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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.
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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.

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Player
Name: Otis.
Personal Journal:

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E-mail: keyword.brainicide@gmail.com
AIM/MSN: humbugger.otis (AIM); humbugger (plurk.)
Timezone: GMT -6/Central.
Current Characters in Route: Hiccup Haddock (How to Train Your Dragon) | Lisa Garland (Silent Hill) | Doug Rattmann (Portal)

Character
Name: Keisuke Takagi.
Series: Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Survivor.
Timeline: End of Day 05 (saved via destroying Yama).
Canon Resource Links:
Devil Survivor wiki.
Devil Survivor's SMT wiki.
Keisuke's SMT wiki.

Personality:
No matter how you spin it, Keisuke is a very introverted person. Not only is he timid in dealing with people he was friends with once upon a time or those he's working with to save ~~the world~~ Tokyo, but a lot of his processing of thoughts or feelings is done internally. Until he snaps and decides to take it upon himself to judge others' evil, striking them down with borrowed power.

Keisuke wasn't always that way, however. Before high school rolled around, he easily made friends, and was even a kind of source for stability. He stuck up for those being bullied, and soon got into the groove of being a protector. In high school, he sought to continue this. Teenagers can be cruel, though, and soon the shoe was on the other foot--Keisuke wound up being the one who was bullied. To make things worse, one of the bullies was someone who he had just rescued from that same fate. It was this cruel fact of life that changed Keisuke from 'the knight in shining but friendly armor' to 'the quiet teen who will judge you into oblivion quite literally'. The frustration bubbling over from his tight lid on his emotions was noticed by Naoya, who gave him the altered COMP in the first place.

Once the source of the power was eliminated and Keisuke allows himself to listen to reason again, he realizes just how guilty and hypocritical he really is, even admitting that he thought he was God and able to pass judgement on evildoers. He vows to lead by example, as suggested to him, to change the injustices of the world for the better. It's likely this same promise to himself that influences him to bail on the protagonist, should the player go for Naoya's route, and the same need to atone/make the world a better place that causes him to initially leave the party in Yuzu's route.

As standoffish as he comes off at first, it's quite possible to get Keisuke out of his shell. Keisuke tends to speak formally, whether to put himself on a higher level or just to be polite. Heck, even when he's bent on killing a group of civilians, he remembers to say 'please'. It adds to his generally-reserved nature, as well as his cold, calculating side. Even with his need for privacy, those with a simple view on life (see: Midori) get a soft spot in his ~~death note~~ book, due to their innocence. All others have to earn the privilege of an actual, different expression even in a contained apocalypse. His thoughts are more easy to come across, as Keisuke makes an effort to contribute to important discussions--often in a complete, well-thought-out fashion, proving that his mind is an ever-spinning top. The boy's true, darker feelings--the ones he becomes more and more ashamed of--slip out only when his buttons are pushed. The topics most likely to provoke him are, understandably, people picking on others who are weaker than them or unfair treatment, but post-breakdown/recovery, Keisuke does his best to hide his reactions once more, going off in private so he can calm himself.

Though he's very clearly intellectual, Keisuke often puts his viewpoint above others'. He believes he's in the right until proven wrong past the point of argument, which can cause him to become condescending to those who have faith in others. As observant as he is, he can get single-minded about focusing on a subject, should it interest him enough, and wouldn't exactly take kindly to unnecessary distractions. Sometimes even necessary ones.

Strengths/Weaknesses:
+ Calm and collected (generally.)
+ Quick to admit fault when he realizes it.
+ Stands up for others.
+ Thoughtful.

? Deep sense of justice.
? Not likely to give up.

- Flustered when it comes to relationships.
- Gets high on power.
- Cynical.
- Pessimistic.
- Quick to assume the worst.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Team Rocket.
Starter: Shellder; secondary Ekans.
Password: Raspberry Lemonade.

Samples
First Person Sample:
[The video starts off with the simple view of someone walking. Judging by the path, they're probably somewhere in Goldenrod City.]

Is there a way to change what this place has made you?

[The speaker sighs softly before going on to explain--]

Say there's a trainer who doesn't feel suited for fighting. Are they allowed to go against the judgement of Johto, and be a breeder instead?

...Sometimes I wonder if it's really decided on a whim, or if our titles are there for a deeper purpose. Like this world really knows us.

[aka 'I'm a bad kid looking for redemption not rocketeering boo hoo']

[The walker stands still a few seconds before ending out the feed. He's going to do some more thinking.]

Third Person Sample:
He didn't remember much from the games. To be honest, Keisuke hadn't been one to join in on the Pokemon craze, back when all the kids were running around trying to be the very best. What he did remember, though, was that Team Rocket were the bad guys.

He was a bad guy.

The teen had spent a long time staring at the uniform before putting it on. It felt like slipping into skin he wasn't quite comfortable with, even though it was far too familiar. What he had done, with Yama at his side...

It wasn't fair. Keisuke had been on the path of redemption, hadn't he? His reign on the Yamanote circle had ended when the demon's life had, and he had come to his senses. "So why am I...?" Part of Team Rocket. Normally, he could have shrugged it off as a guilty conscience paying him back for those he murdered through a completely random dream. But he had already gone through the whole pinch-in-the-arm rigamarole. Plus, the world felt too...real.

He sighed, refraining from speaking any more of his thoughts as he gathered up the things provided to him and set off down the hall for his training. At the very least, he figured he could get a refresher on what the group was all about. At most, Keisuke could find a way back to Tokyo and continue his work there. Even if he wasn't exactly needed, or maybe even completely welcome, the seventeen-year-old still wanted to help; to atone for what he'd done and make a real difference.

His heart sunk more with each step down the hall that lead to what felt like a band of jurors awaiting his arrival to sentence him for a crime. This world--a world that had been manufactured for children--had already judged him, it seemed.

Maybe it was time to face the music. Again.

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