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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.

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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.

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: Silas
E-mail: twilightforestlullaby@gmail.com
Preferred Contact:

chromatus
Timezone: PST
Current Characters in Victory Road: N/A

Character
Name: Tobio Kageyama
Series: Haikyuu!!
Timeline: After winning against Nekoma at Nationals
Canon Resource Links: Here

Personality: Kageyama bears the nickname "King of the Court", something that both pains him but can be seen as a good thing as well.

At first glance, Kageyama gives off a sullen air that is tinged with quite a bit of arrogance. His default expression doesn't make him easy to approach since he rarely smiles or shows much of anything other than a blank or frowning face. Even Hinata at the beginning of the series is at first intimidated by his future teammates expression, arrogance in full display when Kageyama asks the other young man what he had been doing for three years after handing a devastating loss to the other.

A bad and quick temper is another very noticeable trait of his. With his perfectionist streak, if anyone messes up, especially Hinata, Kageyama is quick to snap and demand they do better. Though later in the series it is not as super explosive, it still pops up at times since he doesn't have the best track record of properly expressing his emotions.

Which leads into his actually being rather sensitive to what others think of him. Since his rejection by his middle school team for being too egocentric, Kageyama is afraid of it happening again, though he doesn't talk about it till Tsukishima calls him out on it. Still, he can seem more like a kid with his outbursts than the teenager in high school he is supposed to be.

Kageyama does have some positive sides to him. He is extremally passionate about volleyball, and is outwardly rather excited when they make good plays. The most excitement is displayed when Hinata and him make a really good play, and some of the few times these two really get along before potential bickering starts again. He always wants to do his best, and is very much an asset to his team with his skills as a Setter.

Overall, joining Karasuno has done him some good. Kageyama has learned that teamwork is about trusting your team, and working with them to make sure that all of his sets work with whoever he is setting to, not just Hinata. Despite hating the nickname of "King of the Court", with how much growth he's done since joining Karasuno and being around people who will not let him call all the shots, he's become a different King among crows.

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

Samples
RP Sample: TDM Toplevel

Victory Road Sample:
[After the mess that was "mother" and that strange professor, Kageyama was actually glad to be out on the road towards a new town. Sure, it meant this weird bird that refused to stay in a ball was following him like a feathery stalker, but it meant finding something familiar.

Kageyama was far from the most technology literate and at first struggles with the device handed to him that supposedly had a map in it. Though what he sees doesn't look anything like the Japan he was once in. Maybe a region of it?

Irritation makes him turn it off and shove the Pokedex into his pocket. If this was a dream, it was the most annoying dream in the world. There was nothing about volleyball here, just these Pokemon things.]

How the hell do people wake up from dreams again?

[That makes him pinch his cheeks painfully without the wanted results. The angry walk slows down to an eventual stop as he thinks of what to do next. He looks around till he finds the Pokemon that's supposed to be his. There's a slight grin that pulls at his lips when the creature called Murkrow caws at him curiously.]

Whatever this is, at least it's not letting me forget I'm a crow.

Welcome to the Wonderful World of Pokemon!
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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!

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Tobio Kageyama | Not Reserved

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