IGN:
My IGN is robinzee. I also have a college professor alternate account, robinaye.
Previous bans/warns/kicks:
I've not been banned, warned or kicked for any reason.
Describe your activity on the server:
Hi, I'm Robin. I began playing actively about a year ago now, with me joining earlier than that. I have over one and a half weeks of playtime on the server, around two days on my alternate account, with a few more hours on FantasyRP, though less.
For a while, I mostly stuck to my friends and friends' friends. I applied to many IC jobs as a cashier or an occupation akin to that, but I hadn't accepted into any until I was brought into Fight Club as a bartender. There, I worked my way up the ranks and became a referee, head referee, and am now acting as manager, alongside Springwood. During my time there, I missed a very small number of openings, and all of my missed openings were noted in advance through inactivity logs. @/Toto can confirm my activity.
Crime-wise, I partook in Toto & Springwood's Fight Club Tournament Season One/Triad Arc as a supporting character. In the final confrontation, I played the role of the hostage. I take part in the Yamaguchi-Gumi VS Akihito Clan War, and served as manager in 2/3 openings of Fight Club's Second Tournament Arc. I helped Toto streamline many of the systems of FC, such as the employee payout system, the betting station and the new fighting system.
In September 2022, I joined the Faculty Faction as a Modern History Professor on my alternate account, robinaye. Through character development, I switched to teaching Criminology in November '22, where I remain to this day.
In addition to these, I am active on the forums where I have no issues providing my opinion on suggestions with proper reasoning besides just +1 and -1 and the Karakura Crime Discord where I am always willing to engage in conversation.
I am active in a healthy way - while I may not spend 5 or more hours a day on SRP, I do usually hop on for at least an hour a day, be it on my main or professor account, and if there is an event scheduled, I'm always there.
Specify your Discord username (USER#0000) and if you have a microphone:
My Discord username is robbishbin#4860. I do have a microphone and have no problems using it.
Specify your country of origin and time zone:
I will not specify my country of origin for personal reasons, but I live in the Central European Time Zone.
What are your motivations in applying for the black market dealer role?:
As already stated in my previous BMD application, I am interested in the Black Market Dealer role because I find the crime faction itself to be fascinating from a roleplay standpoint. Unlike the Faculty faction or Police faction, any player is free to start their own group and begin making their way up in the gang hierarchy -- no applications needed. These little groups are often on opposing sides of a conflict, leading to interesting roleplay and out-of-character dynamics. I'd really like to delve deeper into the faction by planning and running events, writing lore and bringing the reputation of the crime faction up instead of letting it rot due to the unfortunate reputation it has in some circles of SRP.
What helps you to stand out from other applicants & what can you uniquely provide to the team?:
I consider myself part of the "New Wave" of crime roleplayers who value good writing above permissions or K/D ratios. I act in SchoolRP as a writer first, and I hope to do the same in the Crime Faction. I have a lot of experience running, writing and taking part in literate roleplay community events which will no doubt prove beneficial to the team. I'm also a very positive person in general and I think that's, unfortunately, often sorely lacking in Crime and GangRP. As a person, I am very inquisitive, always looking to hear both sides of an argument before looking for a shared result people are satisfied with.
I am also in Europe, which would mean European players would be able to get their share of weaponry and illegal items without being subject to pumped-up prices at the auction house and secondhand sales.
What previous experience do you have in working with a team?:
I am an independent videogame developer which means I have experience working with a team. I also work as a hotel assistant over the summer, meaning I have to communicate with a large number of employees to ensure the operation works smoothly.
Roleplay-wise, I am on the curator team of multiple literate roleplay communities where, in addition to moderating chats (locations) and reviewing posts, I work with the rest of the team to write lore, devise events for the communities to partake in, review Original Characters and more. On SchoolRP, as a manager of Fight Club, I am asked to coordinate a semi-large group of anywhere between 5 to 9 people including fighters per opening, assigning stations, paying out paychecks, keeping an eye out for intruders, letting people into the VIP area and more. I believe it's a very understated part of that specific business, but when it's done well, people won't notice anything is being done. I'm also a Professor, so I'm expected to cooperate with the rest of the faculty to ensure a half-working environment.
What suggestions do you have to help better the crime faction?:
I believe the Karakura Crime Faction is actually the one with the most potential for opportunities. At this point, it's become my catchphrase - if it expands roleplay opportunities, I'm down for it.
Giving gangs the option to run their own side businesses or criminal ventures similar to the way the Karakura Crime Business Sector operates would be a brilliant way to tap into the potential of KC, as it would give Verified Gangs more benefits and Unverified Gangs more incentive to work harder to become Verified. These businesses could work as money laundrettes (giving KPD access to bank statements), as a front for other criminal activities or as a simple meeting place for associates besides the hideout assigned to them. I'd really like to open a darker casino business with people being able to bet more than money in back-room games. High risk, high reward.
I'd also like to see more interaction between the Crime, EMS and Police Factions outside of the standard triangle. Blur the lines - moles in the KPD, spies in gangs, underworld doctors... the possibilities really are endless. Listening to the Crime Podcast with Yonio, I found out that he does allow certain officers to be dirty, but it is one-sided regardless.
Of course, I am also open to discussing any ideas others may bring to the table.
Are you familiar with all rules pertaining to weapon profiles, combat, permissions, and player conduct on the server?:
I am familiar with all rules pertaining to weapon profiles, combat, permissions and player conduct on the server.
Are you familiar with that if you leave the black market at any point, the black market lead will have permanent kill permissions on your character?:
I am familiar with the fact that if I were to leave the black market at any point, the black market leader will have permanent kill permissions on my character.
Are you familiar with that if your character(s) is/are killed or permanently arrested twice, you will be removed from the black market?:
I am familiar with that if my character is killed or permanently arrested twice, I will be removed from the black market.
Are you familiar with that you cannot reveal any out-of-character plans or potential addition to the black market to others?:
I am familiar with that I cannot reveal any out-of-character plans or potential additions to the black market to others.
Full Legal Name:
Ridley Akiyama ( 秋山リドリー )
Criminal Alias:
'KARASU' (カラス)
Translates to 'CROW'.
Age & Occupation:
Miss Akiyama is 26. On paper, she's a self-employed entrepreneur dealing in community service. But... you know how it goes in Karakura.
Gender & Marital Status:
Ridley identifies as female and is unmarried. Love is a fool's game to Ridley, and any such relationship would be done for strategic purposes only.
Ethnicity & Race:
Japanese American; Asian
Known Languages:
Japanese; English (Native)
Former Associations/Occupations:
Ridley works as a manager and head referee for Fight Club.
Before applying for the Black Market, she also helped Iki Saitou and Goya Niiyama start their own criminal company, The Kabuki Corporation.
Highest Level of Education:
Juris Doctor (PhD), Karakura City College.
Physical/Mental Ailments:
Ridley suffers from high-functioning PTSD, developed following a traumatic event her mind suppresses to this day. She needs to take medication on a regular basis.
She does not suffer from any physical ailments and is quite capable in combat herself.
Known Family Members:
All of the following family members are Non-Player Characters.
Hana Akiyama - Mother (Alive)
Asa Morrisson - Aunt (Alive)
Ridley does not consider herself part of any family. She has no ties that bind, or so she likes to think.
Describe your character's appearance to the greatest detail:
The Crow of Karakura -- as magnificent as her namesake.
Ridley has a naturally curvy body, but it's not something she flaunts. She keeps her black hair at armpit length, though it isn't too difficult for her to tie it up into a shorter length. Her fringe frames her picture-perfect face, adorned on her left cheek with a scar in the shape of an inverted cross. Her brown eyes are often drawn to things other people may look away from. Her clothing is almost always formal, preferring to wear a suit and tie. In the wintertime, she wears a coat which makes her shoulders seem broader than they actually are.
(art by @houndrats)
Describe your character's personality to the greatest detail:
(Taken from Ridley's Biography)
The Crow of Karakura -- as solitary and mournful as her namesake.
Ridley is a charismatic, driven young woman with ambitions to make everyone happy and fulfilled and make the world a better place. Seemingly, she has a strong sense of justice and believes that all people should be free from suffering and torment. She's always willing to help people and will do whatever it takes to ensure that justice is served. Despite this, Ridley is not without her flaws; she can be arrogant at times and does tend to speak before thinking. However, these are only small quirks in Ridley's personality. When push comes to shove, she'll never let others suffer for no reason.
Or so they think.
On the inside, she is a cold, calculating monster who will stop at nothing to achieve her goals. She has a dark outlook on life, considering nihilism "an ultimately hopeful philosophy". Ridley is very manipulative, nudging people into doing what she wants them to do and using their positive emotions against them by poking logical holes in their reasoning. Fortunately for her, unfortunate for the vast majority of those who get in her way, she was blessed with great intellect, capable of impeccable planning. Chess is something she enjoys.
A graduate of law, she believes that the punishment should fit the act, and she takes this notion with her into the criminal world. Homicide is, to her, one of the less severe punishments she can give out. Most issues she can simply move past - albeit after removing a limb or two. She finds murder too simple, too old-fashioned, too quick. If she were truly to punish someone... well, perhaps it's better to keep that to ourselves, no?
Describe your character's backstory to the greatest detail:
(Taken from Ridley's Biography; extended to include post-college lore)
Has she always been like this...? Ridley doesn't remember.
The first thing she remembers is the feeling of disconnect she felt upon entering this world. A bright light, followed by chants. "It's a girl! Oh, how wonderful!"
That is the only thing she remembers from her childhood firsthand, though she must have had one since her mother was alive and there to tell her of the life she was dragged through. Her own story through the eyes of another, her childhood must be, by all accounts, taken with a grain of salt.
She was born on the 25th of December, a wonderful Christmas present to the Akiyama family. The history of the Akiyamas is irrelevant in Ridley's personal history since she now considers herself distant from them - no ties that bind, she is chainless. She was, allegedly, a very smart child from a young age, a girl with an affinity for logic, affection for chess and speaking, always the centre of attention. The child of a dentist, Ridley grew up around her mother's solo practice, where she gained a basic understanding of the tools of her mother's trade. She became no stranger to probes, anaesthetics, drills, syringes and the like.
Ridley is told she had a regular life until the incident. Following a traumatic event when she was fifteen years old, she lost all memories from before the event and only became armed with her name and her motor skills. She was never told what the incident was, though there are a few things she has deduced have something to do with it. For one, the lack of a father and her mother's unwillingness to discuss him, but Ridley considers this a red herring. Secondly, she appears to receive brief flashbacks while enjoying the beach. And lastly, the scar on her cheek - she doesn't appear to have it in older photos. She was diagnosed with PTSD and retrograde amnesia. Her PTSD diagnosis was not revealed to her.
Ridley sprung into a beautiful young woman, constantly smiling, kindness to others plenty, yet she never seemed to be happy or truly satisfied. Inside, she always felt empty. Upon discussing these feelings of emptiness with her psychiatrist, the psychiatrist and Ridley's mother decided that a change of environment was in order. Ridley was given a list of locales in the US she could choose to go to, but she wasn't able to choose. It all felt the same to her, no risk, no gain, there was no fun in it. New York City, Washington D.C., Salem, San Francisco, they were all the same in her eyes. She stayed there for a few months, then she'd disappear. Nobody would miss her, and she wouldn't miss anyone.
And then, Karakura revealed itself to Ridley, as treasure to a grave digger. A documentary about the South-Japanese town was recommended to her, followed by extensive research... Ridley found her place. A city where the law feared the gangs, many of the town's institutions run by a singular family, rumours of teleportation, ghosts, cults... an unpredictable environment for the girl who loved prediction.
She set out right away.
In Karakura, she enrolled in the local college, primarily studying Criminology to gain an upper hand over the town's many adversaries. During this time, she also began seeing a psychiatrist again - Dr Reina Hamasaki - and became friends with Dr Hamasaki's daughter, the unfortunate Ichika. Hamasaki diagnosed Ridley with high-functioning PTSD, and this time, with all the cards on the table, Ridley felt lost. The emptiness inside her grew ever stronger, her only escape being art. This emptiness manifested itself as the motif of metamorphosis in her art submissions, more often than not in the form of a blue monarch butterfly. She felt as if trapped in a cocoon, wishing for her rebirth. But the only time she felt her shell cracking was when she did something morally wrong.
Her path soon crossed Iki Saitou's and Percival Niiyama's, two highly impressionable street kids. The duo of troublemakers soon fell under Ridley's control after a series of manipulative acts by Ridley designed to get them to trust her more than anything else. Together, they founded The Kabuki Corporation, a shady agency priding itself on values of "fixing Karakura through community service", but selling out contractors to whoever paid the most -- usually underworld operations.
Following the disappearance of Fight Club referee Otsuki Kenji (that she facilitated) and FC's fall into illegality, Ridley took over Otsuki's post before continuing on her own rise to FC fame. Skipping the title of Assistant Manager altogether, she became Fight Club Manager at the age of 20, likely the youngest manager in Fight Club history. During her term there (where she remains to this day), she quickly became a trusted figure - Maeve 'TEARLINER' Fitzgerald revealed his identity to her following a close call with the police and 'DRIVER', the director of Fight Club, felt comfortable enough to share his plans for more underground businesses with her, inviting her to join him.
While all of this was going on, she continued to lead a regular life while in the public eye. Ridley graduated College with a degree in law, though she hardly felt like doing anything with it. This world of intrigue, Fight Club, the Black Market, was far more enticing for her. Now, she sets her gaze upon it proper, leaving Kabuki in the hands of Saito and Niiyama, CEO and COO respectively. She'll be able to pull their strings like a puppet master regardless of whether she's on the company roster or not. You cannot stop a star from rising.
Describe an interaction that your character may have as a black market dealer:
Summer monsoon season. A rainy day.
Ridley sits in the woods east of the city, on a bench. In her left hand, she holds an umbrella, her right hand placed on a brown briefcase.
From the fog, a man's figure emerges. He approaches The Crow, taking off his hat as a sign of respect, then sits down next to her. Following a moment of silence, he speaks up first.
"What's the job?"
Ridley opens her briefcase and hands him a series of photographs, depicting a young man drinking a coffee in the family shop, heading to his home near the gods-forsaken power plant, and meeting up with his buddies from the Bobcats...
"Half a million." She says, not giving the bounty hunter any more attention than he needs. She shoots a look to the side at a fox, running from the rain...
The bounty hunter simply chuckles. He'd heard that this client was a very specific one, that there were some things off about her, but... half a million for a human's life is too little. He gets up and begins to leave before he's stopped by the female's voice:
"Half a million a limb."
The bounty hunter turns around, raising a brow.
"What did you just say?"
Ridley's formerly neutral expression turns into an angelic smile. She procures a different series of photos from her briefcase, handing it to the man. All feature the same teen, no older than eighteen, handing over different black market wares to various people, some older, some younger, some dressed in modest garb, some in formal attire. All have paid for this, all have bypassed The Crow, but the sinner is the boy selling it to them.
"Half a million a limb," Ridley repeated her simple request. "You may remove a limb per unique customer found in these photographs. Once you are done, you will place these items in a cardboard box and send them to the hospital. An associate there will take care of the rest." She tilts her head to one side, checking the hunter's side profile for any sign of hesitation. "If you aren't feeling up to the job, you may decline. Of course, I will reconsider taking you on for another job should you refuse."
The man sighs, mumbles something under his breath and scratches his nose. After a beat, he shakes his head in dismay. "Oh, what the Hell. This is the last time, I'm doing a damn kid though, 'Karasu'."
"I'm sure it is, Mr Gerhardt. I hope to hear from you soon."
Describe any other additional information that is notable in considering your character for the role of a black market dealer:
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