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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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Starter Pokémon!
A compiled list of the starter pokémon to choose from offered in Route 29!
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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.

Comments

[antileader]

Samples
First Person Sample:

--So you're telling me that this thing will send a message out to everyone here?

[A soft woman's voice in the background confirms this, but the masculine voice still sounds a bit upset. He doesn't seem to notice that the 'Gear is on.]

I don't believe it. I've never heard of a device like this. Listen, lady, I need to know where my Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear is. Do you have any idea who took it?

[Whatever the woman says is too soft to really make out, but it doesn't seem to be placating the male any.]

What about the wall, then? Where is it? What about the Titans? Are we supposed to fend for ourselves without the Maneuver Gear? How?

[The woman says something and then suddenly the male's voice gets louder as he focuses on the 'Gear.]

What do you mean "it's on"? I didn't turn it on! --Wait, you said it can transmit to everyone here, right?

[A moment of pause. This time there's no talking; the man is considering something.]

Hey, if you can hear me, tell me something. Are there Titans here? Where are my blades? I need them and my Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear if I'm to protect myself. I don't understand how I got here - or where here is - but I need to protect myself. I'm not going to let myself get eaten! Any information would be appreciated.

[Another brief pause.]

Oh, right, I'm Jean Kirschstein of the 104th Trainees Squad. Thanks for the information in advance, I guess.

Third Person Sample:

Jean wasn't expecting to wake up. In fact, he wasn't expecting to have fallen asleep at all. He had been wide awake, participating in the attack on the titans within the Supply Headquarters, and then they had been refueling... so why had he woken up? Or perhaps the better question was why had he fallen asleep? Surely one of the others would have woken him up if they had seen him drift off?

But that wasn't his biggest concern. His biggest concern was where he was. This certainly wasn't the dimly-lit Supply Headquarters, nor was it anywhere he recognized. He doubted he was still in Trost, if the sights out the window were anything to judge by. The construction wasn't the same, for one thing. For another, this didn't look like any area of Trost he had seen. It was a very small, quaint town with several buildings, but the most stunning feature was the lack of a wall.

"The wall..." Jean said softly, getting up from the bed he was lying in to properly look out the window. The lack of walls meant that he could see outside the city; he could see trees as far as the eye could see, as well as grass and a small, well-worn road leading out of town. "What... Where am I?"

He instinctively reached for his Three Dimensional Maneuver Gear, clenching his teeth when he discovered it missing. Whoever had brought him here had stripped him of his defensive gear. That was going to be a problem, especially if there were Titans out there. There was no wall, but that didn't mean that he was safe from the Titans. Perhaps he was a great distance from the wall - though he wasn't sure how he had gotten out here, if that was the case.

Deciding that he wouldn't find any answers in this room, Jean located the stairs and made his way down them, frowning at the woman sitting in the kitchen. She didn't appear to be doing much of anything, just sitting there, staring off into space. When she heard his footsteps, she turned to greet him with a smile.

Jean got the feeling that things were about to get incredibly strange.

ACCEPTED!

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Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
Congratulations, you have a fun and exciting adventure awaiting you.

Now that you've been accepted...
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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!

[antileader]

This is the journal, thank you!