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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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Before we make our final decision on your application, we would like a revised personality sample. While we're able to see a grasp of the character, the section lacks explanation describing why he makes some of his choices and seems short for such a dynamic character. You will have one week to complete these requests before the character is available again.

Reno, having been with the company for a fairly long period of time, has gone through a lot and is quite possibly one of the most complex Turks in the FFVII compilation. Since the beginning, he has had a similar look, with the bright red hair, generally disheveled looking suit, and slouching pose-- all signs of his rebellious streak. In Before Crisis, he's also seen as energetic and impatient, preferring, as he says in his secret episode, the flashy jobs to the dull, paper-pushing ones. In the same episode (one that includes missing files and also out-of-control robots), he's seen complaining to Rude when Tseng and Veld assign them to keep an eye out for suspicious persons in the archives. Rude, in turn, tells him that even the boring parts are his job and to work harder (which Reno just brushes off). When the real action starts (crazy robots attacking), he brightens up and goes about destroying them with true enthusiasm and confidently proclaiming he'd be able to dispatch them in a short period of time. He also shows his reckless side, diving into the fight headfirst without asking too many questions.

As the mission goes on, there's more of his cockiness, recklessness, and displeasure with what he finds to be "boring" parts of the job. Some of the carelessness shows another side to him, however, when he's chasing down a possible perpetrator into an elevator shaft as the elevator descends. He shows his tenacity to continually pursue a target and to think very clearly when he's in pretty serious danger, especially when the elevator starts ascending and he'll die if he can't get the hatch open on the lift. During this scene, he really relies on his physical speed and his mental speed, knowing he'll be able to clear any obstacles with it. Moreover, he places all of his trust in his teammates, Veld and Tseng, to get him the elevator hatch codes in time. He's trusts them with his life and doesn't doubt them for a second.

In other missions later on in BC, his more amusing, joking side is shown, especially when he's on the job with Rude. This is demonstrated in one particular episode, when he, Rude, and Tseng are going off to locate Veld, they end up in a trashyard/junkyard, which sets Reno off on spouting some puns with Rude about intruders being taken out with the trash. He clearly likes to enjoy himself while working, probably because he puts in enough hours, may as well have a laugh every now and again.

When the original game starts, though, some of the qualities he had in BC have changed to be more subtle or nonexistent. Many of his teammates in BC are (supposedly) dead, which is most likely a huge factor in him mellowing out. Also, during the Nibelheim incident with Sephiroth massacring the town, Reno and his teammates are ordered to take the town's survivors into the Shinra Manor, which would be placing them, essentially, into Hojo's unsavory hands. Up until this point, Reno hadn't really questioned what had been asked of him, but this was a dirtier job than he'd been expecting-- ultimately, Veld covers for his Turks so they don't have to do it. Continuing his job despite these more questionable things coming up has sobered him up, and in FFVII, he's less reckless and enthusiastic as he had once been, instead seeming more jaded, cruel, and nonchalant. He's grown used to the shady things he's asked to do, and is rarely ruffled by them. The biggest example of this change is seen when he drops the plate on Sector 7, not even blinking as he does, and even seeming to bitterly mock the whole situation. Also, the few times he encounters Cloud and Co., this sort of bizarre apathy can be seen, since he never seems to really put all of himself into trying to apprehend the group (in game, the last fight with the Turks is completely optional, as Reno himself says he's "not up for" fighting).

In general, Reno seems to be sticking with Shinra not for the company, but more for his team. He's still loyal to them and only to them, since the rest haven't earned it. This kind of loyalty to his team and apathy towards Cloud's mission is really demonstrated when Elena and Yuffie are captured by Don Corneo in Wutai. The only reason he fights Don there is because he wants to save his teammate and he takes pride in upholding the reputation of the Turks. He doesn't even bother to try and capture Cloud and his team, despite the company having given him orders to-- he waves it off, saying he's not working since it's his day off.

Reno's character goes through some really rough changes from BC to FFVII, especially since he's forced to do some morally questionable things in the original game (it is mentioned, though, in BC, that he and the Turks help to evacuate certain sectors of people during Meteorfall during FFVII). However, in Advent Children, some of his original brightness, enthusiasm, and relatively good personality can be seen coming back. He still bears no ill-will towards Cloud, fighting him half-heartedly in Healen Lodge, and even helping him and Tifa out later in Aeris' church, bringing the two of them to 7th Heaven to recover while they're unconscious. Later, he shows up with Rude to help out Cloud and Co. when Bahamut is in Edge, all snark and confident swagger. He dives into this fight with a recklessness that hearkens back to his BC days, seemingly back to his normal self again (just with a bit more experience under his belt). Lastly, he attempts to take care of Yazoo and Loz with Rude, by way of explosives, to help out until Cloud shows up.

Overall, he's not a completely bad guy, and in AC, even shows a pretty good side in helping out Cloud to overcome the Silver Haired Trio + Geostigma. His aid could be seen as somewhat selfish, as Rufus is afflicted with the stigma, and by that point in the FFVII compilation, the blonde had been accepted as an honorary Turk (and kind of their Boss), which Reno honors with his loyalty. He does have a darker, more jaded side to him, though, which is clearly demonstrated in the original game. The situations in AC dictate that he and the Turks don't need to be as morally questionable/cruel, and therefore, he's a bit more like how he was in BC.

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 G, H thru O, or P thru Z.
[○] Comment to the Friend Add/Remove, and update your friends list.
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route_006,

route_1065,

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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!

Reno can be found at this appropriately named journal, awww yiisssss!

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