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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.
Navigation

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Character
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Timeline:
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

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Mienfoo ♀
Password: Scrambled Eggs!

Samples
First Person Sample:

[Here, have a very irate-looking Allenby sitting on a boulder, head leaning into her hand. You can easily spot an indifferent looking Mienfoo and, a little further on, New Bark Town in the background.]

Anyone know what's up with that music and why it just loops over and over endlessly? It wasn't even that bad when I first noticed it, but now I can't stand it any more! Even the radio doesn't offer that much variety.

Oh, yeah. And this.

[She picks up the Pokegear to travel along with her and crosses the city limit line...] Listen... [...then crosses back over to the other side.] to that!

[If you're still watching this, she'll be travelling back and forth again, mystified by the sudden change in background music as she enters and exits New Bark Town until she hoists the gear camera level to her scowling face.]

Howdoyoumakeitstop?!

Third Person Sample:

"A 'Fighting type', huh?" Allenby eyed the red and yellow musteline creature that stood before her, recalling the information that she gleaned from her Pokedex. She didn't really grasp what this type business was about yet, but she already liked the sound of it. "Tell me, can y' do this?"

She swung a fist at the air in front of her in demonstration. Then her other fist, and alternated punches over and over. Momentarily, the young Gundam Fighter raised an eyebrow at how much... slower? her punches were being thrown, but at least the attentive Mienfoo was picking up on her natural instinct and going through the motions with instinctual expertise before looking back up to her new trainer.

It took a moment of Allenby nibbling on her thumb nail as she pondered the next demonstration, finally snapping her fingers and taking up a stance with a smug grin. "Alrighty, little buddy, how about--- WAAHH!!"

The Pokemon's jaw dropped as she processed what just transpired: Allenby leapt up, swung her fists as she had done the last time, and in a blur of blue and pink had lost her balance only to fall and faceplant into the grass with a resounding thud. Tilting her head and approaching with caution, the fighting weasel chirped, half concerned, half shocked. "Mien?"

Lucky for her, the trainer stirred and groaned before looking upwards and gaining composure. She wore an expression of surprise complete with streaks of dirt and grass blades. "What's up with the gravity or whatever in this place anyways?" Allenby propped herself to her knees, fixating her gaze upon the bewildered Mienfoo. "Ahhh, sorry you had to see that; I'm usually better than that. But I guess that's enough training for now, right?" She thrust a fist forward to the mustelid, who, in relief, nodded with a huge smile and bumped her paw against the fist. "You know, I oughta give you a name, right, Sigrid... Siri?"

The newly christened Mienfoo wholeheartedly agreed.

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.
[○] Join the following communities:

route_29,

route_006,

route_1065,

pokedaycare. Only Team Rocket personnel should join

rocket_hq, but we ask that all Route members subscribe to it.
Note! You will not be accepted to the main or logs community until you've commented in the aforementioned places.
[○] If you're still on the reserved list, please let us know that they've been accepted.
[○] Please make sure to check out the Calendar for the weather and upcoming plots and swarms!
[○] Route 29 has an optional spam/meme community; it's

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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!

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Re: Allenby Beardsley | G Gundam | No Reserve

ACCEPTED!

Re: ACCEPTED!