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APPLICATIONS!

Currently: Closed!
Route 29 has closed as of May 30th. For the continuation of the game, please visit victory_road!

Applications will be normally checked during the weekend following the first and third Sunday of each month unless otherwise stated, and we will allow one application per person during one application cycle. Remember, the most characters one player can have at a time is currently set at five.

Applications received after 11:59 PM EST on Saturday of the first and third weekend of each month will be checked the following app weekend unless otherwise stated.

We now ask that potential applicants post their application in comments rather than linking. If their application contains explicit references to 'hard' spoilers (character death, unforeseen plot twists, big reveals, he was evil all along etc), players should put the application in their own journal or their character's journal and link it, making sure to mention the presence of spoilers within. For further clarification on our spoilers policy and whether or not your application needs to be linked, please check this page. Thank you for your cooperation!

The comment character limit on dreamwidth is 16,000 characters so apps no longer need to be split into multiple comments; however this is at players' discretion.

Please use the form below and post your application in comments rather than linking if you can. If you have any questions, feel free to ask either of the mods. You can reach us through emails, IMs, or PMs.

A reminder for those waiting to hear back, please don't be worried if we skip yours while going through them. It only means we needed a little more time to research!

Helpful links!
Taken: 1|2|3 / Reserves
Please do not app a character from either of these unless you reserved them!
Starter Pokémon!
A compiled list of the starter pokémon to choose from offered in Route 29!
Word Count Tool!
Word count! It has other pointless stats too.
Navigation

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Character
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Timeline:
Canon Resource Links: Here we would have the links to wikis and other information sites. If none of those seem to provide enough information, feel free to add more about the character here. However, please do not use this section as a full history section unless your canon is ridiculously obscure. General rule of thumb: if there are a good amount of descriptive resources, please just link them and use this section to add in what may have been left out, as opposed to writing an entire history section.

Personality: Give us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs of how you understand your character's personality. Talk about basic characteristics, any major developments over the course of their canon, their motives, their social behavior, and anything else you can think of that shows off your knowledge of this character.
Strengths/Weaknesses: Try to cover the good points of what they can do, their life skills (not necessarily powers, but things they're just good at). Go into their biggest fears and what they just can’t do.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: What career path will your character be taking? Breeder, Trainer? Or maybe even down the dark path of becoming a member of Team Rocket? Note: All Rocket members start as grunts. (For right now, only those three positions are available, whether your character chooses to follow their assigned path or not.)
Starter: What starter pokémon do you want your character to have? Please use the list linked above to choose from. Certain pokémon have an orange star next to their names; if you choose one of these starters (Deino, Zorua, Litwick, Pikachu, Scyther, Dratini, Bagon, Gible, Axew, Ralts, Riolu, Beldum, Larvitar, Eevee, or Beldum) you must provide reasoning. You do not need to explain your reasoning for pokémon other than those listed above.
Password: This is where you'll put the passwords from the Rules and the F.A.Q. There are two words, to assure you've read both.

Samples
First Person Sample: The sample must take place in Route_29's setting. Eight sentences is the minimum. This is a PokéConnect post--one that will be on the character's journal, broadcast to the network. Although it is short, it needs to show how your character would communicate with others, as well as be descriptive enough to express the character's voice without sounding too generic.

Third Person Sample: The sample must take place in Route_29's setting. The minimum is 300 words. Please note that what we are looking for is an inner working into the character’s thoughts and actions, and how the character responds to the setting, not something that could be taken as an excerpt fanfic. You may use other characters to bounce your characters actions off of, but everything should still be mostly from their point of view.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Samples
First Person Sample:

Does anyone know how large this bird will grow?

[Regarding the Gear screen with an honestly curious expression, Link quirked his head gently to the side, tipping the feed a little to show a very content Rufflet perched on his forearm. The bird looked nothing but a puff of feathers, but that little hint of red on its head has Link a bit excited.]

Do you think he will grow red feathers as he gets older, too? [Smiling warmly at the creature, Link's expression lowers into one that looks a touch homesick.] He reminds me of my bird back home. [Link was always able to go back to Skyloft when he had to, so being away for this long... It certainly is taking a toll.]

Third Person Sample:

It was nice, standing up so high above almost everything else. It was like being up on the Goddess Statue again, seeing as far as the eye could see, only this time it was a mostly unfamiliar city. With too hard streets, too tall steel structures, and creatures that aren't like anything he has seen before, Link still managed to bask in the warmth of the sun and the light breeze pressing at his back.

Hearing a small noise, a simple mew that makes him think of a Remlit first, Link turns and draws a warm smile to his face. The pink Skitty was pawing lightly at the edge, wanting to come up with him. Crouching with that smile growing even more, Link reached with both hands to rub at those little ears, exhaling a small sigh.

"Zelda, it isn't very safe to come up here. I wouldn't want you to fall."

The Skitty insisted though with a few more pawings, turning those big eyes up at her trainer and mewing pitifully. It was as if she were saying "but you're up there!", and Link only gently lifted her up to put her back on her paws a little further away from the edge. Giving a reassuring pet on the head, he moved to stand and turn back around to enjoy the remains of the sunset.

Except Zelda had a different idea, and was leaping onto his back and sinking her claws in to keep herself from falling. Starting in surprise and yelping in a mildly pained way from the feel of nails nicking his back through his shirt, Link waves his arms sharply then as his balance is offset. It was a no go though, and Link knew he would either fall or have to jump; so jumping it was.

With some kitty claws digging into his shoulders from a very surprised Pokemon, Link managed to freefall out of the way from street vendors before quickly pulling out his sailcloth, drifting the last few feet to the ground. Letting out a sigh of relief when his boots clacked harmlessly on the concrete, Link turned his attention to the Skitty on his shoulder, who still looked frightened out of her poor mind.

"I told you it wasn't safe to play on the ledge." He still wore a reassuring smile, reaching up to carefully ply her from his skin and rub her ears again, heading towards the building he fell from. Link needed the rest of his stuff, after all.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.

Now that you've been accepted...
[○] Respond to this with your character's journal. This is a must!
[○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: # thru H, I thru R, or S thru Z.
[○] Comment to the Friend Add/Remove, and update your friends list.
[○] Join the following communities:

route_29,

route_006,

route_1065,

pokedaycare.
Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places.
[○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted.
[○] Please make sure to check this week's weather!
[○] Route 29 has an optional spam/meme community; it's

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We're also having a plot involving Generation V coming up soon. If you'd like to participate, please check it out!

Thank you! See you in Johto!

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Understand the secrets and have some fun

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