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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!
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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: Levi
Personal Journal:

thecaffeinator
E-mail: hanakoismywaifu@hotmail.com
AIM/MSN: AIM: Lethalscribe
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Route: N/A

Character
Name:Ushio Okazaki (The Girl In The Illusionary World)
Series: Clannad
Timeline: As she collapses.

Canon Resource Links:
Summary of Clannad
Summary of Clannad After Story
The Illusionary World
Ushio

TL;DR:
Ushio is being taken from the point where she collapses, shortly before her death in the episode Small Palms. Above gives you a summary of the events of Clannad, as well as info on the Illusionary World and herself. MAJOR SPOILERS in the links, obviously. Okay, the fact that the girl is Ushio is a spoiler in itself, but her last name won't be revealed in game. She died feeling sorry for leaving her father all alone and was reborn in an alternate world without her memories.

Personality: Ushio is very curious in nature, having been the only person existing in the Illusionary World. As she has no memories of her past in the real world, she constantly wonders what it is like outside of that cold, lonely world. Even though she can't remember why she's there, she lives on and makes things out of junk. Once she has her junk friend, she asks him many questions as to what he could remember. Although he didn't remember much, it seemed to give her hope that there was a better world out there.

Although she never really admits it, she seems quite lonely. Once her father's presence inhabited the junk body she made for him, she was much happier having someone else to talk to and just to have around, even if she couldn't hear him. Once she had this new friend, she feared losing him, warning him not to wander too far off and even begging for him to stay when he goes to leave as winter starts. She even leaves the building to follow him, knowing that she wouldn't be able to return. It was better to be with him until the end rather than being truly alone once more. Although she seems hopeful, there is some underlying despair that starts to show as winter comes closer. She knows that once it gets too cold, she won't be able to continue on anymore.

For being so young, Ushio shows an alarming sense of maturity, able to live and survive on her own as well as not giving in to despair. She also has a very creative mind and creates toys and such out of nothing but junk parts, something to occupy her time. She has a desire to help others, even if there was only one other 'person' in the world with her. She even tried to make another friend for him, even if it was impossible to give it life. After her failure, she was still full of sorrow, but her friend encouraged her to continue on and try to escape this world.

Strengths/Weaknesses:
+Mature. For being so young, she's very mature mentally.
+Creative. She can build just about anything out of junk parts.
+Friendly. Having been alone, Ushio will be thrilled to have more people around.
+Very curious. Always willing to learn more.
+Always there to lend a helping hand.

-Afraid of being alone.
-Somewhat clingy.
-Likely to question you to death.
-Physically frail.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Golett (Nakama)
Password: Scrambled Eggs~

Samples
First Person Sample:
[Ushio manages to turn on the video function of the pokégear, both her and a Golett looking at it curiously from either side.]

I think it's on.

[She pauses for a moment before speaking again. The Golett makes a curious sound and turns to look at her.]

There's so many people here. And animals too.

It's nice.

[She smiles a bit at the screen. She's obviously at least somewhat pleased by this turn of events.]

Could anyone tell me a bit more about this place?

Third Person Sample:
Ushio found herself sitting under a tree at the edge of town. Having been rushed out of the strange house without having any time to ask questions, she found herself overwhelmed by her new surroundings. There were several buildings, there were birds chirping, but most of all, there were people. There were really other people. She thought back to her junk friend back in that other world. Was this the world he had been trying to tell her about? She looked down at the ground for a moment. What happened to him? Was he alright? She hoped so. She'd go ask some of the people around the town questions, but she needed a bit of time to adjust.

Moments later, she was sifting through the backpack the woman in the house had handed her before shooing her out the door. There was a bunch of useful stuff in there. But what caught her attention most was the strange device and the red & white ball. She looked over the pokégear for a moment, before deciding to figure it out later. And so her attention turned to the pokéball. She picked it up and rolled it around in her hand. Pressing the button in its center, it suddenly expanded, sparking her curiosity. How did it do that? Then suddenly it opened and a red light shot out, before forming into a strange robotic looking creature in front of her. A Golett.

She shrank back a bit, somewhat startled, but after a moment she leaned forward and watched it. It almost looked like her friend. But it couldn't be, could it?

"Are you...?"

She began to ask it if it was her friend. It tilted its head and made a confused sound. Ushio shook her head, realizing it couldn't be. Her friend didn't have a voice. He wasn't here with her, but she wasn't alone either. She was glad for that fact, and she hoped her friend had managed to find his way back to the world he had come from. Realizing the Golett was still watching her, she looked back at it and smiled.

"Would you like to be my friend?"

The pokémon made a pleased noise in response. She leaned forward and hugged her new friend.

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