Route 29: ｍｏｄｓ (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
these_balls) wrote2010-04-27 11:40 pm
these_balls) wrote2010-04-27 11:40 pm
Entry tags:
Understand the secrets and have some fun
APPLICATIONS! Currently: Closed!
Route 29 has closed as of May 30th. For the continuation of the game, please visit
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
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.
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
Xemnas | Kingdom Hearts
Name: Ten
Personal Journal: Don't have one!
E-mail: phonemonkey003 at gmail dot com
AIM/MSN: h.ages
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Route: None!
Character
Name: Xehanort
Series: Kingdom Hearts
Timeline: Pre-KH1, during his tenure at Radiant Garden as Ansem's apprentice.
Canon Resource Links: http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/Xemnas Stuff can be found here! It doesn't delineate his history much (one would have to read up on Xehanort for that), but it does describe his actions in the games!
Personality:
I will mark where things begin sliding into speculation based on when he regains a heart on the game, assuming approval. It's long, simply because it's hard to pin down a personality when it can be summed up as 'completely unfeeling, unflinching villain'.
This is a difficult thing to answer in the usual fashion. Ordinarily when one speaks of 'personality', one means likes and dislikes, joys and hatreds, and Xemnas really doesn't have any of these. He does have a personality, by way of habits and quirks and behavior patterns, but emotion really doesn't come into the picture as a genuine thing. Not real emotion anyway. He can fake some of them believably, and all on the negative spectrum, the only ones he really remembers at all. He's good at faking fury, be it cold rage or hot anger, he can imitate hatred pretty well, and even manages to copy grief pretty well under specific circumstances, but things like joy and happiness - forget it.
He feels nothing. No remorse, no shame, no glee or disgust; no emotion ever stirs him.
...Which all in all leaves him amazingly efficient, logical, goal-driven and difficult to distract from whatever task he sets himself to. Not even curiosity sways him away when he's got a goal in mind, and in the pursuit of that goal there is no sacrifice not worth making. He has no friends - though in two and only two cases does he seem to even remember what friendship /is/, by way of Aqua and Ventus, or at least their armor and sleeping mysterious locations - and thus the loss of an ally simply doesn't phase him. As he considers himself peerless and entirely without equal (even considering his original, Xehanort, or his heartless, Ansem!), any 'peer' he has or any opposition are simply things to be brushed out of the way or bent to his will. Thus he often seems ruthless, cruel in his efficiency, but again - no emotion. He simply doesn't care about anything but what he wants.
'What he wants', being remaking all of reality in his image using the power of Kingdom Hearts, made somewhat difficult suddenly by interference from the outside. He rules the Organization in something like a meritocracy; those who are most useful have the most power but all must bow to his will. Xemnas doesn't consider anything else possible to be effective. He knows what's best, and having no heart means he entertains no doubts about this. He must be right, because considering otherwise would mean skepticism, doubt, worry - nothing he experiences. Nonetheless when interacting with others he doesn't behave like a robot; he manages politeness fairly well, and doesn't bother with much by way of insults or rudeness when dealing with others. The failures of others are met with cold calculation, as are their successes, but all of it is handled with almost absurd lack of malice. It's strange to call it politeness, but it's closer to how he acts than disinterested detatchment.
There's certain old habits, behavior patterns that suggest likes and dislikes, even if he really doesn't prefer one thing over another. As mentioned previously he seems to understand friendship and value it at least by way of 'old friends', but this might well just be habit. He seems to keep things neat and organized by way of habit alone, and living in a spotless white castle might well encourage that. It's nothing more than old patterns he'd never shaken off. He 'talks with his hands' when speaking for any length of time, using wide, sweeping gestures to further emphasize a point he can't put any emotion into. He has a terrible habit of simply rambling or over-explaining a thing when not even asked for more information. It's a bad habit, and one he shares with Xehanort.
Speculationy bits for the future: Xemnas is not human. He will become so upon arrival, with all that means, including regaining a heart - regaining emotions. This is a fledgling heart, with no set personality of its own to erase the Nobody self of soul and body, but it still does what hearts do, and allows him to feel for the first time in a very, very long time.
By and large this will not be a great and terrible shock. It will rock his intentions and goals quite a bit, as once you have a thing pursuing it (or getting rid of it again) seems fairly foolish. Being able to feel again, to feel a little burst of joy when things go right, or smoldering anger when they don't, may well alter his certainty that hearts draw their power from the negative, but only time will tell. He will VERY swiftly develop actual likes and dislikes, favoring the savory over the sweet by way of foods and gaining a fondness for what luxuries he can lay claim to, steal or purchase. Guilt and remorse are not things that will trouble him swiftly at all. Even then, he'll still prefer logic over 'following his heart', and frivolous silliness and stupidity will grate on him rapidly like nothing else.
Even with a heart, Xemnas will be a sober being, focused on whatever goal he sets himself to, and unfailingly polite even when terribly angry. Unable to leave, that goal swiftly will be simply being the best at this new task of 'pokemon training', all things bent to strength and power. It may well be that his first, and only, friend will be his pokemon starter, the bond all trainers feel for their starter a strange and powerful thing. He remembers what friendship is.. what it should be..
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.
Weaknesses: Xemnas doesn't really remember how to feel emotion, and thus how to relate to other people beyond a vague idea of how it's supposed to work and the concept of shared goals. Even when he can feel emotion thanks to arrival in the game, it's still difficult for him to attach a lot of meaning to it, or to others. His certainty that he has no equals lingers, and utterly severs him from things like relying on friends or allies in any meaningful fashion beyond handing out tasks. (His pokemon MAY become an exception to this in time) Even now, other beings, be they human, nonhuman or otherwise, are simply tools to be used to further what he wants. This lack of building proper connections to other beings can cost him in dangerous situations.
Xemnas' tendency to plan and rely on logic can also cause issues, if things suddenly DON'T go to plan or someone surprises him by doing something he simply hadn't expected them to do, especially when those choices are motivated by intense emotions.
Likewise, in spite of having a hard time with emotions, Xemnas can ... fixate on an idea, much like his Heartless settled into obsession with the Darkness. Once he's made up his mind on something, nothing will shake him from that idea no matter how much evidence is stacked up against it. Xemnas isn't so good at admitting he's wrong, even to himself, and is willing to fight for those awry beliefs at any cost. (as best seen by the ending of KH2)
Strengths: In spite of being an emotionless and fairly ruthless bastard, Xemnas is a capable leader, able to weigh the strengths and weaknesses of his own allies against those of his foes, and calculate who would be best suited to handle a specific individual or situation. While he doesn't actually use this terribly often, willing to let his 'allies' risk life and limb doing things they simply aren't capable of, he can when he chooses to.
His persistence and favoring of logic might well be considered a strength; he's a good planner because of it, and can reason out most situations fairly well and fairly easily. Also, his complete and utter lack of feeling remorse, shame or guilt means he can take actions other people would stand back in horror of, without hesitation. Some might see that as a weakness, but it allows Xemnas to accomplish more than most people would be capable of.
Re: Xemnas | Kingdom Hearts
Affiliation: Trainer, for the time being. He may seek to join Team Rocket once he finds out about them, to further his own goals.
Starter: A blitzle.
Password: Pumpki-- no. 'Ginger Snaps'.
Samples
First Person Sample:
[Audio only. The voice is a rather pleasant baritone.]
Good evening, denizens of this new world, human and pokemon alike. I am Xemnas. Perhaps there will be a few of you who recognize such a name.
[His pleasant tone never wavers; there's almost no emotional inflection at all.] This is a world I know little of. I have studied the information I have been able to find, and this little foal has been very dutiful in attempting to aid me in that search. [At this, there is a small, cheerful-sounding "Blitz!" in the background.]
If one could supply further information, or where to find it, I would be ... grateful. But tell me, countless unknown strangers, is it truly so that the humans of this world avoid combat in favor of asking their pokemon to do it for them? My small friend here seems incapable of fighting anything much tougher than a tumbleweed- [A protesting whinny this time.] -and yet I am to rely on it for my defense against all this strange world might strike with?
[It's thoughtfully said, as if this 'Xemnas' has no investment in the question or possible answers.]
Third Person Sample:
"Come here, little one."
There were few things Xemnas was certain of in this strange foreign world, but the little black and white foal seemed to be 'his'. His 'starter', if the information pamphlets were true. Its remarkable intelligence was noteworthy, as was its prompt obedience as it bounced happily over in a clatter of hooves as he beckoned it. It was easy enough to pick up, its - her, a quick glance confirmed - weight a negligable amount. She tucked up her thin, delicate looking legs promptly, content to dangle in his grip as he settled on the ground cross-legged and set her down on his lap. A 'blitzle', if Xemnas remembered right.
He usually did. His memory might be spotty before Radiant Garden, but after that, there was little he missed. "So you are to be my companion in this world, is that it?" Contact was important, when dealing with animals; touch could reassure, build trust. It likely worked the same for these not-quite-animals.
The small pokemon settled a bit more comfortably in his arms, making small sounds that seemed agreeing to his ears. So far, Xemnas had yet to ask something, or command something, that the blitzle did not promptly obey. The pokemon understood, as well as any of his dusks ever did.
The ex-Superior allowed himself a small smile. "Then as we are partners, I will let you in on a very dear secret, little one. Lean close, and listen, here. What do you hear?" He freed one hand carefully, and tapped it against his chest. Obediently, his pokemon put one small ear to the black leather jacket and listened, blue eyes wide, then turned her head upwards to stare at him as well, in obvious puzzlement, before twisting a bit in a remarkable bit of flexibility, to put a hoof against her own chest.
Yes, this 'blitzle' understood every word he said. Magnificent. "That's right, my small friend. It sounds the same, doesn't it? Your heart ... and my heart." His heart. His heart, and he was still Xemnas, not Xehanort. A theoretical impossibility without the aid of Kingdom Hearts.
But his statement somehow pleased the small pokemon, who promptly leaned against his chest again with one fuzzy ear, eyes sliding closed, content to listen to the sound without understanding why it was so important to Xemnas. He chose to keep why to himself.
Playernote: Edited slightly for a few minor changes. Spelling errors too.
no subject
no subject
Character
Name: Xemnas
Series: Kingdom Hearts
Timeline: Directly post KH2's final defeat.
Canon Resource Links: http://kingdomhearts.wikia.com/wiki/Xemnas Stuff can be found here! It doesn't delineate his history much (one would have to read up on Xehanort for that), but it does describe his actions in the games!
ACCEPTED!
(and pretend you didn't see the wrong journal)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:
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
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!
Re: ACCEPTED!
..and beginning an icon hunt.