Maki: I wrote down the name rule. I never specifically talked to Ryu about it, and since me and him worked on his character over PM, he probably just overlooked my suggestion on skipping names. That was not part of my personal reasoning for saying no. And the weapon is a fine weapon... just not for a RWBY rp. It seems far too mystical for a world that focuses more on a [i]blend[/i] of magic and technology. Unless I misunderstood it seems like a cloth version of Goku's power pole from dragon ball (or the monkey king's staff from the original Chinese [I think it was Chinese] tale.) A cloth with all those innate magical abilities is just a little too unusual for a RWBY RP in my opinion.

However, Ryu was pretty much spot on for why I didn't like the history. It was actually pretty good until you just decided to fast forward it. You say she hears about Beacon from gossip, and then randomly decides to stowaway to get there. You give no explanation of what training she went through, we have to assume from the sparse information you gave about who took her in. You also don't actually say how she supposedly got accepted to Beacon or what happened when she arrived. Our characters are all supposed to people who have been accepted to Beacon, not people who are hoping they'll get accepted when they finally finish hitchhiking.

I hope that explains things better, but I'm afraid I won't change my mind. Pretty much everyone else came much closer to the mark on their first attempts, which gives me more confidence in their characters. I apologize, but the answer is still no.