with hundreds of statues ; Are they Greek or Romanesque? ; Ancient or Modern? ; Either way, they are all hauntingly beautiful, their stone faces eternally gazing upon you.

♪ The old de la Costa family's summer villa ; But where did they disappear to? ; Full of twists and turns, secret doors and hidden rooms ; Perfect for any mystery-lover or adventurer. ;

♫ // hiatus+dropped .

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:46:55 GMT

If you will be on hiatus for more than a week, or if you want to drop a character or characters from the RPG, then please reply to this post with the appropriate format.

♦ HIATUS
;; Characters affected: characternamehere, characternamehere
;; Date of hiatus: datehere until datehere

♦ DROP
;; Characters dropped: characternamehere, characternamehere

♫ // more info .

Fri, 22 Feb 2008 22:46:11 GMT

♫ // Premise, please ?

albergochiaro is a Multifandom, Alternate-Universe rpg. It is set on an island in the Mediterranean Sea that is home to an enormous glass hotel called the Albergo Chiaro, which translates to the "Clear" or "Light" Hotel in Italian, a fitting name for such a remarkable structure.
This rpg is set during the mid-to-late 18th century, placing it near the end of the Scientific Revolution, a crucial time period in history. This was also the beginning of the Classical Music era, an extremely influential cultural revolution. The owner of the hotel, a man named Giuseppe Fiorentino, has found it to be an important time to educate the "young people" of the new generation. He has brought your characters here to study science, philosophy, and the fine arts. Signor Fiorentino provides room and board, food, and in his opinion, "the most rigorous academic course south of Paris".

♫ // Studying ? Do I really have to ?
No, but your character is going to. Classes won't be the main focus of the RP (because we get enough of that in actual school) but your character will be attending them at least 3 times a week for 5 hours a day. Your basic courses are one science/math of your choice (physics, biology, algebra, etc.), a philosophy class, and a course in the musical instrument of your choice. Your character can also choose extra courses that will be available as time goes on.
The science and music classes you choose will land you in a specific class with a number of students in the same course. The current course list can be found here.

♫ // So what's with the instruments ?
Signor Fiorentino loves his music. He believes that everyone should be educated in some kind of musical art. He has met many a famous musician in his lifetime, and he wants all the young people to know the wonder that comes from learning to play an instrument.
The instrument you choose will also determine which floor of the Albergo you'll be staying on. Here is a list of the instruments you can choose from, and their respective floors:
Floor 1: Piano;; Floor 2: Cello/Harp;; Floor 3: Flute/Clarinet;;
Floor 4: Guitar;; Floor 5: Violin/Viola;; Floor 6: Trumpet;;
Floor 7: Penthouse (taken)
Each floor has 50 rooms, so there is more than enough room for everyone invited. The current room roster can be found here.

♫ // Are we trapped here ?
In a sense, yes. Once your character gets here, there's no getting out until they are deemed worthy of "graduating". There is no real way out except an express ferry that takes them back to mainland, and that is only at Signor Fiorentino's expicit request (i.e. you've dropped a character).

However, there are no restrictions on where they go within the island, and there are certainly many interesting places to visit.

♫ // It's a glass hotel...In the 1700's ?
Yes. :|

♫ // With SEVEN stories ?
Hey, what's an RPG without a little mystery, huh!?

♫ // ...Okay, so what exactly is AU ?
AU stands for "Alternate Universe", which is to say it's a different universe than your character is from, aka his or her OU, or "Original Universe".

This rpg community's post gives a very useful, basic list of RP terms. (Thanks, google!)

This RPG is AU-only. That means your character must come from the universe that we play in, which is to say, 18th-century Europe. It's up to you to think up a believable background for them that fits within this setting. You're encouraged to be as creative as you can with this, as long as your character's background doesn't alter their canon personality!

♫ // What if my character isn't from Europe ?
You're allowed to tweak their history a bit, like have them born in a European country, to fit in better with the overall setting. However if you're willing, you could work a little harder and have them come directly from Edo-era Japan. This is discouraged, though, because it will be much more difficult for a Japanese person to adjust to the European culture being taught at the Albergo.

♫ // My character has (insert power here).
Will they be able to use it ?
Magical powers and ultra-strength are downplayed here. No doubt there are mysterious forces at work on the island, but there shouldn't be a bunch of people that are OVER NINE THOUSAAAND or ULTRA-HEAL PLZ running around the place.

♫ // How do the characters interact ?
This RPG allows character interaction through first-person posts. Your characters can be chilling in the lobby, out on the town, or in class, etc. Of course, you should always specify where they are and what exactly they're doing; we don't want people being confused about where their characters are! We also mainly rely on first-person voice to convey our characters the best.

You can also interact through logs, and should only post them in the logs community, albergo_logs. Those are, obviously, third-person only.

Your character can also post announcements through the intercom in the main lobby (which has free access) and through the postal service.

There is also a (brand new) community exclusively for news, announcements, and advertisements: albergo_times. Players can post ads and hotel-wide announcements at any time on this community.

♫ // Does anything else happen here ?
Of course! There will be events in the near future that affect the school, the hotel, and even the whole island! You'll have to stick around to see what kind of crazy secrets this island holds.

♫ // Where do we post ?
ALL first-person or letter-style posts go to the MAIN COMMUNITY, albergochiaro. This allows you to use character journals for multiple RPs, and allows character posts to be collected in the same place. Always tag your entries with your characters FIRST and LAST NAME, and the form of communication, *spoken or *letter.

All third-person logs go to albergo_logs. All news, announcements and advertisements should be posted in albergo_times.

Finally, all OOC-only posts go to albergo_ooc. :)

♫ // How does the postal service work ?
Every morning and night, a postman goes through all the rooms delivering written letters from guest to guest. These are mainly exclusive to the people exchanging messages, but can possibly be intercepted (or in RP-terms, hacked) by other guests through charming or bribing the postman.

All letter-style posts go in the main community, and can be sent to more than one person at a time. In a letter post, the subject should always be something like: "LETTER to: (name)", and tagged with *letter so that players don't get confused about how they're communicating.

♫ // I'm new to LJ RPing . . .
That's totally fine! We're really laid-back here, and newbies are welcome to join! We don't all have to be super-experienced. We'll learn from each other! ♥

♫ // Who is on the Seventh Floor ?
That would be Lucretia de la Costa, a young heiress to the de la Costa family fortune. Before Fiorentino arrived, they used to own the island. However, seven years ago the entire family disappeared from their summer villa, leaving only Lucretia behind. Since then, she has stayed in the penthouse suite of the Albergo. She dislikes leaving her room, and is rarely seen by anyone other than the manager and Signor Fiorentino. Lucretia enjoys causing trouble, and the arrival of new students has reawakened her mischievous nature.

She'll be introducing herself soon enough...and that's not a good thing.

If you have any questions that were not addressed here, head on over to the FAQ post and ask away!