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(( OOC: I am entirely unmotivated to reply to this thread because of how far it has progressed without me that I am pulling Sterling from the rp and y'all are welcome to continue from here without her. For the sake of the story she is retreating to her chambers to get a bit of rest now that she has some staff to keep watch for a few hours. Y'all are welcome to message me with any questions. ))

Taxi maintained his silence on their trip as Fluttershy went on to answer Starlight's question and then... to Taxi's surprise the foal piped up with the most interesting tid bit of information. It caught Taxi a bit off guard and he came to a halt no doubt jostling the foal on his back but his wings kept the small one from falling as he did. Switchly his head rotated and he peered over his shoulder to the foal. "You.. went into Everfree..? Along?" He questioned, his eyes narrowing a bit and for a time it almost looked like the elder was going to scold him.. but a second later, Taxi burst into laughter, his whole body shaking slightly with just how deeply he was laughing. "Well I'll be a donkey's uncle, I knew you had spirit kid, but I didn't know you had that much! That must have been quite an adventure!" Taxi was grinning again and soon enough he was trotting onward again, still chuckling under his breath. As they passed over the bridge and continued on towards Fluttershy's cottage they'd made a slight detour to the right where a moderately sized structure was established. Taxi's Traveling Station was scribed across the front of the yellow building with a black and white band that replicated Taxi's cutie mark wrapping around the square building, there was one normal door that lead into the main foyer and a larger garage door that accessed the garage where he and employees stored their carts. It was here that Taxi would approach, letting Starlight off his back so that he could work and tug the lines and hoist the garage door. Inside everything was neatly organized, carts of various sizes lined up against either wall with a work bench and tools set against the back which is where Taxi headed. Off to one side was a separate door into a closet which Taxi opened so he could dig through it, shuffling and rearranging things until he found what he was looking for. "Ah ha!" He exclaimed before withdrawing the scooter, the paint was a bit chipped but it seemed to have a Wonderbolts theme to it, Taxi flipped it over and tested the wheels to make sure they were in working order before wheeling it towards Starlight. "Here kid, give this a try.. lemme know if you need me to shorten or lengthen the handlebars."

Alright hun, you got a good start on history, but I think it needs a little more - go on a bit about what happened after the fire, possibly how Comet went about becoming a firefighter and I'd be more then happy to collaborate with you about him and Hot Shot partnering up. I'd also like some background about his previous desire to be a baker and why his parents were bakers as that seems an odd occupation for pegasus ponies.

Damsel listened on quite curiously as Escrime described his school, her head tilted and eyes drifting in a thoughtful manner as she tried to determine if she'd seen it before.. off the top of her head she hadn't - but she was never one to require fencing lessons, although the idea to learn such a skillful sport intrigued her. As she was thinking these things through Escrime was given enough time to purchase his manuscript and from here Damsel would walk with him back to the door with her bag of books floating along behind her. "Thank you for the offer, I will visit you someday when I get a chance, I'm rather intrigued to see it." She commented, and truth be told she kind of wondered what kind of research it could provide for the next book she wrote that involved a bit of swordplay. "It was very nice to meet you Escrime, I do hope you enjoy your book and I'm sure we'll cross paths again. Until then, farewell!" She spoke cheerfully, flashing a lovely smile before turning and making her way back home for now. (and Damsel is out and this thread is pretty much closed/finished.)

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SHE IS SO CUTE! So glad to see another public servant pony! Emergency (shortened to Emma/Emmy?) Care Tender Care Helping Heart Tender Heart (lol... channeling carebears) Spoonful of Sugar? lol.IDUNNO

Thanks guys! The idea sort of popped into my head the other day while I was relaxing in a nice hot shower. XD I wanted to get all my ideas down last night before bed so I wouldn't forget anything.

Went ahead and moved this to FiM Cast since he's a notable background pony.

Name: Hot Shot Gender: Male Age: Stallion Species: Earth Pony Pelt Color: Fire Engine Red (Hooves are often covered in ash from stomping out fires.) Mane/Tail Color & Style: Charcoal/Ashy Mane is styled into a mohawk and tail is kept cut short after catching it on fire multiple times. Eye Color: Amber Cutie Mark: Stylized Orange Flame (like so) Physique: Larger than Average (about the same size as Big Mac) Residence: Originally from Fillydelphia, Resident of Ponyville Occupation: Firefighter Motivation: Hot Shot has always had a fascination with fire, in his younger days it came to be a reckless curiosity and would eventually lead to his career as a fire fighter. Likes: Cozy Fires at night, the smell of Wood, Candlelight, Warm Summer Days Dislikes: Wild fires, Arsonists Character Summary: From a young age Hot Shot was fascinated by fire, his first encounter with fire was a bushfire sparked by a lightning storm outside his then hometown of Fillydelphia. Hot Shot along with a few other young colts from the area snuck around town and found themselves a small hill to sit on and watch as the local fire department joined with the weather patrol in the area quickly got it under control. The pure power of flame was.. intense and the smell hung in the air as Hot Shot headed out into the plains to examine the damage. What he would come to find was pure devastation, in a matter of minutes the fire had cleared out a large portion of land leaving behind only the ashy remains that dusted his bright hooves. Hot Shot was curious to see how fires could be made.. and how they could be controlled, he read as many books as he could get a hold of and as he came to learn more and more about fire it would eventually lead to the discovery of his cutie mark. He was still a young colt when he found his education on the subject to be vast and had mastered ways of creating fire from few or natural materials. Along with creating fires Hot Spot built up a bit of a tolerance for the pain of it burning at his legs when he stomped his small creations out with his hooves. It was during one of these fire games that something went amiss.. the flames got far bigger then Hot Shot could handle on his own and before he knew it the fire had raged out of control from the plains and was spreading rapidly towards town. Despite the work of the fire brigade there were a number of homes lost though thankfully no one was terribly injured. The accident was a very eye opening experience for the youth who spent a number of months later volunteering to help repair the damage he'd done. Because of his recklessness in his youth he was denied the chance to train with the Fillydelphia Fire Brigade and instead moved on in hopes of joining another. Hot Shot would eventually settle into Ponyville and it would take some work and errands to finally get the approval of the local fire chief to train for the brigade much to Hot Shot's relief. As the days have progressed he has proved to have changed his ways and now uses his knowledge of fire to help to not only fight them, but to help prevent them. While his years on the fire brigade have still toughened him to burns he can still be overwhelmed by smoke if it gets to heavy. He has also accepted the idea of keeping a partner, usually a pegasus on the brigade, to helping keep larger fires under control or taking care of them while he's helping the civilians.

And on another note to that idea, if someone wants to use it I'm more then willing to let them hook up on the Island as another member of my Coral family.

Wanted a place people could share their ideas that they weren't going to be using but wanted to give to the public for use. So had this idea for a unicorn but since I have my handful of unicorns I won't be using it. Basically it's a unicorn that lives near the ocean (either on the island, or on the bay), and their main.. job/hobby is creating the ocean sounds in seashells. Collects the seashells and then using their unicorn magic places that sound inside them to be delivered around Equestria (or sold as souvenirs). Very vague and not even sure it would be acceptable but I assumed the ponies handle a lot of "natural occurrences" so was tossing it out there.

I can see the fan fiction now. "Everypony LOVES Mocha Delight." Mocha Delights Everypony Fix'd. >3

Damsel watched as Escrime went flipping through the manuscript and waited to make sure they had collected the entire thing - which was confirmed by the stallion. A bright smile spread across the ivory mare's face, her eyes squinting every so slightly as she offered a slight nod of her head. "Oh it was no trouble, I was glad to help." She replied with a pleasant smile as her magics soon had books rearranging into neater piles again. "Oh no, not at all..." She replied further with a gentle laugh and a shake of her head.. Damsel quieted her laugh and turned to collect the few books she had set aside, the neat pile of five floating before her as she made her way back through the jungle of books to the front counter. "Good day Sir, these will be all for me today.. and don't forget about dinner with father, you promised." Damsel remarked to the old pony behind the counter who began to ring up her purchase and bag it for her. The older stallion grumbled under his breath and rolled his eyes but smiled ever so slightly in response with mare's smile. Once she was done that bag lifted out of the way and she stepped aside so Escrime could bring his manuscript forward to purchase. "Oh, Escrime - this school of yours.. where is it? Perhaps I'll stop by and you could show me around?"

YAY. New art of Coral from DoodleDev! Singing and Dancing and having a grand ole time between work hours.

Damsel gave a pleasant little laugh in response to the stallion's reply to their postponed introduction, nodding her head a bit. "A pleasure to meet you Escrime." She offered even as books were making their way flying before her eyes. After spending years in the company of books the young mare had picked up a talent for speed reading. After having discovered the loose pages it was going to be even easier to spot the manuscript the male was looking for so long as it was actually here. After finishing that pile of books Damsel feared that the manuscript may have only been a portion rather then the complete set. The worry showed slightly on her ivory face under those lush locks of golden mane. Thankfully it didn't last long as eyes scanned over a few more loose pages.. "Oh, here are more! The manuscript must have come undone while being set back here." She explained as the next bundle of pages were floated over to Escrime and added to the pages they had discovered previously. After a bit more searching Damsel discovered the remaining parts of the book, the bindings having come loose. Without much trouble and the soft glow of her horn the book was magically repairing itself. Leather cords were rebinding the pages and woodcuts into the proper order all back into the rough leathery cover that somehow was still in decent condition and before long the completed text hovered before Escrime. "There you are Sir.."

Oh. XD I wanna say I've seen the main cast.. and possibly Cheerilee. The other's I'm not certain off, I may have to look the next time I go through there.

I've seen the ponies with animal friends at my local Walmart. o_o

I loved so much about this episode. D: 1. Brayburn, my second favorite Apple family member. 2. Horse drawn train? LOVEIT. <333 3. Apple-loosa - hooray for a new pony town! I didn't care for Pinkie's song in this episode which is odd. XD Usually I love her songs, OHWELL. ps. lol. totes just loving this after coming up with my sterling stone pony. XD

Someone needs to pick up Wanda cause everytime I swing by and she's still up I feel this terrible itch..

WATCH OUT MOCHA, SHE'S COMING TO CRITICIZE YOU. XDD I love your character ideas so much, I hope you use some of them! D<

Damsel listened quite intently as the other went on about his school, smiling to herself - she always enjoying when ponies discussed topics they were passionate about - it was obvious in their tone, their stature, even the look in their eyes. She wondered how many of these duels of honor occurred, she'd heard of them - but never knew them to still be practiced. She had been considering asking him more about his profession when those pages had turned up and she stood side by side with him examining them. "Oh, the name's Damsel.." She added somewhat hastily as he addressed her as miss as it occurred to her that they had not really introduced themselves. She laughed lightly and passed the pages to him before she went back to the pile of books to see if the rest of the text could be discovered. Soon enough she'd resorted back to her unicorn magic, the method of searching went far faster this way and book after book went hovering in front of her as she glanced over the texts.

Damsel offered only a faint nod of her head in response to the other as he'd go on to explain why he was interested in the book. She was further surprised when the stallion went on to tell her a bit about himself as well, pausing in her book searching to listen intently, her eyes fixed on him, studying him curiously as she seemed to try and see him as he'd once been. A slight frown tugged across her mouth at the bitterness in his voice as he went on to explain about unicorns and pegasus ponies. Almost guiltily she found herself stopping the use of her own magic and rather then lifting and sorting books with the use of her magic she was nudging them aside with hoof or nose. She picked her head up again as he went on to mention his fencing school, smiling lightly towards him. "That sounds interesting, do you teach many ponies at your fencing school?" For a brief moment the mare considered if such a sport was one she'd like to try, perhaps one day, even one class would certainly help her details in whatever book she wrote next, a dashing pirate... or a pony in the royal army.. she supposed as she glanced to Esc and then away back to the books. One pile turned up with nothing, though Damsel did find a book of interest for herself, an older edition of a classic romance she rather adored and she set it up on a shelf to the side to remember to grab it later. "O.. oh!" A startled expression escaped the mare as she discovered a loose section of pages as though the glue had come loose in the binding. "Here is some pages on swordplay.. why don't you see if it's the right book. Could be we are getting closer.. or it could just be a section from another manuscript."

Offered a genuine smile to the stallion, turning her attention back to him as he answered her and listening quietly and intently to what he had to said. A slight bob of her head was given to acknowledge that she heard him as a thoughtful look overtook her delicate features, lifting a petite hoof to lightly tap against her chin in though. No, he was quite certain she'd not seen such a book before and so turned back to the bookshelves. "Woodcut prints you say? It certainly sounds interesting, you are a swordspony then?" She inquired as she worked her way along one of the shelves, hesitating a moment she then moved on to piles on the floor, something told her if the old pony had seen it recently then it probably hadn't made it onto a shelf. "It is most likely in one of the stacks, if he recalls seeing it then it was a recent addition, probably one of the donations from one of the old libraries and is probably not shelved yet." She explained to the other as they continued their search.

Damsel's bright blue eyes narrowed a bit, curious and studying as the stallion seemed a bit hassled, the expression and simple gesture of his ears only making her uncomfortable until he began to speak that eased her. The more the stallion spoke the more relaxed the mare become until she was comfort and shifting slightly on petite hooves. She seemed to notice that the other was reluctant to accepted her help and was a moment away from turning away from him back to the books when he spoke up again. A faint giggle left her as he went on to discuss the matter of the old shopkeep, nodding her head slightly. "He is not has young as he used to be, he's got terrible pains in his joints so he doesn't get around the shop as much as he use to, my father says when he was younger this place was spotless and in perfect order." She mentioned as she took a moment to glance around thoughtfully, she was running various thoughts through her mind, conversations with her father, with the shopkeeper and this manuscript the stallion mentioned. "I've been urging him to sell the shop to me so I can restore it but for now he is quite firmly set on hanging on to it. I do hope my father can talk some sense into him this evening when they meet for dinner. Now, this manuscript, do you know if it's still bound? That would certainly limit our search." She went on as she turned back towards a messy pile of books. She was certain it was not in the books she'd already gone through so it must be in the jungle of which nether of them had yet to venture.

Raspberry was excited! She'd not got just one letter back so far... but four! They all stuck out from her mouth as she rushed back towards the Cozy Cove from the mailbox, darting past guests and her big sister and up into her bedroom. She couldn't quite get the letters open fast enough, carefully ripping them open one by one to read them. As each replier mentioned who they were and from where Raspberry tugged out a map of Equestria to mark an X on their locations and write down their names along with a small note about them that she could gather from the letter. Once she'd read over each of them at least twice she drew forth her notepad and began her replies. Dear Neon Pop, Oh wow, every summer? Will you be coming back this summer? I would love to meet you! It's exciting to have found somepony who has actually visited us, I'm sure the inn has changed since you were here last. It use to belong to my parents but now it belongs to my sister, Coral Blossom. She's a really good inn owner, the people visiting us always compliment her on what a good job she does, I think she does a good job to. I've heard of Ponyville, we've had ponies visit us from there before. A singer? Really? That's amazing! I'm sorry I've never heard of you but Coral said she did, she says she remembers you when you visited cause she's a little younger then you, and she thinks she knows where your house is on the Island. I'll have to ask my sister if she has any of your music so I can listen to it before I get your next letter! Your Friend, Raspberry ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Grimmy and Scribe, Wow! You are the second pony I got a letter from in Ponyville, I wonder if you know my other new penpal! A haunted house seems excited, we don't really have any of those here. The only ghost stories I've ever heard I've read from books at school. I've never seen a ghost either. Hehe, I wish I had a spider to write my letters for me, though I guess unicorn magic is just as good. It's okay when you get the hang of it, I was kind of sloppy too when I was first learning out to write with magic, sometimes I still use my mouth instead. The island can get kind of boring during the school year because so many ponies are stuck at home while their foals go to school, that's when we get all the older ponies visiting us and there aren't many that travel this far. It's really fun during the summer where foals are off of school and we get lots of families visiting, then there are lots of other ponies my age to play with. Oh yes, the Island has lots of plants and animals, the flowers are all really bright and colorful, my sister's cutie mark is a pretty flower. Animals? They are okay, but my favorite is fish! I can talk to them! One of them was telling me he barely escaped from a bird this morning! I don't know if we have bats but I'm sure we do, I think there are caves near the volcanoes, there are two on the island! Great hearing from you and look forward to the next letter! Your Friend, Raspberry ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Wrenchhead, Wrenchhead is a silly name, but I guess it makes since for your work. Though I don't really know anything about airships.. I've never seen one before.. and I only remember seeing two griffins before, both who came to the Island to collect something from the volcanoes, they didn't stay long though, they seemed like very busy griffins too. So an engineer works on an airship? I don't think we have any engineers here on the Island.. I've never heard of that before either. It sounds like you have a very important job to keep a big machine flying though! I think being on an airship would be exciting, I never thought anyone else could fly if they didn't have wings. Will you send me a picture of the airship? Oh, I do hope this letter finds you, I'm sending it to Ponyville along with all my other letters since sister says there is no real way to track you down and it will be up to the mail ponies to find out where your airship stops. Maybe you can ask your captain which towns you will be in so I can send your letters to the right place? It would be great to have you visit the Island, I'm sure you'll enjoy yourself here if you don't mind the warm weather. Your Friend, Raspberry ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Dubby, A Dj? And from Ponyville? WoW - I had a lot of letters end up in Ponyville, that seems so funny to me. One of the other letters I got was from a singer! Oooh, those blueberry muffins sound yummy, my sister is a good baker but she usually makes strawberry and coconut stuff. I'll have to ask her about blueberry ones! I'm happy to know your parents enjoyed themselves, the inn used to be owned by my parents so they probably meet yours, now my sister owns it and she's a really good owner. Oh yeah, I know about the drums, we have a lot of ponies that make them and play them, it's fun to dance to! I like to adventure around the island, my sister knows a lot of it but I'm still learning and she only lets me adventure so far. I also like talking to fish! I talk to some here at Cozy Cove who have been living with use since they were little babies, and sometimes I can find fish out in the small cove nearby, they are very fast and very colorful! Your Friend, Raspberry Raspberry heaved a slight sigh to herself as her pen lowered and she gave her head a slight shake... even with magic writing all those letters was really tiring and she wouldn't get them all folded and into envelopes until after dinner. After she addressed them all and bundled them for mailing to Ponyville she made the short walk to the Island's post office and excitedly dropped them into the mailbox.