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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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Character
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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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Strengths/Weaknesses:

✔ Extremely cheerful and optimistic most of the time.
✔ Good at reading people
✔ Strong sense of justice
✔ Incredibly strong and an excellent fighter
✔ Loving and caring for pretty much everyone
✔ Great work ethic

✔✘ Very rash and acts before she thinks
✔✘ Easy to forgive and forget

✘ Not very intelligent
✘ Low self-esteem
✘ Computer and technologically illiterate
✘ Extremely guarded
✘ Has problems with money
✘ Daddy issues
✘ Not very healthy (weight/food wise)
✘ Hates the water

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Kiyoe the Audino | Gentle nature | Likes to relax.
Password: ~~Strawberry Lemonade~~ Oops, I wrote this app but never submitted it and while I was sitting on it, the password changed? I re-read the rules and saw that it's now Scrambled Eggs, sorry for the edit!

Samples
First Person Sample:

[ Instead of the normal face you see when Haine invades the network with her presence, she's holding up her beloved Audino to her face so that it appears to be talking in place of her, easily able to pick up the creature that weighs half as much as she does. The voice is obviously Haine's, though it's a lot more squeaky and sing song now. ]

Hell~o everyone! My name is Hai- Kiyoe!! Kiyoe the Audino-chan! Good afternoon! [ The Audino plays right along, making happy chirping noises and waving its arms around. ]

I wonder where my master could be...let's see if we can find her. [ Holding the heavy Audino, Haine turns her Pokémon from side to side, though her head is clearly visible from all angles. ] Give me a second and I will find her!

[ Suddenly, they both disappear off screen, almost as if Haine suddenly just dropped to the ground. In fact, the loud OOF that comes after that pretty much confirms it. Soon after, though, Haine pops back on screen, still holding Kiyoe, though not in front of her face. ]

Here I am! Haine Otomiya, master Pokémon trainer, at your service! In case you didn't know, that wasn't Kiyoe talking! It would be really great if they could talk, though. Pokémon, I mean. I bet I could really get more in tune with them if I could understand what they were saying. Do you think someone could ever teach them to talk? That would be wonderful!

Third Person Sample:

She'd been through a lot of these before. Nowhere adverse to a battle, even if it wasn't exactly her own self fighting it, Haine was prepared to knock this one out of the park. Her Audino was also taking a stance, focused look on its normally calm face. Their target? A wild Glameow that bumped into them, immediately asking for a fight.

"Alright, Kiyoe, let's see what we can do!" Haine wasn't one to hurt an animal, Pokémon or not, but when someone provoked her, she wasn't going to back down, regardless of who they are. The Glameow looked threatening, making a low noise that sounded ominous, Haine trusted her own Pokémon to help her and defeat it's enemy. Kiyoe, the Audino, was standing its own ground, staring down the wild Pokémon, almost cute in how menacing it was trying to look.

"Slap it, Kiyoe!" Haine demanded, pointing a finger at the wild Glameow. Kiyoe pounced, doing just as her master demanded. Using DoubleSlap, the Audino hit the Glameow twice, causing it to make a loud mewling noise. Feeling only a twinge of guilt, Haine immediately threw out another command. "Kiyoe, use-"

Before she could finish, Kiyoe lets out a saddened chirping noise, standing over the Glameow. Laying on the ground, it was obviously hurt, unable to battle anymore. Feeling too compassionate for the fallen fighter, Haine scrambled over and knelt next to it, her Audino standing beside her and staring sadly.

"Kiyoe, I didn't think you could hurt it that badly..." Haine's been the victim of a beating before and knew how it felt to be knocked around and thrown out like that. "We should stop. I don't think this is really right."

Whipping out one of her last Pokéballs, she held it steadily in front of the injured Glameow, breathing shallowly, as it released a red light, zapping in the Pokémon before it. She stood and Kiyoe's head followed her up, looking inquisitive and chirping quietly.

"It'll be alright, Kiyoe!" Haine's tone changed from quiet and melancholy back to its usual cheerful tone. "Once you get strong enough, you can learn that big healing power and we can help out the Pokémon we fight more!". Her Audino jumped excitedly, chirping her approval of her master's plan.

Edited 2012-09-01 23:52 (UTC)

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