Manestream

The Setting Rp here your placement post-final segment of the race! Congratulations to all of you who made it through from start to finish! You have three days to RP this section before it closes- any celebrating/post race RP character interaction can happen here before the event is permanently locked! -Lampwick 'Flicker' Jane- Lampwick felt alive. Her hooves found the earth but barely seemed to touch it- she floated like she was riding the breeze that swept through her mane, slipped along and underneath her, through her legs and over her back, catching her tail for just a moment then gone- this must be what its like to be wind. Her surroundings floated along with her. It seemed like it was all moving in slow motion; but that slow motion was happening really fast. There were so many ponies alongside her- colors of every sort as they dashed towards the finish line. Lampwick watched them- could see the effort of their breath, the strain of their strong legs- the determination in their eyes- it was like Lampwick was so alive that life had nearly slowed to a stop. To one side was a beautiful white and mint-maned pony, shining in the dusky light as leaves whipped around between them. On her other side were some more ponies and a griffon- amongst them a young foal with pastel shades of rainbow in her hair, and the sky-blue pony with the golden Lyre along her flank. Lampwick opened her mouth to say something again, but as the falling golden autumn leaves crossed her gaze and fell in between them, she lost her words and simply watched the beauty of all the motion around her. She couldn't find words, there just weren't any that could do such a moment justice. In silence, but with a peaceful smile, and a burning appreciation for the day in her chest, she watched the mare, griffin, and foal all slip on ahead. Closing her eyes, she took a deep breath- then pushed herself even harder- then felt the rush and roar of the crowd as she bolted past the finish line. She kept running for a little while, as the noise and pack of ponies quickly fell behind her, she felt the excitement and exhileration bleed out quickly, allowing her to regain her senses, and allowing time for her tired body to ring in from all sorts of locations she had forgotten about in order to complain. Slowing to a trot, then slowing to a stop, she looked back the few hundred feet at the throng of ponies, and shouting, and noise. Wow. That was so much fun! I'm- so- tired! Whew! For a long burning moment (or perhaps that was her lungs), she felt a companionship with the ponies that she'd run with; a sense of kindred-spirit with so many strangers that were all sharing that incredible journey with her. As much fun as it was, I think I'll stick to walking when I travel... Taking a few deep breaths, and feeling the wobbliness in her legs start to take over, she thought it would be best to keep moving- walk off the exertion before her muscles cramped up. She circled a few times in place, watching and listening to the voices of many ponies congratulating one another and receiving medals. How exciting- maybe next year, I can take one home to show Pa! Someday, my treasure chest will be bigger than his; and then-... well, that didn't matter right now- she still had an entire year before heading back home to Canterlot. By then, she'd be ready! Turning away from all the excited hubub- but with a pleased sway in her trot, and the rest of the world at her hooves, she headed down the path out of White-tail wood.

Okay, leaderboard updated. 3 way tie for first so far, 2 way tie for second, 3 way tie for third, and a lot of ponies RIGHT BEHIND. Gonna be an exciting finish

Yup. I got your PM just after midnight, and obviously you couldnt have written all that in 2 minutes, accepted

Hooray! xD so glad they arrived safely! hehe

Le Gasp! I did miss your second post. I was so tired from work and staying up late that I must have overlooked it I altered you score and saved it, you total score is 35, and will appear correct (and calculate correctly) upon the next update. Sorry bout that hon!

its possible i missed the second one, and only saw the short one. Lemme double check, because no one that made 2 posts should get a 1. sorry!

There is also a handy 'Etiquette' thread in the general OOC chatter thread that i've been meaning to link to in the rules of the RP forums. There is a *lot* of good information in there for both new RP'ers and Veteran users; it goes into detail about starting new RP's, joining current ones, and what is considered polite and not-so-much in Roleplaying communities. I think it would be a really good idea to start there!

lol, you crack me up xD

There is also the small chance that a few users experienced the inability to post or start new topics throughout the board for a small couple-hour period of time. These questions might have stemmed from then. I cleaned up a few group-rights issues the other day that had prevented some users from being able to view the board correctly; hopefully the problem is now set straight :heart:

Now if only I could do the entire process through magic

The google document is all courtesy of Riverhippo I believe- and anyone else who can edit it. It is definetly nicer than mine- lol; but I've had very little time to invest in it other than getting the roles done, scoring the RP, re-organizing the rankings, then posting the images up as-is; I've been pulling double shifts lately to train for my promotion, so i'm only squeezing in about 5 hours of sleep every night i do this... Mega props to riverhippo though; I really appreciate all that he's put in to helping me out with this event

I think you've been RPing Gilda beautifully x'3 I love reading the posts because it seems so spot on xD

updeeeeerted. If i'm missing anything PLEASE PM ME. Im always tired nowadays, so its possible i left something out! xD And now, to beeeed!

updating new leaderboard now- reorganizing to show leaders. Its getting exciting- the positions have changed quite a lot!

That is pretty cool! :'} Only cool story i have about that is that my dad had Journey play in his apartment for his birthday, back way when they first started out- their manager was his roomate in college. Thats about the extent of musical talent in my family, lol. Though, i did play paino when I was younger, all sorts of percussion, and I played the guitar for a while in highschool. I've always been very passionate about music (I guess thats easy to say- most people feel that way); but in a way to me music is very close to spirituality. Its powerful, emotional, driving, and something about it seems elemental, or essential to the heart/mind/soul. Kind of like... a communal language between everything. I guess just as people say everything has life; to me everything has music; whether its vibrations, rotations, audible or felt, I feel like music is one of the most basic connecting factors between everything. I guess working in the music field in my vision is something very respectable/amazing- its so full of soul! Then again, I know a great many people are just into it because they love to groove :3

I'll check with the post office tomorrow just to make sure nothing weird happened and it got sent back to me

And here I thought it would take days- but I guess it comes with experience and how well you can creatively develop it in your head

Gotta start somewhere- why not do a little DJ'ing? I know *I* would be happy to hear this in a club dance setting; I dont know maybe you've got experience in that field already; I notice you have a DJ tag. I know that in SL a lot of people got experience DJing their sets as mock-ups for professional runs; but that is of course, still very different than a live performance. How often does it take you to write a piece, generally speaking?

Awesome! I'm glad it made it to you safely! xD hehe, only a true brony can wield the backpack of friendship, equipped with that your brony-dom will never be disputed! I'm excited to hear back from everybody that received prizes, photos are also highly encouraged~! xD

You gentlepony, need to follow this passion of yours! I regret that I ever formally gave up art as a career option. I hope you stick with this, you've got something special hon. Any big projects in mind for the future?

Color me impressed! TGaPT has delivered! I see you have a humble streak after all; your very talented at this, i'm really glad you shared your work! I'm going to download all of these, and they are going straight onto my phooooooooooooone If you dont mind a few questions, what program(s) do you use to compose, and how long have you been at it?