Imagination

It was a new day, and Tom still sat happily outside the lovely Rarity's boutique. Oh his heart was still aflutter! He saw his darling just last night! She was just as beautiful as he remembered, with a voice like a thousand angels! [colour=#663399]"This can't be... this isn't... no... it's... It can't be... [/colour]you...[colour=#663399]"[/colour] He tried so hard to find the words right then and there. To say[colour=#a9a9a9] 'Yes, my darling, it is I. Tom. Your diamond has returned. Embrace me, and let us be together once more...'[/colour] Oh but cruel fate! His nerves got the better of him yet again. She continued to speak, she almost seemed upset, but the very sight of her before him distracted Tom. His limbs were like stone. He could not bring himself to leave. Though her initial shock betrayed her irritation. He was sure of it. She was happy to see him again, just as he was happy to see her. But for now, he sat content outside her shop, those dead flowers still around him. A fair attempt, Sweetie Belle. He was certainly glad to have someone who wished to see his heart fulfilled help him in his endeavors... Perhaps he might be able to enlist the young filly's assistance once more? There had to be some way to get Rarity to admit she still loves him... He knew it to be true! It just had to be so!

Hey there, ShadowKage! I noticed you just joined up today. In that regard, welcome! As part of your welcome, I feel it's my duty as a Senior RP Helper to assist you in getting this app on the right track and help you get your character out there For starters, we have a definite template for how character applications should be written out, otherwise I'm afraid the staff will not review it. You can find the proper template here: http://www.canterlot.com/topic/11715-application-form-rules-and-details/ I would very strongly recommend you give the RP rules a read, as they'll help you know what's generally acceptable and what's generally a no-no, which will help move your application along much more quickly. The rules can be found here: http://www.canterlot.com/page/rules/_/rprules/mainrprules/roleplaying-rules-r15 If you have any other questions, feel free to PM myself or any member of the RP Helpstaff and we'll be more than happy to give you a hand!

Despite her best efforts, an ecstatic Ruby just couldn't convince her mother the reply was actually from the Princess, let alone Luna wanting to go to a vineyard for a teaparty. But she wasn't going to let something so special be ruined by superstition! Pinchy KNEW this letter had to be from Luna! So, she wrote back and invited the Princess of the Night!

The more he listened to their Master lay out the setting, the more excited he seemed to get. He could so come up with an awesome character for this! In fact having restricted classes would narrow down his ideas, which were flooding into his head. A dashing rogue, hiding in the shadows? A strong knight, giving a hardy laugh in the face of danger? The wise wizard, holding the power of Gods in his hooves? So many interesting possibilities... But he also had to remember, he was new at this! Even if he came up with a character he thought was neat, it might end up being a pain to play! He still had to get used to all the rules and how each class worked and such. He was tempted to ask which one would be suitable for a beginner... buuuut... He kept the question to himself. [colour=#ffa500]"I, uhhh... I guess I'll stick with what's familiar and go with a Unicorn Wizard?"[/colour] So he had the race figured out... Now as for the class... he saw immediately what he wanted to be. [colour=#ffa500]"I think I'll take the Warpriest! That sounds pretty cool!"[/colour] he seemed to be getting more and more excited about the game as the character was fleshed out before him... he even started coming up with a back-story for him warpriest! How exciting! A smile finally appeared on the artist's face as ideas churned in his noggin. But, soon he cleared his throat, realizing he should probably ask how to proceed from there before jumping too far into his machinations. [colour=#ffa500]"Anyway, yeah... Unicorn Warpriest... What do I do now...?"[/colour]

Ruby heard the knock at the door, and in record time the pink blur made it there to answer it. Of course her bed was still half-made, but who cares? Apple Pie was here! The door came open with the little unicorn on the attack! She leaped forward and gave her friend a big hug. [colour=#ee82ee]"YAAAY! You're here! Oh Celestia this is going to be so much fun! I can't believe you're going to be here a whole weekend! It's going to be the best weekend ever! So awesome!"[/colour] The giddy filly let go of her guest to let her inside at long last. [colour=#ee82ee]"Mommy! Apple Pie's here!" [/colour] Of course, from here, it was only going to get better. Berry could let her know where she could put her things and lay down whatever 'ground rules' they were probably going to break anyway. The little filly was way to excited to worry about rules. For now, anyway. She knew not to push her mother too far.

Pinchy was about to voice the logical objection that nopony currently on the train has any experience with locomotives and their engine systems, nor do they know when the next station will be upon them and how to use the brakes to stop at said station. Quite clearly the best possible solution was to unhook the car and let the train come to a complete and safe stop while the engine continues onward. After all, the find gentlecolts who she presumed were the engineers will indubitably report the wild train and the car would be found assuredly. But before she could say any of that stuff, Valen went on ahead to search the cars they were trying to disconnect. Oh well! Fixing her Daring Do hat, she went onward to assist with the search, though her #1 focus was still stopping the train. So they wouldn't... You know, die. It was either that, or the train would just keep going forever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever and ever! They'd become train bums! Or the train would run out of fuel, and and and they'd get stranded in space somehow! That'd be cool! To become an astronaut because of a runaway train! Or the train would stop in the middle of nowhere... Except for the train astronaut thing, it didn't seem all that appealing either way. [colour=#ee82ee]"CHIIIIIIP~!"[/colour] she called, trying to bring her voice above the sound of the speeding train

[Reserved for future/ unfinished gifts!] [colour=#0000ff]Here is a very lovely piece of writing and pictures by Alison Rose![/colour] [colour=#0000ff]Adorableness by LovinMoonlight![/colour] [colour=#0000ff]Pretty Prancing Ponies by Dunes![/colour]

As some of you ponies may know, a very special day is rapidly approaching for one of Canterlot’s very most super duper special mares. Namely, Manestream! And specifically, her wedding to the lovely Mirelmture! So, fantastically, Canterlot’s own resident draconequus, Fawkes, decided to organize a little surprise to celebrate the special occasion. With just a little over two weeks to pull it all together, Fawkes contacted as many of Canterlot’s artists as he could reach and as you’ll see, they were more than happy to contribute to celebrating this momentous occasion! And for anyone else who might want to contribute a gift to the couple-to-be, there’s still plenty of time! Just send it my way in a PM once it's finished and I’ll edit it into the reserved post below! Although a couple of huzzahs and congrats I’m sure would be equally appreciated, and you can just post those here! It's a beautiful thing, and I truly wish you both undying happiness! I love you like a sister, Mane, and it's impossible to find strong enough words for how happy we all are for you both. So with all that said, [colour=#EE82EE]CONGRATULATIONS MANESTREAM AND MIRELMTURE!![/colour] I’ll let the draconequus himself fill you in from here, with a very special message! Click here for gifts! (Link to the original surprise post: http://lanternandacorn.blogspot.com/)

Word soon got out about this 'open letter' opportunity. A pretty bold move on the part of the Princesses, since they were likely going to be flooded with mail asking all sorts of questions! How exciting! Well, there was a silly filly in Ponyville that was going to take advantage of such an opportunity! After writing down the address she had to send the letter off to, the pink unicorn ran home as fast as her little hooves could carry her! A quick hello to her mother, and Pinchy hoisted herself up onto the table, paper laid flat and pencil levitating at the ready! She was so excited! She had never written a Princess before! She knew of the Princesses, sure, and had caught a glimpse of Celestia once, and saw Luna during Nightmare Night, but never actually met them. What was she going to write, though? It had to be something nice... What did Princesses like to talk about? How about tea parties? Pinchy liked tea parties... She always imagined Princesses must too... Celestia's Beard! She got an idea! She was shaking with excitement at the very thought of this idea coming to fruition! Maybe she could invite one of them to her home! For tea! Oh wow, that would be so cool! Get to have tea with a Princess?! She had to word this carefully... It has to be a nice letter! But to which Princess? Maybe all three? No, that would be too much... She had never seen Cadance before... Didn't know much about her either. Maybe Celestia? Actually... Luna seemed nice, and she liked pranks, sometimes! Just like Pinchy! Or so she gathered from Nightmare Night. Luna it was!

This looks good to me! However, I'd like to make sure you're aware that technology is extremely limited in Equestria. While he may explore technology as an inventor, you shouldn't expect anything to really work or be taken seriously if it's beyond the technology level accepted as part of the RP. With that said, have fun!

Little Pinchy looked over her shoulder at the inquiring mare, eyes shifting this way and that. Did her mother really know she didn't pick up her room? Those two stuffed animals on the floor and that unmade bed were an eyesore! And... Oh Celestia, her math homework! Wait... No, she did that. Repressed memory. Ugh, she hated math. And creative writing. And history now that she thought about it. Lunch and recess were her favorite subjects. Aside from a partially messy room, she did all her chores for the day. Or at least she did them all as best she could remember. A quick "Nope!" sounded from the filly and her face immediately returned to the close proximity of the glass. But that nipping guilt stung at the back of her head! Her room was a mess! A pigsty! It looked like a bull ran through there! Oh her mother was going to be so disappointed that she lied! Pinchy wasn't a liar! She was just excited! No, she wasn't going to hurt mommy's feelings! Quick! Think of something pink thing! "Uhhhh actually I think I left something in my room!" she bolted off to her bedroom. Oh goodness! She picked up the two animals and rearranged them in their proper place. Now for the bed. She could play it off! Yeah! Smoothing out the sheet and throwing the blanket over, she let it drape over the sides of the bed. Oh, no, you could still see the bumps from the wrinkled up sheet underneath! She quickly got to work to make it look presentable.

This was so exciting! She could hardly wait! She couldn't wait! When was she going to get here? How long was she gonna stay? What kind of stuff were they gonna do?! The vineyard was going to have a special guest tonight! One of Pinchy's little friends! She didn't think Berry was going to let them play outside at all, cuz it was too dark and a bit close to the forest. But that was fine by her. Not that she was scared of the dark! Nope! She'd never admit that to nopony! No way no how! But anywho, more importantly: Pinchy's first sleepover, yay! She never had another filly sleep over before. She had slept over at her friend's houses before, but never played host. It was going to be so much fun! What was even better was that her mother was going to be there too! Well... She owned the house, it wasn't like she was going to hand over the keys and leave. But she always had fun hanging out with Berry, and now it was going to be like including a new pony in the fun! Games! Food! Stories! Sleep deprivation! Breakfast in the morning! Woohoo! For now the excited little filly waited at the window by the door, her face pushed to the glass and her tail wagging furiously like an excited dog. She was watching the road for her friend, Apple Pie of course! "This is so awesome!" she squealed to her mother, likely somewhere in the room. "Thank you for saying yes, mommy! This is gonna be so much fun! I can't wait till she gets here!" She didn't need no sugar for this kind of high. Friendship and using a weekend for fun with said friendship was all the little pink filly needed.

Sketch took the seat he was invited to and fixed his glasses, looking to each pony as they introduced themselves. He seemed to reel away from Sugar Rush a bit, though probably understandably so. So there was Sugar Rush, of course, and there was the mare who said she'd been playing before, Silver Flash... Then the Engineer Vivid Flair... And their Game Master, Drifting Veil! H hadn't met too many ponies from Germaney, so this was going to be interesting at least. Uh oh, but then it was his turn! After a horrible moment of hesitation, the artist spoke up. "I'm Sketch Troy... Uh, I draw comic books here in Manehattan. I've never played a game like this before, but it seems like fun... So... Bear with the new guy?" he finished his little intro, wearing an innocent smile. Though he shouldn't be too bad off. If there was anything he was good at, it was making up characters. Actually... What sort of characters would he be limited to? Were there certain classes he'd only be able to pick for certain things? How would stats work? How did combat work? Oh, he had so many questions... Probably best to leave it to the vet and ask Silver for assistance once the game starts to get up-and-running.

Roleplay Type: Mane RP Name: Inkie Pie Sex: Female Age: Mare Species: Earth Pony Eye Color: Purple Coat Color: Light Gray Mane/Tail/Markings Color & Style: Mane and tail are groomed straight, both dark gray in color Physique: Average Cutie Mark: A firefly stuck in amber Origin/Residence: Rock farm / Hoofington Occupation: Pawn Broker Motivation: Finding treasure among trash, turning the unwanted into the fabulous! And selling it. Likes: Bartering, family moments, rock collecting Dislikes: arguments, spinach, trains blasting their horn when they whiz by her house at 3 AM (seriously, what's the deal with that?) Character Summary: Inkie Pie was born and raised on a Rock Farm, same as her sisters, Blinkie and Pinkie. Her foalhood was average, if not terribly dull. The sisters' days often consisted of house chores, schooling, helping out with rock harvests, and family meals. Once in awhile they played in the yard, but it was often a quick game of hide-and-seek for the most part. After awhile they learned where all the good hiding spots were. Though one of her favorite foal-hood hobbies, was rock collecting. During her time with the rock farm, when she and her sisters weren't out harvesting or doing their chores, sometimes she'd find neat little rocks. Rocks with funny colors, rocks with pretty patterns, or rocks with funny shapes! She even found a rock that she thought kinda looked like the Princess! She kept them all on a little shelf by her bed and liked to look at them all the time. She always hoped that there was somepony out there who could appreciate rocks like she did. But one day she found an especially funny-looking rock by an old tree! It kinda shined a bit, but was real dirty. After a whole afternoon of rinsing it off and scrubbing it hard, she saw that it was kinda like a big golden glassy thing! A rock? It wasn't like any rock she ever saw. And when she looked closer at it, she thought she could see a bug inside! Whoa! She hadn't been this excited about something since Pinkie got her cutie mark! She showed it to everypony she could, which at the time amounted to her sisters and her mother and father. While interesting, her parents were more focused on meeting the quota for the harvest. When it came time to bring the latest load of rocks into town, Inkie went with her father, and brought her favorite new rock with her. While she waited at the cart and her father spoke with somepony, and older mare noticed the little filly playing with something! She asked if she could take a look at it, seeming genuinely intrigued. Inkie gladly handed it over, telling her how neat it was, and that there was a bug inside and everything! The older mare informed her that the 'rock' was actually called 'Amber', a fossilized piece of tree sap! Sometimes, unfortunate bugs got caught in this sap, and it preserved them for many many years after it hardened! Wow! On top of the sudden lesson, the mare told her she'd love to include the little piece in her own collection! At a museum!! Another rock collecting pony! She offered little Inkie 100 bits for it. She was shocked! She had never seen that kind of money! Knowing how special the Amber was to her, Inkie thought it would be super nice to indulge a fellow collector and make the sale. When her father came back, he was at first a bit irate to find his daughter literally rolling in a small pile of bits on the back of the cart, demanding to know where she got them. When she told him the story, he seemed just as surprised as she was... and proud! When prompted by her father to look, little Inkie had finally earned her cutie mark! It looked almost just like the Amber she sold! Over time, she learned that it represented her talent of appreciating things other ponies might consider junk, much like how her family initially thought the fossil she found was nothing more than a fancy rock. As the years went on, she kept finding all sorts of neat and forgotten treasures! Old scooters getting spruced up into sweet rides! Making a nice picture frame out of a bunch of discarded ones, and so on and so forth! Her knack for making 'trash' into things desirable gave her an idea! Open a shop! Eventually she did just that. Having made enough on the farm, she bought a home in Hoofington, using the ground floor for her new pawn shop! "Inkie Pie's House of Fixin's!" Everyday she would meet ponies wanted to give her their old junk for bits, and then sell it to somepony else who could appreciate it all over again! Her official business slogan was the old saying 'Somepony's junk is another pony's treasure!' She lives there to this day, making a decent happy living, and still finding time to be out and about and even have get-togethers with her loving sisters. The three of them have remained extremely close, and enjoy spending time together. Blinkie and Pinkie are always near and dear to Inkie. And she still has her rock collection. Personality: Inkie Pie is a glass-half-full pony who tries to find the good in most days. She keeps a positive attitude, especially on the job. Outside of the pawn shop, she's plenty approachable and enjoys meeting new ponies. Her social attitude had developed dramatically since leaving the secluded family rock farm. Things weren't so plain and dreary in Hoofington, but she appreciates her family and loves them to bits!

This competition has been planned out for months. This thread is only for interest. If you really want to know, you'll have to wait for when it's active.