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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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Samples
First Person Sample:
[The feed starts abruptly - well, as abruptly as feed can start. Without any warning, there's pink - lots and lots of pink - and a cheerful looking 20-something smiling at you. That can only mean good things... right?]

Yoohoo~! Hellooooo everyooooone! Houka here! And this is my super special partner, Ditto!

[She makes a peace sign to the side and winks, her signature greeting, before waaaaving to her crowd of fans on the other side of the cameras. The little previously mentioned Ditto, transformed into a large tent that is making the background of this shot, smiles widely - Houka's made sure to leave their face in clear view!]

I've been watching all of you on this PokeGear of mine very closely, and it's coming to be pretty clear that a lot of you are lonely. Aren't you? Maybe you can't go home... Or maybe someone you know did go home! Maybe those nasty Team Rocket guys took one of your Pokemon!

[There's that smile again.]

Lucky for you, Houka has the perfect cure for that! Want to know what it is, everyone? Do you?

[With a flourish, Houka leans towards the screen, cupping a hand over her ear as if she were listening really, really hard.]

You suuuure?

[This time there's no spin - instead, Houka pulls back, all flair, and pulls her arms to her chest, as excited as ever.]

Then just ask Houka's cute little partner! Take it away!

[Houka ducks down, at which point the bright pink tent transforms. Not into anything scary, oh no! Into four large, connected letters. And what might those letters spell out?]

Thaaa~aaat's riiii~iiiight~ It's LOVE! Don't worry about a thing! No matter how much of a downer you are, Houka is here to help! Just tell me aaaaaaaall about it, and I'll do everything I can to make you as happy as can be! Hee hee.

That's all for now! I'm looking forward to talking to everyone! Bye byyyye!

Third Person Sample:
Before Houka Ozu was a small, eager looking Ditto, staring up at its trainer with eyes filled with excitement and wonder. ... Well, with as much excitement and wonder as Ditto eyes could show at least. Houka, once she had gotten over how cuuuuute and squishy her new little friend was, had discovered it had the most interesting, not to mention familiar, abilitiy...

"Stop sign!"

"Ditto!"

Making the best little salute it could with its goopy hands, the Ditto's form quickly began twisting and turning, before it swirled up and turned into a perfect replica of a stop sign - size, shape, and bright red colors and all. It was that last part that made Houka frown, her hands immediately coming to her hips before she shook a finger at the little Pokemon - little stop sign rather.

"No, no, no...! I know you can turn red and all, but when you're with me, all of your transformations have to be pink, okay?" Houka shook her head, wishing she could show how she transformed to her new partner-sidekick-friend... what would be a good word for--- "Oooh, familiar maybe? That sounds pretty magical!"

The stop sign tilted somewhat, as if asking permission to return to its normal form. It wasn't sure what a familiar was either...

"-- Oh! Sorry, little Ditto! Ummm... Okay, let's try something else. You can go normal again, okay?" Houka put a finger to her mouth and thought, watching as her little blob returned to its normal shape and size. Sure, disguises would be less recognizable if they weren't all pink but... But she was pink! It was... It was like her trademark! "I know! Turn into a postbox! This is the most important of Houka's many many transformations, okay? So you have tp get it right!"

The Ditto stared for a moment, perhaps trying to figure out what a postbox even was, before it nodded - and with a cry of "Dit!" it began its transformation. In a short moment, there stood a large, hot pink postbox. Big enough for Houka to get behind, and even get inside if she wanted to.

Some might have stared. Houka clapped her hands together and squealed, leaping at the postbox to give it a hug.

"Peeerfect!"

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