Character Application

From Dexnet

Fill this application out for each character and send it to dexnetmods@gmail.com. Put "app" or "application" in your subject-line to let us know.

The Blank Application

Player Info:
Name:
E-mail:
AIM:
Personal LJ:

PokéDex Profile:

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Hair:
Eyes:
Registration:

Detailed Info:

Appearance:
(PB: )
Personality:
History:
Hometown:
Current Residence:
Occupation:
Other:

Pokémon:

Name:
Breed:
How long owned:
Other:

Writing Sample:

Application Explanation

If you're confused about what to put for each heading, this is to help explain it.

Player Info: [This is for you, personally, to fill out OOC]
Name:
E-mail:
AIM:
Personal LJ:

PokéDex Profile: [This is the information that other characters see when they look up your character's profile over the DexNet. Age is based on the license holder's registered birthdate and will update automatically. Hair and eye colour doesn't have to be filled out as a 3-letter abbreviation (BLK, BLU, GRN, etc) for the app, but it will appear as one in the character's profile.]

Name: [The name the character's Pokémon license is registered to.]
Age: [Character's age. This is based on the license holder's registered birthdate and will update automatically when it changes.]
Sex: [M/F]
Hair: [Hair colour. Will appear as a 3-letter abbreviation (BLK, BRN, GRN, etc) on the character's DexNet profile, but you can just write it out for the app.]
Eyes: [Eye Colour. Ditto.]
Registration: [The character's official reason for owning a Pokémon Trainer's License. Options on the license form are Pokémon Trainer / Gym Member / Pokémon Researcher / Pokémon Breeder / Pet Owner / Other (please specify).]

Detailed Info:

Appearance: [How the character looks. Hair, clothes, etc. Anything that you would immediately perceive when looking at them.]
(PB: [The character's PB, name and what series they're from.] )
Personality: [What the character is like. How they act, what they feel, what they think. This is where you describe who your character is.]
History: [The character's backstory. Where they grew up, their family situation, whatever you need to say to tell us how they became who and where they are today.]
Hometown: [Where the character was born or where they grew up.]
Current Residence: [Where the character is currently living.]
Occupation: [What your character does for a living. Sometimes this can be the same as the reason for their license, ie Gym Member, Breeder, Trainer]
Other: [Anything else about your character that you think we should know but just doesn't fit anywhere else.]

Pokémon: [Here you need to list all the Pokémon that your character owns. If they're a breeder or somebody else who has a ridiculous amount of Pokémon, just list the max of 6 that they use in their team.]

Name: [The Pokémon's nickname. If they haven't been given one, this is the same as their breed.]
Breed: [ie Squirtle, Charizard, Slowpoke, etc]
How long owned: [How long the character has owned this Pokémon]
Other: [Other information we should know about this Pokémon. Personality, whether it was acquired some unique way, odd quirks, whether it listens to commands or not, anything you can think of that you want people to know about it. If you have nothing to put here, just write N/A.]

Writing Sample: [A 3rd person writing sample, a couple of paragraphs long, just to show us how you write. You only need to do this for the first app. After the first character is approved, you can leave this out of your apps.]

Example Application

If you're still having trouble filling out your application, here's an example application to give you an idea of what we're looking for.

Player Info:
Name: The Guindo
E-mail: theguindo@gmail.com
AIM: PianistOfRaielin
Personal LJ: theguindo

PokeDex Profile:

Name: Ray Thomas
Age: 14
Sex: M
Hair: RED
Eyes: BLU
Registration: Pokémon Trainer

Detailed Info:

Appearance: Ray is short, about 5'2", and wiry. He has bright blue eyes and wild red hair that falls a little ways past his shoulders. The unruly jungle of hair would be his most notable trait if not for the engineer's cap and goggles that he wears constantly. His clothes are ragged but not falling apart, and he's covered in a healthy layer of earth. He's pretty grungy, in other words.
(PB: Justin; Grandia)

Personality: Ray is fierce! Furious! Full of fire and--okay so he's pretty energetic. The thing is, he's also a pretty angry kid and all his energy gets channeled into his anger. He's very cocky, rude, arrogant, and just generally a difficult person to deal with. He gets into stupid arguments constantly and they usually end with him shouting "Whatever!" and "You're stupid!"

He hates pity, handouts, and being patronized. He tries to pretend he's more grown up than he really is and spends his life trying to prove himself. Deep down he really misses his father and a lot of his need to prove himself comes from a desire to be somebody his father could be proud of.

History: Ray was born in Pallet Town. His mother died when he was very young and he hardly remembers her anymore; his father raised him alone after that. His father was a train engineer (running freight on the surface, not the subway) and he frequently brought Ray along to show him the trains.

Ray's father was the sort of dad a kid can really look up to. He said a lot of wise things and gave very good advice and taught valuable life lessons. Then, last year, he was killed in a tragic boating accident while out fishing with one of his friends. Ray, having been very close to his father, was devastated.

After that, Ray was left alone in the house. Thankfully it had been paid off so he kept a place to live, but obviously the bills couldn't be paid and all the utilities were shut off. He has to bathe at the nearby ocean and use candlelight to get around after dark. Whatever he needs, he steals. He hasn't been caught yet, and he's gotten pretty good at it.

Ray had considered getting a Pokémon license before, but had decided not to since he didn't really feel like leaving his father to do the whole Pokémon quest thing. Now that his father was gone, he found himself coming back to the idea over and over, wondering which starter he'd pick and if he could really be good enough to make a name for himself out there. He's finally decided to give it a try. He wants a Charmander.

Hometown: Pallet Town
Current Residence: Pallet Town
Occupation: None; Brand new Pokémon trainer
Other: He knows how to drive a train! Thanks, Dad! He also knows how to fish and a fishing rod is one of the few possessions he has decided to bring with him on this Pokémon journey.

Pokéon:

Name: Rathilda
Type: Rattata
How long owned: Brand sparkling new!
Other: Hasn't been caught yet! Will happen IG.

Name: Pitch
Type: Pidgey
How long owned: Also brand new!
Other: Will be caught with the help of Rathilda while on the road from Pallet Town.

Writing Sample: "What do you mean you don't have any more starters!"

Nurse Joy held up her hands, a sign of surrender, and said, "I'm really sorry, but we got a surge of applicants this week and our supply ran out. That boy just took the last one, a Bulbasaur." She gestured off toward the blonde boy standing near the doors. Ray recognized him. That just made him even more furious. "We won't get another shipment of starters until next month."

"But I'm supposed to get a starter!" he shouted, slamming his hands down on the counter. "It's the rules!"

"Hunnnh," she sighed, reaching into her apron. She pulled out a PokéBall and held it out to him. "This is the best I can do for you. Here." She pulled out a second one and held that out as well. "Just in case."

He glared up at her and snatched the PokéBalls out of her hand.

"If you can't catch anything, you're welcome to come back at the start of the month to--"

"I'll catch it!" he declared fiercely, shoving the empty PokéBalls into his pocket. He tugged his cap down and grumbled a barely audible, "Thanks," and then headed for the door.