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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!
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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.

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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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Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: A level 5 Budew named Fuuka. She has a gentle nature and is highly curious. Her special ability is Natural Cure, which allows her status to be healed upon withdrawal.
Password: Ginger & Snaps!

Samples

[the video-feed opens with a thoroughly confused, yet intrigued redhead who's a little too close to the small monitor of the device in his hand. he's tapping buttons he probably shouldn't be in an attempt to learn how to use and utilize the pokégear while his companion, a Budew, coos in the background, off-screen.] Oh, did I turn on the video function by mistake? I'll have to remember that it's that button, then.

[he presses another, quickly ending the recording and switching it over to the audio-only setting. that's more what he'd wanted to begin with.] I'm looking for the fastest route to Violet City. If anyone happens to be listening, would you be so kind as to point me in the right direction? I'm afraid I've gotten a bit turned around in my haste. Any information is greatly appreciated.

[he then proceeds to tap the pokégear gently to turn off the microphone. would he even get a response? certainly he couldn't be the only one in this same predicament, right?

sighing, he decides to take a break next to a small thicket of bushes. he turned to the small plant pokémon beside him, patting the grass softly for her to take a seat as well.] Let's rest here for a little while as we wait for some help. It'd be silly for us to rush any more into this without truly knowing all of the details, wouldn't you agree?

[she lets out a 'buu~dew!' in what he can only assume is agreement before she cuddles into his side, causing him to smile softly before feeling the pokégear buzz in his pocket. taking a look, he notices it switch on, showing an unfamiliar face. it looked like he'd finally get an answer and be on his way, and even sooner than he'd expected.]

Third Person Sample:

Kurama didn't know how long it'd been since he'd started his trek to the next town indicated on his map, but if he'd had to guess, it must've been a day or so at the least. From what he had seen so far - which admittedly wasn't very much - the entire place seemed so incredibly bizarre, from the faint hum of music everywhere he went right down to the one-way ledges that forbade him from climbing back up for whatever reason and led him to have to turn around more than once. While those things had proved mildly annoying, the most frustrating and troubling to him by far was the fact that he couldn't summon his rose whip or use any of his powers at all. It was as if he'd been entirely stripped down bare and while he'd spent the last seventeen years of his life posing as a normal human, it was something else entirely to have actually become his guise.

However, there'd been one thing he'd seen that had proven slightly more curious than the rest. A bit earlier, he'd stumbled upon two rat-like creatures in a large patch of grass fighting with such a tenacity that it had actually rivaled a few people he knew and held dear. They had caught his attention almost immediately, as they'd seemed to have unnatural abilities of their own, though he hadn't been able to observe them for long, as they'd scattered away quite quickly once they'd finally noticed his curious peering. If they were capable of using some sort of power, why wasn't he? It was something he certainly had wanted to look into further as he continued.

Lost in thought, he had almost forgotten about the Budew - as his pokédex had identified it - that seemed to be accompanying him on his journey thusfar. The small creature was currently trying to keep pace, waddling quickly behind him. He turned around when she had made a distressed sound, snapping him from his musings.

When he saw that she had tripped and fallen, he walked over and knelt down in front of her, smiling. "Are you alright, Fuuka?" She looked up at him and wiggled a little, struggling to roll herself back upright. The sight caused him to let out a small chuckle. She was like a small turtle stuck on its back; cute, really.

"Shall I carry you instead?" he asked, continuing to smile. Fuuka let out a soft “buuu” in reply and he scooped her up into his arms. She nestled into him, murmuring contented sounds as they continued on their trek. It was only a short while later before he saw the path break, revealing what looked like the twinkling of a city ahead.

"It would look like we've finally arrived at our destination. We can figure out what's in store for us after a night's rest, so let's find somewhere to settle for now." Fuuka simply cooed a reply and Kurama couldn't help but feel some sense of peace looking at her, however small. If she ended up being anything like the other two animal-like beings he'd encountered before - and really, he didn't see why she wouldn't be - perhaps he didn’t have to worry so much that he had lost his powers. He'd certainly hope so, at any rate.

Before we make our final decision on your application, we would like a revised strengths/weaknesses section. We would like to see more weaknesses as the flaw listed will not be applicable in the game and is focused on another character rather than Kurama himself. Also, there seem to be inconsistencies in your description of his character; for example, the personality describes him as largely emotionless with little empathy, but you mention one of his strengths is pushing aside his empathy so as to not be swayed by his emotions, and we would like to see this addressed. You will have one week to complete these requests before the character is available again.

I'm curious as to where exactly that conclusion was drawn from re:personality section conflict, because after rereading it multiple times in its entirety, I still can't seem to figure it out. In fact, I'd actually written that his interactions with his mother helped him to gain the empathy that he currently has now (albeit in different terms), so I'm not sure if it was just a miscommunication within my writing, or something else that I just can't seem to pick up on by myself. I hope you all don't mind clarifying that better for me.

The lack of understanding/seeming inconsistencies likely stems from lack of clarification; you do note a few times that the character is calm and appears somewhat disconnected from his emotions, but then don't explain what kind of empathy he has learned and how exactly this changed him. The ability to push away emotions is understandable but becomes confusing when you didn't quite explain what those emotions are. Hope that clears it up!

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