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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.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Strengths/Weaknesses: No one in the universe is perfect, especially when it comes to Outlaws. Gene has shown himself to be rife with several flaws throughout the course of the series. For one, he's got way too high an opinion of himself, without all the life experience to warrant it. Gene loves to talk himself up, and tries to cash in on a reputation that he hasn't even made yet. On more than one occasion he's skipped out on a debt with the promise of paying once he's "hit it big", like it's perfectly okay.

Another big one is his utter irresponsibility in every aspect of his life. Starwind and Hawking is constantly in the financial red, due to Gene's inability to manage finances and frequent spending on things they don't actually need. Without Jim around to take care of him, he'd probably be dead broke. It's literally the child out of the two that has to play the adult, because Gene is too much of a dunderhead to rein himself in. He fights carelessly and frequently has to get bailed out of the local jail, drinks like a fish, and makes a lot of trips to the red light district with vital funds. From the moment Gene gets money in his pocket, it's just a count-down to him having none.

His constant urge to prove himself causes him to make rash, nearly suicidal decisions, under the belief that his own luck will get them through. The fact that his last minute plans usually work can often be attributed to nothing more than the fact that Gene's the main character. Anyone else wouldn't have survived the same odds. He's driven to take long shots and dangerous missions, thinking more of the pay-off than the consequences. Cache of Dragonite at the bottom of a dangerous water planet with giant monsters? He's in. Go to a forbidden area of space, with a legion of Pirates and who-knows-what in your way for something that may or may not be there? Sure. Duel a legendary, unbeatable assassin? Might as well do it sooner than later. Outnumbered? Hell, go through anyway. He's a perfect example of how being hot-blooded isn't always a perfectly heroic trait to have.

Of course, that's not to say he's nothing BUT flaws. Gene's got his good traits.

Though Gene is willing to kill in order to protect himself, he'd prefer to handle things at a moderate level. He knows how to show restraint in a confrontation, and isn't quick to brandish lethal force unless his opponent is. Seeing people he loves die in front of him is a fear that stems all the way back to his childhood, and watching his father get killed as Gene was jettisoned to safety. Nobody, and I mean nobody is ever going to hurt people Gene loves if he can stop it. This also extends to innocent bystanders, especially if they're young women.

Gene is also one of those adults who never lost his ability to really dream. No matter how low class he may be, or how low on the socio-economic ladder Starwind and Hawking hovers, he continues to dream and strive for something better. He wants the Outlaw Star to be famous in the galaxy, and damned if he'll let anyone or anything get in the way of that dream.

He also never leaves a man behind. Gene doesn't believe in abandoning an ally or someone he owes a debt to. He sticks to them and helps them through whatever trouble surrounding them. When he was arrested by the Federation Police and incarcerated, and Pirates attacked the colony, Gene could have taken his friends and run. Instead he chose to fight, helping drive off the invaders and bolster the remaining officers. When it was over, he simply left with a careless grin and a smart-ass remark. The one time he abandoned Suzuka, it was at her own request. She told Gene several times to leave her behind, so he could reach Melfina. Even as he finally left, it was clear that he didn't like not being there to back her up. Gene knows what loyalty is.

Physically, Gene's alright. He's in great shape, knows how to brawl with the best of them, and knows his weapons. He's more of a "jack-of-all trades, master of none" type of guy. He's good with a gun, but not a marksman. He knows how to fight, but he gets his clock cleaned by enemies who are real experts.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
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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.
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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!

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