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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!

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<u><b>Player</u></b> <b>Name:</b> <b>Preferred Contact:</b> Plurk, AIM, personal journal, PM, etc. <b>Timezone:</b> <b>Current Characters in Victory Road:</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>Original Character Background:</b> THIS SECTION IS FOR ORIGINAL CHARACTERS AND CUSTOMIZABLE/SILENT PROTAGONISTS ONLY! In lieu of canon resources, please write for us at <i>minimum</i> 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. <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, strengths and weaknesses, and anything else you can think of that shows off your knowledge of this character. <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. <b><u>Samples</u></b> <b>RP Sample:</b> 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 <i>can</i> 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. <b>Victory Road Sample:</b> 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.

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Jane Crocker | Homestuck | Reserved

[cyan_maid]

Player
Name: Elaine
E-mail: animedutchess@yahoo.com
Preferred Contact: Plurk or sending a PM to Jane's journal
Timezone: EST
Current Characters in Victory Road: none

Character
Name: Jane Crocker
Series: Homestuck
Timeline: Just after going God Tier in the Game Over timeline, specifically this page of Act 6 Act 5 Act 1.
Canon Resource Links: bam wiki link

Personality: Overall, Jane is a sweet and friendly young lady. She likes to speak with proper grammar and often sprinkles in a few old-timey sayings into conversations, not to sound cool or anything, just because they are in her lexicon. She has a distinctive “Hoo hoo” of a laugh and enjoys playing pranks, as per the legacy from her grandfather and great grandfather. The latter of the two had a well-known history in the entertainment industry as a comedian and vaudeville star, and though Jane considers her prankster japery as pedestrian at best, she still finds joy in following in his footsteps.

Jane is saddled with a curiosity rivaling that of Alice in her adventures in Wonderland. Whether or not her well being would be put in danger, Jane has been known to explore what would be better left unexplored, and to confront danger with questions rather than run from it. This is likely inspired by her interest in detectives and mysteries, and has given her a knack for solving puzzles and a fair deductive reasoning. Her most favored detective of all is Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot, whom she enjoys dressing up as with a curly false mustache and her old fedora, regardless of how shitty a disguise it makes. In her free time before Sburb, Jane enjoyed reading detective novels and watching Parks and Recreation (harboring a deep admiration and crush on character Ron Swanson, who she describes as her ‘ideal man’). She also bakes, as fitting of an heiress to a baked goods empire, and when she puts her nose to the grindstone she can be a rather ruthless businesswoman.

Accustomed to keeping her guard up against pranks and born with a rational and hungry mind, when we first see Jane, it is evident that she has long clung to skepticism even in the face of her friends, whose personal lives were too strange for her not to be suspicious of. However, due to the events immediately preceding her entrance into and also the events during her time in Sburb, she has learned to set skepticism aside and become a touch more accepting of strange goings-on, even if she won’t completely take anyone’s word on anything.

On the other hand, Jane is also easily flustered, and has difficulty being honest when in that state, as exemplified by her failed attempt to confess her feelings to Jake and led to five long, grueling months of deepening depression on the subject. When put into an uncomfortable situation regarding personal issues, she is quick to hide her own feelings in favor of bending to those of others. When she’s upset enough, however, she has an explosive temper, becoming brutally honest and vindictive, but this is a very rare occurrence and only happens when she is completely pushed to her limits, as exemplified by her outburst towards Jake when he reveals he forgot her birthday and subsequently ignores her to prattle about his own problems. During these times she is prone to rash actions, such as accepting and making a mysterious alien juju that ramps up her secret, private wishes and turns her into a scary-happy being known as a Trickster, in which she reveals an exaggerated form of her private desire to get married and start a family. She owns up to this once the juju's influence wears off, and feels guilty for feeling that way and, in a sense, meaning what she revealed - she wants to support her friends and be a good friend in return, but her heart has reservations and regrets and selfish wishes, as revealed by her post-juju talks with Dirk and Roxy. She might have gotten a chance to resolve things with Jake, too, had she and her friends not been God Tier'd so quickly.

Jane also has an unfortunate susceptibility to mind control, perhaps from years of brainwashing through Betty Crocker products, despite her strong will and stubborn nature. It is what leads to the Crockertier events of her story, but...well, from this point in canon Jane has no idea that is going to happen to her.

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES
+ INQUISITIVE AND ADEPT AT PUZZLES
+ GENERALLY CHEERFUL
+ CAN BAKE YOU ONE HELL OF A CAKE
+/- STUBBORN AS ALL GET OUT
+/- STRUGGLING TO DEAL WITH OWN SELF-REALIZED FAULTS
+/- DOES NO HARM BUT (EVENTUALLY) TAKES NO SHIT
- CANNOT SPIT OUT FEELINGS
- EASILY MANIPULATED
- CURIOSITY KILLED THE CAT MULTIPLE TIMES

Pokémon Information
Affiliation: Trainer, Maid class with the outfit from Gen 4.
Starter: Audino
Password: Atomic Fireball

Samples
RP Sample: This is from three months ago so it still counts

Victory Road Sample: I am enjoying the crap out of your TDM

ACCEPTED

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[cyan_maid]

Hello yes I am here and ready for Pokemon!