Application for My Little Jamjar
Dec. 9th, 2013 12:17 amOUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Player Name: Kathryn
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spoofmaster
Age: 26
Contact: YawningDodo on Plurk; thspoofmaster on AIM
Characters Played: Handy the Wonder Clone
IN CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Papageno (pronounced Pa-pa-gay-noh)
Canon: The Magic Flute
OU/AU/OC: OU
Canon Point: Immediately after the aria "Wie, wie, wie," in which Papageno completely and utterly fails at the priests' first task for him and then faints.
History:
(Wikipedia entry for the opera)
At the start of the opera's story, Papageno was a bird catcher living in the countryside and working for the Queen of the Night. His childhood and early life were presumably unremarkable, and he was well used to the humble comforts of a quiet life, the lack of a woman in his life his only source of discontent. Then a foreign prince named Tamino stumbled into the Queen's lands, and Papageno had the bad luck to be assigned sidekick duty to the prince when the Queen sent Tamino on a quest to rescue her daughter from the clutches of the wizard Sarastro. Papageno's strenuous objections to being put in harm's way were met with a combination bribe and reassurance in the form of a small, magical glockenspiel he was told he would know how to play when the moment came. Tamino, for his part, was given the titular magic flute, because the Queen had a theme going.
Along the way, Tamino and Papageno became separated. While the prince was off encountering Sarastro's doorman, Papageno bumbled his way into the part of the castle in which Pamina was being held captive just in time to rescue her from the efforts of her guard, Monostatos, to force himself on her. He did this mainly through luck and Monostatos's cowardice and incompetence, and the two of themescaped at top speed stopped to sing a duet about the sanctity of heterosexual love, because this is an eighteenth century opera. Monostatos caught up to the pair of them while they were attempting to locate Tamino and would have taken them both into captivity had Papageno not remembered his magic glockenspiel at the last moment. Playing it caused Monostatos and his men to spontaneously burst into joyful dance (yes, seriously) and depart, and it seemed the day was saved.
But no. This time Papageno and Pamina managed to get overtaken by Sarastro and his entire entourage (seriously they are the worst at escaping ever). Tamino, meanwhile, got captured by Monostatos. In a surprise twist (at least for anyone who didn't know Mozart was a Mason), it turned out Sarastro was the head of an order of holy men and was actually the good guy all along and had captured Pamina for her own good (…riiiiiight…). In order to be with Pamina, Tamino agreed to undergo a series of trial and join the order. Once again, Papageno was dragged along in the capacity ofbuttmonkey fellow seeker of truth, though he agreed to the trials only because he was promised a wife who would be his perfect match.
Unfortunately, the first task assigned to the men was a vow of silence. The Queen's servants soon broke into the dungeon in which Tamino and Papageno were undergoing the trial, demanding to know why they had abandoned their quest. Tamino respected the task given him by the priests and kept his silence, but Papageno proved utterly incapable of doing the same. Upon discovering the three women's presence (and presumably the fact that Papageno kept talking to them), the priests banished the Queen's servants with thunderclap and various such theatrics, and Papageno fainted ostentatiously. It is at this point that he enters the game.
Personality:
Papageno has a good and gentle soul, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's easy to get along with. He brags and lies when he thinks he can get away with it, almost never shuts up (particularly not when asked or told to), and thinks nothing of insulting or gossiping about a person even when he or she within earshot. He shies away from danger and heroics, preferring to run or hide--or better yet, not get involved in the first place. When pressed, Papageno can be resourceful, but his emotions tend to run high and in an emergency he's more likely to panic or complain about the unfairness of it all than anything else. He has little to no interest in philosophy or higher learning, and his only ambitions in life are to live in comfort and to find a wife.
Papageno's emotions are volatile; 'moderation' is not in his vocabulary. He's easy to please; a good meal and a warm bed are enough to make him jovial, but it similarly does not take much to send him into the depths of despair or into paroxysms of terror (the reason he is being taken from before he meets Papagena, his wife to be, is that he literally tries to hang himself less than a day after meeting and then losing her -- being yanked into another world while looking for her would not end well for him).
For all his faults, Papageno does have a good moral sense and is able to pull himself together well enough to aid Tamino and Pamina, even if he does make it very clear that he would rather go home. He is self-serving, but not at the expense of others' safety. There is little guile in him, either; he lies, but not well, and he's not ashamed to admit that he's a coward.
Strengths:
Papageno has a strong affinity with birds. He has learned to imitate many of their calls using his panpipes, and can literally charm them right off the trees. Though he can't actually speak with birds, he understands them very well and has an easy time gaining their trust.
He also carries a magical glockenspiel, which hasvaguely defined powers the power to fill the heart of anyone who hears it with overwhelming feelings of joy and harmony, as well as to call people to him from far away. The former power means that Papageno can cause anyone who attacks him to literally dance with happiness and thus leave him alone, and it is the only part of the glockenspiel's power he currently knows about.
Weaknesses:
See 'personality.' His personality is a weakness.
On a more serious note, Papageno is functionally illiterate.
Possessions:
Panpipes worn on a string around his neck
A small, magical glockenspiel in a carrying case (see strengths section for details)
Pony/Animal Type: Pegasus
Cutie Mark: A blue songbird
Pony Picture: [updated post acceptance:]
SAMPLES
First Person:
[The scroll unrolls to show the sky. A red pegasus with a shock of green and blue hair is standing over it, biting his lip and shifting his weight from hoof to hoof as he looks around for someone.]
Tamino? Tamino, where are you? Tamino! [He sits heavily on his haunches, still not looking down at the scroll.] Oh, I told them! I told them he'd leave me alone to get captured, or eaten, or -- or turned into a horse! TAMINO!
[It's as he's finishing this last round of shouting that some flicker of movement on the scroll catches his attention. His gaze shifts sharply downward, and his pale gray eyes go wide as he sees it for the first time. The sight of a magical piece of paper is apparently too much for him, and he lets out an inarticulate cry of fear as he abruptly launches himself upward and into the branches of a tree, where he immediately becomes stuck. Struggling with all six limbs, he takes up shouting again with renewed vigor:]
TAMINO! HELP, TAMINO, IT'S COMING TO GET ME!
Third Person:
What a difference a day made! Yesterday, Papageno had been happy at home -- sure, things were a little lonely in that straw hut of his, but how could he ever have thought he was anything other than perfectly happy amongst his birds? Now he found himself shut up in a dungeon, doubtful he would ever see the light of day again. He and Tamino had both been blindfolded and led (or, alright, dragged in Papageno's case) down into the dark cellars of the temple and left there. The priests had taken Papageno's bells, too, as well as Tamino's flute. What they'd do if that Monostatos attacked again, Papageno didn't know.
Oh, why had he ever agreed to come?! Other than the bribery and the death threats from the servants of the queen...on further reflection, those had been good reasons. But not good enough!
Lifting his head slightly from where he'd landed slumped on the floor once they let go of him, Papageno listened to the priests' receding footsteps. Only once he was sure they weren't coming back did he sit up and push off his blindfold. It made no difference; all around him was such inky darkness that his eyes might as well be shut. "Tamino?" he called into the darkness. Barely waiting for a response, he bellowed louder, "Tamino??! Oh, help! Oh, God, oh, help! Tamino, don't leave me alone down here!"
Player Name: Kathryn
Player Journal:
spoofmasterAge: 26
Contact: YawningDodo on Plurk; thspoofmaster on AIM
Characters Played: Handy the Wonder Clone
IN CHARACTER INFORMATION
Name: Papageno (pronounced Pa-pa-gay-noh)
Canon: The Magic Flute
OU/AU/OC: OU
Canon Point: Immediately after the aria "Wie, wie, wie," in which Papageno completely and utterly fails at the priests' first task for him and then faints.
History:
(Wikipedia entry for the opera)
At the start of the opera's story, Papageno was a bird catcher living in the countryside and working for the Queen of the Night. His childhood and early life were presumably unremarkable, and he was well used to the humble comforts of a quiet life, the lack of a woman in his life his only source of discontent. Then a foreign prince named Tamino stumbled into the Queen's lands, and Papageno had the bad luck to be assigned sidekick duty to the prince when the Queen sent Tamino on a quest to rescue her daughter from the clutches of the wizard Sarastro. Papageno's strenuous objections to being put in harm's way were met with a combination bribe and reassurance in the form of a small, magical glockenspiel he was told he would know how to play when the moment came. Tamino, for his part, was given the titular magic flute, because the Queen had a theme going.
Along the way, Tamino and Papageno became separated. While the prince was off encountering Sarastro's doorman, Papageno bumbled his way into the part of the castle in which Pamina was being held captive just in time to rescue her from the efforts of her guard, Monostatos, to force himself on her. He did this mainly through luck and Monostatos's cowardice and incompetence, and the two of them
But no. This time Papageno and Pamina managed to get overtaken by Sarastro and his entire entourage (seriously they are the worst at escaping ever). Tamino, meanwhile, got captured by Monostatos. In a surprise twist (at least for anyone who didn't know Mozart was a Mason), it turned out Sarastro was the head of an order of holy men and was actually the good guy all along and had captured Pamina for her own good (…riiiiiight…). In order to be with Pamina, Tamino agreed to undergo a series of trial and join the order. Once again, Papageno was dragged along in the capacity of
Unfortunately, the first task assigned to the men was a vow of silence. The Queen's servants soon broke into the dungeon in which Tamino and Papageno were undergoing the trial, demanding to know why they had abandoned their quest. Tamino respected the task given him by the priests and kept his silence, but Papageno proved utterly incapable of doing the same. Upon discovering the three women's presence (and presumably the fact that Papageno kept talking to them), the priests banished the Queen's servants with thunderclap and various such theatrics, and Papageno fainted ostentatiously. It is at this point that he enters the game.
Personality:
Papageno has a good and gentle soul, but that doesn't necessarily mean he's easy to get along with. He brags and lies when he thinks he can get away with it, almost never shuts up (particularly not when asked or told to), and thinks nothing of insulting or gossiping about a person even when he or she within earshot. He shies away from danger and heroics, preferring to run or hide--or better yet, not get involved in the first place. When pressed, Papageno can be resourceful, but his emotions tend to run high and in an emergency he's more likely to panic or complain about the unfairness of it all than anything else. He has little to no interest in philosophy or higher learning, and his only ambitions in life are to live in comfort and to find a wife.
Papageno's emotions are volatile; 'moderation' is not in his vocabulary. He's easy to please; a good meal and a warm bed are enough to make him jovial, but it similarly does not take much to send him into the depths of despair or into paroxysms of terror (the reason he is being taken from before he meets Papagena, his wife to be, is that he literally tries to hang himself less than a day after meeting and then losing her -- being yanked into another world while looking for her would not end well for him).
For all his faults, Papageno does have a good moral sense and is able to pull himself together well enough to aid Tamino and Pamina, even if he does make it very clear that he would rather go home. He is self-serving, but not at the expense of others' safety. There is little guile in him, either; he lies, but not well, and he's not ashamed to admit that he's a coward.
Strengths:
Papageno has a strong affinity with birds. He has learned to imitate many of their calls using his panpipes, and can literally charm them right off the trees. Though he can't actually speak with birds, he understands them very well and has an easy time gaining their trust.
He also carries a magical glockenspiel, which has
Weaknesses:
See 'personality.' His personality is a weakness.
On a more serious note, Papageno is functionally illiterate.
Possessions:
Panpipes worn on a string around his neck
A small, magical glockenspiel in a carrying case (see strengths section for details)
Pony/Animal Type: Pegasus
Cutie Mark: A blue songbird
Pony Picture: [updated post acceptance:]
SAMPLES
First Person:
[The scroll unrolls to show the sky. A red pegasus with a shock of green and blue hair is standing over it, biting his lip and shifting his weight from hoof to hoof as he looks around for someone.]
Tamino? Tamino, where are you? Tamino! [He sits heavily on his haunches, still not looking down at the scroll.] Oh, I told them! I told them he'd leave me alone to get captured, or eaten, or -- or turned into a horse! TAMINO!
[It's as he's finishing this last round of shouting that some flicker of movement on the scroll catches his attention. His gaze shifts sharply downward, and his pale gray eyes go wide as he sees it for the first time. The sight of a magical piece of paper is apparently too much for him, and he lets out an inarticulate cry of fear as he abruptly launches himself upward and into the branches of a tree, where he immediately becomes stuck. Struggling with all six limbs, he takes up shouting again with renewed vigor:]
TAMINO! HELP, TAMINO, IT'S COMING TO GET ME!
Third Person:
What a difference a day made! Yesterday, Papageno had been happy at home -- sure, things were a little lonely in that straw hut of his, but how could he ever have thought he was anything other than perfectly happy amongst his birds? Now he found himself shut up in a dungeon, doubtful he would ever see the light of day again. He and Tamino had both been blindfolded and led (or, alright, dragged in Papageno's case) down into the dark cellars of the temple and left there. The priests had taken Papageno's bells, too, as well as Tamino's flute. What they'd do if that Monostatos attacked again, Papageno didn't know.
Oh, why had he ever agreed to come?! Other than the bribery and the death threats from the servants of the queen...on further reflection, those had been good reasons. But not good enough!
Lifting his head slightly from where he'd landed slumped on the floor once they let go of him, Papageno listened to the priests' receding footsteps. Only once he was sure they weren't coming back did he sit up and push off his blindfold. It made no difference; all around him was such inky darkness that his eyes might as well be shut. "Tamino?" he called into the darkness. Barely waiting for a response, he bellowed louder, "Tamino??! Oh, help! Oh, God, oh, help! Tamino, don't leave me alone down here!"
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