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[these_balls]

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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<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

[these_balls]

Before we make our final decision on your application, we would like some further thoughts and clarification with regards to Nagi's feasibility as a character in Route. While we feel that your application sufficiently summarizes the character and his traits, our concern lies in the particular emphasis on Nagi's antisocial and sociopathic tendencies, and his apparent lack of Route-relevant positive qualities. Given that gameplay in Route relies heavily on social interaction, we would like to request some elaboration on your thoughts and intentions for his ability to function as an individual in the game, without relying on the grace of other characters to come to him or enable his participation.

Because this is a somewhat unorthodox pend request, we recommend completing it by detailing for us some of Nagi's Route-relevant positive qualities that may facilitate social interaction, as well as your intentions for his participation as an independent member of the game. You will have one week to complete these requests before the character is available again.

[unkinder]

As mentioned in his application, back home Nagi finds himself spending most of his time on the computer, playing video games (one could assume), etc. The events of Kapitel take place during the time that Pokemon Yellow would have come out in Japan, and one could assume that Nagi had a chance to get the game and actually play it for himself. So he's familiar with Pokemon, and given the amount of inordinate time he spends with his computer, it could easily be said that he's extremely familiar with the first generation, at the very least.

My aim for Nagi in Route was to have him find his niche in learning about Pokemon battling and strategies first hand, in person, beyond the screen of a Gameboy. Though he might not intend to go out of his way to talk to those outside of Team Rocket at first, he wouldn't be above questioning the Network about battling, Pokemon care, etc. He would eventually find it all rather intriguing to inquire about certain things to the Network regarding Pokemon to see what sorts of responses he could glean. After all, speaking on the Network and having to try to talk to someone face to face are two entirely different things, and the former is something that Nagi could adjust to far more easily. Similar to Schuldig, he might even forge an identity for himself under the guise of anonymity, just to give him more leverage in speaking with others without having to outwardly let them know who he really is unless he wants them to know.

As far as personal one-on-one interaction goes, it would be a slow process to be sure, but Nagi would eventually find some sort of relationship with his fellow Rocketeers, whether it be something as simple as finding common ground when it comes to talking about which Pokemon type is the strongest. Nagi's not the kind of person to openly come to anyone ever to shoot the breeze, but as far as Pokemon is concerned this can be turned into something he legitimately wants to talk about, to learn more about, and the only way he's going to be able to do that is to talk to people who are more familiar with the hundreds of new Pokemon he's suddenly being presented with.

Having his telekinesis stripped away will be another factor in changing the way he thinks in Route. Back home, when the average day consisted of missions with targets to be killed and objectives to be completed by any means necessary, he relied on his powers to get him through all of that. Without having his powers at his disposal, he will have to learn to work with his Pokemon to get them to perform the same tasks that he would have otherwise completed on his own...and he's going to need help learning how exactly to go about this. It's one thing to push buttons and input commands to have a Pokemon attack, but it's entirely another to have it standing in front of you, waiting for an order to be given. He's going to have to find others who have trained harder and longer than he has, and find someone who can teach him how to do what he wants to do, whether he likes it or not. And, over time, he's going to like it because it's taking the place of something he's always known. It would be bringing back a little familiarity that he's lost.

All things considered, while Nagi will always ultimately prefer being alone, I'm anticipating that his time in Route will start to change him for the better as far as actually talking to people goes, encouraging him to talk to others to get the information he's looking for. He'll find some people who do share the same interests that he does in the Pokemon they care for, and it will interest him. He might find himself wanting to talk to these particular people further, realizing after that that speaking to the Network anonymously all the time will only get him so much in regards to a response. People are always posing their own questions about Pokemon and things over the Network, and he would find it hard to resist putting in his own two cents.

I hope this helps, and I apologize for not elaborating on it further in my application!

[these_balls]

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
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!
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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!

[unkinder]

This is the journal, thank you!