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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!
Taken / 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 Victory Road!
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.

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: Dante
E-mail: theirradiated@gmail.com
Preferred Contact:

teenysanguini
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: Ember Lumen, tho I'll be switching these two out

Character
Name: Laios Touden
Series: Delicious in Dungeon
Timeline: Episode 15
Canon Resource Links: Here

Personality: Laios has an extreme interest in monsters - how they look, live, their biology, and how they even taste. ESPECIALLY what they taste like, as his world is opened up to the possibility of gourmet monster dining the further he and his party explore the dungeon where the Mad Mage, the final boss of the dungeon, resides. He's an extreme nerd for monsters, knowing lots of information about each one he encounters and using it in battle to his advantage. While usually a calm person, he gets excitable when talking about monsters - something that's off-putting to most people. He often rambles off "fun facts" about the ones he and his party encounters. He is extremely passionate about them, almost preferring them to people, and understanding them a lot better than he does other people too.

While Laios is often perceptive about monsters, like discovering how Living Armor actually moves through a nest of mollusks inside of it, he's not very perceptive when it comes to people. He often doesn't notice Marcille's distress when it comes to eating monster food, and he doesn't recognize Kabru and his party when they keep finding them on different dungeon floors. He's very bad at recognizing social cues, which is spelled out by Shuro who states that he didn't like Laios, despite Laios always wanting to hang around him. Laios is shocked by the statement, because he never once doubted that Shuro was his friend. He often doesn't realize his friends' distaste in some of the things Laios says, in which he can be painfully blunt and come off as unempathetic. In reality, Laios is trying to be helpful, but often lacks the social skills to be successful in his conversations with others.

Laios does try to be a good party leader, doing whatever he can to protect and aid his teammates. He'll jump into action the moment he thinks one of his friends are going to be hurt, and his whole purpose of going into the dungeon is to save his sister from being fully digested by a Red Dragon. He even sacrifices his leg during the fight with the Red Dragon, using it as a tactic to defeat it and get his sister back. Despite not being very perceptive of people, he's very perceptive of monsters and monster behavior, which makes him a skilled swordsman. He also cares and deeply trusts those who considers friends.

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

Samples
RP Sample: TDM thread
Victory Road Sample:

He's been kicked out of the third shop in town. He wasn't really understanding anything about this world, no matter how hard he tried. This city was called... what, Violet Town? It wasn't very big. And Laios was running out of options.

He can feel his mouth watering a bit, his stomach growling.

"I just... wanted to know what Slowpoke tastes like. I don't understand why everyone thinks it's so weird. Aren't the creatures here edible? I imagine they taste so delicious, a totally unique flavor... but every time I ask about what meat they use in their dishes, they get all weird about it!"

Laios wonders if he was a little too aggressive in asking the last shop owner about what they use in their dishes. The shopkeeper did seem to be getting flustered, and Laios did not back down at all about it. Maybe he asked too many questions?

"Chilchuck would've told me if I was being too much... I wish they were all here. No, that's a selfish ask. They can look for Falin while I figure out how to get out of this place."

Laios lifts up his Growlithe's Pokeball, examining it closely. To be honest, he hasn't really spent much time with his new companion. He loves dogs, and a fire-breathing dog is ESPECIALLY cool, but he's been so preoccupied with trying to escape this weird world he's not really sure he has the time to study all these new monsters - though he definitely wants to. It's almost like this world was catered to him, and all of his interests. A whole buffet of new monsters!

Too bad they won't let him taste any.

He finally lets Growlithe out of its Pokeball, letting the puppy Pokemon stretch and wag his tail as he approaches Laios. He still isn't sure how he's supposed to feel about this "monsters as friends" relationship.

"Well Growlithe, I say we find somewhere to sleep for tonight... but until then, how about you show me more of your fire breath? That part is very cool!"

The Growlithe barks and runs off, Laios running after him like a little kid with a new pet. Maybe soon... he'll get to show this creature to Falin.

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!

Thank you! I'm gonna be using this journal for Laios!

APPLICATIONS

Laios Touden | Delicious in Dungeon | Not reserved

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