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APPLICATIONS!

Currently: Open!
Applications are checked roughly weekly unless otherwise stated.

We 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.

While players are welcome to play multiple characters (five characters maximum are allowed per player!), please only apply for one character at a time, and wait for a decision before submitting another application!

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!

Please use the form below to apply! If you have any questions, feel free to ask any of the mods.

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 Victory Road!
Word Count Tool!
Word count! It has other pointless stats too.
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Player
Name: 
Preferred Contact: Plurk, AIM, personal journal, PM, etc.
Timezone:
Current Characters in Victory Road:

Character
Name:
Series:
Timeline:
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.

Original Character Background: THIS SECTION IS FOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND CUSTOMIZABLE/SILENT PROTAGONISTS ONLY! In lieu of canon resources, please write for us at minimum 2-3 full paragraphs describing the following for your character:
- Their world (OCs): Is it magic? Medieval? Futuristic? An Earth like ours?
- Their history (OCs and customizable/silent protagonists): What have been the key events in their lives to date? What kind of background do they have?
- For customizable/silent protagonists: How are you justifying your portrayal of the character? What is your in-canon evidence? Please explain how, if your character lacks dialogue or a set background, you determined their history and personality.

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, strengths and weaknesses, and anything else you can think of that shows off your knowledge of this character.

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.

Samples
RP Sample: The sample must be a thread, with at least five comments from you, that you have made anywhere with this character in the last four months at the canon point you have chosen for said character. Linking to a post or log containing multiple threads will also suffice, as long as at least one of the threads has the required number of comments. This thread sample can be in any format (e.g. network post, prose log, actionspam, Dear Mun post, and so on). While it does not have to be set in Victory Road's setting, you can use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, as long as it's a different thread than one used for the second sample below. What we are looking for here is grasp of your character's voice and a sense of how you operate as a role-player. If we feel that the sample provided is not adequate, we reserve the right to ask for another.

Victory Road Sample: This sample must take place in Victory Road's setting and can be EITHER a written post OR another thread if you would prefer not to write a post. The minimum is 300 words for a prose sample, eight sentences for a network post/actionspam sample, or ten comments total (five from you) in an RP sample. What we are looking for here is how the character responds to the Pokéworld's setting. You can also use a Victory Road test drive thread for this sample, but you cannot use the same top-level for the first sample above.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

Player
Name: River
E-mail: rivenixroleplay@gmail.com
Preferred Contact:

Rivenix or PM!
Timezone: GMT
Current Characters in Victory Road: Mollymauk Tealeaf

Character
Name: Satoko Houjou
Series: Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
Timeline: Post-Matsuribayashi-hen.
Canon Resource Links: Wiki page! [cw for blood/violence against a child in the link, in image form. ]

Personality: [cw for child abuse, murder. ]
Satoko is an energetic, mischievous girl with a penchant for setting traps and getting into trouble. The first thing you’ll notice about her is that she’s full of energy and that she loves to tease people and have fun. She’s witty and clever, taking part in a games club at school where the rules specify that there’s no such thing as cheating, and she’s learnt to be extremely crafty in her victories. At times, though, she can overestimate her own abilities, and underestimate others, which leads to her own downfall. After all, she’s still just a kid – so she can still be outsmarted, and there are a lot of things she doesn’t yet understand.

One thing to note about Satoko is that she’s extremely strong-willed – and that strength is something that she values highly. She’s had a rough past filled with hardship. Many things have happened to her ever since she was a kid, but one particularly traumatic event was the vanishing of her brother – who had killed the abusive aunt that was their guardian before disappearing without a trace. Satoko used to be extremely dependent on her brother, relying on him to protect her from their aunt without considering how he felt or how he would be hurt in her stead. However, when he disappeared, she realized how much she had put him through as a result of her relying on him.

As a result, she vowed to become strong enough that he would see how strong she had become and return to her. She’s determined not to be a burden and get anyone else hurt because of her again. However, while Satoko does have an incredible amount of strength in handling traumatic events, her desire to be strong isn’t always a good thing – for example, when her abusive uncle came back, she refused to seek help despite desperately needing it, as she believed that it would make her weak, and that she deserved to be punished for what she put her brother through before.

She does have her limits in regards to her strength, though – still being a child, there are things that can break even her. Sometimes she still calls out for her brother, despite her desire not to do so.

She’s very independent, able to cook (though not particularly well) and run a household along with her best friend, Rika, who she lives with. She’s also optimistic, believing one day that her brother will return, and she’s able to find happiness in the life she lives now with her friends, who help her to feel less lonely. She thinks of them as being like a family to her.

It’s not immediately obvious upon meeting her, since she has a bit of an arrogant attitude and her traps can occasionally be a little mean-spirited, but Satoko is kind at heart, able to empathise with the struggles of others, and wanting to help them where she can. She’s also very loyal to her friends, and would stick by them even if they’d committed a murder – quite literally.

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer
Starter: Absol
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: Here! [ cw for horror and death ]
Victory Road Sample: Here!

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!
[○] Comment in the Taken Characters post, alphabetized by series: Here.
[○] Join the following communities:

victory_road,

the_plateau, and

ohmyarceus. Only Team Rocket personnel should join

silph_co, but we ask that all Victory Road members subscribe to it.
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!
[○] You can also find our mod plurk at

victoryroad; if you have a Plurk, we suggest you become a fan!

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!

This journal, please!

APPLICATIONS

Satoko Houjou | Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni

ACCEPTED

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