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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: Emer
Personal Journal: No personal journal
E-mail: ebohan3007@hotmail.co.uk
AIM/MSN: Plurk: servantgwen
Timezone: GMT
Current Characters in Route: N/A

Character
Name: Fa Mulan
Series: Disney's Mulan
Timeline: After she defeats Shan Yu and returns home.
Canon Resource Links: Mulan's Wiki page!

Personality:
Fa Mulan has a number of personality traits that make her much more unique than other women her age. However, although she grows increasingly stronger and braver throughout her life she does not lose those traits she portrayed from a younger age.

Mulan has always been an extremely clumsy person which is probably indicated most clearly during her meeting with the Matchmaker. However, in most cases she is usually able to counteract this clumsiness with her resourcefulness. When bringing tea for her father she drops the cup but immediately produces another one saying that she always carries a spare. When it comes to situations under pressure such as facing Shan Yu in the mountains she thinks and acts quickly and although she didn’t think of the full consequences of her actions it definitely produced the outcome that she had been hoping for. Back to her meeting with the Matchmaker, it’s not something that Mulan was keen to do however; she does not want to disappoint her family so she goes ahead with it. That is all she wants to do, to bring honour to her family. She is extremely insecure and believes that everything that she does is not good enough for her family.

Her family and her father in particular mean absolutely everything to her which is why she decided to risk everything and take her father’s place in the army. She does it without a moment’s hesitation, highlighting this love that she has for him and showing her selflessness. As soon as she enters the camp she feels extremely uncomfortable and a little out of her depth. Pretending to be a man definitely doesn’t come easy to her but she is determined not to give up and eventually she gets it right. Not without a few mishaps on the way, of course. She is a little too trusting of Mushu at the beginning, taking everything that her guardian says as wise and accurate advice. This got her into trouble more than once especially when Mushu told her to slap Yao on the butt “they like that” which resulted in a fight. It’s clear that she feels awkward around the camp even though she does grow more comfortable once she gets to know them a little better.

Her determination is shown again in camp when she refuses to give up on training even when Shang tells her to pack up and go home, she will definitely not give up without a fight. Her bravery and courage is clearly displayed more than once but especially when she manages to save the Emperor from Shan Yu and earns the title of Saviour of China. She returns home, bringing honour to her family but she learns that honour is not the most important thing to her or to her family. It is being together as a family and being there for one another.
Strengths/Weaknesses:
Nothing out of the ordinary with Mulan here such as magical abilities! However, she possesses various martial arts skills at an extremely high and impressive level and ability for someone her age, she has good skills with a sword which was taught to her in the army, she has also great strength and intelligence which helps her in any fight.
Her main fears and weaknesses are fears of failure and bringing dishonour to her family and those who know her. When she is not in the frame of mind of battle she can be extremely clumsy and lazy, often getting other people or her dog Little Brother to do her chores for her.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Piplup
Password: Raspberry Lemonade

Samples
First Person Sample:
Hello, everyone.

[A slightly wary voice comes through the PokéConnect. There is a flickering of a screen before Mulan appears, her Piplup beside her. They both have food before them and Piplup is eating away merrily.]
I'm addressing you all today because I have a few questions. I'm just starting out on my quest to become a Pokémon Master but...I'm not one hundred percent sure how to do that exactly. I know I have to fight gym leaders...
And do I really have to travel all this way without my horse? [There's a pause before she speaks again] Not that I can't do it, I can, I was just...wondering.
And there's no chance I can return back home? It's just that I've left my family behind and I don't want to let the Emperor down either. He sent for me just before I arrived here and I am afraid China could be in grave danger. [Again.]

Third Person Sample:

"That's enough, Piplup. Return!"
Mulan holds out a Pokéball and Piplup disappears inside of it. She places the Pokéball back into her belt while immediately reaching for an empty on beside it. For a moment she looks at the Pokémon, a rat like creature that the Pokédex had told her was called Rattata. She felt sorry for it as it stumbles a little and falls to the ground, completely worn out from its face to face with Piplup.
The feeling fades eventually once she remembers one of the many things she's been told. As soon as she manages to capture it she can head to a Pokémon Centre and heal it up to full health again. That is if she manages to catch it. With one more deep breath she throws the Pokéball in Rattata's direction.

"Pokéball, go!" Mulan's lips press together and she's even scared to breathe as the Pokéball shakes, the Pokémon trying to escape the confines of the ball. "Come on...come on..." After what seems like forever the ball stops shaking and there's a sound.

"Yes, we did it!" She rushes forward to lift the Pokéball in her hands. She takes out the other and releases Piplup. Bending down beside her new friend, the penguin Pokémon she pets him on the head. "Well done Piplup! I couldn't have done this without you." And it's true, she couldn't. This whole thing had been so strange to her...waking up in this place, being given a Pokémon, something she had never heard of in her life before and being told so many things about this world from passersby. She's sure she wouldn't have been able to get through it all without Piplup, who she had quickly grown to love.

"Well, I guess the next stop is the Pokémon Centre." She doesn't return Piplup to its Pokéball but lets him walk with her for a while as she grabs her backpack and heads on to the next town.

Before we can accept your application we need you to reread the FAQ and Rules pages for the proper password. You will have one week to complete this request before the character is available again.

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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. Only Team Rocket personnel should join

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We'd also like to take this moment to inform you of the Eastern Kanto Ferry! For only P2000, you can take a three day, all-inclusive ferry ride from New Bark Town to Pallet Town and begin a new pokémon journey in the Kanto region! Otherwise, feel free to start in Johto!

Thank you! See you in the Pokémon world!

This is the journal I will be using!~

Understand the secrets and have some fun

Fa Mulan | Disney's Mulan | Reserved

no subject

/facepalms over and over again

ACCEPTED!

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