Pegasus Sky Sailing [Ready]

[Blueblood]

Roleplay Type: World of Equestria

Name: Sky Sailing

Sex: Male

Age: Young Stallion

Species: Pegasus

Eye colour: A dark maroon[colour=#660033] (#660033)[/colour]

Coat: Sky Blue [colour=#33ffff](#33ffff)[/colour]

Mane/Tail: Both are a dark brown ([colour=#663300]#663300); [/colour]His mane has grown long bangs in the front, that hang over his eyes if he doesn't comb them over and hold them up with a hat of some kind.

Physique: Relatively fit, given that he's had to do quite a bit of heavy lifting in the Cloudsdale cold storage warehouses.

Residence: North side of Cloudsdale, in a neighborhood close to the warehouse district.

Occupation: Recording artist, with a day job as a stock-colt at the cold storage in Cloudsdale

Cutie Mark: A Paper Airplane with a musical note on it's wing

History:

Early Life - Sky Sailing was born in the pegasus town of Cloudsdale, son of a mechanic and a waitress. His father ran his shop out of his house and basement, which would often get cluttered with the detritus of his work. While Sky's family was living in a more or less blue collar neighborhood, the nature of cloud architecture meant that they were never short of space for expansion. Thus, he grew up in a clutter of discarded machinery of all description, since his father had a broad area of expertise in fixing things.

From an early age, Sky Sailing never could get to sleep. Whenever he went to bed, his brain would just buzz inside his skull, throwing out random thoughts, half-formed images and half-remembered events, which simply would not let him drop off. This left him going through the day, and night, with very few hours of rest. Thus, the young colt often had a dreamy, half-asleep air about him, as if he wasn't quite sure if what he was seeing was a dream or not. This affected his flying style, as it tended to be more gliding and tacking to the wind than any active propulsion from his wings, hence he lived up to his name.

He was one of the shy ones in his class, introverted and gently spoken. That's not to say he didn't have friends, its just that he generally had to meet other ponies while doing something else before he was comfortable enough around them to open up. Most of his friends in early life were from the school choir, one of the few clubs he joined of his own volition, just because he loved music.

Cutie Mark Story - Sky Sailing had actually narrowed down what he wanted to do pretty early, in that he wanted to be able to make music. His parents were not sure what to make of this, neither of them being musical, and having deep suspicions about the ability of their son to support himself should he decide on this career path.

Nevertheless, they did what they could. Among the many bits and pieces left lying around the house were an old keyboard and recording equipment, which Sky's father decided to let him fix alongside him after hours. While he may not have known how to play them himself, he could at least teach his son how they worked, and since Sky didn't sleep much anyway, he had time after school to tinker with them, and teach himself how to play.

It took a while to save up enough pocket-money to buy instructional books on how to actually play the keyboard (it involved using his wingfeathers to press the keys), and the rest he had to figure out on his own. Nevertheless, he stuck to it, learning by trial and error how sound balancing and multi-tracking worked, and eventually he managed to record his own song. It was technically electronica, but it resembled his flying style, in that it had a dreamy, etherial quality to it, taking the listener along like a wing carried by the breeze. It was what he wanted to communicate to the world with it, and once he felt he'd accomplished that, his cutie mark appeared on his flank.

Later Life - In between working on his music, he finished his schooling, and had to find himself a job to support himself, his parents being quite big on the work ethic. He eventually got a job in the Cloudsdale cold storage warehouses, which took advantage of the fact that the snow production at the weather factory required low temperatures, which could also be used for keeping things fresh. The job required heavy lifting, but not much delicate work, which meant that Sky could save whatever lucidity he could salvage from his few hours of sleep to spend on his music.

The amount of effort he put into both actually helped him feel more tired, and added an hour or two to his amount of sleep, but still not more than four at the most. This would explain the sometimes odd and whimsical turns his lyrics sometimes took.

He eventually put together a full album on his own, which he felt satisfied enough with to share with his friends, who all liked it, and made copies to distribute to the other ponies they knew. Eventually, a few requests for live gigs came in, which Sky was willing to do, though he attended them all wearing a flight mask out of residual shyness. eventually, this became part of his stage persona.

Many of his friends say its only a matter of time before a studio picks him up, but for now, a lot of blue-collar days are spent in work, crafting, and dreaming...

Character Summary: While Sky Sailing isn't as shy and retiring as he used to be, he still retains some elements of his early days. Thankfully, this applies to the positive as well as the negative; he's soft-spoken, but very sweet-tempered, and just a plain nice stallion once you get to know him. He's still pretty much a non-sleeper, dreaming and drifting mentally through the daylight hours (which has more than once led to an accident or two; thankfully his supervisors are understanding ponies).

He's maintained his long days from his early colthood, as well, working in the day, and spending the night hours in music, whether recording in his basement, or playing at live shows in cafes, or as a local opening act. He's actually rather perfectionist in his craft, which he gets from his father. He never describes his songs as "finished" per se, only "abandoned."

Likes - Dressing up nice in a shirt and tie, music, Ice cream sandwiches, opening for acts he really admires

Dislikes - Being caught up in a loud and bustling crowd, lying awake in bed when his brain won't let him sleep, cabbage

[Bellosh]

Howdy Rackenhammer! You've got a really nice app I see, but I'm afraid that you'll have to remove references to Sky Sailing having insomnia. Disorders are too much of a touchy thing for WoE to handle, so we prefer not having users incorporate them into apps. However feel free instead to suggest that your OC simply has difficulty sleeping, as that doesn't carry the baggage that a disorder will.

[Blueblood]

Oh, alright then. In case it wasn't obvious, I was basing this character off of a musician I really admire, who has that same disability.

I'll get right on the changes!

[RarityDash]

Very nice app. Easy approval.