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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.

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<u><b>Player</u></b> <b>Name:</b> <b>Personal Journal:</b> <user name=""> <b>E-mail:</b> <b>AIM/Plurk/Etc.:</b> <b>Timezone:</b> <b>Current Characters in Route:</b> <b><u>Character</u></b> <b>Name:</b> <b>Series:</b> <b>Timeline:</b> <b>Canon Resource Links:</b> 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. <b>Personality:</b> 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. <b>Strengths/Weaknesses:</b> 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. <b><u>Pokémon Information</u></b> <b>Affiliation:</b> 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.) <b>Starter:</b> 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. <b>Password:</b> 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. <b><u>Samples</u></b> <b>First Person Sample:</b> 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. <b>Third Person Sample:</b> 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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[these_balls]

Before we make our final decision on your application, we would like a new personality section to include Lind. In response to your earlier inquiry, you will have to bring in all three because they are separate personalities as opposed to separate souls inhabiting one body. Because of that, you will have to include Lind in the section and play all three. In addition, we would like a new first person sample, as the one provided felt very generic and didn't show much usage of the character or the setting. You will have one week to complete these requests before the character is available again.

[akito]

Lind Personality:

Lind is powerful, aggressive, casual, and confident from what we've seen of him so far. His technique and physical power is more advanced than both Akito and Agito and he's entirely secure in his ability. He's not afraid to use people for his own purposes, and cares for both Akito and Agito in a strange way - protecting them and watching as they grow up into strong, independent personalities. He is the personality that Akito and Agito both originated from (Agito explaining it as Lind being a rock thrown into a pond, and he and Akito being the ripples it caused) and is therefore the first personality, like he said when he was first revealed.

He loathes being disrespected, reacting violently when forced into perverted situations, or when he loses control of the situation, and generally prefers to keep to himself within their mind. He's disdainful, could probably be described as being somewhat apathetic until more recently in the series. The only time he really shows an honest interest in being around another person is when Kaito is there, attacking the ones who hurt him and then allowing him to hold him close once the battle is seemingly over. When it comes to others, if it's not an enemy or they prove to be less than useful, he appears to deem them unimportant and not worth his time. For example, Lind saved Yayoi and complimented her, then a few pages later brushes her off when she's in danger, saying that there are 'four billion others just like her', implying that she's replaceable. Akito has described Lind as being so much more heartless than everyone, and having such a cool and calm decisiveness that it is surprising.

Of the three current personalities that make up the Wanijima son, Lind is the oldest. He is Prototype #00 - the first attempt at a 'Brain Charge', and is the original Thorn Queen. He doesn't really work in conjuction with Akito or Agito, keeping to himself as well as keeping important information from them unless it's prudent that they be informed. Lind does look out for them in his own way such as loaning his strength to Agito in a particularly difficult fight, or take the place of both of them if it's apparent that they won't win. In some ways, his treatment of Akito and Agito could be described as 'motherly' - being proud when Agito finds the strength to force him back into their mind, trying to guide them and give advice, and coming out to protect their body in difficult fights - which makes Lind's personality being that of their mother's much less surprising.

It was revealed in chapter 301 and 302 that not only is Lind actually Gazelle, but he holds all of her memories as well - including her feelings for Kaito, as is evident in how he works so hard to protect him. (Compilation of pages indicating Lind is Gazelle and holds all of the memories: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5). Compared to her upbeat and more Akito-esque personality as Gazelle, in her life as Lind she has become much more cold and serious, resembling her lover. He core personality seems to be the same as it was while he was Gazelle - hopeful and caring; quick to protect. Lind is a more learned Gazelle; he knows what the world is like now, and it's made him have a slightly more cynical view on things. Because of Kaito's influence on his life as well as the courage their sons have shown in battle, he isn't afraid to fight and use his wings any longer, though the stress he puts on their body is immense. To spare their body weak body from the stress, Lind used up almost all of his own energy.

Lind is a master of the Thorn Road, but as Gazelle could never master the Fang. It was through Akito and Agito's efforts to better themselves and perfect the Fang (ref: 1) in new and more powerful ways that allows Lind to use the attack now, melding it together with his own Thorn Road to create devastatingly powerful attacks. Despite having slept for the initial years of Akito and Agito's lives, Lind is connected to them very strongly, and considers their 'Fang' the ability that connects them even further.


((As Lind doesn't communicate with Akito, Agito, or anyone else 99% of the time in the manga, so he wouldn't have any reason to come out at all in Route 29, since there wouldn't be a dangerous enough situation to warrant the strain it would put on their body! As such, I haven't included any dialogue from him in any samples, since he... won't ever interact with anyone in-game... But if you guys want me to I could try to throw something together! Just let me know?? Also in the 1st person - Agito would leave the communication to Akito, since it's a non-dangerous situation and he hates socializing. o7 ))

First Person Sample:


Um... This is somewhat of an unexpected situation... [The voice that comes out is soft, feminine, and hesitant, with a face to match. Akito doesn't hold out much hope, but he has to ask anyway, and begins speaking after receiving a nudge from the Eevee by his side. ]

Hello! I'm looking for my friends! They were with me before I arrived... here, so there's a chance they might have been brought here too. Their names are Minami Ikki, Mikura Kazu, Buccha, Onigiri, Udou Akira... Ah, and Wanijima Kaito too, I guess!

If any of you can hear this, this is Akito! We're not injured, so there's no need to worry, if you were... I hope you're all safe, too!

[ ...Despite really liking this situation overall, Akito, Agito, and even Lind are wary of how they ended up here. Were they drugged and forced into a virtual world? Was their body safe? Were their friends safe? ]

If anyone happens to run into any of them, if you could tell them that Akito is looking for them -- Ikki, especially! -- I would really appreciate it.

[ He fidgets, earning himself another nudge from his Eevee. This is all so weird. ]

So, um...! I guess I should introduce myself, ne? I'm Wanijima Akito, from Shinjuku, Tokyo. I'm sixteen! And in um... New Bark Town. That's from the second generation of the games, ne? So the route leading out of town would have, um... Sentrets and the owls... Hoothoots? Probably Rattata and Pidgey too, I think. I haven't played the games in a long time...

I haven't given my Eevee a nickname yet, but I was thinking of maybe calling it A-T. If it's like normal starters then it should be level five, which means that training in Route 29 would be a good idea...

[ The more he talks, the clearer it is that he's beginning to talk more to himself and his Eevee than the network at large. He's already trying to think of strategies for the most efficient leveling, while Agito focuses more on battle tactics.

He speaks up again suddenly, after a lengthy pause; voice energetic and loud. ]

What do people even eat here?

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Re: ACCEPTED!

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Thanks!