Bellosh

[colour=#008080]~Urrrrgh, where in Celestia’s mane is that blasted shop!?~[/colour]

Wandering though the center of Ponyville, Ingrid Marie darted her eyes here and there in the hope of finding her destination. The last time she was in town to teach magic at the nearby orphanage, a friend told Ingrid that she absolutely must sample the confectionaries baked at Sugarcube Corner. The unicorn really liked the suggestion, as her previous opportunity at her distant niece’s birthday party to munch on desserts unceremoniously ended before it even begun. Unfortunately, Ingrid lacked the foresight to ask for directions beforehoof, and now she stumbled about town lost just like a parody of the city ponies frequently found in theatrical comedies. Time was of the essence, as Ingrid needed to be at the orphanage in about half an hour.

Giving into her frustration, Ms. Marie picked a random pony in her immediate vicinity to ask directions to. Spying a pale yellow-coated mare operating a booth, Ingrid, not bothering to either read the stall’s sign or see what the earth pony was selling, asked; [colour=#008080]“Uhhh, excuse me miss, but where can I find Sugercube Corner?”[/colour]

Discord is basically a pony version of Q from Star Trek and is thus EXTREMELY hard to classify - perhaps even impossible to classify - as good or evil.

I kinda take offense to anyone that claims that Discord and Q are essentially the same. While Q was indeed a trickster who committed some very questionable acts, ultimately he thought he was doing humanity a favour or two. Discord on the other hand never bothered to claim such a thing. The only thing the God of Chaos cares about is wrecking havoc on harmony and ponies' lives for his own amusement, only providing vague and weak justifications that amount to nothing more than "lighten up a little, geez".

PS: Being an embodiment of chaos is no excuse for Discord in any way. The god is as intelligent as any other sentient being, and so he should be fully capable of recognizing the difference between being kind and being a jerk. Unless someone has evidence to the contrary, DIscord most likely made the willful choice to become chaos's avatar.

After a brief pause to reflect, Spin Tale answered Heart Healer’s question. [colour=#ff6666]“To be rather honest….. being the museum curator for the society wasn’t exactly what I planned to do after I graduated. See, when I first got my Ph.D, I really hoped I would find an assistant professorship at a university’s history department somewhere. However, there just isn’t really any demand for new history professors these days.”[/colour] After loudly exhaling, Dr. Tale continued; [colour=#ff6666]“I still inquire about open positions here and there, but so far, I just haven’t had any luck.”[/colour]

Yay, another Miney/Brony hybrid! Welcome to Canterlot!

Ingrid Marie slightly recoiled as Fire Heart gave her testimony on the day she received her cutie mark. While the official report on the incident did not particularly shine the events of that day with a cheery light, hearing it straight from the pony’s mouth drove the point home that Miss Heart’s cutie mark moment was in no way a happy occasion. Typically, earning a cutie mark gave foals affirmation to continue on the life path they’ve chosen for themselves. In Fire Heart’s case however, she learned that her talents were something to be feared rather than embraced. In many respects, a unicorn fearing one’s own abilities was far worse than mere bullying. To a colt or filly, dreading the very thought of who they are could be one of the most persistant tramuas possible… and unlike with schoolyard tormenting, one can’t mindlessly tell them “It gets better” and expect the troubled foals to cheer up at the prospect that their powers will vanish one day. No… pony biology didn’t work that way.

At any rate, the counselor’s own guesses about the source of Fire Heart’s grievances were now largely confirmed. However, there was still one last question she desired to ask the filly to make sure she was absolutely correct. Lowering her voice almost to a near whisper, Ingrid asked; [colour=#008080]“Miss Heart, how exactly do you feel about your affinity for fire magic and the emotions that trigger you using it?”[/colour]

[colour=#ff6666]“How I felt when my father was injured?”[/colour] Spin Tale wasn’t quite expecting that question; his own distant past was something he never really looked back on these days, especially when he had more contemporary problems to deal with. [colour=#ff6666]“Well uhh…. I was shocked when I found out the news, as any son would be. Over time though, he became adjusted to his paralysis, and so did mum and I, and life went on normally, more or less.”[/colour]

Heart Healer’s second question was expected, however. It was part of the reason he received the recommendation to come to the clinic afterall. Of course, it wasn’t the curator job itself that Spin hated (even though he still wished above all that he had a professor position instead)… far from it. With a sigh, Dr. Tale continued; [colour=#ff6666]“I enjoy doing what I do very much, don’t get me wrong. It’s just that well… being a curator is more than simply giving tours to visitors, answering their questions, and setting up exhibits. There’re loads of bills to pay too, you know… and sometimes I find myself stressing out over it all.”[/colour]

But remember you don't need mountains - you need extreme hills.

Pffft; extreme hills, mountains. Tomato tomahto.

PS: It was fun working on that railroad last night!

Question: are there any mountain regions on the server that have been generated recently enough that they'll have minable emeralds? If not, I have no intentions of generating new map chunks just to find them since I know MC servers tend to frown on that sort of thing.

The thing with the Changlings is that well............. they're essentially the Tolkien-class Orcs of the Pony World. Despite their status as apparently sentient beings, these pony bugs never bothered to find a way to nourish themselves on love while peacefully coexisting with ponykind. In that sense, the Changlings can be considered "evil"... or at least their Queen can be.

As for Discord, he's pretty much a sadist through-and-through. It's not enough for him to simply screw with the laws of harmony and physics. No, he goes out of his way to utterly break the Mane 6 and their friendship even though he could have very easily disposed of the Elements of Harmony and thus safeguard his right to exist.

As what was asked of Spin Tale essentially amounted to storytelling, the stallion was more eager to oblige Heart Healer’s latest inquiries. [colour=#ff6666]“Ah, of course,”[/colour] the curator started while finally taking his seat. [colour=#ff6666]“I’m the president and curator-in-chief of the Canterlot Army Historical Society. We have a small, non-profit museum that I manage just several blocks away from where the city garrison’s based. Through the museum and the Society’s quarterly publication, I aim to educate ponies about how it’s really like to serve in the REA throughout dozens of generations.[/colour]

Now getting into his life narrative, Dr. Tale continued speaking. [colour=#ff6666]“As for my youth, I’d say that I had a good foalhood. I was born, raised, and went to elementary school right here in Canterlot. My father was a service-pony and my mother stayed at home, raising me. One day, my dad got crippled luring a wayward monster back into the Everfree Forest. I wanted to tell my classmates all about that exciting tale, and when I did,”[/colour] Spin Tale chuckled; [colour=#ff6666]“Well, I found I really enjoyed telling stories, and that’s how I got my cutie mark you see here.”[/colour] The stallion pointed to his cutie mark, a book with an image of a sword on the cover, for emphasis.

Welcome, welcome! Since you've only just started getting into MLP, how many episodes have you watched so far?

An empath? Spin Tale wasn’t quite expecting Heart Healer to have the ability to actually read emotions. For a brief moment, Dr. Tale pondered whether to give the psychologist access to his innermost feelings. After a couple of seconds though, the curator came to the conclusion that this was probably why his acquaintances recommended her in the first place. Therefore, he decided that he really had no reason to deny Ms. Healer’s request. [colour=#ff6666]“Uhh, yep I give you permission,”[/colour] Spin replied; [colour=#ff6666]“To be rather honest, I’ve never sought therapy or anything like this ever before, so I’m not quite sure where to begin.”[/colour]

I bring ill news: Issue #1's release has been delayed to the 28th of November.

[colour=#008080]“Ah yes, I uhh did actually,”[/colour] responded Counselor Marie as she sat back down on her chair. Ingrid didn’t want to admit it, but the professor’s crash-in really threw her off. A more cautious counselor would by now have suggested rescheduling the rest of the meeting for a later time, but Ingrid wasn’t one of those counselors. As long as Fire Heart trotted out of her room confident in her ability to eventually manage her fires, the session would be a success.

[colour=#008080]“So as I was saying before our uhhh interruption, ahem,”[/colour] continued the counselor; [colour=#008080]“I want you to speak about your past experiences being bullied and how you felt back then, as well as the day you first used flame magic. I’ll understand if this makes you feel ill at ease, mmkay, but I feel that an important key towards you achieving total pyrokinetic mastery lies in your past. So….. do you feel comfortable enough to begin?”[/colour]

I haven't dealed with any actual haters yet, but there was one IM buddy of mine who refused to watch MLP clips because he didn't want to view anything that smacked of children's animation. Eventually however, he confessed that he could relate to Twlight Sparkle.

Hallo!!! How is the Brony community like over in the Netherlands?

Bellosh101 - El_Rando

I'm trying to get back into Minecraft, so I figured now was as good a time as any to make my return to SMP.

Hearing from the receptionist that it was his turn, Spin Tale made his way over to Heart Healer's office. He still wasn't sure if it was worth his valuable time being here today; afterall, none of his problems affected his curator performance in any way. For the time being though, Dr. Tale mustered the bravest face possible as he trotted into the counseling room, although a trained eye would still be able to pick up on his insecurities. Seeing the pink-colored unicorn who ran the clinic, Spin greeted; [colour=#ff6666]"Ummm, hello there Ms. Healer. How do you do?" [/colour]

I'M BAAAAACK!!!!!!!!!

Yep, I have yet another request! This time I want vectors of two OCs of mine that I'll be using for a special RP project. Necessary details of the characters are below in spoiler boxes:

PONY ON LEFT:

Sex: Male

Age: Stallion

Species: Unicorn

Coat colour: Khaki

Mane/Tail/Markings colour & Style: Mane and tail are blue. Mane kept short enough to be mostly covered by hat, but is well-groomed. Tail also short but well-groomed. In other words, fashionable but not too fancy as to be impractical for outdoor fieldwork (I suck at describing hair)

Eye colour: Silver

Cutie Mark: Golden pony idol

Physique: Normal size and shape for a healthy stallion

Clothing: Something very similiar to this, but 20% more ponified

PONY ON RIGHT:

Sex: Male

Age: Stallion (middle-aged to elderly)

Species: Pegasus

Coat colour: Dark grey

Mane/Tail/Markings colour & Style: Mane and tail colored white. Mane has been buzzed cut, while tail is REA-regulation length

Eye colour: Gold; has a faint scar across his right eye

Cutie Mark: Shield covering two downward-pointing swords arranged in a X

Physique: Same body type as Shining Armor, but looks more rugged

Clothing: This, except for the cutie mark obviously and slots for pegasi wings

The pony on the left should be showing off some sort of priceless artifact with his left forehoof (it's up to you to decide what it is) and evilly gazing at the artifact. The pony on the right should be clutching his helmet with his forehoof (leaving the mane exposed) and glarring at the pony on the left. I won't mind having to wait forever for this particular request, LM.

Greetings! Good luck with your game commentaries!

I actually know at least two RP characters that are said to have graduated from Celestia's School. I suppose I can dig through the accepted apps section later tonight and see for myself what other current student characters are out there. The thing is, I don't want to spam RPers PM boxes with notices about School-based RP and such.

On most days, I be able to post sometime between 9AM and 1AM PST.

I RP the guidance counselor for Princess Celestia's School for Gifted Unicorns, and unfortunately I know of only one RP character that is actually a student at the school. I'm dead serious; Canterlot has an embarrassing lack of magic students even though magic is supposedly all cool and junk. The school could also use some teachers too, while I'm at it. If anyone here is interested in doing any School-based RPs, let me know here and feel free to make character apps for magic students and/or teachers.

[colour=#008080]~Geez louise! I leave my office for one second and it’s already catching on fire!!!~[/colour]

Madly rushing back into her office, Ingrid Marie made it in time to witness Fire Heart’s attempt at extinguishing the sofa fire. Thankfully due to Miss Heart’s efforts, there appeared to be no threat of the flames damaging anything other than the couch. Still, the counselor wisely decided to swiftly gather up all the papers she threw around a couple minutes ago, least a stray ember catch any of the papers on fire. By the time Ingrid finished, the filly succeeded in putting the fire out, leaving behind the stench of ash and a charred sofa. Professor Krashkop was going to get an earful for this…..

For now though, Counselor Marie focused on salvaging her meeting with Fire Heart. True, another incident had occurred right on her watch, but controlling emotion-based magic was not usually easy for fillies anyway. Ingrid had to admit to Miss Heart’s credit that everything else in the office didn’t burn down… and that meant progress! Burying any outward expression of frustration, the counselor smiled and praised the young student; [colour=#008080]“Good, good. You clearly demonstrate the ability to limit damage caused by accidental triggering of your abilities. With plenty of tutoring and practice, you’ll one day achieve complete control over pyrokinesis.”[/colour] Ingrid figured that once Fire Heart felt reassured that she wasn’t in trouble or anything of that sort, the counseling session could recommence.

Greetings! American cheese is best cheese, in case you wanted my opinion on cheese.