Bulgaria App

[Guest]

Name: Marko Iliev (cyrillic: Марко Илиев)
Country representing: Bulgaria
Age: 18
Student or teacher?: Student
Personality (mostly to see your characterization): To most people, Marko is - put bluntly - a jerk. He has his spots of being a grouch (normally he's just smirky and full of himself, but if the wrong buttons are pressed, he's surprisingly easy to irritate) and he likes to act in a cunning and obnoxious manner, claiming that he picks on others simply because he doesn't like the look of them. He's prone to thinking everything he does is fantastic, and that the world revolves around the oh-so-wonderful him. Whilst not completely stupid, he's not the brightest crayon in the box, either; overall, he's more brawn than brains. Somewhere, deep down though, he's not really a bad guy. Misunderstood because he has issues? Well... Perhaps. But he doesn't have any good excuse for it, he's just not so bad underneath the tempered and selfish exterior.
He has one or two redeeming qualities. He can be quite gallant sometimes (though he probably overdoes it to show off), and he's actually very courageous, and not one to back down from a challenge, no matter the scale. Some might call this headstrong, and idiotic. Others might call it showing off. All are very likely.
Roleplay sample (minimum 200 words): ((Done for a Harry Potter AU. It's still school-based, so it counts, right?))

The professor was adamant, but to say it wasn't something Marko heard on a regular basis was a lie.

"Mr. Iliev." Came the all-too familiar tone of warning. "Using your wand in such a manner against another student, let alone another Slytherin is not only remarkably dangerous, but a terrible example of behaviour from an upperclassman. I sincerely hope you are ashamed of yourself!"

A crooked smile, perhaps of fake sheepishness, spread across the Bulgarian's face. He gave the other student, whom appeared to be much younger than himself, a heavy pat on the back, as if to say sorry. Said boy just frowned meekly, staring at him sidelong, not seeming to appreciate it at all. Though Marko could see this look in the corner of his eye, he took no notice of it.

"Oh, I get it." And that wasn't a lie, exactly, either. "It's just, when I saw his face, I couldn't help it."

The glowers he earned from both the teacher and the other student did nothing to change his expression, a certain smugness twinkling in his eyes as if to say to the two of them, 'and it was worth it'.

"That is not an excuse!" The teacher snapped. "Twenty points will be deducted from Slytherin."

The younger Slytherin snarled, rolling his eyes, and muttering as he stepped away from Marko, whom simply gave a shrug. Was poking the kid's face with his wand really worth a twenty point loss? 'Probably more if it had actually done something', he mused to himself idly.

"You're skating on thin ice, Mr. Iliev."

As she gave him one last look before leaving, his mouth twisted further into an exceptional grin - fake, and bordering on a grimace.

"I know." He muttered, mostly to himself (whilst making sure the teacher was out of earshot first), his teeth gritted together. "I always am."

[Matthew Williams]

(you managed to fall on one of the few people who doesn't really like harry potter and doesn't get half of the sample. Or understand it in a really wicked, twisted, perverted way.)

I think the application isn't too bad, even if I don't really get half of that sample, basing it on "student did something bad/stupid and get scolded" factor is enough to see his reactions etc. Therefore, after much rambling on my part, you're accepted, and I'll send you a PM with the chat's addresses as soon as I got some sleep. Or I may do something stupid in said PM.